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Test Drive Meme - November Edition

Welcome to the Rekindle Test Drive!
Trying to see if a character will fit or work in the setting? Need some interaction samples? Well this meme is for you!

Make a post, tag around, and most importantly, have fun! Here's the setting page for those who want to learn a little more about the city itself.

~~Then don't forget to go reserve your character, GO GO GO.......~~

Here's some prompts to help you get started, if you need it:

Option 1

[Wherever you were, whatever you were doing, it doesn't matter. All it takes is blinking, or stepping into a dark room before the lights are turned on. Anything to obscure your vision for a moment.

Just a moment, but in that moment, a pull is felt, and suddenly, you are elsewhere. Just where that 'elsewhere' happens to be is something that needs to be figured out.

It appears to be a busy city, though, so it shouldn't be too hard finding anyone at all! Feel free to explore, try to find answers, or just take a moment to catch your breath. Whatever it was that pulled you to this place left you feeling a tad disoriented.]

Option 2

[Though the temperatures have been remarkably warm for the beginning of the season, the humidity has finally given way to a crisp, cool feeling in the air that is far more refreshing to those not used to a tropical or sub-tropical 'fall'. All of the stock is being rotated out of the Mall and Marketplace by the dutiful shop keepers - the bright colors and shorter cuts of summer clothing being replaced by the more muted, richer earth tones and the long sleeves of the proper season. In celebration of the start of the equivalent of 'fall' in the city, all the stores are holding a special - should you wish to purchase any new clothes for the shifting season and arrive at the counter with a friend, you get a discount!

Perhaps you should find someone to purchase your items with...?]

Option 3

[There is practically no warning for the change in the weather. One moment, the air is crisp and cool, and the skies only have a few clouds. The next moment, the skies have darkened and the clouds up above have opened up into a steady, unrelenting rainfall. Luckily, there seem to be a number of small shelters erected at even intervals along the streets.

There seems to be enough room under those shelters for two to three people to stand - perhaps there's even someone standing under one now, waiting for the rain to pass. At least you'll have someone to talk to while you wait out the rain!]

Option 4

[Whoops. Looks like you haven't taken the cautionary words of the other NPCs to heart, or maybe you just wanted to take your chances. Either way, the withdrawal symptoms have started and you need to find someone to hug quickly before you get even more sick.]

Option 5

[If there's something else you wanted to play with, that you didn't see here, then have fun with that. You've just arrived in a strange city, after all. There's got to be plenty to explore out and about, not to mention people to meet.]

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Option 5: Which Department is That?
[It's a great idea, in her opinion. She just plain can't work a straight job any more anyway, and if physical contact is a constant need, well then...all she really needs is a massage table, permission to run her business out of her home, and some self-promotion. Hopefully her bodyworker's license will be good here.]

[The problem is that Ashe is completely unfamiliar with this place. She received what would probably be perfectly good directions if they had been given to a normal person, but they just...didn't stick in her memory. She knows she's in the right district, but...that's it.] Well damn, now I feel like a dumbass.

[She tries to get the nearest person's attention.] Excuse me, if you're not too busy, I'm a little lost...

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[At the moment, M'gann is just on errands, and on foot. All of which gets placed on hold the second she hears a voice. Could this mean...Is it time for HELPING? The answer must be yes, since she just looks so damn eager as she spins around and gives a nod. Maybe she's in civilian clothing, but she can still do her job!]

"Sure! I'm not busy yet with anything," [Later this evening? It might be a different story, but for now she's available and looking plenty enthusiastic.] "What are you looking for?"

[And the second question, unsaid, is can M'gann herself actually give directions that DON'T involve being in the air?]

Oh, hey, thanks a lot. Um, hi. I'm Ashe, I'm brand new, and though I think I'm over most of my freakout I've still managed to get myself lost. [She offers a sheepish grin.]

Well, you see, the problem is, I'm trying to get established, and I have an apartment, but no job. Regular jobs don't suit me, but I'm a massage therapist back home. If I had the right equipment I could just set up shop in my apartment. But to do that I'd need a small loan and permission to do the home business thing. So...is there a bank here, or a small business administration or something?

"A massage-?"

[She doesn't mean to parrot things, but she's never really met someone who does that before. Neither can M'gann prevent the curious look that crosses her face, though at least she can switch it out for a thoughtful expression, quick enough. She just has to think back, review what all she's seen, and...]

"Okay, let me think...Banks, banks...No one's attempted to rob one yet, as far as I know, so-"

[...Well. She didn't intend to have that slip out; nothing for it but to keep talking over it.]

"S-so I think...The second district? That's where all the administration is, that's probably where the banks are as well."

