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October & November 2023 Test Drive Meme
October - November 2023 TDM
Introduction
Welcome to Folkmore's bimonthly 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 and work like "mini-events". For new players and characters, you can choose to have your TDM thread be your introduction thread upon acceptance or start fresh. Current players are also allowed to have in-game characters post to the TDM so long as they mark their top levels ‘Current Character.’
TDM threads can be used for spoon spending at any time by characters accepted into the game.
Playing and interacting with the 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.
🦊 New Star Children meet the Fox still in their worlds, and she brings them into the new realm of Folkmore. As you follow her, your body begins to change and new characteristics emerge. These may stay for a while, or perhaps they will hide away after. And during all of this, the Fox explains to you where you will be going: to Folkmore.
and then... you fall like a shooting star, falling to the land in a burst of starlight.
🦊 Experienced Star Children are already familiar with this time of the month. There are shooting stars all across the sky, and some fall to the land, which means the Fox has brought new arrivals. These newly arrived Star Children will face some tests, but Thirteen wants the more seasoned residents to participate as well.
Perhaps you follow the falling stars on your own, or perhaps the Fox simply teleports you there, but it appears you too will be part of this.
Content Warnings: Potential nonconsensual physical changes
Tides doesn’t have a farmer’s market. However, it does have a regular artists’ fair. Spirits—and Star Children—can set up stalls to offer art they have already made or to make it right before people. On the spot commissions! It’s a great way to see a wide spread of the art available in Tides, on rare occasions even Jewelia’s own.
Within the artists’ fair is a makers’ square where everyone is invited to join an artist in learning to make some kind of art. It might be painting and wine. Lithography. Embroidery. You name it. Seriously, feel free to put a suggestion in the box of what Star Children would be interested in. The artists leading the space don’t all teach at Jewelia Academy. This could be the only chance to learn from them!
This time it’s making salt water taffy. Spirit Children can learn how to complete the process from start to finish with a bit of an arm workout. If they aren’t interested in or cannot handle the arm workout pulling the taffy, they can help a spirit wherever they’re interested. There is any flavor Spirit Children can imagine to flavor their taffy, even ones only found in their home worlds. Share a little culture!
Star Children may keep up to half of the taffy they make, but the rest will be offered to everyone coming through the makers’ square in the artists’ fair. Perhaps it’ll encourage other Star Children to make their own! Star Children, whether they make taffy or simply take free samples, will find that eating taffy can have an effect on them.
Eating taffy made by Legends will give Star Children color changing eyes that give away their mood, just like Legends. Eating taffy made by Myths will give Star Children horns, claws, or a tail that grows larger when they react more logically and less emotionally. Eating taffy made by Familiars will give Star Children animal features. These effects last from one-six hours.
Eating taffy made by Spirits has no effect at all!
Tides doesn’t have a farmer’s market. However, it does have a regular artists’ fair. Spirits—and Star Children—can set up stalls to offer art they have already made or to make it right before people. On the spot commissions! It’s a great way to see a wide spread of the art available in Tides, on rare occasions even Jewelia’s own.
Within the artists’ fair is a makers’ square where everyone is invited to join an artist in learning to make some kind of art. It might be painting and wine. Lithography. Embroidery. You name it. Seriously, feel free to put a suggestion in the box of what Star Children would be interested in. The artists leading the space don’t all teach at Jewelia Academy. This could be the only chance to learn from them!
This time it’s making salt water taffy. Spirit Children can learn how to complete the process from start to finish with a bit of an arm workout. If they aren’t interested in or cannot handle the arm workout pulling the taffy, they can help a spirit wherever they’re interested. There is any flavor Spirit Children can imagine to flavor their taffy, even ones only found in their home worlds. Share a little culture!
Star Children may keep up to half of the taffy they make, but the rest will be offered to everyone coming through the makers’ square in the artists’ fair. Perhaps it’ll encourage other Star Children to make their own! Star Children, whether they make taffy or simply take free samples, will find that eating taffy can have an effect on them.
Eating taffy made by Legends will give Star Children color changing eyes that give away their mood, just like Legends. Eating taffy made by Myths will give Star Children horns, claws, or a tail that grows larger when they react more logically and less emotionally. Eating taffy made by Familiars will give Star Children animal features. These effects last from one-six hours.
