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Test Drive Meme #2
Test Drive #2
I saw a flower, furrow, and brook
New TDMers are free to RP here as if "new" or "established;"
"new" is likely easier to keep in continuity after apping.
When gameplay begins, the second wave will have
their own intro plot and crash log!
"new" is likely easier to keep in continuity after apping.
When gameplay begins, the second wave will have
their own intro plot and crash log!
CREATURES IN THE DARK
Far away from the city, the wall of light that is F.A.T.E.S. seems calm, glowing peacefully. You’re on an evening walk through the city, or maybe on a camping trip in the woods, or maybe on a romantic date on the beach; whatever it is, you’re outdoors, enjoying the apparent peace and quiet, for once.
That is, until you hear a noise. It’s a rustle, or a step, a branch breaking underfoot, a heavier sound than a human would make. And that’s when you find yourself faced with one of the many Xistentia critters: the Green Backed Bison. She's massive, with small horns and a broad, mossy back, a small calf at her side. She does not appear to want to charge you[1], but that might change, depending on what you decide to do! Either approach it, run away, or go into aggressive mode; how will you react to being introduced to the incredible fauna of Xistentia?

Glitch in the City
The city of Xistentia now boasts a population of over 200 sentient souls! Congratulations on surviving your apocalypse, now feel free to enjoy the city and outlying forest. Today, a number of local businesses are open, including the local tailor, our diner Pop's Chocklit Shop, and Sue's Salads. For now, the only bar and lounge is the atrium of the Citadel, the outpost overlooking the sea. It's a lovely day to be out and about.
But at midday, the rendering errors begin. New arrivals, those who came into Xistentia since the second crash find themselves subject to a bizarre phenomenon, where a holographic projection seems to be floating above their head! It contains data about the character's marital status, preferences for fun and dating activities, and pet peeves... and perhaps embarrassingly, it isn't necessarily accurate.
As your daemon will explain the glitch is easy enough to fix! You can either move 100 yards from the location where it began, or another character can remove it for you by touching the graphic.
Preferred Alias: F.A.T.E.S. McWeirdo
Marital Status: Hateboning Nemesis
Preferred Dating Activity: Creating new universes, maintaining the equilibrium of the multiverse, organizing temporal divergences/alternate universes, restoring damage inflicted by D.E.S.T.I.N.Y.
Other Enjoyable Activity: DJing music
GAME NIGHT
At 6 p.m., your Daemon starts making noise - a software update is being installed. It lasts for a few minutes, your Daemon mainly unresponsive if you attempt to make it do anything else than upload the data F.A.T.E.S. is sending it. Afterwards, it resumes acting as normal as it did before the update, but if you ask it, your Daemon will tell you:
Upgrade was installed for entertainment and integration purposes; Hangman.exe was installed.
Launch the application, and you will be given a match against one of your fellow citizens who also decided to join the game. On your holoscreen is a rudimentary, simple game of Hangman, as well as a chat window to taunt your opponent if you so choose. However, it becomes clear that F.A.T.E.S. has no idea what she's doing... the first word is 16 letters long, and she has pre-filled in the letters Z, C, and Q.
It's a good day to complain about technology, or start a new game afresh.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
hells yeah
magnus bane, shadowhunters.
a. holy pop-up culture, batman!
Preferred Alias: The Other Mr. LB
Marital Status: mawwiage is what bwings us togever today
Preferred Dating Activity: drinking pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, yoga (in spite of better judgment and possession of more than half a brain), making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, health food - no, champagne - yes
Other Enjoyable Activity: terrible pop culture references, saving the world with magic, summoning demons for fun and profit, coordinating the perfect outfit, puns that have you groaning for weeks
Pet Peeves: the inevitable feeling of letdown when one side of your eyeliner isn't quite as perfect as the other, getting interrupted in the middle of trying to have a moment with your man, getting interrupted by jace lightwood in the middle of trying to have a moment with your man, being touched without permission, body swaps
[ If you want, you can happen upon Magnus with his lovely overhead advertisement and the giant monarch butterfly responsible(?) for projecting it. He's strolling around, humming a certain iconic pop song that this glitch might've put him in mind of. You may also hear him making a remark or two about the contents of his holographic profile. Options include comments about how the computer has successfully sussed out his love of all things eighties, thoughts on the worst times to get interrupted when you're having a moment alone with your significant other, or maybe you'll hear him talking about puns.
