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//TESTDRIVE12.EXE

//testdrive12.EXE



Out with the old, in with the new as they say, and this ViViD level is no different. Ever progressive and ever mindful, CERES has decided in their war against the evil carbon footprint to give citizens both new and old a lesson in healthy living. To show this, they've created a level all about... recycling, or as close to recycling as a company like CERES can get. (Which isn't very close at all, honestly.)

This, of course, means that when you're dumped in to today's ViViD level, the first thing that will hit you is the stench. It's vile and rancid and the type of stench that makes a person want to give up smelling altogether, and when you finally open your eyes, you'll see why. There's trash everywhere. The buildings are decrepit and crumbling, the cars are broken down and rusted, and overall, it looks like the apocalypse rolled right on through. Which is weird because this is definitely not a post-apocalyptic game. Yet wandering around this pathetic excuse for a ViViD level will just reveal more of the same -- it's a total wasteland.

And if you look up, you will see a billboard.

RECYCLING AND YOU: HOW NOT TO BE A DIRTY WASTE OF SPACE


You'll only have a moment to be offended by the sign before, amongst the piles of trash and rubble, there's another, smaller pile of trash and rubble. The only difference is this one can talk.


Welcome to The Dumpster Dive, my cool cats and sweet kittens. A brand new ViViD level, created and innovated to you by CERES's very creative and innovative technicians. We're all here to help you learn to Reuse, Reduce and Recycle, givin' you kids some tools to help you lessen your impact on the planet. After all, we're all here together on this great planet of Tellus. Wouldn't want to ruin it, right? Ha ha!


Happy Trash Day to Cerealians one and all!

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 6:00 ] So, you're here.

You're probably sitting in a pile of trash because, well, everywhere is a pile of trash. You're in a landscape of trashiness and there's no escape. Your only option is to give in to the sweet, sweet pull of the garbage. The buildings are crumbling, the sidewalks are a mess of bottles (but no bottle caps), rubble, and empty chip bags, and you're stuck in this... trash. This garbage. This hellhole.

Wasn't recycling supposed to be clean?

It probably takes a rat skittering over your foot to get you going but like any good game, the protagonist needs to move. If you're going to find out anything in this trash heap, you'll need to explore a bit. See if you can find someone else! Or something else. Maybe someone more experienced with ViViD can help you figure out how to log out. Even if logging out doesn't seem to be working right now. You should be careful too because one wrong step might cause the pile of trash you're standing on give way and send you into the sewers below.

Which means there are rats, there are bugs, the ground is unsteady and... yep. It's starting to rain.

Good luck.

PHASE II

[ 8:00 ] And then come the... trash drones.

They zero in on any living thing in this ViViD level -- if you’re moving, if you’re breathing, if you have some sort of a pulse, they’ll be there. And they’ll grab you and take you away. No matter how many you shoot down, more and more and more will come, never stopping until you're swarmed completely by them. They have to get you! You're garbage, you're garbage, you're garbage! You're garbage!

And so, you're snatched up.

Don’t worry, though. After a short flight (wave hello to your fellow drone-napped neighbor!), you'll arrive at three huge trash chutes with three equally huge signs above them. GARBAGE, RECYCLING, and COMPOST hang above the chutes and the drones pause just momentarily before announcing one of these options in a robotic voice. You've been sorted and without any preamble, the drone will dump you in whichever one it decides.

Hopefully you don’t end up in the compost. Gross.

Of course, once you down there, there's plenty to poke around in (or not much if you're still not into the whole trash thing). It's piles and piles and piles of trash as far as the eye can see! Again! If you're especially clever, you may be able to use the trash to build a way out of the chute. The very, very long chute. Maybe there's someone around that can help you? And better do so quick, who knows what CERES has deemed to be "recycling" this time.

PHASE III

[ 11:25 ] CERES's standards continue to shine on again, because after some time, those chutes will finally start working. So if you've been separated from a friend through any of this ordeal, don't worry about it. You're all gonna end up in the same place anyway.

Which is the incinerator, of course! (Wait, that’s not how recycling works.)

The ground beneath you shifts, enough to knock over whatever flimsy excuse for an escape plan you have, and suddenly all of the trash, compost or recycling will be dumped down into an underground furnace -- along with everyone stuck there, of course. Bit by bit, everything moves ever closer towards that red hot furnace and it’s clear that everything's going to be dumped straight into the fire and burned. Say your farewells. Make nice with your neighbor. Finalize your will because --

Oh. It stopped.

Looks like it jammed.

It doesn't remain jammed for long because CERES is, if anything, highly efficient. So it starts up again. But then stops again. And then starts again. And then stops again. This may be a glitch in the level, actually.

