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!

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[Blink.

Blink-blink.

At first, along with a head-tilt, that's all the reaction that the heroic speech gets. It seems to take her a moment to process it, and when she does...]

Princesses saving people? Isn't it usually the other way around?

[Yeah, THAT'S what stuck out to her. To be fair, she doesn't sound snotty or uppity about it. This is genuine shock and surprise to her, like finding out santa claus isn't real.]

Usually, but... these princesses are special, I guess. They protect people reaching out for their dreams. Their strength is used in the service of the weak, of those who keep fighting until they can't go any further. I- well. I can't say I was ever one of them, but I helped them in the small ways I could.

[Her own smile starts to return as she remembers her precious friends. From the outside, it seems evident she's either a bit of a fangirl, or devoted a bit heavily to the cause or to someone that's part of it.]

I guess I learned a little something from them after all, though. About not giving up, no matter how dark it seems.

My goodness.

[Still needs to process this! Someone's a tad sheltered. And by tad I mean VERY.]

Princesses protecting people... I've never heard of anything like that before! They must be in some very amazing kingdoms... Yes, I think I understand now!

[She doesn't, but effort's being made.]

Yes, it's because their kingdoms are made up of such good girls like you!

[Yui is a bit sheltered herself! She'd understand. Kingdoms, though- well, she only knows one of those. Do fairy lands count?]

The Hope Kingdom is an amazing place, to be sure, although most of them are not originally of that kingdom... it's a bit of a long story. They shine much brighter than me, but I do my best.

What kind of kingdom are you from, if I may ask?

Hope Kingdom... No, I've never heard of that one before.

[But! These kind of questions means it's time for a proper introduction. She slips off the bench, and formally curtsies.]

I am Princess Minnie Mouse of the Disney Kingdom.

[The formal introduction startles her a bit, and Yui almost automatically slips into old patterns, curtsying despite herself.]

Goki- ah, sorry. Pleased to meet you, Your Highness. I'm Yui Nanase. I'm... well, not from a kingdom proper, but I suppose that doesn't much matter at the moment. Not in a place like this.

Yes, this is an odd place, isn't it? I was so sure I was in my kingdom, but the castle isn't mine, so it can't be my kingdom.

[Not that she sounds terribly worried. Just a little annoyance, that's all.]

[A tick of hesitation.]

But everything else looks right? Just the castle is wrong? Or am I misunderstanding you?

Oh, I don't leave my castle too much. Usually just go to the opera... so I don't know what a lot of my kingdom looks like.

[A little shrug. No biggie.]

A-ah. Well, that would explain it well enough! [Even her admittedly somewhat sheltered friend, Actual Princess Towa, was a little bit better than this...]

So there's still the possibility this is otherwise the same as your kingdom? It would help us get our bearings a bit better - and increase the chance your musketeers will find you.

[She's still convinced something is off there, but hey, better to keep hope alive, right?]

[At the mention of the m-word, her eyes glitter, and her hands clasp together. There's a bit of a flick to her tail.]

Oh, I know they'll find me! They're marvelous at their job! They're real heroes!

[Especially the little one. Hot dang.]

[Yui immediately checks at the change in Minnie's demeanor: it's not unlike when she'd be under threat - or worse, already had her dreams stolen again - and she heard Haruka (or more likely Flora) coming. Hmm.]

I'd like to hold out hope my Princesses will come, too, but...

[But they aren't. Not as Princesses, at least. They don't have access to their Keys anymore. Nobody is coming to save her. It's happened so many times before, but this time-]

-I'm on my own. Still, I do hope, sincerely, that they come for you. For us. They sound like upstanding fellows, at any rate. [She's trying to be upbeat, but she depressed herself a little bit.]

Oh, they're truly upstanding!

[Sorry, Minnie's not a jerk, we swear, she's just...]

Upstanding, heroic, talented, smart, handsome, dreamy...

[...Head over heels in love.]

[That she is. Very visibly so. Attached as she was to Haruka and Towa, Yui also can't say she's ever felt quite that strongly about either of them. How does she comment on that...?]

Well, if they're to save anyone, we need to be able to fend for ourselves for that long, right?

[...she doesn't. Oops. She feels like she's a bit out of her depth here.]

[Thankfully that does distract her, albeit momentarily.]

You really think they'll take that long?

[Well... she supposes it's not outside the real of possibility...]

... Then, how do we do that?

[Hoe does one fend for themselves?]

Well, we don't even know how we got here, so it might take them some time to find us, right? And we don't have enough information - can we leave? Is something going to happen to this place if we do? It would be irresponsible not to answer those questions first.

[Despite herself, she's cheering up some. This is... in a way, not unlike the usual, near-weekly attacks by the minions of darkness. Yes, it looks bad now, but everything will be fine shortly. Usually when the Precure arrive, but this time, Yui's going to have to manage alone.

...In more ways than one. What is that question supposed to mean? Her expression slackens just a bit.]

How do we... fend for ourselves? That's... um. Well.

[Yeah, that five-second feeling of hope was nice, wasn't it? But indeed, Minnie is serious, blinking up at Yui.

SHELTERED.]

If we're going to be here a while, what are we supposed to do? Usually I have servants take care of everything.

Well- [Use your words, Yui.] -we'll have to work out where we're staying, how we're going to get provisions, if we need to work... Somehow I don't think this is the kind of place where those will be terrible problems, but we can't just sit around. It'll be good for us to gather information, too... probably.

We should take it one thing at a time, I think - where we're going to sleep, and after that how meals will work. After those things are set, we can plan a bit more.

[Towa was sheltered too, this is fine. Probably.]

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