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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.]
dreamtheatre: (speech ◦ wouldn't wanna live.)

[personal profile] dreamtheatre 2013-05-16 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ her breath catches in her throat when she looks up and sees this woman, her grey eyes get very wide and she looks like she's seen an angel descend right in front of her.

she has ears! not like her own, no, but--and a tail! oh, who is this woman? what does she like, what are her hobbies? aruz is struck by a burning need to know who she is and if she can hang off of her shoulder because she's never, ever, ever seen someone with similar animal appendages. ]


I-I do.

[ she stammers out, so, so quietly.
brushgod: (pic#1524205)

[personal profile] brushgod 2013-05-16 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ perhaps had she been a wolf right now, she would have been able to ease into a comfort zone easily. still, at least the girl wasn't staring upon her with fear in her eyes, no... it was something else. it brings a smile to the woman's lips as she gazes back.

humans Amaterasu was very much use to, as animals seeing they always found a soothing comforting aura around the mother goddess. no, this was different, the girl was different. neither human nor animal completely. like her. had she been animal before?

oh, right. no need for pondering. she'll fall asleep at this rate. ears flicker and hear her with little to no difficulty despite her quiet tone. ]
I may be able to help if you like.

[ she's still getting use to this warm voice that leaves her. she's so use to barking and having people not understand her. once the Goddess gives her offer she starts to move, she begins to slowly inch into the water and allowing it to reach close to her knees before she stops. and once she stops does she hold a hand out. ] You don't need to be afraid.
dreamtheatre: (shy ◦ in a crazy world.)

[personal profile] dreamtheatre 2013-05-16 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ she grips her tube around her, bright pink in color, and looks at her determinedly. without making a sound, she's already saying i would be glad for your help!

aruz watches ammy tread into the water, and she swallows thickly before nodding. ]
I need not be afraid. I... need not be afraid...

[ she repeats quietly to herself as she takes hesitant, shaky steps forwards. her ears press against her skull, flattened back as the water hits her ankles, splashes up her legs. she shivers a bit, but she holds a hand out, reaching for ammy as she gets closer. ]
brushgod: (pic#1524341)

[personal profile] brushgod 2013-05-16 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ while listening to the little chant she gives to herself, ammy watches in silence with a reassuring smile and her tail begins to wag atop the water's surface. which splashes a bit around and causes the water to lap up further at her legs.

and once close enough, ammy takes her hand into her own and squeezes briefly. keeping a good grip to show she would not be letting her go. on her watch, she would not let any harm come to her. ]
That's it. Just a little further in!

[ her other hand holds out in case aruz would feel comfortable having full support. ammy intended on stopping once reaching the waters at her own hip level, which be a bit deeper for aruz, and that's when an idea comes to mind. with a quick work of her god brush she circles the surface of the water. that's when a large lily pad blooms into place.] This will also keep you afloat! [it was large enough and able to carry the weight of a wolf so it should not be that difficult for a girl as well.]
dreamtheatre: (awkward ◦ reality is a lovely place.)

[personal profile] dreamtheatre 2013-05-16 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ innately, she's comforted by ammy's presence. she does, indeed, grasp for her other hand as her tube floats about her, stopping for a brief moment when the water gets waist high for her. she remembers, in a flash, what reningald promised her once, that he'd drown her like an unwanted kitten if she disobeyed orders when he'd brought her on a visit to a river. she tries to banish the memory away, holding onto ammy's hands tightly, though shaking.

when she sees the lily pad come to life, however, she gasps in awe.

that's not any magic she's seen before... she chews on her bottom lip and reaches for it with one hand, grasping onto the edge and climbing atop it, even if her legs are weak and clumsy. ]


Ah, like this?
brushgod: (pic#1524166)

[personal profile] brushgod 2013-05-18 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ ammy can feel the vibrations of her tremble through gripped hands and only squeezes them reassuringly, watching her reaction at the blooming lily pad until she then moves towards it.

the mother of all watches closely and keeps close by to show that she would make sure this experience was nothing but safe. and when she climbs atop, ammy's brush-like tail begins to wag happily with a quick nod. ]
That's it!

[ looking pleased, she smiles and tilts her head. ] How's that then? Better?