Look, in the OOC Comm! It's a bird... It's a plane... It's Henry Cavill! No, It's the monthly Clock Box Test Drive Meme!

To answer some questions we've seen sometimes: You do not need an invitation to play on the TDM, you do not need a free character slot if you're in the game, multiples are welcome, we won't get mad if you accidentally ignore something from our setting docs, and you are welcome to make threads game canon once both characters are in the game, if both players are amenable. Existing players will accumulate CP for TDM threads, but they will not count towards check-in.

AS OF OCTOBER 2016 WE HAVE A MOD INVITE SYSTEM: Players who accumulate 10 comments on the Test Drive Meme may PM the mods with proofs to receive an invitation to the game. Simply send your name and your links to the relevant threads.

Here's a list of locations that we would love to see potential applicants experimenting with! Or as always, feel free to invent your own.

Onto the prompts:

ONE: WELL THIS IS AWKWARD
Everyone has awkward, embarrassing and cringe-worthy moments and the Clock wants people to see them. Whether your character trips and falls flat on their face, spills their favourite latte from Lux et Nox down the front of their white shirt, or is taking a bubble bath with a face-mask while singing along to Celine Dion, someone walks in at just the right time to see it. Awkward.

TWO: CAMPFIRE STORIES (special location)
You walk through a cabin door and out into a forest at the dead of night. It's chilly, but there's a fire glowing in the distance. You're drawn to it, and why wouldn't you be? There's nothing cozier than a bonfire on a cold night, especially when the woods are so cold and dark. The campsite has everything you need to enjoy the night. Blankets, the makings of smores and flasks of hot chocolate and booze. What makes this campfire different than any other is that something, whether it's a wolf's howl or a cool gust of wind, will force your character to return to the fire until they've told a story and heard a story. Spookiness optional.

THREE: HAUNTED HOUSE (special location)
You walk through a door and it locks behind you. Congratulations, you've found the creepiest location in the Clock Box. It's dark. The floorboards creak and rats run across the floor. There's only one other door leading out of the house and it's up to you to find it (it's in the attic, of course). All other doors simply lead you to another area of the house. Be careful, or you might end up in the basement.

Don't expect to find Freddy or Jason at this location, but feel free to play with jumpscares and every other horror movie trope that doesn't directly involve another person. Ghouls, zombies and other creatures that go bump in the night are welcome.

FOUR: LOCKBOX
Share your thoughts?

Post a status update on the Lockbox app, Clockbox's in-game, Twitter-like network. As noted in the link it's text-only and brevity is, as some guy somewhere once said, the soul of wit, but even a short statement can still generate a lot of response!

TFLN edition: Occasionally, the Clock gets a longing to send texts on your character's behalf, directly into other character inboxes. So you've just sent a text that asks your unrequited love interest to ______ and chill and it goes to your worst enemy instead. Or maybe you're inviting them around for an invigorating horse-riding session. And... it seems like you've sent it twenty times. To total strangers. Oops.

FIVE: WILDCARD
Maybe you want to play around with the tropes, sudden superpowers, crack status effects, occasional mistletoe, or random item gifts? Maybe you want touching reunions with your canonmates or a case of mistaken identity? Maybe you just really want to set a thread in that gross room made out of flesh? The Clock can hold just about any location or offer any activity you can imagine. Try not to tear open the sky or anything, but otherwise, the sky's the limit! The ideally still intact sky.

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