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TDM #3
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TEST DRIVE #3
So it's your first day at your new job! Welcome to the Jorgmund Family™! It's time to settle into your new workplace on the Piper 90 rig, the coziest place of employment this side of the Livable Zone. A leader in its industry, Jorgmund is excited to have you join them in enthusiastically envisioneering team-driven paradigms.
The Piper 90 rig's mission is not only an impressive undertaking in terms of impactful customer-oriented deliverables, it's providing a vital backbone to the Livable Zone by creating a safe region for citizens to live, work, and play. Jorgmund's "outside the box" thinking means they understand the importance of wisely investing in their human capital - you! You'll soon find that you'll take pride in this vital work - and the benefits can't be beat.
Rest assured, Jorgmund's multidisciplinary approach to our world's period of recovery means we know how to keep it real when facing this opportunity for restructuring and growth. Jorgmund: Even if most of the world has gone away, we can make a world of difference!
Synergy!
USEFUL LINKS
It is recommended you check out the following links first for info on the rig, rig conditions, game mechanics, and the intro and slideshow your characters would have to endure that takes place chronologically before the Test Drive Meme:
SCENARIO
It's been a bumpy and cold ride, accompanied by questionable music such as midi remixes of Mmmbop, We Built This City on a trombone, an a capella version of all of Brahm's symphonies, and a 21 kazoo chorus to cover The White Album. And, of course, every fifteen minutes the music's interrupted so an excited intern can tell you about the glorious mission and opportunities of JORGMUND, where you're all family.
Looking at the guy using up everyone's vomit bags, that's a questionably desirable family you got there.
But the mission briefing is, at least, clear. It seems that, after Disney learned that there might be a war, it built a new park far away from any possible targets: the frozen north pole. That's right, Disney pulled an eminent domain on Santa Claus to build a massive, sprawling theme park, even importing a mountain from Europe to provide a decent landmark. Disneyland Arctic is now the only active Disney park in the world, run by the tattered remnants of the once mighty mega-corporation. But, somehow, it still draws massive crowds, despite not quite being in the Livable Zone.
It seems that Disney's so far refused to allow Jorgmund to operate in their territory, for fear of ruining the 'magic'. Technically, Jorgmund's forces, the New Hires that is, aren't even allowed in the park. They're banned. Which is why it's all newer employees on this trip: Disney might not have identified them yet.
That said, all of their power is now spent on the park, a massive, city-sized complex with nearly every environment imaginable included, full of cartoonish buildings and costumed people, many of whom don't even work there yet! That's right, some people still pay to come to enjoy the warped nostalgia of Walt's empire. But many of them don't survive the trip to or from this isolated wonderland, so exports are... rare.
And this comes to their mission. Jorgmund wants Merchandise. And lots of it. A few loads of genuine memorabilia will, once it's been sold off to the right people, fund the corporation's operations for a good, long while. After all, who doesn't want to be the person who eats the very last Redd Rockett's Pizza? Or have the only surviving complete set of Star Wars action figures? Or one of the few people to be able to jam to the forgotten tunes of Halyx?
However, there's something more for the New Hires to do. Not everyone there is happy in the Happiest Land on Earth. And Jorgmund can't ignore the plight of the people if so much attention is called to it. They'll grit their teeth, but not even the upper levels of management will refuse if some people find themselves freed from the shackles of the mouse.
PROMPTS
a) IF THE SHOE FITS
The wailing and moans of agony filling the air are probably warning enough about the horrors the New Hires are about to see. Forced into a line by armored soldiers wielding pole-arms, a raggedy group of wastelanders are shivering in the cold. Kept in line with brutal shoves and harsh words, they're in no shape to put up a resistance. Some of them show signs of already having done so, and judging by the way they flinch away or glare sullenly at the oddly mincing guards, they've learned their lessons.
