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TEST DRIVE

Want to test out the setting? Not sure if your character is a good fit? Need to start gathering some samples? You know how it goes: → Comment with the character's name and series in the subject. → Pick an option or make your own. → Tag around. → Enjoy yourself!! Check out these helpful links to get a sense of the game: G A M E  L I N K S ✖ FAQ ✖ Bracelets ✖ Locations R E S O U R C E S ✖ Virtue's Last Reward Wiki ✖ Virtue's Last Reward Trailer ✖ Virtue's Last Reward OVA option one. You're awake. You're lying on a cold floor, and your head is pounding. It feels like you've been hit with a sledgehammer. You can barely move, but you push yourself up anyway, and look around. You're in an unfamiliar warehouse, and on your left wrist is a bracelet. It feels heavy, and no matter how hard you tug at it, it refuses to come off. You can't remember how you arrived here, nor do you recognize anyone else. Try not to panic too much. ( For the purposes of the Test Drive, characters will be arriving in the warehouse instead of the Elevator/AB Room) option two. An Ambidex Game has just concluded. You have entered in your vote and there's no turning back. Did you trust your opponent and vote ally? Or did you double-cross them and vote betray? What did your opponent do? Did they vote betray while you voted ally, or did they vote ally while you voted betray? Why did you choose one or the other? Just what did you do? option three. Rules are meant to be broken. You've just reached a certain amount of BP, and you can finally have access to food (low or high quality) or to the dorms. It's great, things are getting a bit more bearable now, but seeing the others without the same "luxuries" as you, you feel like you should do something. It's against the rules to bring food or blankets out of their respective rooms, but Zero can't have eyes everywhere... can he? option four. Exploration and Escape. All the windows are bolted shut, and all the doors are locked. The exit is through the number 9 door, but no one can reach it until they have 63 BP. It'll take too long to wait for help to arrive, and to accumulate that many points. There must be some way out. Maybe if you search enough, you can find a tool to help you break down a door. option five. Wild Card. Want to try something else? Go for it! Have your own AB Game round, have characters argue against each other, try to keep the mood cheery, whatever! Make full use of the environment and mechanics, just remember to keep it within the game's structure.

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option two

[broughthimback]

Tenma shuffled out of the AB room, looking even shabbier and more exhausted than usual. The choice to Ally hadn't been that hard, but the puzzle rooms had been an even worse ordeal than usual, and he apparently wasn't built for solving them. The stress of trying to avoid accidentally getting someone stabbed or burned or god knew what was wearing heavily on him.

"Oh... that's right. I should look at the results..."

[puzzlinglad]

Hershel came out of his own room with a sigh- the puzzle rooms this round had been rough in more ways than one, and not just on him and his. He could see Tenma nearby, looking tired as well, and he straightened his shoulders a bit, walking over.

Of course he hadn't betrayed Tenma, it's Hershel. Maybe he had to argue with whoever else was in the room but he trusted Tenma, he was a good sort of person who seemed to genuinely care about everyone.

Their now plus two BP showed he had made a good choice. "Thank you, Mr. Tenma." He said, before hesitating. "Maybe you should sit down, you look tired. That room was... difficult." Someone probably got stabbed or gassed, let's be real.

[blind_badass]

*It had been a bit of a struggle to decide how to vote. Snake just didn't have a good read on the man, but he seemed honest enough so he'd voted Ally, hoping he didn't just get betrayed.*

Tenma. *He said, shortly. How did it end up?*

option [1]

[wetdownthere]

[ The first thing she notices is feeling completely... empty. As her vision swims slowly into focus, she tries to catch glimpses of the room she's in: it feels cold, and the metallic walls might suggest that she's in some kind of warehouse. Her sightline is slightly off, and it takes her a moment due to the fuzziness of her mind to realize that it's because she's lying on her back.

Akane sits up, her muscles fighting her every step of the way. Where am I...? She doesn't have time to dwell on that thought before something else catches her eye: something large and rather heavy on her left wrist. When she looks, her heart skips a beat, though it appears to be nothing more than an ordinary watch with an electronic faceplate that reads [3]. For some reason, the sight of it makes her feel extremely uneasy, though she chalks it up to the general creepiness of the situation.

She glances around the room, hoping to find some sign of life to clue her in on her predicament. Fortunately (or, perhaps, unfortunately), there is some movement at the far corner of the warehouse that catches her eye. Wary, Akane calls out: ]

Who... who's there?

[toybombs]

Eeeek!