If you're lucky, you won't hear him talking about puns. Don't get him started about puns, please. ]
b. let's play
[ So, hangman. Magnus would love to challenge you to a game! Ready? Beware that the game might get a bit weird.
If you like, you can find him hanging out at the diner, which is where Clary has no doubt gotten him hooked on the game. Someone may need to cut him off both the hangman app and these milkshakes. See, some people cope with the end of the world in strange ways and Magnus does so by indulging his competitive spirit and his persistent sweet tooth.
You know what would make this really perfect? If there were jukebox in here. That would be excellent. ] Anned, my dear? Could you play us some music? [ He's talking to the butterfly, it would appear. Anned does not immediately deign to reply, but maybe you've got a musical request...? ]
c. wild card
[ If you like, throw something else my way! Assume you can find Magnus in varying locations around the city, mostly out and about and exploring. He'd be happy to assist with healing or a portal some place or another (as long as it's somewhere he's been!). ]
a;
[ Beams! ]
Also, I don't know what that thing's talking about. Your eyeliner is always on fleek.
[ Sniff snoof, say her dogs. Hello, Magnus, they're happy to see you. ]
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First, seeing Rose. Because how could seeing Rose ever not make him happy? She's family.
Second, because of the song. It's a classic, even if it is unbearably silly in some respects.
And third, though there's something vaguely ironic about it, he's always so happy to see her crew. He will, naturally, pet each and every one. ] Why, thank you, my dear! I'm glad to know it meets with your approval. Both the song choice and-- [ he gestures to his eyes. ]
It's lovely to see you, Rose.
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The dogs accept the pets graciously, tails going like motors now. They're excited by the prospect of all this new attention. ]
Great to see you too, dude! All things considered. [ End of the worlds. It's hard to let it dampen her spirits though when she gets to see Magnus again. ]
Hope the trip was smooth, at least?
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Yes, all things considered, I'd say it was as smooth as you could expect. And you? [ He cocks his head to the side while continuing to greet the dogs in turn.
Everyone will get equal attention! Magnus is very fair-minded. ]
Did you arrive from Eudio? [ Still kind of figuring out how all this shakes out logically, but Magnus is typically a quick study. ]
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It would appear not? Judging by the image of a gallows that pops up, shockingly realistic except for the little O that indicates the man's head, anyway. ]
Boring and tactical's not a bad way to go! Except in this case, it would appear it didn't net you much progress. This is an interesting game though, don't you think?
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Oh, I don't think anyone wants anyone getting hanged, my friend. If it helps, I've played a few games so far and not suffered any strange consequences. Not yet, anyway! [ Notice he doesn't say if he won or lost. ]
I chose the word, so I leave the guessing in your capable hands!
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[ cute. endearing. appropriately silly? it feels like magnus-levels of silly, so alec likes it, even if some of the references go over his head. ]
Not entirely inaccurate, from what I get of it.
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Oh no, it's very accurate, for the most part! I don't know why there would be a mention of 'body swaps,' but other than that, I am married, I do enjoy both pina coladas and champagne, and I really do not like it when my brother-in-law interrupts me having a moment with my husband.
[ Seems pretty fitting. ] All the pop culture references are intriguing though, for certain! [ He hums a few more bars of the pina colada song. ]
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[ well, a little. he's aware of it's existence and has heard it once or twice.
he peers at magnus' box again, nose slightly crinkled in thought as he reads it over again. the body swap thing was one of those that went over alec's head, but apparently there's no answer for it, so there's no need to ask questions. ]
Beats me, but I'm surprised the Jace one didn't make it onto mine.