The chamber they're being led to is dark, lit by flames, and smells like a charnel pit. There are reasons for that. There's only one size of shoe left in the Happiest Place On Earth, and a glass slipper is being used to see if they truly fit or not. Any foot that doesn't fit within the slipper gets... trimmed.
Jorgmund would want the shoes. They'd want the glass slipper itself. They'd have no use for the Wastelanders, but with the eyes of the Livable Zone on them, they can't just abandon the people.
b) THE GREAT WHITE HUNTERS
Once upon a time, a vain queen discovered that she wasn't the most beautiful of all. In response, she ordered her greatest huntsmen to bring her the heart of the fourteen year old girl who outshone her. It's an old tale, with many echoes, even today. The park has many shadows, and within them lurk the hunters. They search for beautiful men and women, to claim their hearts for their ravenous queen, who feasts in one of the many halls on a diet of muscle marinaded in fear and adrenaline.
There are cups Jorgmund would like. Cutlery. Themed plates. A reward is what they've promised for the gathering of them. But the easiest way is probably to follow a Huntsman as he delivers his prize, clasped in an Elsa-themed cooler.
c) THE RED RIDERS
Wolves can be seen in the wilderness, but they're not the true dangers. The dangers are the little old ladies who are oddly hairy, have such great fangs, and such large ears. No one sensible would be fooled, but children desperate for love? Any sign of hearth and home? Desperation has an odd way of filtering reality, and the wolves in Grandmother's nightgown are very good at finding feasts.
Especially with no Huntsmen about to bring out the happy ending.
Some of the wolves will call out to adults. Not all of them are capable of seeing things as they are either, after all.
d) HERO OF HEROES
An enraged roar. A man with a bristling beard, shining red eyes, bulging muscles, and glistening thews hurls a pillar into a crowd, screaming his defiance of the world in ancient Greek, nearly unintelligible in his rage. Heracles brings no pride to Hera today, not lost in a berserk rage, poisoned by hatred. Around his shoulders, and over his head, is draped a lion's skin, impenetrable by claw or blade or bullet. Lost in his fury, Heracles recognizes no friend, no ally, no neutral party. And, weakened as the transition has made many of the people who enter the Gone Away World, none live who can stand against the prince of power. The tactics beloved by Athena, misdirection, wisdom, deception, will be the only way to survive an encounter with the maddened godling.
Behind him are many offerings, accepted in calmer, saner moments, when he isn't maddened by pain and loss. Action figures, posters, clothing-he's made his shrine out of a gift shop and once accepted other such offerings. Jorgmund wants them. They sell for top dollar on the Livable Zone's markets.
e) RICHES TO RAGS
It had to happen. One of Jorgmund's other New Hires, a nervous, mousy looking man is confronted by a casual looking man in red, leaning casually on a sword and eating an apple. "You know how this goes, wageslave. Drop your goods, leave your riches behind, and return to your masters. Tell them that other people are needier than this." He smiles winningly.
The mousy man sputters, drops his sack, and pulls a gun, only to drop on the spot as an arrow suddenly skewers his head. The man in red clicks his tongue and drags the sack closer to him with his sword, before glancing up and smiling. "Greetings! Oh, I hope you didn't know him. If you did, it's a pity, but you'll get the same terms from Will Scarlet. You are surrounded, my gentle people, by my oh, so fair cousin, Robin and his very merry men." He smiles, twirling his mustache, then sketches a bow. "Surrender your goods, gentle people, or have them surrendered for you."
f) AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT
Good workers aren't easy to come by! Especially in an area with as much stress as Disneyland! But that's fine, Disney's management figured out the solution long ago. Whenever they need more people, they simply grab someone and drag them into one of the many doors that aren't doors in the vast amusement park. Inside, there's invariably a chair and a set of monitors. The chair straps the victim down and, from there, patches are applied and a special, Very Magical helmet is dropped over their heads.
Strains of "It's a Small World" can be heard from the helmets.
