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Test-Drive Meme - January Pre-Game
TESTDRIVE MEME
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Gently falling snow and a biting chill welcome students and faculty alike as they return to campus for the beginning of the Winter term. The constant buzz of helicopters delivering students back from their holiday fills the air, and charter busses can be seen coming in and out for hours. Slowly but surely, Daybreak Academy is coming alive once again with the sound of conversation and laughter.It’ll be a few days before classes resume, but there are a number of fun events on campus to help students re-adjust to campus life, or learn the ins and outs if they are recent arrivals. Faculty, of course, will need to get to work immediately. Lesson plans and mission assignments wait for no-one, after all.
[All threads in this meme may be treated as canon should all involved characters be accepted into the game. Normally, the Faculty meeting will be held at the end of every month ICly, as this is the start of the game we’re incorporating it into the Test Drive. Faculty who accept missions will retain those mission assignments for the month, should they be accepted into the game. If not, we will distribute the remaining missions as needed to the Faculty who are accepted in.]
A. FACULTY IN-SERVICE
As is customary, the school faculty meet before the start of the next month to review the mission portfolios and determine who will be leading what, as well as discuss plans and concerns they might have regarding students. As it’s not uncommon for some students to attempt to listen in and get more details on the upcoming missions, the meeting place changes every month and some faculty serve as wardens to make sure students are kept away.
This month, the meeting is in Robespierre 401. The table is laid out with a number of pastries, snacks, and coffee for the assembled teachers and the projector is revved up and ready to go, with readily available laser pointers for any faculty giving presentations. The day’s Agenda will be discussing incoming students, discussing the start of the term and any expected issues, discussing the mission dossier and assigning faculty, and a few presentations from faculty on ongoing projects and educational advances they feel are worth sharing.
[The following missions are on the docket, they will all require a Faculty volunteer to lead a group of 4-6 students. Running these logs will fulfill the Faculty member’s log requirement for the month of January. Full details will be provided to the Faculty member via Private Message after their application has been processed]
I Wonder What This Button Does
January 14th
At the start of the year, the vaults of the academy is opened and volunteers are allowed inside to help organize the growing collection of artifacts and treasures that is kept securely inside. Due to how old the collection is, many labels have faded and many items have undergone changes, so it has become imperative to keep an accurate record. For students, cataloguing the collection is considered extra credit, though any attempts to smuggle any artifacts out will be met with severe disciplinary action.
28 Bleach Vats Later
January 18th
Cassandra indicates a horde of zombies will materialize from the outland in North Dakota within the United States. As is customary, the horde has been auctioned on the Runic Markets. The winner this time is the American Defense Contractor Coldsteel. As part of the auction package, Daybreak Academy will provide Coldsteel with support and recovery.
This mission requires 2 Faculty members, each leading a group of 4-6 students for two portions of the mission.
Ocean’s Six
January 21st
Cassandra has provided a readout of all roulette results within the Casino strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, within the United States. As is customary, a group of students and an instructor is to be dispatched to garner as much winnings as possible without arousing suspicion. Participants who successfully earn money without their sources being discovered will be entitled to a commission based on their earnings. Students will be provided with $10,000 in seed money and false identifications if necessary.
With the power of foresight, enter Casinos with the winning numbers, make as much money as you can, and try not to get thrown out
Hunt - Several Bones to Pick
January 23rd
Cassandra has noted thick mists inside the Parisian catacombs have given birth to an undead monstrosity. Dubbed the Bone Horror, this monster is collecting parts from corpses to grow in size and strength. Prognostication indicates it will emerge from the Catacombs within a month’s time. It is to be destroyed.
Hunt - Dullahan Texas Ranger
January 28th
Cassandra has been tracking a Dullahan’s emergence in the US state of Texas for some time, and we predict he will begin to move soon. Prognostication indicates that the Dullahan has been absorbing the culture of the local area and styles itself to be something of a cowboy, with aims to slay any local humans that tread upon the area it deems its ranch. It is to be destroyed.
B. WINTER BANQUET
It is customary for Daybreak Academy to hold a grand banquet at the start of every term, and today is no exception. Part celebration, part ice-breaker, the Grand Banquet is a chance for students and faculty to mingle, meet new people, and share a delicious meal.
Today, the tables are arrayed with thick roasts, massive turkeys, and whole pigs as the main course, as well as giant tofu and mushroom platters for the vegetarian and vegan students. Massive dishes heaped with breads and pastries line the tables, as well as broad bowls filled with any number of salad and side ingredients. The table centerpieces elevated ice sculptures of (allegedly) mythological creatures such as pegasi, griffins and dragons standing atop a giant pillar of ice that is surrounded with cold desserts on tiered platters.
