Test Drive Meme!

[rekindlemods]

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.]

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[themystery]

[ Sissel walks around to rest his front paws across Ladon's leg. It's very presumptuous, but the tone of voice and continued petting is hint enough that it should be okay. Too bad that this man seems to have never died before, so Sissel can't simply speak into his head like he might with Jowd or Missile.

Instead, he meows plaintively. Same thing you're doing. Probably, anyway. ]

[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.

[themystery]

[ Well, Sissel is wearing a nicely-worn red bandana around his neck. However, he's always been this friendly and attention-seeking. He just can't stand being truly alone, even if he's still rather independent; it comes from being a stray before being a housecat.

He meows again as it to confirm the suspicion, but in between his happy purring and attempts to shove his head into Ladon's hand, it comes out a bit... garbled. ]

[justamobster]

[ Cats are the best. Ladon likes dogs well enough, too, and other creatures as well, but that burbled meow gets probably the fullest, most honest smile Ladon's managed lately. He's feeling a little better, which is good, because the back of his cigarette-holding hand has some black scales on it, and his one eye has lost the white in favor of a reptilian appearance much closer to his original form. He curls his fingers against the cat's chin and enjoying the rumble of the cat's happy purr. ]

Wonder if this place gets t'you too. Though I guess it ain't hard t'get affection when you're someone's pet, yeah?

[themystery]

[ Not once you're a pet, no... Before that? It's hell.

Sissel stops purring for a moment, hopping fully up onto Ladon's legs to get a better look at his eye. He's peering pretty intently there, dragon-boy. This cat knows that something is up and his curiosity is going haywire. ]

[justamobster]

[ Thus Ladon's tendency to take in strays, because he's seen the scared, shivering, starving look in too many animals' eyes. It reminds him of his childhood, and the siblings he lost to lean winters.

He shifts a little to accommodate the cat and lifts his brows at the sudden, intense look from the creature. ] Somethin' the matter?

[themystery]

[ Sissel doesn't make any noise, but he does put his paws up on Ladon's chest, then pokes a warm and wet little nose against the spot right next to Ladon's tear duct. You should probably see an eye doctor about that. ]

Mrow.