Test Drive - October Edition

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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

REWIND | TRANSFORMERS IDW

[bekind]

[ rewind is…surprised to find himself here, to say the least. when he and megatron had finished, he'd expected to…well, he'd expected that to be it. he'd fade out of existence, like the rest of his version of the lost light.

maybe he did. maybe that's why he's here. rewind's not sure about the afterlife -- this place is glaringly not cybertronian, and he's…definitely still alive. where he is remains to be unseen, but he's going to find out. it's not as though he has much else to do here… and honestly, he's not sure he's ready to process everything that happened before he wound up here. now that he's still alive, he has to process it -- at some point, anyway. but for now, he's just going to make his way through the street with his little red camera light on, dodging the rain and seeing what he can see about this place. ]

[swivelrotors]

Rewind, hey Rewind!

[ It's not hard to catch up to the other Autobot. Even shrunk down some, Blades is still has longer legs, after all.

He beams down at him, not seeming to mind the rain beading his chassis.]

How have you been?

[ He knows Rewind, of course! Surely Rewind knows him, they've met before, after all. Haven't they? ]

[died_a_virgin]

[There was someone else out in the rain. It doesn't seem to bother her at all. In fact, she seems to be enjoying the rain. The rain means that it's dark outside and she can be protected from the sunlight.

Still, it was rather odd, seeing such a little girl carrying such a large gun. Someone her size shouldn't be carrying it, but she was doing it without any issues.

She then noticed the bot in the street with her and gave a rather sheepish smile. The girl really needed to find a place to put the guns. She didn't need them here.]

Oh, hello.

Seras Victoria || Hellsing

[died_a_virgin]

[Wow, this was a rather interesting place. Thankfully Seras was able to find a place for the Harkonnen. She was getting strange looks from the locals. After all, why would such a little girl be carrying such a large gun? There was no need for it here.

It looked like there was some sort of festival starting soon. She stood for a while, watching lanterns being carved before moving on to see about what else was going on around town. Time seemed to slip away from her and before she noticed, the sky had started to cloud up and it began to rain. It didn't bother her, but she didn't want to get sick. She wasn't sure if she could even get sick, but she didn't want to risk it.

So she stood under one of the awnings, smiling a little bit as the rain continued on.]

[bekind]

[ huh? some bot's calling his name, but rewind...definitely doesn't recognize him. at all, actually. rewind knows his memory recall can be a little delayed sometimes, consequence of storing so much data, but...no, he definitely doesn't know this other bot. rewind just gives him a sort of politely puzzled look, hanging back from blades. ]

Oh, uh...have we met?

[needlefingers]

Rewind?

[Chromedome knows that he doesn't have any right to talk to Rewind again, but he misses him terribly. Worse yet, he hasn't seen him in a long time. As much as he wants to keep hiding away, he knows he can't. He has to face this somehow.]

Rewind, wait up for a moment. We need to talk.

[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?

[swivelrotors]

Haha, what? Of course we've met!

[He holds his arms wide.]

It's me! The one and only Blades!

[smallspot]

[The awning should be able to keep her dry, and in fact, it does...until a small form ducks under the awning for shelter as well. Only a few seconds after he ducks in, a few bubbles pop softly against the side of her face. After they do, a soft voice speaks.]

Lir...she is trying to stay dry! Don't do that.

[If Seras turns toward the voice, see will see a small dark haired boy standing there with a small blue creature in his arms.]

I'm sorry, Lady. He's just saying hi. Please don't be upset!

[died_a_virgin]

[The bubbles make her jump a bit, but they don't actually hurt. She looked around for a moment and then noticed the boy and the small creature.

Oh wow, they were so cute, but she had never seen anything like that creature in his arms.]

It's ok. A few bubbles won't hurt. I was more startled than anything.

[She kneels down by him, not caring that the ground's a bit wet.]

What's someone your age wandering around this late? Do you need help getting home?

