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

Alex Claremont-Diaz | Red, White, and Royal Blue | threadjack away!!

[bisexualdisaster]

so like

say there's this dude

and you don't get along with him like at ALL i mean he's kind of an enormous jackass and everyone LOVES him cause he's SOOOOO handsome and charming and british accent and blah blah blah BASICALLY cut out of a fairytale but it's so obviously FAKE FAKE FAKE I mean ok yeah he is handsome that part's just objectively true and the accent is probably real he is british but he's clearly just a posh attention seeking jerk or at least you thought he was but then you kind of had this incident with a really expensive cake and had to do some damage control stat and now the world thinks you're best friends and you're maybe not entirely hating him and then he kisses you??????????

and the thing is

you're straight

or you thought you were

but you liked it

and now he's being a jackass again and not answering his phone?????? so you can't even talk about it??????? besides complaining on some weird rando app????????









asking for a friend

[riveres]

[He is not going pay any attention to that last line because it's bullshit.]

One, you aren't straight. I'm honestly sorry. Two is that you're letting this pissant control you.

Get under his skin before he makes his next move.

Re: Alex Claremont-Diaz | Red, White, and Royal Blue | threadjack away!!

[givemethetea]

Aatr's tits, it's like I'm in the the mess with a gaggle of baby lieutenants all over again.

"Is she going to call me back?"

"Do you think she'll like it if I color my eyes violet?"

Just wait for her to send you a message, either she will or she won't.
Fretting over it won't help you.

what the hell does straight mean anyway?

[ OOC note; Sieverdan's canon language uses the word 'she' to describe everyone regardless of assigned sex at birth. I can avoid this linguistic tic in the future if it makes you uncomfortable. ]

[snowstormed]

sometimes I'm tempted to throw this journal away and then sometimes it gives me a gift like this. this is already better than gambling my last chocolate bar against a bunch of cheaters with no chocolates.

your friend oughta go track him down, obviously he's not at home if he isn't answering his phone.

Georgia Mason | Newsflesh | threadjack

[choosetruth]

How many of you are from worlds with zombies?

I've noticed a surprising lack of discussion of the undead on this forum. Outside of fiction, that is.

Some of my family are zombies!

[hemlockgarden]

There are worlds without zombies? How positively dreadful. I wonder if this could be fixed? I'm sure Grandmama has a few spells to raise the dead that should work as long as their worlds have a good supply of eye of newt. No one should have to go without zombies, they really do make the best hordes.

[madame_nerium]

I mean if you are reckless enough, you can, in fact, create some.

But why would you?

[irwins]

You actually blog hard enough that you reach the end of the blogosphere in our universe, break into the blogdom on another plane all together and you're still talking about zombies.

That's super on brand, George.

[humanitysfinalmaster]

Not like in the movies or anything, but they sort of do, or did. You don't really see stuff like that anymore unless a mage or a servant is involved though.

a

[shootswebs]

No zombies here. Aliens and superheroes and stuff.
Do you have real zombies? The kind that eat brain? The aliens suck, but the superhero thing is probably a lot better to have than zombies.

akira kurusu (joker) | persona 5 | threadjack me babey

[jokingoff]

i. video (as akira)

[ good news! a video's just popped up onto your network feed!

its footage depicts a quiet and quaint-looking cafe, complete with glass siphons bubbling away behind the counter, and empty seats all around. at a glance, nothing seems all that unusual, until the camera pans over to a suspiciously-empty shelf. on any other day it'd be packed with dozens of different jars, filled with coffee beans of all kinds, ranging from blue mountain to colombian and more.

a few unlabeled containers of various sizes remain, but there's no coffee to be found here. instead: ]

Does anybody have a teapot? I've never brewed it on my own before...

[ tea. it's all tea, which is no part of cafe leblanc's menu. what to do? ]

ii. i've a feeling we're not in the shibuya anymore, (as joker)

[ this was supposed to be a simple and straightforward trip down into the underground subway, business as usual for the phantom thieves of hearts. unfortunately, joker's lost sight of his teammates, their transportation...and just about everything else, too.

it looks like a city—sounds like one, too—but it doesn't resemble anyplace he's ever seen or been in before. the skyline looks the same as any other, no shadows or threats to seen. his navigator didn't go haywire, did it? is that even possible?

as much as he'd love to ask, the glowing door he'd normally use to slip between realities isn't here, either. joker's a fish out of water, standing the middle of an open street, adjusting each of his gloves with a frown. ]

Think we've got a problem...

