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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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Water always seemed to attract her, even the lake and pool back in Rakuen. So sitting by the water, away from anyone else there is Cirno. She's just watching the water go by as she sits there.

She just wanted something familiar..even if it was only something she would do back in school but..She just needed this. After a moment more she stands and smiles, she would be back and heads over to the water side, letting the water run over her feet and kick it about as a child would. She seems to be having fun or at least keeping her mind off the bad for now.

[Here, admist all the quiet and studious people, is a girl who looks more than out of place. It isn't just her hair or her clothes, though. Rather the way she bounces up and down as though a child in an amusement park might be the biggest giveaway.

She's a nerd, what else can you expected?

As she flips through a book, rocking back and forth, she suddenly exclaims:] This is sooooo totally awesome!! Hey, hey, can I see your research guys?!

[A nearby man shushes her. Apparently not?]

Yeesh...

[After having been told he'd have to hug people in this strange new city, Yogi finds himself delighted. He loves people, and is very fond of being affectionae. He finds what he believes to be the busiest part of the city- the Learning Center- and promptly makes a brightly colored and somewhat childishly designed sign that says "Free Hugs" and walks up to strangers with his arms open. Some people give him hugs back because they think what's done is cute. Others glare at him because they think such a thing is stupid. And it looks like he's just seen you! What will you do?]

(ooc: toootally winging it with the NPCs. i hope this is alright!)

[They said, "You have to be in contact with someone else. You'll know when it's been too long. Everyone will."

A lot of them smiled. That was enough to keep Roxas from listening to them. Talk about creepy.

His arrival in the city had been jarring enough: woken as if from sleep, finding himself outside of the confines of Sora's mind and inside some narrow alleyway in the middle of the city. Roxas had no choice but to go forward, to ask about the townspeople about where he was, do you know anyone by the name of Sora, Naminé, Mickey, Axel, anyone. A good majority of them were very kind, but said there was nothing they could do for him. (Not to mention they also found his coat a little strange.)

He'd found a place to stay, some food had been offered, but today, there had been nothing to quell the steadily rising queasiness. He pinched the bridge of his nose or rubbed his temples as passersby either avoided him or offered a hug or a hand. "No, thank you, I'm fine," followed every offer. He's just feeling unwell. He's not supposed to be here. How would a hug or any of that even help him?

Hand pressed against a wall nearby a convenience store, Roxas holds his head and catches breath he didn't know he'd lost walking up the few porch steps.

He's definitely not going to make it for much longer. :(]

Javert had never been a man accustomed to much in the way of physical contact where it was not needed. In order to do the job, he had, of course, been forced to resort to it, but generally, every other use of it made his flesh crawl at the idea that one would be so intimate with a stranger, reminded him of what little he remembered of where he had come from and would not be sinking back into, thank you very much.

Which was how he found himself staggering about, the glare on his face deepening as he fought off a wave of nausea to stand, and stroll about as usual. Whether or not he would seek the contact on his own was still debatable. He was certain he had endured, and would endure worse when this God foresaken nightmare ended, but he was not in a position to turn it away either, should it be required.

Damn.

Prompt 2

[It's nothing like the lake that could be found in the tower but it would do. The elf prince strips off his tunic and thin boots, leaving his pants on since apparently people here don't swim naked like elves.

No matter, it wasn't any different than the tower had been. People frowned on it there too. Untying small braids and brushing it behind an ear, giving a clear view of his collar with green fluid still running through it, he waded into the river and started swimming.]

[Well, this is obnoxious.

Fighting against the lethargy gripping his usually tireless body, Kratos still has to stop for a break on his way to the library. He sighs heavily, half-gloved fingers working at his messy auburn hair. A few minutes in the shade won't hurt.

He really should have listened, he realizes, but part of him wanted to test the limits. And still another part refuses to believe any of this is real.]

Alice was lost.

She had gone exploring and now she was lost. She had tried to ask for help but all the natives didn't have time to answer her, telling her (even if politely) to ask someone else. And the more she traveled to try and ask someone, the more lost she became. Alice worried her lip and pulled at her fingers. She didn't want to get upset. If she got even more upset she'd end up crying and if people weren't going to help her find her way when she wasn't crying, why would they help her if she were?

A deep breath and she saw someone, on the verge, she went up to them and called out.

"E-Excuse me, please, could you help me?"

[Elves might swim naked, but generally hobbits don't swim at all. The closest Pippin had ever really gotten was splashing about in shallow pools with friends. Merry was the one who actually went swimming now and then, but he'd never actually dragged Pippin in with him.

