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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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[Gintoki the Vulture had taken immediate notice of just how the new kid had plenty of food. And it wasn't just food, but it was food that looked and smelled absolutely delicious. How could he turn down such an opportunity...?

And the albino is nearly touched when the transfer student doesn't clamp the lid back down on his bento in some defensive motion. That meant... That meant he still had a chance...!

Wait - this kid was talking to him.]

Huh?

[And Gintoki's gaze falls back down to his own bento before he grabs at it. Places it on the empty spot Genis had created on his desk.]

Uh. You could say that-

[Gintoki acts sheepish as he answers, idly scratching at his jaw. In fact, the only thing that happened to his lunch was that he had been sneaking bites out of it before lunch had even began. So really the only thing that had happened to his bento... was him.]

But wait. Wait! You didn't say no-

[There! He'd just be blunt and go for it...!]

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...You're such a mooch.

[ He says it jokingly...thinking that Gintoki really doesn't have a lunch. He looks too embarrassed about it to actually be mooching off of him. Since he brought his lunch box up, Genis goes ahead and nudges his bento closer. ]

Here, we can share. Take some.

[ There's tofu rice, some sauteed vegetables, mushrooms... Actually there's no meat or seafood in there, but it's not like Gintoki can complain over it when he apparently doesn't have much of a lunch? Even though Gintoki was one of his classmates that really stood out - sharing a bright white hair color does that - Genis had entirely missed his snacking through class. He thinks you're an innocent victim of...lunchlessness? ]

[He'll take that label of mooch if it means he gets some free food. Not ten seconds pass after Genis says "Take some" before a pair of chopsticks have found their way into Genis' bento and begin picking at the goods. Gintoki isn't a picky guy in the least - instead munching on whatever his little chopsticks can get a hold of.]

You're a good kid. A good kid with a good soul, huh? So you really must be a transfer student...!

[Gintoki speaks with his mouthful before he motions at the other with chopsticks.]

Your name. Is uh. Something. Gellard-kun? Sake-kun?

[... He was so busy sneaking his bento that he completely missed Genis' introduction. Hell, he noticed there was a new person solely because of this guy having white straight hair that threatened to turn him into an envious man.]

[ Well, that was fast. Genis lets out a little "Hey!" before starting to dig in himself. Gintoki's appetite matched his height, he guessed. ]

It's Sage. My name is Sage Genichi. My English name is Genis. [ Technically: His first name is Genis, but he's going to make this as easy as possible for him. ] And we're the same age, too, you know. [ Which is equally important. The first time he's in a class with people his age, and he's still called a kid! It wasn't like he could help the fact he was only 4'11! Genis might have the straight hair, but Gintoki had the height. Life was truly unfair.

With that out of the way, Genis goes back to eating his lunch as fast as he can, fighting to actually keep eye contact with Gintoki when he keeps talking around his food. Gross. ] What's your name? And what's the rest of the class like? I haven't really been able to meet anyone yet.

[ Saying he must be a transfer student didn't exactly bode well. ]

[It was almost as if Gintoki had once been a starving orphan...! Though, really, Gintoki just always ate like that - as if someone were about to take it from him.]

Ah, ah. Genchiro, you have an English name too? You must be a world traveler. How mysterious... [Gintoki's though trails off, blinks a few times as he shoves another mass of food into his face. Rice sticks to the sides of his mouth and he doesn't seem to notice.]

Hm? You're the same age when you're so small? Do world-travelers have to fit in luggage cases? Is that how they become world-travelers?

[Swallows and makes a vague motion with his chopsticks.]

'M Gin-san. And the rest of the class is full of a bunch of idiots. You ready for that, Fogg-san?

[ If Gintoki keeps making fun of his height, Genis might just take it away from him. His face grows red, and he has to remind himself that he should probably not get in a fight on the first day of school. He silently seethes. If there's any bright side to this, it's that Gintoki didn't question that he was Japanese. That gets him...some points. A small handful. Even if it might just be because the two of them both have white hair. ]

I don't think it's just the rest of the class... [ Shoving more food in his mouth as he grumbles. In the future, Genis will be impressed that Gintoki can make a Jules Verne reference. ] I guess I'll have to deal with it. They can't be that bad. It's not like this is the remedial class or anything.

[Making fun of someone's height was simply the easiest way to go. Never mind that height was his best ammunition towards one of his closest friends(?), and so he's well-versed in just how to be absolutely infuriating about someone's height.

Though he didn't question if Genis was Japanese - partially because it simply didn't matter to him. He was a kid raised outside of society, so he has little concept or care on things such as the gaijin bubble.]

Ah? Nah. It's all of us. The G is for Good-For-Nothings, you know. They filter us all in here so they can pass us through school and not have to deal with us. So I guess you fit the bill too, huh?

[... That's not what it stands for, but Gintoki has apparently accepted this as gospel.

And he seems to have finished mooching on Genis' lunch - so he moved to pop open his own bento... which is missing some rather obvious bites from it, but was at some point a full meal.]

[ Gintoki can never know just how frustrating it is to be really short and then have some mooch say you're travel-sized.

That would always mean a lot to Genis, though.

At Gintoki's explanation, Genis blinks, and when it sinks in, he's nothing but concerned. ]

Huh? No, it's not like that. I'm really good in school.

[ He's still worried, but maybe Gintoki is just joking with him. Even if he sounded serious. Yeah. Maybe he just needs to relax a little. With Gintoki moving onto his lunch, Genis nudges his bento back over in front of him.

...What happened there? ]

Oh- did you drop it?

[ "Did a cat get at it?" he wants to say, since it looks like it was eaten. ]

[Gintoki clicks his chopsticks together once, twice before he's digging into what simply amounts to sweet red beans and rice.... A whole lot of sweet red beans, actually. Why were there so many?

And for a moment, it seems as if maybe he missed what Genis has said - too busy dissecting the remains of his bento. Until he swallows and lets out a sigh.]

Are ya? Oh, then maybe it was a mistake. Well, then you'll surely be the smartest kid in this class, huh? There's a thought. Congratulations, Sake-kun.

[And then he shoves another morsel into his mouth and freezes.]

Ah.

Drop... it? No. Some of it. Some of it just disappeared.

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