( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 7

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THE TEST DRIVE



Like it or not, you've been dragged from your world into the sanctum. It's a pretty nice city, all things considered--sci-fi, high-tech, glamourous.... Except, of course, for the giant dome encircling it, and the threat of glitching, contaminated zombies at your door. Looks like humanity's built itself a fortress that looks suspiciously like a cage, too. Toss in the odd memory blanks and the everpresent logo of Bifrons incorporated and it's enough to make someone paranoid.

The object of this meme is to get people familiar with the world of the Sanctum, and to try to see if their characters would fit in a sci-fi utopia such as this. Here are your options:

1. Intro: Waking Up. Make your intro post, folks. You wake up in a strange place, and get a strange transmission to go with it. There's a pair of glasses connected to some sort of communications network, but otherwise not much else in the room with you. What are you going to do?

2. Pet Adoption. Maybe you have the perfect genetically engineered pet in mind. Maybe you found a stray little escapee--do you keep it or turn it in? There's a reward if you let Bifrons know where the potentially dangerous little bugger is at, after all.

3. Alterations. Feel like you need an edge in the city? Find yourself injured and looking at options? Why not consider genetic alterations or, better yet, upgrading to a better, healthier you? Be warned, some of the side effects can be a little unpleasant.

4. Network Glitches. Strange garbled messages keep trying to come through in audio and text, but no way to track where they're coming from. Do you try to make contact? Compare notes with others? Surely it's nothing to be concerned about, right?

5. Dome Glitches. What was that in the window? There, again, in the bathroom mirror! Is that another you, living another life? Or maybe you spot an ominous shadow lurking around in the corner, something like a dysthrope but...worse. You're not going crazy, are you? Others see it, too, don't they? Oh, I wouldn't touch that reflective surface if I were you, or you might end up thinking you're living in that strange other world.

6. Outside the Dome. You're out and about without an armed escort, suited up against the atmosphere and dysthropes. It's supposed to be a green sector in this run down shell of what used to be a suburb, right? Nothing could possibly go wrong

7. WILDCARD. Choose your own adventure or create a cocktail from the presented options! The choice is YOURS.

Comments

[onthepoint]

[ He wonders briefly if this is even a real person or just a projection. ]

Yeah. Me, too.

[ Looking around, he actually takes in his surroundings for a minute. It's all pretty over-designed. He wonders why someone would take such a risk with something so clearly false. ]

What's your story?

[abjurer]

It's not exactly the best welcome, I'll admit.

[He gives the guy a wry smile.]

Me? Not much of one honestly. I was born here, D1. Lived here my whole life, not that there's really anywhere else to go.

[onthepoint]

You really expect me to believe that?

[ His arm is tense, on the verge of pulling out that pen and going on the offensive, but maybe he can learn more like this. ]

I know this place isn't real. What do you want from me?

[abjurer]

[Max blinks at him, hesitates, because while it's a pretty valid reaction, he's also not really sure what he can do if the guy doesn't believe him.]

What? I know it's weird, at least according to the other Immune I've spoken to, but it's real.

I don't really want anything. I was just trying to be helpful.

[onthepoint]

To what end?

[ Arthur stands up a little straighter, shoulders tense under his suit jacket. In his experience, even outside of dreams, most people aren't helpful for no reason. ]

[abjurer]

[Max blinks, giving him a helpless look.]

Because I have friends who are Immune and went through this. And I like to think I'm not a total arsehole.

[onthepoint]

Okay. [ Excuse him for sounding dubious. Or don't. ]

So what do the people who brought me here want from me? I probably don't have whatever information they're looking for.

[ If that isn't a lie and a half... ]

[abjurer]

Nope. I really doubt that you do. Project Immunis has been running for ages and I'm not convinced any of Bifrons' research has been of any use. [He hasn't seen any of it at least. If they've got anything they're keeping it very close to their chests.]

Look up. You see the sky? That's the dome. Envelops the entire city. Which is good because outside the dome is... really bad. Uninhabitable unless you like being infected and turning into a hideous mutant creature.

The theory was that people from other places would be Immune. Help with the research to find a vaccine.