evocate_ooc | TDM #1

TDM #1
NAVIGATION

Evocate is a teamnesia-inspired game where relationship building and strengthening already existing bonds are just as important as fighting to keep your memories and figuring out just what the heck is going on in this strange world.

Please feel free to look at the information posted already and ask questions you're curious about on the FAQ! But most importantly, have some fun with some of the things that'll become normal to you in the Domed City.

Welcome to Domed City #77, a place you'll become very familiar with as it's now where you'll live out the rest of your days while waiting for the Evocated to drain you of your memories. Sounds great, right?

A: ARRIVAL

When you open your eyes, you find yourself laying in a bright white room, reminiscent of a hospital room. In fact, as you sit up and look around, you see other beds - hospital beds. Some made neatly, others a mess, and one that has a suspicious stain on it which is probably fine.

How did you get here? Where are you? All important questions you're likely asking yourself!

As you stand up, you feel something brush against your neck. You find a necklace with a small, round pendant attached to it. Turning it over reveals that your name has been etched into the other side. It's yours! Which is why, no matter what you try, you can't remove it.

Stepping out into the hallway reveals a myriad of different signs, all guiding you towards the exit. They're cheerful, written in crayon and with cute little doodles.

Through the glass doors you go, something beeping as you do, and you step out into the street of a small city.

There may be others stepping out with you at the same time too! Weird, right?

If you were injured - or dead - in some way at the point you're being taken from, then your wounds have been healed up to 50%.

B. THE HOTEL

At one point during the day, you all end up in the hotel lobby like you've been compelled to go there. A gentle compulsion, almost apologetic.

The hotel itself is old-fashioned with modern highlights, and it appears to have been renovated and set up for you and all of your new friends to live in! Isn't that great?

Once everyone has gathered, there's a loud crack of thunder and above you, a portal opens up and spits out a young woman. She lands with a yelp and whines, rubbing her hip.

You could have WARNED me!!

A pause. She lets out a little squeak and scrambles to her feet when she sees everyone.

oh geez they didn't say you were here already H-Hi! And welcome to Domed City #77! We um, we don't call it using the numbers but I would think people would want to know them anyway!

Err, right, you probably want to know what's going on. Which is a really good question! The, er, people in charge gave me something to read to you that might answer it.

She clears her throat and takes on a more announcing tone of voice as she pulls a piece of paper from her pocket to read.

"Welcome and rejoice, little memoirs, for you have been given the honor of offering your memories to our great entity, the Evocated. We thank you for your sacrifi-" EH?!

N-Now wait just a minute, this doesn't expl—

Another crack of thunder interrupts her and the portal returns, only this time it's underneath her. Her protests turn into a scream as she falls in, then cut off as the portal closes back up and innocently disappears.

Sometime between her appearance and disappearance, two more people have appeared behind the welcome desk. They appear to be working on . . . pamphlets? The teen girl gives you a cheerful little wave, like nothing weird just happened at all.

Welcome to Hotel - umm, it doesn't have a name yet, but we're working on it! And taking suggestions!

That woman will be back soon, so give it some time and she'll have more information with her.

They seem pretty calm about it, so it must be fine!

The girl tells you that you're welcome to explore the hotel while you wait. Only the first floor is open for exploration right now, but there's plenty to see! And it does seem like it's been prepared for you, everything is clean and tidy, just as one would expect from a fancy-looking place like this.

The young man nods in agreement, then speaks up again.

You'll want to acquaint yourself with the main street too. But whatever you do, don't go further than the park up north.

< isopods >

C. EXPLORATION

So, you decided to go further than the park up north.

It's like walking into a faint mist; but the air feels stale at first, like it's been still for a long time. The wind seems to follow you, pushing the stale air away from you and it sounds -

It almost sounds like someone is breathing out, a sigh that joins the wind ruffling your clothes.

North past the park are commercial buildings and factories, a once bustling business district. The supermarket is located here, stocked and ready to accept customers! Even if there isn't anyone to check you out. Hey, how are you gonna pay for that?

East from the park the city opens up into something more rural, meadows on either side of the road with flowers slowly blooming, as though your arrival has given them life. Further ahead is a forest . . . that does not look as welcoming as the flowers are. An uneasy feeling blooms in you the closer you get. You can't see too far in, but the flowers along the road here begin to wilt, like your presence alone is killing them. The flowering district can't seem to make up its mind whether to welcome or reject you.

West, the businesses thin out until you hit a set of apartment buildings on either side of the road. Further on, you start seeing houses and condos as you enter the residential district. None of the doors are open, but maybe you'll be lucky and find a window that might be unlocked . . . ?

But be careful; you were warned away from these parts for a reason.

D. WILDCARD

If you were foolish enough to run into what lurks out there, or you simply need healing because you came in a mess, then you have two options:

- One, you can reenter the hospital and search for supplies. More than one person can enter at once, so it seems like only your first exit is solo.