So while the beach is lovely, he's just sitting on the sand with only his feet dipped in. But even then, he looks happy about it. He waves at the elf cheerfully.]

Legolas! Is it awfully cold all the way out there?

=She only arrived a few hours ago and her curiosity is peaked. She would be more distressed but curiosity and the need to keep calm override that. She knows that panic does nothing when it comes to trying to understand a new situation.

She moves through the city carefully, picking her way through the new world with a map and an expression that says she's rather busy with all the new things.

She's around Building Two. Studying the layout and analyzing it's potential. She's not sure how she feels about all of this, the new world, the fact that she must engage in some kind of signifigant contact I she wants to stay functioning. It's all more than a little...odd.

But odder things have happened to her and she's not going to treat any of it like it's nonsense until she's gotten proof to the contrary.)

[Yata's leaning against the wall of the building. It's pretty obvious he's not feeling well. Looks like he didn't listen to the somewhat nice people who brought him here. After all, he didn't exactly believe it. A place that makes you hug? Ridiculous! However, the slight headache and shivers he's getting right now are saying something completely different...]

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Georgia is curled up, eyes closed and breathing slow. She's feeling far from good but she can't bring herself to reach out, to touch others the way that this place needs her to.

She feels like she's going to pass out but.....

But he's never been a touchy person and without Shaun around, she's even less so.

[If you're actually out in the water, you might notice a young girl practicing holding her breath underwater. She seems to be able to stay down there for a long time, a full minute and a half passing before she comes up for air.

Perhaps during one of these such instances, as she's catching her breath before diving underwater again, you can talk to her? Or if you're good at swimming maybe you can catch her underwater, though she seems highly focused...]

[That stack of books seems to have grown legs, and is toddling uncertainly toward one of the large tables. As much as her arms are beginning to tremble, the young lady carrying them all places them down with a great deal of caution, almost reverance. She is not a great reader, even if the large amount of materials might indicate as such, but being allowed access to such a great wealth of information and stories is certainly a fantastic perk to being held captive in this touchy-feely city. Libraries were ordinarily reserved only for the wealthy, or those with great political sway. As a bard, she had neither riches nor influence.]

[She's also pleased to discover that the librarians here do not secretly fund a regicide-plotting cult, but that's another story altogether.]

[Rialynn sits down with a whuff of breath. She hasn't been here all that long, and she's pretty much disregarded the relatively creepy advice to go hug a bunch of strangers. The sweat on her forehead, the slowly vanishing strength, surely nothing more than a prelude to a cold. Surely.]

[Cracking open the first book, she props her cheek up on her knuckles, practically devouring the words presented to her. Oh, a book about vampires...! This will surely be scary.]

[Surely.]

(ooc: Ignore the Pokemon stuff in this journal, for test drive purposes, he's taken directly from canon.)

[Interested in going to the beach? Well, you might run into this teenager with silver hair and somewhat odd fashion sense standing near the bank, looking like he can't really trust the water. Or anything else, really. He's never seen a real life beach...and he's not even sure this is a real-life beach to begin with.]

[The only benefit of this situation, and he wasn't entirely sure that he wasn't still in the tower or that Riki (or perhaps Ruana) wasn't toying with his mind, was that he could see familiar and friendly faces.]

It is but it's refreshingly so!

[Remember, Pippin, this is the elf that wore the lightest clothes of you all on Caradhras and practically skipped on top of the snow.]

[ooc: Still not sure if I'm bringing her with previous game memories or not so I might just play it by ear!]

[Option 1]

[Having explored every inch of the city that she possibly can, barring those that would make her physically ill to enter, Cathy's quickly found herself most at ease in the restaurants open late at night. After all, used to the atmosphere of the Nightside, it's when and where she feels most at home in this strange place. That eating areas are the best places to people watch, and meet others, is an added bonus.

Wired on one or two too many cups of coffee, her fingers tap in patterns on the table she sits at. It may be the beat to a song, some dance groove she enjoyed at Dancing Fool in months past, or some Techno-Demonic pop song, but whatever it is isn't enough to occupy her attention. Huffing a sigh, she looks around to see if there's someone she can bother for conversation.]

[Option 4]

[Cathy isn't really sure how it got to this point. Had she really gotten so distracted that she'd forgotten to spend some time getting cozy with another? She was used to multitasking a lot but she had been fairly certain she'd had everything under control...and then she'd swung her legs over the edge of her bed one morning (afternoon really, but it had been morning for her) and she felt the room spin. Worse, it had taken what felt like forever to get herself out of bed. Having lived most of her life in a perpetual state of cheerfulness, over-caffeination, and booze, it was a drastic change to suddenly feel as if she barely had energy to go down to the corner store for a snack.

