consolewarriors | TEST DRIVE MEME

Hey, so you've read the info and you know the premise! It's time to have a little fun doing that test drive thing before we all plunge into that Mock Week, right? So hey, have fun! The setting of the mock trial is going to be Wild West-inspired. That sort of cheesy Wild West flavor that's got maybe a little grit to it, right? You're free to do whatever you want with the locations and amenities, since it's a TDM and all. Feel free to have some fun making things up.

And now....

PROMPTS:
A. DOWNTIME!
1. Arrival! Hey, you've just woken up in this weird Old West town with some weird glasses on your face! Maybe you should mess around with those... or maybe you should leave the room and figure out who else the heck is here. It can't just be you, right?
2. Daily life! So you're stuck in this town. There's an invisible wall around the place, and there's some creepy rules encouraging you to start murdering each other. But... maybe you should just hang out with the other people who are here? You don't wanna get your murder on right away, do you?
3. Challenge! Hey. You're playing a stupid minigame. Pick a Mario Party minigame, or some kind of dumb video game minigame that's a huge departure from the normal gameplay. You're doing that now. Have fun!
4. Investigation! I'm guessing some of you are a little more proactive than others, so you might want to do a little bit of poking around the setting! With a friend, because two heads are better than one! Have fun with that.

B. MURDER!
1. Mmmmotive! So whoever's responsible for you being here has decided you've spent a little too much time not murdering people, and they've decided to give you a little extra push! But... what is that push? Maybe your family and friends back home seem like they're being held hostage, or maybe they're going to leak your deepest secret. Or maybe it's something that doesn't really affect you at all... but it might affect someone else a little more strongly.
2. Murder! YOU'D BETTER GET READY TO DIE. Or someone in your sights had better get ready to die. It's one or the other. Probably.
3. Body discovery! The best part of waking up.... is finding a corpse of one of the other players. Maybe it's a friend, maybe it's someone you hated, maybe it's someone you barely knew. Either way, you're going to have to play amateur sleuth and try to figure out whodunnit!
4. Trial! All the evidence has been found, so it's time... to talk it out! Who did the thing? Did you do the thing? You'd better figure out, or your life may be on the line.
5. Boss fight! Well, you picked the culprit, but they're not going down without a fight. Have fun fighting the mutant, monstrous version of whoever it was!
6. Afterparty! Well, that was definitely something new and different, huh. Probably pretty traumatic for everyone involved! It's time to regroup and maybe have a little food and stare at the wall for a while.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

A-1

[Among the new arrivals to the area, there's a small elderly ape who seems quite perplexed and frustrated with the HUD now in front of his eyes.]

Okay now, who put this doohicky on me? And what is it, anyway? [He pauses for just a moment before he answers his own question with a shake of his head.] No, don't tell me... It's obvious. This is just the latest gimmick they're using to push consoles, and they need an old celebrity like me to be the model! Well I'll have no part of this, no siree! I didn't agree to this, and I want out!

[He starts to rap his cane against the HUD to knock it off, but without any actual success.]

A-2

[Reluctantly, Cranky Kong eventually settles in and puts on some Wild West-esque clothes, including a cowboy hat. He sits himself in a rocking chair on the porch of the nearby saloon, and he'll call out to anyone who passes.]

You there! Whippersnapper! Come on over here, and I'll tell you stories about the good ol' days! It'll be a lot more interesting than anything else in this confounded dump, I'll tell you that!

A-3

[It's minigame time! And in keeping with the theme, his minigame involves a wild west showdown with popguns. And Cranky himself only agrees to take part in it after someone caves to his whining and gives him a special popgun that is designed with the texture of a wooden barrel. He tapes that to the top of his cane as he prepares for it.]

Back in my day, we didn't have minigames. They were just games! They were complete as they were, and we liked it that way! Bah, kids these days... They need everything to be portable! You're lucky I'm playing along at all. But it's about time I showed you all what this old ape is still capable of!

B-3

[Cranky is part of a group to have discovered a dead body in a gruesome condition! His expression twists as he stands over the body. Sure, he's seen many a great hero face game overs over the years, but it was never this... graphic. These realistic graphics just make everything like more disgusting!

Still, just to make sure, Cranky takes a moment to prod at the dead body's shoulder with his cane, and then he calls out.]

Hey! Someone get this yahoo a 1-up, pronto!

Wildcard

[Feel free to use something for any of the other prompts either!]

[Well, he's not a penguin. Probably some weird old alien. Kokoro approaches and bows politely (is that what she's supposed to do, what even is this) before nodding.]

What sort of good old days?

He's dead, you idiot.

Heck no, old man. I get enough of that stuff from people who aren't weird mutant Pokemon.

[oh my god cranky are you having memory trouble again]

Believe-a me, Cranky, I...uh.

[...]

I'm aware.

TEST DRIVE MEME

Cranky Kong | Donkey Kong Country

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