foundationmods | 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?

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BREAKFAST
The early bird gets the worm. Isn’t that how that trite human phrase goes? But… the second mouse gets the cheese.

Mmm, maybe neither is appropriate for this situation.

Regardless, a lithe, effeminate man in unique bone-framed glasses makes his way downstairs, and he looks extremely put together — his hair freshly washed and styled and his outfit neatly pressed. Probably why he’s “fashionably late”. He doesn’t seem incredibly bothered by the whole situation, but there is an edge of… something in those gold eyes.

Panic? Fear? It’s difficult to place. But he will casually make his way through the breakfast area and… jesus christ, how many plates is he going to fill up?

He brings his three plates completely filled with pastries and fruit and cereal and muffins and everything under the sun to an occupied table and politely clears his throat.

“Is this seat taken?”

RATS
“Vermin,” Szayel scoffs, wearing a brand new sweater from the ski shop. He adjusts his glasses as he watches them skitter to and fro in the pipes, through their colorful habitrails.

“Why would such an upscale establishment allow such creatures loose? Hmph.”

Still, he finds himself intrigued. Rats are a delightfully traditional lab species. Szayel crouches next to one of the sectioned-off areas and offers his gloved hand.

“Perhaps they’re mascots?”

MURDER
“As the only respectable scientist and physician in this hideous place, I insist you let me conduct an autopsy on that body!”

Maybe the deceased was your friend. Maybe you just don’t like seeing bodies being cut up. But this pink-haired man is standing with his arms crossed and looking quite irate.

“How can we accurately determine a cause of death if I don’t investigate thoroughly? Step aside.”

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Edited 2018-11-02 02:02 (UTC)

"W-wait! Are you really just... going to cut them up right here? Isn't that just plain unsanitary!?"

Tsumugi appreciates that someone is doing an autopsy, but she also doesn't want them opened up right here. Especially not while she's in the room!

Edited 2018-11-03 03:05 (UTC)

"Ugh. Well obviously not," he scoffs, as if his plan is the Most Obvious Thing and everyone should be able to read his mind. "After properly documenting the position of the body, I'll move it to a table. Do you really expect me to perform a proper autopsy on the floor? My poor back, it aches at the mere thought!"

"Umm... Are you a doctor or something? I didn't know we had a professional here..."

She wasn't aware someone who actually knew what they were doing was here.

Edited 2018-11-03 03:51 (UTC)

"Ahem... well..." he says, straightening his glasses, "I am not a licensed physician, but that hardly matters where I'm from. I am a scientist of great renown, however, and my knowledge of anatomy is impeccable. I can get to the bottom of this little mess in no time."

"Well... we don't have anyone else willing to do it, huh?"
By the wringing of her hands, it's clear Tsumugi didn't find that admission very reassuring.

"I don't see anyone stepping up," he says plainly. Then, he walks around Tsumugi.

"See if you can find me a camera, mm? One of the instant developing types would be best."

"If that's what plain old me can do to help.... then I'll do it." Tsumugi doesn't sound happy about this, but there's an undertone of determination in her voice as she scurries off to find a camera. It takes a bit, but she eventually returns with a plain looking camera in hand.

In the meantime, Szayel has marked off some important looking drops of blood and moved objects with small pieces of numbered paper, and he's typing notes furiously on a handheld tablet. He doesn't seem to notice her return.

“I’m back.” Tsumugi eyes the entire set up with approval. It’s good to see there’s a competent investigatigator here at least.

[ ..... that is a lot of food.

Akechi will blink up at the newcomer. All he has is a single cup of coffee. But the way he smiles is friendly enough, and he'll sit back in his chair, gesturing broadly. ]

Not at all. Please, join me. I would hardly keep a hungry guest from his food!

[he is a Hungy Boi.

He takes a seat with all his plates and starts with a muffin]

Thank you. Szayelaporro Granz. Bit of a mouthful, I know, so you may call me Dr. Granz. Yourself?

Dr. Granz, then, [ Akechi smiles, dipping his head respectfully. ] Akechi Goro. It's a pleasure. We're quite fortunate to have a doctor amongst us...!

[he won't bother correcting with "not THAT kind of doctor" since he has been known to dabble in medical science... instead he just smiles again and nods back in response]

I'm hoping my expertise won't be needed, though I hear plenty of people sustain injuries while snowskiing. I'm more of a researcher, but... I can set a broken arm if need be. [he nods] Akechi, then. I have a question for you.

A question? Please, ask anything you want.

[ with polite interest. though he mulls that over in his mind. "more of a researcher" ... ]

[he leans in over his food, whispering conspiratorially] Do you remember actually booking this trip?

[ A small smile. ]

No, I don't. Not at all. And despite the staff showing me my own signature confirming that I signed in last night... well, it's a little hard to believe.

[Cyan has never seen anyone put that much on their plate before (let alone eat that much, but he doesn't expect the man to be capable of that), and he stares for a second before recovering.]

N-no, no, it's not. [Cyan's breakfast choice is a lot more restrained. A muffin, an apple, a mug of (black) coffee that he'll regret taking as soon as he tastes it. A single red lignis flower, pulled from the vase of them set as apparent decoration next to the fruit, and placed next to his mug like he just pulled it because it looked pretty. That's why most people would take one, after all. Just the beauty of the many-petals red and orange flower, not because the lignis flowers break down the souls of dead plants and animals and can serve as a food source for a creature than must (but doesn't want to) eat souls.

In contrast to the crystallized soul energy of the plant, Cyan has no apparent soul of his own.]

You can sit here, if you want.

ROUND 2 TDM

Szayelaporro Granz | BLEACH | OTA of course!

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two hollows walk into a continental breakfast buffet