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TEST DRIVE MEME

Whet your whistle, try out the setting, and see who you want to bring to the party!
IT'S A MINOR BLIP IN TIME
Maybe you were showering, or sleeping, having breakfast. You might have been participating in your morning commute or fighting off a horde of zombies.

Whatever you were in the middle of, a strange sensation of disconnection comes over you, as though you're watching your life on screen, a passive audience to the proceedings. It's almost like, well, being sucked down the drain like every adolescent nightmare, the feeling of disconnection replaced quickly with a pain so deep, it's as though every atom of your being is pressed too closely together, and your vision goes dark. Then, just as quickly as the pain came over it, it's gone, reality snapping back into place like a stretched rubber band.

WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY

When your eyes adjust, you find yourself in a slightly spartan room, standing on a platform that seems to be made of glass or some sort of crystal. Energy currents in blues and greens swirl within it, dizzying and hypnotizing if stared at for too long. You're shocked from the vision by a cheery, bubbly voice that belongs to a petite brunette grinning at you from the base of the steps that lead down from the platform. She apologizes for any inconvenience you may have been caused, and hands you a small package, explaining that inside you'll find a phone, a directory of locations within the complex you've arrived in, a charge card with a balance of $500, and a key to a room in the dormitories which can be reached by following the green line on your directory.

She apologizes again for how confusing this must all be, but assures you that everything will make sense soon!

THOSE SEXY PROMPTS

01 ARRIVAL
After receiving your mysterious package from the happy girl who identifies herself as Airy, she suggests you head out and explore! You find out pretty quickly, or have a lot of trouble figuring out, that you're in a vast underground complex that consists of a lot of areas the directory says are "RESTRICTED". Places you can access are listed as "Forest", "Rec Room", "Cafeteria", and "Dormitories".

02 FOREST
Down a hallway across from a RESTRICTED area, a vast room filled with a living, breathing, underground forest can be found. Here, deep underground, the sun shines, a small creek flows, birds sing, and one could really believe they were outside. There's even a pleasant breeze! Weird, right?

03 REC ROOM
On the opposite side of the complex, near the dormitories, one will find another vast room labeled "REC ROOM". Inside, there is a seating area with basic refreshments (water, sports drinks), board games, a more relaxed seating area with sofas and places to read, a separate room that contains exercise equipment, another with an indoor pool, and a small basketball court. In a separate game room, there are arcade machines, an air hockey table, pool table, and ping pong table.

04 CAFETERIA
Across the main hall from the REC ROOM, one will find the double doors leading to the CAFETERIA. Outside, on a easel chalkboard, can be found the menu items available for the meal currently being served. Inside, several dozen tables and chairs take up most of the floor, and the din of conversation is comparable to a high school cafeteria. The older gentleman in the kitchen will come to the counter when approached to see which of the selection you'd like. We'd really recommend sticking to the offered selection.

05 DORMITORIES
Situated in a wing complex near the REC ROOM and the CAFETERIA is the DORMITORY wing. Rooms are solo and very small, ten to a hallway, and contain a single bed, a small dresser with mirror, and a small standing closet. Each hall has a common room at the end with seating and a five shelf bookcase, off of which are male and female bathrooms with showers, and a laundry room with four washers and four dryers.

06 WILDCARD
Start your own prompt! See what that phone can do, facilitate random encounters in any of the unrestricted areas! Go wild! Literally!

( DIRECTORY )

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

02 FOREST

Okay... not what I was expecting.

[Hanna steps into the forest pushing some of the brush from her path. She walks in a short circle only to pause facing the doorway. It looks like a regular metal door and yet she can't see the ceiling.]

Last time I checked, you can't have forests inside.

[She looks up and tries to see if she can spot the ceiling behind the thick branches and leaves.]

03 REC ROOM

They don't skimp in this place do they?

[Hanna can be found inspecting the Rec Room with a curious eye. She appears to have a comment for each area as if the filter between her brain and mouth is non existent. Her eyes land on the large swimming pool and she whistles.]

Em would really like it here.

[With the thought spoken she moves on. She pulls two phones from her purse and begins messing with them. Hanna grows increasingly frustrated before shoving them both into her purse.]

Damn it, still no signal.

04 CAFETERIA

So we don't have to pay for food? [She purses her lips and raises her eyebrows.] Sweet.

[Hanna reads over the menu and as she gets to the bottom she mumbles.]

I'm going to get fat again.

05 WILDCARD

[ooc: Feel free to run into her wandering around. She's sort of nosy so she might try to poke her nose into a restricted section.]

[Caleb was pretty good at just fitting in. Well, maybe not fitting in per say, but becoming a part of the background. The people milling about and going from one area to another in the complex seemed to just ignore him for the most part, at least, and he liked that just fine.

