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

[catwalknotrequired]

Considering I have my own friend who has a similar approach I'd have to vote you follow him in. Someone has to keep him from doing something completely stupid and you can't do that if you aren't there.

[fruitknife]

Yeah, he'd probably turn himself into a fuckin' chalk outline without me. I just... I dunno.

Don't want to do more harm than good.

[catwalknotrequired]

There was actually a moment where I thought my friend was one so I can relate. He's fine though it's all good.

How would you be doing harm looking out for him though? I mean it sounds like you two are close and going with him to school doesn't seem like it'd cause that much harm.

[fruitknife]

Well, that's good.

The school part's mostly unrelated. More of a handy excuse to keep everyone involved in the same place. The actual thing he got talked to about sounds like it needs a lot of faith in yourself.

I guess the real question is how do I get that in a hurry.

[catwalknotrequired]

Oh hmm. That does sound like that could be bad. I guess you could just fake it until you make it. It works with a lot of other things so it should work here too.

[fruitknife]

Long as it didn't turn into 'fake it until somebody gets hurt,' I guess there're worse options. God knows Aki's not nearly as together as he pretends to be. Don't know Mitsuru well enough to say, but rich people are usually even worse about that.

[And really, given that some sick fuck in her father's company thought guns were a great focus design for this shit, Shinji doubts she's as polished as she looks, deep down. Maybe that's why Mitsuru didn't completely put him off.]