Test Drive - June Edition

[rekindlemods]

SURPRISE! (Part two!) Here is our new June 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.......

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

Option 1

[ The river is well and completely thawed out at this point, flowing through the city at an impressive clip. Swimming is possible, although the currents make it a little risky if you aren't skilled at it. But on the flip side, the Beach Side Shack has put out their fishing supplies; if there's a time to try fishing the river, it's certainly now. Why not grab one of various fishing rods and see if there's anything to catch this time around?]

Option 2

[ With the change in weather, so comes a change in shopping options. Not just warm weather apparel, but various mobile carts and food vendors are starting to range further up and down the streets. Spiced, sweet, sour, savory delicacies are on display from all sorts of wheeled displays getting pulled around. Feel free to give them a try!]

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

Option 3

[no_dreams_for_you]

[For the sake of absolute necessity, Gaara acquires physical contact periodically. He certainly doesn’t appreciate losing control of his powers – not to mention, it’s dangerous for the general public. He still feels uncomfortable with asking others, so for the most part, he simply allows contact to happen. He has discovered that women seem to prefer it more than men, and girls have approached him several times before.

Discomfort or not, he presumes that everyone – all right, most of the others – would set aside those inhibitions for the sake of their health. It would be stupidity, plain and simple, to die from such a frivolous reason.

So when Gaara hears someone familiar calling for his attention, and he turns to face the speaker…

…the illness symptoms are rather obvious, even from this distance.]

…Luke.

[A frown of irritation creases his brows as he walks across the park. The retort on the tip of his tongue slips out all too easily, the closer he approaches.]

Hmph. I didn’t realize you were so foolish.

[After the initial moment of hesitation, Gaara reaches toward him, and gently places his hand onto his shoulder. From what he has observed, Luke’s condition might have gone too far for this simple touch to have any effect. He may require additional contact, depending on how long he has deprived himself.]

rood Gaara...rood

[headfons]

[Well, Gaara isn't the first to call him anything along the lines of "foolish". Many times, he's been in a situation where he had to overlook his own safety. Of course, this had been more a matter of Luke letting himself get too distracted. The redhead can't deny that he needs to get a better hang of balancing things. Heh, if any of his friends were here, he'd ask them for advice. Well, that's how he'd been seeing it...at first.

The one helping him...?

Luke's reminded of Jade (and even of Tear), in some ways. Because of those two, Luke learned that scolding usually means the person cares, on some level. It's thanks to being reminded of a friend, that there's the hint of a 'yeah, yeah...I know...' on his face, as he looks back up at Gaara, for just a moment. Of course, that quickly fades as he he manages to let out a sigh.]

I...didn't realize it'd been that long. [Pausing to smile a bit, he reaches to scratch at the side of his face.] Thanks, Gaara.

stop being dumb :c

[no_dreams_for_you]

......

[He doesn’t know if it’s carelessness or a preference against touch that motivates Luke to reduce his body to this state. Clearly, Gaara will need to monitor him more closely. He had a few friends back at the facility who were equally foolish. Such as Ishtar, who seemed to get into trouble on a weekly basis… Hopefully, Luke isn’t as impulsive and naïve as her.

And because this matter is fairly serious, Gaara doesn’t think to try sparing his feelings.] Pay closer attention. There will be fatal consequences, if you refrain from contact for too long.

[It’s an unusual concept, actually perishing from lacking this attribute. Except, on some level, he can understand it, having gone numerous years with so little physical contact. He doesn’t mind the concept as much in this world, because there’s a valid reason for seeking it. In Suna, he wouldn’t think to reach out so readily, since he can already predict his villagers’ reactions.

With his other hand, he waves Luke off in a dismissive manner. He falls silent and continues to stand next to him, waiting for the effects to begin receding. Gaara doesn’t know how long the process is supposed to take, and wonders if he should call on others to give Luke their assistance as well.]