While there is an abundance of food, with as many ravenous students as there are it is depleting quickly. Fortunately, an array of servants, both living and golem, are on hand to replace empty platters and assist as needed.
C. DORM ROOM ICEBREAKERS
With the chill of winter setting in, what better way to warm hearts and spirits than dorm icebreakers? Whether you agree with this or not, chances are - especially if you’re new - your RA has dragged you to the common area to participate in a number of (arguably) fun Icebreaker activities that were likely found by checking the first Google result.
Fortunately for those with lower tolerances to people and/or cheesiness, with the whole dorm turned out for these activities, escape may be possible! Unfortunately, many among the student body have heightened senses and supernatural combat abilities. Either way, it’s gonna be a rough evening.
D. IRIS NETWORK
It’s that time again. With the start of Winter Term, returning students and faculty need to update their Iris Network profiles with their current dorm residence and any new credits, class statuses, or accolades they may have earned. New students and faculties will have their profiles pushed to the top in an effort to help them integrate into the broader network, and it’s customary to post responses to people’s updated profiles “Liking” their content and making plans to meet up.
The code below will allow you to update your Iris Network Profile for the new term. Better get it up and see who all responds.
[The below code will ultimately be used for the profile for your character upon acceptance to Daybreak Academy. Please replace or fill in all text in the areas that are capitalized and do not delete any code lines]
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So, Jade, forgive Tyzias.exe if she stops working. She boggles vacantly at the werewolf, eyes nearly bugging straight out of her head.
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Except for the arm.
“You lost your arm.” She says with her shoulders dropped and inches of space now given between the two, “But. But you’re okay otherwise right?”
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"Well, you aren't around him anymore. He's creepy."
At the question to how she escaped, Jade pauses, grins, and in her bout of enthusiasm to show Tyzias what she can do now, teleportals them Both to... somewhere else.
She hadn't exactly been thinking of a destination. Oops.
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"Huh. You have a Flame. That's cool," Tyzias says, like she's discussing different water filter brands instead of highly dangerous, mostly inscrutable magic. "It's... that felt less like a teleport and more like a fall. Bending space?" She puts on her goggles and begins analyzing Jade's flame. Time for some science. No, runic inscription wasn't magic, it was a science, shut up.
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She is excited to show it to Tyzias again, and explain it as best as her elementary-school grade science knowledge (Admittedly amazing for her only learning this stuff for a month, has she been prioritizing Science and Reading over the other stuff? She'll likely only tell Tyzias the truth.) can articulate.
"Yeah, it is! It folds up space and time like its a piece of paper and makes the place I wanna go connect to the place I'm at, and then I'm there! She taps the googles a couple times curiously at the edges, before asking, "You want me to do it again? I can take us back inside! Or to the roof! Or, or anywhere! I think. I don't know how far I was when I accidentally teleportaled into the... teacher's relaxing room." She trails off, not liking how she forgot the word lounge, "I think a teacher person said it looked like green light and, and, the.. small lightning. Also green. And it's all glow-y too. Like lava from the volcano on my island!"
Great job, Tyzias. This is the most she's talked to anyone in the month or so she's been here.
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"Could you teleport around a bunch here so I can see what happens?" Tyzias asks, then stops herself short. "Wait, shit. Does it make you tired? If it takes effort, just bring us back to the dorm. Don't want to tire you out."
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She sticks out her tongue a little, before "electricity" looking magic sparks out of her. Or were those solar flares? Oh heck, it could be both. Certainly looks like it with the glow building up around her, and how she seems to be turning green at the edges. Next to happen, in the span of as long a time as she can hold it, is that every part of her within that outline shifts and warps to reflect what's behind her, and then the night sky above her, and then somewhere further out in space, and last to... somewhere incomprehensible in the outlands, with green light shining in a dark empty space, before it snaps back to their surroundings. With a small crack of sound due to build up, Jade teleportals first up to the roof, blushes, then back down a couple feet in front of Tyzias, before doing so to move backward a few feet, then jump and portal closer, then cartwheel and portal to the side.
In total she does this about ten times, not including the accidental one to the roof, in quick succession, most of them while moving, before doing one, last, twelfth one to pop them both back into the dorm, where they had been.
Jade knows her friend will do something with this information she's getting, whatever sort it may be, so she sits down next to where Tyzias had been and... tries, to wait patiently. Would Tyzias let her room with her? Could she ask for a switch from wherever she's supposed to go? Or could she just... portal in here a lot?
Wait. No. Tyzias works and studies a lot. Jade can't just disturb her like that!