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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.]
perceivesjustice: (huff: i will never end up like him)

[personal profile] perceivesjustice 2013-05-15 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[With a few last grunts of exertion, he finds himself sweating. He's about ready to flip the boat upside down - if only he could - when he looks up at her sneering at him.]

What does it look like? You could help, you know.
perfectionisms: (05)

[personal profile] perfectionisms 2013-05-16 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A small and feigned sigh of disappointment. Who is she kidding? She's having fun with this. ]

Very well. [ Standing beside him, she fixes her gloves before wagging her finger. ]

Push with your knees, not with your back.
perceivesjustice: (smile: the one who charmed the one)

[personal profile] perceivesjustice 2013-05-16 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh.

[Though he's rolling his eyes, he takes her advice. The boat begins its slow, slow journey towards the river.]

H-Hey! It's moving! [As he strains to move forward, he gives her a sideways glance.] What are planning to do with this, anyway?
perfectionisms: (33)

[personal profile] perfectionisms 2013-05-16 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I can see that. [ The bitterness in her tone is unmistakable. She pushed with her knees from the start and the boat didn't move one bit. This man wasn't even pushing right at first!

She looks away. ]


I was planning to let that foolish thing drift peacefully down the river and towards the ocean, or let it fall foolishly down a waterfall because that's what foolish boats deserve.
perceivesjustice: (reflect: choose love or sympathy)

[personal profile] perceivesjustice 2013-05-16 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.]
perfectionisms: (09)

[personal profile] perfectionisms 2013-05-17 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's livid for a split-second, thinking that he insulted how she dresses. Who does he think he is with his ketchup red vest and teal tie? At least the colors of her clothes didn't clash.

And then she realizes... he's right. She isn't dressed for fishing or rowing at all. ]


You're rowing.