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Test Drive: October 2018
Test Drive: October 2018—
§ instructions.
Greetings and welcome to the first Test Drive for Forgotten Tales! This is to help interested players "test drive" their characters in the game's setting and see if the essence they have chosen will actually work in game play. There are a number of prompts that vary from casual to more task focused work. So here are a few things to keep in mind while on the test drive:
Most of all, have fun! Feel free to invite those you may think would be interested to participate in the test drive.
§ notes regarding the prompts.
Setting Notes: For this Test Drive, everyone is being sent to a Draft with three nursery rhymes contained within. Each rhyme has its own section, but some elements may leak into others. In game we would have everyone sorted out in a more organized manner, but for the purpose of the Test Drive anything goes. Players can choose to do whatever they want and mix things up as they think would be fun.
Side Note: Although there is no specific "journal" prompt, players are free to incorporate the use of the journal either as something to fiddle with or to practice the "network" style of the game and communicate with others. The same is true for the Erasers. They are always ever present within the Draft, so while there is no specific prompt, players are free to incorporate them in their threads at any time.
§ prompts.
¶ I. Humpty Dumpty. For some reason, Humpty's area of the Draft looks more like something out of a Picasso painting. Many pieces are freely floating around; instead of melted clocks there are melted egg yolks hanging from twisted, barren trees; and ground itself feels unsafe. As if made of eggshells, it might even crumble away as the Aspects make their way through, so take care.
C. All the King's Horses and All the King's Men. The easy way to fulfill this scene would be to have a few people pretend to be horses and soldiers. But while that certainly is an option, that's no fun. Instead, how about running into a "ghost" army made from the Blots? They are ghastly creatures and more than ready to attack anyone they meet. The king himself might even appear. Fortunately, despite the number the Aspects are strong enough to deal with the mob so long as they have a partner. These armies will most certainly appear once the first scene is complete, but they can be found roaming around throughout the area.
D. Couldn't Put Humpty Together Again. Finally, an attempt to fix Humpty must be made for the story to complete. The funny thing is, although there were two ways to recreate the fall scene, there is only one method that will actually close the story. And it's not healing whoever pretended to be Humpty. The Aspects must gather the broken, black egg pieces and put them together. Just sticking the shells near each other will work. But once they assemble the egg, it will suddenly grow to three times its size and will turn into a huge, hideous monster. Oozing with black ink-like fluid, this "Boss" version of Humpty Dumpty must be fought and defeated. Its shell is like steel armor, so weapons won't be effective. Heat and ice, however, will help weaken it, the heat boiling the creature from the inside and the ice making the shell more brittle to pierce. Everything will be considered done once the monster is defeated.
¶ II. Little Miss Muffet. It would seem that this part of the draft isn't as badly damaged, perhaps not completely destroyed by the Story Eater yet, and looks almost restored...or so it seems. Almost immediately after someone steps in to give the story the starting nudge, a blot version of Miss Muffet leaps to her feet and throws her bowl of curds and whey on the ground! She can't take this anymore, she won't take his anymore! At least this one doesn't appear to be hostile and there appears to be other interesting blots roaming around, so let's see what can be done.
C. Along Came a Spider. Unfortunately, while everyone was busy soothing Miss Muffet and baking pies, some random old lady ate the spider trying to cure her fly-related indigestion! What do you do now? Try to get the old lady to cough it up? Search the grove for a new leading arachnid? Hastily don a spider costume? There are also Spider Blots that might work if captured, and like everything else here they're not overly hostile. The worst is a toy-looking spider with googly eyes that spits silly string—and it likes to tickle. Whatever you do, just hurry before that pie gets cold and Muffet starts crying again!
¶ III. Three Little Pigs. Ready to ham it up? There are no pigs to be found anywhere in this area of the Draft, not even any blot versions. So a few Aspects will need to take on the role as pigs. They can make their own little fake ears or even just tear out a piece of paper from the journal, write the word "LITTLE PIG," and pin it on their shirt for it to count. The standards aren't that high here. Anyone not a Pig or future Wolf can offer support at least, so now it's time to get to work—and there is a lot. Set in a giant, barren field, at least they don't have to travel much.
