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Welcome to The Lottery’s test drive meme! Before we get to the prompts, here are a few things to note:

Though you may only have ONE active character per round, you are free to play as many characters you wish on the TDM. Later, you will have the opportunity to bench characters if you want to try another, but only after you’ve been accepted.

Please be sure to thoroughly look through our FAQ so that you have a good understanding of the game’s mechanics. Also be sure to browse the information provided on both The Attribution Study and Shiroiwa for a better idea of the setting.

The date for the next round of Reserves is: February 29th
The number of currently available character slots is: 25

Important Note: A thread of 9 comments in the TDM (with at least 5 comments from your character) will count towards both sample requirements in the application. Consider this a special bonus for getting your feet wet in our community!

If your thread does not reach the required amount of comments, it may still be used as the In-World Sample in your application.

Flashback/Background threads in the TDM may be reposted to Shiroiwa Academy’s Community if both players were accepted into the game.

Provided below are some sample scenarios, but please feel free to plot and play whatever you’d like!

Sample Scenarios:

Sample 1:

You’ve just transferred to one of the three grade levels in Shiroiwa Academy and have yet to make any friends. Sure, people showed you around, but nothing has quite stuck yet. So as the lunch bell goes off, you pull out your bento and prepare to eat alone when another student saddles up beside you. Perhaps they’re being friendly or perhaps they simply want to mooch off of your food. Whatever the reasoning, you’re now stuck in some form of communication whether you like it or not.

Sample 2:

Everyone just loves partner projects, don’t they? Your teacher has randomly assigned you a partner, and now you both must come up with a presentation to show the class. Are you the type who does all the work? Do you push for fair exchange? Or perhaps you have no plans to do any work at all. Whichever it is, your partner is now moving their stuff to sit at the desk next to you. Better gather your might and prepare to weather the oncoming storm…

Sample 3:

It’s March 14, 20XX. You have been kidnapped and taken to the island, given your randomized duffle bag, and are now either desperately seeking shelter or methodically preparing to hunt down your weaker classmates. Whatever it is, you stumble upon another student - whether you know them well or not doesn’t matter. The rules have already been made clear to both of you - only one person gets to win. You need to either escape, kill, or attempt to make a truce with this classmate. What will you do?

Sample 4:

Your weapon broke. Perhaps it snapped as you embedded it into the skull of one of your classmates, or perhaps it was simply a stroke of bad luck. You return to the hideout you created for yourself, seeking a weapon you’d taken from a fallen student. But as you near the space, you realize something is off. There is some telltale sign that another has been here… Are they still around? Will you investigate? What if your stockpile has been pilfered by another student?

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1. You sure you want to know this guy?

Waaah! Man I'm starving!

[Sure it may be his first day in a new school, and sure he has no idea who anyone is or even who the resident hotties are (boy will he be happy to find out that out though), but is he going to let that bother him? No way! No sir! New-school new-shmool right? So what if he was here because he was finally kicked out of his last one? Starting fresh and new is the best way to go! Especially when there's all these cute new faces to look at while your teacher droned away--]

[--What? He didn't' think anything. You have no proof.]

[Anyway, here's this looser delinquent lounging back in his seat, with his feet kicked up on his desk munching away at the bento his brother had packed for him earlier on. Dare you approach?]

2. Unlucky you. Look who you go partnered with.

[Guess who really wasn't much good at partner based projects. Well, he was not very good at projects in general. Actually, lets just say he's not very good at school in general. It wasn't that he wasn't that smart. ~~Although let's admit it, he's really not.~~ It's just that he doesn't care about the work. After all, you do good in school only to compete for a job and twiddle your way through life in disappointment right? What's the point in that when you simply can go about every day enjoying the pleasures that you already have full access too?]

Eyyyy. Are we done here yet?

[Which is why he's here now, the night before the assignment is due lounging back in his chair and staring up at the ceiling while you're stuck figuring out what to do.]

