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

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[restringing]

[Believe him, he knows. By this point, how could he not? But in truth, he's... more than a little afraid to hear the final product. In many ways, he doesn't ever want to.]

I don't think

Anyone could blame you for that

[uenosama]

[Honestly, Hiiragi ought to pick the half of the blame for this. Uenoyama will accept his part, the one where he let the guy persuade him into it. But the other half is totally on Hiiragi- Uenoyama was JUST FINE not being aware of the song's existence.]

No? I don't know

It feels
weird
odd

[...yet he understands it as well.]

[restringing]

You didn't ask to write it

Did you?

[There's only one way this could have played out, and every road leads to Hiiragi pushing this on Uenoyama without thinking of the weight behind that melody...

...Or does it? It's so easy to imagine Hiiragi selfishly making that sort of demand, but... somehow, deep down, he knows exactly why Hiiragi asked Uenoyama to finish Yuki's song. And it hurts.

Truth be told, Mafuyu would rather not think about it right now. It's better shoved down and shelved away for later when he can properly take the time to think about exactly what that means.]

[uenosama]

NOT AT ALL!

I didn't even know the thing existed

And I even refused the first time it was brought up

[Until Hiiragi taunted him into finishing it (the guy just knew which buttons to push...). But then he heard the melody, knew what it meant, cursed Hiiragi into nine circles of hell, and finished it in a single night.

If the song is going to end up hurting Mafuyu more than it will help, Uenoyama is scrapping it. At that point he won't care what Hiiragi thinks anymore.]

I finished it.

But I can scrap it too. The parts that I wrote.

[He wouldn't destroy the entire thing, of course.]

[restringing]

I think

He would have wanted you to

But

I don't want to hear it

[uenosama]

[He's not so sure. Well, he doesn't know Yuki, aside from the fact of how strongly he loved Mafuyu.]

Yeah, I get it.

I'll keep everything I have recorded away.

[Hiiragi is going to see one very miserable Uenoyama at practice today. Or maybe he won't even go. He doesn't really want to deal with the guy.]

[restringing]

Not now

But someday

When I'm ready

I want to listen to it with you

[uenosama]

Of course. I'll be with you

I'm not going anywhere

[Unless Mafuyu doesn't want him around anymore. After this, he wouldn't be surprised.]

In the meantime we can work on our stuff.
We still have a lot to do