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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] bytheguidebook 2013-05-17 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Miles sighed quietly. It was obvious to him, at least, that she would need someone to look after her. "Where are you staying, Mani?"
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-17 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Now there's a glimmer of caution in Mani's eyes, but it's not enough to overpower the ingrained habit of answering any question put to her honestly.

"Middle floor of the Guest Apartments." Mani admitted, it had the fewest people which made life easier for someone not used to being around many people. Everyone else either wanted the lower floors for easy access or the upper floors for the view. "Why?"
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-17 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"By yourself?"

He pushed his glasses up on his nose, "You'll have to forgive my curiosity, but my job back home entailed looking after certain individuals with unusual abilities. I could do the same here."
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-17 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes." Mani said. "I'm okay on my own."

"You mean supernatural abilities?" Mani asked, confused. She didn't know what to do, Sunna told her that not all humans were as nice as Art and unlike the fennec she had no way to tell if Miles was one of the nice ones or not.
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-17 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes. Mediums, sensitives, whatever they might go by, if they even exist in your world."

He could only shrug, however. "Just give it consideration."

He was going to keep an eye in her regardless.
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-17 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I... I don't know what they are." Mani said hoping Miles would explain but not willing to actually ask.

"But I'm not supernatural." She explained.
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-17 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well," He adjusted his glasses again out of habit, "Anyone with a sense beyond the normal five would be considered having a supernatural ability. Premonitions, telekinesis, communication with spirits, psychics, among other things. All of this falls under IOPSA's jurisdiction to monitor."

"As for myself, I am a Guide, someone who primarily works with extremely talented mediums to keep them from either hurting themselves if they push the limits of their abilities or others if they abuse said abilities." He glanced to Mani, seeing if she wanted to ask anymore questions.
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-17 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Mani tilts her head to the side like a confused dog that almost sounds like...

"So, your a handler? Only for supernatural people instead of morphs?"
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-17 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He didn't look too amused by the comparison, betrayed by the arch of his brow. He decided to play it off in a joking manner, even though that sense of humor was difficult to pick up on. "That's one way of putting it. Except we don't collar the mediums, even if some of them could use it."

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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-17 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Mani stands a little straighter at that almost taking Miles comment as an affront.

"Art has never had to use my collar."
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-20 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The brow edged a little higher. "Aces, although I don't think it's going to matter here."

He really didn't care for the implication that Mani was somehow treated like property, as that was the impression he was getting from her.
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-20 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well...no." The control isn't here for a start."Rules are different."

And yet here she'd been following them like she always did. But they were different, which meant if she didn't like this conversation she didn't have to stay her feeling uncomfortable if she didn't want to.

"No rules here saying I have to listen to you. Sir." Mani said clearly starting to get annoyed at Miles' attitude about her world. It was her world and she missed it.
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-20 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Miles," He corrected her lightly. "And no, you don't have to stay here and listen to me. In fact I highly encourage you to make your own choice about that. Not that I mind the company, of course, but I won't keep you if I'm being a bother."

Because she'd be making her own decisions at least.
Edited 2013-05-21 17:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-21 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
And now Mani doesn't know what to do, if Miles had told her to stay she would have left, if he had tried to get her to stay she would have left, but giving her the choice took the wind out of her sails.

"I don't like how you keep acting like my home is bad." She said eventually sounding more like a moody child than a trailed and well behaved young morph.
Edited 2013-05-21 17:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-21 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't agree with implied practices, true." He gave her a serious look, "But that's neither here nor there, good, bad, or indifferent it's how it seems things are set in your world. Trust me when I say my opinion matters very little."

He wasn't downplaying what he said for her sake, it was just the way he viewed things, and opinions were something that could be easily dismissed. "I imagine you'll hear all sorts of opinions while you're here, so I certainly hope you don't take them all to heart so quickly."
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-21 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"But... you're human." Mani finally says after a little thought, human opinions matter.
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-21 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"And that has about as much bearing on the subject as the color of my hair." He raised an eyebrow.

"You're clearly a bright bulb, Mani. So think. Can you put up with my lack of social graces or can you not? I won't be terribly offended if you tell me to get lost."
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Argh there are so many typos in this thread /o\

[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-21 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"C-can we try this again another time?" Mani asked. "You did get rid of my headache so I don't really want to tell you to get lost indefinitely."
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me too don't worry xD

[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-21 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That got an amused chuckle out of him. "Sure, we'll table it for now."

He looked out at the water again, "All in all, I suppose there are worse places to end up."
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-21 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Mani nodded both in agreement and glad to have the awkward conversation out of the way. But she was looking not at the river but up at the night sky. "It's really nice."

She just wished she understood the rules better.
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-28 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is it similar to where you are from?"

He pushed his galsses up on his nose and peered out over the water. it was nice, sure, but Miles really didn't care for the scenery. He rankled at the thought that he had been drug here against his will, leaving his new job behind...
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-28 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's Nothing like the facility. It's not even like the shows."

The more time Mani spent in this world the less she wanted to go back, she missed her handler and friends desperately but she didn't want to go back to a life of walls and a ceiling and almost never seeing the sky unless it was on the way to or from a show.

"I've never got to spend so much time in the inbetweens before."
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-28 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Inbetweens?" Miles cocked an eyebrow. Curious phrase, he thought.

"Nothing's really like the telly, Mani. Life would be short of dull if you think about it."
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[personal profile] rabbitheartedfox 2013-05-28 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Telly?" Mani asked, she knew that word she was sure of it. "Oh the rec room had one but the other morphs scared me so I didn't stay there."

"I meant in between training in the facility and my shows." Mani explained. "While travelling."
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[personal profile] bytheguidebook 2013-05-28 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Television," Miles clarified, even though Mani understood the gist of what he was saying.

"Ah, well that makes sense, the word I mean." The rest of it, well. They'd gone down that road already in this conversation. "It's not too overwhelming, I hope."

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