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TEST DRIVE - JUNE 2017

Welcome to the very first Test Drive Meme for Gacha Hell: The RP! You know the drill - comment below and form threads to get a feel for the game, decide on a character, and establish an RP sample for your application.

If you want to know more about the game for writing your prompts, the directory is over here. Reserves are here, and Applications, when they open, will be here. Be aware that, for all characters who join during this first app cycle, the initial free Pull will have double weight applied to ★★★★★ regains!

☆ REGAIN PROMPTS

These prompts are related to regains! Don't have any of those? We've got you covered - mosey on over to the Pull Simulator and click the button for a randomized pull of regains, then use those for your TDM prompts. Of course, you aren't beholden to the results - since this is just a simulator, you can reroll as much as you want, or even just make up some original regains for the purposes of your toplevel.

R1. Memory Regains: Congratulations! You rolled some memories, which have been instantly uploaded into your brain. Maybe you're looking for the person whose memories they originally were, or maybe you've found them and are ready to swap regains to give them back. Or, maybe you just opened the capsule, and you're still reeling from the mental impact. Having someone else's memories in your head is a confusing experience, so it can take a bit of adjustment to get used to the sensation.

R2. Ability Regains: Congratulations! You rolled a new ability, and you can now do things you never could before. Why not give your newfound skills a whirl to see how they work? If they're supernatural, they might be a little hard to control at first - hopefully nothing disastrous happens as a direct result of that.

R3. Item Regains: Congratulations! You rolled... something, and possibly due to a glitch in the system, it spawned right there in Gacha Central, rather than being sent to your apartment. What the hell is this, and what purpose could it possibly serve? Does it have any secret powers, or is it just a weird curio of another person's life? Experiment with it to see what it can do, auction it off to see if you can find its original owner, or maybe just figure out how the hell you're going to get it back home on your own.

☆ QUEST PROMPTS

These prompts move beyond the gacha machine, and deal with the wider setting of Gacha City! Looks like some new monthly quests have rolled in, so it's time to debase yourself in the name of orbs.

Q1. Treasure Mountain Survival Shelter: Here, the rare monsters that would otherwise be fused into uncaring characters for bonus EXP can live in peace... but they do need taking care of, and there's an orb or two in it for you if you do your part. Diamond slimes, gold imps, platinum wisps... the bad news is, a lot of precious metals and crystals are also really hard. As much as these critters had a rough lot in life, they're high-energy, tough as steel, and prone to running into things. Your job is to make sure they get enough exercise. Good luck!

Q2. Fetch Quest: Looks like this month's quest is a randomized scavenger hunt! Some of the things you can find yourself, but some of them you'll have to fuse together from other items, which means you might have a bit of an adventure on your hands. Where the hell are you going to find an 'aged barber pole' for this?

☆ EVENT WORLD PROMPTS

It looks like Gacha City has connected to a new Event World! For the duration of this TDM, you have access to the wonderful world of Battle Arena Mermadia, an underwater kingdom where brave heroes meet on an ancient 3-laned arena for 5-on-5 battles to destroy the enemy team's Aqua Crystal. Don't worry about breathing - upon arrival, your body will automatically be converted to a new mermaid form so that you can engage with the locals without drowning. The name of the quest: Go out into the world, recruit some allies, and win those battles!

E1. The Meta: Before stepping out into the field of aquabattle, you'd better do your research, or you're as good as toast. Which heroes are in their prime right now? Who are their main counterpicks? Is Sharkbiter better top or mid? Would your own regain abilities be better served on support or hunting mobs in the reefs while your allies push towards the next tower? How can you synergize with your allies to make sure nobody gets ganked? What the hell is with all these items? Who designed this game?

E2: No Plan Survives: The match has begun, and it is predictably a complete disaster. Isn't anyone communicating? Where the hell has the healer gone? When did the enemy team get so damn buff? Praise the sea gods that death just means you respawn 30 seconds later, and see what you can do to salvage a catastrophe in the making!

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-R2-

Behold.

[ Video Gachat post. Orion's kitchen. Slowly, sleeves rolled up, without breaking eye contact with the camera, he places his hand palm-down about three inches over the countertop.

After a pause for gravitas, a single brown egg materializes between his hand and the countertop. ]

Egg.

[ From there, he moves his hand in a slow sweep, depositing another eleven eggs on the counter next to it. Then, he re-adds them to his inventory, and they vanish one by one. ]

You guys can keep your giant lasers and flight and invulnerability, I just won the goddamn superpower lottery. Never again will I have to figure out where the hell I put my keys or wallet. I'm permanently immune to pickpockets. I can have a near-unlimited supply of snacks on my person at all times. Beat that.

-E1-

When the team learned about the upcoming Battle Arena match, Orion immediately went to connect to the Mermadia internet to do a little research. When you see him again the following morning, he looks like he hasn't slept, or stopped researching, ever since.

