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Progress City Mods ([personal profile] progressmods) wrote2018-05-21 07:41 pm
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progress city test drive #3




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 are always open!

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.
Prompt E
Every now and again, the city will host a Festival! Progress City prides itself in making festivals with great food and drink, and will happily let its citizens enjoy it for a nice discount! You can either look up examples of Disney festival treats or make up some yourself, but rest assured, everything you order will be simply amazing.

If you're not too busy getting drunk to stand, there are also other events you can participate in! There are also small events your character can participate in! In this hypothetical festival, your character can take a cooking class, attend a seminar to learn basic magic tricks (with real magic!), or try out a fancy new VR game where you fight against other players as giant robots.
Wildcard
As always, feel free to come up with your own scenario if none of these inspire you!

"Jappleack"/Applejack | Ask Jappleack | My Little Jamjar CRAU

[personal profile] caneattheseapples 2018-05-29 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Prompt A

[Look at the funny cartoon pony that has just shown up at the transportation center, ticket in...hoof. How the pony is managing to hold the ticket is a mystery. What is more of a mystery to her is where she might be. The pony blinks her eyes once, twice, before looking to the left, then the right of her. It's cute in the way only an overly cute cartoon horse could be.

And then she speaks.]


What the fuck is this shit?

Prompt D

[At first, Japple had been kind of annoyed as hell at the band around her leg, close to her hoof. She didn't know what kind of weird ass shit this was at first, but now that she's getting the hang of it

It helps that one of the spells is summoning apples. Which she is just chucking at anyone who passes by.]


Here! Have an apple, dumbass!

[Head's up.]
ilovepuppies: (Raspberry Ribbon Lasso)

A aka i'm sorry

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-05-29 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[GASP A PONY]

You're so CUTE!

[personal profile] caneattheseapples 2018-05-30 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[That answers something at least. There are humans here who are still allowed to BE human, so she definitely isn't someplace in an Equestria somewhere. Could still be in Waverly. The same planet. Universe. Maybe.

Either way, there's a teen girl just starry-eyed ogling her.]


Cute? Cute? You think this shit is cute?

Does this look cute to you?

[And she just looks at Star.

When Japple is just staring, not talking, she is, indeed, capable of being cute. It's kind of something she can't help here.]
ilovepuppies: (Cotton Candy Fire Extinguish)

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-05-30 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[Hey Japple guess what

you're gettin' a boop

right on the snoot.]

[personal profile] caneattheseapples 2018-06-21 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Japple's snout smooshes at the boop. Alright kid, you're alright. Though she still waves your arm away after a moment.]

Okay kid. That's cute and all, but you wanna help me out here. Tell me a bit about where the fuck I am?