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JANUARY TEST DRIVE MEME

Welcome to Sphere's January Test Drive meme! This is a great place to get a feel for the game and how your characters might fit in here. Explore the setting, and get your samples and some starting CR all at the same time! A note for current players: this will not be the same as the main February plot so if you're feeling this, come on over here and have fun!

• Applications and Reserves are always open!
• Threads on the TDM are considered game canon if both parties agree to it!
• Threads on the TDM may be considered for Activity Check if need be!

blue moon

So the people within the Sphere City miss the moon. At least, that’s what someone can draw from the fact that as January slips into February, large images of the moon are everywhere. The Full moon, to be more specific. There are silver streamers around the merchant dome, and lights have been modified to have a more silver than golden glow in appearance, even at all hours of the day there. Sure it makes things a bit difficult to see, but that’s not really a problem is it?

At night, several domes have large projections of the moon made against the domes. They’re pictures of the moon in varying states of artistic and scientific values. There's a kind of dreamy music that’s played, and a lot of the locals have silver flowers in their hair. Fire pits are common, and older residents are seated around them, telling tales of the moon and its connection to the waters above them. Some stories tell how it glows and shines or is made of green cheese. They also tell how sometimes there were people in the moon, men or women, gods or goddesses, or animals like rabbits. And some stories tell of how the moon would make people mad, and that’s where the term lunacy comes from.

Oh, and there are a few stories about werewolves too. And about how there walking among the people in the Sphere. Even now.

Food at the festival is based around the moon too, or at least the idea of the moon. There’s mooncake of course, but there’s also moon pies, half moon cheese pies, and pierogi, and various cheese and cracker platters, because the moon is made of green cheese after all. There’s moon-based cocktails, that are blue and silver. And some that are shimmering and shining.

People can draw fortunes from the moonwell, but, they’re silly and nonsensical, and people eat the silvery rice paper after they’re finished with them. A few of them however have more ominous sort of fortunes in them. Things like “help me” or “they’re out to get you” or “they’re coming and you can’t stop them.” People shrug those ones off too though. if someone asks about them.

what big eyes you have

So, there are rumors about werewolves that have been circulating around town, and people seem to be given red cloaks at random. Pretty girls and women are offered them the most, but they are open to anyone. If people put them on, which the surrounding locals will cheer and encourage them to do. Then they tell them that their clue is in their pockets and that they will save the town.

In the pockets is another silver disk with a list of names on it. One of those names is a werewolf. You’re given three clues (something like: ‘wearing a blue sweater’ or ‘bald man’ or ‘at the candy stall’) for each one, and then you either accuse them of being a werewolf or clear them. If you accuse them and you’re correct then you’re given a small vial with glowing stones in it and are told that they were actually pieces of the moon before it was lost. Whatever that means. You may want to hold onto them.

If you accuse them and you’re wrong, the game is over for you for the moment and the cloak is taken away. Each cloak has a different list of six names on it, and the names replenish every time someone gets a new cloak. Why yes, the Sphere is playing a game of werewolf with you. How the game goes entirely up to you, and whether or not your character gets invested or what. NPCs are definitely available for this if need be! Please feel free to go a little nuts with this, and player characters can definitely be one of the suspects if they're up for it.

something that was lost can be found.

It’s big news around Sphere City: some old lost and sealed domes have been found along the edges of town. Not only have they been found, but they’re open! Not only are they open but the stuff inside is there on a first come first serve basis. These old domes show no signs of dust, but there are some personal effects within them, pictures and the like. They definitely belonged to someone who had been pulled into the city at some point within the last seven years.

And they’re definitely worth checking out. One never knows one might find in them. Various varieties of clothing are available, as are books, food items (probably shouldn’t eat them), toys and there may or may not be some magical or important historical things hidden here or there if your character is very lucky. Mod note: Nothing world breaky or living can be found, but small things like potions or jewelry or amulets or small weapons (daggers or guns with a very limited amount of bullets.)

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This is a good place to test out something like the network or an idea of your own! Remember upon waking in The Sphere, each character is fitted with a small golden circle behind their right ear. This is how they are connected to the network through a neural link. Touch and hold the button to create a broadcast of one of three types:

1. Audio. Your character thinks audible words onto the network.
2. Writing: Your character thinks text into the network.
3. Video. Your character projects a broadcast of a video of themselves onto the network.

