Test Drive Meme!

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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 in a week when they open. Here's some prompts to help you get started, if you need it: Option 1 [While the days grow longer and warmer and the older, oriental-style of the city would normally make one think that the interiors would not be much in the way of relief from the hot sun, it may surprise the guest to see that the apartments the natives have allocated for them are surprisingly comfortable. In fact, the only modern convenience they may be missing is a television set! At least, outside the media floor on the first floor of Building One - the first of four inter-connected buildings. In fact, each apartment building seems to have at least one different amenity on the first floor. In Building Two they seemed to even spare a library in another that seems to have the basics and some information packets that are otherwise found in the Welcome Center in District 2. There are even a few restaurants and common dining areas in the Building Three that are open until late at night, and meeting areas and a ballroom on the first floor in Building Four, perfect for setting up small parties or big events. With the locals gone save those who work in the restaurants and the one librarian, leaving you to your own devices, what will you do? What mysteries could be left to discover in this place?] Option 2 [With summer coming, the water level in the river is starting to go down, exposing some of the beach. The Riverside Shack is open late, and its restaurant is pulling out all the stops and offering seafood specials (even though a river is a far cry from an ocean). The rental store, meanwhile, is finally bringing out more of its swimming supplies, inner tubes and pool noodles, and a calmer stretch of the river has been roped off with buoys for swimming. They even have lifeguards chairs set up. Clearly this sort of thing used to be an annual event. It's not quite an ocean beach (quite different actually), but there's still plenty of chance to have fun in the water. Or teach someone to swim, perhaps.] Option 3 [If you're more inclined to explore or learn, the City's Learning Center might be more to your tastes. There certainly seems to be a lot going on here - there's laboratories and libraries and workshops, and plenty of communal areas where you can meet and talk with people. The natives seem pretty absorbed with their studies and work, though they're polite in brushing you off, at least. Perhaps you'll have more luck seeing what other Guests such as yourself have discovered?] 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.]

Comments

Hello! Sora here is from the same AU as the Xion above.

[aworldwithoutyou]

[Sora, meanwhile, is swimming around, having fun and burning off some excess energy. He's pretty far away when Naminé walks by, but he looks up just in time to spot her. When had she gotten here?

There's no way he's not gonna say hello. He dives underwater, swimming until he's right about where Naminé should be able to see him, and pops his head out, giving her a big smile.]

Hey, Naminé!

[Enjoy the surprise Sora?????]

[forevalone]

<sub>[Despite having lived with Misato and Asuka, along with being friends with Toji and Kensuke, years of being averse to touch has left him still unused to it, regardless of what little progress made being acclimatized to it. It rings true when he's snapped out of his thoughts, more so by the hand suddenly on his shoulder. The words register secondary to the contact as he tenses up, already starting to curl in on himself.

He's a bit unsteady on his feet but manages to stay upright as he turns to look at the individual who went out of their way to approach him (another surprise). His lips part for a brief moment only for them to shut again as he digests the question.

Was he all right? It's been awhile since someone asked him that. At the moment, he can't even recall who exactly was the last person to ask after him like that.

But, back to the question - was he all right? Of course not. Shinji Ikari was destined to live a life of misery and he'd just recently killed the first person who had ever told him that they loved him. The boy isn't even remotely close to being okay and yet somehow, he's still functioning and standing.]</sub>

...Have I?

_{[A sense of time is lost on him, it seems, as he stares at the boy before him. It's the only answer he gives. If he said he was fine, it'd just be a lie.]}

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[He fakes looking insulted, hand going up to his chest.] I would never cheat! And of course I'm taking advantage. That's what one does to win battles. Press their advantage.

[Legolas should know. Not just from Middle Earth either.]

Come now, Pippin! I promise I'll not let you drown! Freezing is another matter entirely though, I fear.

Hello existential crisis!

[forevalone]

<sub>[Shinji never really enjoyed looking at himself in the mirror. This however beat any full length mirror. Looking at himself as a full other living, breathing entity was downright terrifying. Sure, Shinji talked to himself a lot, but this was going a little too far.

He has to be hallucinating. There's no way this is real.

He's silent, wide eyed and slack jawed. He couldn't speak yet, even if he tried.]</sub>

[alienangler]

_{[Don't think you can just stay there sitting quietly forever bro. Haru's short attention span is going to inevitably default back to you which it does once he reels in his line, nothing on the end.]}

Yuuuki! _{[He whines over his shoulder, casting a look back toward his friend.]}

You won't fish. Why? Don't sit!

