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August 2022 Test Drive Meme
AUGUST 2022 TDM
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Folkmore's monthly Test Drive Meme! Please feel free to test drive any and all characters regardless of your intent to apply or whether you have an invite or not.
All TDMs are game canon. You can choose to have your TDM thread be your introduction thread upon acceptance or start fresh. Each TDM will provide a scenario for how characters arrive in-game that particular month.
Playing TDMs will allow characters to immediately obtain canon items from homes especially weapons or other things they may have had on their person when they were pulled from their worlds! There will always be a prompt that provides some sort of "reward" to characters who complete certain tasks.
Current players are allowed to have in-game characters react to TDMs via the Network or make a log with the prompts. Current players are always encouraged to tag new people on the TDM!
TDM threads can be used for spoon spending at any time by characters accepted into the game.
Content Warnings: snakes, cultists, optional violence.
FALLING DOWN LIKE PIECES INTO PLACE
FALLING DOWN LIKE PIECES INTO PLACE
A breeze with the crisp smell of dying leaves caresses you awake. You sit up to find yourself in the middle of an apple orchard, rows spreading out in all directions. Mouth watering apples hang from the branches, and nobody will stop you from taking one. You can wander the orchard as long as you like, but eventually you will find yourself emerging into the front yard of a little farm. There’s a red barn with perfect white trim set far back, and to one side of the yard is a kiosk modeled to match the barn. This is staffed by a woman who sure looks a lot like the fox that brought you here.
On the side of the kiosk are advertised a few different items: pumpkin spice lattes, hot apple cider, cold alcoholic apple cider, and hot chocolate. The cider, you will be informed, is made on site. (But you have to be of legal age to be given that hard cider!)
There are two other things advertised: APPLE PICKING and a SCAVENGER HUNT.
“You need a buddy for those, though,” the woman running the kiosk will tell you. “Lucky for you there’s plenty of people you can pair up with.”
If you elect to try the scavenger hunt, you and your partner will be handed a piece of paper. On it reads the following:
TAKE A PICTURE OF THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR RELIC! :)
- YOU HOLDING HANDS WHILE YOU GO DOWN A PATH
- FEET WITH AUTUMN LEAVES
- SOMETHING YOU THINK IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL
- A GENUINE SMILE
“When you’re done, bring it back here and show me,” the woman instructs you. “You’ll get a prize if you do.”
It’s an easy enough list, right? Although you have to follow the instructions - you really DO have to find something you genuinely think is beautiful, and that smile can’t be forced! Those might require opening up to your partner a little bit!
If you succeed in the scavenger hunt, you will be gifted with an item from home.
Now, what if you decided to go apple picking?
You will be given a bucket. “Be careful to only pick apples from the trees in the rows,” the kiosk woman tells you with a secret smile. “You don’t want to bother the old trees off the path.”
Yeah. That sure sounds like a challenge, doesn’t it?
If you do stick to the orchard proper, you will be able to pick your fill of apples. All of them are crisp and sweet and delicious. But at some point you will see the other trees.
They’re both huge and old, standing on two sloping hills just past the orchard rows. One of them has apples red as blood, and the other apples gold as the sun. In the shade of these trees are weapons sticking half out of the earth, as if they were carelessly buried many years ago.
If you pick one of the red apples, you will find that you are suddenly besieged with huge snakes. They are as big as anacondas and an inky black that absorbs the light, with eyes the same red as the apples. They aren’t poisonous, but they bite and they crush, so you’ll have to fight them off at least long enough to run like hell!
If you pick the golden apples, a crowd of people will silently begin appearing from the orchard. They are all wearing animal masks… and they are all holding hand scythes. Uh oh. You’ll have to fight them off in order to escape! If you don’t manage that, well, in some places it’s traditional to have a big ol’ sacrificial bonfire…
All the weapons below the trees are non-enchanted items, but you may keep them.
Content Warnings: Optional themes of identity and school trauma.
IMAKEOVER MAKEOVER
SAVED BY THE BELL
IMAKEOVER MAKEOVER
Thirteen believes passionately in education. There are, after all, five academies in Folkmore all catering to different types of learning. While these academies are open year round, it becomes apparent if you walk through any of the districts housing shops that back to school is definitely a thing.
A new school year represents a chance to learn more about the world, and about yourself.
Also? It’s a great time for a makeover!