Replies are determined by the player. The network needs to be accessed by choice, so character broadcasts are not automatically beamed directly into people’s heads. The Sphere isn’t that rude.

Private messages are allowed by pressing and holding and pressing and holding again as you picture the person in your mind. This can be an image or a name, err more on the side of things being more accessible than less.

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Freya Vaughn | Original Character | Medietas CRAU

[luckyescape]

what big eyes you have

This wasn't the first time she'd been kidnapped to another world but that didn't make it any less pleasant. She wandered around and when she heard the word werewolf... well, she just had to go and investigate.

Her chin lifted, her nose pointed in the air, she gave a little sniff to see if there were actually any werewolves here. They always smelled different, even if they didn't smell like the wolves that she was familiar with. As it was, it looked like it was a weird version of that high school party game 'werewolf'. Freya had played the murder mystery version of it once before, at a college party filled will a mess of nerds, so she already knew how it worked though this game was a little more exciting than that had been.

Freya donned the red cloak and smiled to herself. "Little Red Riding Wolf."

Yup, she thought she was hilarious.

She could be found wandering around as she plays the game. It wasn't all that difficult but Freya also had a talent for logical thinking. Eventually she got herself a little vial of blue stones. She held them up to take a better look at the odd rocks and hummed thoughtfully. "Well, this isn't any form of Earth if the moon rocks are glowing blue and not just gray." Another little grunt filled the air as she rolled one of the stones into her palm to take a closer look. "They look like a composite but the glow might be a chemical reaction between the surface of the rock and the components of the air in the sphere."

A beat.

"My geo-nerd is showing."

With a sign Freya slides the vial into a leather pouch and continued with her random aimless explorations.

text; un; wolfgirl579

Okay, so this isn't a first for me or anything and Imma skip the whole confusion thing because fuck it.

Name's Freya. Since there is an eerie lack of animals here, I'm a wolf so please don't shot me on sight because while opposable thumbs are great, I like being a wolf.

I'm also a mechanical engineer. Hit me up if you need anything tinkered with or fixed. I'm hoping to find a bike or something or a job (I get bored really easily) but depending on the sphere's air filters I imagine that electric trumps gas here. Otherwise it'd wreck havoc on the whole system.

I could go on but I'm tired of typing.

Hit me up, let me know what there is to do around here. Actually. Let me know whatever. Otherwise I'm going to wander around. Text preferred because I am, in fact, wandering around. If you see me say hi. White wolf with a backpack or 5' blond with no shoes. I didn't have my shoes on when I was brought here.

The floor is cold.

For anyone who didn't know that.

You know, they should really use hydraulic radiant heating here. There is enough water and electric water heaters are fairly efficient.

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[ooc: Will match format. I need both a network and a log sample so it'd be appreciated if anyone can help me out. She might also have a baby wolf with her but I need to check the rules on baby/pet and if not, her first post will be freaking out.

This is what she's wearing if anyone wants to comment on the goth-like attire; X, X, X & X. Her tattoos and piercing's are described here.]

text; un: zwischenzug

[zwischenzugs]

I would congratulate you on your ability to use an excessive number of words to say absolutely nothing of value, but I really don’t think that’s a talent that should be encouraged.

[luckyescape]

Dude, I didn't make this post so that you could get the 411. Make your own damn post and then bitch when people reply back with useless pieces of information.

How much of a selfish prick are you anyway?

[zwischenzugs]

What unit of measurement would one use for quantifying a value like "selfish prick"?

[luckyescape]

I think it ranges from the lowest value of not giving up your seat to a pregnant woman or a senior citizen (which would be like a 1) to kicking puppies (which is a 100).

You're about a 23 on the scale. So not that bad yet but you could be climbing. It being our first interaction sort of gave you a plus 5 point bonus.

[zwischenzugs]

Just a numbered scale? That’s incredibly boring and uninventive.

[luckyescape]

Well most assholes aren't that smart. Gotta keep it basic for them. Besides. It's a positive spin on a negative trait. So imagine getting an A+ in asshole. That's a good grade.

[zwischenzugs]

There’s no point in participating if you don’t aim for the top. If you don’t intend to be the best, you’re wasting everyone’s time.

