Test Drive - October/November

[d3mods]

You wake up... in your bed or wherever you went to sleep because your character is exactly where you left them. A revival of the classic LJ/DW game DramaDramaDuck (DDD), D3 is an attempt to capture the spirit of the classic with some adjustments. The name, and the names of many parts of the game, pays homage to the original while allowing it to be something different as I'm not a founder of the original. I just had fun there and thought it sounded fun now.

An Open Lid game, as opposed to a JamJar; your characters remain in their canon worlds and timelines but can access a magical network to connect to other canon's universes. You, with the help of your castmates should you have them, decide how they experience shape your remaining canon, even if it means nothing changes at all.

Welcome to the D3 test drive. Prompts are sparse because this is the game where you make the story. Some optional suggestions are:

A. Hit by an infection

Like it says on the label. Your character has been hit by one of the monthly infections that take place on the network. This particular infection shouldn't alter the personality too much if you're planning to use it as a sample. For more information on infections, read the faq found here.

B. Canon update

Something happen at home you want to share? Or don't want to share, but the network is showing anyway?

C. A call to arms

Trouble is brewing, and you need help? You have worlds full of superheroes to ask for help. That doesn't always mean they can reach you...


That's the down and dirty. Not quite as fancy as you're used to seeing, huh? D3 is a simple game. Or it's not. It's up to you, the player, to make your experience. There will also be a log community so you can do face-to-face meet ups, and anyone can go off-world this time.

To perhaps capture the group game feeling that differentiates D3 from memes, consider noting whether you're open to threadjacks with a subject line like so:

Character | Canon | Open/Not Open to threadjack

We recommend you read the following to help you along:

FAQ → Rules → Reserves → Taken
Reserves will open for the first time on October 1st and apps will follow October 7th. After they open, they'll remain open instead of having cycles.

Comments

KD6-3.7 | Blade Runner 2049 | Open

[obeir]

1.

How important is free will to you?
And why?


2.

Tell me your favourite poem.

[zerg_rush]

1 -- Why are you asking?

Scrooge McDuck | DuckTales (1987)/Disney comics | Open!

[moneymatters]

So, I'd like to know a fairly simple question: How many of you were aware of the multiverse before all of this? And for that matter, what're your thoughts on this?

As for myself, aye I was, but perhaps not to this extent. A version of myself visited once, and we switched places for a while. Had to fix some bungles he'd made, but all in a week's work for Scrooge McDuck.

i'm sorry

[grilletto]

okay wait before i even try to answer this
i have to know
is your name seriously mcduck?
that's really a name?

Eda | Black Lagoon | Threadjacks Open!

[17l]

b: canon update | don't think about consequences/'cause they're never gonna stop me

[The visual seems to be the inside of a catholic church, the communicator is placed on a table showing what looks to be a nun with glasses on sitting in a chair (and a pistol holster on her right side). Right now a fan is in her hand and is aggressively fanning her face.]

Whatever the fuck you do, don't mention cool things to me. The A/C is off.

c: call to arms | we're an army/better yet a navy

You ever start thinking that maybe what you're doing isn't the right thing to be doin'?

C (holy shit nice canon pick I wish I had a Revy acc made already)

[zenryokubatankyu]

...sometimes.
i try to ignore it but its still kinda lurking around
what brought that on with you if a random internet person can ask?
no judgment zone

GUIDO MISTA ♜ JJBA ♜ OTA + THREADJACKING ENCOURAGED

[grilletto]

so i had this dream the other night
maybe not really a dream but a nightmare
anyway there was a spider, right?
but it wasn't just a spider because it had the mind of a baby
i don't know how i knew it had the mind of a baby
but i just felt it when i looked into all those eyes
and i'm not sure how to take that, you know?
you can't call it a baby spider
so i guess you'd have to call it a spider baby?
either way i'd be okay if i never had to see it again

[ who was this message meant for? there was no telling since it was coming from mista, but the fact of the matter is that this message definitely exists and someone is reading it right now. sorry, not sorry. ]

[zenryokubatankyu]

...aaaaaaaaalright my dude my guy this is a lot but i am looking up a dream meanings website right now

a spider in dreams means manipulation apparently
and babies represent innocence and warmth

are you being like, bossed around by a child
a boss baby
smth

Papyrus | Undertale | Open to threadjack

[spaghettimonster]

A - ANNOYING INFECTION | TEXT
COULD ANYONE HELP WITH A PROBLEM??
I COMPLAINED THAT MY LIFE FEELS A BIT HUMDRUM,
AND THEN, I COULDN'T STOP TALKING, UNTIL I SAID SOMETHING RHYMING.
IT'S EVEN HAPPENING WHEN I'M TYPING?!