[paraclete]

Hey. [He lifts one hand in greeting, and then slips it back into his pocket.] We meet again, Shinji-kun. [After all, he promised that much.]

Will you come out, or should I come in? Here; I'll come to you. You don't look well. [But when Kaworu steps forward, his shoes don't meet the water: he hangs just above the rippling surface, and moves fluidly towards Shinji. Now, his arms are outstretched, palms flat, waiting to take Shinji's hands and help him. Perhaps he's a little too relaxed— something like this might be gentle enough to be rough.] Here.

[humanitarian]

Mother may have known best when it comes to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, but she doesn't need to know that. He smiles a warm smile, opens his posture.

"An absorbing book, then. I'm sorry to have interrupted it."

He glances around rhetorically. "However, I am surprised that you have not caught yourself on other things."

[oathwalk]

That would be a kind service in a place such as this. Did the planet you come from have a similar issue with life-energy?

[Sadly, Richard doesn't know what a comics convention would be. If he did, he probably would have attended.]

[forevalone]

<sub>[This isn't happening, this isn't happening - he mustn't run away he mustn't run away - and yet here he is, stumbling backwards, deeper into the water to get away from what is surely a ghost from his ever too painful and recent past. The observation made by the Angel is right - he doesn't look well at all. In fact, he looks like he's going to be sick. Considering the circumstances however, it's to be expected.

Hands are avoided and aren't taken. His shorts are more than just damp by now. He's shaking his head, hands up at his own chest.]</sub>

Y-You're not...You can't be Kaworu-kun...I killed him.

[paraclete]

[Kaworu keeps his hands presented; he'd be willing to hold them out forever. He isn't smiling anymore, though.] That wasn't your fault, Shinji-kun. And I'm here, right now, and I am Kaworu. I'm being honest with you.

Option 4!

[aworldwithoutyou]

[Well, maybe those side streets aren't totally empty...though it's less because the other person wandering them came there on purpose and more because he took a couple...few...ten?...wrong turns.

Needless to say, Sora isn't terribly sure about where he's going anymore. He's not too worried about it, though - he'd come out here to explore anyway, so what did it matter where he ended up? He'd find a way back eventually.

But it's so quiet that he's a little surprised to see someone else there...and even more surprised once he realizes that it's Riku. That definitely hadn't been what he was wearing when Sora saw him earlier...what was with the coat and blindfold? But Sora forgets about all of that when he notices that Riku looks kind of sick. Oh no...]

Riku? What're you doing out here?

he iiiiiis. and I bet he loves hugs :D

[pushingthreeseven]

Well, there's a restaurant or two down that road.

[Pippin points back the way he'd come, deeper into the city.]

I can show you if y'like! I'm rather fond of the drinks, myself, you know, so I've found quite a few places.

[Yes, the "lad" drinks quite a bit, in fact. Pubs are one of his favorite places, and he'll take bars when he can't have pubs.]

[forevalone]

It wasn't my fault?! _{[The outburst is sudden, body trembling. If the water was truly still, there would be ripples with how much he's shaking.]} Of course it was my fault! I killed you with my own hands!

<sub>[It's hard to hold back tears. It's nearly impossible when staring down the only person who ever told him he loved him and that very same person was murdered outright by his own doing. Maybe he hadn't much of a choice then, maybe he felt betrayed, but the scene had played itself over in his mind countless times. Surely, there must have been some other way?

Regardless, his hands were still the ones left stained at the end of the day, whether he was truly at fault or not. Tears begin to spill over, despite his best efforts.]</sub>

[pushingthreeseven]

[Courage is only something Pippin has when he's not thinking about it. But being taunted by an elf helps him not thinking about it so much, so he starts splashing out-- at least until the temperature causes him to shiver and hug himself.]

Oohoohoo, it is colder further out!

[Getting Legolas back for the splash seems to have momentarily taken backseat to getting used to the water. Key word there may be "seems".]

[justamobster]

[ And just as easily as he would in any other situation, he switches his cigarette to a different hand and goes about rubbing the cat behind the ears with his thumb, right in that spot that would always make Lil purr like a motorboat. It's a relief, really. Ladon has always felt more comfortable in the presence of animals, especially those strays that populate Nieve's streets. He's always felt an odd type of kinship with them, after all. ]

Gonna guess you belong t'someone, yeah? Ain't skinny or scraggly 'nough to be a stray. That and bein' friendly. Ain't met many alley cats who trust me 'fore I break out the tuna.

