Test Drive - May Edition

[rekindlemods]

Belated May 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. And don't forget to go reserve your character, GO GO GO.......

((PS: We’ve also gotten a suggestion to try and post our Test Drives on the same day as the Activity Check goes up! That is, the last day of the month. We may try that out next time, and see how it works!))

Here's some prompts to help you get started, if you need it:

Option 1

[Animals, animals everywhere! All over the different parts of the city…And perhaps paying you a visit as well! In a strange manner, as you might find yourself looking over Saeng Seong in a different, more fuzzy perspective.]

Option 2

[Petals keep falling on your head; or at least they have a persistent habit of falling from trees that are in full bloom. And as a consequence they form a nice array of color floating on the wind…Or perhaps getting in one’s face and blocking vision. Or in the worst case, causing a sneezing fit from the excess pollen. Still, at least there’s some flowers to help liven up the air?]

Option 3

[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 4

[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

[drank_the_milk]

Let's just say it's the friendliest one I've been to.

hope you don't mind brackets! (also 4 aha) (if crys wasn't a pony it'd be 1)

[capturespecialist]

[also fuck i totally just hit enter too early and posted this comment without anything I AM SO SORRY

She's not sure if she's ever seen the professor out and about... or on a dragonite, for that matter. There's no way for her to get to him now, but he's gotta land sometime, right?

Lucky that her arcanine's up and ready to go. She'll ride him until the professor settles somewhere, then get off so she can greet her superior with a smile.]

Good afternoon, Professor!

[Though, with the Red she'd met here in mind -- it's possible, really possible, the professor might not know who she is at all. Still, better to wait and see if that's the case than jumping to conclusions.]

[heismymission]

[He manages stop staring like that after another second, shaking off the urge to fight. There's no point; it's just a kid and his pet, and they look harmless. He figures he might as well be... polite. Or something. Speaking to people means being polite, right.]

Fine. [He eyes Red's elbow, trying to be less tense, but only succeeding in looking more tired. He knows that being on the receiving end of a blow from his metal arm isn't something you don't notice, even if it is accidental.] What about you.

[livefreely]

Hmmm. Well, this place is still weird, isn't it?

[drank_the_milk]

A little, but it's not a bad place at all.

[livefreely]

Ah, you really are cute...

[ And she'll crouch down to his height, trying her best to be polite, her eyes widening as she brightly grins, laughing rather innocently. She's never seen a creature like it before, and she's tempted-

But she made that mistake before, back when she took in all that was cute about mini-Inaban. ]

Do you mind if I pet you?

[ Though she is wondering if he has an owner... ]

[livefreely]

It's not? Even though we all got kidnapped...?

[drank_the_milk]

Well, think about it this way - there's a lot worse they could do to us than ask us to hug each other once in a while.

[livefreely]

Maybe... but isn't it weird? What if you ended up having to hug someone scary?

[drank_the_milk]

I haven't had to do that yet. There are a lot of nice people here.

[livefreely]

Well, I guess that makes you lucky, right?

[drank_the_milk]

I guess so! But if you ever need just a handshake or whatever, you can come see me, okay? I like to think I'm not very scary.

Labrys | Persona 4 Arena

[unit_031]

[Well, this is a first. She's seen trees flowering before, but not so crazy like this. Yet something about it really grabs her eye, has her stop for a minute to appreciate what's around her.

Well, that, and her eyes were taking about a thousand pictures and storing them to memory to check out later. Maybe she'll dream about 'em, too. Yeah. But something about it doesn't sit right with her.]

Y'know, you trees are makin' a real mess of the place. Who's gonna get all this cleaned up once everything's said n' done, huh?

...I wonder how it's done every year. They just blow away or somethin'?

[Then, she wrinkles her nose.]

Eh, I could be overthinkin'- ackpth-!

[Petals in the face! Sputtering, she quickly sweeps at her face and bangs to clear them. Trees're real cheeky! She's looking real smooth right now.]

Re: The Winter Soldier | Captain America | 2 & 3

[ofsongandstrings]

[Y'akeno has grown used to accidental bumping into others on the street. Who knows? It could just be someone trying to reach their quota for the day. The way that this person is holding himself is definitely making it seem like that, or even maybe worse.

...Was that the clang of steel she felt against her arm?

Blinking she looks at the person she just bumped into with a little surprise and much more concern shining through. Call it a bleeding heart, but dude looks like hells.]

Are ye alrigh'? Yeh look as though ye've been through the seven hells.

[heismymission]

[It's a young woman with cat ears that he's staring at, he finally realizes as the alarm in his expression fades. He's slowly starting to get used to all the strange things here--though who knows what's actually strange and what he's just unfamiliar with--and the fact that it's mostly a woman and not so much a cat makes it easier to deal with.

He must really look bad if people are commenting on it. He should probably clean himself up and rest or... something. He'd probably try that if he wasn't still on edge all the time.

His speech is a little slow, like he's trying to think of what to say and having trouble putting it into his mouth.] Fine. Long... few weeks.

[It's still strange to him, being awake this long. It almost makes him uneasy, like it's wrong somehow.]

[littlerat]

[ Pikachu is all about pettings! Hearing the question, he moves his head out for her, his ears lowering. Pikachuu~

Pikachu may or may not be shameless -- especially when cute girls are involved!

But yes, the pokémon does have a trainer. Who actually heard the yelp before, and now spots where Pikachu is. By the time she gives him pets (if she decides to go through with it!) Red should be just reaching them, waving out a hand. ]

Hey, is everything okay?

[littlerat]

[ He lowers the hand, shaking his head. The sting is noticeable for where it hit, more so that it was more like hitting a lamp post than another person, but there wasn't any need to worry about it. ] No, it's fine.

