Test Drive - July Edition

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The July 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

[ It looks like there are preparations underway for some sort of festival or fair. There are various stands and booths being erected along sectioned-off streets and the riverbank, and decorations are slowly but surely being hanged. Fireflies seem to be appearing all along the riverbank as the sun sets, with a few stands set up with mason jars of various sizes as well as paper lanterns, possibly as further decorations. Whatever the case, it looks like those setting up could use some help! ]

Option 2

[ Though most of the stands are being set up, that doesn't mean that there aren't a few vendors looking to help those out and about beat the heat in some fashion. There are some selling shaved ice with various flavors, and others that appear to be handing out water-filled balloons or squirt guns. However, like in the market district, there's a catch – the items are free, so long as you arrive at the stall in pairs or groups larger than two. ]

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

[smallspot]

[Letting him talk is probably one of the better ways to handle things. Diarmuid just gets over-excited very easily, and stopping him is like stopping a very small, but very cute, runaway train...

However, if Robin really believes that so many of the types of people Diarmuid has listed to him are imaginary, he is in for a big surprise once he starts meeting them...]

It does change things!

[His voice is insistent, but when Diarmuid looks up and notices the expression on Robin's face, he stops and doesn't continue his argument. It's obvious the boy is feeling something that Diarmuid can't see all of or can't understand.

He just hopes Robin is able to find a way to figure it out.

When the bag is offered to him, his expression brightens and he takes a small handful of the chips.]

Thank you!

[earlybird]

[ It's a good thing Damian is excellent at not paying attention when people talk and talk and talk. It was good practice, spending time with Grayson.

As Diarmuid drops the argument, the young Robin keeps silent, biting into another chip and shifting his heels on the bench, rolling his booted toes along the wood as he flexes his foot. He's used to sitting in one place for longer periods, and his fidgeting is more purposeful than it is bored, keeping his muscles active and awake and ready to move.

A click of the tongue meets Diarmuid's thanks, as if the boy can't be bothered to acknowledge his offer as generous; nothing but matter-of-fact. ]

Can't eat too much more, anyway.

[ In fact, he wants nothing more than to sleep the sickness away; it's something of a struggle to stay awake after filling his stomach for the first time in several days, but he can manage a little while longer. Setting the bag next to Diarmuid, he hops off the bench, cape flapping with the motion before it settles to hang around him again. He frowns back at the boy, though there's little real irritation in the expression - it's a default. ]

I should probably get going. [ A beat, before he adds, grudgingly: ] Thanks. For the info. [ And the company. ]

[smallspot]

[Diarmuid takes the bag, steadying it on the table so that it doesn't fall over. His expression falls a little when he realizes the other boy is going to leave, but at the same time, he understands how tiring and stressful being a new arrival can be.]

Okay, I hope you are able to settle in smoothly. If you ever want to ask me a question or need help, I am in Building 3, Room 2-05.

[He waves at Robin.]

It was nice meeting you! I hope to see you again soon!

[Lir playfully blows a bubble in Robin's direction.]

And Lir says the same!