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

[primaveral]

It doesn't have to be a fairy tale, it can be a fun memory or something you like talking about.

[That disappointment doesn't go unnoticed though. Her excited smile shifts to a gentler one.]

But I don't mind telling a story if you'd rather do that?

[rabbitheartedfox]

[Mani looks at the water for a moment, then at Steph and nodded.]

Okay!

[Mani didn't bother standing upright again, ran away from the edge of the water on all fours and once she thought she was far enough away she lowered her font end down more tail wagging in the air. Then her fur rippled and for just a moment all of her save for the collar and eyes vanished from view. Then she was running forward and throwing herself into the water.

After a second or two she resurfaces coughing and spluttering. She's having a little trouble keeping her head above water but she's doing remarkably well for her first time in a large body of water.]

That was fun!

[lavenderglasses]

So you're as behind on your "quota" as most of the people you're trying to help?

[justamobster]

Knowing her name isn't making the feeling of familiarity go away. If anything, it makes it worse because he's suddenly speechless for a reason he can't seem to remember. And then she hugs him.

"Tob--"

Shit. Shit shit shit. He remembers why now.

"I. Er. Thanks." His brain barely manages to catch up long enough to pat her on the back. He's feeling a little light-headed now, but it has nothing to do with the demand for physical contact here. At least, he doesn't think it does.

[oathwalk]

[He accepts it.] Then I'll just have to do my best to follow along.

[primaveral]

[She laughs a little guiltily-- that would be a yes.]

Just a little.

[oathwalk]

[The phrase 'Clarke's Law' is another unfamiliar one, but he can understand the gist of her words.]

I've occasionally wondered if this ailment we suffer for lack of contact is magical or biological in nature—which reminds me. Are you feeling any better?

[somethingmorethanfae]

Was he going to say Toby? She's pretty sure that's where that word was going but he could be wrong.

"Do you...Know Toby?" She pulls back, studying him. Nothing strikes her as familiar, even in a descriptive sense.

[gunnerbrat]

[ He seems to have trouble thinking of a fun memory, but he perks up as soon as the girl offers to tell a story instead.
]

Really? You can tell a story?

I'd like that!

[lavenderglasses]

I suppose I can help you out, then...

[it feels a lot less humiliating to go along with this if he makes it sound like it's for someone else's sake, after all. and he doesn't want to test that whole system just yet, at least not until he's found out whether anyone else has done so already first. he's not against using himself as a guinea pig, but no need to possibly cause himself harm if someone else already did it.]

[justamobster]

"I uh." He looks down, avoiding eye contact even more than he normally does. For a moment he thinks he can smell copper and cut grass somewhere beyond the aroma of her coffee. Yeah, he remembers now, all too well.

"Yeah, I do. Did. S'complicated."

[somethingmorethanfae]

"I'm getting that."

She cradles her coffee now, looking down at it. "Shes not here. Or I haven't ran into her. I've...been looking." Just in case. She doesn't want to think that Toby is here somewhere and May's missed her somehow, so she keeps an eye out everywhere she goes, just in case.

[justamobster]

"Ain't seen her either. Someone else from the station's here, but. Well. Tobes left 'fore either of us did." He stuffs his hands in the pockets of his coat. "Went back home, I mean."

He manages a grim little smile. "Prob'ly for the best, yeah? Wouldn't exactly call her a huggy person."

[somethingmorethanfae]

"Station?" May looks at him, curiosity and confusion both evident in her expression.

She nods after that, grinning and even laughing a little. "No, not really. I mean, she'd adapt but I can't see her doing great at first."

[justamobster]

"Place I was stuck before. It was some kinda space station. S'where I met Toby. You were there for a while, er, a version of you anyhow. Sorry, it sounds pretty out-there, yeah?"

Imagining the look on Toby's face if she showed up and learned about needing physical contact to survive almost makes the thought of her less painful. Almost. "Went through some crazy stuff there. She's a tough cookie, always managed to pull through."