Eating taffy made by Spirits has no effect at all!
🦊 Star Children can attend an artists’ fair and make salt water taffy.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Star Children will give temporary features of that kind of Star Child.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Spirits has no effect.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Star Children will give temporary features of that kind of Star Child.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Spirits has no effect.
Content Warnings: Pocket universe, dungeon castle crawl, forced relocation
One of the many food carts in Tides serves homemade ice cream. The fox spirit serving it promises that it will provide a jolt of inspiration—even to Star Children who cannot eat. Even holding a cone or cup of the ice cream can jolt someone’s imagination, the fox says. It’s free as part of the welcome to Tides, but no one has to accept it, not even to hold. The fox spirit won’t cajole anyone, and Star Children can go along their way.
At least a few hours later, long enough to have forgotten the offer or to get frustrated by the lack of promised inspiration, Star Children fall down down down into a painted, sculpted, sidewalk chalked, or otherwise artistically bent world. They are as artistically made as the rest of the world around them. They match it, as do their one to three companions who arrive with them. They may be friends or strangers. They are compatriots in this strange world.
Whether starting deep in the bowels or high in a tower, this artistic world is that of a castle. A unique castle to each Star Child host. Elements of its design, decor, and mechanisms tie back to a creative endeavor of the host. For the castle is a direct manifestation of whatever project the Star Child host experiences creative block around, whether that’s art or science or anything else. It’s baked into the design. Not only that, the castle is under attack! Dragons or monsters or knights, oh my! Whatever attacks, the very creative idea may crumble if it doesn’t get solved.
Star Children who ate the ice cream will have an easier time shoring up defenses, buying time to think, and even experiencing a breakthrough moment of inspiration. Any companions who ate the ice cream will have an easier time helping the host. Regardless, the only way out is a breakthrough or to see the idea fall to uninspired ruin. Which will it be?
When a group breaks through, they return to Tides with up to four nearly identical dollhouse castles. A miniature doll of one party member will be in each dollhouse. The doll will also have a miniature version of an item from home. Take it from one’s doll, and it becomes lifesize. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
One of the many food carts in Tides serves homemade ice cream. The fox spirit serving it promises that it will provide a jolt of inspiration—even to Star Children who cannot eat. Even holding a cone or cup of the ice cream can jolt someone’s imagination, the fox says. It’s free as part of the welcome to Tides, but no one has to accept it, not even to hold. The fox spirit won’t cajole anyone, and Star Children can go along their way.
At least a few hours later, long enough to have forgotten the offer or to get frustrated by the lack of promised inspiration, Star Children fall down down down into a painted, sculpted, sidewalk chalked, or otherwise artistically bent world. They are as artistically made as the rest of the world around them. They match it, as do their one to three companions who arrive with them. They may be friends or strangers. They are compatriots in this strange world.
Whether starting deep in the bowels or high in a tower, this artistic world is that of a castle. A unique castle to each Star Child host. Elements of its design, decor, and mechanisms tie back to a creative endeavor of the host. For the castle is a direct manifestation of whatever project the Star Child host experiences creative block around, whether that’s art or science or anything else. It’s baked into the design. Not only that, the castle is under attack! Dragons or monsters or knights, oh my! Whatever attacks, the very creative idea may crumble if it doesn’t get solved.
Star Children who ate the ice cream will have an easier time shoring up defenses, buying time to think, and even experiencing a breakthrough moment of inspiration. Any companions who ate the ice cream will have an easier time helping the host. Regardless, the only way out is a breakthrough or to see the idea fall to uninspired ruin. Which will it be?
When a group breaks through, they return to Tides with up to four nearly identical dollhouse castles. A miniature doll of one party member will be in each dollhouse. The doll will also have a miniature version of an item from home. Take it from one’s doll, and it becomes lifesize. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
🦊 Star Children will be offered homemade ice cream by a fox spirit.
🦊 Star Children will be transported into an artistic world set within a castle under attack.
🦊 1-3 other Star Children will join the host.
🦊 Escape by breaking through the host’s creative block.
🦊 Star Children whose groups break through will receive a personal item from home. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
🦊 Star Children will be transported into an artistic world set within a castle under attack.
🦊 1-3 other Star Children will join the host.
