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?

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[ politeness to enemies is a memo that waver understands...but barely applies.

he crosses his arms, huffing loudly. ]

You don't even mean that. Besides, if you're not a human, then what are you?

A beastman, obviously.

[Have you not like, seen his clawhands and eyes? And teeth?

They're shark teeth.]

R-right.

[ well, that's not a concept that's completely unheard of in his world...or so he thinks. he's heard of families that can turn to beasts and have, by consequence, become a mix of animal and human but...

but he's never faced one.

he gulps, but puts on his best brave face. like hell he'll show that he's (at least) a little scared. ]

Well, I saw a lot of humans around. So you're just gonna have to deal with us until this stupid thing is over.

Wonderful.

[That is, of course, dripping in sarcasm.]

I don't suppose you have any idea when that will be?

Why would I know?

[ waver folds his arms, an eyebrow raised. ]

Either way, I don't think it's gonna be soon. Have you even taken a look at the rules on this thing? [ he holds the tablet up ] Whoever the Administration is, they're obviously powerful beings-- this isn't just some quick kidnapping.

[In answer Viral just. Holds up one of his hands. With its, yknow, significant sharp claws.]

It was more than a bit difficult to work with. I suppose that makes sense, if it was designed for humans.

[He'd probably scratch the screen into unusable in like, five minutes.]

[ waver's going to look at viral's hand, and then roll his eyes. don't call him out like this ok??? ]

Well, the point is that we have these so called Administrators watching us through security cameras. Which isn't that big of a deal until you realize that they somehow took all of us, and that takes a lot of power.

[ and he's not going to mention the whole part of 'violence against other apprentices' thing because waver loves himself at least a little and doesn't want to give this guy any ideas. ]

[He lives for call outs. Fight him.]

Hmm.

[That's not a pleased hmm, as much a grunt as it is a thoughtful sound.]

So they want something from us, then.

They definitely have a goal in mind. Only an idiot would expend that much power for no reason.

[ and that doesn't make waver feel any better. the rules make him feel like he's in yet another grail war... except he didn't choose to participate in this one. ]

I wouldn't be surprised if they told us what they want from us soon, since they probably have us all rounded up already.

Tch. At the very least, they're not about to just let us out of here before then.

[He doesn't like this very much at all, no.]

Of course they won't. They're gonna force us to wait until whenever they want. They'll do it to prove that they have the power and that we're their pawns.

[ waver huffs. clearly he doesn't like this either. ]

[Well, he's not really wrong...

You know, kid, for a human, you're pretty smart and tolerable.]

Not a bad assessment. And until they show their faces, speculating about their motives is pointless.

[ oh... a compliment. waver crosses his arms, looking something between embarrassed and still annoyed. ]

Not only that, but it's pointless to try and get out, too. So we might as well just sit down and wait. Tch.

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