The new episode of Pretty Monoka Sparkle Blast is on in a half an hour. Been meaning to catch up on it.

[Partner projects suck.]

3. Harsh survival.

[Shit! Shit shit shit shit shit. This was not what he was expecting to wake up to upon another nap through class. What the hell was that? Where the hell is he!? He's still kind of freaking out over everything he found himself caught up in.

Who the hell just throws a bunch of kids in the middle of no where and expects them to what-- Kill people!? How fucked up is that!?

And so as the first opportunity became available, not sure whether anyone else would actually do it or not, he just ran. He grabbed his bag and he ran and he ran as far as he could until before he knew it he was sitting at the base of a cave, stark out of breath and shivering like crazy. Damn, did he really leave his coat back in the school building?]

[And then there was the rustling. He became alert at one. His head shooting up in surprise as he let out a large shout in reaction. Not like he was ever really one for stealth.]

Hey! Who's there!? Show your face before I go over there and force ya to myself!

[Like he actually had the balls to though. His hands were obviously shaking. After all, what if this person was going to attack him? Or worse, what if he was going to be forced to kill someone himself?]

4. You choose!

[Throw your ideas at me!]

[Takasugi was not shaken. Of course, there was no way he'd expected the day to take this sort of turn, but hearing that only one of them would walk off of this island had given him a goal. Something to focus on, to expend every fiber of his mind on seeing this through to the end.

No chance to panic.

The rustling hadn't been him - an animal in the bushes scampering about. It was probably scared of this loud guy stomping his way through the forest. If that hadn't announced his presence to everyone, yelling had certainly finished the job.

Takasugi sighed. He had no intention of getting into a fight this early on, but this guy seemed just stupid enough to pilfer supplies off of. So he'd step closer, out from behind a tree several paces away from the rustling.] A rabbit, perhaps? I doubt you could catch it...

[There's nothing threatening about his body language, shoulders relaxed with duffle slung across his back.]

Waaghhhhhh!!!!

[Holy shit! Where did you come from!?! You weren't even close to the initial direction he was looking in! ]

Wait... a rabbit. So ya mean it could make food or something right?

[ Now that he thought about it, food sounds kind of amazing. And they were kind of stuck here right? So they had to eat sometime. ]

I heard rabbit meat's pretty tough, but it can make a good soup with the right stuff. You think we should catch it?

[ His priorities are obviously all over the place at the moment. ]

Edited 2016-02-29 05:38 (UTC)

[The shriek has Takasugi squinting his eye and tilting his head away from the noise. A reflex that did nothing to dampen the sound, and as the boy's voice diminished into the foreboding silence of night Takasugi resolved that he didn't have much time.

Someone else would have heard that - maybe they'd run away, but maybe they'd charge hoping to encounter a weakened student ripe for pilfering. They wouldn't be completely wrong...

Talking to idiots was a process that required care, and now he was rushed. Takasugi kept most annoyance from his tone, but his words were laced in just a hint of exasperation. What part of 'you can't catch it' did you not understand?]

Mm, gathering supplies is a good move at this point. [Not that you're the one doing that with any efficiency, but details.] How do you suggest we go about catching it, then? [Maybe this kid had a weapon that would make that process easier, and make Takasugi's efforts of thievery worth his time.]

Catching it? It's all about stealth right? Like I guess we should probably shut up and see if the rustle happens again?

[Also with the evil-eye this guy is giving him he's wondering if it's perhaps best to simply keep quiet for his own longevity's sake.

Perhaps he'll just whisper the next part.]

I mean there's two of us now right? And unless you got something to whack it out with on ya right now, we're probably best surrounding it so it's less likely to escape right? Then whatever it is, we can listen for it to make noises again to figure out exactly where it's at. Then we can just surrounding it and jump it in one go.

[Quieting down was the first intelligent suggestion to come from the boy's mouth, and it was for the wrong reason. Any animal would hear their footsteps and flee, if they hadn't already scattered from the idiot's voice.