[ he rubs the back of his neck and looks aside, sheepish. ] But I think it mostly just ran out of space.
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You have a clearly defined area of comfort, Alexander. [ Magnus sketches a little square in the air in front of them with his forefingers. ] I wouldn't say it's a bad thing.
[ In fact, he'd be remiss if he didn't say, ] I think some of your answers are very cute. Highly so, if I'm being perfectly honest! [ And he always is that. ]
Have we not seen The Princess Bride together, Alec? [ He sounds absolutely affronted. ]
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is alec with you?
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will and i got separated
but i found him.
seems he's been here a while longer than me.
how are you guys?
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I take it to mean that we may see more, in that case.
We're well, and you?
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Anything by Sex Pistols, luv. Have you tried 'V'?
[ Hexd, in the meantime, hopped up onto the top of a booth to perch as close to the butterfly as it could possibly be. ]
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Okay, sorry, right. Magnus admires it a moment before looking at Anned, who flutters in a manner that's meant to be dismissive. ]
I'm not sure if that was a no or if our taste in music is being judged, my friend. [ He gives a bit of a grin. ] I hadn't tried V!
I did try E and X though. [ Please, no drug jokes. ] Maybe I was thinking of someone?
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Were you lonely for me, mate? Good thing I popped in, eh?
[ It's not like he was doing much of anything else. He was looking rather 'native', shorts, t-shirt, flip-flops, though he hardly looked relaxed. There was quite a bit of silver in his goatee not to mention the dark circles under his eyes. ]
V is a good one, give it a go. And oi, butterbutt, Sex Pistols is my favorite band you tryin' to pick a fight with me?
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Shocking that Magnus would like something with alcohol. ]
I suppose I might have been thinking of you. [ Utmost affection. Utmost. More than ever, if one can believe it. One can be assured he's taking in the details here. But he's not liable to interject a probing question about Vex's psyche into a talk that's so far centered around alcoholic milkshakes, hangman, and the Sex Pistols.
Maybe once they move on past guessing games that have to do with hanging little stick figures by their necks. Less morbid that way. ] Oh, look at that, there is a V! [ Thanks, friend! ]
I wouldn't pick a fight with you, that would be foolish.
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it's? wtf! that was supposed to be let's*
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There are some things he's not ready for.
Right about the time that Magnus is wandering past though, Adam has commandeered a park bench and is spreading tarot cards before him with a frown between his dusty coloured brows. He looks up at the amiable mumbling between Warlock and butterfly, lifts his gaze to read the words above. ]
You can summon demons?
[ It's out of his mouth before he can stop it, a shiver running up his spine. ]
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Not that he seems bothered about answering. Spending as much time in Eudio as he did, he's grown pretty accustomed to answering questions like that.
Well, he's actually never been directly asked about the demon summoning part of his job, or not to his recollection. Magic, yes. How he makes cocktails that float and seem to explode in your face without actually exploding, yes. Whether or not he does his eyeliner with a magical assist, sure. He's answered that one more than once.
But demons. Hm. He crosses one arm over his torso. ] I can, yes. Though, I suspect, not here. [ He glances around demonstratively. ] Does the subject interest you? [ He asks not because it seems to, but because it doesn't. Which is smart. ]
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He looks down at the cards again and lifts one shoulder in a shrug. ]
It's not something many people can do. [ The third sleeper only came to be through happenstance. But when he looks back up, his eyes are piercing and curious, nonjudgmental for now. ] Do you often summon demons for fun?
[ He knows Magnus is a warlock. He doesn't know what he's like as a person. ]
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At which point, you have to keep them under control and not get anything that stains all over your floor.
[ More seriously: ] It may have a slightly different context for me than most. But no, I don't do it for fun. I do sometimes do it in exchange for payment though.
[ He could follow with a 'why do you ask?' but he has a sense that there's more that might need discussing first. Or maybe Adam won't want to linger on the topic. Either is fine by him, the door's open. Promise. ]
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