[A tiny, terrified scream is what Akane will get in reply. In the distance a small girl cowers, curled up on the ground hugging herself tightly. Where is she? What's going on? Where did this bracelet come from? Why does her head hurt? Everything is a mess of confusion...

Warm tears are already gathering at the edges of her eyes. A small hiccup of a sob escapes her. Crying is more than likely imminent at this point.

She's... probably not going to be a threat, at least?]

[blind_badass]

Hmmm? *Snake cants his head, not recognizing the voice. He walks over.* Did you just get here? That's a surprise, we usually have a warning when we get new people.

Re: option [1]

[gamestgirl]

[The movement that Akane happened to be Nanami turning over in her sleep. Thankfully, Akane's voice is loud enough to wake her up, and it's not hard for her to find the stranger in the warehouse.]

[She walks over to Akane, stopping in front of her. Could it be that she's sizing Akane up, or is she just trying to figure out what to say? After a moment, Nanami speaks up.]

Ah, you're new, right?

option four

[waitingforasign]

The elevator hatch opened. For a second or two, there was no sign that anyone was actually getting out of it. Then the tip of a baseball glove appeared, flailing around wildly in the air just above the hatch as Mihashi scrabbled at the sides of the elevator.

"H... he..." he began, but quickly abandoned any pretense of forming actual words as he splashed about in the rapidly rising water in an increasingly panicked fashion oh god he was going to drown except probably not since he'd managed to get the hatch open but how was he going to climb out the metal was so slippery and now he was just making wordless noises of distress while being spun around by the water's current it was a complete disaster

[toybombs]

And here Rio was stuck on the top of an elevator due to her lack of height. She'd managed to jump up and pull herself out of the hatch by some miracle, but getting down was... difficult. She'd been sitting rather uselessly on top for the past who-knew-how-long, trying to gather the courage to finally leap down and hopefully not break her neck.

On the bright side, it puts her in an excellent position to help out this fellow newcomer! Choking back the tears that still threatened to spill, she steps over to the newly opened hatch and plops down on all fours, peering inside.

"H-- here! Grab my hand...!"

One can only hope that he doesn't just end up dragging her in...

Two

[toybombs]

U-uuu...

[The results of her very first ambidex round have gone up! Somehow or another, she managed to avoid betrayal, but the reasons remain a mystery... other than the obvious ones such as her being so new and, well, kind of pathetic.

Speaking of which, she's just kinda. Sunk to the ground for now. It's apparently out of relief, even though she's very definitely on the verge of tears too.]

F-five points...

[Getting through the puzzle room may have been hazardous, but as she was surprisingly good at solving them, it was becoming less of a concern compared to the AB game. But would she be able to last until she got cafeteria access...?]

[gamestgirl]

[The strange mouse had made it seem like the puzzles would be very hard, but Nanami had found the elevator puzzle slightly easy. It felt just like the kind of puzzle you'd see in a puzzle game or adventure game, and her reflexes were very good too, so Nanami ended up being one of the first ones out.]

[The warehouse itself didn't seem very interesting, however, and without any other people here yet, Nanami didn't really have anything to do. Maybe she should just...take a rest, yeah. Just a short nap...]

[Anybody who enters the warehouse after Nanami will find her curled up next to her elevator, taking a catnap.]

[ahogay]

[Shortly after escaping from his own elevator, Hinata notices the sleeping girl curled up next to a nearby elevator. How can anyone sleep in a situation like this...? She must have nerves of steel.

Then again, maybe she's not just sleeping, so he should go over and make sure. Hinata walks up to the girl and crouches down in front of her.]

Hey... are you okay?

option one

[ahogay]

[Hinata suddenly finds himself awakening on the cold, concrete floor of the warehouse. He carefully sits himself up and looks around, trying to make sense of his surroundings and why he's even here in the first place, but he draws a complete blank. The only things he can remember are his name and seeing some mysterious figure wearing a cloak and a gas mask. This realization only serves to make him even more confused.]

What... is this...?

[fightsthefuture]

And some weird gaijin was peering down with him. It was hard to tell if he was smiling or if it was just the way his face was set, but the corners of Mulder's mouth were turned upward. He was wearing a grey trenchcoat over a business suit.

"This, my friend, is your new home. Three squares a day, all the creepy anthropomorphic animals and secret video surveillance you could ever hope for."

He smiled. "I was just kidding about the three squares a day. Hope you like cat food."

option four

[fightsthefuture]

You know what? Mulder was tired of this stupid warehouse, and the stupid animatronic rat, and of having to spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week talking to a bunch of teenagers in what had to be the longest and most depressing episode of Fear Factor he'd ever had the misfortune to star in.

