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

[doyoufeellucky]

And have you ever actually taken another life?

[heroofjustice]

[Kerry shakes his head. This kid doesn't know anything about life. He doesn't even know what a book is.]

If you leave them alone people can die. I'm going to fight against evil wherever it is.

[It doesn't matter if they're living creatures, if they're bad. If they hurt people. They should still die.]

I don't have a family. I've got Natalia, but she's not here, so I'm on my own. I never heard of the Fianna, whatever that is. It's not true that somebody's always gonna be there. Family can let you down. One day they're gone, then you're alone and you've got to do things by yourself. You might as well know how.

[He has a much bleaker worldview than Diarmuid, apparently.]

[heroofjustice]

[They can just agree to avoid that awkward subject. He sure isn't going to bring it up again.

Kerry isn't so quick to run off and do her bidding.]

Why don't you tell em? They're right there, and you're the one who got the boat.

[It's just a matter of walking a little way. He likes to help, but not that much. Sometimes people can help themselves.]

Urahara Kisuke | Bleach | Option 3 or 4

[mrsandalhat]

3.
[It didn't much bother Kisuke that the natives kept to themselves when it came to sharing practical knowledge about this new world that he found himself in. It was enough that they opened their laboratories and libraries for his and other non-natives to use. In any case he had always preferred to make his own discoveries.

The lab was not what he was used to, especially with several pieces of equipment he wasn't familiar with, but he's having lots of fun finding out.

Go ahead, interrupt him if you like. Kisuke won't mind. Don't worry about the test tub that just exploded on the lab table giving out pink smoke; it's completely harmless~]

4. [Kisuke had no problem holding hands, petting, hugging, or kissing other people (even if they were people he didn't know) considering he was a self-proclaimed pervert. Especially if it was vital to his survival. What he was more interested in was testing to see if the words of warning regarding physical contact were true. As it was, he's written quite a few notes on the first two stages already.

He knew he hit this third stage the natives told him when he started feeling physically nauseous and finding it harder and harder to take legible notes. Kisuke glanced down at what he'd jotted down, grimacing when the words appeared to do a shimmer up and down on the page.

Closing his eyes he dropped the pen carelessly on top of an open notebook he'd been writing in and flopped to the ground, closing his eyes.] Just a 10 minute break should be alright... then maybe he'd go find someone to hug.]

[caycep]

I am, yes. Thank you. Still a little woozy, but I'm not going to faint or anything. [A small smile.] That's why I've been lurking around here. Trying to figure out more about how this place works.

[beforetights]

I promise.

[His eyes go wide when he hears about Diarmuid's father.]

Wow, are you a god too? Or a demigod? I've never met one of those things. What are they like?

[lawrisnotmocked]

"Rhose would unfortunately be the..." Javert blinked at who had spoken. The hare was actually... The warnings had spoken of hallucinations but even so, speaking animals was the sort of thing one did not associate seeing things with due to being deprived of any contact. It would be entirely new.

"And I am hardly drunk." he agreed. It was far too early, and he was not one who drank at any rate. "My thanks then. I had not expected it to take me by so much surprise."

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph laughs and cheers and claps her hands, subtly moving toward the furry girl just to make sure she's there in case the girl goes under. ]

See? You're doing great!

[drank_the_milk]

...Just once.

[doyoufeellucky]

It still haunts you, doesn't it?

[justamobster]

"It... yeah. Kinda glad I didn't remember when I went back home. Even my pals woulda wanted t'lock me up if I started babblin' 'bout space."

He huffs a sigh, part of which comes out a curl of smoke, which he fans away. "Dunno. Guess it'd be selfish t'hope she did, yeah? Hell, she might not even remember me. 'Sides, there's prob'ly more to this place than just mandatory huggin'."

And even if Toby is at her core a stubborn and determined hero, Ladon is at his core an overprotective lizard. He'd hate to see her put through any more trauma.

[tommyknocker]

Talrovian laughed a little, cocking his head with a grin as he bounced his hand up and down a little. "Bunny ears!"