Greetings and welcome to the first Test Drive for Forgotten Tales! This is to help interested players "test drive" their characters in the game's setting and see if the essence they have chosen will actually work in game play. There are a number of prompts that vary from casual to more task focused work. So here are a few things to keep in mind while on the test drive:
- Feel free to use the current workshop for help if you need it!
- Include Character Name and Canon in the subject line, and note somewhere within the toplevel your character's essence. It can be in the subject line if you already know what it is. Side note: You are free to try more than one essence if you're on the fence. Just make sure to note which one you're using for that particular prompt.
- Players are free to assume their characters have been informed of the very basics so you can skip all that if you'd like.
- Don't forget to refer to the Game Info for how the mechanics work.
- Feel free to join the Discord server.
- Registration opens October 19th. Game starts October 21st.
Most of all, have fun! Feel free to invite those you may think would be interested to participate in the test drive.
§ notes regarding the prompts.
Setting Notes: For this Test Drive, everyone is being sent to a Draft with three nursery rhymes contained within. Each rhyme has its own section, but some elements may leak into others. In game we would have everyone sorted out in a more organized manner, but for the purpose of the Test Drive anything goes. Players can choose to do whatever they want and mix things up as they think would be fun.
Side Note: Although there is no specific "journal" prompt, players are free to incorporate the use of the journal either as something to fiddle with or to practice the "network" style of the game and communicate with others. The same is true for the Erasers. They are always ever present within the Draft, so while there is no specific prompt, players are free to incorporate them in their threads at any time.
§ prompts.
¶ I. Humpty Dumpty. For some reason, Humpty's area of the Draft looks more like something out of a Picasso painting. Many pieces are freely floating around; instead of melted clocks there are melted egg yolks hanging from twisted, barren trees; and ground itself feels unsafe. As if made of eggshells, it might even crumble away as the Aspects make their way through, so take care.- A. Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall. The first thing the Aspects must find is an old, questionable and very tall brick wall, and there are a few scattered about this strange space. Some are even floating in the air. Just be careful since most if not all of them are already crumbling away and will most definitely break apart if too much weight is put on it. Restoring at least one of the walls will be required before proceeding with the scene.
- B. Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall. Here comes the fun part. Someone or something has to be Humpty and break. Now the question is who?
- i. Be One with the Egg. Someone can act as Humpty Dumpty and perch themselves on top of that wall. How will they get up there? Flying, ladder, climbing--whatever works! Once up there, they must fall off, but don't worry. At worst they may break a limb or two, but they can be healed. But something must break for this task to be considered fulfilled. It should be noted that black, broken egg pieces will appear where they landed.
- ii. Blotten Egg. What luck, there already is an egg! ...A very creepy, black, rotting, looking egg. Honestly it already looks half broken. This egg is actually a blot taking the form of old Humpty, and it refuses to fall on its own. If anything it seems to be clinging to it and oh watch out! It's throwing down rotten eggs! That may or may not be acidic, but probably don't want to find out firsthand. Aspects will need to get up there and fight the Blotten Egg to either knock it over or break it to pieces up there. Once broken, the pieces will remain to be used in the final scene.
- i. Be One with the Egg. Someone can act as Humpty Dumpty and perch themselves on top of that wall. How will they get up there? Flying, ladder, climbing--whatever works! Once up there, they must fall off, but don't worry. At worst they may break a limb or two, but they can be healed. But something must break for this task to be considered fulfilled. It should be noted that black, broken egg pieces will appear where they landed.
