underlockandkey

This is the Test Drive Meme for the first full round of Lockdown! If you're interested in joining us, aren't sure, or just want to get a taste of the game itself, this is the place to experience it!

If you have any questions, your mods

limitedwings

amplitude and

hypothetical are here to answer them! The information for Round One that has been released thus far can be found over here. You can use that information to flavor your top levels as you'd like!

And as always, the test drive can be used for your application sample. So go wild.

▸Orientation.

The sound of a chirpy alarm wakes you. To turn it off, you’ll realize that it’s flashing 6:30 A.M. brightly on its digital display. It’s not yours. Luckily it’s not hard to turn off. Some of you may recognize the room you wake up in-- to some extent. It’s decorated as a school dormitory, but it’s made for only one. Whether you’ve been here before or not, if you look, it won’t be difficult to find your answers.

An acceptance letter to Fayflower University sits atop the desk, stating that you have been chosen as an Apprentice of something or other-- a member of the first class since the program’s restructure. Some of your classmates, or perhaps even you yourself, have come here having already taken the school’s entrance exam. Others may not. The recruiting process is never a simple one. You may have just caught their eye now.

There’s also a unique looking fitbit attached to your wrist now. It won’t come off, no matter what you try. You can also find a tablet next to your acceptance letter. You can’t download apps, but there are a handful already programmed on it. It might come in handy.

Whatever your particular case is, now would be an excellent time to take a look around the dormitory and meet the others who will be in your “class”. Maybe someone with some experience can enlighten you to what’s going on here-- or maybe you’d just like someone as clueless as you to yell and cry with.

▸Faculty Office Consultation.

You may have one or several bones to pick with the individuals responsible for bringing you here. Well the Faculty Office is open! You’re more than welcome to introduce yourself and get to the heart of the matter with them. What kind of answers they may give you though...

Unfortunately the man you'll get, whether you know him yet or not, is Oswald Hale.

Or if you’re feeling particularly naughty... you and your fellow Apprentices may feel like snooping around when the staff is out. Be careful though... wouldn’t want to get caught now, would you?

▸Bulletin Board.

In the dorm’s common area, there’s a giant corkboard plastered onto one of the walls. There’s a small banner at the top that reads, “BULLETIN BOARD”. Here’s the perfect place for all your flyers, artwork, or discussion that you’d like to keep off of the tablets. There are some things that technology can’t always emulate, after all.

This would also be a good place to start for those of you who are interested in creating a club of some sort! This is a university, after all, and what’s a university without student-run organizations? You’ve got downtime in between murders, so a little fun can’t hurt anyone...right?

▸Fitness Test.

There’s a track, if you look around hard enough, and positioned at the starting line is a clock. Right now, it reads: 00:00:0000. But as you approach, your fitbit provides a prompt… somehow. Were fitbits always able to do this and you just never realized it? But at any rate, the prompt is a simple text with, “BEAT THE CLOCK?”

You can grab others to race if beating the clock is not your style, or if you choose to accept the challenge, the timer will automatically set to 00:00:5500. Once you start running, it will begin to count down. If you beat the clock, it will reset and immediately start counting down again. A successful race will read, “PHYSICALLY FIT” on the fitbit.

However, on your first failure, you will get the error message, “FODDER”.

Anyway, good luck running a 3 min 40 second mile. Totally doable. (not really doable)

▸TEST TIME.

Did you think you would survive this without a murder? No of course not. There’s always murder. Maybe it’s someone you were close to... or maybe it was someone you’ve had a few quarrels with (...are some people looking at you a little differently?)-- either way it’s your job to uncover the truth.

But working together with everyone... can you say you really trust everyone anymore?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Rantaro wasn't 100% sure about this, but he wanted answers. A little snooping around never hurt anyone, and the more info we get the better.

At least he's whispering and being stealthy.]

Hey, don't worry about me too much. Let's just focus on the investigation.

[ A little snooping can definitely hurt people, which is why Hank is taking things so seriously. But he'd have this kid's life on his conscience if he let him get hurt, which is a whole other can of worms he won't think about right now. ]

Right. [ He's still going to keep an eye on you, Rantaro. ] Lemme know if you see anything weird or any names you don't recognize. Figure we may as well start there.

[Rantaro just nods and follows along. He's not trying to make a scene...

His eyes trail about the room until he spots a weird gap in the wall. It's a very small, thin gap, going from the floor to almost 7 feet up... And the gap's way too straight and grooved to be a construction error.]

Hey, I think I found something.

[ That'll definitely do it. Hank goes over to check out the gap. Yeah, that doesn't look normal. ]

The hell's this?

[ He starts looking at the wall around it. Maybe there's a trap door? ]

[upon further inspection, there seems to be cold air seeping through the gap. No light, though. And is that a smaller horizantal gap at the top of this vertical wall gap?]

Huh... Looks like it might be a trap door... You see any way to get it open, other than force?

[ Hank places his hand to feel for the air. There's definitely something back there. ]

Might be some kinda lever or switch somewhere. Try moving some shit and see if we can find it.

[ Of course the people who kidnapped them built trap doors into the faculty office. Of course. ]

Says the guy who told me not to touch anything.

[He's not gonna argue though.]

Alright, you check the area to the right of the door. I'll check the left.

Fuck it, if they're hiding trap doors in here we're not gonna just stick around and wait for them to hold it over us.

[ Hank runs his hand over the side of the wall, checking the desk for any buttons or levers. He tries pulling at one of the drawers... only it's locked. ]

Hey, I might have something here.

Alright, you're the expert.

[He begins his own search... And he is called over by the older man.]

Whatcha found there? A locked drawer?

Looks like it. That fucking switch might be in here.

[ At the very least, they're hiding something... ]

Yeah... Or important documents, maybe.

[He kneels down to get a good look at the lock.]

... You don't know how to pick a lock, do you?

Course I do, I'm a fucking cop.

[ Hank's been a cop for long enough to know his fair share of shifty things. ]

Get me a paperclip, I'll see what I can do.

[Rantaro nods and snatches a stray paperclip off the nearby desk.]

Here, this should work.

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