progressmods | 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!

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And then I'd come back to haunt you as a sexy ghost, and then we'd be right back to where we started.

[He's still holding the portrait btw. Maybe he's going to take it with him on the ride, and then out of the mansion as a kickass souvenir. It would make the guys so jealous, especially if it really turns out to be haunted.]

Sorry. Hauntings aren't a thing that can happen to me. Only way you'd get near is if I summoned dark forces. Don't think I need a pervert ghost.

[Hey, go for it. She's not telling. Who knows, maybe it will be haunted. Like for reals haunted.

And that would be pretty goth. This is clearly for goth science.]

Maybe, maybe not. I'm full of surprises.

[~~He's probably buffed her once or twice as a ghost before.~~ Truthfully, if there were ghosts here, it might be kind of useful for them. Maybe they'd turn out to be good ones who could help them out, or apathetic at worst. The latter may be more likely.]

Anyway. [All this talking and they're finally at the front of the line, WOW, IMAGINE THAT!!] Ride with me?

[To his credit, it's a legitimate question this time.]

[~~Almost certainly. Girl isn't as sensitive to ghostly presence as she thinks.~~ Ghosts of any kind would at least be something. It would maybe be one of the few things that wasn't conformist bullshit in this place.

Henrietta just rolls her eyes at that last one. She doesn't say anything, but when she gets to the car, she scoots over to allow Kenny to get in along with her.

Come on nerd. You're getting your ride.]

[H E H. Kickass.

Excuse him as he gets in and tries to drag this fucking oil painting with its giant frame in with him. It's more difficult than it sounds and you better believe it's getting its own spot.

He already has a name for it. Maybe it already has one, but it probably isn't a good one, and also it looks gross as hell and that makes it cool, so come on in, Cornwallis.]

[Well. Alright. You sure are bringing that damn thing with them, huh?]

You're not going to just stash it?

[She doesn't actually mind, she's just even a little surprised at the audacity of fucking bringing the thing with. She has to admit that is definitely anti-conformist. She digs it.]

Where? I'm not getting out of line, did you see how long it was?

[He's all about flirting but he doesn't really want to make Henrietta uncomfortable, and he doesn't know how to carry this thing without it squishing the two of them together, so he settles for a sandwich position with Cornwallis in the middle. A real family outing, this.]

Besides he's okay, aren't you, Cornwallis?

[Cornwallis replies by fading into skeleton mode thanks to the way the light hits his sweet holographic surface.]

[That's a good enough point. It's not like she actually minds the thing being there either.

Cornwallis though. We're naming this thing now? That's incredibly lame. ...Although, Cornwallis isn't the WORST name. It's a kind of gothic name, she supposes.]

He's looking better already, once he gets rid of all the skin.

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