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foundationmods) wrote2018-11-01 02:40 am
foundationmods) wrote2018-11-01 02:40 am
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ROUND 2 TDM
TEST DRIVE MEME
This is the test drive meme for The Resort. Feel free to use this to voicetest, gather samples for your potential app, or just have fun in the setting! Reserves open on November 9th. Hit up our Round FAQ with any other questions.
Feel free to come up with your own scenarios as well! This is just a sampling of scenarios that may come up during gameplay.
1. MORNING WAKEUP CALL
You wake up with a start in a hotel room - one with a single bed and it's own bathroom - due to the buzzing of an alarm on a Tablet by the bedside. You're in the clothes you last remember being in, but you sure as hell don't remember checking into a hotel or resort for the night...
There's a message from 'Resort Staff' after you manage to turn off the horrible noise, letting you know there's breakfast for all of the guests down at the Restaurant.
It's 7am, but if you don't ignore it and go back to sleep, there's a continental breakfast buffet spread out at the Restaurant, just like they said there would be. It's all free of charge, too...which is good, because you certainly didn't pay to come here. Maybe getting some breakfast first before demanding to see the management is a good idea - and you can also find out who else got brought here against their will, too.
2. RESORT EXPLORING
So, after your meal (or just more sleep), you're bright eyed, bushy tailed, ready to take on the day and find out what the hell is going on. However, the Staff is all cheerful but evasive, saying that you signed in last night, and even helpfully showing you your signature in their guestbook. And while you know that's a crock of bullshit, they're very insistent that you're here for a week stay...
If you decide to check the Resort out, you'll quickly find that the upper floors are currently undergoing maintenance. But, there's a Ski shop nearby - which isn't surprising, considering that the outdoor courtyard is snowed in. There's also an indoor pool and an outdoor Jacuzzi in case you want to soak in style! And there's a bathing suit in your room, along with a change of clothing...
There's also plenty of empty or unused rooms, oddly enough. Though the strangest thing about this entire hotel is all of the rats. They're all clean, tame, and friendly - but it's downright odd to see a bunch of multi-colored rats skittering about either in special sectioned off areas for them, or up in tubes on the walls, much like a really elaborate hamster run. If you decide to go near them in a sectioned off area, they'll happily just hang out with you doing rat things. Huh. And as long as you're friendly with them, nothing seems to happen. But if you're unfriendly...?
Well. Maybe some things are better left untried.
3. SKI TIME
So you've explored the hotel and seen all the sights you could. Now you're ready to brave the slopes with whatever equipment you took from the Ski shop (all free of charge, again), and have some FUN! Or just see what the outside is like in this weird place you found yourself in, either or. It's cold, but not too cold - and the snow outside is perfect for skiing and sledding. There are three slopes, all ranging from bunny to advanced, and there's even a Ski lift for you to get up there on! If you don't want to go on the slopes, there are some smaller hills to sled down on.
3-A. SKI.....TIME...?
It happens before you can even realize it. You're having a grand old time down on one of the slopes, going at a high speed, wind in your hair and the snowy landscape whizzing by you. It's perfect, except -
- hang on -
What the fuck is that?!
You manage to dodge it in time, but it simply follows after you at a high rate of speed, scraggly arms and legs flailing as it skitters across the snow. Out of the corner of your eye, you see an unlucky skiier get eaten in a single gulp, the horrifying creature barely stopping before beginning to chase you again.
It seems you'll have to ski for your life.
4. FOREST BREAKOUT
Alright, you're done with Skiing and this weird-ass Resort. It's time to brave the wilderness and get the hell out of this place. As you go into the forest, for a while, it's just you and the snow... But then it gets darker. And darker. And there's no end to the forest itself...
You hear whispers. Wolves growl and snarl in your ears, the trees - are they moving? Has a dense fog settled in, making it hard to tell where you're going? Why...why is there another set of footprints in the snow next to you? Your ears are ringing, your head hurts, y̝ơ͍̻̲̥̟u'̰͈̯̞̖̪͜v͙͚̙̘̲̝̖͢e̖̲̟̟̮̯ ̖̙͟m̗͙͍̙͢a̷̬̹̠̬d̡̼͙̳̭ͅe͏̱ ̖͔̠̭̺̬͝ͅá̯̪ ̹̻̠͖m̥̜̫̤̯i̘̲͈̼̮s̼̙͔͎̠̦̘t̪͠á͇̣̫͎̜̻k̫͎̠̫̦̻é̯-͓͍͘
And then you wake up on one of the hotel couches in the lobby, with a Staff Member smiling indulgently over you with a cup of hot cocoa in their hands, going on about how you just came right in and took a nap.
