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The Quiet Place Mods ([personal profile] bequiet) wrote in [community profile] quietplacememes2018-04-01 07:45 pm
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TDM #004



TEST DRIVE MEME

You wake, standing. A thick, muddy red dust coats your skin and clothes - it sticks to your tongue and blocks your vision. Inhale and it chokes you, exhale and your breath puffs out in front of your face in a transparent maroon cloud. It tastes of copper, tangy and harsh. Movement is difficult, every limb tingles and aches. Look to your left, your right. Evenly spaced in each direction stands another person indistinguishable in every way from the next. You're disoriented and lethargic, unable to grasp onto a single thought. A pinprick of light blooms ahead and grows steadily larger; a door has opened.

Hands grip your wrists, push at the small of your back and guide you out of the darkness into a room with four walls and a thin, sagging ceiling. The plaster is peeling, the air is musty, and the floor is slick. White plastic piping juts up from the center and curves into multiple spouts, clean water flowing in uneven streams. Those hands pull your clothes off and clear the dust from your body, redress you in handsewn jumpsuits.

A finger is pressed to your lips. Kind eyes meet your own and a single word is whispered - hush.

Led out of the room in a line, you’re taken down a short hallway and into another, much larger room. There’s a woman waiting for you there, a child hugging her leg, and a cloth bag in her hands. She reaches in and pulls out a device, passes one to each of you. Once finished, she begins to move both hands in graceful gestures, a language. One of the people who helped you lifts their device and the screen lights up, tracks the woman’s hands. Letters appear on the screen and you understand the device’s purpose. She tells you what she knows and it’s not much.

This world is haunted. Noise attracts them, so it is not allowed. Communication is through body language, soundless writing, and the device. She tells you that your feet must be light and your mouth never used. There is a community outside these doors, where you can survive together, but only if you agree to one thing: complete and total silence. You'll have time to talk it over. Acceptance allows you to journey outside. The ground is marked in pathways of sand, lining the paths to each building and everywhere in between. You notice that the locals hold their devices always, aloft and glance to it often. It will not vibrate or make a sound to signal a message.

Notices appear. The bulletin board feed lights up so you can read about the history. Rules. Guidelines. Feet on the sand and never anywhere else. To open a door you brush your fingers along the hinges - oiled and you may enter. If not, take the brush from the can sitting nearby and coat the metal with the dark liquid. You're to settle into your new home.

Take a peep
Content Warnings: Possible animal-thing death
Themes: Slice of life, it's like gremlins... kinda

On the first of April, small piles of dust with brightly colored eggs at the center will spring up over night. After a few hours the eggs will begin to hatch and out will come the smallest and brightest bunny-like creatures (the only notable differences from regular bunnies are the colors, size, and that they make no noise). They're friendly and immediately attach themselves (bond) to the first person to pick them up. One of the natives calls them "peeps" because they don't make a sound. All with unique personalities, the creatures can be found nibbling on the dust and needing no other form of food, and will shy away from any and all water sources.

If, however, any of them get wet - there will be a sudden and brief rain shower at noon - the creatures fur will turn black and they will begin attacking the others that didn't get wet. Stopping them is key, and the black creatures will either dash away from the community if given the chance or will need to be stopped.

OOC: All characters can keep a Peep! Any color! They are palm-sized and never grow larger than an adult hand.

OOC
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NAVIGATION



beyourzoomer: (wide eyed)

Bunnies

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-02 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Max has already scooped up a little blue creature - that sure as hell looks like a rabbit, and she's stroking its fur gently as it cuddles up beneath her chin contently. She's made it a few steps when she spots his familiar face and her eyes grow wide as she moves quickly on the sandpath, waving at him. He'd only disappeared a couple weeks before.]
trashthetrashmouth: (stop trying to get us all killed)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-02 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Richie catches her approach from the corner of his eye. Boggled, he looks over his shoulder to see who she could be waving at. It's not him, is it?

Apparently it is. He just stares at her while he tries to figure out what she might want.]
beyourzoomer: (hesitant smile)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-02 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Annnnnd she can tell by the look on his face that he has no idea who she is. Which means he doesn't remember being here before. Figures. Still. He was a friend whether he remembered it or not. She pulls out her device and types a quick message.]

Hey. I'm Max.
trashthetrashmouth: (you went to the library? on purpose?)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-02 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Richie stares at her for a few moments before shifting the bunny to one hand and pulling his device thing out to read her message.

He guesses he should introduce himself or something. He places the bunny back on the ground and begins typing out his reply. Slowly. He is very much not used to this keypad.]


Hi I'm Richie
beyourzoomer: (paying attention)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-02 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Yep. She knows. She doesn't want to freak him out by telling him she knows. Especially when they're out in the open and not somewhere soundproof.]

Did you just get here?

[He has that almost dazed kind of what the fuck is going on look on his face.]
trashthetrashmouth: (glasses again)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-02 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[She's acting awfully familiar for a stranger. Hmm.]

Yeah, like yesterday
beyourzoomer: (uncertainty)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-02 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[She's...one hundred percent going to let Eddie explain this shit to him. She's not convinced he'd believe any of it coming from her.]

Right, okay, so you already have a place to stay then?

[...no, she's bad at this. Really really bad at this.]

do the names Eddie and Bev ring any bells for you?
trashthetrashmouth: (way way worse)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-02 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, those people gave me a room in some house

[He looks up at her, clearly confused, and resumes typing.]

How did you know I know Eddie and Bev?
beyourzoomer: (uh well...)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-02 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods at that, not surprised by the first bit of information...or by the fact that he's asking more questions. Welp.]

Well, they live in the same house as me and your name's come up quite a bit.
trashthetrashmouth: (fucking bottle)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-02 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fuck, how much smack has Eddie been talking about him? He wouldn't assume Bev has an axe to grind. It's all Eddie on this one.

He glances up at her with a frown. He's taken her explanation as a bad thing.]


Fucking swell. What has that asshole led you to believe?
beyourzoomer: (arched eyebrows)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-03 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Max's eyebrows arch at that and she gives him a confused look before typing back another message.]

Oh you know. The usual. That you shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
Edited (ffs I will get that lyric right one day) 2018-04-03 00:29 (UTC)
trashthetrashmouth: (cringe)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-04 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Like I shot the sheriff but didn't shoot no deputy? Are you serious? He's that lame?

[Sure, it's probably all her, but he just has to make sure.]
beyourzoomer: (trying not to laugh)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-04 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's all she can do not to laugh at Richie's confusion.]

He didn't say anything bad, relax. I can take you to him if you want.
trashthetrashmouth: (i'll show you a staff infection)

[personal profile] trashthetrashmouth 2018-04-04 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Richie smiles enthusiastically.]

Fuck yes! Where is he?
beyourzoomer: (entertained smile)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-04-04 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Back at the house. Come on. I'll take you to him.