B - CANON UPDATE...? | VOICE
[It is, locally to Papyrus, the middle of the night. Most of the people in the Kingdom of Monsters are asleep. He should probably be sleeping too, but he's too busy for that, as usual.
Busy messing around online.]

I'm training to join the Royal Guard... With the captain herself! And she keeps putting off letting me in. One excuse after another... All sorts of weird training.

Maybe she's waiting for someone to retire, and open up a spot. That sounds like something she would do. But my friend said, maybe I need to impress her. With an achievement that shows, without a doubt, I'm ready.

What do you think? Respect her and wait, or impress her and hurry up??

C - CANON! UPDATE! | VOICE
Hey!! Forget all that Royal Guard stuff!!

I need to convince my boss... not to murder my new friend!!!

Is anybody an expert at distractions?? I have a few ideas, but more are better!!

B

[zenryokubatankyu]

[He listens. Guy has an odd shouty voice, but it's kinda endearing. He lets out a little hum.]

Well. If you've got a big achievement, even if she says 'wait a bit', that's still like 'proof of concept', right? It can't be a bad thing ever to do something good. You've just gotta know that it'll either pay off immediately or it'll pay off in the future, and don't do anything that she wouldn't want you to do.

Being a guard is super dangerous, I think, so be real careful no matter what. But it's super cool you're goin' for it.

Zack | Angels of Death | Threadjack, he's not used to this.

[zackthekiller]

[ Hey everyone! Did you want an awkward video from a bandaged guy holding his phone off center from his face? Too bad, here he is. ]

Hey, why the hell are you people making me post to magic Facebook?! I can't fucking read!

[madame_nerium]

You can't? Why not?

[Did this man have a hard life? Ethier way it makes the victorian goth lady curious.]

Ian Malcolm | Jurassic Park

[chaoticians]

Oh wow.

So. This is kind of neat.

Look, I don't mean to be a Picky Patty, but it's been 14 years, give or take some weird little snarls in the space-time continuum. That's plenty of time to pick up a new skill, right? Or learn a new language? Like CSS. Certainly enough time to update to something more aesthetically pleasing and less oppressively, blindingly— horrifyingly white.

I'd offer to do it myself but, good golly gosh, when I woke up this morning I was thinking about differential equations, not the cool online hangout I hallucinated during the worst period of my life.

[koroshite]

There are usually settings for background colors on most websites now. I haven't looked through this one but it might have that feature too.

Uenoyama Ritsuka | Given | open to threadjacks

[uenosama]

1.

On a scale from 1 to 10, how weird is it to finish a song of someone who's not around anymore?

2.

What's a good gift for a puppy/dog?

1....

[restringing]

[There's an approximately 100% chance that he wasn't supposed to see this, but how is he supposed to keep himself from responding?]

Uenoyama-kun

It's more complicated than that

Mae Borowski | Night in the Woods | OTA | Threadjacking Okay

[dieanywhereelse]

you ever see those, like, clips
of the people that have something crazy happen
and then they just
like
deadlift a car???
or just
fight off all these dudes and then
they notice that they've got a knife in them or something???
those are so cool
they could totally kick my ass
and suplex me
tbh
it's kinda hot
wait, eff
how do I undo
eff
crap, where's the
oh no, i sent that
shit
i can't stop
end it, mae
eeeend

[zenryokubatankyu]

I've seen those yeah
and I mean
you're right
it's kinda hot
you're right and you should say it.
Coulda backspaced all that out tho but no don't be ashamed if the thirst is real sometimes It Just Be That Way

also as much as they're hot i also kinda wanna be one of those dudes because like, imagine how it feels to dropkick a bunch of people
that's gotta be satisfying, right?

minfilia warde | ffxiv (2.0 canon point) | ota | open to jacking

[leader_of_the_dawn]

This is quite an interesting idea - a linkpearl without the pearl. Or the link.

Do we know if it can be spied on? If not, then perhaps I can use this to aid in my goal.

Also, what do you call non-humanoid creatures? I've had a long debate about such with my allies recently.

[wylds]

Umm call them by what they are? That sounds way too complicated to even try. Like sometimes they're a lizard thing and sometimes they're a bird thing and those just don't go in the same non human category. Humanoids and not humanoids seems limiting.

Also I doubt a weird intergalactic communication device is going to work for your job.

Eisuke Hondou | Detective Conan | Open to Threadjacking

[notsoclumsy]

There's a Reason the URL For This Journal is notsoclumsy

Bad news, I fell down the stairs today.
I'm fine, but I hate it when that happens.

[He says that like falling happens to him a lot.]

Canon Update

I think I made some mistakes.
Anyways, I guess I'm back and able to talk again. Anything happen while I was away?

[You know, because he has nothing better to do while locked in an empty hospital room. Just...ignore the fact that he went completely AWOL from the community for a while there.]

notsoclumsy

[worldcleansing]

Does it happen a lot? If your balance is off, a doctor visit might help.