Oh yeah. Basically anyone with an endoskeleton can use one now and again. The muscles, joints, ligaments, skin all benefit from a good rubdown. [Especially if it's done by someone who can double as an energetic healer.] It's especially important for people who work hard physically, have disabilities or are getting older. [She continues talking, gesturing animatedly. Despite her disorientation she's smiling and seems fairly well at ease.]

And here, if people need physical contact to feel okay even more than usual, a massage therapist can do that without any real stranger-awkwardness. Because hey, it's my job! [She spreads her hands.]

[The bit about robbing banks does get her attention.] Well, that's good to know. My entire world is kind of a rough neighborhood. I can look after myself and others okay, but I prefer to do that in more peaceful ways.

Oh! All right. I must have gotten turned around. It happens to me sometimes. Back home I spend a lot of time in an environment which has some spatial rules that are different from ordinary ones, so when I'm someplace relatively normal I can get a bit lost.

"Your world too? H-having the spatial differences, I mean."

[Rough neighborhoods...Well, they were ALL working on that, and making things better. And again it's giving things away that she doesn't mean to; but Zeta tubes are kind of sort of common knowledge on Earth-16, right?

Besides, she can always move on to the slightly more normal part of the conversation.]

"I've never had a massage before," [Though she does have an endoskeleton! Even in a different form, she's at least not completely different from humans in that regard.] "But I've heard about them before. And they sound nice; the whole idea sounds nice, actually."

[She nods, warming fast to the idea.]

[She pauses for a moment, wondering how much to tell.] ...screw it, we already know parallel worlds are real, and there are at least six different intelligent races here that I've counted so far. I don't think being absolutely secretive here makes much sense for me.

The truth is, my Earth is pretty much ordinary spatially, but I spend much of my time in its spirit world. In the spirit world, spatial dimensions are altered. Two places that are physically far off could have a mystical connection that lets you move between them instantly. Like that. Also, spirits are basically energy, so they can zap themselves great distances in a short time.

[She just smiles and writes down her name and room number on a scrap of paper.] After this I'll kinda owe you one anyway. It's...really not bad. Clients often talk at the same time. I listen, I give them ideas where I can help.

[She peers around, then points at a taller and more businessy-looking building.] Maybe that's the start of the District that way?

"You're a sorcerer!" [Maybe not the most accurate term, but the reverence is still there. As is the wide eyed staring, and even a little bit of hand clasping in front of her chest. She barely remembers to take the paper scrap...Or realize where the not-sorcerer-priest-but-still-someone-of-high-caliber is pointing.]

"Y-yes! I mean...Yes, that's where it should be."

[...Remember to walk, M'gann. Not float, much as that's tempting to show off what she can do, too.]

Heh! Well, kind of. I'm more Medicine Woman than Merlin. Healing, wardings, cleansings, working with friendly spirits. Who sort of just...hang around me, all the time. I can go out there and fight evil, but I'm often more the person who comes through and patches everyone up after.

I also use magic to enhance herbalism, the bodywork, and my nursing skills. That lets me help people who aren't human, or otherwise would't much be helped by a regular hospital. [She's clearly happy to just be able to talk about this stuff.] Back home, I have to keep it all a huge secret and I absolutely hate it. It's hard to find the people who need you most if you have to hide all the time.

"Y-yeah. It's not great to have to hide who you are, or what you can do."

[All this talk about secrets makes her pause, frowning for a moment. It...Just doesn't seem fair that this person is so free about her abilities, while M'gann is being tight lipped about her own.

...Oh, why not try and test the waters a little? If she has to, she can always change her features around for a different civilian ID. M'gann lets a little bit of green into her fingers and face, as she eases back into walking.]

"I...I kind of like it here. People mostly seem used to thi- other people that are a little different."

[Please don't freak out, please don't freak out, please don't freak out...]

[Ashe glances at her with a small, sad smile.] I don't know. Around here there seems to be at least some tolerance more than at home, but I'm still working it out. You know, the limits. I still don't know if summoning VW Bun in public would freak people out or not. Heh.

[She notices the shift in skin color, and has to almost physically restrain herself not to investigate by shifting her visual range toward life energy and taking a peek.] ...cool. [If anything, she relaxes a little.]

Yeah, I admit...even if there wasn't a need, I'd be really tempted to stay here a while.

Once we find the right building, you wanna grab some ice cream?

[...She's not freaking out?

She's really not freaking out! Oh happy day indeed for M'gann, and she might even float a little with her next steps as she gives an enthusiastic nod, letting her psychic abilities lift her up just that tiny bit into the air to express her relief and excitement.]

"Yeah! Ice cream sounds great," [good way to celebrate meeting someone new, as well.] "There's some places near the river front that sell it, too."

