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SEPTEMBER TEST DRIVE MEME



Welcome to the September Test Drive Meme for Pandora's Box!

Whether you're a new player considering joining or already a player at Pandy and are just testing the waters for a new character, this is the place for you. Try out some CR, play around with the different settings, enable make our potential new friends feel welcome… Just pick a theme, plus scenario prompt combination, and you're set. Have fun and be good humans to each other!

THEMES
A. Futuristic
The City of Pandora is looking a lot sleeker — and more mechanical — than it did last month. All fauna and flora in the city have become robotic; the only things that are organic are you and food. You even get your own personal mecha servant! Architecture is bright and unusually geometric in color and shape design, and chances are your bed looks like a cryo-tube. You're not claustrophobic, are you?

B. Victorian Age
A thick fog is covering most of the city streets this September and everything is more old-fashioned than you're probably used to. The sharp, sterile smell that's commonly associated with hospitals also hangs in the air. Don't forget to take the mandatory vaccination that's being administered! You don't want to get taken to the Punishment Hall for breaking the law…

C. Kemonomimi
Is there an animal you have some sort of connection with? Because you now have the ears and tail of that animal. If you're not particularly fond of animals, that's no problem, as Management has kindly selected one for you to adopt the parts of. If you already had, say, cat ears and a cat tail when you first got here, now you get to live like the other half does— without animal features. By the way, local establishments as well as your home have been altered to tailor to the needs of real animals, so don't panic if the only dishes you can find in your kitchen are little food and water bowls with paw prints around the edges. As long as you don't let someone make you their pet, you should be just fine.

SCENARIOS

1. I Fought the Law
You either forgot, didn't know, or just plain didn't care. Whatever your reasons are, you've broken one (or several) of the laws of the city and Management is none too pleased with you. Various laws can be as ridiculous and non-invasive as petting kittens at least three times a week or as serious as submitting to the mysterious city-wide vaccination. Are you still evading Management or were you already caught and have just been released from the Punishment Hall?

2. Three's A Crowd
One well-established, long-standing law of Pandora is that each household must consist of at least three citizens (and pets only count as a resident on Thursdays). No one is permitted to live alone or with only one other person. If you're caught breaking this law, Management will arrest you and take you in for disciplinary action. You better search for some roommates! Or maybe you've already found some and you're trying to adjust to living with these people.

3. Bon Temps
Downtown Pandora's swankiest bar and lounge has just opened for business. Protected by fierce penguin bouncers (no, really) and run by Remy LeBeau, if you're looking for good times, this is literally the place. Some illegal business does go on here behind closed doors, so if you want in on that action, you'll need to start networking. Good luck.
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Starting now, we'll put up a new one of these very month! Feel free to use the current setting of Pandora (Christmas in July) or make up your own! You can also use the following scenarios if you'd prefer:

1. Mushroom Kingdom

Have you ever wanted to be a fairy? Well now you are, even if the answer was no! The City is a big, big place, all of a sudden. Houses are roomy affairs inside giant mushrooms, there are colorful flowers everywhere you look, and the animals are always friendly! Unfortunately, the only food items being sold in the market this month are fruit, fruit, and.... more fruit.

2. School Town

You may be too old to attend the academy, but that doesn't seem to matter; your attendance is mandatory anyway. Or perhaps you're there to teach, because you're the only resident of Pandora that possesses a certain skill. It doesn't matter if it can't be learned; you have to come up with a lesson plan anyway. At least the uniforms aren't some god awful color, right?

3. Zombie Apocalypse.

There's no coming back from death in Pandora, so you'd better do all you can to survive. Three quarters of the city are already infected, and this is the last stand. Are you going to pool your resources and try to make it together, or is it time to stop trusting others and go it alone until the month is over?
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And here's the opening for our first Test Drive Meme! Pick from the following scenarios, or feel free to create your own setup!

1. The Future of the 80s
What is this, an episode of the Jetsons? Buildings are shaped like flying saucers, foods can be found in little nutrient pills of various flavors, and holograms have replaced most forms of entertainment-related technology. Be wary of any glowing beverages, and the Management apologizes if you find yourself with any cybernetic body parts. Sometimes the surgery records get mixed up.

2. Rotten apple
Someone ate something they shouldn't have. The world is such a strange place, it's hard to say what's safe and what isn't. But that fruit looked so good, you just couldn't resist, could you? Too bad nobody warned you that side-effects may include odd behavior, hallucinations, temporary physical changes, or queasiness.

3. Are you afraid of the dark?
It's well past your curfew, shouldn't you go home? Even the moon and stars are hiding at this hour. There's nothing out here but you and the luna moths hovering by the street lamps. So who said that? Did you see something move out of the corner of your eye? That's your friend you just bumped into, right? ...Right?

4. It's a dog's life
Or a duck's, or a snake's, or a bat's. Pandora is a safari and you are now a critter. Better hope you're high on the food chain or that your friends can ignore the urge to eat you. While this place is such a zoo, you can bet someone will be up to fowl play.