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Test Drive - October/November
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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:
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.
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your friend oughta go track him down, obviously he's not at home if he isn't answering his phone.
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[Yeah, he is honestly confused. He knows Henry is as glued to his phone as Alex is to his because before any kissing there was a lot of texting and Alex is too gen z/millennial borderline to have a clear concept of phones being a thing at home.]
he and my friend are kind of on different continents so that's not exactly easy or i'm sure he would
[Alex's mom has put up with a lot of shenanigans from him since she became president, not to mention before, but there's a line between spying on congresspeople and commandeering Airforce 1 for a booty call with an heir to a foreign monarch. Or possibly just an argument. Alex isn't actually sure which yet.
The fact that booty call came first in his head might be some sort of tip off.
Nah.]
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[Bucky, meanwhile, is from 1944. He’s assuming a lot of things about this kid, chief among them being that phones in the future are still basically the same as they are now. He’ll be pleasantly surprised to hear otherwise.]
okay so write a letter. probably a long one. your friend’s hand will cramp like a bitch but it’s well worth it if they really want him that badly.
(also, regarding possible hand cramps: ice helps.)
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[It's not easy taking a picture of a smartphone WITH said smartphone but Alex is talented enough that he manages it. Ok so he just steals his sister's phone so he can take a stupid selfie of himself holding up his smartphone and making a face but still. He texts it. HOW WILL IT EVEN SHOW UP SINCE THIS GUY APPARENTLY ISN'T USING A CELL PHONE??? Magic I guess.]
which is also why writing a letter won't help cause phones are used for texting and he's not answering those either (it's like letters but way faster) and anyway my friend doens't know if he wants him or not that's the whole problem!!!!!! how do you know these things??????
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I’m 27, I’m not that old.
but what the fuck is that brick? that doesn’t look like a phone
I buy them a drink or let them know I’m interested, and if they’re just as interested as I am, tell me they’re interested. sometimes not via words but when you know what to look for it’s kinda obvious.
but that’s not gonna work for you, so
doesn’t the post office still work where you are? when did phones get used for texting, that sounds like it came right out of a pulp novel. or Stark’s brain.
just write him a letter. you’ll have to wait a while but if he really does want you back, he’ll find a way to get in contact with you when he gets it.
how do you feel about fourth walling btw?? alex absolutely knows the mcu
also how are you even responding this right here is texting how are you doing it without a phone
do you even have a computer??????
the post office does work it’s just slow especially when you’re going international i mean i sent him some campaign buttons once as a joke but that’s kind of different than a letter when what i really need is to fucking talk to him and figure out what the hell happened and what i missed i’m supposed to be better at reading people than this!!!! how did i just totally miss him being into dudes and specifically into this dude that is me????
[Alex is good at words he swears.]
y do it just don’t tell him about the winter soldier
this is barely even the weirdest thing that’s happened to me this year, my best friend the skinny asshole joined the army and somehow got into comic books.
you’re ridiculous, god, I don’t know.
buy a ticket and fly to London if things aren’t blowing up over there in the future? bang on his door??
sure letters might be slow as hell but they’re romantic.
CAN DO he’s only like... medium familiar easy for him to have missed that one
[CLOSE ANYWAY
There’s a pause as Alex decides how best to put it. But, well, the guy’s from the 1940s, and despite how impossible that seems, it does track with his experience with this app so far. So what the hell. Might as well give him the whole story.]
there’s a
slight hitch
with visiting
my mom’ll kill me if I cause another international incident???? and she’s president so like... it’s a whole thing
and uh
he’s a british prince
so like
banging on his door? not a simple prospect
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and I have no idea what a Winterfell is. or who it is
if that's some kind of weird future name
but hey, you read the Captain America comic books?
didn't think those would survive.
[As each line is scrawled out into his journal, Bucky finds himself having to suppress his incredulous laughter more and more. By the end of it, he's practically shaking with glee, biting down on his knuckles as though that'll keep him from breaking into a fit of laughter at the sheer craziness of this kid's situation.]
first of all
my congratulations to your mother.
second of all
this is the best fucking thing that I've ever had the pleasure of watching unfold here in this notebook so thank you so much for this gift.
third
I want to say you should do it anyway because true love or something but I'm not gonna be the reason you get into trouble with your mom, so
send him a letter. through the post office or through whatever it is you use these days that's much faster. send him a lot of letters. annoy him into responding.
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[Alex knows, he knows how ridiculous it is. He doesn't know how this is his life. He'd probably laugh too, if it wasn't HIS life.]
ok but what do i put in the letters
cause right now i've just got "what the fuck you fucking shithead how dare you kiss me then ghost me why aren't you answering your goddamn texts" and idk if that's exactly the stuff of romance novels
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I'm kind of surprised that Howard let them kick him out of his own story in these new movies apparently but hey
maybe he mellows out in old age or something.
honestly I'm more surprised they still make movies about Captain America, I think he'd have a lot to say about that.
[Really, Bucky's just privately amused that Steve of all people still has movies made about him in the future.]
try this:
Dear Prince Insert His Name Here, what the fuck.
and then repeat with variations demanding an explanation.
actually hold on
I've been banging on about letters but you could send him telegrams, right? those still exist? they're quicker than the post office.
[He is so invested in this love story now.]