[ Red looks down to his partner, nodding his head for the rodent to come back up to his spot on his shoulder again. He then looks to the man again, who actually didn't look fine.

And maybe that's not any of his business, but a lot of things in life have never been his business. An idea comes to mind, even if maybe the man's look had more to do with his character than a lack of contact. He holds out a hand. ]

I'm Red. Are you new to the city? You look tired.

[ He was going to need more than a handshake, but if he accepted it then hopefully it would be something. ]

[blazeoflife]

[Okay, first thing Junpei noticed? Really freaking cute girl. Wow, she's adorable-- her face sort of reminds him of Ai--...

And the second thing he notices is she had other parts of her that DEFINITELY looked like Aigis. But hadn't Ikutsuki said that Aigis was the last of her class?

...Then again, Ikutsuki was a big fucking lying bastard, so it was entirely possible there were more robo-girls like Aigis around. And one of them seemed to be here, talking like she was from Kansai.

That serious train of thought went to the way side as she spluttered due to the petals in her face, and Junpei couldn't help but chuckle lightly-- she was really adorable, either way.]

Watch out; those trees can be sneaky, huh?

[He offered her a wave, smiling on the approach. Now, how to do this...]

[symbolofstrength]

On spotting the orange Pokemon with a similar body shape to its own, Dragonite makes some happy sounds and zooms toward it, Sam holding on for dear life thanks to the sudden burst of speed.

"Not too close, Dragonite, you'll crash!" With Sam's warning, Dragonite slows and hovers a comfortable distance away, though close enough to communicate.

"Dragonite!" Dragonite greets the Pokemon, while Sam looks around for signs of its trainer.

Nope! :)

[symbolofstrength]

((<3))

"Dragon!" Dragonite points at the ground, and Sam follows its claw with his gaze to spot the girl on the Arcanine -- a pair he'd seen several times before on this flight.

"Do you think she's following us, Dragonite?" Dragonite nods. "We'd better see what she wants, then." And with that, Dragonite descends, landing on all fours so that Sam can climb off more easily.

At the girl's greeting, Sam is confused; she seems to be personally familiar with him, but he's sure he's never seen her before. He scratches his head before replying, trying to recall her face; nothing.

"Ah, good afternoon, Miss," he finally says politely.

[littlerat]

Charizard sees the figure in the skies with it, stopping in her own flight with some wariness when it approaches. But admittedly, she's curious too. It's not hard to recognise it's a dragonite; she's seen them enough to know that.

Yet it's the figure on the pokémon's back that catches her attention as much as it itself. She knows that man - she should, considering that she lived her younger years with him before Red took her with him on his journey.

Her response is curt, gruff; more than she intends it to, not meaning to be rude but being on the shy side (and not wanting to give that totally away). She nods though, to add to her greeting and to hopefully make it more friendly, especially with the professor there.

She then takes a flap of her wings back, nodding her head to the side and saying - follow me. It's a question despite not coming off as one, seeing as how she waits for the dragonite's confirmation. But Charizard knows that Red would like to meet the professor.

[heismymission]

[He peers curiously at the electric pokemon as it climbs back onto Red's shoulder, wondering if it came from his world or the city they were in, though he'd guess the former. He doesn't move to keep walking just yet, seeing as he's in no rush and standing still might stop the clouded feeling in his head.]

I've been here two weeks. [It still doesn't feel right to give a name; he's never been called it but once that he can remember, and he can't bring himself to use it yet. It's not as if anyone here knows the title he's been given, either. He'll worry about what people call him later.

Regardless, he pulls both of his hands out of his pockets, metal visible on the left under the fingerless glove, the bare right moving to accept the kid's hand. He keeps forgetting that there are stranger things than metal arms here. He figures it shouldn't be a big deal to let it be visible, and in some ways he wants to offer an explanation for the harshness of the collision.]

[symbolofstrength]

Dragonite cocks its head as it considers the request, then nods. It'll have to run it by its trainer, though.

"What is it, Dragonite?" Sam knows the two have been communicating, not wanting to butt in, but he'd still like to know what Dragonite agreed to. The dragon relays Charizard's request to him, and after a moment, he nods to Charizard himself. "Alright. Lead the way, Charizard."

[unit_031]

[She was brushing off her bangs when this guy just walks up, and she blows out a breath in resignation.]

I wouldn't say sneaky with 'em stuck where they are, but when everything else about this place is real fishy, I shouldn't bat an eyelash at the idea of possibly offending the trees somehow.

[Oh hey, fella's got good timing. She's got a bone to pick.]

Lemme ask ya somethin'- What happens when it's all over? Y'know, once all the petals finish flyin' around?

[littlerat]

[ The lack of a name in return is fine. It's the handshake that's most important, and Red takes it when it's offered to him into a firm enough grip, pausing as if making sure he's holding it right and then giving it a shake. Really, it's just to delay letting it go - the man's only been here two weeks, so maybe it really does have to do with a lack of contact. Red isn't familiar with the symptoms beyond knowing they exist, and going through some exhaustion during the excavation of items from the restricted district a while back.

But for that reason, it's why he doesn't let go of the hand after the handshake (though he will if the man takes his hand back). ]

I've been here for about a month or two. It's a weird place from where I come from, but the rule about contact is pretty serious.

[ A little bit, the man reminds Red of himself when he first arrived -- out of it. And while he might've noticed the glint of the hand, Red's never really seen a person with a metal hand. Admittedly, for the glimpse of it he saw (and it was barely seeing), he figures only that it's a part of the design of the glove

And for the look at Pikachu, he decides to wait to explain him. ]

If you haven't been getting any, we can take a seat. We-- me and Pikachu [ He slightly nods to head to the pokémon ] haven't got anywhere to be right now.