justhugalready | 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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[He giggles.]

Yes, I've seen them.

[With some effort, he snaps the sapling in half over his knee.]

Show me, show me!

[Diarmuid giggles at the other boy's excitement.]

Well, this is still a little big for me but it will do.

[He strips some of the small leaves and twigs off his.]

Clean it up a little like I just did and then start by holding it like this.

[Carefully, he places his hands on the 'hilt' of the 'sword' and waits for the other boy to do as he has.]

[He strips his section of the sapling clean and then taps his foot on the ground impatiently.]

Okay I cleaned it. What now?

Good, now hold it out in front of you like this. And do a basic swing like this.

[He angles the 'sword' slightly and swings across his body.]

You have to be careful not to swing too hard. It can unbalance you and that's bad!

I got it!

[However, despite his assertion, he wings too hard while imitating his friend and ends up falling on his face.]

Oh no, are you all right?

[Diarmuid sets his stick down and moves to kneel next to his friend.]

That is what I meant! You have to watch how hard you swing!

Ow...

[He rubs at his nose.]

I'm fine. I've fallen down even worse before.

[Diarmuid seems to relax a little when he sees his friend is okay.]

I'm glad. Come on, lets try that again. Just don't swing so hard this time. Balance is important as you just saw!

I know, I know.

[He swings again. This time, the branch flies out of his hands because he didn't grip it strongly enough.]

Eep!

[Diarmuid ducks the flying stick and then gives his friend an odd look.]

Why did you throw it? What kind of trick is that? Someone could get hurt!

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[He scoffs and stomps his foot.]

I didn't throw it, stupid! It slipped!

Don't call me stupid! You are the one who didn't hold it tight enough!

[Diarmuid huffs and then walks over to retrieve the stick. By the time he comes back, he's smiling again. Anger never seems to stick around long with him.

He holds the stick out to the other boy.]

Hold it tighter this time! But not too tight! Do you want me to show you?

Alright! Go ahead. Show me!

[Cu Chulainn's anger had also faded.]

[Sometimes being so easily distracted has its rewards. Diarmuid walks over to Cu Chulainn and carefully puts his hands over the other boy's.]

Hold it like this and then try putting this amount of pressure on the handle, okay?

[He squeezes the other boy's hands for a moment and then steps to the side.]

Do you think you got it? Or do you want me to show you again?

Don't worry. I got this.

[Gripping the branch with the same amount of force that Diarmuid had used, he swings it. This time, he neither falls nor lets it slip.]

[Diarmuid claps his hands excitedly.]

That's it! That's good! Now you can do another basic swing by doing the same thing just in the opposite direction! Oh, let me get mine and I will show you!

[He scrambles over to pick his 'sword' back up and demonstrates the swing.]

Do it just like that! Then you will know two basic swings!

[He swings the branch just like Diarmui had showed him. Then, he swings it again in the other direction. He starts swinging it again and again, in wider arcs, until he finally makes a misstep and falls again.]

Oops! Just a little too much there, but you got it!

[He crouches by the other boy and pats him on the shoulder.]

You are good at this!

[He giggles.]

Really? Well, I am a great hero.

[Diarmuid nods his head rapidly.]

You are! You are! I am sad I don't know anything else to teach you. I just started learning the other week! Do you think we can try to figure out some tricks now?

I know! We can pretend to be hero and monster. And then we can figure out tricks while fighting each other.

Hero and monster?

[The look Diarmuid gives him is curious, but excited.]

I have never heard of it before. You will show me how? So we can play?

Alright. First, one of us needs to be the hero and the other needs to be the monster. Which one do you wanna be?

Umm....I don't really want to be the monster, but I don't know how the game is played so I don't know if I can be the hero.

[He looks a little sad.]

Maybe you should pick who is what? You know the game better than me!

We can take turns. You can be the hero first. Which means I'm the monster. I'm gonna attack you and you need to fight me off. And then after you win the fight, we switch.

[He grins, and then gives an animal-like growl.]

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