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Test Drive 006

WELCOME TO ATERAT

Here is our Fifth Test Drive Meme! There are a lot of areas of the city to explore, so please have a look around! In case you need a little help getting started, I've included a few prompts below, or feel free to start your own! Exploration and player initiative are the names of the game here!

Helpful Links to Get Started

Arrival & General Information | Setting & Bestiary | Locales & Businesses | Residences & Housing Info | Rules & FAQ (ask questions here!)

I. Crash Into Me

Not exactly, but close enough. You have just arrived and received a strange satchel from a tiny, strange little man and are left more or less to your own devices (more information on what to expect upon arrival can be found here)! Follow directions to the north and check out the housing, or maybe have a look around the Historium and try to get some information from that giant glowing ball, see what you can waste your meager starter coin on in the Market District, or maybe just meet the neighbors.

II. What Goes Bump in the Night

It looks like Aterat proper has a spirit problem. Maybe you're seeing specters, hearing disembodied voices, your windows rattle when there's no breeze outside. Maybe there are cold spots in your place of business (or your apartment, which is so much worse). Either way, you're 100% convinced you're haunted. Hopefully, someone else believes you, or maybe you're used to feeling crazy.

III. When the Carnival Came to Town?

Take a look at the prompts from our latest event and go to town (or the carnival).

IV. Try the Network

The Tell-Phone allows for text, video, and audio transmissions to everyone else who has one. Give it a whirl!

V. Wildcard

The above prompts are all options, and there's much more to the setting than what they provide. Do your best (or your worst)!

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"Because I'm a hero," Zack said, smiling. Because he had been. He saved Cloud. That was true heroism.

"Or maybe I saved you during a mission?"

This had him spluttering. Zack was grown and England had no doubt there was a fan club and plenty of girls chasing after him. But he sounded so like America and it just hit him.

"A hero?" came out finally after trying to form a coherent sentence for a moment or five. And then he indignantly shook his head. "Bloody hero indeed. No you most certainly didn't save me. Do you not remember who I am?"

Something felt off and he had to try and piece it together although Arthur's mind was racing.

"Yeah, a hero," Zack answered, arms crossed over his chest as he frowned seriously at the kid. "And I don't know who you are."

Why was this such a big problem?

England put a hand to his lapel where the yellow rose was as he took in the full measure of Zack. He certainly stood tall and looked almost offended at what he said. Maybe the lad had become a hero and somehow he'd missed it.

And so after a few moments, he removed his hand and shook his head.

"My apologies then. I am Arthur Kirkland. I met you in a world called Somarium, but you were rather young back then. We had fought back to back on a bridge when monsters had invaded, and you came to my house for dinner and met..."

This pained him to remember but he had to press on and glanced briefly at the pin before looking back at the lad. "You met my fiancee' Emma. There were more than a few times you came to visit us for tea." The two nations just treated him as the kid that he was and Zack and Belgium had gotten along rather swimmingly.

He waited for a moment and his green eyes looked right into the man's before him. "Do you perhaps recall any of that?" Or had this place and the years taken them from him?

Well that's a lot to hear, but none of it rings a bell. To the point where he wants to see if the guy has a fever because that all sounds impossible.

"Are you sure you're not sick or something? I mean, I've never heard of that place, and while I fight monsters, sometimes on bridges, I've never stood with someone during that stuff."

Well that was that then he supposed since Zack went and asked a question like that. So England sighed and shook his head as he was definitely reminded of America.

"I assure you that I am not ill by any means. But as I've said you were quite young and perhaps it's due to time or this place that have taken your memories away."

Or it was due to leaving Somarium even though he himself retained his memories of that world which was odd. That thought made him wonder if Belgium showed up if she'd recall all that they shared. But then he decided that if that happened, it was best that she didn't recall as Zack wasn't.

"And if that is the case, then I'm afraid I muse apologise for taking up so much of your time." Even if it had been a pleasure on his part to see Zack again, and all grown up. That reminded him of the time he went to go see America after some time. The nation had surprisingly grown quite tall in his absence.

"Uh, yeah," he said, frowning as the guy seemed so ready to go. "Sorry, man. I really don't know. I mean, I've got holes in my memory."

But most fo that he was certain was from Hojo's... 'attentions'.

England put on something of a smile he didn't feel but that was pretty much like he tried to do back home at times when he didn't want anyone to see the sadness beneath it. Shaking his blonde head, he didn't want Zack to feel badly.

"It's not your fault so don't blame yourself. But it was a pleasure to see you again all grown up as you are now, so do take care."

Even if he was more than sure this tall rugged man could do just that.

"Alright," Zack said, frowning. Apparently he was being dismissed.

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