Test Drive Meme

[shadowmods]

Throne of Shadows
TEST DRIVE MEME!!!

New to Throne of Shadows? Long time player thinking of apping a new character? Welcome to our test drive meme! Experiment with active and potential muses! Here is a place where you can test out characters for the setting and accrue samples for your applications! Roll on the scenarios provided below, or come up with your own!

Scenario Builder

You are...

1. Working in the lava lamp factory
2. Watching "The History of Twine" in the cinema
3. Admiring the fish in the barracks tunnel
4. Lost in a topiary maze
5. Riding the shuttle between buildings
6. Trying to sneak into the administrative offices

You’re feeling...

1. Inexplicably happy
2. Like you could fall asleep at any moment
3. Angry enough to punch someone
4. Nostalgic or sentimental
5. Like someone stabbed you—oh, hey, they did, fancy that
6. As if life really ought to be more like a Broadway musical

Somewhat unusually...

1. You can only speak in rhyme
2. The room is full of old-fashioned toys
3. A box covered in runes drops down from the sky and lands at your feet
4. You hear the voice of your worst enemy in the walls
5. You would do anything for a grilled cheese sandwich
6. You have a cute and cuddly kitten...where did that come from?

Comments

[repairing]

"You look like you've seen a ghost." Admittedly, she hadn't known he was there when she walked into the theater, but it had been raining and the place was dry.

"Guess this place isn't quite as bad as it seemed. At least I'm not the only one here."

[brains_before_bullets]

Guess who's just going to hug you, Tara?

You get a sudden bear-hug from a certain biker sat next to you.

"Fuck... it's really you. The bastards got you too..."

[solus_unus]

I hope so. [If she thinks this will be the first and last time they cross paths, she's wrong. Oh, and the feeling is definitely mutual. He laughs.]

It's a lot harder than people think.

Alternative-Indie-Rock? I don't know how to describe it. It would be easier if I had my guitar but customs wouldn't let me through with it.

[repairing]

The hug isn't much of a surprise, Tara returning it after a moment, her arms sliding around him even if only briefly before she stepped back.

"Yeah, it seems like it."

[brains_before_bullets]

As she pulls back from him, he's frowning.

"Tara?"

He draws back, giving a questioning look. "What's wrong?"

[repairing]

"Nothing, I just...

This place is just taking some getting used to." Which is true enough.

[brains_before_bullets]

Okay, he definitely doesn't fully believe that, but, fine. He's going back to kicking his feet up on the chair in front.

"Ain't that the truth..."

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

You haven't seen evil and ugly until you've met a Darach. [ugh.] They take it to a whole new level. And fun fact: they're just a step above a regular witch. They just have a lot more pent-up anger.

And everyone was still punished for it?

Mako Mori - Pacific Rim

[makomori]

She's a little surprised to find herself under water, and not in a Conn-Pod. She's also surprised to be somewhere that wasn't Hong Kong, and that there wasn't any fear of having so much exposure to the water.

Mako is calm, as she tries to find someone who knows what is going on, for it wouldn't be a good idea to have a meltdown just yet. Not until she found out where she was, why she was here, and where Raleigh was.

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[no elbow to the ribs here. He might get a swift verbal beating when she gets the opportunity, though.]

Any more that you can answer, you mean? Because I have plenty that you probably can't.

[artistwithasickness]

[She does love being proven wrong.]

Mm, my kind of music. You should see if they'll give it back once you get settled. Maybe play for me. It'd be a fair trade, my art for your music. [The Artists version of 'Show me yours and I'll show you mine'.]

You don't look much like a door to door salesman, though I'm sure you could be convincing enough. What's an Immortal doing selling pens, if you don't mind the asking?

[didnotwant]

"...You'll figure it out eventually."

She isn't bothered by him. "It's a magic is bullshit kind of thing."

Well that is true enough.

[brains_before_bullets]

"Whatever."

It's not as dismissive, but he's still turning to leave, with a sure-of-himself swagger in his step.

"Catch ya later, maybe."

