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Your New Landlord ([personal profile] lessor) wrote in [community profile] cocktailparty2012-04-22 08:38 pm
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test drive meme


Want to app, or maybe you've already got one written up? Maybe you want to try before you buy? This is the meme for that, in the official pre-opening test drive meme! Of course, it's unfair to throw you into a sea without some life vest, so some prompts for possible situations have been given to you, and are as follows. These can all be in either log style, text, voice, or video; it's up to you!

YOUR OPTIONS


THE HOUSING GATE. While your new home is extremely lovely with a well stocked fridge and french doors and a carpet you could probably sleep comfortably on, especially if you're married and don't want to deal with awkward bed sharing, it's nice to go out every once in a while and explore the area. You do have a new car you know. Maybe you're a kid, joy riding, or taking you family on a little trip through the rows of houses that all look suspiciously alike. Or, perhaps, you've brought a friend along on a trip to somewhere else (you are running out of that low-fat butter you bought recently), maybe it's even a hitch-hiker! The possibilities are endless, but one thing is certain no matter the scenario: you're going to be stuck in this car for a while.


THE SHOPPING GATE. You're at work. Yeah, you've got a job now, working the 9 to 5, making money to buy that expensive food you like so much. Where do you work? Who are you working with? Do you like your boss? The answers to those questions are up to you. You should really pay attention to that customer coming up to you though. Since that is what you're getting paid for and all.


THE PLEASURE GATE. There's a show going on, although as you watch, the NPCs performing it really aren't up to snuff. Their choppy legwork and monotonous musical numbers leave much to be desired. It's really quite boring to see La Favola d'Orfeo so brutally murdered by untalented, robotic, minions such as these. Maybe texting is in order. Maybe walking out and leaving, catching another show or taking a stroll is in order? They really ought to hire different people to put these things on.


THE ALUMNI GATE. That obnoxious ringing alerts you that school has started yet again. Why do they make you come to this place when all the stupid teachers do is yammer about random things that no one really cares about. Since when did the economy really matter, anyway? Are you going to sit here and take this? Or walk around the school? The boring lady up front isn't really going to notice. Maybe you should go to lunch or chat up some school chums? Your youth isn't going to last forever, you know.


WHATEVER YOU WANT, BRO. Use your imagination and get creative on your own terms! This doesn't count as being in game completely, so feel free to take some liberties with events that could have happened, people you could have met! Just remember to stick to game structure and the rules.
harpbeat: (♂)

Hello Norr. /secretively secret person - okay no it's Mini

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
this is even more lame than the last play they put on here
i hope something gets set on fire soon
goddamnironman: (pic#1228163)

hi darlin c: 1/2.

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
That... would be better than what's going on now.
goddamnironman: (pic#3210194)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Who is this?

[ even though the phone says who it is but whatever ]
harpbeat: (♂ Annoyed)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
row 5, seat 3.
or the name is eater
whichever is more relevant
goddamnironman: (pic#1228229)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ he hesitates, glances around except he really can't discern what is where right now and just turns back around to type slower, as if that made his response less awkward. ]

Eater.

Real or Fake?
harpbeat: (♂)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
real
foreign in some language you've never heard of
heard all the jokes, by the way
goddamnironman: (pic#1228211)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Good thing I'm not a comedian.
harpbeat: (♂ Annoyed)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
if you were i'd ask you to get onstage and make this play way better
i could do better than this
goddamnironman: (pic#2667377)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Put your money where your mouth is.
Prove it.
harpbeat: (♂ Hairflip)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
give me a couple minutes to get my harp
goddamnironman: (pic#3210240)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Wait are you serious
Am I being punked
harpbeat: (♂ Hairflip)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[There is no answer. A couple minutes later, some person carries a harp onto the stage, brushing past one of the confused-looking NPCs, and accurately and humorously summarizes the plot so far in song.

Any minstrel worth his salt can improv. It's just something you do.

He goes backstage, leaving the NPCs to try to get back to their scenes, and gets back to texting.]


thoughts?
goddamnironman: (pic#1228241)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Do you want the honest truth
Or...
harpbeat: (♂)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
hit me with the honest truth here
goddamnironman: (pic#2667095)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not really a harp guy.
harpbeat: (♂ Hairflip)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
can't help you there
still better than that performance
harpbeat: (♂)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
on to plan b
where'd i put my lighter
goddamnironman: (pic#1228263)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
As much as I'd like to encourage you
No.
harpbeat: (♂ Hairflip)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
this theater has been saved by your noble act
goddamnironman: (pic#1228328)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Noble... Well alright.
harpbeat: (♂ Annoyed)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-23 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
it would've been a small fire anyway
goddamnironman: (pic#1228309)

[personal profile] goddamnironman 2012-04-23 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I've drank drunk
had enough alcohol to be flammable so let's just stop talking about fire.
harpbeat: (♂)

[personal profile] harpbeat 2012-04-25 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
fair enough