To better demonstrate, he lifted his free hand behind his head to give himself a pair as well, wiggling his fingers to make the 'ears' twitch above the scraggly mop of his wig.

"Now all three of us match, see?"

[tommyknocker]

"Ice cream drops all at once when it does, though," Talrovian answered easily. Talking about dropping candy and the five-second rule? Totally a fine topic of conversation! And the little taytatay answered so very easily! Talrovian liked him already. Even if he liked mostly everybody already. "Then all you've got is some sad little lump melting on the ground and nothing in your hand but an empty cone. Unless you could get a free refill! That wouldn't be so bad then."

He plopped his last few recovered candies into the cup and then, still crouched, put his hand to his patchwork heart. "Legally I'm Talrovian, but I'm aiming to get that changed to Thomas! Happy to meet you, Pippin!"

Sammy is that you

[demonicbookworm]

<sub>[It's obvious that he is not okay, not because he bumped into her, but because of his worsening condition. This is what happens when you're an awkward bookworm.

Still, he nods and makes an apologetic look.]</sub>

I-I'm okay! _{[lies. And he's so bad at lying.]} I'm sorry... It's all my fault...

[woodking]

"But there is no need to do so when you must not." This was not a battlefield. Elvish spirits, so profoundly tied to Arda, were themselves very powerful, and it was the power and will of the spirit which healed the body. Legolas would heal from this. But still. Thranduil sang lightly, and rested his forehead against his son's.

get me every time...

[twenty]

[If only he could walk that much further to the next one, he'd be fine with it! But - ]

I don't have that much of a choice, lady...

[If he weren't so exhausted his words would have much more energy at that, but it comes out as more of a little whine. With a guest like this it's turning out to be a lot less of a relief sitting here than he anticipated, and he rubs at the back of his head as he tries to think of a compromise.]

Just a few more minutes?

[Shame the real solution to his problem's flying over his head.

It's that kind of tired.]

[cheagleswag]

[Isn't everyone given a room when they arrive? Maybe it was because he could speak their language. Or maybe because they were kind of spooked that a cute little creature could spit out fire.]

Of course!

[Mieu, it's not normal ok?]

[drank_the_milk]

Of course it does, but since you seem to get off on that kind of stuff, I'm not gonna talk about it.

[perceivesjustice]

[Still rolling his eyes. Dang, it's just a boat, lady! In any case, the boat doesn't get much farther before Apollo has to stop, sweat dripping down his face. It's too hot for all this work...]

Got a thing against boats, huh? Seriously though, what were you gonna do with this? You, uh... Pardon me for saying this, but you don't really look dressed to go fishing or rowing.

[He looks over to her. With that fancy suit of hers, she looks rather out of place here on the shore. Then again, he's not much better, either.]

[doyoufeellucky]

Ah, even if you don't talk about it, it still lingers in your heart and soul. That's enough for me.

[blondedork]

[Of course he is! Yogi wants to be everyone's best friend! But especially his. Yogi keeps an arm wrapped around him.]

Oooh~ Cotton candy! That'd be awesome. And of course they'll let you in! I'll make them.

[Yogi's not trying to prevent him from talking about his previous home by not asking him what he is and all, but he's simply trying to make him feel as welcome and normal as possible. As far as Yogi's concerned, he should be treated with the same respect as a flesh and blood person.]

[blondedork]

[Despite his cheery disposition, Yogi is an elite fighter, despite the fact he gets nervous and is reluctant to go in for the kill, so unless this guy's got some kind of really strong supernatural power, he's probably not even going to land a scratch on Yogi, and Yogi probably wouldn't hurt him, so the match would end likely end in a draw.]

I don't make idle threats, either.

[Yep, Yogi's gonna be persistent. He pulls the guy into another hug. He should just give him a hug back and stop fighting it]

[blondedork]

Well, I'm pretty decent with directions.

[That comes with tracking down criminals.]

And it's no problem. I'm glad I found you before you got too scared...

[1/2] Long time no see! :D

[primaveral]

Are you sure? You don't look so good... [she's not going to call him out on lying, but--]

[drank_the_milk]

Great. Well at least one of us is having a good time. Happy to help.