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progressmods) wrote2018-03-03 03:24 am
progressmods) wrote2018-03-03 03:24 am
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progress city test drive #1
| 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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[Also he doesn't have much money to spare (unless he's counting Scrooge's money) but. Details.]
He works for my uncle. You know, Scrooge McDuck? And I'm looking for him.
[Well. Not specifically. But he's looking for familiar faces in general.]
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[Seriously, what. Just airily gestures around him because SERIOUSLY WHERE ARE THEY]
I'm suspecting that said alleyway, and said sidekick, aren't here.
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[Whatever. Forget it. More important things to focus on. He grabs the costume-clad fellow by the shoulders, looking at him sternly.]
Alright, listen, you and I are after the same thing. [Sort of. Launchpad probably isn't anyone's top priority but he can be for the moment, Donald guesses.] That means we can help each other. We've gotta get out of here! Wherever 'here' is.
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[You're throwing off his game, dude!]
Just leave the "saving" deal to me.
[Plucking Donald's hands off.]
I'll get to the bottom of this, or my name isn't... DARKWIIING DUCK!
[DRAMATIC POINT UP! ... Glacnes to Donald. You recognize the name, at least, right? Right???]
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[He's used to the sidekick role, anyways, he doesn't even care at this point. This dude clearly doesn't understand the potential severity of the situation, given that he's running around pretending to be a superhero. But, then again, not everyone is used to being trapped with strangers and in danger of being murdered like Donald is. That's what this is about, right?
In any case, he just. Deadpan stares back at Darkwing before rolling his eyes with a half-hearted shrug.]
Okay, that's great. Are we going or what?
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I'm going to need a word with the St. Canard newspaper distributors, clearly they need to expand their horizons...
[Sigh. He brushes off his wounded ego, puffs chest out, and begins walking.]
First and foremost, we must focus our fortitude on our findings! We must ask Who, What, Where, When, and Why! Who has taken us? What methods did they use? Where are we? When can we expect to get out? And, most importantly of all, Why did they take us?
... Well, I know why I was taken, but you're the mystery.
[I mean, who WOULDN'T want to capture DWD? It's on every villain's bucket list!]
And the quickest way to answer all of those questions is to find a so-called "employee" and interrogate them!
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I mean, it's not like I haven't been kidnapped before. But it's usually to get to Scrooge-- I mean, Scrooge's money, and I haven't seen Scrooge in... a while.
[He's still not convinced this isn't another murder thing but. The hosts were usually more obvious when it came to those, among other things.]
That's what I was planning. But forget the employees, we gotta go straight to the management.
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[The mun may or may not work in retail.]
The better the pay, the more loyal they are. So we have to hit them where they hurt - to the food court!
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[He's not necessarily one of Scrooge's employees at the moment, not formally, but he'd betray him for one corn chip.]
Right behind you.
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Well, don't be too hard on yourself. The average, ordinary citizen isn't really required to have such spectacular sleuthing skills.
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Who're you calling average? Do you have any idea all the stuff I've done? How many adventures I've been dragged into? I bet I've been through just as much as you have!
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Call me when you face off against a tyrannical toymaker, a voracious vegetable villain, or your own evil twin multiple times.
[Okay, points off that the last one for not being alliteration, but seriously that happened way more times than was necessary.]
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[The simmering annoyance boils over right then. Maybe it's just the stress of ending up here, ending up away from his family again, or maybe it's just that he has to work with a guy with such a huge ego. Either way, he can't take it, and he stomps around Darkwing to grab him by the front of his shirt and pull him down to Donald's face level.]
I've faced more villains than I can count! I've been stabbed, shot at, dropped off of cliffs, set on fire, drowned, and nearly eaten by crocodiles just to protect my family! I was stuck in a murder hotel for weeks! All my friends died! My-- Goofy died! An entire street got set on fire and we had to move into a-- a haunted mansion, and I didn't make it through all of that to be looked down on by some goon in a stupid costume!
[Wow, Donald, tell us how you really feel? Regardless, unless Darkwing is very good at interpreting... well, Donald's voice, he'll likely miss a lot of that but it doesn't even matter to him. It was theraputic. He had to get it all out.]
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... Quick question, do you need a lozenge?
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Yes. Yes I do.
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I began carrying them around after a particularly busy night. Let's just say saying the introduction speech can wear a guy down after doing it thirty times in a row.
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[Thanks anyways, though.]
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[says the terrifying... duck.]