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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

[boogerflinger]

[No little sense of irony? More like the world was somehow playing a cruel trick on him. He'd been a scrounging orphan who was feared as some "little white devil" in his formative years...

And now he's in a school with a nearly unfair population of little white devils. Where were they years ago? Maybe they could've unionized and his life would be infinitely more successful....

But.

This meta-text has digressed enough for us all, so let's get back to the point.

The other speaks to him and is rewarded with a snort as Gintoki stirs mid-snore. The young man pokes his head up and blinks owlishly at his surroundings. Soft, red indents of the wrinkles in his sleeve have imprinted into his cheek, further shaming him for napping at his desk.

His eyes fall onto a pair of chilled blue eyes, and he almost shivers. Why so icy?! He hadn't done anything... (which was precisely the problem, wasn't it?)]

Ah. Huh? It time for home? Ah?

[lamortespoir]

[ Perhaps someone else more inclined towards humour might have laughed, but Sanson definitely isn't that kind of person. ]

We have a project to do. Get up and read over the requirements.

[ He tries and succeeds in suppressing the desire to roll his eyes. ]

[boogerflinger]

[Unfortunately for Sanson, Gintoki's entire purpose is humor oriented. It would seem Sanson-san would soon join the ranks of the long-suffering straight-men to Gin's gags...

The other gives Gintoki an order, and the boy immediately wrinkles his brow - eyes unamused. This guy woke him up for something like that?]

Ah? Requirements? Aye, Captain - we had requirements here??

[He speaks in a voice that is most definitely no where near an "inside-voice."]

[lamortespoir]

[ He elects to emit a three-second sigh. ]

Of course. If you had listened, you would know.

[ But he's not going to just assume Gin will actually read up on what's needed, so: ]

I took some notes. Give me your address, I'll email them to you.