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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.
Jonathan Sims | The Magnus Archives | Open
[The distinct click of a reel of tape clicking over can be heard, followed by the shuffle of feet on what could be gravel.]
Right. [A heavy sigh, the rustle of a pack being adjusted.] The next area should be rather calm, a chance to...breathe, I suppose and--
Ah. We're recording, are we? Not that I see why. Should have had quite enough entertainment from the last bit, mm? Got your pound of flesh and then some. [The Archivist huffs.]
No, no. Of course, that wouldn't be enough. There's more to Know. To See. Best take your fill then.
B. Written Word | Text
If it weren't for the fact that my previous...statements seemed to be reaching a wider audience than I am accustomed to, I would have found this community to be absurd.
Though I suppose with all I have seen in the past few years, it is less unlikely than other tales I've been told. I would ask for further research but as it stands, the current state of affairs has me rather bereft of an actual team, let alone the means normally available to the Archives. And there are more pressing matters.
An apocalypse hardly seems the time to indulge in such...distractions.
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not the kind of downtime I’m used to at any rate
but I’d argue there’s no better time to indulge in a couple of distractions every so often
I know sometimes I do
helps in getting through some shit
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if all a soldier did was shoot people day in and day out they'd lose it and a guy who's lost it's liable to shoot his own people as well as the other guys
you need breaks
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OR A COMMUNITY OF READY-MADE FRIENDS AND ASSISTANTS??
MAYBE THERE'S RESEARCHERS HERE, ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS, WANTING SOMETHING TO DO RESEARCH AT.
AND YOU HAVE ONLY TO ASK!!
HOW APOCALYPTY IS YOUR APOCALYPSE, ANYWAY.
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[Though how much that was helpful to someone that could literally See almost everything, who's to say? Honestly, this device was rather exciting in that he couldn't Know it, or where it had come from. It was a mystery.]
Pretty "apocalypty". Entities, manifestations of Fears themselves, have come into our world. It is...my fault.
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[There's some significantly capitalized letters, there. Lingo or jargon here he's not quite following. But that doesn't stop him from trying to relate.]
THAT DOESN'T SEEM -SO- BAD TO ME.
IF THEY'RE MANIFESTED, THEY'RE TANGIBLE, RIGHT???
INTANGIBLE FEARS ARE THE WORST.
AT LEAST YOU CAN BAP TANGIBLE FEARS WITH ROLLED UP NEWSPAPERS, WHEN THEY'RE BEING BAD.
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I mean, we're connected to multiverse 🤯.
Oh.
Sorry. I didn't read everything before I started typing.
You're in a real apocalypse?