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October & November 2023 Test Drive Meme
October - November 2023 TDM
Introduction
Welcome to Folkmore's bimonthly Test Drive Meme! Please feel free to test drive any and all characters regardless of your intent to apply or whether you have an invite or not.
All TDMs are game canon and work like "mini-events". For new players and characters, you can choose to have your TDM thread be your introduction thread upon acceptance or start fresh. Current players are also allowed to have in-game characters post to the TDM so long as they mark their top levels ‘Current Character.’
TDM threads can be used for spoon spending at any time by characters accepted into the game.
Playing and interacting with the TDMs will allow characters to immediately obtain canon items from homes especially weapons or other things they may have had on their person when they were pulled from their worlds! There will always be a prompt that provides some sort of "reward" to characters who complete certain tasks.
🦊 New Star Children meet the Fox still in their worlds, and she brings them into the new realm of Folkmore. As you follow her, your body begins to change and new characteristics emerge. These may stay for a while, or perhaps they will hide away after. And during all of this, the Fox explains to you where you will be going: to Folkmore.
and then... you fall like a shooting star, falling to the land in a burst of starlight.
🦊 Experienced Star Children are already familiar with this time of the month. There are shooting stars all across the sky, and some fall to the land, which means the Fox has brought new arrivals. These newly arrived Star Children will face some tests, but Thirteen wants the more seasoned residents to participate as well.
Perhaps you follow the falling stars on your own, or perhaps the Fox simply teleports you there, but it appears you too will be part of this.
Content Warnings: Potential nonconsensual physical changes
Tides doesn’t have a farmer’s market. However, it does have a regular artists’ fair. Spirits—and Star Children—can set up stalls to offer art they have already made or to make it right before people. On the spot commissions! It’s a great way to see a wide spread of the art available in Tides, on rare occasions even Jewelia’s own.
Within the artists’ fair is a makers’ square where everyone is invited to join an artist in learning to make some kind of art. It might be painting and wine. Lithography. Embroidery. You name it. Seriously, feel free to put a suggestion in the box of what Star Children would be interested in. The artists leading the space don’t all teach at Jewelia Academy. This could be the only chance to learn from them!
This time it’s making salt water taffy. Spirit Children can learn how to complete the process from start to finish with a bit of an arm workout. If they aren’t interested in or cannot handle the arm workout pulling the taffy, they can help a spirit wherever they’re interested. There is any flavor Spirit Children can imagine to flavor their taffy, even ones only found in their home worlds. Share a little culture!
Star Children may keep up to half of the taffy they make, but the rest will be offered to everyone coming through the makers’ square in the artists’ fair. Perhaps it’ll encourage other Star Children to make their own! Star Children, whether they make taffy or simply take free samples, will find that eating taffy can have an effect on them.
Eating taffy made by Legends will give Star Children color changing eyes that give away their mood, just like Legends. Eating taffy made by Myths will give Star Children horns, claws, or a tail that grows larger when they react more logically and less emotionally. Eating taffy made by Familiars will give Star Children animal features. These effects last from one-six hours.
Eating taffy made by Spirits has no effect at all!
Tides doesn’t have a farmer’s market. However, it does have a regular artists’ fair. Spirits—and Star Children—can set up stalls to offer art they have already made or to make it right before people. On the spot commissions! It’s a great way to see a wide spread of the art available in Tides, on rare occasions even Jewelia’s own.
Within the artists’ fair is a makers’ square where everyone is invited to join an artist in learning to make some kind of art. It might be painting and wine. Lithography. Embroidery. You name it. Seriously, feel free to put a suggestion in the box of what Star Children would be interested in. The artists leading the space don’t all teach at Jewelia Academy. This could be the only chance to learn from them!
This time it’s making salt water taffy. Spirit Children can learn how to complete the process from start to finish with a bit of an arm workout. If they aren’t interested in or cannot handle the arm workout pulling the taffy, they can help a spirit wherever they’re interested. There is any flavor Spirit Children can imagine to flavor their taffy, even ones only found in their home worlds. Share a little culture!
Star Children may keep up to half of the taffy they make, but the rest will be offered to everyone coming through the makers’ square in the artists’ fair. Perhaps it’ll encourage other Star Children to make their own! Star Children, whether they make taffy or simply take free samples, will find that eating taffy can have an effect on them.
Eating taffy made by Legends will give Star Children color changing eyes that give away their mood, just like Legends. Eating taffy made by Myths will give Star Children horns, claws, or a tail that grows larger when they react more logically and less emotionally. Eating taffy made by Familiars will give Star Children animal features. These effects last from one-six hours.
