Test Drive - October Edition

[rekindlemods]

The October 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

[ With the return of fall comes somewhat cooling temperatures and the phasing out of all summer clothing from the shops. There's an assortment of colder-weather clothing being put up; sweaters, jackets, scarves, gloves, boots - you name it, and it's visible in the mannequins out on display. With the return of fall also comes the return of the fall sales - all store managers are offering discounts for those that come in to purchase in pairs. ]

Option 2

[ With the changing out of the summr clothing to fall also comes the shift from the fresh fruits of summer to the gourds, apples, and warm spices of the season of harvest. Cinnamon and nutmeg can be smelled wafting from cafe's and coffee shops, tempting anyone passing by to come in and sample the wares. Like the clothing stores, they are offering a discount for those that purchase in groups of two or three. ]

Option 3

[ There seems to be another festival in the works, if the stands being erected in the Fourth District are anythign to go by. There still seems to be a lot of work to do, and the citizens would love it if a helping hand or two were to be offered. One stand that seems to be fully erected and hard at work is one dedicated to carving what looks to be the Saeng Seong equivalent of a pumpkin into traditional lanterns. There are still a number of these gourds waiting to be carved, and once again the citizens would be delighted to have any number of volunteers aiding them with the task of carving. ]

Option 4

[ Fall in Saeng Seong also means rain; lots and lots of rain, usually from out of nowhere. Luckily, the city is used to this phenomenon, and has had several small awnings built in strategic locations around the city for waiting out the wet spells that hit so frequently. They're only big enough for two or three people to take shelter under with moderate comfort, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone. Hope you don't mind sharing the space with a stranger for the duration of the weather, unless one of you had the foresight to bring an umbrella. ]

Option 5

[ 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 6

[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

[bekind]

[ wait a minute, that's --

rewind turns -- not very quickly, as though he's afraid to see no familiar face, to find he'd only imagined it. but it's chromedome, all right -- chromedome, alive and whole and healthy, calling his name. for a moment, he can't believe it. rewind had thought he'd wound up here because he'd ceased to exist in his own universe -- is this, then, where chromedome had gone, too? but chromedome's dead... the last time rewind had seen him, he'd been limp and bent, his visor cracked, pierced with his own needles. rewind shivers at the involuntary memory. ]

-- Chromedome?

[ his visor flickers; he's almost too stunned to react beyond that, caught between the uncertain mystery of this place and his own all-too-recent memories. ]

[needlefingers]

Uh, yes?

[Why is Rewind acting like they haven't seen each other before? Is this another trick this world likes to play on them? Deeply uncertain, he hesitantly reaches a hand out towards him.]

I haven't seen you in a while. Are you okay?

[bekind]

[ this isn't...this doesn't seem right. something is off here. how is chromedome here and alive? does he not remember? is this not his chromedome after all? this place had felt safe, but now rewind is no longer sure. he wants to reach back out to chromedome, to feel the warm weight of his hand, but rewind hesitates, staring back at chromedome with almost shellshocked confusion. ]

The last time I saw you, you -- [ is this...the other lost light's chromedome, maybe? but megatron had said -- ] I just -- I just got here. What is this place?

[needlefingers]

You... Don't remember?

[His visor flares with shock before it does down. Rewind doesn't remember. Maybe... Maybe he can use this to fix their relationship. Like a second chance of sorts.]

Welcome to Cuddle City, AKA Saeng Seong. It's a place powered by physical touch.

I missed you.

[He takes a few steps closer and sinks to his knees, reaching and gently grabbing Rewind's hand.]

And I love you. You know that, right?

[bekind]

[ this is all...a little too much. chromedome is dead -- his chromedome, anyway -- but the warmth of his hand around rewind's is real, impossible to deny. and the unprovoked sincerity of his proclamation crashes through rewind, catching him right in the spark. ]

Chromedome, you -- [ his voice wavers a little, wanting badly to reciprocate, but -- he knows that this may not really be his chromedome. and he can't bring himself to risk misleading someone who might be spoken for -- and more than that, he wouldn't take this away from another version of himself. ] Remember what? What's -- what's the last thing you remember, before here?

[needlefingers]

Nothing.

[He says a little too quickly.]

I mean, we've been here for a while. A few months actually. The Overlord attack had happened before I got here. You remember that, right?

[bekind]

[ we? does chromedome mean himself and other bots -- or himself and rewind? rewind's not sure what it means that they've been here that long, or that they're here at all. he'd thought he'd faded out of existence back home and into this place, but...

chromedome's making less and less sense the more he talks. even as shaken up as he still is, rewind can tell something's not quite right. he looks back at chromedome in blank confusion, his visor dimming. ]

The -- what? [ this must be the other chromedome, then... and he must not know about the two ships, either. ] No, I -- listen, Chromedome, there's something I have to tell you.

[needlefingers]

I'm listening?

[A question, because whenever someone says "There's something I have to tell you", it usually never means anything good.]

Is something wrong?

[Besides everything?]

[bekind]

[ ohh, boy. even gearing up for it, rewind's feeling a little apprehensive. it's not as if it's easy to talk about. ]

I…don't think I'm who you think I am. I mean -- I'm Rewind, but I'm not…your Rewind.

[ it's hard to say it, just because it seems so fundamentally wrong. ]

Remember when we took off from Cybertron, and there was that whole explosion in the quantum engines? It…made it so there were two Lost Lights. One of them got flung way out into the far reaches of the galaxy…the other one actually made it to where we were trying to go.