[ that's putting it lightly. if he can survive a palace, and what the metaverse throws him at large, he can get through this too. hopefully. probably. ]

iii. wildcard!

[ power of the wild card! text him or poke him with something else if you want to, we're easy-breezy i promise♥ ]

i

[catwalknotrequired]

[Ann looks completely confused at his admission. How can Akira have never brewed tea before?]

I was going to ask how you've never brewed tea before but I'm more confused by how there is no coffee in Leblanc.

Seivarden Vendaai ♦ The Imperial Radch Trilogy

[givemethetea]

Is self-improvement something you can do for the sake of someone else? Or do you need to really want it for one's self to make it work?

[ Seivarden would call this drunkposting except she hasn't touched arak, wine, or any other alcohol since she got clean of Kef. ]

[bustedknee]

Other people can make you see why it's a good idea, but if you don't see it, it's still going to be pretty hard to make any kind of real change.

[automobile_enthusiast]

Why wouldn't you want to improve yourself? You're the only person you'll have, in the end. If you don't love yourself, what's the point?

Ash Lynx | Banana Fish | Open to threadhops

[jadedlynx]

A. Infection (deaging)

[ Instead of standard Ash, the network is greeted with a very small, younger version of him. Somehow, despite the youthful appearance, he doesn't look happy. ]

What the hell kind of infection is this supposed to be? I can't pretend I look 10 years younger because I parted my hair in a different way. If I try to stop anything now, they'll put me in time out.

B. Canon update

[ The video opens with Ash in prison. If anyone is familiar enough, they might realize it's solitary instead of a normal cell. ]

For once, this thing is going to be useful. I need somebody to jump over. There's an important message I need to send.

[ And he has a backup plan, but this might work out better. ]

C. Japanese food

I'm not buying it. Is natto real?

[ Eiji's messing with him, right? He made up the dish to prank Ash. ]

A

[sentimentalstoic]

Well, this is nostalgic.

Oscar | Lupin The 3rd | Threadjack Away!

[riveres]

b: canon update | don't follow me, you'll end up in my arms

What are these communicators and how can I turn it off? I have shit to do!

[The transmission seems to be coming from a public restroom with a boy in a uniform on the screen.]

I'm dead serious, I can't have this at my job.

c: a call to arms | let it all burn down

My feelings don't mean anything.

[It's not so much a question as it is a statement, really.]

C

[sentimentalstoic]

Feelings are more often an end than a means.

[REDACTED NAME] | Murderbot Diaries | threadjack your heart out!

[killthehumans]

I don't like things being installed in my brain without me having a way to uninstall them. It's a massive security vulnerability.

Also I don't like talking to this many humans. Or any humans.

[Murderbot maybe likes talking to a few humans, but no one needs to know that. That would encourage them to talk to it, and it hates that idea.]

[snowstormed]

oh, shit, really? and here I thought I had problems throwing this journal away. sorry about your brain—if this "app" is anything like my notebook it'll just keep coming back.

we can't be that bad.

Alfie Solomons | Peaky Blinders | open to threadjacks

[devoutish]

[video]

[The network takes over one of Alfie's ledger books at a little before midnight on a night when he's up working late, and he is immediately certain of two things: one, this is a powerful and fantastical thing, the likes of which he has never seen nor heard of before.

And two, he absolutely does not have time for this right now.

From the way the book is positioned, viewers don't get a view of his full face - just the edge of his mouth and the left side of a full, neatly-trimmed beard. Also in the shot are the dark wood wall panels of his poorly-lit office, a strew of papers across the desk, and a very old-fashioned telephone.]

Fuck off.

[He says, his voice deep and gravely and extremely Cockney.]

I'm busy.

[Wondrous magical marvels can come later, thank you; right now, he has to work.]

[shouldbefine]

Ooh, I got a rude one!

[ The Doctor, meanwhile, is entirely in view, grinning unabashedly. She's bathed in the warm golden light of her TARDIS; the feed has hijacked the view screen on her console. At the moment, she's choosing to be more excited than concerned. ]

Keyed right into the multiverse and getting surly over interrupted paperwork, you must be human.

Shion Sonozaki | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Threadjack Away

[angelmort]

one. call to arms
Oh, this is great timing! I was just thinking that I could use some fresh ideas...

The theme of the day is... Punishment games! ☆ Wearing cat ears, meowing instead of speaking, touching the principals bald head! We've done it all... But there's gotta be newer, better, more exciting ways to encourage my friends to do better~ ♡

So? What do you say? Help a girl out? Oh, but nothing too mean. We don't want anyone to get hurt.

two. canon update
This is a weird question, but have you ever sensed a presence? Like somebody's watching you?

one

[touchedtoanangel]

This one sounds like fun!

