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testdrive meme.

1. First Day At Falner
You have just arrived at Falner Estate, a sprawling, beautiful, 400-hectare co-located space between Britain, Germany, and the Philippines, and the main base of Netsach. The flora and fauna in the area gives both a sense of familiarity as it looks at first glance like things you’ll find on Earth, and a weird sense of otherworldliness. Given the size of the place, the Estate is less of a compound and more like a town unto itself. The older buildings within the estate are gothic in their construction, and clear throwbacks to 19th Century Europe. The newer facilities, however, sport cutting edge contemporary designs that were clearly inspired by Fourth World architecture and technology.

If you want a better idea on what can be found on the estate, you can refer to this link.

2. A Day On The Job
You are pushing papers at Methuselah, doing research at the Arcanum, or going out on patrol -- whatever it is that you're doing, it's just another day for you as a Hunter of the Vigil.

3. Let's Head Down to Haven
Find yourself itching for a night out on the town? Why not head over to Haven, the classy nightclub that looks like a large, monolithic black building with no visible windows from the outside and the name of the club emblazoned in bold, white letters on one side.

Haven is located in Makati City, and is open to the public (especially the local supernatural community), but you might want to prepare yourself to wait in line for a very, very long time – unless you’re a Hunter, of course.

Falner’s Maenad Division holds office on top of Haven, as does Ordo Daywalker. Some of Haven’s staff also live above the night club.

4. The Awakening
Want to tag out your character's origin story? Set the stage and let's see where things go.

5. Choose Your Own Adventure
If none of the suggested premises hit the mark, feel free to set things up and let's do a tag round.

Instructions for the Testdrive:
1. Specify your chosen scenario number on the subject line.
2. Should you wish to tag with a specific character already established within Waking the Dead, indicate who. The current list of available NPCs can be found over here.

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Friedrich decides that he might as well head on over to one of the training halls. It wouldn't do to not practice swordplay, and besides, perhaps a spot of exercise might energize him enough to finish the rest of tomorrow's pleadings today.

He changes into one of the hall's standard training uniforms, and picks a generic broadsword from the ones hanging on the weapon racks. He tests its heft and balance (acceptable), then selects one of the haptic hologram swarm attack modes. He then goes and leans against a wall, broadsword lowered and at his side, seemingly relaxed.

When the holograms attack, Friedrich casually gets off of the wall and... defends. It is literally all he does. This, for him, is aerobics, his way of honing his body to last as long as it can in battle. In any case, none of the attackers seem to be making any headway, and Friedrich is content with merely moving in a holding pattern. This lasts for a good hour or so.

During this time, he was watching a group of operatives (blademates, his mind supplies) train on the other side of the hall. He decides to compile a mental checklist of everything they are doing right, and everything they are doing wrong.

As his stamina begins to flag, he decides to go on the offensive. A minute later, ten holograms lay in pieces at his feet, and he walks over to the man who is seated on the sidelines of his blade, doing some reading.

"Guten Morgen, herr Jäger. Your blademates, they are training hard, ja?"

When he hears the man addressing him, he actually came close to jerking in shock due to how absorbed he was in his reading. But thankfully, he looks up to regard him with one raised eyebrow and a look of mild surprise.

"Uh, si. They are."

He replies while as he glances just in time to see Will stumble face first on the mat after being tripped by Sipho. Emily, meanwhile, had slipped through Lazare's guard before moving to deliver a swipe with a partially shifted hand. The Alchemist, though, managed to duck under the blow, before forcing her back with a swing from one of his tonfa.

"I'm guessing you were watching them train for a while, señor?"

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