So he was just going to haul one of the potted plants he'd found in the lounge over to the warehouse and hurl it at the number nine door. The pot broke, scattering dry dirt on the cold warehouse floor. Mulder thrust his arms over his head in a gesture of mock triumph.

"He shoots, he scores!"

[gamestgirl]

Well maybe the teens wouldn't be so depressed if Calhoun had supplied them with the basic necessities. The lounge was sorely lacking for video games, and Nanami hadn't yet saved enough coins to buy the Jaguar system that was sitting in Calhoun's shop. Life's rough when you are stuck in a warehouse run by an animatronic mouse without access to video games.

Anyway, Nanami's going to do the best thing she can to solve this problem, and that's improvise games of her own. Or, of Mulder's own, in this case. Once she sees him lunge the potted plant at the door, she'll follow suit. It doesn't hit as precisely on the 9 as Mulder's did, but it came pretty close.

"I think we're gonna have to ramp up the difficulty somehow."

ALL SORTS OF OPTIONS also entire character is spoilers

[disappointment]

i.
[The first thing she notices after she wakes up but before she tries to move: everything hurts.

The second, which she notices when she starts trying to pick herself up of the floor: there is a stranger standing nearby enough to feel like a threat.

She puts one, two, and three together once she realizes she has no idea where she is. In less time than it would have taken her to maybe consider why she is the type of person to consider this a reasonable course of action, Mukuro springs to her feet and moves to high-kick them in the face.

The new girl's friendly, apparently.]

ii.
[And here sits that piece of shit who just betrayed you in that last ambidex round. She hadn't stuck around any longer than she needed to to see her team's results, and now Mukuro is off in some quiet corner of the warehouse, poring over the rewards she just got for throwing you under the bus: there's a can of what might be the least appetizing beans in the world if they're beans at all, a mysterious second can with a dent and no label, and the world's tiniest roll of gauze.

This is clearly the best time to yell at her for it, although she's looking pretty nonchalant about the whole situation—at least, her usual indifferent expression hasn't changed at all.]

iii. (kind of)
[Guess who just got cafeteria access? And wow, okay, Mukuro would have to be making a conscious effort if she wanted to be any grosser about eating right now. It doesn't even take her a full minute to wolf (HEH) down a piled-up plate, and then she goes back for seconds. Bam, gone.

She shoots short glances at anyone who walks in while she gets to work on a third plate, and then goes right back to inhaling her meal. Who even needs that much food; what kind of barn was she raised in.]

v.
[if there is anything else you want to do just go ahead and do it, idc]

Option 2!

[worrywirt]

[ The voting is over, and while it's a relief that he survived the puzzle room and all it's challenges, Wirt hasn't gotten up the nerve to actually check the voting results yet. Because really, voting is troublesome in and of itself. So he's just kind of pacing back and forth, muttering poetry quietly to himself. He tries to keep his voice low, but it only kind of works. Anyone nearby will be able to hear his godawful poetry. ]

--Am I nothing but a lost soul? I have no recollections guide me, nothing to me but a name. All that lies before me is an eternity of wandering these dark rooms and--

[ He sighs and runs his fingers through his hair, his really stupid hat falling to the floor in the process. ]

I should really look. I mean, I'm going to find out eventually so I should just--oh, but what if it's bad? It's--It's probably bad, yeah. Really bad. So maybe I shouldn't...

[puzzlinglad]

[Hershel always thought he was something of a worrier but man, Wirt was really something else. Even with his intense British instincts to Be Polite As Possible it was hard not to spy glance over and overhear that... poetry? Rambling? Poetic rambling? Honestly it was kind of nice, at least Hershel appreciated it, but somehow he thought 'hey, your poetic monologue about dark rooms and such was rather lovely' was probably not the best thing to say.

Instead he decided to walk over, offering as reassuring of a smile as he could. He was probably on a different team and already knew the results (if you have any preferences let me know), so that reassuring expression... was it because he had good news or very bad news? Would this really help at all??]

Hello Wirt, bad puzzle room I take it? [You lost your silly hat, man.]

option one or two!

[fourleafcleaver]

one.
[It takes Clover a few moments after she actually wakes up to decide that actually getting up is worth it. She spends a short while lying down on the floor, trying to take in as much of the scenery as is currently possible, before she tries to push herself up—and her arms, wobbly and sore, collapse under her own weight.

Whatever. Standing up is for losers. She doesn't need to stand. She can just lie here on this floor forever. She's just gonna lie around here and okay, no, she needs to get up, that's enough miserable moping.