Eating taffy made by Spirits has no effect at all!
🦊 Star Children can attend an artists’ fair and make salt water taffy.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Star Children will give temporary features of that kind of Star Child.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Spirits has no effect.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Star Children will give temporary features of that kind of Star Child.
🦊 Eating salt water taffy made by Spirits has no effect.
Content Warnings: Pocket universe, dungeon castle crawl, forced relocation
One of the many food carts in Tides serves homemade ice cream. The fox spirit serving it promises that it will provide a jolt of inspiration—even to Star Children who cannot eat. Even holding a cone or cup of the ice cream can jolt someone’s imagination, the fox says. It’s free as part of the welcome to Tides, but no one has to accept it, not even to hold. The fox spirit won’t cajole anyone, and Star Children can go along their way.
At least a few hours later, long enough to have forgotten the offer or to get frustrated by the lack of promised inspiration, Star Children fall down down down into a painted, sculpted, sidewalk chalked, or otherwise artistically bent world. They are as artistically made as the rest of the world around them. They match it, as do their one to three companions who arrive with them. They may be friends or strangers. They are compatriots in this strange world.
Whether starting deep in the bowels or high in a tower, this artistic world is that of a castle. A unique castle to each Star Child host. Elements of its design, decor, and mechanisms tie back to a creative endeavor of the host. For the castle is a direct manifestation of whatever project the Star Child host experiences creative block around, whether that’s art or science or anything else. It’s baked into the design. Not only that, the castle is under attack! Dragons or monsters or knights, oh my! Whatever attacks, the very creative idea may crumble if it doesn’t get solved.
Star Children who ate the ice cream will have an easier time shoring up defenses, buying time to think, and even experiencing a breakthrough moment of inspiration. Any companions who ate the ice cream will have an easier time helping the host. Regardless, the only way out is a breakthrough or to see the idea fall to uninspired ruin. Which will it be?
When a group breaks through, they return to Tides with up to four nearly identical dollhouse castles. A miniature doll of one party member will be in each dollhouse. The doll will also have a miniature version of an item from home. Take it from one’s doll, and it becomes lifesize. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
One of the many food carts in Tides serves homemade ice cream. The fox spirit serving it promises that it will provide a jolt of inspiration—even to Star Children who cannot eat. Even holding a cone or cup of the ice cream can jolt someone’s imagination, the fox says. It’s free as part of the welcome to Tides, but no one has to accept it, not even to hold. The fox spirit won’t cajole anyone, and Star Children can go along their way.
At least a few hours later, long enough to have forgotten the offer or to get frustrated by the lack of promised inspiration, Star Children fall down down down into a painted, sculpted, sidewalk chalked, or otherwise artistically bent world. They are as artistically made as the rest of the world around them. They match it, as do their one to three companions who arrive with them. They may be friends or strangers. They are compatriots in this strange world.
Whether starting deep in the bowels or high in a tower, this artistic world is that of a castle. A unique castle to each Star Child host. Elements of its design, decor, and mechanisms tie back to a creative endeavor of the host. For the castle is a direct manifestation of whatever project the Star Child host experiences creative block around, whether that’s art or science or anything else. It’s baked into the design. Not only that, the castle is under attack! Dragons or monsters or knights, oh my! Whatever attacks, the very creative idea may crumble if it doesn’t get solved.
Star Children who ate the ice cream will have an easier time shoring up defenses, buying time to think, and even experiencing a breakthrough moment of inspiration. Any companions who ate the ice cream will have an easier time helping the host. Regardless, the only way out is a breakthrough or to see the idea fall to uninspired ruin. Which will it be?
When a group breaks through, they return to Tides with up to four nearly identical dollhouse castles. A miniature doll of one party member will be in each dollhouse. The doll will also have a miniature version of an item from home. Take it from one’s doll, and it becomes lifesize. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
🦊 Star Children will be offered homemade ice cream by a fox spirit.
🦊 Star Children will be transported into an artistic world set within a castle under attack.
🦊 1-3 other Star Children will join the host.
🦊 Escape by breaking through the host’s creative block.
🦊 Star Children whose groups break through will receive a personal item from home. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
🦊 Star Children will be transported into an artistic world set within a castle under attack.
🦊 1-3 other Star Children will join the host.
🦊 Escape by breaking through the host’s creative block.