Somehow she's managed, however, and made her way to one of the common rooms. Back to the wall, she slides down to the floor, and when someone comes near enough, she offers a weak sort of smile and tilts her head to the side.]

Don't suppose you'd fancy a cuddle, would you?

[The older gentleman in the cowboy hat is one of the amused ones. The hare perched on his shoulder looks less than amused, but also like she might be trying to look that way n purpose. ... if a hare can be said to have such a complex expression, anyway.

Lee grins, though, under that mustache of his, tipping his hat back in something that's half greeting and half examination.]

Jest don't touch Hester, and I'm all willin' to share a hug.

The blonde smiles at the little girl. He sure looks friendly with his big smile and colorful clothes. Add that to the fact he's wearing a cheerful "Free Hugs" sign, he looks quite fun to hang around.

"Of course I can help you! I'm assuming you're lost and you need a hug?"

Such a young girl much feel terrible at being taken from her home.

[Why yes, Pippin does indeed remember this. So he laughs.]

I think anything an elf would call refreshing would probably freeze me solid! I'll just stay right here and watch you have your fun, I think.

[Option 2]

[Those unfortunate enough to be standing near the water line are about to get splashed. The boy running into the water, red hair trailing behind him, might be in his late teens physically, but the expression on his face looks more like you'd except more a little kid. He doesn't seem to care about getting his shoes and socks wet, either, although he's at least hiked up both his pant legs to his knees and tied up the flowing tails of his coat.

Realizing that no one else has followed his delighted, impromptu charge into the water, Ember turns around much smaller set of splashes and puts his hands on his hips.]

What are you waiting for? It's not going to bite.

[The gold eyes of a cat regard the inspector coolly from atop a fence. The tip of the cat's tail twitches idly from side to side. Really. Some of the people here are so stubborn sometimes. Ah, well. That's what Yoruichi is here for.]

[Alighting to the ground in a smooth drop, the cat pads over toward Javert with a plaintive meow, and begins to wind about his ankles. Who needs a buddy?]

He's settled in the library of Building Two, a pile of books in hand. He's not sure what to do about the whole situation, being somewhere new has never been something he was good at, but now he didn't really have much of a choice.

He's made a fort from the books, piling them high around him and while he's not certain about welcoming anyone, he's going to try and be friendly if someone approaches him. Or watns a book, since he's used a fair few of them to make his nest.

[It's for swimming or showing best friends in!

Kairi has spotted him from behind. Sure he looked smaller from last she has seen him, but she wasn't really going to think about that as she crept up behind him. And both hands were soon planted on his back as she tries to push him towards the water.]

Surprise!

Lee, on the other hand, enjoyed him some physical contact, whether with friends or lady-friends, even though he spent most of his time living along in his balloon. It had taught him to cherish what he did get, so this place was really rather pleasant to him.

But more than that, he was one to generally move to help someone who looked like they were in trouble. Since he hadn't yet experienced any withdrawl, the sight of someone staggering sideways as if he might run into a wall prompted the lanky aeronaut to duck under Javert's arm to support him.

"Whoops, careful there, fella."

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Test Drive Meme!

Cirno | Touhou Project- Rakuen AU | Prompt 2

Pascal | Tales of Graces | Option 3

Yogi | Karneval | Prompt 3

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts OU | Option 3

Inspector Javert| Les Miserables| Option 4

Legolas | Lord of the Rings/Tower of Animus

Kratos Aurion | Tales of Symphonia | Option 4

Alice Liddell | Alice in Wonderland | Option 3

Peregrine Took, movie canon only I'm afraid :)

Natasha Romanoff | MCU | Option ish

Misaki Yata | K Project | Option 4

Georgia Mason | Newsflesh | Option 4

Yuna | Final Fantasy X/X-2 | 2

Rialynn Kollmann | OC | Option 3 (with a little 4)

Riku Replica | Kingdom Hearts | Option 2

that's okay because I'm still in the process of switching him to book

Cathy Barrett | The Nightside

Lee Scoresby, from the His Dark Materials books :)

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kk :)

[Ember the Blazing - Tales of the Abyss redheads roleswap AU]

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Death | OC | Option 1

is this okay?

Lee Scoresby, His Dark Materials :)