They'll scream. Oh, they always scream. But only for a while. When the helmet comes off, they're no longer street trash or a lonely tourist. Now they're one of the few, the proud, the people who keep the park running! And for the special folks who have just the right looks, they become Characters. Ariel, Mulan, Gaston, Peter Pan, Luke Skywalker, they're always popular sights. They'll be worked even harder than the rest, but the Characters know better than to object! After all, it's such an honor to represent Disney!
The New Hires can either save Wastelanders waiting in line to be brainwashed, or might need saving from other New Hires themselves. If a New Hires is successfully brainwashed another can possibly save them. It takes some time for the brainwashing to "set." New Hires can save others by using one of several methods: using an emotional connection between the two characters, reminding the character of their past or usual personality, or - if they don't know them - using lots of Disney unfriendly language until the brainwashing shorts out.
g) NIGHT ON SPACE MOUNTAIN
The looming mountain shudders, and the castle on top cracks. Bulges. A dark and terrible being shatters his chains within the castle's heart flexes his black wings, baleful eyes glowing in the night. He stretches his arms out and the shadows come alive. The horrors come from those shadows. Imps. Bats. Vultures. Ghosts. Goblins. Demons. Death himself rides the night, swinging his scythe to and fro, and silent witches ride nightmares through the murky sky.
The Dark God underneath Disney's pride and joy lives. Finally, the world has become corrupt enough to allow him to live, to breathe, to bring fresh horrors to the world and ensnare the souls of mankind He pays little mind to the tiny people underneath, content to torment those directly around him, to create life from the fires of the volcano and then twist and torment them before ending them in the very flames they'd been birthed from.
It's only a matter of time before Chernabog bores of this play and turns his attention to the park, or beyond. But a hurried communication, a man calling himself K, says that he can be contained again. The stories that had trapped Chernabog before have been corrupted by corporate greed and twisted by the media mentality, but there's still a way. Somewhere in the ruins of the castle, maybe even scattered about the park itself, are clear crystals. They need new stories, ones that haven't been tainted by Disney's touch. With a new generation of fables and tales, Chernabog will be imprisoned again, at least for a while. So get to work and save the day already!
h) WILDCARD
I mean, it's Disneyland. There's always something to do. And, true to Disney's approach in the past to these kinds of of things, the park's open throughout the entire crisis and even directly afterwards.
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"Probably not," Cammie sighs, throwing her head back with a groan. "Ach, I miss ma Holon... this'd be a lot easier if I could just skate in and wreck this whole place."
She casts an eye over the area, looks back at the queue of victims waiting outside the door. Frowns.
"We could probably get in by pretendin' to be one of the people they want, but once we're inside we'd have the same problems with fightin'. Don't think I could overpower any of them to get at the controls."
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She does want to save those that are already in, of course, but not only it's scary, it's difficult to solve for the moment.
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Cammie pulls a thinking face.
"Aye, maybe... cause enough of a disruption and they might be able to make a break for it before the guards can grab 'em again."
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A holographic ray comes out of her brooch as she removes it and points it in front of her, hard light solidifying into the image of a labrador dog.
"Brown?"
The dog barks in acknowledgment.
"Good boy!"
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"Oh your dog's a hologram," Cammie says. She did wonder when she first mentioned a dog, considering she didn't see one just hanging around.
Damn. Now she misses Nugget.
"Yeah, that'll probably do it. Don't think they're gonna be likely to expect a random dog to start runnin' about or something."
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She smiles, then points towards the room where they are brainwashing people.
"Go, Brown!"
The dog runs inside, barking loudly, effectively catching those inside off guard.
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Cammie would usually ask what on earth that means, but there's not really time for that once Brown is off doing his thing.
No time to waste. As soon as the commotion of a random dog running in kicks off, Cammie ducks out from hiding and starts waving the people in the queue away whilst the guards are distracted.
"Oi, go on, scram!"
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