[Ashe laughs brightly. She suspects the young lady is Fae, because she's both magical and good-hearted, with a sort of whimsy. She hasn't yet gotten to the understanding that friendly aliens are a thing. (Not that she'll mind!)]

You make me miss some of my old friends from the places I've gone. Like Sir Ziggy. Same sort of vibe.

[She nods, taking a bit of time out to check out the buildings around them. The place has a logic to the way it's laid out, and she'll be fine once she gets the landmarks down.] Very cool, we'll head there next.

I wonder how people around here would react to my spirit buddies.

[Unfortunately, someone looks (and feels) just as lost as you do.

That someone is also a drow in medieval-looking leather armor and a longsword sheathed at her hip, so make of that what you will.] Ah... I am afraid that we are in a similar predicament, then.

[Confused drow is confused. And lost. This is not Baldur's Gate.]

[Ashe blinks, then smiles sympathetically. Being lost away from Earth is disorienting and troubling, but at least she has some experience with it wandering the spirit world.]

Oh hey. When did you get in? I've been around enough hours to learn some stuff, but not enough to get me where I'm going.

[She could seriously get used to this level of civility and lack of distrust. It's so much easier to force herself to let her guard down this way.

She offers a small smile back.] Roughly the same as you; a few hours, I imagine.

[At least, as much as she can figure based on the shadows cast by the sun. A beat, and she adds with a bit of humor-] Just long enough to have seen some truly garish fashion statements.

[Elves and their priorities.]

It's kind of disorienting, isn't it? But I haven't sensed any true evil here. Maybe some mischief. Which is fine, I'm down with shenanigans.

[That gets a chuckle.] Eh, different cultural norms, what can you do? It must be worse for you, though, if your visual range is broader than a human's.

[She watches someone in a very gaudy version of a kimono, orchid-colored to match her hair, wander past.]

...yeah.

[A quiet laugh of her own.] A little bit of mischief is just what keeps life interesting. I would hate to get bored.

[Blink. Her curiosity, it has been piqued.] You are capable of detecting evil? I imagine that would be quite--

[And trailing off, as her gaze follows that person decked out in orchid. She blinks, a look of 'not sure what to make of that' appearing on her face.] ... useful...

[Oh. Stars above, that's the least of what she's seen, but that's right up there with 'what on earth were you thinking?' and 'That wouldn't even be fashionable in the Underdark'.

Where... was she? Oh. Right...] ... my, ah... visual range can extend to seeing heat signatures, but that is not something to be used in the light of day.

Yeah. Well, I work with spirits a lot, and fully a quarter of them are into shenanigans. Especially a lot of the animal spirits. Ferret? Forget about it.

Yeah. You see, because I'm attuned to the spirit world, I can see how the spirits react to people. Real, pervasive, holy-crap-that-guy-wants-to-eat-kids evil freaks them out or makes them angry.

[She looks around at the air between them and above them, and on the ground.] Nope, just curious.

[She winces slightly, being afflicted with if anything an overabundance of empathy.] Wouldn't it...hurt...if you did?

[Working with spirits? Consider her outright intrigued.] Then, you are a shaman of some sorts?

[She's heard of shamans, obviously, but she has yet to encounter one - they must trade magic notes at some point.

Ah... well.] It would. It isn't a kind of pain one soon forgets.

That's me. Healer, medicine woman, hanger-out with all sorts of people whether they have bodies or not. Around here people are about eighty times more open about things like that than back home, and believe me, it is refreshing.

[She winces and squints. Being an empathetic sort has its drawbacks.] Even imagining is making my eyes tear up. Do they have sunglasses where you're from?

Here's hoping that a bald man in a suit knows what's going on, because if his type doesn't, then who in the heck does? When his attention is caught he turns, blinking at her and headtilting. There's a light telepathic ping if she can sense it.

"What are you looking for?" he asks softly. He appears to be the picture of serenity with his calm voice and expressionless face.

Ashe has no Mind magic, and can't sense the touch on her mind. Her mind, though, feels big and warm (and painful in places) and leaves a sense of being connected to other entities.

She looks at him, and there's a moment's apprehension because of sheer association with eerily calm men in suits, but.... "Hi! Um, well, I'm brand new here, and though I think I could contribute a lot, I may need some help getting started. I'm looking for the local bank or small business administration." Her smile's a little shy.

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Test Drive Meme - November Edition

Ashe Wilson | Mage: the Ascension

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!! Eeeeeeh, an o!WoD Mage! ♥ Sorry for the lack of icons, btw

:D No problem!

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Ohai! I think I've seen you somewhere before. :3

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