So, you're still getting ever closer to fiery death, but... slowly. Very slowly. In fact, you could probably walk away from said fiery death faster than you're going towards it. It's like they can't even program a near death experience right!

PHASE IV

[ 11:25 ] Maybe you avoided the incinerator. Maybe you ended up in a different part of the level altogether. Maybe you just got lost. Either way, now you’re stuck with the age-old hobby of enthusiasts and the exceptionally desperate alike.

Dumpster diving.

And CERES wouldn't send you down there without an incentive, you know. If you look, it seems like there might be something valuable, something incredibly important and just for you. A shiny item that you’ve always wanted right from home and it’s right there in your grasp, something precious that you could never get in Cerealia. How it came to be there, nestled between an empty carton of eggs and a half-eaten cheeseburger, no one knows, but you'll be filled with the inescapable, all-consuming urge to go get it. Just jump right into that dumpster and get it.

The more you resist the urge, the more it'll hurt. (As in, physically hurt actually. The feeling will be comparable to your fingernails slowly being plucked out.)

This is ViViD though and the moment you hit the trash, the spell breaks. You'll see that your most precious thing, whatever it was, was never actually there. Instead, you seem to have actually grabbed something else and whatever it is, you can't let go of it. Be it an empty bottle of bacon soda or a bicycle tire with a giant hole in it, it's attached to your hand now and no matter what you do, you can't get it off.

Hopefully whatever you grabbed wasn't too big because it looks like you're not getting rid of it. Not till you beat the level.

BONUS

[ why : o'clock ] The odd thing about being stuck in a trash wasteland is that you can go for ages without seeing another person. Ages. Of course, CERES doesn't like that very much since ViViD games should be co-operative! Player with player! Player against player! Players who shouldn't be playing at all. That's the type of play CERES supports.

Which means the longer you go without seeing another person, the more you might feel an itch. It gets under your skin, making you feel dizzier and dizzier, and shorter and shorter of breath until -- you pass out. Vision going dark, breathing cutting out, and down you go into the trash and whatever this ViViD level has planned next.

It won't take long. You'll wake up feeling slightly confined and there will be a moving body next to you. It seems as if you've finally, finally found someone -- and they're really, really close. In fact, maybe a little too close? When you open your eyes, you'll see that the two of you may be bound together in a way that might be familiar to some.

But instead of a shirt, it's just a garbage bag. A really, really strong garbage bag that can't be broken out of no matter how strong you happen to be. No laser eyes, no super powers, nothing will separate you from this person other than, well, getting along.

There really is only one question you have to ask yourself now. Just one.

What the hell does this have to do with recycling?


[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to CEREALIA's twelfth Test Drive Meme. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

coastal: (✧ WHINING INTENSIFIES)

[personal profile] coastal 2016-01-10 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Not everyone wants to be your friend, Kashuu, god.]

Fine then! I'll say whatever I want. [starting now--]

Do you see any water or are we just meandering mindlessly now? More than that, why haven't you explained more about this world? Is everything a trash dump like thi-- eek!

[And like karma, she's going to slip on some garbage in the next second.

The unfortunate thing is that she might take Kashuu down with her.]
adornmental: (a tower of actual morons)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-01-10 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
[This makes absolutely zero sense to him, honestly. Who wouldn't want to be his friend??

But before he can actually start rectifying these problems by explaining things (badly) or insisting that they aren't mindlessly meandering when they really are, she SLIPS ON GARBAGE. And while Kashuu is a great believer in karma and all, he's not a fan of taking one for the karma team.

So with a resounding:]
Oh, no no no no no—!! [That just gets more rapid-fire and nervous with each passing microsecond, he reflexively reaches out and catches her around the waist to keep her from going splat in yesterday's milkshake.

Look, he'll risk losing his fingers if it means keeping his clothes safe.]
coastal: (✧ in a glass case of emotion)

[personal profile] coastal 2016-01-10 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
[They're beauty, they're grace.....................

and Lili is stiffening immediately because YOU'RE A STRANGER WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING HER but also she can recognize when she'd rather deal with some personal space issues than landing them both in garbage so she's going to take that as an invitation to cling onto the cloth of his clothes -- at least she's meticulous enough to keep her hands as clean as possible???

and then she's just going to be stiff as a board even as she's pretty much relying on him to keep them both from falling (nice job proving your balance, kashuu)

in true accordance with her promise of saying whatever comes to mind:]


......... I'm trying to decide whether or not to slap you.