[The police girl was showing.]

well hope you don't mind me popping in here~

[indisposable]

[The entire process of waking back in Saeng Seong had been a confusing one. Time had passed, things had happened, and the best he could liken it to was going to sleep for an extraordinarily long time. Rewind felt like he'd perhaps gotten a small taste of what it must have been like for Tailgate, though thank goodness not nearly that much time had passed.

Of course, settling back in wasn't helped by the sight of a clone of himself walking through the city.

The minibot does a double take when he notices the other Rewind standing in the crowd down the sidewalk, optics growing wide with disbelief. He rubs his visor to try and clear it of any dust, even shutting his optics on and off to try and clear up any problems with his vision...... and the other Rewind is still standing there.

Rewind's hand instinctively flies up to turn on his camera, zooming in on the other mech, afraid that if he didn't record what he was seeing, he wouldn't be able to convince himself later on that he wasn't going crazy.

Slowly, nervously, Rewind approaches his counterpart.]

Who... who are you??

[smallspot]

[Despite the time, Diarmuid doesn't seem worried about being out late.]

I was playing and practicing at the lake and lost track of time. I am on my way home now. Are you new here? I don't think I've seen you before.

[And even if he does know how to take care of himself most of the time, he does appreciate she seems to be worried about him.]

My name is Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. It's nice to meet you! This is my horsea, Lir!

[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?

[bekind]

[ ...yeah, no, this is some kind of mistake. ]

Sorry, I, uh -- I don't know anyone named Blades. Are you sure it was me you met?

[bekind]

[ ...oh. well.

rewind can understand the other's confusion. the other him. he can even sympathize with it, because it sure is bizarre to hear your own voice coming from someone else's vocalizer, even if that someone else does look...exactly like you, save for being in a little better condition. rewind's finish is still battered and scraped, never having had much time to recover after the others had found him.

he at least has the benefit of knowing there was another rewind, though. not a fake or a copy, but...him, actually, him almost exactly, just a little...diverged. and that's probably why he reacts a little more calmly than his twin, although he's still pretty shaken overall. his own record light goes on almost without even really thinking about it, but he raises his hands to show he means no harm, shaking his head. ]

I'm -- well, I'm you. Or you're me. Sort of. ...I think so, anyway.

[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.

[indisposable]

[Rewind is a little scared by his twin seeming to perfectly understand what was happening right now. He takes in the other mech slowly, recognizing how beat up and damaged his chassis is. He rubs his hands over his own arms gently, trying to calm himself down a bit at the sight.]

Okay... So you're saying that you and I are the same person, and you're not... not a clone or something...? You're going to have to explain this to me a little better.

[Rewind squints at him.]

Are you me from the past??

[bekind]

No -- no, I'm not from the past. Same time, actually. It's...complicated.

[ rewind's visor brightens a little in a sheepish sort of smile, his hand rubbing at the scuffed plating along the side of his helm. ]

It has to do with quantum mechanics. I didn't really get a chance to go over all the details in full, but from what I understand, something happened when we took off from Cybertron in the Lost Light. The problem with the quantum engines made it so that there were two Lost Lights -- and technically, they're both the original. One of them wound up where we were supposed to be going -- that's the one I was -- and the other went...somewhere way, way off course, I guess.

[indisposable]

[That's... a bit much for him to take in all at once. So this Rewind isn't surprised at all to see a second Rewind around, was this all news he just happened to miss while he was gone?]

Quantum mechanics... I'm guessing you're referring to the accident where Ore got mashed into the engines. That was a while ago... So you're saying there's been two of us this whole time, just wandering around on opposite sides of the universe?

[Oh boy, this is getting complicated]

Well now I have to ask... did you guys have any more luck finding the Knights of Cybertron than we did?

[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?]

[swivelrotors]

Aw, stop kidding, Rewind! There's only one little Autobot with a camera on his head around here-!

[Suddenly he gasps in horror.]

Oh no! You didn't... you didn't have your memories tampered with too?!