- Or two, you can figure out how to open the doors behind the welcome desk in the hotel. If you look bad the girl will gasp and point you there, but - well, how do you unlock the doors? You'll have to figure it out, but the girl offering to hold your hand might be a hint.

Or maybe you simply want to do something else entirely. Feel free to come up with your own prompts!

Some quick notes:

The TDM will carry over into game canon! Only apped characters will be remembered.

Potential Sparks - for now, you arrive just like everyone else!

You still have your names . . . at least, for now. :)

Thank you so much for your interest in the game!

I'll start accepting applications on November 15, while the game is set to open up on November 28.
NAVIGATION

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[dude

dryly:]

Regardless of either of our statuses as living or deceased, is it really going to hurt your sensibilities to put some bandages on that?

[fffffffrowns.]

I will tend to it myself.

[WILL HE THOUGH??????]

[luckily, the only reasonable answer in this context is:]

Will you, though?

[ :T ]

What does it matter to you? I am no one, anymore. And there is no obligation between us.

[just let me find a nice ditch to pass out in]

Call it the normal concern a passerby would have, when faced with a man who looks like he just took on an army and got chewed up.

An apt description... But any passerby would know to avoid the attention of a slaughterer of men.

Too late now.

[a little bit amused]

So how about those bandages?

...

.......

[still trying to sound disinterested, but.]

And where would one find these bandages.

[jerks his thumb back toward the hospital building]

That’s a medical facility; stands to reason there’s some to find inside, no? I’m surprised they didn’t try to detour you towards them.

[he does not say: that building creeps me out because it's so sterile and unfamiliar and I got out of there as fast as I could. but he's definitely regarding the facility with suspicion.]

That is no house of healing I recognize.

[tilts his head a little, like a lizard or a bird]

Smelled like one. Do you want me to just check and bring them out if there are any?

[a drawn out silence, as he decides whether or not to continue entertaining this strange dragon man.]

...Do as you will.

Do me the grace of staying out here for a few minutes, then, please. I don’t really want to hunt for someone in as-yet uncharted territory.

[he does turn and head back towards the hospital]

[...

well, he'll stay put. and find somewhere to sit on the ground, with his back against the wall (it's defensible that way).

eventually he will start murmuring at the empty air.]

Can you not let me rest now? Why... why am I still unwelcome in your company?

[you're having a day, buddy

Albert does make quick work of searching through the limited accessible areas of the hospital, and eventually wanders back outside with a filched metal tray of bandages and disinfectant, enough to at least crudely patch someone up, though he's no doctor. he does sigh in relief when he comes back out and Dmitri is still there]

Ah, good. Come, get that armor off, you can put it back on once we've got something between it and your injuries.

[he turns his attention back to the dragon man when he returns, eyeing the tray of supplies. then the suggestion to take his armour off is voiced, and he immediately bristles - hunching in on himself like a wounded feral animal. distrustful, defensive.]

No. You will give me the bandages and I will tend to my wounds alone.

[he gets another of those long, faintly birdlike stares, then Albert just huffs gently and sets the tray down near him, stepping back]

All right, all right. I suppose if you're meeting my sensibilities by treating yourself at all, I must meet yours.

[stares. he regards the tray with a look of suspicion, as though somehow this might be a trap, then glances back up to dragon man. then back down.

like a mangy street cat, the wounded man snatches the supplies off the tray and staggers back, still clearly in pain. there's a flicker of something in his face that betrays a fleeting thought: maybe he should say thank you.]

...

[should he push it...? he considers it, but -- no. he does know a wounded man (in more ways than one) when he sees him.

just inclines his head politely, almost a bow]

I'll see you later, then. Don't get yourself chewed up more than you already have, hm?

[.......thank him?

thank him????

he seems like... he might be... a decent man. so...]

Do not seek me out. There is no point in speaking with me again.

[SIR]

I have been told that I have the tendency of a cat to seek out what should not be sought out. So, I definitely will see you later.

[ >:T i'm trying to do you a solid by never associating with you again??? but fine if you're gonna be like that about it]

Then do as you will, if you have such time to waste.

[what can he say, he likes dodgy blonds. it's a weakness]

You might say that, having been dragged from my usual run of business, I've got nothing but time to spare.

[huffs. yeah he's got a point. what else is there to do around here. damn.

he eyes the man a bit longer. trying - and failing - to figure out a possible angle. then, he turns and slinks away.

there was no point in learning his name.]

[watches him go for a bit, then turns and makes his own way into the city

THEY'LL CIRCLE BACK ON INTRODUCTIONS!]

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brokenboar - 2025-11-06 03:14 (UTC) - Expand

	oh geez they didn't say you were here already H-Hi! And welcome to Domed City #77! We um, we don't call it using the numbers but I would think people would want to know them anyway!
	Err, right, you probably want to know what's going on. Which is a really good question! The, er, people in charge gave me something to read to you that might answer it.