[luckyescape]

That all depends on your bases of comparison.

I strive to have max fun and trust me, I do. It's awesome. For me. I don't really care so much about everyone else.

[zwischenzugs]

Fun is overrated.

[says the guy who probably hasn’t done a single fun thing since he was fourteen-almost-fifteen.]

Other people are only of interest to me in terms of how much competition they present. However, it doesn’t look like I need to be concerned about that when it comes to you.

[luckyescape]

Says the person who has never had fun in their life.

Nah, you probably have no interest in me.

[Which she's totally okay with.]

audio un:pnwsalex

[11calls]

A wolf? Really? I've got some shoes if you need them.

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[luckyescape]

I'll honestly be fine without them for a bit. I didn't wear shoes until recently.

I'm also super fucking small and hence, I have very small feet. I don't expect anyone else to have shoes in my size but thanks! It's nice to meet not-pricks when I do these massages.

What's your name? Otherwise I'm going to call you prawns-alex because that's how I'm reading your user name. I assume that your name is probably Alex.

[It feels like a good guess.]

[11calls]

Just Alex probably works best. And as someone five one I get the whole very tiny and small feet so if you're that small I'm genuinely sorry for all the shoe shopping you need to do in the kid's section.

[Alex's feet are on the border, so she can get cute shoes if she wants to in either direction. Well, back home anyway.]

Why didn't you wear shoes? Is it a wolf thing?

[luckyescape]

A woman after my own heart.

[She snickers softly.]

I was heading into the woods. So yeah, werewolf thing. I don't like keeping track of shoes when I have to also keep track of clothes and other things. Also wolf with a backpack, its still strange to see, so I usually stash stuff under rocks and that's harder with shoes.

It just isn't practical.

[11calls]

Well, at least here if you leave shoes around, then people would know not to touch them because they'd know that you're you.

Also, you can make sense of the Sphere's engineering processes?

[luckyescape]

That would be a plus though I try and get everything to fit in my backpack.

Then I just look like a white wolf with a black backpack on. [It is as weird as it sounds.]

Oh that? I can probably make some sense of it. Given that we're under water there are a handful of ways that they could be sustaining the correct composites of air. Really only three that don't waste a lot of energy.

One is having a green house and a basic cycling filter system that can take solids from the air as well as control the humidity. Two is to pull air from water though that really isn't practical, it's just possible. That said, I hadn't seen the tech here so they might have a material or system that I haven't seen before but I could figure it out. Third is magic based or pure energy like a fusion reactor. Fusion is the breakdown of molecules such that there is a big burst of energy. The only reason that the 21st century doesn't use Fusion is because there is know reasonable way of harnessing that energy.

[11calls]

We do have the agricultural dome but I don't think it's big enough to sustain as many domes as we have here. Would each one need to have it's own closed system, because I know they don't.

So magic is a thing in your world then? If you suspected it, I mean.

[luckyescape]

It can be enough. You don't really need a lot in theory, as long as you have good circulation and a system that is able to recycle and reuse air. Which is an easy enough system.

Yeah but magic still follows physics. It's just a different form of power with different rules. Some people think that it doesn't exist or they simply use the word magic to describe things that they don't understand.

Stars used to be magic but we know they're giant ass balls of gas. So yes, there is magic but that is what we call a specific type of energy alteration. You'd have to be a god or a Shaper to create something out of nothing.

[11calls]

Well, as far as I'm aware we don't have a god or a Shaper, but the technology is definitely super advanced. I know that Laurie is from the 53rd century and she says it's beyond what they have there even.

text; un; moveslikejagger

[jaglikethecar]

I appreciate you said you were tired of typing halfway through your text. Keeps people guessing.

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[luckyescape]

I like keeping people guessing.
It makes life interesting.

I also have a super important questions;

Are you a Maroon 5 fan or do you actually have moves like Jagger?

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[jaglikethecar]

It's the only screenname I've ever used, so I guess I'm just stuck with it.

And I like their older stuff.

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[luckyescape]

Oh man, I was really hoping you had some moves that you could show me.

I like their stuff though after awhile it all sounds very similar. Not as bad as some bands but it needs to be intermixed with other songs.

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[jaglikethecar]

Sorry to disappoint, love.

Their older stuff was better, yeah.