Which was now, thankfully, dampened.]

Oh, do you have experience with hunting? [Yeah fucking right.] Once we surround it, one of us should chase it towards the other. That way it won't just run off into the forest.

Of course, that's if we can find something. Standing here, we won't surround anything. Once we start moving, that's it - we'll need to have it in our sight.

So... [He glanced back to the bush that had rustled.] One of us goes out there, and one of us stays here. [An ineffectual choice left up to the other, to give the illusion of control.]

Camping. My pop took me a lot when I was a kid. He was a bit of a survivalist if not a complete idiot. Pretty much the only reason I've been keeping myself afloat for this long I guess. He was also kind of paranoid about a lotta weird shit, but I guess in the end it ended up counting for something?

[Not that he ever thought that this would be how those skills would have ever helped.]

Never got this far into survival shit though... Kinda weird to think we all have'ta start hunting for our food if we wanna keep alert.

Anyway, I was here first so maybe you go out there? Then I'll sneak around the front? You're right in the fact that standing here like chumps ain't doing anything for us.

[A misfired e-mail can be a powerful thing. Not that Gintoki knew that it was misfired at the time - oh no. In fact, he's in for a nasty surprise when he realizes it didn't exactly reach the braniac he'd really wanted to hit up.]

A CAT VIDEO FOR YOU
SAKATA, GINTOKI [sakatagin@shiroiwa.p3.edu]

Now that I have your attention. Oi, I need the answers to the ethics homework or I'll fail. I'll fail you know! So just like you'd help that poor, fat cat out by Lawson - this guy needs some help too. Do you want my blood on your hands? Do you want your blood on my hands? Get it?

[...

What the hell is this?!]

Edited 2016-02-29 04:04 (UTC)

[..... What. The heck. Is this. Indeed.]

RE: A CAT VIDEO FOR YOU: AKA HOLY SHIT
GLACE, CARROT [glacecar@shiroiwa.p3.edu]

AHAHAHA MAN! Seriously!? You think that's going to get me to do your homework for you? Sure maybe if it's that other special type of kitty-cat (if ya know what I mean) I'd be all over that shit. But this? Man there ain't even a cute girl squealing over the critter in it or nothing! What kind of taste do you think I have!?]

[What do you think he is!? A furry?]

[Glace? Glace? Carrot? Wait. He's made a mistake- But. But he can't just admit to a mistake...! No, no, no! He's going to have to go with it now-]

Ah? Ah? This isn't the sort of puss you like, huh? No, no. I heard from a reliable source this is the one you're crazy about. It has to be right. Watch it again. Watch it again and feel it move your soul.

Then give me the answer to number 4.

[Oh man. Is this guy for real!? Man this is pissing him off now.]

Now way dude. Not budging. Not til you give me some of the good stuff. Like full on cat on cat action. Multiple cats rubbing against each-other. Long hair on short. And I want to see those kittens purr too.

Then maybe I'll give you a couple of the answers.

Edited 2016-02-29 06:42 (UTC)

[Pissing him off?! He was working his magic for you! Be more open-minded.]

Oh yeah? Huh. You're right. Then here. I'll slip you the goods, but then it's time for answer number 4, got it?

[And he does send exactly what the other asked for. A long haired kitten and a short haired kitten playing together and mewling with enough fervor than any high-school girl's heart would melt from her chest...]

Though you'll have to use your imagination, huh? Them's the breaks with school filters, bud.

[Open minded,sure. But this is just strange, you cute cat video fetishist.]

...Huh.

You actually found it. Like that was the most specific request I could think of but you literally found it in about two seconds. I feel like I should give you props for that.

All right! New deal! If you can pull off this favor for me I'll totes get you some help for this assignment.

Some good help too. Way better then any of the stuff you'd copy from me.

Duh I found it.

[Jeez, was this guy really that easy to impress? Or... did Gintoki retain more about the cat videos his roommate often screamed about than he would like to admit...? No, no, no! It had to be that this guy was an idiot! Absolutely! He remembered this guy from class...!

