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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.]

Re: hello there! hope you don't mind...

[personal profile] favours_thebow 2013-05-22 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Kili's head shot up, as he heard the voice next to him. A hobbit? The person in front of him was definitely one of the small folk. He smiled lightly and nodded.

"Yes, I can agree with you there. It is nice to let your feet have some comfort, after walks and such." He had been on many of those. Some, treacherous walks up mountains and yonder. Now, he was curious about the hobbit. "Are you curious as to how you got here?"
pushingthreeseven: (goofy)

naw, the more the merrier! took me by surprise, though, that's for sure XD

[personal profile] pushingthreeseven 2013-05-22 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, very curious." This was Pippin here, after all. He was curious about everything. "I've tried to look around and ask people, but no one seems to want to talk about it, or else they just don't know. I don't think they mean to hurt us, though. Why give us fancy towers and all the food we can eat just to hurt us, after all?"

He was also an optimist and generally trusting. Obviously.

Re: awesome! was that a pun on Merry? XD

[personal profile] favours_thebow 2013-05-22 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Kili wasn't sure why they would give fancy towers and food to hurt them. Perhaps, this was just a friendly place after all.

"I am Kili, son of Dis. What might your name be, master hobbit?" He wanted to act friendly to the hobbit. He was, after all, new to all of this. Making friends sounded like a good idea.
pushingthreeseven: (smileback)

ahahahaha no, just the usual saying XD I'm not that witty!

[personal profile] pushingthreeseven 2013-05-22 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Peregrine Took, from Hobbiton. Pleased to meet you, Kili." Pippin even shifted over so he could offer Kili his hand for a friendly shake. "Everyone calls me Pippin, though, so you can go ahead and do it, too." He always thought Peregrine was a little lofty-sounding for him, anyway. He was definitely a Pippin.

Re: Oh well, I wasn't sure XD

[personal profile] favours_thebow 2013-05-23 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nice to meet you too, mister Took." He bowed and then smiled. Kili saw the hobbit hold out his hand, as he was more than pleased to shake it. "Pippin? Would you prefer that over, mister Took? We have a hobbit in our party and we call him either Bilbo or mister Baggins." He swallowed. Was he supposed to have just blabbed that? Surely, Pippin would know of Bilbo, so there wouldn't be any questions asked there.

His quest was now far away, as his expression saddened some. "Well, I was going on a quest, that was, until I was brought here." He let his feet drape over the calm waters some.
Edited 2013-05-23 14:54 (UTC)
pushingthreeseven: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] pushingthreeseven 2013-05-23 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, Pippin's much better. Mister Took makes me think like you're working for me." Like Sam and his Mister Frodo thing. Even then, though, he didn't call him Mister Baggins! He shook back amiably, then settled back on his hands, looking up at the sky. "You know Bilbo, then? Is he here, too? We haven't seen him since we stopped back off at Rivendell on the way home from our adventure. He really was too frail to come with us, or I think he would have tried. What was your quest about?"

[personal profile] favours_thebow 2013-05-23 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Kili nodded. He cracked a smile at the hobbit's words. He worked for no one. He was just a dwarf, who enjoyed adventure and helping his uncle Thorin. "Aye, he travels with us on our journey. We are reclaiming Erebor back from the dragon, Smaug." He swallowed. He felt he could trust this hobbit. If he couldn't trust Pippin, then who else could he trust?

"I have not seen him around, so I presume he isn't in this world. Unless, he is somewhere else in this city." Kili's eyes lit up slightly at the mention of Pippin's adventure. "You're on an adventure too? Where are you going?" He looked slightly confused at the frail remark. But, Bilbo was a young hobbit! How could he possibly be frail?
pushingthreeseven: (fancy)

[personal profile] pushingthreeseven 2013-05-24 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I was coming back from an adventure. We just had to defeat Sauron, destroy the One Ring, and save the world. Nothing to it, really." He tried to make it sound like nothing, but it was hard for such an impressive sort of adventure-- and scary sort of adventure!-- to come off as "nothing really". "That's over and done with, though, and I've actually been back at the Shire for weeks."

He eyed Kili curiously. "Bilbo thought about coming back with us, but he's happier with the elves. They can look after him better than poor Frodo. He's a hundred and eleventy years old now-- and then some! He needs looking after!"

[personal profile] favours_thebow 2013-05-24 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Kili just stared, nearly opened mouthed at what Pippin was saying. Defeat Sauron? But, he was so powerful! How could one hobbit and other defeat such a foe. Was he just telling a great story to entertain the dwarf? He found it hard to believe. What was this One Ring he was talking about too? Many thoughts whirled about in his mind.

"It sounds like a brave adventure, Pippin. I don't understand though. How can anyone defeat Sauron. He's evil and very powerful." The young dwarf swallowed at mentioning his name. It was him who had evil orcs, such as Azog, under his command.

"Bilbo? That can't be right! He is a young hobbit within our company. I don't know how hobbits age, but he certainly doesn't need looking after. Not in that way, anyway."
Edited 2013-05-24 19:07 (UTC)