progress city test drive #1

[progressmods]

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!

Comments

[yayashton]

[A barricade? In the France Pavilion? Well, that can only mean one thing:]

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade, is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight that will give you the right to be free!

[By the way, there's now someone waving a red flag on the barricade now. Where did Ryan get a red flag? Don't be silly. He carries it just in case there's ever a chance to reenact Les Mis. That's a totally normal theatre kid thing to do.]

[notcivilion]

[Oh, this seems like a very passionate display. Did he write that song himself? Leonie is just kind of watching in bafflement but also allowing this to unfold. It seems to be getting a bigger, more supportive crowd than the previous attempt at least.]

[yayashton]

[Ryan's taken to wearing red, because once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat wasn't really a joke. The role here is different, but he's still a Wildcat at heart and it's left him with an unfortunate tendency to wear red that, of course, means he really does look like an Enjolras as he sings.]

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of the people
who will not be slaves again!

[Which, in turn, means that people are starting to think this is supposed to be happening rather than Ryan seizing the day. It's fine. Wrongs will be righted, if we're united and all that jazz - of course, what's really occurring is people are starting to film because obviously this is some sort of flashmob.]

[notcivilion]

Ah, yes, very good. Very passionate.

[Just... nodding in approval, dang, what a good beat.

...she really doesn't know what those other things people are holding could be but maybe they're some other new tech of this accursed place.]

[yayashton]

What kind of revolutionary would I be if I didn't have passion?

[He throws the flag around his shoulders and holds it there with an ease that says of maybe, he has practiced this shit a lot. Look, if he's gonna be Extra™ about shit, he wants to make sure he looks good doing it.]

I don't have it in me to be the cynic.