Hm.
5. RESORT MURDER
Somehow, you knew it was going to get worse. And when one of your fellow Guests end up dead, that just cemented it for you. Someone has been killed - in a horrible way - and now you have to suspect each other. Will you check out the body? Mourn for the dead? Or lay a critical eye on your fellow Guests, watching each of them carefully for any sign of Otherness? That person in the corner of the room - did their neck just bulge unnaturally a little? Are those fangs shining in that person's mouth? What about the people in the rooms next to yours? Don't you think they talk a little weirdly, move just a little unnaturally?
Will you do something about it, before they get you?
no subject
S-Specimens, huh? Yeah, I guess so...Though I'm pretty sure these guys are just pets.
[Okay, there's a german accent there, so - he'll offer his hand to shake.]
Ushiromiya Battler - ah, I guess it'd be Battler Ushiromiya in the western way, right?
no subject
[Though Medic has never used one of his pigeons for an experiment that didn't directly benefit them- increased lifespan, sturdier bones, extremely tiny Uber devices plugged into their hearts, et cetera. Not that Battler knows this, of course.
Speaking of Medic's birds, one pokes its head free from under his shirt collar. It coos, then wriggles its way out, fluttering its wings. The dove is wearing a tiny knit hat and a sweater. The sweater has a suspicious stain across the front that may or may not be blood.]
Good to meet you then- ah, hold on, then do you prefer Battler or Ushiromiya?
no subject
[THAT STAIN....is clearly ketchup, right? It is kind of cute, all bundled up like that, but - ]
...So that's why you were talking about disease transfer. Now it makes sense.
[And also why Medic didn't bother touching the rats.
He's getting the impression this guy miiiight be a little crazy, if not extremely eccentric. Then again, he belongs to a family where a man screams to the ceiling about Beatrice and drinks Absinthe like it's going out of style.]
Uh....what about you? I mean - what's your name?
me unsubtly dropping Facts from my work w/ wildlife rehab
[Archimedes finishes his escape from the confines of Medic's shirt and perches delicately on the doctor's shoulder. He ruffles his feathers and begins to preen.
And of course Archimedes loves ketchup. Perfectly nutritious food for a bird. Archimedes definitely doesn't crave blood.
As for the rats, there's actually a few of them crawling around inside his coat pockets, but they're nice enough to stay clear of Archimedes.]
Mhmmm- many mammals contain bacteria in their saliva or under their claws that are essentially toxic for a bird. Particularly cats. Most birds attacked by cats require antibiotics within 48 hours, and that's not even considering the stress, the other potential zoonotic diseases, and of course the same can happen with other mammal attackers-
[Medic finally realizes that Battler asked him a question and takes a moment to think of an answer.]
Ah- call me "Medic", ja? Or Doctor, if you prefer.
[Old habits die hard, and he's lived under this code name for quite a long time. Only a few of his teammates even know his first name, let alone the last.]
ngl I also do this a lot, but mostly about random animal trivia
Would Beato have made up a guy like him? I mean, Ronove was a little weird, and the ass-nee-chans were enthusiastic, but this is a level not even Beato gets to.
I also get the feeling that if I said something this guy didn't like, he'd drug me and drag me to some secret lab to do mad scientist things.
Then again, he could just really love his job.
For now, I should probably just smile and nod...']
Uh...Doctor it is, I guess!
[He smiles, even if it's a little uneasily - he's starting to try and get back into his charming, chipper ways after being taken off guard, and it helps that Medic isn't treating this like anything weird.]
I'm guessing you're a Veterinarian? I mean, I didn't know half of that stuff about how birds can get so sick from just saliva...
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Nope! I work with human bodies, mostly. I know more than the basics about animal medicine, but that's all self-taught. Someone has to take care of my birds, ja? Plus Soldier- ah, one of my teammates- needs help with his raccoons sometimes. And that Bald Eagle... I have had to pick up quite a lot.