Zorua | Pokemon | Open

[multiforms]

[Text]

meema said i sould make new friends! hi every one! want too be friends?

[Video]

[After accidentally turning on video, the camera shows a small black fox wagging its tail back and forth.]

Play a game with me!

Video

[talkyourwayout]

[Louie doesn't entirely trust this thing not be some kind of trickster spirit with how the last year-plus of his life has been...]

What kind of game?

Sidurgu Orl | FFXIV | OTA | open to threadjacking?

[punchesmoogles]

[Look, if this weird little pageless book thing is going to be a nuisance in his life until he actually uses it, then fine, he'll use it, and the horned, scaly young man in the video is trying very hard to look more intimidating than actually pouting.]

I'm looking for any who would be interested in going out on a hunt with me. We'll be making for the Churning Mists in Dravania, to cut down on the moogle infestation that has overtaken the area as of late.

I will pay you for the help, just so long as we kill enough of the furry little shites that they flee and never inflict themselves on people again.

[With what gil, you broke ass piece of-]

[wylds]

Okay but you left out an important part.

How much are you going to pay?

Brittany S. Pierce | Glee | Open

[brittanybitch]

A. [cw: mentioning sex] The first, last, and only thing I think of when I’m in bed is scissoring with Santana and how equally soft all of her lady lips are.

There wouldn’t be anything else worthy enough to think about than the person I love, when I’m in bed, right? It’s where I am right now...

C. LORD TUBBINGTON ATE ALL OF MY CHEETOS AND REFUSES TO REIMBURSE ME. Someone help S.O.O.S.

A - i'm so sorry

[zenryokubatankyu]

uuuuuuh yeah no go on. there's nothing else. you should totally do that. please share more with the public. this is beautiful and everyone deserves to hear more about these lady lips.

thanks.

Paula Jones • Earthbound • Open to Threadjack

[twoson_star]

Text:

Getting kidnapped and left in a rich man's building is better than a dank old cabin in the middle of nowhere, but it's still annoying.

Accidental Video:

[Paula looks scraped up and miserable. Legions of the undead in terribly ugly shorts keep shambling her way, repelled by bursts of fire from her hands.] Won't you all just give up? Please?

Video:

[Perched on a hotel bed, Paula stares into the screen with great intensity.]

…I'm tired of normal pepperoni pizza. What kind should I order instead?

Video

[glitterforce]

Girl, your pizza needs some pizzazz. Two words: gummy worms. They come in all the colors of the rainbow and you can pick them up and wiggle them around.

[ She mimes this action. ]

Wiggle, wiggle.

Aramat Drawdes | Alabaster | Feel Free to Threadjack

[madame_nerium]

b: canon update | all your torment/flowers blooming

What's your favorite thing to cook on a whim?

[There's a gothic victorian woman on the screen in the kitchen and it's a flurry of activity in the background, chopping, stirring, boiling and all sorts of the other sounds of cooking. Some of the voices (all of them women) questioning why Aramat is talking to a lightbox.]

I admit do have a thing for delicacies.

[After that sentence, there's the piercing sound of a grown man screaming in agony in the background. The woman on screen is calm as ever.]

I do admit I have a thing for beef cheeks. It's tough to cook, but it melts in one's mouth if you do it right.

c: a call to arms | je t'aime, mon amour/comme j'aime la nuit

What are your feelings toward death? I am just curious to know.

B (Video)

[notsoclumsy]

[The screen shows a very alarmed looking teen boy, who has some very valid concerns over what’s going on in the video.]

“...Uh, what’s all the screaming in the background about?”

[He hopes it’s not someone dying.]

Catra ( she-ra and the princesses of power ) threadjack ok

[wylds]

C.

IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T TELL ME HOW TO DELETE THIS STUPID APP I'm going to lose my mind.

How did it even get on my communicator!? Someone figure it out!

B.

Question: What do you do when you broke the world?

Don't ask why I need to know just answer the question.

B

[zero_sense]

Rewind time.

No seriously, it's gotten me out of so many jams.

That's why I'm not allowed to do it on a whim half the time. Master Leo gets so mad when I use Shining recklessly.

Ann Takamaki | Persona 5 | open to threadjacking

[catwalknotrequired]

one; voice | infection | sing everything

I think I just failed both my exams today. Breaking out into song every time I was stumped probably didn't help. Actually, I know it didn't help. My teacher took my first exam away from me thinking I was trying to cheat, and my second exam I was sent to the principal's office.

How am I supposed to explain?

two;

If it was possibly your last night before everything could potentially go completely wrong? What would you do with it? And don't say spend it with someone special there isn't anyone like that.

