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

Breq | The Imperial Radch Trilogy | Threadjack

[breq]

Your thoughts on revenge.

[snowstormed]

served cold and at a distance
depends on the rifle

[breq]

Served cold. I don't think I've heard that expression before.

[snowstormed]

really?
“revenge is a dish best served cold”, you’ve never heard of it?
Ma used to tell me shit like that all the time

[It’d break her heart, Bucky knows, if she knew more about the things he did during this war, how young the faces of some of these men seem.]

never really did figure out what it meant
you planning something?

[zero_sense]

Did it, done it, got the t-shirt. The guy who did it gotta be 20,000 years older to even think of pulling that on me again.

[breq]

So your problem was resolved, then?

[zero_sense]

Naw. First time his best friend stopped him, then a friend of mine named Rei. Then he possessed me. I kicked him out. Killed him. He came back for round three later on. His son killed him for that one. The guy's a serious bad egg. I think we're technically on round four right now and he's technically not even alive this time.

[17l]

Necessary, but you shouldn't go too overboard with it.

[breq]

How so you define "overboard"?

[17l]

To the point you start fucking up shit in your own life that has nothing to do with who wronged ya.

And there's the stuff about attacking family and friends, but personally, I would keep focused on the former.

[spaghettimonster]

GOOD FOR MORALE!
ESPECIALLY AFTER A TERRIBLE SETBACK.
A LITTLE RECIPROCAL SUFFERING CAN REALLY BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY.

[breq]

That is wonderfully clear-headed.

[zerg_rush]

The line between revenge and self-defense has always been fuzzy for me. Maybe I just lead an unusually complicated life.

[breq]

At a certain point, it can't be called self-defense anymore, can it? Not after years and years.

[ Breq isn't trying to delude herself into thinking she's defending herself with her plans. ]

[zerg_rush]

If I live long enough for it to be years and years, I'll get back to you.

[Kerrigan's like 26 and just escaped from some creepy Red Room shit, she has no idea.]

[wylds]

Why not.

[breq]

There are usually a multitude of reasons for why not, I think.

It just depends on if you care about those.

[killthehumans]

a waste of time. humans obsessing over it is one of the reasons they die so much

[breq]

What makes it a waste, in your eyes?

[takenalive]

Overwhelming and cyclical. For all the use of it, and there are many uses, it's a grass fire that can scorch the hooves of those who set it just as readily.

My people love to claim it's futile and immoral but justify seeking it ourselves, and I'm not excempt.

[breq]

Interesting.

At least there's a certain sort of honesty to the idea of still wanting it.

[major_rawne]

A quick knife to the back when they're not looking does the job.

[breq]

I suppose it does.

Not quite my usual style, however.

[samuraiprosecutor]

I think most find it less satisfying than they hoped, once they finally achieve it. Often it leaves a void that's difficult to fill.

[breq]

I've heard something similar before. It's interesting to consider.