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[attribution]

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?

Comments

[vesperian]

[Yuri is startled for a moment, his instincts immediately having him on the defensive, but the kind voice quickly puts him at ease. He's still wary, of course, but he won't make the first move if he doesn't have to.]

You could say that- though it's not the view I'm most interested in, I have to admit.

[He presses tight against his wound.] You hang around here often?

[bigwhenitmatters]

Often enough. Though it's an idiots decision to stay in one place for too long. I've pretty much been on rotate.

[Look at him, speaking as if he doesn't have a care in the world.]

How bout you? Taking how I saw your climbing just now I guess it's your first time coming up these things... and with that thing to boot.

[Yeah, he looking directly at that wound of yours. Wow look at that blood.]

You know, probably not a good thing that you got nicked like that. Aren't you afraid of it getting infected?

[vesperian]

You really got time to worry about me? [He laughs softly to distract from the seriousness of his wound.]

Yeah, I grew up in a city, so not too many trees where I'm from. My tree-climbing form that bad, huh?

[bigwhenitmatters]

Ahhh that explains it.

[Gonna just lean back on his branch and make himself comfortable thank you.]

And hey, got nothing else to do right now. It's safe, but it gets boring as hell up here, might as well talk and worry over someone else for a moment to pass the time. Right?