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June | Test Drive Meme

Jikan Test Drive Meme
MinimizeYou've seen this before. The thought strikes suddenly, during whatever it is you were doing. Having an important conversation? Running away from home? Dying in the midst of a fierce battle? Where ever you are, one things is true: you're certain this isn't the first time you've lived through this. But upon realizing this, that's when it happens. Like someone hitting rewind on the VCR, you're back where you were ten minutes ago. And it happens again. And again. And again--

Until finally, something is different. A door stands in front of you. Will you go through it? Nothing else seems to be working, so this might be your only chance.



Upon opening the door and heading inside, a strange feeling overwhelms you. It's comforting and warm, like being enveloped in a soft, heavy blanket. You hear a voice murmuring in your ear, but it's unintelligible.

And in the next moment, you've appeared in a laboratory, surrounded by the unfamiliar yet worried faces of people in lab coats, speaking in a foreign language that doesn't sound so foreign to you anymore.

Nanjikan Research Laboratory

There isn't much time to process what's happening before characters are ushered out of the arrival room. They're passed between a medical and a psychiatric team, checking them for injuries and psychological trauma. Their every need is met: food is offered, injuries are tended to, and questions are answered. "You're in the Eastern Kingdom of Nippon on a planet called Gaia," they explain. "You were brought here because you became aware of the timeloop... we'll explain everything."

Orientation Nanjikan Research Lab, Tokyo
Everyone is brought to a large auditorium, where dozens of other people looking similarly out of place are seated around them. The scientists and doctors from before file on stage, thoroughly explaining the situation. What they experienced back home was a timeloop. While the loops in their home worlds are smaller and likely to resolve on their own, the fact that such a small amount of time is being repeated is what makes them so dangerous for those who become aware of it. And they've been working around the clock in collaboration with the neighboring Western Kingdom, checking adjacent universes for others who've become aware. While the technical explanations may go over the heads of most, that's not the reason they were all brought together like this.


"In order to bring you here, we used the very same magic responsible for freeing our world... Kizuna."


And they continue to explain: their own world was trapped in a year long loop for decades, if not longer. Through the use of an ancient form of bonding magic, they bound their world to the present flow of time, allowing it to progress past the timeloop. Or at least, that's how they thought it worked. In truth, Kizuna is very powerful reality-warping magic. And thanks to the powerful bond all refugees now share with the country of Nippon, the magic surrounding them will only continue to evolve.

Until they find the means of resuming the flow of time back in your home world, the refugees will just have to make due with this one. But not to worry, because Nippon is fully committed to taking care of everyone!

A Place to Call Home Tokyo, Kanto
Once orientation is over, characters will be allowed to choose housing in both Kyoto and Tokyo, enabling them the means of easily living between both Kingdoms if they please. These housing options will be fully paid for by the government of Nippon, with the NRL and MRU providing a stipend for food expenses in Tokyo and Kyoto respectively.

In lieu of providing transportation, all refugees will be granted an unlimited rail pass that they can use to travel all across Nippon! Thankfully, express routes connecting Tokyo and Kyoto will be running at all times of day, allowing refugees to freely travel between the Eastern and Western Kingdoms as they please. While this TDM and its prompts are focused on the Eastern Kingdom, you are welcome to have your character arrive in the Western Kingdom instead.

In Nihonbashi, a strange time surge has settled on the bridge, causing anyone who walks across it to temporarily lose parts of their memory. While most regain all memories upon leaving the district, some may be left without memories for an entire day. These memories can be something as simple as forgetting the last few days, to forgetting who they are entirely. Or even just specific things, like names. Understandably, it's been difficult to assist anyone on the bridge when most people who try to help immediately forget what they're doing. Good luck remembering where your new apartment is!

In Yoshiwara, residents may find themselves a little overwhelmed, as a sudden increase of child refugees has greatly slowed the process of assigning them adult guardians. As a result, they've been temporarily housed in the dorms for the first week of June, with one of the scientists practically pleading for help in watching and wrangling them. This would be easier if some of them didn't have magical powers. Who wants to pry the floating three year old off the ceiling this time?

