progressmods | progress city test drive #1

TEST DRIVE MEME
Here You Leave Today And Enter The World Of Yesterday, Tomorrow And Fantasy. Welcome to Progress City's first official test drive meme! This game is a panfandom jamjar set in a flux dimension inspired by Disney Theme Parks (particularly Walt Disney World in Florida) and the original concept for EPCOT (a city that would connect to the theme parks). Whether you're looking to join us or are just here to play around for a little bit, we have a few prompts below for you - but you're also free to come up with your own!
Prompt A Whatever you're doing, wherever you are, you find a vintage-looking ticket. The next time you blink or close your eyes for any reason, you open them and find yourself somewhere else - Progress City's Ticket and Transportation Center. You have no idea how you got here, and definitely don't know how you got this weird thing on your wrist... You'll learn, eventually, that Progress City and it's world-class themeparks are a popular tourist dimension across this universe. People can get in here very easily, but for some reason, that unremovable band on your wrist isn't allowing you to use their transporters to get home. To compensate, you'll be offered a job in the parks and free housing for the duration of your stay. Is that something you're willing to take?
Prompt B While you're here, you might as well spend some time around the theme parks in your downtime. It's easy enough to get to them - the city offers free 24/7 monorail and peoplemover transportation to each park, and you also get a free annual pass for yourself with your stay (lucky you)! If you're at all familiar with Walt Disney World, these four parks will seem...remarkably familiar to you. But there's little subtle differences here and there that that make this seem different - and the ones in charge will seem confused by the concept of a "Walt Disney World". Must be a thing about different dimensions. Nevertheless, you're still going to have the occasional bit of free time here, so there's plenty to see and do here across all four areas. Go ride some rides and eat some Dole Whip, you crazy kids.
Prompt C With the housing, you also get offered a job by Progress City's mayor. Maybe you decide to take it, maybe you don't, he's not gonna kick you out of your apartment unless you deserve it. But this poses a good way to get some actual money. You'll be matched to a job around the resort - hopefully one you enjoy. You could end up working in the parks as a ride operator, serving food, managing a shop, working security, or ending up as a pool lifeguard. There are a number of possibilities here, and you can always change your job later on if you find one that may suit you more.
Prompt D Over time, the thing on your wrist changes. Namely, it'll start taking on new colors, designs and occasionally icons that reflect your character's personality and appearance. You'll find that by concentrating you'll be able to utilize your band to... cast magic spells, of all things. These also seem tailored to your character - summoning weapons, creating projectiles, putting foes to sleep? It seems that no two bands are alike when it comes to this. ...Occasionally, you'll spot one or two small ink blot-like creatures scurrying about the city or the parks, creating an inky mess and leaving a small amount of chaos in it's wake. Those don't seem advertised. Perhaps they'd be good to try out your new abilities on, or maybe you'd prefer to practice a little bit first.
Wildcard As always, feel free to come up with your own scenario if none of these inspire you!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Sips a soda, like, right behind Eclipsa. Here she was, hoping she could actually try the ride that Rod guy had talked so much about. And there was someone in front of her arguing with a guy! Only one way to deal with this: teenage frustration.

Which is to say, Wendy just groans loudly.]

Come on, you're holding up the line. Some of us want to get on the dumb elevator too, you know?

Listen, I'm just saying, it'll be a much more comfortable ride if the creatures and spooks were shirtless or something!

[...]

Uhh, what? You wanna, maybe run that by me again, lady?

Not all of them, mind you, just the ones who were comfortable with it.

Okay. So, are you sure you're like, in the right theme park? Or, at least the right ride for that.

[Not that she's seen anything like what Eclipsa's been describing... anywhere.]

Last I checked, this is the twilight zone tower, not the monster tower.

Well, it promises a trip through the fifth dimension. I would hope to encounter some kind of new inhabitant. Preferably a handsome sort, possibly with their shirt off.

[She's fine.]

Wow. You have, like, a serious thing for monsters, don't you? Or aliens, or whatever there is in a fifth dimension.

I just think they're an underrepresented group. Especially when they look so dashing.

[She's very thirsty]

[SHE CAN TELL. She kind of admires it, in a way.]

Alright, well, you're probably not gonna see many of those at this ride. Uhh, maybe at the Haunted mansion? Or somewhere else? Trust me when I say I don't think that bellhop guy knows anything about the shirtless monsters you want.

Don't be ridiculous. The Haunted mansion is full of ghosts. They're much more difficult to... well, never you mind.

[She glances the bellhop over.] True, perhaps he doesn't have much in taste.

...Wow.

Aww, c'mon. Are you telling me you wouldn't smooch a ghost? [Cuz that's what yoy meant. right?]

Well... perhaps if he wasn't dull-looking. And physical enough to smooch.

See? That's the spirit.

[...]

Oh, wait, no. That's still kinda weird. And not the point of this ride either.

You're the one that suggested ghosts, my dear. Its kind of telling, really. You fancying any specter in particular? [She waggles her eyebrows playfully.]

Well, perhaps it should be.

Me? Geeze, lady, what's it to you? [Ah, but this might just be the one thing that catches Wendy a little.] Ghosts aren't really my thing, trust me, I've seen some jerks before.

I'm more into normal Humans? Or, like, space aliens, too. That's a thing now.

You've clearly deduced my tastes, it only seems far to share the knowledge.

....Hm. [She considers.] At least half of that is interesting, I suppose.

It's pretty awesome. My girlfriend can fly and turn into a rainbow.

[Is it time to talk about her gf? because she likes that time.]

[She grins widely.] Oooooh, how absolutely delightful. That's bound to make the relationship exciting. Eh? Ehhhh?

The laser beams make it really exciting. Especially when we're beating down bad guys!

And when I make her blush, she changes into all these colors and that's pretty cool too. [cough]

Oh, a good old rousing round of violence to get the heart pumping. What fun.

I wager you've learned to make that little trick a frequent habit, haven't you?

Heck yeah. Punching bad guys is the best way to past the time.

Well we have been dating for a little while. Couple months now. I think I've learned a thing or two.

[Like how to make a date go well and not involve a supervillain attack.]

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