"Don't worry, I've got this whole game figured out. Ignore the go-to meta comps, they're for scrubs. This game isn't anything like the MOBAs we know, and we need to adapt. We're going double junglers."

It's a reef, not a jungle, but he's not letting that slow him down now. He's cracked the code, apparently.

King, never having played a MOBA in her life, just floats there in the water, resting a harpoon gun (shotguns don't work so great underwater) on her shoulder and waiting for Orion to make sense with mild impatience.

He was hoping King, at least, would be able to understand his weird nonsense language.

"Ugggggh. Did you ever play Vengeance? Arena Scorpio? Any of those? Those games that get on TV with the big money tournaments?"

The names sounded familiar, but trailers for them had looked dull as hell. She shrugged, then just pointed at the gate leading to the arena. The bad guys were RIGHT over there. Why'd he have to make things so complicated?

"That's what they want you to think. There's more to this game than the violence part, and if we ignore it we're going to get obliterated."

He jabs at a well-worn map, with various key points circled. "The reef is the key. The treasure and buffs available for the plundering are so rich that we're gonna need two people in there at all times. The jungle squad can pull double duty popping into the main lanes for ganks occasionally, but even better would be breaking into the enemy reef for further shenanigans."

When he got like this there was no distracting him other than shooting him in the face. And she was pretty sure friendly fire WAS a thing here. King sighed, but leaned over and stared at the map with her arms folded.

After taking an honest shot at understanding his plan, she pulled out a pen and wrote on the map.

Basically a specialized flanking squad?

"Yes, exactly. Except, said flanking squad is also going to be hunting giant eels for fun and profit."

This actually sounds kind of awesome. King is on board with eel hunting and ambushing people.

[Nira blinks a few times as she watches the scene before figuring out what's going on here.] Oh my god? You're right, that is literally the best power ever. How big of a thing can you store with that?

Edited 2017-06-19 17:17 (UTC)

Inconclusive. I can't store my entire desk, so there's definitely an upper limit. Haven't tried putting anything alive in my inventory yet, but I'd feel weird about it either way. Max 99 items per stack.

Really? That's too bad. [She puts a finger to her chin when he mentions stacks.] So...how different do things have to be to be in different "stacks"? Do uncooked and cooked eggs count as the same category? Or eggs of different colors? What if you dye them? [Part of her is wondering if this could be used as a method of item identification as well.]

Inconclusive. This is going to be one of those things I spend the next two months experimenting with, isn't it?

Sounds like it. You'll keep us updated though, right? Since someone else might end up getting that ability somehow.

I guarantee that I will not be lax in my duty to provide regular updates on Egg Saga.

Great! So, are those eggs hard-boiled? [She has no idea if they can actually crack while inside an inventory, but best not to risk it, right?]

They're raw. I want to see if things inside the inventory can still spoil.

...makes sense. [A pause] Wonder if whoever originally had this ability knows anything about it.

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willworkfordps - 2017-06-21 02:55 (UTC) - Expand

"Aren't they called reefers? Also, that's an unorthodox approach. Most people I asked use one reefer. Going for the stuff I heard was in there?"

Auau had looked for a written rulebook for this game and then when she failed to find any such things, she simply went around doing her research by asking other players while using her appearance to look disarming. It was still a confusing game, but she'd learned some tidbits.

Edited 2017-06-20 02:22 (UTC)

"Excellent find. 'Reefers' is way funnier-sounding than 'Junglers', so let's go with that. Two reefers, then the fighter in each lane just needs to hold out long enough to get bailed out by the nearest reefer. We'll lose ground in one lane but gain ground in the other two, as long as the reefers can handle the eels."

"You aren't the only one to have this idea, by the way. There's another team that also plans to field two reefers." She pauses in her signing. "And my deafness'll probably be a tactical hindrance. I do have good situational awareness with my eyes and a sense of smell you humans and probably they don't have. But ambushes from behind my field of vision'll be a problem."

Edited 2017-06-20 10:02 (UTC)

"That puts you in mid lane. Shouldn't be a problem, as long as your opponent is straight ahead of you. There's the risk of ganks, sure, but hey - we have two reefers to keep an eye on your lane from both sides."

"Understood. Apparently I can summon sharks in this game. And I 'pulled'..." She makes quote marks with her hand as she signs that. "A thing where I transform into some kind of half-reptile that flies and can create lightning, which is definitely a bad idea underwater. Also a spell that forces others to greet me, but I haven't figured out a tactical use for that. Brief distraction?"

"Don't rule out the lightning all together. This is a game where we respawn, so if your back is to the wall, you could potentially take out everyone around you at once."

"Okay, that's a good tactic right there. I'm not used to those kinds of war games. As a king, I really should learn. I mostly solved everything by summoning a Grand Spirit, but I can't rely on that forever. And especially not here where I can't even summon a lesser spirit."

"See? We're all learning something today. That greeting spell sounds like it'd be good for some shenanigans. Do you need a target, or does it just hit everyone nearby?"