Test Drive Meme!

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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.]

Comments

assassin → fate/zero (au)

[smallskull]

Option 1
[What will she do? Well... Scurry might be a good word for it. She's naturally curious, as one might expect a child her age to be, and she is also unusually tenacious and invasive once she has discovered something that catches her eye. As a result, it's not uncommon for her to wind up underfoot—sometimes literally, as she doesn't have much concept of personal space, either. If you're doing anything remotely of interest, watch out.]

[Otherwise, she'll just make a point to study every inch of terrain she can find, sometimes clambering over or crawling beneath things to see more or in more detail.]

Option 2
[At the beach, Assassin pauses in her busy exploration. For once, she is still as she stands several feet away from the water, making no move to approach it. She just...stares at it.]

Option 4
[It seems that, in her enthusiasm, Assassin forged her way into one of the forbidden districts. She isn't quite sure what to do with herself now. Even now that she has left, she feels strange and unpleasant, and she can't stop shivering. She stands on the corner of a street not far away, oblivious to her surroundings as her shoulders shake violently.]

option 1

[beforetights]

[Even as a child, Cu Chulainn's senses were sharp. He's quick to put down the little pen-knife he's using to slice a picture out of a book and look over at the other child peering at him from behind the bookshelf.]

...You're a girl.

[smallskull]

[She responds to that statement with a single, simple nod. Her gaze is quick to move from his face back down to the picture, and the book, and the small knife he holds in his hand. She doesn't speak, just studies.]

[beforetights]

[He stares for a little longer at her before holding up the book to show to her.]

See? This thing has a lot of cool pictures. So I'm cutting them out and taking them home with me. Would you like to take a picture too? I'll let you have one.

[smallskull]

[She hesitates for a moment, then moves out from behind the bookshelf, coming closer. Once she has made her decision to approach, though, there's no timidity in her demeanor at all. Still without a word, she reaches out to take the book from him. She doesn't nod her head yes or shake it no; after all, without looking at the book herself, she doesn't know if there's a picture she wants.]

[beforetights]

[Cu Chulainn sits cross-legged on the floor, one elbow resting on his knee, propping his face up with one hand. The other hand's fingers drum on the ground. He's waiting for her to get done already.]

[smallskull]

[Don't be rude, Cu Chulainn. This book has a lot of pictures of things she has never seen before. She turns the pages carefully, fingers brushing across the illustrations as she reads the words surrounding them. It's hard to pick just one.]

[Eventually, she props the book up in her own lap, the spine turned inward toward herself as she indicates a single image with the tip of a finger.]

[beforetights]

Alright, that one, then?

[He crawls over and, with the book still on her lap, stabs the knife into the page to cut out the picture. He doesn't know why she chose that one. It doesn't seem bright enough in color.]

[smallskull]

[What can she say, deserts just call to her for some reason.]

[She nod at his question, and this time it's her turn to feel impatient as she waits for him to remove the image for her. She watches him work, though she isn't at the best angle to do so. She wonders where he got that penknife. Maybe she would like one, too.]

Option 1

[smallspot]

[Diarmuid is standing in the middle of the media room floor, his golden eyes wide. There are so many strange things here. Usually, his curiosity would overcome caution in times like this, but there is just so much here that he is overwhelmed.

And so he just stands there, eyes darting from one thing to another. Sometimes, when something makes a sound, he will start looking like he might dash away at any moment. If there is someone else around, he's too caught up in everything to notice them and if they are too close, he will likely run into them when he finally gives in and dashes toward the door.]

[smallskull]

[Assassin likely does not help the situation, seeing she chooses to stand directly behind him. She's trying to figure out what he's so unsettled by, but seeing things from his perspective isn't helping...]

[On the bright side, at least he doesn't have the chance to build much momentum before he collides with her. She is surprisingly sturdy, but she still responds to the impact with a wordless, startled yelp.]

[smallspot]

[She might remain standing, but Diarmuid is small enough and scared enough that he ends up stumbling backward and falling to the floor with a startled yelp. He scrambles back away from her, arm put up between them. It takes him a good few minutes to calm down enough to peek out at her through his fingers.

He's rather surprised that the person who scared him so is just a little girl.

Ashamed at how much he has overreacted, Diarmuid stands himself up and takes a few unsure steps toward her.]

I'm sorry. I didn't hurt you, did I?

[smallskull]

[She isn't sure what to do at a response like that. She remains where she is and stares at him where he has landed on the floor. Just when she is considering stepping closer and attempting to forcibly pull his hand away from his face, he peeks up at her.]

[Again, she makes no move toward him as he picks himself, offering no assistance. At his apology and question, she merely shakes her head, silently and without much emotion.]

[smallspot]

[Diarmuid's startled emotion fades into curiosity and he tilts his head at her.]

Do you not talk? Is that why you aren't answering me?

[smallskull]

[She looks down and away for a second, and then back up again. Then, she nods. She doesn't like to talk, though she can, so that's true.]

[smallspot]

[That answer makes him rather sad. After all, it can't be fun not to be able to talk. Diarmuid just looks at her for a few moments and then nods to himself. Decision made.

If she can't talk, he will just have to help her by talking for her.

He walks over to her side and tries to take her hand.]

If you can't talk then I will help you! I don't know much about this place yet, but if you want to we can learn together!

Option 2

[holyswordwielder]

[ Watching his two young charges splash around in the shallow end of the river from the shore of the beach, Saber doesn't notice the other Servant immediately. In fact, when he finally does sense the other Servant nearby, he's actually very surprised because it feels like the presence just appeared. He turns away from the river, surveying the beach and scanning the people gathered around. He doesn't summon Excalibur on account of the innocents, but he's prepared to if it proves to be necessary. ]

[smallskull]

[That there's another presence similar to her own nearby goes right over Assassin's head — because she doesn't know what her own is, devoid of her memories as a Servant as she is. Still, maybe she feels... Something, because she glances away from the water when Saber scans the area. Her expression doesn't shift as she peers at him through her dark hair.]

Option 2

[agelostdoll]

[well this is a shot as long as hell but what the heck, it's worth trying; kid confused by a clean river? Who knows, who knows...

This eyepatch'd 26 year old teenager comes walking up behind you, at a respectable distance, watching the river herself]

Never seen clear water before?

[smallskull]

[She looks back at the newcomer, then down as she considers the question. It's only a brief moment before she looks up again and nods. Yes, she has.]

[agelostdoll]

[...um.]

...Is that a 'yes I have' or a 'yes; I have never?'

[smallskull]

[Oh no.]

[She turns around to face Asuka fully, her expression making it obvious that she doesn't know what to do. Both her hands clench into little fists. Finally—]

[She holds up one finger.]

[agelostdoll]

[...mute?]

...First one, right? Well, lucky you.

[smallskull]

[She nods.]

[But, then, she studies Asuka more closely. She hasn't seen anyone with an eyepatch before. That interests her, so she moves closer, heedless of personal space as she leans up on her toes to try to get a closer look.]

[agelostdoll]

[Asuka tilts her head, but it's not like she can derive her intentions from body language alone]


...What is it?