[neverhadgoodtiming]

He's been trying. It's been harder than he would have thought. But he's made it a point to go out and do something different every night so here he was, winding his way through a maze and gazing up at the tall structures around him.

Raleigh rounds a corner and almost crashes bodily into the woman standing there with her head tipped all the way back. He looks up, curious what got her attention but he can't see anything out of the ordinary.

"Lost?"

[her_heart]

Gipsy's eyes study the tall hedges and she doesn't notice she's nearly run into. What grabs her attention is the voice and she turns around, eyes crinkling at the edges, light in her eyes shining brightly.

"Raleigh Becket." She smooths her dress, and shakes her head.

"Not anymore."

[neverhadgoodtiming]

Raleigh's jaw ticks as he examines her face, trying to place her in his memory of people he's met here. Or back home. And he's coming up short.

"Ma'am." He nods his head at her. "I'm sorry, but do I know you?"

[investigatetime]

You know the Doctor too!? You're not the only one, there's quite a few here, actually.

[And there's a pause, even though not in the most appropriate of times.]

Have you met me? Some of the other girls here said they've met me before but I'm older in their time frame.

[Sarah Jane realizes she's rambling and offers a smile.] I'm sorry, I'm being ridiculous when we're trying to figure this out. When I arrived and when many others arrived, we were in a Temple called "Othala". It was really beautiful and there were some carvings there. Now that you've mentioned it, I haven't seen any here, I don't reckon.

[her_heart]

Gipsy's face is an amalgamation, a combination of faces from Raleigh, Yancy, Mako and her own creation.

She tips her head, saddened clearly, but also understanding.

"Very well, Mister Becket. You know me very well."

[neverhadgoodtiming]

He wishes he could say the same. But her words only make his focus more intense and troubled. There was something to the slope of her nose and shape of her eyes that Raleigh found unsettlingly familiar.

It doesn't sit well that he can't bring forward a name. Or that she can look at him with so much hurt and understanding when all he can give back is guilt and confusion.

He shakes his head slightly and let's out a soft, wry laugh.

"Well this is embarrassing."

[her_heart]

Gipsy laughs quietly, clasping her hands in front of her and giving him a warm, loving little smile. That is so Raleigh - to just chuckle wryly, shake his head and look so sheepish. She wants to hold him and tell him it's alright, everything is alright.

"Your confusion is understandable." She tucks a piece of hair behind her ear, and steels herself.

"My name is Gipsy Danger."

[investigatetime]

How incredibly depressing! Sarah would've hated to wear just a leotard running around these cold hallways and even being in the snow stuck with the Doctor... Wait a minute! She knew the Doctor!

"You traveled with the Doctor!? He's my friend too. Blimey how many people does he know...?" It really shouldn't surprise her, given he travels through time and space.

"Did you just wake up here?" Sarah pet the white kitty trying to comfort it as she glanced over to Leela.

[investigatetime]

Sarah's mouth hung open in confusion. "I.... Don't recall. But then there are people here who have but from my future."

She fixes her jacket, tugging it down and nods. "You look a little lost. Are you new?" Sarah Jane imagined she looked like that herself upon arriving here.

Kenzi | Lost Girl

[morethanasidekick]

MARCO!

[The number one reason you didn't let Kenzi wander off on her own? She had this uncanny knack for going places she wasn't supposed to go, doing things she really shouldn't do and lo and behold, getting herself lost in ridiculous places like a maze. Look, it had seemed like a really good idea at the time and she's so not lost, just ya know... Taking the scenic route.

If she had a chainsaw, this really wouldn't be an issue okay.]

Olly olly oxen free?

[neverhadgoodtiming]

"What?"

Raleigh unconsciously pulls back. His back suddenly ramrod straight and body on alert.

He looked around for a camera or some other proof that someone was messing with his head but there wasn't anyone else there but the greenery and the two of them.

[sexy_bluebox]

"Future, past, present. Who can tell the difference anymore?" Sexy takes a step forward. "I am lost. New, not so much."