If you got a principal, it sounds like you guys are students right? Make them call the teacher Mommy in front of the class. I know some guys who did that as young as first grade who still ain't lived it down!

Jesse Faden | Control | Open to Threadjacks

[callmejesse]

I. [She's peering out at you, clearly confused. Some people shuffle behind her, mumbling to each other. Some of them are wearing lab coats.]

So this is...nice, and all, having an internet. Of a sort. But we're, uh, supposed to be on lockdown and I'm pretty sure this all shouldn't be in a TV. Anybody have a tech support out there?


II. [Jesse has had A Day. She's kicking her feet up on a giant old-fashioned desk and pouring coffee into a mug from a blue camping thermos.]

Hey, everyone. What do you all do when you need to pamper yourself? I'm abusing my position.

A little, anyway. Just a little.


III.
Hey, is there anyone out there with healing abilities? Specifically someone who can help people who've been in comas? Or are still in comas? I'd say I'm asking for a friend, but it's more like family.

I

[major_rawne]

I'm in a fortress in the arse-end of nowhere, where the vox barely works, but this signal comes through loud and clear. I'm pretty sure it's just... special.

If you need a tech, Beltayn's around here somewhere.

Gavrill Madarak | Franken Fran

[hungry_like_the_wolf]

1.

Soooo...any of you guys ever eaten human before?

2.

My dear ol' dad is a POS and kicked my ass to the curb when I didn't turn out like he wanted, anyone got parent's like that?

1

[jadedlynx]

I'm hoping you're asking so that you can tell anybody who answers yes to stop.

Elim Rawne / Gaunt's Ghosts

[major_rawne]

[He's the guy in charge, now. He can't appear weak. Even if he wants to just curl up and sleep for a week, he can't.]

My commanding officer's dead. Anyone have any... tips? Advice? We're kind of under seige, so... it's not going very well.

[worldcleansing]

If you can get off world, go now. You're not abandoning anything. Time seems to usually freeze when you're away from your original world. Anyone who helps you come up with a plan will need to know more details than you likely have time to give.

Ritsuka Fujimaru (M) | Fate/Grand Order | Threadjacks welcome

[humanitysfinalmaster]

A.
[ Have a video post of a ten years younger Ritsuka, network. Physically at least. He's still the same as ever mentally. He's sitting in his room right now, seemingly surprisingly unfazed by this. ]

Is this one of those "infections" I've heard about? After everything else they've done since I first joined Chaldea, I wouldn't really be surprised if this was one of the servants messing around again, but Da Vinci and Romani can't figure out what caused this.

... Being this short again is kind of inconvenient. I can barely reach anything. It's a good thing the doors in Chaldea are automatic.

B. [ Ritsuka seems a bit put upon. He's tried to lock this from Elizabeth, if she's on the network, but he might not have succeeded. ]

Hey, you guys. Let's say you have a friend who really wants to be an Idol, but she's a really terrible singer. Like, murder your eardrums terrible, but she doesn't seem to realize this and she's really stubborn. And she's also kinda scary when she gets mad. She tried to put on a concert for Christmas and now she wants to do it again for Halloween. I want to be supportive, because I know why she's so enamored with the idea of being an idol, but I'd also rather not have my eardrums busted again. Is there any way I can convince her to maybe do something else?

((Yes, this is the first Halloween event rather than the one being re-run right now.))

B

[littledrummerboy]

She tried singing good music?

[Someone doesn't think much of typical idol songs.]

Kawabuchi Sentarou | Kids on the Slope

[littledrummerboy]

I - Canon Update

TPO: What is it and how do I learn it by tomorrow?




II - Infection (Clothes Swap)

I dunno whose clothes I woke up in, but you probably woke up in mine. How this works, inn't it?

[Having taken said clothes off and sitting on video in a pair of his underwear, looking sulky, you likely can't tell whose clothes he woke up in, either. But he's taken them off before he goes about doing anything so he'd like whoever got stuck in his tattered threads to try to show some courtesy too.]

It's fine, I can just cut class for today but m'gonna need that uniform back sometime. I can only afford the one. The jacket's an important hand me down too so don't get too rough with it.

ii;

[jadedlynx]

(ooc | Ash is in prison for a bit of canon. If you want some 'wtf' flavor, feel free to have it be a prison uniform. Otherwise, just a white shirt and jeans. )

I'm guessing you're the lucky guy who ended up with mine. I don't have a lot of use for a school uniform so I'll give it back. I just need mine, too.