🦊 Star Children whose groups break through will receive a personal item from home. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
Finn | Star Wars | Legend
B. Candy Man
C. Wildcard
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And he's making a beeline for him as fast and unassuming as humanly possible. Finn's upon him in seconds. ]
Poe-!
[ But then he- And- Ah, hell, not again.
Finn stares for a second and... clears his throat. ]
Marc, right?
[ Put him out of his misery, Marc. Just end him. ]
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He manages an awkward smile.]
Yeah, that's right. Haven't seen you around in a while. Were you hidin' out somewhere, or...?
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Not because he misses his friend still (and he does) but because... this is starting to get real embarrassing. ]
No, I left. Or I think I left. Woke up in the woods, so- [ He gestures in that general direction. ] Not sure how long it's been, actually.
[ Five or six months, give or take, not that any time at all has passed for him. ]
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Sure! To both? Although I thiiiiink someone told me I'm not supposed to take free food in this place. This stuff isn't like the ice cream, right? Have you tried the ice cream? You probably shouldn't if you haven't.
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He knows without a doubt that they're from the same home, that they share a little something special in common, and figures the other man must already know the same. Finn's never once tried to hide himself in the Force, after all.
But he eventually comes back to himself with a blink and a smile. ]
Uhh- Right, sure, here.
[ And he hands a few pieces over, some of the work he's most proud of. ]
I haven't tried the ice cream. It's my first time in town, actually. What does it do?
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Mostly because he has a mouth full of taffy. His eyes soon change as well, though it's not super noticeable. The bright blue is dulled into something more gray, lonelier.
When he's done with the candy, he finally says,]
I'm new too, so I might not be the best at describing it. When I had it, though, I got transported into a mural of a Jedi temple. I guess it was a kind of trial?
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I-... Yeah, maybe. This planet does some weird things sometimes.
[ Or the ice cream was laced with something, but Finn's not going to say that. ]
You've heard of the Jedi? The Force?
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She wasn't paying attention until she hears the sound of rustling sound of someone coming approaching, looking up with surprise since it's not often someone just randomly comes by without her knowing.
But soon as she sees him Usagi gasps happily as she scrambles to her feet- it may have been a bit but she recognizes him instantly as she runs up to him.]
FINN!
[There is no hestitation as she hugs him, it doesn't even occur to her he may not remember or know her, she just knows her friend is back and she's so unbelievably happy.]
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Ah, well. None of that really matters, he supposes.
Either way, one of the last things he expects is Usagi suddenly coming in for a hug. He gasps in surprise right back- ]
USAGI?!
[ And then they're hugging while he frantically tries to catch up to the moment. But once he does, he's smiling. ]
You're here?! I hadn't-- I didn't know you were even still on the planet or not.
[ He doesn't assume that kind of thing anymore and certainly doesn't reach out with the Force to check. And though they spent a short amount of time together, he's so happy to see her suddenly. ]
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I am! And I hope you don't mind but I moved into your cottage. But I wanted to make sure it would be taken care of in case you returned so I kept things up while you were gone.
[She pulls away a little to beam up at him happily.]
I'm really happy you're back- you weren't gone a really long time but I still missed you! I hope you got to see your friends while you were gone though.
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Thank you.
[ And he really means that from the bottom of his heart. The cottage had meant a lot to him. ]
I... didn't. Just woke up out there like no time had passed. [ But he's getting used to that, unfortunately. ] What about you? Have you seen any of your friends while I was gone?
[ That's how they bonded, isn't it? That shared loneliness.. ]
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Hey.
[ His eyes change purple, the only sign he's a legend at all, he's gotten a handle on the rest of them and it's just a sign of his curiosity with the other. He also lives out in Gram, it's a long ride and walk back. ]
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Hey.
[ Still kind of surreal to strike up small talk now of all times. ]
Headed to Gram?
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[ Because it's normal to have a friend one calls a knight. ]
It's a nice place to live.
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A. Back Again
that's when she feels it...a stirring in the Force. one familiar, but far stronger than before.
she springs to her feet, dislodging a complaining Cat, and dashes down the stairs, Cat hot on her heels. she can see his back walking away, so she cries out his name and runs to attempt to tackle-hug him]
Finn! You're here, you're here, you're here! I knew you'd be just fine!
((OOC: this Rey is an AU where she took Kylo Ren's hand in exchange for him sparing the transports))
!!!!
Right up until he feels a familiar tug, that is.
He turns right before she calls his name. ] Rey! [ And meets her in that tackle-hug.