[full disclosure]
adornmental: (wtf the fuck)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-01-10 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank god, because she'd be losing hers before he lost his if there was even a speck of dirt on them... HIS CLOTHES, THEY NEED TO BE PROTECTED.

Also, his immediate response without a single breath of hesitation is:]


I'll drop you! I'll definitely drop you!

[Even though he's a moron and wouldn't possibly be able to drop her while they are A) sandwiched in a garbage bag like a nasty old burrito and B) while Lili is smartly hanging on...]
coastal: (✧ CRITICAL HIT)

[personal profile] coastal 2016-01-10 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
[isn't it funny how that oNLY MAKES HER HOLD ON TIGHTER even though she'll never admit that that's exactly what she's doing. The fear of being dropped into garbage is real.]

You wouldn't dare....!!

[nevedmind that legitimately all of this is Lili's fault]
niceguypose: (concerned)

[personal profile] niceguypose 2016-01-10 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank you for the clarification. And so Rock Lee, who has not even landed in the friend zone, widens his eyes as he comes to a realization.]

Ah... My shuriken! I should try to use that! [He is so used to breaking down most obstacles with his bare hands that sometimes he forgets that he has a blade on him at all times.

So he whips out the shuriken and quietly starts trying to pierce it through the garbage bag, but it is having no luck.]
Eh...?
cannoneer: (Angry driver)

[personal profile] cannoneer 2016-01-10 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, really? You think!?"

Cyborg may have been in the middle of a marathon, but he had ample opportunity to shoot an irritated glare up at the girl. His hero instincts were at least relieved she was in no real harm, but she did provide him with an idea. Just like that, his hand came blasting towards her while the rest of him stayed on the ground. His fist tightened around the ledge, revealing that there was a long cable between his hand and fist. Using that he was able to propel himself up next to her.
oneirism: (I've got nothing clever around you)

[personal profile] oneirism 2016-01-10 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
['Fair maiden'? Well, that's a first and it's enough to cause Lapis to pause for a bit longer than usual before she responds.]

... I'm not sure if 'fair maiden' is what you would call someone like me, but I would appreciate any assistance.

[Plz get her away from the garbage as much as possible.]
sortileges: (22)

[personal profile] sortileges 2016-01-10 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well it isn't yet.

He follows her line of sight, keeps his mouth shut because thankfully for her he's been brought up to not humiliate young ladies, thank you very much, and instead just clears his throat first. ]


Unless you can fly I don't think we'll be getting out that way. ...Maybe down?

[ Though looking at the ground--that probably isn't feasible either. ]
sortileges: (27)

[personal profile] sortileges 2016-01-10 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The pauses are from years of oppression, Jack, just give him a moment okay? Even now, with the encouragement from someone else who can apparently do a form of magic there's a worry that he'll be caught, that everything will be for nothing.

Yet, it doesn't happen.

Instead they're flying up and he can't help but grin stupidly in Jack's direction, even if the name he's called almost sounds like an insult--it's a relief. ]


You race up here?
froshwolf: (pure as a wedding dress)

[personal profile] froshwolf 2016-01-10 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You could have rolled! I fell from the sky; it can't have been that hard to see me coming.

[Okay. Deep breath, fists clenched, count backwards from ten.

...Maybe twenty would be a better idea. His claws are digging into his palms; he doesn't remember unsheathing them.

In an effort to distance himself for a minute so he can concentrate on not flipping out, he looks away from the boy at the miles of trash surrounding them. Ten, nine, eight.]


I'm fine. You? [The question brings with it a small pang of guilt--in lashing out, he hadn't even checked.]
geophile: (pic#8565482)

*know not no THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR PHONE TAGGING

[personal profile] geophile 2016-01-10 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
And the gemstones on the earth I know are definitely inanimate. I think it's safe to assume that our worlds share plenty of differences.

[ he does snap himself out of staring for too long, but his expression turns into one of slight exasperation. still, even though the bonds haven't broken, something about them feels... looser than before. ]

On a similar note, I also think we can assume that this bag isn't going to break any time soon.
adornmental: (what the literal shit)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-01-10 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just don't cling so hard that Kashuu overbalances and they end up falling anyway, LILI!! He's already teetering...]

I would! Are you kidding me?! I totally would! No way am I gonna put up with that just 'cause you're all weird about touching strangers!

[His clothes, think of his clothes!]
coastal: (✧ WHINING INTENSIFIES)

[personal profile] coastal 2016-01-10 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[don't teeter, Kashuu!!! she's focusing more on the fact there's this jerk who's definitely threatening to drop her rn and she's not having ANY OF IT]

You should be more weird about touching strangers! What are you, some kind of pervert?! Being so casual with people is suspicious, you know!
coastal: (✧ i'm taken aback)

[personal profile] coastal 2016-01-10 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ . . . . . . . . don't mind her, she's realizing that she's in a trapped space with someone who not only tries to punch his way through things but also carries a blade on him.]