What he didn't like was the complete lack of connection in the place. It made sense, given how far they were underground, but that didn't make it suck any less. Oh, and they hadn't even provided him with a data cable for the phone they'd forced on him. This was going to take some work.

He'd setup at a table in the cafeteria near the far wall, so he could keep an eye on the doors leading into the room, which was why he saw Hanna when she walked in. A thrill moved through him when he saw that bouncing blond hair and he just kept watching. She'd notice him eventually, and he didn't exactly want to shout across the cafeteria.]

[Caleb's right about one thing; Hanna will definitely spot him. When her eyes met his a wide happy smile spreads over her lips. She runs through the cafeteria and weaves around people and tables until she reaches Caleb.]

Caleb.

[She throws her arms around him feeling the knot in her stomach begin to loosen.]

I'm so glad you're here.

[On reflex, when she throws her arms around him, he returns the favor, pressing his lips to hers briefly. He's...more than really happy to know she's here with him. He's spent most of his life figuring it all out on his own, but over the last year, he's come to rely on her...just being there.]

Hanna. [He smiles.] Yeah, me too.

[Hanna eagerly kisses him back before pulling away to take a seat next at his side. She isn't planning to wander very far from Caleb any time soon. She doesn't like feeling alone and trapped in this weird place.

She nods towards his computer as she places her purse next to it on the table.]

You came well equipped. What are you doing?

Trying to figure out how to get into this.

[Caleb gives the phone they were given a wave.]

See, it's connected to some sort of network, but there's no wireless I can get connected to here. [He taps his laptop.] I figure, if I can get my laptop to talk to it, I'm in.

[He adjusts the way he's sitting so he can keep working and put an arm around her shoulder at the same time. It's a move he's practiced a lot at this point.]

[Hanna snuggles up close to his side and peers at his computer.]

Getting anywhere with that? Not having google is going to suck.

Not...yet, no. [He smiles sheepishly.] Honestly, I've never seen anything like this. Something's blocking the signal.

Why don't we just ask what it is?

[She glances around the cafeteria as if the answer might be hidden in the crowd.]

Maybe it's like a wiki code or something...

[He blinks slightly in confusion.]

You mean wifi? [He smiles, shaking his head.] It's not that simple, Hanna. A wifi password I could handle.

[Hanna looks over at him.]

That's what I said.

[She frowns.]

What's so complicated about it?

[He doesn't comment, but instead just moves on.]

That's just it. There's nothing wrong with it. It should work, but it doesn't. It's not scrambled. If it was, I'd know.

So maybe it isn't scrambled? Maybe we're so far from civilization that it doesn't even get her.

[She sounds annoyed.]

[He shakes his head.]

I don't think it's that simple. There are a lot of lights and other pretty intensive equipment around here, Hanna. Do you hear any generators?

I do not.

[She's so used to having power and basic things that she hasn't noticed.]

The AC is quite too... where is this place?

[He nods, looking over to her. She's following his point. That's good.]

Yeah. I don't think it has to work very hard. With this many bodies that can only mean one thing: we're really deep underground.

[Hanna frowns.]

Okay but what does that mean? This doesn't really make a lot of sense Caleb, not to mention that strange way we got down here? Or why?

[She wants to think of theories or ideas but as far as she knows Caleb doesn't know about A.]

[He shrugs, taking a breath.]

I didn't say it made any sense, Hanna. I'm just working with what I've got.

[Hanna frowns and begins to play with the phone that they gave her.]

I don't see why I can't just use my phone but it doesn't get a signal here. Can't even call. How do these work anyway?

[She wiggles the gifted phone at Caleb. She really is used to going to him for answers.]

That [He taps his own phone.]

Is exactly what I'm trying to figure out.

[Hanna groans in frustration and tosses her phone on the table.]

How long will it take?

[What if she gets a message from A? What if her friends need her or are hurt? She can't sit around and just let that happen.]

[He shakes his head.]

I don't know, Hanna. I've never dealt with anything like this before.

[A frustrated sigh falls from her lips as she snatches the new phone up and slips it into her purse.]

I might just have a look around them. I'm sure to come across something that might give us more clues.

[He looks up to her, his jaw setting with determination, and he slips the phone into his coat pocket, closing his laptop as he does so and sliding it into his bag.]

Okay. I'm coming with you.

Oh come on Caleb. I think I can handle this myself.

[She smiles at him and quickly gives him a kiss. When he puts away his laptop she assumes that he'll come with her no matter what she says.]

I thought you were going to hack the system.

[Hanna's voice lowers to a whisper while a somewhat devious smile touches her lips.]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Hanna Marin | Pretty Little Liars

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