¶ II. Little Miss Muffet. It would seem that this part of the draft isn't as badly damaged, perhaps not completely destroyed by the Story Eater yet, and looks almost restored...or so it seems. Almost immediately after someone steps in to give the story the starting nudge, a blot version of Miss Muffet leaps to her feet and throws her bowl of curds and whey on the ground! She can't take this anymore, she won't take his anymore! At least this one doesn't appear to be hostile and there appears to be other interesting blots roaming around, so let's see what can be done.- A. I Don't Like
SpamCurds and Whey! Okay, to be fair, anyone would get sick of it if they had to eat bland, poorly made cottage cheese every day. And Little Miss Muffet is throwing the tantrum of the century today. Why does she have to sit on a lumpy stool and eat lumpy food every morning just to get scared off by a mean ol' spider two bites in?! It's not fair! Mary gets to play with her little lamb and Jack gets to jump over candlesticks! Maybe giving her a break from the monotony for a few minutes will help, just make sure she goes back to the story soon. - B. Pie in the Sky. Once Muffet's calmed down enough, she'll say that she'd like to have a pie for once. And conveniently enough, there's a brick oven sitting nearby. Hopefully someone knows how to bake and can make the filling of that pie look enough like curds and whey to keep the story on track.
- i. Bigger or Better. Even if the cooking space is miraculously easy to find, ingredients are harder to come by. The farmer needs a new scythe, the smith needs a new apron before he’ll give you a scythe, the tanner needs some wine before he’ll make a new apron, and so on and so on! How far does this chain go, and how much are you grousing about it with your partner? And why does the thatcher need a diamond to rub on their elbow anyway?! Or maybe one of you has an object already on their person to end the favor chain before it gets too long!
- ii. Little Red Hen. There is a farmer nearby who will lend some flour, but she insists on you helping her grow it from seed, even if she has some pre-ground flour right behind her. Something about lazy neighbors trying to mooch off her. Don’t worry, though, it's magical wheat, so it should only take a week for it to grow! Unfortunately you don’t have that kind of time, so someone either needs to help speed things along or convince the hen to just let them have some pre-ground flour.
- i. Bigger or Better. Even if the cooking space is miraculously easy to find, ingredients are harder to come by. The farmer needs a new scythe, the smith needs a new apron before he’ll give you a scythe, the tanner needs some wine before he’ll make a new apron, and so on and so on! How far does this chain go, and how much are you grousing about it with your partner? And why does the thatcher need a diamond to rub on their elbow anyway?! Or maybe one of you has an object already on their person to end the favor chain before it gets too long!
¶ III. Three Little Pigs. Ready to ham it up? There are no pigs to be found anywhere in this area of the Draft, not even any blot versions. So a few Aspects will need to take on the role as pigs. They can make their own little fake ears or even just tear out a piece of paper from the journal, write the word "LITTLE PIG," and pin it on their shirt for it to count. The standards aren't that high here. Anyone not a Pig or future Wolf can offer support at least, so now it's time to get to work—and there is a lot. Set in a giant, barren field, at least they don't have to travel much.- A. Construction Zone. Anyone know how to build houses? One of the first things that will need to be made are three different little homes for those acting as the pigs. In the original story, they were made of straw, sticks, and bricks, and there's plenty of material for it. Giant piles and quarries full, in fact. However, the actual material is not required. If you want to be fancy and try glass or candy or something else, that's fine, too! The houses also don't need to be the best in the world, just enough. Heck it could even be a cardboard box. Just keep in mind that at least one of these needs to be strong enough to survive the inevitable "Wolf Breath."
- B. Big Bad Wolf. There are two options for the wolf. Anyone is free to be the Wolf and can freely mess with the pigs as they see fit. However, those playing as the pigs should keep their guard up. There are also Blot versions of the Wolf lurking around ready to pounce on them unawares. Beat it back if it attacks.
- C. Blow You Away. For the final piece, the Wolf must "huff and puff" to try and destroy the houses. If someone actually has strong enough breath to do that, then hope they had a breath mint first. But if not, other methods can be used. Wind magic, conjure up storms...or take a large object and wreck them. The interpretation of how the Wolf goes about bringing down the houses can vary wildly, so have at it! There must be one "Pig" inside the house being attacked, but the Pig is free to flee to the next house once it is destroyed. Don't forget to say the famous lines:
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in."
"No, no, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin."
"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in."