And over in Little Edo, the neighborhood has been in an uproar after an abandoned house infested with nyagumo was discovered, causing the strays to spread throughout the neighborhood. While nyagumo are known for their gentle dispositions, these ones seemed to have been crossed with a feral breed from the West, causing them to grow as large as a small dog and become more aggressive. Jury's still out on whether they're venomous, but if you see what you think is a cat curled up in your attic, you might want to grab a flashlight and count the legs just to be sure.


NRL Time Refugee Support Network
Once they've received their housing assignment, all refugees will be given small handheld devices called magi-tech communicators, or magi-comms for short. They're heavier than a conventional smartphone would be, but far sturdier, and powered by the ambient magic that flows through the city. Now available with limited sepia-tone color, and video cameras! They don't need to be charged, but they won't work outside of cities at all. Upon booting it up, they'll find a message linking them to a special channel for refugees.

#nrl_time_refugee_support - online
Inbox
Text
Audio
nrl_support: Hello time refugees!
nrl_support: Welcome to your channel!
nrl_support: This is your exclusive contact channel hub for everyone who's been brought to Nippon.
nrl_support: Neat, huh?
nrl_support: Why don't you try out the new video feature?
scienz_rulz_1899: hey :)
scienz_rulz_1899: i made you guys a new website
scienz_rulz_1899: what's the point of videos if you can't share em right?
scienz_rulz_1899: first one to go viral wins...
scienz_rulz_1899: a prize?
scienz_rulz_1899: how bout a date with me? ;)


The post includes a link to a website called Steamtube, where refugees and citizens alike can upload and share videos. The quality of uploaded videos is pretty poor, even compared to videos taken by the magi-comms themselves. But it's certainly a big step up!

It seems like technology is improving pretty quickly here, huh? ...also the current most popular video appears to be two refugees making out in a bar in Kyoto. They could probably use some moderation on this site, huh.

Use the following code for your top-level if you'd like! This is how network communication will look for characters in the game until more advanced magi-tech comms become available for characters.


A City that Never Sleeps

With the new high-speed rail connecting the East and West, it's no surprise that many businesses in Tokyo are trying to capitalize on the new influx of tourists from the Western Yokai Kingdom. Nowhere is that more apparent than Shinjuku, the starting point for the high-speed rail, and the first place any visitors from Kyoto and beyond will pass through. Refugees making frequent trips between the two Kingdoms are sure to notice the influx of advertising and sales, as well as new businesses all together, some of which seem more aimed at the refugees themselves than the visiting Yokai.

It's a place that should be very familiar to anyone who's lived in Tokyo all this time, so why not spend a day exploring the little nooks and crannies that can be found in this busy commercial district!

Bad Dragon Shinjuku, Tokyo
Second only to Shibuya in terms of major shopping centers, Shinjuku is home to a number of department stores, selling everything from clothes, home goods, electronics, and even weird little shops tucked into corners that you may have never known existed. And one shop in particular seems intent on making sure you never forget it.

Standing erect at their entrance is a 7 foot tall replica of a penis. So you know this prompt is going places.

The shop is called Iyarashii Ryu, and is the brainchild of one very thirsty human who scoured the country looking for the most unique dinglegdongs to use as models for her uniquely sculpted... statues. Or at least, that's what she advertises them as, perhaps to get around obscenity laws that most people forget exist. Basically: it's a weird-shaped dildo emporium. The sculpts range in size, color, shape, species, and material, with a select few even containing magi-tech cores allowing for vibrations, ejaculations, and realistic movement. Or at least, as realistic as a "tentacle dildo" can be. A select few even allow the wearer to experience sensation when they're touched, though it may not always be sensation in the place you'd expect.

The shop owner is notoriously enthusiastic for new models, so if you come into the shop out of curiosity, you might just find a little old Nipponese lady begging you to whip it out and let her make some sketches, perhaps with a partner lending a hand.

Reading Rainbow Shinjuku, Tokyo
Those not looking for weird dildos may instead stumble upon a relatively new bookstore in the area called Awanokuniya. Containing nearly three stories worth of books, it boasts the largest collection of literature in Tokyo, rivaling only the national library.

But there's something special about this library, which the refugees are sure to notice first. Contained on the shelves are not just books from Nippon, but also books from their homeworld. If asked, the staff will explain that an empty bookshelf in the back of the store began spontaneously filling with books everyday starting at the beginning of the year.