Yes, step into any of the shops selling clothing and accessories anywhere in Folkmore and you will find yourself passionately invested in helping another person discover who it is they want to look like! Do they want to look cool and aloof? Warm and approachable? Are they an e-boy or a cottagcore witch? Punk or prep? You two can figure it out together!
As you shop together you will find it easier and easier to open up to one another, sharing who it is you want to be.
You’ll also be able to score a sweet outfit. Nice.
SAVED BY THE BELL
Wander into any school in Folkmore and you will find a handmade poster instructing all new students and faculty to report to the auditorium. Normal enough, one supposes… but the moment you enter the room you will find reality swims all around you and all of a sudden you’re stuck in a school nightmare!
You know the kind. You’re late for class, no matter how fast you run. You’re in gym class, trying to climb that goddamn rope. You’re getting your books dumped. You’re naked and giving a book report.
These could be memories, but it’s just as likely that they aren’t - you and another person are just trapped in this cliche together. Whichever one of you is in the audience role could maybe help the other one out? Get them some pants or something? Yeah.
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[The Balladeer seems equally excited by this short exchange! He's never known very many people - so few he's probably close to doubling it just in his short while here. These people are a lot nicer. Obviously, but it's still worth mention.]
Oh, you got one of...those, too?
[He inclines his head at the phone. He got one, he didn't know what it did, he pressed like three buttons and immediately decided it was less interesting than literally every other thing happening around him.]
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[ Smart phones are much smaller and sleeker, where he comes from. Practically just a glass and metal rectangle. ]
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What is it?
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...It's a phone? [ He turns the device over, looking closely for any writing on it, but there's none he can discern. ] Or some kind of handheld communication device. I don't know the brand.
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[He's more interested than skeptical. He knows, if in a vague sense, that time has probably progressed past what he's personally aware of. The Balladeer fishes his own out of his pocket and presses the button that he's learned turns it on. Theeeeeeere's a lot of stuff on the screen!]
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[ Ash steps up beside him and looks over his shoulder, pointing out the different icons on the home screen. ]
You've got the phone app, your contacts— like an address book. Then you've your messages, your notes app, camera, music player...
[ He leans back, looking somewhat bewildered. ]
You really don't know any of this?
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[THIS IS THE GREATEST THING HE HAS EVER HEARD OR SEEN IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE
oh, right, a question was in there. He blinks, apparently a little surprised to be asked about himself, but answers readily enough:]
No, the last time I remember was the eighties. March 30th, 1981. [don't worry about the specificity]
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[ If the fox can bring people here from all sorts of different planets, why not different times as well? ]
But here... If you're from the eighties, you'll know this one...
[ He pulls up the music app, typing something in until he finds what he's looking for, and hits play on a song that he finds a bit cheesy, but that always reminded him of Martha. ]
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[Though he hasn't been in it long, he can tell. You get a sense for these things.
By that same token, saying he's from the eighties is maybe not entirely accurate, but he doesn't consider it worth fussing over. Instead, he leans forward to watch Ash pull up the music player - trying to remember so he can do it himself later - ]
Oh! The Bee Gees! Yeah, I know them! [when the hell has he ever listened to the bee gees? nonetheless!] Does it just have any music in there?
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It's got loads. Are you looking for something in particular?
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Just curious.
[He fishes out his own phone to look at it. There...sure are a lot of options, huh? After a moment of scrolling, he remembers himself and looks up with an apologetic smile.]
Ah, sorry - the scavenger hunt! These things shouldn't be too hard to find, don't you think?
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Us holding hands while going down a path. Feet with autumn leaves. Something we think is beautiful. A genuine smile.
[ Somehow, Ash thinks that last one will have to come from his partner, rather than himself. He's not sure any of his smiles are really "genuine." ]
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[If there's one the Balladeer would peg as a little strange, it's the holding hands. He's never done that before. He can't really remember the last time he had physical contact with anybody...but that's a personal thing, he realizes. Totally normal, for a normal person.]
Plenty of leaves around. Let's, ah...
[Let him find the camera on the phone...]
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But once the right app is found, he'll position himself, standing in a pile of fallen leaves, feet perfectly parallel. ]
Ready?
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Never had a camera before...
[Why would he? He snaps a few quick pictures of various things nearby - trees mostly - just to make sure he's got it, but it seems easy. You can even see the pictures right after you've taken them! He turns back to Ash.]
Yeah, we're good.