[holyswordwielder]

[ Not far from where Diarmuid is currently toeing the water, Saber's watchful gaze runs over the people in the river before it falls steadily on the dark-haired child with the golden eyes. He leaves him be for a while, until he sees him inch nearer the edge of the water, at which point, Saber's protective instincts kick in. ]

Diarmuid.

[ He walks over to the small boy and crouches beside him. ]

If you want to go into the water, I'll go with you.

Option 1

[holyswordwielder]

[ And it would be just the poor child's luck, of course, that he be well on his way to walking straight into his official unofficial guardian. Saber stands at the opposite end of the line Kiritsugu is walking, clad in his black coat and red shirt, his arms crossed over his chest. He doesn't call out to the boy, but at the pace he's going, if he doesn't look up soon, he's going to smack right into Saber. Thankfully, Saber is aware of this and is well-prepared to catch any food that may fall in the process. ]

Re: 2

[newstart]

"De- oh. Yea. Caesar's mine." Hilbert grins a bit, but he;s not going to bother shifting from his spot.

Not yet, anyway. "Did they call pokemon demons in the past?"

What is getting use to the fact that not everyone knows about pokemon?

[smallspot]

[Diarmuid looks up at Saber, large eyes blinking, confused for a moment, before focusing completely on the person standing in front of him. Obviously, the little boy had been pretty lost to his own thoughts before being spoken to.]

I would like to go in, Lord Saber, but I can't swim and father says it's dangerous to go into the water when you can't swim. Even if you are with someone who can swim.

[He pauses, gazing back out at the water before speaking again softly and slightly sadly.]

I would like to go...

[heroofjustice]

That's right. There are too many monsters and bad spirits. That's why I'm reading about them. I'm going to fight them.

[Yes, he's cool like that.]

I know about fairies, but fairies didn't bring us here.

[This kid talks about his father, the "god", a lot. He's curious about the god part, wondering whether it could be true, or if this kid just idolizes his father, or something, but he doesn't want to ask. It's annoying. Kerry frowns. It puts him in a bad mood.]

Living's not about having fun. It's about doing what's right. I'm not alone, but I don't rely on anybody too much. You should be able to do things yourself. Otherwise, what will you do if something bad happens?

[heroofjustice]

[Kerry is distracted by staring at the walls, looking for anything like a secret panel. There's got to be something like that. This place can't be what it seems. There must be cameras, at least. He's sure of it, and so he studies every surface intently, even the ceiling. That's why he walks right into Saber.

He manages to keep a hold on what's left of his hamburger, but his fries go flying everywhere, much to his dismay.]

Hey-- [He looks to see who he's collided with.] Oh. Saber. What are you doing here?

[Don't say sorry or anything, Kerry.]

timezones

[perfectionisms]

[ That one over there wasn't her bench. She had her eyes set on it since she got there. She sits on the far end, leaving as much space between them as possible. Back straight and hands folded neatly on her lap, she turns her head to face him. ]

You're still there?

[ Because he should stop being there. ]

[somethingmorethanfae]

"Okay then." She shakes her head, not unkindly though. "That definitely sounds like one hell of a story."

She grins a little. "Yeah, that's Tobes." Taking a sip of her coffee, she watches the street before them, poking her sign with one foot. "You think she'll show up?"

[madcuriosity]

"All your people are helping against the shadow? Why won't anyone else help you? Or... is there no one else to help, sire?" how terribly sad! Was he and his people the only ones left? But no, he said that others needed to come help. So why didn't they?

"Are other people not scared of the shadow?"

[bytheguidebook]

He watched her reactions with great curiosity. Perhaps the sir wasn't just her being polite, but something else.

"No reason to stand on my behalf," He said mildly. "I'm still learning about this place as well, so there's no reason to be so formal."

He casually held out his hand for her to shake if she so wished, "Just call me Miles. Don't suppose you have a name?"