This time she manages to shove herself into a sitting position and stand up from there, albeit with no shortage of wobbling.]

Where...where am... Hey, who's there?!

two.
[The results just went up, and there in Clover's column, under her name and BP count, the word "Betray" has been printed.

She glances at her bracelet, lips pursed and head tilted, before she looks over at her opponents.] Hey, don't look so surprised. What were you expecting?

YES

[blind_badass]

(Alternatively, Snake would be HORRIFIED to find his sister here. But I would think it was awesome so...)

Option one

*No. NO. It couldn't possibly be. But Snake had regained enough memories to know what his sister's voice sounded like. He had to go check on her. He stopped, giving her enough room so he wasn't crowding her, even though he wanted to give her the biggest hug.* Clover?

Option one/ Marcus Wright/ Terminator: Salvation

[anewhero]

[Marcus wakes up, and his eyes shot open. Not only was he not in prison anymore, he was laying on a cold hard floor. Seconds earlier, he was lying on a hard, cold cot in Longview State Penitentiary. He tried to force his body up, but he found everything on his body refused to move because it hurt too much. ]

Marcus quickly scanned the location he was at as he was lying down and quickly looked at his arms. Strange, that wasn't there before. A bracelet... Some sort of watch bracelet more likely.]

Why him? Why did they bring him here anyways? They were going to kill him in prison anyways...

option two | little luke

[professahhh]

Once the doors opened, Luke fairly scampered out of the AB room and toward the scoreboard, putting one hand over his cap to make sure it didn't fly off of his head. He'd absolutely voted Ally, absolutely. It was what any gentleman would do, but what about the others?

[vengefulyears]

As Luke approached the scoreboard, his opponent reached down to give him a condescending pat on the head. "Don't get too excited now. Wouldn't want you to trip and hurt yourself." Clive was mostly being a piece of shit but part of it was actually out of genuine concern as well. And don't worry, he also picked Ally because how could he ever betray a miniature version of himself?

option two

[booze]

[Xanxus, who had the fortune of being a solo for his first AB Round, just fucking betrayed the shit out of whoever he was up against. Maybe they didn't talk about the vote at all, maybe he told the other party that he'd pick Ally just to get them to shut the fuck up - whatever the case was, there was no way in hell he was picking Ally. He doesn't trust anyone here farther than he can throw them.

Whatever the other party's vote was, he doesn't seem to care. He doesn't pay any attention to the other groups' results, either. He just goes right up to the garden and plops down at the seat in front of the table, putting his feet up on the table and folding his arms across his chest. Like he's going to associate with any of you trash, he'd rather take a nap.]

[fairsfair]

[ You know, Jake isn't even judging, because he nearly picked Betray the first time he was here as well. He totally gets the reasoning behind it, so he's just going to sit down on the other side of the table like hello. ]

That's one way to make a hell of an impression.

option one | Orient

[thatawaytotheegress]

[It's probably about as well as he can expect to feel, given that most of what Orient recalls of the previous night consists of consuming the contents of his refrigerator: seven green olives, the very ends of a jar of strawberry jam, and five bottles of beer.]

[The headache is keeping time like the drum in an old-time marching band, which is expected - but something heavy and solid seems fused to his wrist, which isn't. He gets about halfway toward sitting up to see what it is before he gives up, winces, and closes his eyes again.]

...ugh. Whatever I did wrong, I'm sorry.

[thisisace]

[above him is a teen's voice, curious]

That's nice and all, but unless you're the one who locked us in here, it's probably not that big of a deal.

[a pause, then, closer]

...You're not the guy who locked us in here, are you?

option five this time!! free time events go

[ahogay]

[It's been a while since they last had an AB Game or random event, and Hinata can feel his sanity gradually starting to slip away. The longer he remains unoccupied, the longer his mind dwells on their hopeless situation and the thought that they'll probably never make it out of here alive. All their attempts to outsmart Zero so far have failed - would they ever be able to defeat an opponent who seemed to have them all figured out?

The negativity of his thoughts are starting to make him physically ill, so Hinata decides that it would be best to find a distraction. He wanders around the warehouse to find someone who doesn't seem to be too preoccupied and approaches them.]

Hey, do you have a moment?

[curryparty]

[Asuma had been keeping himself occupied by tending to the flowers. He's not sure why, but caring for them comes naturally to him, and he does like looking at them. Even though they can be frail, they're a little spot of beauty in an otherwise dank situation.

That said, he does perk up a bit when Hinata approaches him. Flowers are nice, but he's a social creature at heart.]

Hi, Hajime! What's up?