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

[forevalone]

<sub>[It's...a pretty surreal experience, having Asuka act somewhat reassuring is a rarity. Her grip might not be gentle but Shinji isn't so daft as to not realize she's trying to be somewhat comforting.

As for finding happiness though...that might be a long shot.]</sub>

I don't know. Ayanami is...I can't confront her. Not after what I saw. You're...you're not well and I don't know if you'll snap out of it. Most of the city is gone. Our classmates have left because it was too dangerous. Misato-san is overwhelmed. Kaworu-kun is dead. _{[Yes, he's still harping on that fact. After all, it's hard to get over killing the first person who told you they loved you.]} I-If happiness can be found amidst the wreckage I certainly don't know where to start looking.

[agelostdoll]

[wow was she really that much of a mess at 14? Must have been. Says the Asuka with no hatred of dolls]

You've got the whole world to look, kid. Go visit Germany and punch my dad.

[callmewhateveryuwant]

[He doesn't look like he's wearing a collar, has no idea about an island, and is probably a little confused.]

I'm afraid I don't.

[Even so, he will still be his kind and friendly self. No swag involved!]

Sorry, I must've gone on the wrong foot. I'm Yu Narukami.

[forevalone]

_{[Asuka you were cray. Not that everyone else isn't but, you know.]}

...Punch your dad?

_{[Wait what?]}

[agelostdoll]

[Asuka just kind of grins. It's a cracked, kind of creepy smile the rest of her face doesn't quite know what to do with, but the meaning is still there.

Plus... well, your face. Your face makes her really want to laugh.

She mimes punching the air whilst very definitely not giggling.]

Something to look forward to, right?

[forevalone]

_{[It really is an awkward smile, one that's a little unsettling but Asuka's always been a little unsettling in her own way. Shinji recognizes it for what it is - a smile - and returns it with one of his own, as faint as it may be. Things aren't okay. Things probably won't be okay...but for a brief moment he can pretend, right? He's nodding despite himself.]}

I guess so...but we only have a deal if you punch my father in return.

[agelostdoll]

[she... stiffens, at that request, eye hardening and looking away.]

...Sure.

[oncearanger]

I'm studying a specific rock, and my scanner says I can find it here. I want to use that mineral in a project.

[He smiles up at Shinji as he works, trying to encourage a little conversation. The boy looked so worried.]

Don't worry, I'll be out of the way soon.

[forevalone]

<sub>[And then, just like that, what little ray of lightheartedness had shone down on them was extinguished. The smile is withdrawn immediately at the hardening of her gaze and turn of her head.

Once again, he'd ruined something.]</sub>

...Do you know what you're going to do here in this place?

[agelostdoll]

[She doesn't want to tell him. It's stupid, and really she should but...


It should go without question what would would happen if a member of WILLE found themselves in the same room as Gendo Ikari.

Deliberately forcing that line of thought to one side, she shrugs, shaking her head. It feels the appropriate moment to stretch, so she does.]

...Live. Not like we can do much else here.

[forevalone]

_{[Live. He should've expected that answer. Living and existing were different. Living meant doing something. Acting. Existing was simply not dying. Something he himself had been doing for quite some time.]}

This place seems interesting though, doesn't it? _{[WHAT IS POSITIVITY IT'S REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW...can't say he's not trying.]} Different from Tokyo-3, at least.

[chompedcleanoff]

Well it would nae do for ye ta have a glass as big as yerself, even the heaviest of drinkers mus' know what they can handle.

[Thought that won't keep him from passing one of those large glasses to the hobbit once they get there and Fergus has one or two of his own.]

Aye, I would say not.

[chompedcleanoff]

[[Now that finals are done.]]

Jus' a wee lass then. Do ya at least have someone lookin af'er ya? Or are ye runnin free an' makin' all sorts a mischief?

[madcuriosity]

I don't have anyone, sir. My family didn't get brought here, I'm afraid. Ah, mischief? No, I don't think I've made any, I might have unintentionally, I think?

