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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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[Free swim had not been as daunting to Katsura as it had been to others in his immediate vicinity. Katsura had long learned how to swim when he was still but a child in private school--and now with his long hair shoved into a swim cap, he had been doing laps up and down the pool since the period had begun. The water was cool, so he was hoping the laps would warm him up enough to avoid any serious cramping or chills after the lesson was over.

He had been swimming a lazy backstroke for one of his laps, arms making slow rotations as his gaze was glued to the ceiling...when he noticed a mess of very dry, very curly white hair at the side of the pool.

Ah, yes. Gintoki couldn't swim, could he?

Katsura flipped over to his stomach, gliding to the side of the pool and resting his arms on the edge as he looked up to his friend.]

Is the water too cold for you, Gintoki?

[And then there was Zura, making like a damn mermaid about in the pool. Gintoki felt a little resentment in his chest as the man splashed and relaxed into the mass of a liquid death trap...

Didn't he understand? Didn't he see?! Any moment was a danger! A hazard!

Why would anyone want to make peace with a watery grave?!

But the other's words are precisely what prevents Gintoki from harming himself. His hand lingers, as if he still considers the act in front of his friend... but then his grip loosens and he lowers his limb guiltily.]

Ah? Yeah. Besides, you know, it's sort of that time of month. That time of month that makes it really hard to want to get in the water. You know...

[...Like a period?!

Is he talking about a period right now?! Does he really not want to swim that badly?!]

You knew that the swimming unit was this week. You could have told the teacher that your time was approaching, or have brought the proper supplies.

[It was almost as if...he was following along with Gintoki's story. Was he serious? Did he know what Gintoki was implying by "that time of the month"? Did he care? It was always an enigma with Katsura. His blank expression, only changed by the removal of his swim cap and the brushing of his wet bangs from his forehead, did nothing to shed light on his motivations.]

If you would like, I could escort you to inform the teacher of your predicament, since it seems like you are shying away from informing them yourself.

[Was he fucking with him? Katsura pulled and hoisted himself out of the water, walking past Gintoki and raising his hand with all intent and purpose to inform the whole classes of his friend's "situation".]

Edited 2016-03-11 08:47 (UTC)

[The other was... going with it? It causes Gintoki to squint, turning his head so that he may properly side-eye the other. A blink or so as he tries to analyse just what the other was getting at...

And then...

Ah. He got up-

And was going to be an absolutely idiot...! Gintoki's initial response was to smile, though his secondary - more inherent response was to ball up his fist and clock Zura in the shoulder as he stood.]

Ah, you're getting out to help me, Zura? [Gintoki hisses, as if threatening the other if he continued with his "alert" to the entire class.]

[Katsura hardly paused in his walking, taking a few extra steps away from the other before turning back to him, hand still raised in the air. His armed stung from the quick punch, but he was too determined to gaining the attention of everyone around him to rub the ache from his muscles.]

It's not Zura. And yes, I am going to help you. You haven't been able to talk to the teacher yourself, and we only have 40 minutes of class left for you to inform them that you'll be indisposed for the rest of this week.

[And with this he turns away from Gintoki, another tentative step to the front deck of the pool area as he sucked in air to release a powerful--]

Teacher!

[The words left his mouth, hanging like a threat.]

[Wait, wait, wait! Hold up there, buckaroo! Gintoki is now grasping at whatever he can, hoping to get a solid grip on the other before he could walk away to far.

He's starting to sweat, what with the threat of getting the teacher involved. He didn't want to have to admit that he couldn't....

So he puts a heavy arm around the other's shoulders, pulling him downward a bit.]

AH ZURA.... maybe you could help me get in the water, ne? How about. We just take it slow. Perhaps if I take it slow...

[Oh, so now his tune was changing. The arm has Katsura stopped in his tracks, though his arm is still raised ever so threateningly...]

It's Katsura. And you want my help getting in the water? What about "that time of the month" and everything?

[But the other arm finally comes and crosses over his chest, and Katsura's ducked out of the other's grip to turn and face him.]

You could've just asked for my help in the first place.

[You should've just asked for his help in the first place. At least a smile is now on his face, nodding a bit to himself as if confirming something.]

[His tune may have changed, but he sure as hell doesn't stop calling the other Zura. That was impossible. So he continues to ignore the other's corrections as if Katsura simply had never said them at all.

Besides, he's still sweating the possibility of his inability to swim being outed before the class. So he swallows as the other turns and faces him with a smile.

A smile...

Gintoki is looking it over. Can he trust this smile? Zura.. Zura wouldn't let him down in this moment, right? Right??]

Ah.

Well.

I may just be able to fight that time of the month if I take it slow. My body just might be able to withstand it with some guidance. So ah. you've got an idea on how to help?

Well first, we shouldn't start at this end of the pool. [He gestured to the 8 foot watery depths that had so intimidated Gintoki.] The front of the pool is much more shallow, so you can acclimate yourself to the water.

[With this, Katsura is pushing Gintoki towards the shallow end, not giving the boy time to protest or resist. They didn't have much time of gym left for all this hesitation.

He's even kind enough to stop his pushing at the ladder that leads into the water, though Katsura himself just slides in from the edge. He looks up at his friend.]

It'll be cold, but you're body will get used to it. I'll teach you how to swim on this end. That's why you've been hesitating, isn't it?

[An his voice is low, actually trying to help keep Gintoki's secret secret?]

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