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Rekindle Moderators ([personal profile] rekindlemods) wrote in [community profile] justhugalready2013-05-14 01:12 am
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Test Drive Meme!


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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Re: Lee Scoresby, His Dark Materials :)

[personal profile] lawrisnotmocked 2013-05-15 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
That was, in and of itself embarrassing, but there was little more to do at the state that he was in, was there not? Still, Javert felt himself becoming a bit ashamed at the need for the circumstance at all, and for his weakness. Oh, he knew part of it was this cursed place, wherever it was, but even so. Even so, he could not help but wish to disappear a little. But he would be polite for the sake of the man who was helping him now.

"Ah...yes." he managed. "I did not heed the proper warnings. My apologies, sir."

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[personal profile] texanaeronaut 2013-05-15 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Proper warnings?" Lee repeated in mild confusion.

Hester, the rangy hare that hopped up behind him, explained: "Them warnings about keepin' up the touch. This feller's in withdrawal. If he ain't drunk, anyhow."

"Pretty sure he ain't drunk, it's to early for that," Lee countered, and led Javert towards the nearest bench to let him sit, keeping an arm around him while en route. "There now. No apologies needed."
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[personal profile] lawrisnotmocked 2013-05-16 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"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."

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[personal profile] texanaeronaut 2013-05-16 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Lee dropped himself down next to Javert on the bench, looking amiable but still concerned. "No problem at all. I'm Lee Scoresby, by the way. That there's Hester."

The hare flicked an ear at him and inclined her head, as if saying hello herself.

"You been pretty much keepin' to yerself, so far, then?" Lee continued, guessing from what Hester had guessed about withdrawal.
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[personal profile] lawrisnotmocked 2013-05-19 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Monsieur Scoresby." And the accent is a bit odd to Javert's ears, the more that he is considering it. "You are...American, perhaps? He has had occasion, a very few times in his life to meet those visitors from America and it does sound similar to this man and his hare, though there is something a bit more pronounced about it.

Strange, he muses, but gives the hare a small nod in return. If she is the type of being that the rest of them are, ridiculous as that sounds, then she must be treated with respect as well.


"And I'm Javert, and have been, yes. I am not accustomed to such close contact and had thought this talk of withdrawing a bit exaggerated." Things are clearly NOT like this where he is from.
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[personal profile] texanaeronaut 2013-05-20 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Close, but not quite. Republic of Texas. Guessin' yer from France, if yer callin' me Mon-soor like that." He butchers the pronunciation, sorry, Javert. Hester settles back on her haunches on the sidewalk in front of them, as if keeping an eye on them both.

"'Pparently it ain't so exaggerated. Gonna be an adjustment all around, I guess, eh?" He pats Javert's shoulder in sympathy. "Better find some folks you don't mind gettin' some touch from, I guess."