The books are untranslated of course, serving more as neat curios and collector's items for the native population. But for the refugees, while the bulk of the books will be from different worlds, they'll be able to find up to three books from their world that they'll recognize. These books will be non-magical in nature, and can only be fourth wall breaking with player permission.

But characters should be careful when searching for the "time refugee" section of the store, as it seems there's also a section for fiction written by natives that features refugees as characters, either in subtle or blatant ways. Want to read about the heroic exploits of Jonah and Erin Joestar? Or how about the sordid romance between Chiwa Nakamura and Obamu Dasai? That's one hell of a way to learn your friend from home has been here this whole time!

Wild Nights Shinjuku, Tokyo
Second only to Yoshiwara, Shinjuku's nightlife scene is among the best in Nippon. From the wild streets of Kabukicho to the alleys of Golden Gai, there's no shortage of things to do when the sun goes down.

Kabukicho is sure to grab the refugee's attention. Here, underground gambling rings (remember, it's illegal in Nippon!) can be found in the back rooms of many bars, and love hotels line a particular street of pink-tinted lampposts. And while most of the city's brothels are limited to Yoshiwara, it's not uncommon to find men and women dressed in fine clothing soliciting customers for one of the many host clubs that make up Kabukicho's bar scene. And many of these clubs are even hiring! Ever wanted to get paid to drink and flirt? This might be your big chance!

By contrast, Golden Gai is a bit different. A small alley tucked between even smaller buildings, this strip of small bars and restaurants are known to be more exclusive, some only seating a handful of regulars at a time. One in particular, however, seems to be aiming for refugees to join their cast of regular customers. As such, they're offering unusual food from other worlds. Or at least, attempts at recreating things they've heard refugees talking about. Sushi pizza, anyone?



OOC Notes
Welcome to Jikan's June TDM! The TDM is considered game canon, and also serves as the intro log! That said, whether you choose to carry threads over to the game or not is up to you!

• Current players are more than welcome to top-level, or take prompts from the TDM and use for their own logs! This may change in the future depending on how busy TDMs become.

• CRAU characters may start regaining their CRAU memories one month after the TDM. However, vague feelings of familiarity are allowed between previous game CR! For more on this, please read the FAQ!

• You do not need to sign-up for housing! Choose whichever style you prefer. Roommates can be chosen by the characters or can be random. If you want to switch housing later, your character has the option of moving at the beginning of each month.

• Characters are free to adopt any of the Nyagumo from the Little Edo prompt, keeping in mind that these ones in particular will be larger and more aggressive than the small dinner-plate sized ones that can be purchased at pet stores in Tokyo!

• The three books found in Awanokuniya can also be found at any point in time outside of the TDM. Additional books must be redeemed using Bonus AC. These books must be books that realistically exist in your character's universe, so they can't stumble upon a book containing their own canon.


Please leave any questions about the TDM prompts in the thread below! General game questions can be directed to the FAQ!

Apps are always open!





woodeneye: (eh?)

also dildo emporium

[personal profile] woodeneye 2021-06-05 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't mean ter interrupt, but I was just - overhearin', and...

[ Ragetti is a horrible liar. He was listening pretty openly. And staring. He hadn't even really meant to find himself in this charming establishment, but he'd eventually been loitering near the entrance for long enough that it would have been more awkward not to go in. What can he say? He's curious. And now that he's inside, it's been a struggle just to figure out where to look, his eye flitting from one objet d'art to another until it lands on a very pretty girl. Putting a tentacle on her face. So that's happening. ]

Ye... miss puttin' tentacles on yer face? ...Why?

[ His experience with tentacles and faces has strongly not convinced him the two should ever go together. ]
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[personal profile] divinate 2021-06-05 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
shore is unperturbed, not at all aware that she's doing anything strange. she operates under the base assumption that she's not going to get social customs right having not been exposed to any kind of human society in real time before. it's a learning curve, and it seems like she's just discovered holding a tentacle dildo to your cheek, lovingly, isn't a norm.

Hmm. I guess I don't know where else I'd put a tentacle. she moves it to simply hold in her grip, but it's not a sentient being. it can wiggle and writhe but it won't grip her back. And I can't imagine putting it where they really want you to.

knowing as many octopi as she has, it has never once crossed her mind to engage in sexual concourse of any kind.