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

[ofsongandstrings]

Ah... [How to word this properly? she wonders, placing gauntleted hands on armored hips.] I first arrived around five moons prior, though they had need to send me back for some span of time.

[The time she was here before is still a blur in some places, but the memory of a month of being sick was hard to forget. Especially considering the fact that since then her friend from home has not let her go without a spar since she heard about it.

However many bruises there might be under the black and red armor is anyone's guess.]

Guessing by your currrent state... you too 'ave failed feel like taking their... "advice" to 'eart?

[heismymission]

[The soldier frowns at the new information, not sure if he likes the sound of it. They sent her home and then brought her back? Why would they do something like that? Will he, too, be sent back to Earth, just to be brought back at their whim? No, he definitely doesn't like it.

He fixes her with a tired stare at the question. The answer is clearly yes.]

I was fine until lately. [Then his arm stopped working very well, his head started hurting noticeably, and it got a lot harder to ignore the fact that he's hungry. Which is why he's out in the market: he's looking for something to eat.]

[ofsongandstrings]

[In a low whisper:] T'is when it always starts...

[Oh you poor soul. She winces a little in sympathy, especially the food thing - something she learned to recognize on her travels in her own 'company and those in need. The amount of times one of them stopped to make roasted dodo-

Whoa sudden nostalgia trip. She moves slightly to the side.]

I know a place where ye'd be likely t' find somethin' ye would find familiar, if mine hunch be right. Soldier type, yes?

[heismymission]

[Apparently the experience is more common than he thought, though he hasn't been looking for people who look like they're tired and dizzy. He's been trying to mind his own business, mostly, which is how he got into this state in the first place, and is why he's always a bit confused by other people expressing sympathy. He still has a hard time realizing what it is sometimes.

Soldier. Yeah, basically. He nods, though he doesn't know if whatever she has in mind will... really be that familiar.] Where is it?

had to use this icon for the keywords. i am not sorry at all

[ofsongandstrings]

[Never go near the hospital much huh. Aha! She just knew it! Though really, after what she and her family had been through... how could she not? She grins a little (and be glad, Bucky... no fangs) and points down the road.]

There's a t- [no self, they don't call those a tavern here.] ...diner jus' past th' fruit stand. Should 'ave a few things ye like.

[Now to tell him about the secret discount or not to tell him about the secret discount...]

in soviet russia, YOU want eorzean alliance. ... wait what

[heismymission]

[Despite probably needing to, no. He follows her gesture to see the diner, and the word strikes him as almost familiar, and not just as something he's heard recently. Diner. He's probably been to one of those a long time ago...

Before he gets too deep in trying to recall the hints of a memory, he decides to start moving towards it after replying just to acknowledge the woman's helpful advice.] Right.

[It's his misguided way of saying thanks before he starts to walk off without another word, as if the conversation is over. Sorry, Y'akeno; you're going to have to follow him, but he isn't moving very quickly, so it shouldn't be difficult.]

well, to be fair... :3

[ofsongandstrings]

[Dammit Bucky- She nods faintly, making a small noise of acknowledgement. Thankfully she is used to people being curt with her, and seems to nearly fall into step with him.

To anyone else, she'd have likely silently blended in with the crowd. Yet tails him she does. After all, she needs to make sure he's alright...]

[heismymission]

[He doesn't mind the Miqo'te following him, having put her in the "useful" and "not threat" categories in his mind. There aren't exactly many more than that so far, but it's... a start?

The soldier soon steps in front of the diner and hesitates, looking up at the sign before examining the people inside from the door and window. Right, people just walk into these things and... uh...

He hasn't paid much attention to what comes after that. But he'll figure it out, as his stomach demands. He takes a few seconds before stepping inside slowly, eyes darting around uncertainly as he waits for some indication of what he's supposed to do.]

[ofsongandstrings]

[She'll go with a start, even as she stands at the corner watching. Talk about being hesitant at the scent of cooking food. Never before has she spied a man to do so, either.

Just what was going on in that bag of cats mind of his, she wonders. Not that she could look if she wanted, but she couldn't help but be curious and it is her lunch hour before she needs return to the store she started moons ago.

So enters she does, a bit of a smile crossing her lips at the sight of the confused man.]

Need a hand-lendin'?

[Honestly it was almost as though he were as bad as "Marques" was... or so the others had jested.]

[heismymission]

[He hears Y'akeno enter and knows she's stepping beside him before looking to her, his attention never completely leaving her. But he does turn to her after another moment of watching the inside of the diner, figuring she'll be able to help. She was the one who suggested it.]

What do you... [He pauses, second-guessing his decision to ask, as it will likely make him stick out in her mind. But it's too late at this point, so he might as well finish the question.] do here.