[woodking]

Thranduil isn't hesitant - that's not the right term, as he rarely hesitates. A better word might be cautious. Legolas's outburst was unexpected, and long years had taught Thranduil to treat the unknown with a certain wariness; they were not always dangerous, but the surprise could make everything worse if they were. And now he was watching, almost examining him, trying to figure out what had happened.

That laugh. That hideous, broken laugh - so different from Legolas's bright voice, which long had echoed through the shadowed halls of Mirkwood. It worries him.

"All things come to an end."

[paraclete]

[With his hands...

Splash. It isn't the sound of a head, this time: Kaworu has let himself drop into the water. He stands before Shinji now with soaked trousers and knit eyebrows. Yes - if he looks closely - something is off. Shinji elicits a different sort of déjà vu than he should— that is, it's not that he's familiar, but that he's already occurred. Kaworu as he is now is dead, yes, but this is due to a collar and a burst. 'Hands' were a long time ago. Something wrong is taking place.]

It had to be someone, [he answers.]

[justamobster]

[ Still, despite her lack of complaint, Ladon does his best to direct the smoke from his cigarette away from her. It's just not proper decorum to go breathing smoke on a lady, tobacco or otherwise. Though some of the puffs that curl from his nostrils have a distinct campfire smell instead. His furnace isn't terribly pleased with whatever is making him feel sick.

He shares its anxiety. Dragons don't get sick. Chilled, sure, but nothing like this. He scratches at his chin, thankful to feel stubble there still. ] You ain't botherin' me, doll. Screwy places like this, best you meet as many people as you can, yeah?

[madcuriosity]

You are not fine. [She reached out, offering her hand.] People who are fine do not look like they are about to fall over.

[falseshore]

[Way to be a great role model there, replibro. Okay, he just hasn't resorted to that because he's literally existed for like, two weeks.]

Eventually.

[...But how fast does the rest of him dry? Let's find out...or else pay attention, because Repliku is leaning over to scoop some water up to toss at the redhead. Catch!]

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

And now Legolas' hand moves to his collar, gently fingering the metal before looking back to Thranduil. His laugh slows and then stops, shakes his head and then just sits down before his stomach grows more unsettled.

"That's it though, isn't it? All things did come to an end. That's why I'm alive, they rescued me. The collar keeps my soul intact, keeps me from dying, it's the only way for us to survive on another world."

Or so Ruana had told them. And Dax had assured them that their worlds really were gone, that they were trying to restore them. He looks to his father, eyes automatically going to his bare neck.

"So this can't be real. You have no collar."

[herecomesthehurt]

I'd say it's the least they can do, after kidnapping all of us.

[Normally Paine would've just passed on by, but- well, maybe Yuna had started rubbing off on her a little. When this girl seemed like she needed help, it had been hard to find a reason to say no. Besides, it wasn't as if she had been pressed for time...and helping did feel good. Not that she was planning on bringing that up anytime soon.]

[justamobster]

"Y'know. You could get 'way with chargin' for hugs in a place like this."

That's not really the reason Ladon has stopped to say hello to the woman sitting on the street corner, though. There's something he can't quite put his finger on here, something that's making his stomach knot at the smell of that coffee. It's a fuzzy memory, something that doesn't feel like it entirely belongs. And he's just curious enough to see if he can figure it out by talking to her.

"Might make yourself some real dough that way."

[woodking]

Thranduil, by and large, is unflappable. He has dealt with many dangers for a very long time, and made merry in their spite. Despite this - and possibly for the first time Legolas will easily be able to recall, or be able to remember at all - and certainly for the first time in a very long time, Thranduil looks alarmed, almost scared.

"What do you mean it keeps your soul intact?" His voice is sharper than it normally is when there's nothing actively trying to kill him or those in his charge, as are his eyes.

He really doesn't like the unknown.

This, combined with all the other things - this place, the differences in Legolas's appearance, the thrice-cursed collar, is making him doubt himself. He reaches out to touch it.

[madcuriosity]

Alice is much more open than Natasha, and she isn't about to stop being one simply because she's appeared in a new world. And one that relied on physical contact was actually quite a nice notion to her.

"Oh! Look, the apartment buildings! Miss Natasha you are very good at getting unlost!"