.... Are you a mercenary of some sort? Or a bandit?! A thug?!

[her word choice just keeps getting worse]
adornmental: (it's been 84 years)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-01-10 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE'S TRYING TO STOP!! The last thing he wants to do is lose his balance because then he'll also lose his higher grounds when it comes to the "why Lili shouldn't kick my ass" argument.

That said:]
No way! Strangers just touch me all the time- [Kashuu needs to work on his phrasing?!] -so it's way weirder to meet someone who's like, "oh no! My personal space!!"
obumbravit: whitediamonds (9)

Kylo Ren || Star Wars EP 7 (SPOILERS INSIDE)

[personal profile] obumbravit 2016-01-10 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
PHASE I: AN OLD STORY

[There's a voice in his head from a time before he existed telling with blatant exaggeration of shaking walls and piles of trash that shivered and shook quite a bit like the ones currently beneath his feet. There's echos of laughter from that memory that he pushes out of his mind, kicking at a rat that had the audacity to draw too close instead. He sends it flying, and the satisfaction of watching it fly is a bit more then becomes him.

The rain makes his hair stick to his skin, tendrils falling along the jagged scar cutting across his face, and he shoves it all back with one hand. With an aggravated sound he makes his way down the slippery slope of trash, intend on finding his way out as well as his helmet, which is for certain laying about somewhere.]


WILDCARD

Any scenario is fine.
Edited 2016-01-10 21:19 (UTC)
shikisha: (116)

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[personal profile] shikisha 2016-01-10 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!

[ There's a screech. One from a tiny girl with pink hair that is probably loud enough to break glass. Because thanks to CERES and their stupid new ViViD game, she's wound up tumbling down a mountain of garbage, landing into a mound of wet trash, leaving utter filth hanging off her usually perfectly crisp clothes.

So yeah, she's not in a good mood. ]
pseudonyms: (I walk a fine line)

[personal profile] pseudonyms 2016-01-10 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's strange to her that Minato's so deadpan the way that Yu can be and maybe that makes a little more sense to why they met. Birds of a feather or whatever, right? Still, she's taking what Minato says and she's genuinely pouting because nobody asked her if she wanted to be stuck on a jungle-planet!]

Native spirits, huh? [This isn't too surprising but she does shift to try and pull out of their garbage-bag shirt. And maybe this is a weird question, but she asks anyway.] Are there monsters on this planet, too?
givesalittlewhistle: (pic#9802656)

[personal profile] givesalittlewhistle 2016-01-10 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hikari did give a small smile at that.]

I don't know. Tailmon doesn't always play nice with other cats. She and Meeko never got along that well.

[At that, Tailmon gave her a sharp look. A distinct Meeko started it was very clear from her cranky expression.]
givesalittlewhistle: (pic#9802707)

[personal profile] givesalittlewhistle 2016-01-10 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gushing could definitely come later.]

[Right then, Hikari was more than happy to let Angemon pick her up. Tailmon, too, waited until she knew her human was secure in the other digimon's arms before scamping up so that she could sit on his shoulders.]
swordboning: (pic#8713748)

I

[personal profile] swordboning 2016-01-10 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Try not to look so satisfied about kicking an animal.

[Says the guy who is true neutral. Come now.

Really, he brushes himself off a bit.]

[personal profile] zombiedude 2016-01-10 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Most people aren't looking up when they're walking, they're looking ahead to make sure they're not going to trip on anything.

[He waves a hand in the air dismissively.] I've been through worse then someone landing on me. It's fine.
discard: (Approx. 1 chipotle burrito...no guac.)

[personal profile] discard 2016-01-10 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Do I look like the sort of person who has time for poor jokes in bad taste?

[Or... or any jokes in general, really.... he's Leon, he's a terrible person, he has no sense of humor, okay!!]
coastal: (✧ so this was a bad idea)

[personal profile] coastal 2016-01-10 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Strangers touch me all the time."

"Strangers touch me all the time."

"Strangers touch me all the time."

Lili immediately unfurls her fingers from where they were clutching onto Kashuu.

He is rather pretty isn't he -- which would be perfect for some kind of floozy to get what they want and while Lili isn't judging that type of lifestyle (she might be judging a little bit) she only has one word for that:]


Gross.

[what is she imagining right now though]
Edited (html stop that) 2016-01-10 22:18 (UTC)