She had been on the Ximilia once before, but he isn't assuming she remembers it. And from the way she's talking, maybe there's something he doesn't remember either. But there are more important things going on right now. ]
You're here! How long have you been here?
Hi, hi, hi!!! ❤️
Rey is just grinning ear to ear, she's so thrilled to see him here] Finn!! [and it's a homecoming to have her closest friend here, despite all that here can be. she'd missed him deeply, first when she was training at Ahch-To and later, well. later.
and wondered how the kriff she'd explain certain decisions she'd made. she's made a lot more peace with them lately, but that doesn't mean she's eager to tell him she traded her freedom for the Resistance's (at least temporary) safety]
I am! It's been...six months? I think? Anyway, there are loads of us here from different times back home, though I think we're from the furthest in the future.
What's the last thing you remember before arriving? [and she squeezes him tightly, sort of rocking from side to side with the hug]
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lmk if you want her to not know or definitely know some things >.>
she knows about Palpy (thanks Maul!), but let's leave her in the dark for the rest. For now~~
o7
/plays ominous music
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Aish
[Ezra does most of his meditating at home, in his apartment at Satori Hills. But sometimes, he wants to be a little close to nature. Or just wants to mix it up.
The more grasslands part of Willow are a particular favorite, because they remind him of the prairies of Lothal.
So, he's sitting cross legged on a small hill, his senses cast particularly open, when he senses a notably brighter than average presence, nearby and moving, but not heading towards him, either. Not one he knows well.
Well, now he's curious. He climbs to his feet and goes looking.
And once he's in sight - nope not anyone he recognizes. He offers a small, warm smile.]
...hi. Are you new? I'm Ezra. [He hesitates then bows slightly and adds-] Ezra Bridger, Jedi Knight.
[Although perhaps the Jedi tunics and lightsaber on his belt gave that last part away.]
i was so confused lmao
And is confirmed almost immediately.
Jedi Knight? What?
Finn stares for perhaps a little too long, confused and trying to find a lie somewhere in here. But no. No, he's... telling the truth. ]
I'm Finn. [ And he recognizes that the pause lasted a little too long. Then bows just as awkwardly. ] Not a... Jedi Knight... How long have you been on this planet?
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Here? Only about 4 months. But I haven't been, um, home, in about 2 and half years.
[Another beat of hesitation-]
Are you Rey's friend? She's mentioned a Finn.
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Maybe he's not entirely wrong. He hears a familiar voice through the crowd ahead of him, and that draws him in from some fairly brooding thoughts, right when he was starting to wonder if he was all alone out here after all. He just has to side-step the crowd of excited children that have flocked to the spot first. ]
Finn?
[ He didn't stop to wonder if he was just thinking too much about everyone he left back with the Resistance and now he's thinking that he's hearing or seeing them here, where it all feels kind of surreal anyway. If he's dreaming then that's even more reason to see where this goes, and so far no one here has given him more than a curious glance. ]
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Hey, Marc. I was just-
[ The thing with Finn and the Force is that he is strongly connected to it now, but... things have happened. In these kinds of worlds, people come and go. Mostly, they just go, and he's gotten too deeply connected once already. So, he no longer reaches out to his surroundings, doesn't check on his connections to people anymore, never gets his hopes up.
At the same time, some things are instinct. He's only noticed it when he's run into Marc in the past, thinking that he was someone he wasn't until the Force pinged back a whole other signature from what was expected. This time, it's the same but opposite.
This time, he's not overwhelmed with disappointment, a touch of heartache, and a mountain of mortification. This time, he slowly turns back to his oldest friend as the rest of the taffy just splats to the floor. ]
POE!!
[ Was that too loud? That was way too loud. Either way, the spirits part as he dashes over and envelopes the other man in a tight hug.
Give him a break. It's been well over a year, maybe two. ]
You're here! It's you!
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That won't stop him from giving Finn a tight squeeze right back, because he is unexplainably relieved to see him despite the relatively short time that he's been here. He knows what the Fox has said, but he can't just not worry about how everyone's doing when he's not there. Things have just been especially rough lately, when he's been impatiently waiting for every report and imagining the worst when anyone doesn't check in on time.
Things were a lot easier when he could just focus on the flying.
But things have changed, he's changed, and he's not really gonna stop worrying anytime soon, but he's not a reassuring grin for Finn now all the same. It's always easy with him. ]
Hey, buddy. When did you get here? [ oh yeah ] And who's Marc?
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time skipping~
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