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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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[personal profile] orneryoccultist 2013-05-16 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Look. It's been suggested to me that I "play nice" while I'm here.

Consider this a warning. I will continue being... grumpy, [he folds his arms] as is my prerogative, and will willingly accept whatever risks are supposedly involved in avoiding contact.

You will not touch me, or you will suffer the consequences.

Mark my words, I do not make idle threats.

[Sounds like someone needs to sign a bunch of waivers before getting to hug this guy. Waivers and making certain one's insurance is up to date.]
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[personal profile] blondedork 2013-05-16 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[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]
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[personal profile] orneryoccultist 2013-05-16 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh dear. This may end poorly.]

[Funny you should mention strong supernatural power.]



You...!

Don't say I didn't warn you!


[Squirming a hand free, Eli reaches up and, alighting his fingers on Yogi's chest, immediately begins muttering a low chant full of grating consonants and slithering vowels.

The effect is contained, yet swift, as reality immediately seems to twist and warp around the edges; the spell elicits splitting pain between the eyes and violent hallucinations: implacable creatures towering just on the edge of perception that lay waste to the mind's euclidean beliefs.]


[...maybe it's unwise to squeeze the ribs of a man who deals with Lovecraftian abominations. Even if he really deserves it.]
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[personal profile] blondedork 2013-05-20 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Yogi immediately notices something funny going on. He jumps back, an aura surrounding him, blocking the monsters that he could barely make out. If they were real, he definitely wasn't going to let them hurt anyone in the area.]

Aw, come on, just for a little hug? Incredibly rude! These monsters could hurt someone less skilled that I...
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[personal profile] orneryoccultist 2013-05-20 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Eli likewise steps back the moment Yogi lets go. Taking a deep, calming breath, the sickly atmosphere begins to dissipate...

...though he can't help but narrow his eyes at the aura surrounding Yogi. Mysterious...]


What's incredibly rude is invading someone's space without their permission. I don't need a hug right now.

...What is it you're skilled in?
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[personal profile] blondedork 2013-05-20 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm the Circus's second ship fighter! It's my job to hunt down and kill monsters. Much like the ones that were just around...

[This might be a little confusing to Eli. Yes, "Circus" means exactly what he thinks it means, but Yogi's particular Circus is also a crime fighting organization full of elite fighters- when they aren't busy entertaining the kids.]
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[personal profile] orneryoccultist 2013-05-21 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looks like his suspicion is only deepening.]

"Circus"?

Hmph. Those "monsters" aren't even to be looked at, much less hunted and killed.
blondedork: (look at me being serious)

[personal profile] blondedork 2013-05-26 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
...But the monsters I hunt and kill are very real.
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[personal profile] orneryoccultist 2013-05-26 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Something in his expression seems to change almost imperceptably. There's certainly a keener air of attention than there was before.]

...What sort of monsters do you deal with?