1

[zero_sense]

Try to explain that you were hit by a O-40 Singing Virus that makes you spontaneously erupt into song. It's very contagious and you shouldn't have gone to school.

Yusuke Kitagawa | Persona 5 Royal | Threadjacking okay!

[fineheart]

A - Text

I believe there is a sale on at the local convenience store tomorrow. With that in mind... does anyone have any ideas for creative recipes for someone on a... strict budget?

B - Voice

An app that can communicate across worlds? How fascinating! With such a multitude of different worlds and cultures, there must be boundless potential for new ideas for my paintings.

Tell me, what would you consider truly beautiful in your world?

A

[reigniter]

There are plenty of recipes and budgeting techniques- that is if you are not a picky eater.

Do you know how to cook?

Dylan Andrews | Red vs. Blue | Okay with threadjack

[ofrecord]

i.

Hello, uh... I'm not sure how this app ended up on my comm, but if anyone's there who can help us, Temple has us trapped in his...I don't know, he probably calls it a dungeon. Can you help us? And quick!

ii.

If anyone has a news story they'd like me to report on here on this network, please submit the following form and I'll get back to you:

Name:
World:
Event:
Importance:

i

[hemlockgarden]

A dungeon? How sweet! Make sure to stay hydrated, of course, that's often the most important thing that can be forgotten in all the fun. As for advice, I always think you should start with a good session on the rack to stretch, then some whipping at the stocks, then cool down in the iron maiden, if you're lucky enough to have one, but a bed of nails will do the trick as well. Have fun!

Ignis Scientia | FFXV | open to threadjacks

[reigniter]

A. Canon stuff

Killing a giant snake has proved to be a lot easier than getting Noctis to get out of bed in the morning.

P.S. Black chocobos are still a menace

[...less of a Network post and more of a journal entry. He's not aware of it. Yet.]

B. Glitchy device- Recording

[The video is silent and from a downside-up angle. Ignis is very visibly, pushing his glasses up as he goes through the ingredients on the desk. He settles on the fish, takes a knife, and with needle-like precision skins it and cleans it up. The knife is tossed aside, expertly landing in a bowl without Ignis even looking at it. He proceeds to go through knives like this until the fish is completely cleaned of scales and bones, cut up, seasoned, and placed on the grill. He still doesn't see that the device is recording so he's just humming to himself.]

a

[zero_sense]

if you need help with giant stuff i'm your ultra warrior. i can handle big stuff no problem.

Futaba Sakura | Persona 5 Royal | Threadjack awaaaaaaaaaaay!!

[alibabatheoracle]

Voice

There's a... strangely warped voice over the comm, as though the speaker wanted to conceal their identity.

"So we can communicate between different worlds, huh... Hello there, Internet of the..." A pause. "... Universe? Multiverse...? Whatever — what's important is, you may call me... Alibaba."

Of course, anyone that knows her will probably see through this almost immediately, but... shush.

"So hey, asking for a friend, what kind of anime and sentai shows are there across the big wide expanse of the digital world?"

... Priorities.

Text

Hey, so... did anyone catch the latest Featherman announcement? I ended up coming into the stream super late and I missed what they talked about at the beginning!

Text

[zero_sense]

I was checking it out with my kid. She was real excited about a new series. I'm going to show it to Riku later on.

Is it anything like Donshine?

goldie o'gilt | ducktales 2017 | open to threadjacking

[goldgrifter]

Anyone out there in the multiverse looking for a job or two? A gal like me could really use some help. That's what this is for, right?

Anyway it's big, it's gold, and it's dangerously close to a landmine, but far enough where it is certainly obtainable.

Give Goldie a ring if it interests you. There's definitely a cut set aside for you.

[and by cut, she means a deep cut. like a stab in the back kind of cut.]

[talkyourwayout]

No. You're not allowed to be on the internet if you don't even know what clickbait is.

[Yep, Louie's still mad at her for the birthday party.]

Souji Mitsuka/TailRed | Gonna be the Twintail | Threadjack Open

[gonna_be]

1. Infection.

[There's a girl on the screen just running from a bunch of fangirls. She's tiny, cute, and dressed in some kind of power armor. And nope, she's now caught and being snuggled to death.]

Help me, I've been hit by a snuggle infection!

2. Text

Gotta say, having access to the internet...

has given me so much more access to styles to twintails! I'm so blessed.

text

[doortodreams]

right???

it's such a cute way for girls to wear their hair.

[ Izumi's a big fan of manga, where the hairstyle is popular. ]

rei suzumura | garo | open

[ginrouken]

( y'all thought you were rid of me. hah. )

let's just forgo all the personal, soul-searching questions and get right to it.

favorite type of sweets.
go.

[cantcount]

[I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AGAIN, HI THERE.]

strawberry sundae, easy.