🦊 Escape by breaking through the host’s creative block.
🦊 Star Children whose groups break through will receive a personal item from home. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
lmk if you want her to not know or definitely know some things >.>
Yeah, I'd bet. [ He sighs and just holds her hand for a second, trying to figure out what he can say. From his timeline, the Kylo Ren thing was complicated at best, and he's unsure how to navigate it. He knows that they were... something? But he also knows that he kind of hates the other man, so... bit difficult to talk about.
But everything else? ]
Well, the short version of the Supremacy is that... the Resistance destroyed the ship, you won a fight against Kylo Ren that left the lightsaber in two pieces, we all met up on Crait, and you got us out of there before the First Order could finish us off.
The rest-... The war's over now. We won. It's done.
she knows about Palpy (thanks Maul!), but let's leave her in the dark for the rest. For now~~
Loads of people from our galaxy here. Loads. Including General Organa as a little girl. [she squeezes hand in response. and something was certainly a word for herself and Kylo Ren. Ben. but she doesn't have to ask to know that Finn doesn't like him, if only for the lightsaber up the spine thing.
and oh kriff. confession time. this is not going to be fun]
I...think we're from different timelines. Because I remember it differently. I--I made a trade: I'd stay if he'd call off the attacks on the shuttles.
And now everything--at least for me--is even more unsure than I thought it was.
o7
But the hits keep coming, and the next surprise makes him forget Organa real fast. Even leaves him a bit speechless for a moment there. Worse, he can't say he hasn't heard of alternate timelines before, but not from his own galaxy.
So there's a definitely a pause but- ] Stay. On the Surpremacy? [ Well, with the First Order, but he knows exactly what happened to the Supremacy. She had to have gotten out of there.
But- ] Wait, did you agree to this with Snoke or-? [ Rey had told him the story, mentioned the deal that Snoke offered her, and it's the first thing to come to mind. But as soon as he says it, he knows that's not the case. Knows it just as well as he knew when she came back to life on Exegol. ]
You stayed with him.
[ It's not an accusatory tone. Honestly, he's still trying to process this. ]
/plays ominous music
and that's what she was afraid of. that speechlessness. but she forced herself to meet his eyes. she had to accept what might happen because of what she did.
and nothing had happened to it yet. not for her] Yes.
[and a look of extreme disgust] Snoke? No. He wanted me dead. Which got him killed in the end. [she's not sure if she should mention that Kylo Ren killed Snoke, presumably to save her. that he fought at her side. that he accepted her terms]
Yes. I did. [she sighed and looked down] I know there's conflict in him, that he can be turned. That it's not too late.
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shhh it's been a minute since the mun did any kind of canon reviewAnyway, Finn's silent for a beat, trying to process this news. But really, it's not a whole lot to process. She had felt the same in his timeline, too. Honestly, Finn always thought that she was right. No one's ever truly gone, they can't be.
But Solo thought so, too. Look what happened to him. Look what could have happened to Rey. And she doesn't even know if this plan of hers actually works out in the end. He hates that she agreed to this, hates that she's there alone. In Finn's mind, Kylo Ren is no decent company.
He killed Solo. Tortured Poe. Nearly killed Finn himself. Yeah, no one's ever truly gone to the dark, because there's always a choice. It's a constant choice. And Kylo has made his more than enough.
Rey has made hers, too, it seems. And Finn takes a deep breath, dips his head, squeezes her hand, and eventually looks up at her. ]
Did the deal work? [ More importantly: ] Are you safe?
[ If the last thing she remembers really is the Supremacy, then she may not have the answers to those questions. ]
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I won't tell if you won't!and she figures that this is the best she can hope for. disappointment? fear? probably. in his shoes, she'd probably react the same way.
but things were...different. Luke Skywalker wasn't anything like what she hoped he would be, making her feel more isolated than like she belonged to a proud history of Jedi. that she was foolish for hoping for it.
and despite that, she felt a slowly growing kinship with Kylo Ren. at first, she'd hurled insults at him, which he either accepted or agreed with.
then he told her what nearly happened as he slept at the Jedi School.
and then...then he listened to her, empathized with her, tried to reassure her after her awful experience in the cave. he'd shown something she never would've thought him capable of: kindness]
Yes. He ordered that the assault on the transports was to stop. And it did.