Sky Doll! :D

[cyborg_grrl]

Renais is pleased to find someone looking as miserable as she feels. But not pleased enough to go and actually talk to the alien. Instead she'll slump down in a chair close by, watching the TV and recording the broadcast on her Library. She fiddles with her cooling coat, and finally huffs in irritation.

"Tch. If they're going to imprison us, they might as well give us better entertainment."

[fraternize]

[he gives her hand a gentle squeeze back - aaa, good, he's glad she's comfortable.. enough... with this, you know, because a lot of people aren't really - and leans back against the tree, eyes closed.]

I'll be counting on you, then. [to stay healthy and here, he means, but no matter how she takes it— he's counting on her.

very much so, hand in hers, content.]

[kid_crash]

About ten minutes or so. I heard some people talking about it earlier and thought I'd check it out for myself.

[And the river really does look inviting, so he slips his feet out of the sandals he was wearing, slyly positioning himself so that the bucket is behind him out of her sight in the process.]

Have you gone for a swim yet?

[callmewhateveryuwant]

[A smile looks good on her. And he means in a totally friendly way because he likes seeing people happy.]

Not very long, just around the time when the first group showed up. Did you just arrive?

[smallspot]

[Diarmuid takes off after the other boy. However, because he is smaller he very quickly starts falling behind and then he starts getting tired because he's never done anything like this before. Rather quickly, he stops swimming out away from the shore and calls out to Cu Chulainn.]

I don't want to go out farther.... I am already getting tired. You win! I will try to do better next time!

[woodking]

He smiled a little. This child was certainly unique. "I hadn't given it much thought, though it hardly seems fair that you should know as much as you do about me, and I should know so little about you." Not, perhaps, that she knew that much, but the conversation thus far certainly had centered on him.

[woodking]

Thranduil didn't lean against Legolas, not quite, but he did incline himself towards him, bowing his head just a little over his son's. And he listened. His eyes closed in a very subtle, veiled sorrow - he knew, only too well, what it was to hold everyone at arm's length. He would not wish such isolation for his son. It had, for Thranduil, been what he'd used to deal with being forced to take his throne in Mordor, in fields of ash and blood. It could be a very lonely existence.

"The Ruling Ring has been gone this past age," he said carefully at this news. He was not completely ignorant at its history.

[theotherpromise]

[Roxas, on the other hand, has received no such treatment from anyone. No close physical contact, no hugs, no handshakes. Axel had pat his back, once upon a time, but that was its extent.

He was thrown into this new and uncomfortable city where he was forced to do this one thing he had never had any experience in doing. It was only fortunate that Mami had found him when he had only just become comfortable with holding hands.

And- And now she's brushing his thumb. What would normally be an uncomfortable shiver instead comes as gentle relief. He lifts his eyes to her again.]

Did something like this happen to you before?

Yes please! XD And sorry for the delay!

[f_steak]

[OOC: And I can't remember if she calls him 'Yu' or 'Narukami', so...]

Wha--?!

[Chie whirls around, eyes wide. She knows that voice! And she also knows that calm and level-headed expression. She visibly sags in relief.]

Thank goodness you're here. I thought I was on my own...

[Wait, that doesn't sound quite right.]

Er...

Well I'm not glad you're stuck here...that's what I meant. I definitely feel better now that you're here, chief!

[An arm waves at the vast shelves of books.]

I'm not really sure where to even start!

[cruxified]

[This is Kratos. He's full of bad news. This is why he only appeared at the wrong times to deliver even more bad news to the party.]

Internal organ failure is a possibility. [No one ever bothered removing theirs. The Cruxis Crystals were a wartime weapon, not meant to be used like the fountain of youth.] However, as long as my age does not catch up with me, I should be fine.

And if I am not... I have certainly lived long enough.

[flamescout]

[She swats it aside. She takes karate, so there, she has good reflexes too! And she's not touching that stupid thing after HE touched it.]

For the last time, I'm not interested! Can't you get that through your thick skull, or is there too much hair mousse clogging your ears?!