test drive.

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TEST DRIVE

Want to test out the setting? Not sure if your character is a good fit? Need to start gathering some samples? You know how it goes: → Comment with the character's name and series in the subject. → Pick an option or make your own. → Tag around. → Enjoy yourself!! The Test Drive will be open up until Vivarium opens on July 5th. Check out these helpful links to get a sense of the game: G A M E  L I N K S ✖ FAQ ✖ Bracelets ✖ Locations R E S O U R C E S ✖ Virtue's Last Reward Wiki ✖ Virtue's Last Reward Trailer ✖ Virtue's Last Reward OVA option one. You're awake. You're lying on a cold floor, and your head is pounding. It feels like you've been hit with a sledgehammer. You can barely move, but you push yourself up anyway, and look around. You're in an unfamiliar warehouse, and on your left wrist is a bracelet. It feels heavy, and no matter how hard you tug at it, it refuses to come off. You can't remember how you arrived here, nor do you recognize anyone else. Try not to panic too much. ( For the purposes of the Test Drive, characters will be arriving in the warehouse instead of the Elevator/AB Room) option two. An Ambidex Game has just concluded. You have entered in your vote and there's no turning back. Did you trust your opponent and vote ally? Or did you double-cross them and vote betray? What did your opponent do? Did they vote betray while you voted ally, or did they vote ally while you voted betray? Why did you choose one or the other? Just what did you do? option three. Rules are meant to be broken. You've just reached a certain amount of BP, and you can finally have access to food (low or high quality) or to the dorms. It's great, things are getting a bit more bearable now, but seeing the others without the same "luxuries" as you, you feel like you should do something. It's against the rules to bring food or blankets out of their respective rooms, but Zero can't have eyes everywhere... can he? option four. Exploration and Escape. All the windows are bolted shut, and all the doors are locked. The exit is through the number 9 door, but no one can reach it until they have 63 BP. It'll take too long to wait for help to arrive, and to accumulate that many points. There must be some way out. Maybe if you search enough, you can find a tool to help you break down a door. option five. Wild Card. Want to try something else? Go for it! Have your own AB Game round, have characters argue against each other, try to keep the mood cheery, whatever! Make full use of the environment and mechanics, just remember to keep it within the game's structure.

Comments

Jake Muller // Resident Evil 6

[fairsfair]

[ The AB Game was easier than he thought, considering that there were only two choices to pick from and anyone with half a brain would know the "right" one to choose. It only took him a second to select betray and go out his merry way to check the score board. ]

Did anyone actually expect someone to choose ally?

[ Sorry to the poor sap who went up against him and choose ally... ]

Sasuke Sagami | Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho

[not_that_sasuke]

[One]

[Sluggish he may be, but Sasuke is determined to get to his feet - or, well, maybe a sitting position would work too. His head aches, but he still manages to gather his wits enough to examine the source of the new (it is new, isn't it?) weight on his wrist.]

A... watch?

[His voice is quiet, probably only audible to someone right next to him.

Just what happened to him...?]

[Two]

[Unless your character has made it abundantly clear they are untrustworthy, Sasuke voted Ally. We're talking would-beat-the-elderly-with-a-crutch and then kick them while they're down kind of untrustworthy here. And regardless of the results, his expression remains fairly blank.

Well, okay. If he was just betrayed, there's a bit of a strain there. But he's still surprisingly calm about it all.]

[Three]

[Somehow, he's made it... His eyes are on his watch, staring at the number that now indicates he is able to get food and proper rest.

He was lucky enough to make it so far by constantly allying. But at the same time, there are others who weren't so fortunate. Even though he should be relieved, he can't help but feel like this is wrong somehow.

It isn't fair. The others should have access to these things too.

And so he stands quietly by the door, not quite entering yet. If you don't have the clearance to get in, now might be a good time to catch him...]

[Four]

[When everyone goes their separate ways, Sasuke decides to split off on his own and scour the open rooms for anything useful or, assuming one exists, some kind of hidden passage. His movements are quick, but his searching is surprisingly thorough - no cabinet is left shut, no jar left unturned. He'll freeze almost guiltily if anyone walks in on him, but once he remembers there's nothing to feel guilty about, he'll simply continue rifling through everything without a word.

By now it's probably obvious he's a quiet kid. You're going to have to ask him if you want to know what he's found so far.]

[Five]

[HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT.]

Junpei | 9 hours, 9 persons, 9 doors

[punintentional]

[ ...After waking up, Junpei ignores the pounding in his head (and the weird fact that he can't seem to remember very much anymore) for a much more important concern: this thing on his wrist. ]

You know, I don't think I've ever seen a watch like this...unless it's an hour-only watch. Not very practical, but the perfect gift for someone who thinks time is all relative.

[ This is healthy coping, yes. ]

Saenoki Naho | Corpse Party

[misinforms]

option two

[Ten. Nine. Eight. There's so much her mind is telling her right now, rapidly firing through doubts and fears... Seven. Six. self-preservation battled with the idea that betrayal was wrong. Five. Four. But not choosing isn't an option. Will her opponent really choose ally? Can she trust them...?

Three. Two. One.

Naho closed her eyes and pushed the button.

Coming out of the elevator, she looks white-faced and anxious. She'd chosen betray - what else could she do? But even so, she didn't look like she was happy about it.]

option four

[They might have been told they were trapped, but she wasn't going to accept it until she saw everything and tried everything she knew how. Starting with the warehouse she begins searching every nook and cranny - trying to pull at the metal bolting the windows shut.]

Urrgh...

[She sighs. No luck.] This is insane...

Kariya Masaki | Inazuma Eleven GO!

[netting_nettles]

[2]

[Stepping out of the AB room, Kariya is barely on his feet. He's sweating. He looks almost like he's been hyperventilating and is trying not to show it. He is working very, very hard not to panic.