Kinda.

... Maybe he should stop sleeping so much in class, then he'd have a better idea. Tch.]

Another deal? You trying to run a fast one by the Spoiled-Milk-Family over here, huh? We'll spoil you if you ain't careful! [What's this pseudo-yakuza talk, even?! All this over a cat-video and the answer to number 4?]

"Gin-dono, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to give me the answer to number 4....

Oooy. I'll give you the answer if ya want but I can't promise you it will be right.

But for a 100% bonafide right answer, I promise ya, this one simple little favor from you and you'll get A+ homework no hesitation. Ain't even that hard of a favor to grant considering your speedy skills at finding info on the internet.

What do you say?

[This absolutely isn't dubious in any way.]

Edited 2016-03-02 07:00 (UTC)

[Jeez, buddy. You're super persistent about this, huh? Fine. Fine. He'll bite.]

Well, since you recognize me as an A+ mouse-jockey - then sure. Fine. What is it you're looking for, Glazed-tan?

[Though if it's porn you're about to be way disappointed. The school's got filters, after all! And while he may have found that cat video out of sheer luck and recall... he's actually not the most tech-savvy kid around.

...

But maybe he could get one of the other nerds he knows to help him out if it comes to that. Yeah. .... Yeah.]

[He'll run to the other side of the world if it means he doesn't have to do the work he's responsible for.]

Oh yeah man. Super sweet skills. Like you obviously must be a god at it or something. I have no idea how you do it.

But seriously that's great to hear! This will absolutely help the both of us! And I promise ya it ain't anything ridiculous.

It's just my project partner for this damn Greater East Asian History report screwed up and lost our Works Cited page for the assignment due tomorrow. We're working on it as is but it would really help if we had an extra hand to help BS some resources for us. I mean it's not like teachers actually check that shit anyway you know? And yet they still manage to have that one little page count for 25% of our grade if we don't have it.

So what do you say? A few legit looking citations for an awesome finished Ethics assignment? My partners a clutz but he's a braniac too and he'd certainly appreciate this from keeping his grade afloat.

[Oh. A fake Works Cited page? Gintoki... could probably manage that. All that took was a quick Goggle search, and viola! Some real sources for something that probably really mattered and maybe if they gambled would actually be relevant to the project...

And so- Gintoki sniffs and sends his reply.]

All right, I'll send it your way. But I need the answers first, got it? That's just how fair trade works in this sorta world. You musta figured that out by now, right?

[Seriously! That's what he was telling his partner too! And it's not like teachers ever thoroughly check that stuff unless it's website materials. But having you do it would be way less work on his part so hell yeah.]

Yeah yeah man hold on one sec just gotta convince my paranoid idiot of a partner that this is gonna be worth it. I swear the guys freaking out over the teach finding out that you copied his shit. I told him you didn't sound like stupid enough of a guy to copy it word for word but what can ya do right?

Edited 2016-03-09 17:09 (UTC)

[Yeah? Yeah! That's the right (wrong) mentality that Gintoki absolutely endorsed. Absolutely nothing could go wrong...!]

Ah??? Your partner is getting cold feet now all of a sudden? What's the verdict then? Am I gonna need t' ice him then? Ask him if the answers are worth his life...

[See! At least you're smart enough to get it! Seriously, some people are such damn pansies!]

Well, regardless I'm giving you the answers. Just thought maybe I'd get ya some A quality work instead of C quality. Since he's a better student than me and all that. But here, you can take mine to hold ya over until I manage to convince the nerd.

Super Awesome Homework Help From The God of Destruction.file

You're welcome.

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fight for survival it is!

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I'm sorry in advance - 4 CYOA.... SCHOOL E-MAIL TIME.

I take your apology and rise you three times the amount of sorry's

a mess. just a mess

help. I'm going to cry.

this is the cr i always wanted.

sweet sweet teenagers

something like that...

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