Then there was a---a flash of light. When I woke up, the throne room was in even worse shape than we'd left it in and Thirteen was there.
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But he's not sure if he should tell her that. After all, it was a pretty shocking move she pulled, and Finn certainly can't warn Rey to get off the ship now.
So, he breathes. And thinks. And makes his own decision. ]
I don't blame you for trying Rey. I hope it works and you're able to reach him.
[ He really, truly hopes it works. The alternatives were less than ideal, but he can't tell her that she chose wrong. He doesn't know if she did or not. But he does know that people do insane things for love. If... that's even what this is. ]
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when she woke and found Thirteen, the alert sirens were screaming. but no one had entered the throne room to check.
she's trying not to tremble because she knows that she's just given Finn a lot to contend with. she wouldn't blame him if he got angry or called her judgement into question. she would know, she did the latter for most of her first few months here]
Thank you. [she breathes a sigh of relief] It will work. I know it will. I...saw him turn in a vision. As solid and clear as you are standing in front of me.
[she wouldn't call it love. she's had so little experience with it that she'll likely need it to be pointed out by another for her to come to any kind of realization]
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I think it's possible. But... that doesn't mean it'll happen, y'know?
[ It happened before, and Rey probably thinks it's worth trying if there's even a slim chance. He gets it. ]
I just want you to be careful, that's all.
[ He doesn't think for a moment that Rey could be swayed to the dark side. Honestly, Finn's just worried for her safety. ]
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[she knows there's a chance. in a way, this is really good for her, she's talking about her decision and she's backing it up. it helps. it helps immensely that Finn is trying to understand]
I will be. I can't imagine letting--what's he called? The redheaded general? Well, I can't imagine him getting the better of me.
[and Kylo basically offered her the galaxy on a silver platter, so she doesn't imagine she'll be rooming in the brig]
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He's here!?
[ Okay, wait, no, that changes things. It's different when one of them is in another dimension or whatever and there's nothing Finn can do about it. Right now, though? Oh no. Oh wow. How does- She's been here months! ]
Hux, yeah, you could kill him in an arm wrestling contest, don't worry about him. But Kylo Ren- He's here, on this planet, right now?
[ internal screaming. thisisfine.jpeg ]
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Well. Yes.
[it's probably better for him that she tell him before he runs into Kylo Ren on his own, right?
right. that way he's prepared. and it also means she really has to have a conversation with Kylo and insist he call Finn something that isn't a variant of 'traitor.'
yes, that would be good for everyone concerned]
He is. He's...not from my timeline.
[which makes everything a thousand times more difficult]
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But he does at least know how that story ended. As much as he despises the other man, he can't just not acknowledge that there was something going on there. Maybe... that's a path forward.
If it wasn't for Rey, Finn wouldn't be looking for that path at all.
But the point is, he doesn't react too much. He's most frozen from this news, unsure what to make of it just yet. ]
Did he-... Did he tell you his last memories of home?
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something. a Force bond that let them transcend space to touch. just fingertips. yes, that's certainly something.
and she'll appreciate that beyond words.
she knows that Finn is her best friend. no one can replace that bond]
He mentioned a planet called Pasaana? [she wrinkles her nose] But I've never heard of it before.
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That's okay. That's not... too bad.
[ He even tries to sound gentle, but his body language is saying something wildly different here. But there was probably something redeeming in that encounter, right? ]
You jumped over a TIE Fighter on Pasaana. That was... neat.
[ Yeah, that's totally redeeming. ]
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Finn. You winced. What aren't you telling me?
[he tries, but it reminds her of when Finn was almost prepared to run when on Takodana. that there's something he's not telling her.
a wan smile] ...yeah. Neat. What else happened?
[she's not letting go of this]
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[ Oh, wow, okay, how does he navigate around the whole Palpatine situation? He can't tell her. That's the last thing he should do. Quick, redirect, what else happen- ]
You shot lightning out of your fingertips.
[ .... GREAT JOB, FINN. BANG UP JOB. ]
No one died. [ ... ] No one we liked.
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at least until he gets to the part about her shooting lightning out of her fingertips.
it further confirms something she doesn't want to accept as the truth. because Jedi, because those using the light don't do that.
her head hangs]
...I should've known it would be something like that.