Because he just hit "Ally."

It was the worst - but also the only - decision he could think of. Not even because the other option meant potentially condemning another person to death. That's horrible, but if it's his hide versus a stranger's...he knows how he'd pick. What had frozen his finger over the button to betray was different and more mind-numbing: They were going to know.

It didn't matter how trustworthy they were or weren't. If the people in the other part of the room voted to keep him alive, they'd see that he'd sold them out. Then, if they were still breathing, they'd be bound to tell everyone else. (Kariya knew he certainly would in their shoes.) And then, with that reputation... he'd never walk into those rooms without someone ready to cut his throat ever again.]

Please have gone "Ally," please have gone "Ally"...

[He's not sure his brain is going to be able to take it if he screwed up. He's going to cry or puke or something. Or, for right now at least, stare down at the bracelet around his wrist like it's a ticking bomb.]

Snake | Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

[blind_badass]

*Option one*

*Bad enough that you have to wake up in a strange place with a splitting headache and your memories are fuzzy. Even worse? You're blind and you have to feel around to get a sense of where in the world you ended up. Welcome to Snake's world. He's getting his bearings and examining the watch on his wrist.*


*Option four*

*Now having a better idea of what is where, Snake is feeling along the walls, trying to spot any inconsistency and hollow areas. So far he hasn't had much luck but he's a patient man. It's not like he's got anything better to do.*

Clive Dove | Professor Layton

[vengefulyears]

[Clive steps out of the AB room for the very first time and approaches the score board, feeling a bit more anxious than he'd like to admit. Although every fiber in his being told him that he should pick Betray, he ended up deciding to choose Ally instead. It would look bad to betray someone in the first round, after all, and he doesn't want to start burning bridges with anyone this early on. But will it be worth it if it turns out that his opponent really did betray him after all?

Well, it's not like he can go back in time and change his vote. Prepared to face the potential consequences of his decision, Clive looks up at the screen and watches as the results begin to display one by one...]

Bobby Fulbright | Ace Attorney

[juuustice111]

[3]

[Does that beefy detective look a little beefier? Actually, come to think of it, doesn't he smell a little like beef? What did this idiot shove down his shirt?]

Who's hungry? I ask hypothetically, of course! Ha ha ha!

robin | teen titans | one!

[birdarang]

[ robin felt so groggy.

he came to with an awful headache. he grimaced and let his hand skim over his head, trying to find any evidence of an injury. there was no bumps, no swelling, not even a speck of blood that he tried to find. okay, so that was kind of weird. he's had the occasional migraine before, sure. but it wasn't bad to the point where he felt sick. and out of nowhere, too!

he rolled over onto his stomach, and tried to push himself up to his knees. it was a little concerning whenever he tried to...and fell right back down. maybe someone had used knockout gas? it wasn't like he had been doing anything; he was in the tower last, filling out some reports, and then...

when he finally managed to push himself up, robin crawled to the nearest wall, and settle his back against it. and that's when he noticed the band on his arm.

he brought his wrist up, twisting and turning the odd little thing over and over again. whatever it was, it was heavy; he could feel his wrist trying to drag down when he lifted it up. robin tried his best to wriggle it around, bringing his fingers tightly together so he could remove it. but it was like the thing was glued to him; robin couldn't get the thing off if he wanted to.

so he was stuck here with a massive headache, with no idea where he was and some kind of bracelet stuck to him.

don't panic was the first thing that came to mind. panic held back judgement and reality. robin had been through worse, hadn't he? or at least he had been stuck in weirder situations (even though this was pretty high up the list).

robin slowly got to his feet, and started to look around for an exit. if he could just find a door, or something... ]

alibaba saluja } magi } option one

[entrant]

[ of course, alibaba chose ally, just as he said he would. it would be much easier to beat this insane game if everyone worked together to gain the necessary amount of points quickly so they could leave this place as soon as possible. ]

Even though I knew my answer from the start, that countdown sure makes things nerve wracking, huh?

Colette Brunel // Tales of Symphonia

[stop_apologizing]

[3]

[This is a bad idea.

No, it isn't just a bad idea - it's silly, even for her, and might end up hurting more people than helping them. Assuming it will help at all. So many people were kind enough to explain the gravity of the situation, what will happen if she lets her heart run away without common sense.

Colette's shoulders slump, looking at the scratchy, thin excuse of a blanket caught in her hands, and then she glances in what she hopes is a discreet manner to the door. First day inside the dorms and already she's wondering if she should have just stayed in the warehouse with everyone else. They should all stick together, right? They're all working towards the same goal, yes?

Is it such a crime to take one little blanket out to her friends?]

Simon Keyes | Ace Attorney / option three

[eeeek]

[Simon doesn't like to break the rules. He doesn't even like to bend the rules. He's a good guy! He plays games the way they're meant to be played, honest! There's just-- there's no way, there's no way no way no way he can do what he's about to do. Every bone in his body is telling him to just turn around and walk away.

But... he's hungry. He's really, really hungry.

His BP has started to run pretty low, either because he's been allying when he shouldn't or he's been pissing Calhoun off and getting punished for it. When he sees an animal, he just wants to tame it, you know? If Calhoun would just do a flip like he had asked, maybe Simon wouldn't be floating on 1 or 2 BP, but - whatever, too late now.

He's hungry. That's the problem. He hasn't eaten for a long time. He's standing in front of the cafeteria, anxiously dancing on the balls of his feet. If he could just find a way in, maybe he could grab something without anybody finding out... he could snipe a can of peaches from the shelf and take little bites when nobody's looking. Calhoun wouldn't really straight up murder him for trying to eat, right? That'd be crazy!

He's either going to cry or get himself killed if someone doesn't come help him.]