There will be one house left standing that the Wolf cannot break, and if there isn't... Well, just going to have to keep building one until you do. Or the Wolf cheats and doesn't put much effort into it. Choice is yours! - D. Take the Pig Out. Because the "brick" house (or whatever the last house is made of) cannot be destroyed, the Wolf must find another way to get to the pigs! Use wiles, ask them out on a date, or just do a good ol' fashioned break in. This is where the ending is more open. Will the wolf succeed in luring the pig out? Will there be a forbidden romance?? Or will the pigs bake the Wolf in their oven instead? Oh the possibilities...
¶ IV. Mix it up. This is the "wildcard" prompt. Take any elements of these three stories and mash them together! Want to play as the Big Bad Wolf and blow Humpty Dumpty off that wall? Or maybe it's a Little Pig bothering Miss Muffet. Maybe instead of "curds and whey" you have a little tea party instead. Or maybe you just want to explore around and beat up hostile blots and Erasers. Anything goes, so just have fun with it!
Shizuo Heiwajima | Durarara!! | Frankenstein's Monster
He could have done without the stitch tattoos, though, along with having his clothes all patched up now. But well, not like he can really complain—he had volunteered and he considers the whole essence thing like a gift.
He just hopes he could actually be useful.]
muffet - b.i: all this stuff is stupid.
[At first he was fine with helping in this little "fetch quest." Just gather a few ingredients and be done with the whining brat, right? Honestly, he kind of had to leave because Muffet girl was ticking off all his boxes and he didn't want to go full "Frankstein's monster" on her.
But now after the fourth person, he's not sure if this is really any better.]
Why the hell can't these people just get this shit themselves? Why does anyone need wine to make a freaking apron, anyway??
[He's speaking through grit teeth as he tries to keep his temper under control, but you gotta admit. This is pretty ridiculous. Especially since they now apparently needed to find a turtle for the vineyard owner's son.]
pigs - a: let's build some houses.
[With two large beams of wood over one shoulder and a bundle of bricks under the other arm, Shizuo walks over to where people are working on the houses.]
I brought the materials. Where should I put 'em?
[Don't mind him, these don't weigh a thing to him. He's actually thinking of doubling the amount next time to make things go faster...
Alternatively, he can be found with his shovel and clearing out some ground so that a foundation can be made.]
humpty - c: smashing some blots.
[Shizuo had been roughly familiar with the nursery rhyme. Something about an egg and falling off a wall and king's people unable to fix it. What he didn't expect, however, was for the army to come charging at them.
Immediately he holds out his arm and summons the one weapon he's managed to figure out so far—a shovel. ...Yeah, an odd choice, but just wait when he actually starts using it.]
These things aren't real people, right? So doesn't matter if they're killed or not.
[Just making sure.]
wildcard.
[For any other ideas you might have.]
Muffet!
[Lacie is along for the fetch quest not because she gives a shit about said fetch quest, but because this guy is kind of funny-looking, and thus she has chosen him to be her Interesting Person that she latches onto for the day. She's been trailing along after him for some time, providing various childish commentaries on the dumbnesses of the world. At least she's helping?]
I spilled wine on one of the nice rugs once and the head of the household cried for an hour. I told her she ought to just do the whole rug if she couldn't get the stain out, and maybe that'd use up the cheap wine Master Glen doesn't like, but that just made her have to go lay down and fan herself. I really don't get it.
[She's helping.]
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Well.]
Would be a waste of wine... [Silly, Lacie.] What I don't get why she had to cry for an hour about it. Wouldn't that just make the stain set in more? She could have used that time getting it cleaned.
[Oddly enough, he could kind of follow it and have his own weird thought process about it.]
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[Lacie could not give less of a crap about what makes wine good or not at this age. She just knows that the various adults in her life are very insistent that there is good wine and bad wine and bad wine is not worth much. Which is why she tried to steal some of the good stuff, naturally.]
Anyway, that's what I told her, that it'd take her less time to clean up if she'd quit crying and do it. She didn't like that, either.
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Who was this again? Head of the househould? T'ch, spoiled rich people. Does she cry over everything?