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May 2022 Test Drive Meme
MAY 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: Possible insanity via cuts by thorns. Temporary nullification of abilities.
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS
OUT OF THE WOODS
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS
The world comes into focus in one sharp, overwhelming rush. You are laying on the ground surrounded by staggering walls of flowers of all types and colors. Their sweet scent fills the air and the sky above is clear, blue, beautiful, and endless. It would be easy to be lulled into a quiet nap in such a peaceful place. You can even hear a soft, disembodied voice singing songs from some unknown place all around you. After some time, this siren song creates an intense yearning that will eventually bring you to your feet and pull you forward. You are filled with the urge to find someone important. You may know who or you might just have some aimless, faceless person at the forefront of your mind.
All you know is that when you finally find them, you'll know. Is it love? Is it a friend you have always needed? The perfect enemy? Only time will tell, but for now, you must find them. The flower maze is dense and for now, it doesn't seem like flying out and above them is an option. If you try, you just wind up vaulted back into the maze. Nope! This trial is about using other means of exploration. Maybe you can destroy the flowers, but you will find that this flower field is apparently endless. If you get cut by thorns along the way, you will become increasingly hectic about finding this mystery person. Some have been thrown into insane desperation just looking for their People among the flowers.
But once you finally find them, you're both filled with relief and the flowers around you blossom wider. You can then treat the flower maze like a solvable puzzle and get your way out of it. However, some people spend a bit more time in the maze since once you do find your person or people, you will be stricken with the urge to talk to them, to "open up" about your yearning to find them...even if you've never met them before!
OUT OF THE WOODS
Just outside of the flower maze is a little festival set up just on the edge of Willow and partway into Epiphany! Little stalls of food and drinks have been set up - and we mean little! The good folk who set up these stalls are magical cats standing upright and wearing clothes like little people! All the stalls are cat-sized and so are the dishes and food - which means most of the people walking through will likely be quite a bit bigger! That's okay, the cat folk seem happy to serve you bigger or multiple helpings of their yummy soups and bread. None of them seem able to really communicate with the new arrivals, but that's okay, their cute meows are fun to listen to anyway.
The music is a bit more pronounced here and a handful of cat couples are dancing around. Don't be surprised if they encourage you to join in the dancing! Maybe you didn't actually find someone in the flower maze - if not, the cat folk will encourage you to dance with another new arrival to get to know them! Because apparently dancing with someone you don't know is a good formal introduction? Ah well. Sometimes it's just the idea that counts.
There will also be some supplies to help patch people up who have gotten a lot of cuts from the flower maze. Some of the bouts of insanity are probably still going a bit hectic, so you might want to lay down in the recovery area until you feel a bit more stable. Talking to people apparently helps with the stability, so maybe strike up a conversation with a fellow newbie?
Content Warnings: Optional selective amensia and/or altered sense of self, possible monster/creature violence, temporary enchantments, forced relocations.
LONG STORY SHORT
DAYLIGHT
LONG STORY SHORT
You're in a very unusual, specific outfit and in a place you might have seen once or twice in a storybook or in the imagination of your childhood. For some, you might pick up on what's happening immediately. For others, you might be so immersed in the role that you don't realize it - but you're featuring in a classic fairy tale. Maybe it's Sleeping Beauty or Little Red Riding Hood or Tale of the White Snake or The Mirror of Matsuyama. Either way, you're the main character or the main antagonist and it looks like you're going to have to play out the story with whoever you're stuck with!
The other person in the trial can either match up to the other side of the story or just arrive as themselves and have to play along. Trying to just abandon the trial is quite literally impossible! You're stuck in the weird woods or high tower and trying to "leave" just results in you going in repeated cycles until you wind up where you started. You have a role to fill and you might as well get used to playing roles in Folkmore! It's time to understand how these trials work. What lesson are you supposed to take away?
If you're grumbling about it or are left confused, don't worry! Thirteen will appear to those struggling and explain the situation: "You need to play out the story! C'mon. Everyone knows this story...Right? Well, whatever, it's obvious! If you play your part, I promise I'll give you something you want." Can you really trust a fox though? Especially the fox who brought you here? She laughs before you can really pester her for more information and vanishes in a burst of red dust. Foxes really are mischievous, aren't they...At least most fairy tales are incredibly short, basic, and straightforward so most people should be able to figure it out!
