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Progress City Mods ([personal profile] progressmods) wrote2018-04-02 02:55 pm
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progress city test drive #2



TEST DRIVE MEME
Here You Leave Today And Enter The World Of Yesterday, Tomorrow And Fantasy.

Welcome to Progress City's second 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!

Reserves for next cycle open on April 8th!

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!
loneleye: (14)

Kubo | and the Two Strings

[personal profile] loneleye 2018-04-06 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
B

[Hopefully you weren't in need of a map today, because there's a good chance that any stand you happen to visit has been entirely emptied of them. Luckily it seems like someone's inadvertently left a trail behind that leads straight to wherever they've been carried off to.

If you decide to follow the loose maps, you'll end up finding a lot more of them-- though they're a bit hard to recognize, given that they've been folded into dozens of origami animals, sitting all over the ground in front of and around a bench. On said bench is Kubo, working on folding another map, though his focus is easily drawn away from it and towards whoever approaches.]


Oh. [He looks at the map in his hand, then across the area towards one of the empty map stands, and finally at the large number of folded maps at his feet.] Sorry. Did you need one of these? You can take one.

[He takes one of the maps, folded into the form of a cat of some kind, and offers it in an outstretched hand.]

I ran out of normal paper.

C

[Kubo doesn't... hate his job. It'd be a stretch to say he enjoys it, but it's not the worst as much as it's just really boring. It makes money, sure, but why make money doing something boring when you could make more money doing something you're good at? He wouldn't feel as bad wasting it on snacks frequently if he had some extra to spend.

It's not like there's a rule against making money outside of work, anyways. At least, not one that he knows of, though he figures if he gets dragged into the mayor's office because of this he won't really be surprised. After work hours, he sets himself up in the center of a pavilion, shamisen drawn and ready to play. It may not work the same way it did back at home, but it's still good for making music, and that's all that matters here.

Before he starts playing, he takes a hat he's bought at one of the shops and sets it upside down in front of him, turning to address any onlookers with one hand poised to strum.]


Before I start, if you like the music-- or even if you don't like the music-- consider offering your feedback in the form of money? Just... please don't tell the mayor. [Better safe than sorry?]
deadendstreet: (3)

C

[personal profile] deadendstreet 2018-04-06 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would I tell that mayor dude anything?? He's super freaky and I don't ever trust a thing he says.
Edited 2018-04-06 22:54 (UTC)
loneleye: (04)

[personal profile] loneleye 2018-04-06 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
He is a little weird about a lot of things. Um, all the time.

[Kubo gets the impression sometimes that he doesn't know how to interact with anyone under like forty years old. He accepts the Disney Dollars™ with a grin, though, tucking them into his pack.]

Thanks. For the money and for not telling him. I... don't really know if it's allowed to get money from doing stuff that isn't work.
deadendstreet: (4)

[personal profile] deadendstreet 2018-04-06 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Who cares if you're not allowed!! Not like it's gonna bother the dumb capitalists in charge!!

Screw the rules, yanno?!
loneleye: (08)

[personal profile] loneleye 2018-04-07 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Uh-- yeah! You're right. They probably don't care that much, do they?

[He laughs a little nervously, though. Some rules are probably alright to break but... others are probably useful, and he doesn't exactly want to have to deal with trouble for breaking them.]

But don't you ever worry about being fired?
rogueguitarist: (everyone knows juanita)

C

[personal profile] rogueguitarist 2018-04-08 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Hm. His plea not to tell the mayor was way too similar back when the music ban was still in place in the Rivera household. Miguel fidgets with his guitar strap, going from looking confused to determined. They mayor seems nice, but he doesn't want to put his friend at risk.]

I won't. He doesn't have to know about it.

[He then gives a toothy grin and offers a couple of disney dollars, already excited to hear him play.]
ilovepuppies: (Raspberry Ribbon Lasso)

B!

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-04-09 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Star is gawking at all the little paper animals scattered about and lets out a squee of delight at the cat he offers.]

It's soooo cuuuuute!
Edited (i read the prompt letters wrong) 2018-04-09 15:51 (UTC)