TDM #2

[lockdownmods]

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?

Comments

[starswink]

[And that gets him an immediate look of concern, because why is that the first thing he went to?]

Hey! O-Osomatsu... [Should he add the -san? Technically he's probably calling everyone -ssi. But that's not important right now. That's the same justification that Sherlock used... even if he doesn't have a death wish, it might put an idea in someone else's head. Just the thought of that adds a nervous whine to his tone of voice.]

Don't say stuff like that! What if someone tried to kill you for real?

[ososoi]

[ Because when your world runs on 'rule of funny', some things are less surreal to him than they are to others. Like dying. ]

[ Osomatsu may be dumb but he's not entirely clueless, so he's quick to notice Yoosung's sudden change in mood. And killing?! Why would--? ]

A-Ah... As if anybody would--! [ "For real." Oh, right, apparently death is permanent here. And just because Oso can come back to life in his world, doesn't mean he can come back to life here. And with that thought, he quickly feels unnerved. ]

...It's n-not like anybody would just kill anybody, right?! Who would fall for that?! [ Suddenly Osomatsu's being forced to deal with a bunch of problems that he didn't have to deal with back at home. ]

[ ...He's so bewildered right now. ]

[starswink]

Someone did. [He says that softly and firmly, and yet immediately after it's said, he blurts defensively-] A good person, too! He really was tricked!

So I honestly want to believe it won't ever happen again. But we can't afford to be wrong...

[ososoi]

[ ...okay he did not know somebody already got killed what the fu-- ]

So has this happened before?! Is there something I'm missing?!

And I hope this doesn't happen again 'cause I just realized that you can die for good in wherever the fuck this is!

[ Suddenly being here doesn't sound that fun anymore. Not that it ever was that fun in the first place. Osomatsu grabs both sides of his upper arms (kind of like he was hugging himself) in dismay as he tries to process the information. ]

...Th-This is a skit, right?! Or it's not?! I'm so lost! I feel like I'm getting whiplash or something! The fuck?!

[starswink]

[Man, he would explain the mock round incidents but he's scaring the crap out of this guy as it is. He will make some attempts at mood making first.]

Come on, if this was a skit, wouldn't you be hearing this stuff from a cute girl or something?!

[he has no idea how his show runs tbh]

You didn't miss anything, I've been stuck here longer than you have.

[ososoi]

[ It's at this point that Oso realizes that he's freaking out, in front of someone he just met no less, and tries to calm himself down. 'Tries' been the keyword. ]

I-I mean I hope I would but--! I'm not sure that--! Uh...

[ Oso's not sure he would want Totoko to end up here. Actually, no, he definitely doesn't want Totoko to end up here. ]

If it was a skit, I'd probably hear shit like this from one of my brothers or... [ He has no idea on how to finish that sentence. He can't think straight right now. ]

Wait-- how long have you been here?!