In theory.
DAYLIGHT
At least the Fox wasn't lying. When you complete the task of the story, the fairy tale world will melt into one of the settings in Folkmore and you will be brought back into the current reality. You will be left in the weird clothes, but fear not! A mystery trunk has appeared in front of you and whoever you completed the trial with. Inside the trunk, you will find some of your canon clothes and a few canon items. Nearby, there will be some weapons sticking out of the ground: basic swords, guns, shields, etc. These items might not be enchanted, but at least you have something to work with!
Better yet, you don't necessarily have to complete the Long Story Short prompt to find these trunks either! They seem to be dotted around Folkmore and you might find them just by virtue of exploration! The trunks seem to mysteriously know who is opening them so you won't find someone else's stuff by accident, but you might have to fight over who gets the sword in the stone...
A word of caution to those who grab the weapons...You will immediately be tested on how good you are with them. As soon as you have pulled them out of the ground, the ground will begin trembling and a serpent-like creature will form out of the ground. If you're in Wintermute, you have a sizeable icy creature to deal with. If you're in Cruel Summer, meet the fire-breathing snakey nightmare that's going to try and roast you alive. Don't think Epiphany or Willow will have gentler creatures! They might be covered in moss or flowers but they will hit just as hard. You have to defeat the angry creature - or try running for your life. They are relatively easy to beat and people without powers can manage if they are highly skilled or...really lucky...Or if someone far more capable finds them! Good luck. As a pro-tip, maybe don't pull weird swords out of the ground in the future.
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That's... something he's going to have to freak out about later, if those don't go away on their own. He can only freak out about so much at one time. ]
Ah, no, I think this shirt's pretty much a goner.
[ He starts unbuttoning the front and gently trying to shrug out of it, thankful that his organic cotton undershirt is still mostly intact. (Again, except for the blood from the stab wound and the wing holes...) ]
Thanks for helping with your scarf, by the way. I hope that isn't completely ruined now, too...
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The thought alone makes a very sick tightness fill Katsuki's chest, thinking of his mom and dad that is, and he exhales sharply. Right, need to get this shirt sorted, find out what the fuck happened, and get in contact with UA or Endeavor's agency. Someone that can tell his teachers that he's safe, alive, and unharmed. And hopefully...ugh. Help him. Another thought that deepens the scowl on his face even more, into a borderline growl, because this is the SECONF FUCKING TIME he's been...taken somewhere else against his will, and...
Focus. Heroes are supposed to help people. Focus on that for now, you piece of shit. Worry about the rest later.]
S'fine. [He can always get another one. It's not like it's got any sentimental value or anything. Just another garment. Katsuki takes the shirt and easily shred through it - yes, with his bare hands - and moves the undershirt up calmly and begins to apple the makeshift bandages after an initial once over.]
Doesn't look too bad - doubt any major arteries or organs were pierced, either... But these won't hold forever, and I don't got no meds to clean the wound, either. Not to mention the bloodloss. You need a proper doctor.
Can you walk? [Because while the best thing to do is let this guy rest and heal without aggravating the wound, Katsuki's worried about infection and him losing too much blood. He tugs out his phone from his back pocket and, shocker, no service. They're SOL in that regard.]
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[ Here he is letting some teenager apply bandages when he has healing spells he could be using. What kind of responsible adult is he? (Well, if he were a more responsible adult, his son probably wouldn't have stabbed him in the first place, but... He doesn't want to follow that train of thought right now.) ]
Hang on, let me just... [ He places his palm over the wound and casts Cure Wounds on himself. There is a soft, warm glow emanating from his hand, and as it fades away, he stands up a little straighter, letting out a sigh of relief. ]
There we go. That feels much better.
[ The wound still isn't fully healed, but he's at least not in any danger of bleeding out anymore. ]
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YOU HAD A HEALING QUIRK ALL THIS TIME AND DIDN'T USE IT UP TIL NOW?! ARE YOU FUCKING SENILE, OLD MAN?! DO YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY DIE?!
[Katsuki wasted his scarf to staunch the bleeding!! He wasted precious time making bandages! If this jackoff could have just healed himself from the start, he wouldn't have had to go through any of that!! Neither of them would have had to waste a piece of their clothing, either!!
