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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?

Comments

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[bloodedgy]

[ Don't worry, Roxas. Ragna here have a long history as a delinquent from a middle school, so being under eyes are not something that he isn't used to.

Doesn't mean that he takes them well, regardless. ]

You need something from me?

[ There's no disdain or anger by his tone. Yet. He's being unusually calm here. ]

[cloak]

[So he's been noticed. Roxas supposes that's not really a surprise, it's not as though he's got any experience with stealth. Was it movement or noise that clued the guy in...?

Might be something he has to work on, if this isn't an elaborate prank]

No really, no.

[Likewise calm. A little too monotone, even]

[bloodedgy]

[ That guy isn't giving him the time of his life. Damn. Ragna's not too good at reading others, especially those who sounds absurdly calm like that. ]

Then scram.

[ Look, Ragna's still giving everything the benefit of a doubt here and he still thinks that there should be a way out of this shithole without the need of ripping each others' assess apart. He's going to turn around to walk away again, leaving his back somewhat wide open.

It might be on purpose though. If Roxas asked for it, Ragna sure as hell would duke it back at him. ]

[cloak]

That's a strange thing to say when you're walking away.

[Roxas recognizes an opening when he sees it, but he's not entirely convinced they have to fight against each other. He'll hold to the idea that this may be an elaborate joke in bad taste.

So rather than try to attack him, he just folds his arms]

Not that this isn't all strange.

[bloodedgy]

[ Bah, he really hates it when others play with the opening in his sentences. Especially when they're damn right about it.

In any case, the non-aggressive stance from Roxas is really well appreciated. At least they can agree of something. ]

Screw this place. This isn't what I came here for. [ A small pause. He turns his head over his shoulder to glance at the other student, no sign of vicinity at all by his eyes. ] I fucking hope that you are in the same boat as me.

[ At least it's better to keep conversation going than keeping the atmosphere silent. Ragna... doesn't bode too well with darkness and silence. ]

[cloak]

I'd like to think we'd all react the same way to this lunacy.

[But at the same time he doubts it - and that's why he's been skulking about getting a feel for how others respond to the situation they're presented with. Surely none of this is real, but if it is...

Well.

How many of them are really willing to hurt others if they think their lives are at risk?]

[bloodedgy]

Good thinking. And you'd better think that way forever.

There's no fucking way that I would resort to killing someone else to get out of this shithole. [ At least not with this kind of stake.

Alas, Ragna sounded like he actually ever killed someone out there... When in fact he never did. But he did punch an everloving shit out of someone else back there that they wished they were dead indeed. ]

Come, let's find out a way out of this place.

[ It's a truce, right. ...Right? ]

[cloak]

So, what, I'm joining your party?

[He could be lulling the guy into a false sense of security...not that he was. But somebody could easily voice their objection or disapproval to get somebody else's guard down, if they were that self-serving.

They ought to all just be normal teenagers who couldn't stomach the idea of taking a life, but...well.

It's possible people could get desperate if they're really convinced this place is what they're told it is. He'd like to think they're not that unlucky but it's still possible they are. RNG isn't often kind]

[bloodedgy]

Feel free to go alone if you want then, fuckhead.

[ Look, buddy. He's not up for more incoherent and unnecessary banter. He really wants to get the fuck out of this place AS. SOON. AS. FUCKING. POSSIBLE. ]

If you're worried about me hunting for your sorry butt, erase that thought. I'm not interested in beating some creepy stalker like you right now.

[ Ragna, voted Most Humble Man. ]

[cloak]

[Be still his heart, he might just have found someone with less social graces than himself]

I'd be hard-pressed to be afraid of you.

[Really now, he was more concerned for this guy's well-being than his own, the way he seemed to take his word for it so easily. In a sane world people would be against the very notion of all this and opt against it.

But the world isn't exactly sane anymore, according to some]

Stalking suggests I have a particular interest in anybody here.