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TEST DRIVE

Welcome to Visada's TDM! Feel free to get as creative as you'd like with these prompts. None of the threads will count as game canon. This is just to give you a chance to play around with the setting and get a general idea of just some of things that can be done in the game.

OPTION 1

Mistress Philenor, one of the vivacious butterfly-winged fairies that runs a shop in town, has asked you and another helpful soul to go out to the small lake on the northwestern side of the island and pick some Swallowtails. She needs a bushel of the flowers to make more of her popular aphrodisiacs.

You and your partner for the outing leave the village and make your way to your destination. The water in the lake is clear and fresh, you can almost see all the way to the bottom. A small island sits in the middle of the lake, within swimming distance to those so athletically inclined. A tiny stream travels off to the west, emptying into the sea.

On the southern shores of the lake grow the Swallowtails: great flowers of vibrant hues of blue.

Just remember Philenor's warning. Breathing too deeply of the pollen may have unintended consequences.

OPTION 2

Word arrives by lamassu post that there's unrest with the sea dragons. They're refusing to aid the villagers and transportation between the main island and the smaller one to the east has been cut off. People have been stranded there for two days now and something must be done.

You volunteer to help and head toward the eastern shore.

Maybe you meet others on your way and you decide to work together to see if you can resolve this. Maybe you enlist someone else's help when you learn that Lagiocrus (an ancient blue dragon) is cross with his nephew Jura (a young, free spirited green fellow who doesn't have much respect for people yet) over his foolish courtship of the princess Galzra (a haughty blue dragon from the far north).

All of the other dragons in the vicinity are too caught up in the drama to worry about the petty concerns of mortals.

Convince Lagiocrus that young love should triumph, or at least be allowed to get its heart broken. Talk up Jura to the disinterested object of his affection. Try to get Jura to see that there are other dragons in the sea. Or find some other way to either end the argument or lure the other dragons' interest back to helping out their landlocked neighbors.

OPTION 3

After a long week, you want nothing more than to relax at the beach. It's a great day for it. Fair skies, warm sands, calm surf, and naked bodies sunning themselves along the shore.

Wait.

Yes, that's right. This is a nude beach. Or if it wasn't, it is now that the first visitor decided to exchange bathing suit for birthday suit.

Do you join in? Ogle your neighbors? Swagger up to the hottie on the yellow towel a few yards away and start a conversation?

Have fun. Enjoy yourself. You've earned the day off.

OPTION 4

Wildcard! Make up your own prompt! Play around with the setting however you'd like.

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My point still stands.

[ Yes Trish, please stop talking about his butt. He does know she's kidding but it still doesn't make this any less awkward. ]

There are, as a matter of fact. [ Leave it to the scientist to know these things. ] Petting them or playing with them triggers the release of specific hormones that just... make you feel good. [ But it wouldn't fix his problems. ]

No butt stuff, got it.

[ She lets out a little laugh, pulling a hand through her hair. ]

Wow, I am making such a terrible first impression right now.

[ He smiles bashfully, letting out a soft chuckle as he glances down for a moment. ]

Don't worry about it.

[ He's been friends with Tony for years, he's had to put up with a lot worse. ]

How about we just change the subject away from our private parts? [ He winces because wow, that's an unfortunate choice of words. ]

[ She laughs and nods. ]

Sounds like a plan. Anyway, I wasn't suggesting that puppies would solve anything, but it's not wrong to just do things because they make you smile sometimes.

No, it's not wrong at all.

[ But a pile of puppies was just a silly joke, really. Even if Bruce really loves dogs. ]

What are your coping methods? I promise you, this is a no-judgment zone because whatever you're doing is very probably not worse than what I've tried.

[ Or what Jessica does for that matter. ]

[ Bruce's coping methods are more or less the opposite of the ones Trish is thinking of, most especially because he can't really go for those without risking half a city being levelled. ]

Well, I meditate a lot. I listen to calming music, that always helps. Work keeps me busy, and I like reading.

[ How much more like a dating add can this sound. ]

Sounds good for staying calm. What makes you happy though?

[ If it helps you any, Bruce, the invasiveness is born out of genuine concern. ]

[ That actually gives him pause, as he thinks about that question and realizes he doesn't really know how to answer it. Pressing his lips into a thin line, he lifts his hands and shoulders up in a shrug. ]

I don't know. Work makes me happy, I guess. [ Or used to, anyway. Considering his most recent experience, he's not so sure anymore. He could say his friends, but right now that's more a source of sadness than anything else. He lets out a sigh, grinning weakly. ] You're asking me a very difficult question, you know.

Yeah, I'm a pain in the ass like that.

[ And she has definitely spotted something that is in dire need of fixing. Bruce doesn't have things to be happy about. ]

Yes, I can already tell you're gonna be a pain in my ass.

[ Said in good humor, of course. And just because of where their conversation was a moment ago, he adds as he points a finger in her general direction. ] Metaphorically speaking.

[ Crossing his arms again, he gently nudges the conversation in another direction. ]

What sort of things make you happy, then?

[ That got a full-on laugh, her head leaning back for a moment before she cleared her throat a little and looked back at Bruce. ]

My work makes me pretty happy too I guess. Spending time with people I care about. Helping people. I do confess I fall victim to retail therapy, buying nice things puts a smile on my face.

[ Well, he can't complain about that reaction. Her laugh is a pretty nice sound, and it looks just as lovely too. ]

Those are nice things. [ Some of which he's been familiar with in the past, even if not so much anymore. Most, even, save for one. ]

Maybe we can go shopping sometime. Who knows, it might just rub off on me. [ Said with a lopsided smile. ]

Can't know unless you've tried it. I'm sure we could have fun with it.

[ They seem to be doing alright with just sitting on a porch after all. ]

[ He shrugs, tilting his head a little in a half-nod. ]

Why not. I do need to figure out what to do with myself here.

[ Other than the missions, that is. ]

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