Katsuki grinds his teeth, starting to stomp huffedly forward. He still has to...find those other two assholes. Though, weirdly enough, the urge to has dimished from a desperate need to a grudging want. Odd.]
If you slow me down, I'm leaving you to rot! [He will not.]
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[ Yeah, missing the point a little bit, but he does actually have the decency to look a little sheepish for having forgot about his healing spells.
The kid starts stomping away, and, not wanting to lose the only person he's run into in this gosh darn maze, Henry decides to follow. ]
I can try to help, actually! Try to speed things up a bit.
[ Now that his head is feeling clearer and not consumed with the drive to find some mysterious someone, Henry can focus on using the magic at his disposal to get them out of this maze. He jogs ahead to catch up with the teen, and casts Speak With Plants.
Clearing his throat, he addresses the wall of flowers in front of them. ]
Ahem. Excuse me, friends, but would you mind parting so that me and my friend here can get through?
[ Obediently, the flowers begin to shift and weave, creating an archway in the maze wall that they can walk through. ]
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Hah? You--...your quirk. What you just did. [Or, wait--...fuck. Is quirk not a universal term?! Katsuki was fucking sure it was, but backwater towns and cities might have botched the term. English alone is a garbage language, so there's that, too. What's the scientific term again for it?] Fucking...'metahuman ability'.
[He shows off his own as a demonstration - opening his palm and creating small, controlled explosions that spark and crackle like little firewor--..........
...Right.
Pops is talking to the bushe--
WHAT THE PISS IT ACTUALLY WORKED.]
Holy shit.
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[ Henry looks entirely too pleased with himself for his plan working. He preens a little, grinning, and sweeps am arm towards the now open path before them, gesturing for the teen to step through. ]
After you. I think I've done my... part!
[ Get it? Because he parted the wall of plants? ]
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This guy really thinks he's actually doing magic right now? For real?? Katsuki's lips roll back over his pearly whites and he has half a mind to tell this senile fuck off for trying to treat him like a toddler. A quirk is a quirk - even little kids know what they are!! Superpowers! Fuck, any brat knows about Heroes and Villains and fucking superpowers, there's no reason to sugarcoat things and make it into *~*magic*~* for the sake of the widdle kiddies.
And--...man alive, that was a joke on par with his old man's attempts. His mother would usually chuckle or snort and they'd get all shmoopy in the car when driving him to design shoots and meeting (because his mom would coerce him into modeling sometimes, despite his protests). Makes him wanna barf.]
Oh my god... Just walk behind me, Pops. [And yes, Katsuki will storm forward with a huff.]
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Say, I don't think I caught your name, young man. I'm Henry, Henry Oak.
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God, and that first night when he came back...saw his folks again... He takes a deep breath and pushes that thought aside. He was a little shit back then, he's not that weak anymore. He's getting out of here and bringing his mom back a fox-fur wrap for sure.]
Bakugou Katsuki. [...Wait, this dude is American, isn't he? Western, at the least. He groans, shaking his head.] Or Katsuki Bakugou because you're probably not on my side of the Earth.
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Well, hajeemay mashtay, Katsuki! You're right about that, I'm from California.
[ His pronunciation is horrible, but... He's trying. ]
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My brother in Christ, he is...not great. Again, passable, but the English language is a fucking nightmare. Especially the various forms of slang and all the dialects and differences in tone just based on what state you go to? Katsuki tried to research that shit on the Internet once and it just made his fucking head hurt. Fuck America. Fuck English. If he didn't need to learn it, and it wasn't so useful to know...he'd probably still learn it. Because he's a try-hard, but THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT!!!]
Need to work on your Japanese, ossan. [KATSUKI, NO, THAT'S A RUDE WORD FOR OLDER MEN...] Only been to America once. Kind of.
[Technically... I-Island was on the outskirts of American territories, and even then Katsuki and his friends didn't really see much of it. They attended the Hero Gala and then things went to shit. So, uh...yeah. His American experience is a whopping zero.]
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[ Henry continues walking alongside Katsuki, either oblivious to any rudeness meant, or consciously brushing past it. It's a composure he's developed over twelve years of raising hellish twin boys. ]
Well, you've got me beat there! I've been to a lot of places, but I've never been to Japan.