Test Drive Meme

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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

[loyalfool]

After everything that's happened it's a bit hard not to take precautions. Finding himself in such a maze after listening to the story he's been told has not made him feel at ease. This could be some sort of trick his wicked sister has pulled on him. It would not be beyond her magical powers.

She had many minions to do her bidding and this stranger could be one of them.

"Arthur Pendragon, King of Camelot, son of Uther Pendragon." Until proven guilty, Arthur would not condemn this man. Which meant placing the smallest bit of trust in him.

He shifted the kitten back into his arm. "You can point me in the direction of the exit if you happen to know one."

sarah zellaby | incryptid series

[cuckoocachoo]

Sarah is just starting to get the hand of Gebo. She likes the routine of it, though she misses her classes. She's also getting a handle on having roommates and still finding ways to nest while dealing with roommates (she's a little messy, sorry to anyone who has to live with her) though she still misses Verity. The Nysgods being telepaths allows her to indulge in something familiar, but she still is a little hesitant to go back to using her abilities as she should after her encounter with the Covenant of St. George.

It's complicated, being here.

(She also really misses Artie. And comic books. And Babylon 5.)

All the same, she goes about her day to day with relative ease, always dropping by to see friends when she can. After all, everyone always loves it when your favorite resident telepath comes to town, right?

[ooc: Sarah is what's called a cuckoo! She's got a fun list of powers you can find here, as well as some other fun biology notes, but for the purposes of this test drive, all you really need to know is that she is:

a) Cold-blooded
b) No heartbeat (Decentralized circulatory system)
c) Telepathic static field can be felt in her presence.

Action or prose welcome, feel free to roll for stuff.]

[ka_mai]

"I...cry your pardon, sai?"

The question about the exit was lost on Bert, usually one to note everything spoken or implied. His manner changed, a curious sort of wonder and disbelief coming upon him. But the moment the man had offered his name his mind had begun to race. Because he swore the man said Arthur Pendragon. Bert had read the Earth legends, he knew full well the man that in his world bore the name Arthur Eld had been named Pendragon in that one.

And Arthur was Arthur, no matter the name that followed or what city his throne had sat in. Gilead or Camelot, they were mirrors set against one another across a foggy glass. It made no difference, Arthur was king of kings, touched by God, he of the most holy blood to ever walk the mortal soil.

It was a touch hard to reconcile that with the pleasant looking blond fellow holding a wee kitty.

[didnotwant]

That's fine. Marion is eating a big sub she managed to put together. She needed something to watch while eating.

This documentary is really stupid but at least it's something. She might be chewing too loudly for someone who wanted to be left alone but she's ignoring him at the same time. Food is more interesting than someone brooding over whatever.

[handcuffedharmonica]

[Elwood lays his napkin over his knee and takes a bite of his toast, eyes hidden behind his sunglasses moving over the people in the room. The guy with the hat was acknowledged with a glance, he was far enough away that Elwood went back to his toast.

The question paused his half eaten bread on it's way to his mouth.]

If you're askin' for an opinion, I say Luther Allison.

[Strange guy.]

[brains_before_bullets]

It was definitely annoying.

And it takes ten minutes for the sound to grate on him enough to speak up.

"Yanno, some people're tryin' to find the perfect weave strength here." Sarcastic, but his point is across. And that point is: Shut up.

[didnotwant]

"Please. You're not really watching the film." She pauses to take a sip of her drink. She is much less loud when she does that.

"You're.... brooding or somethin'." Her accent slips a bit and she just rolls her eyes and takes another bite of her meal. She tries chewing less loudly but there is a rather crunchy piece of lettuce in this section of her sub. She mentally winces over it.

[brains_before_bullets]

"Fine. Let me brood in peace, then."

Definitely irritated, pissed off, even. He needed time to think about this shitstorm, find a way back home. He needed to find a way back home.

[capt_forehead]

[She just hasn't been subject to Angel's charms.]

That's because you can't go to the surface anyway, even if you wanted to. Yeah, Hell mouth. Mouth of hell. Kind of a hot spot for demons and other nasty things.

[He nodded his acknowledgement.]

And there aren't dead bodies here, but we get some weird stuff.

[didnotwant]

She mentally winces. He had all kinds of feelings pouring off of him. She can smell it.

"You might want to get a handle on yourself, buddy." He isn't her buddy but mister would have sounded weird.

"All the not-quiet-humans are gonna smell it all over ya. They might try asking after you. Especially depending on who they room you with."

She lets her mouth twist slightly. "I understand the anger. I was pissed off too. I was just gettin' my shit together when they grabbed me. I had a small.... shit fit. Not the smartest idea."

But she can be a dumb wolf on occasion.

Re: Maxwell Gray (OC; generic Vampire)

[rumchocolatesouffle]

[Kurt looks at the man curiously.]

Excuse me. Are you having trouble?

[The man seemed to be trying to use the network and Kurt could hear it over his earpiece, but he didn't seem to be comfortable with it. He glances at the fish and then back at the man.]

[brains_before_bullets]

He exploded over the Network, too. Only he had no regrets.

"Fine by me. I don't plan on being here much longer." And a look back. "And no. You don't understand."

She really doesn't.

[loyalfool]

Brilliant, a daft one. Arthur's first thought is to compare this man to his fool of a servant. If it was Merlin, he wouldn't hesitate to insult Robert but he held his tongue. For now. It wasn't becoming of a king to talk to a stranger in that manner on the first meeting. He'd come a long way from the way he had been as a prince.

The mere surprise Robert displayed at his name and title surely meant that his identity had not been known beforehand. Had this been one of Morgana's plans the need for deception would not be necessary. It didn't mean Arthur wouldn't keep a hint of vigilance while the other was around.

"So I take it you've heard of me," he stated. Not a question.

[didnotwant]

She gives him a flat look.

"Maybe not," she agrees. Jax is just human. What could he know about the kind of violence a werewolf can deal out or crave? She really hates that part of herself.

"But there's a hell of a lot you don't know either. People have been fighting back. Apparently we were put in this place because they caused trouble at... some kind of temple. So either be angry or get in contact with the people trying to do something. Though I suppose you could stay angry while helping. I'm just not the sort to let myself be angry for long."

It's just too dangerous for her to stay angry.

[ka_mai]

"If you are truly who you say, aye, I have more'n heard of you, my lord."

And he had no reason to doubt the man. Didn't he count the wizard Merlin amongst his friends? They'd shared stories of the knights and kings of their respective homes. No, Bert had no reason to doubt that he stood in the presence of the first king of the round table.

Swallowing hard, he did the only thing he could think of. He dropped to one knee and bowed his head. There was nothing else a gunslinger could do, when faced with the father of their entire civilization and code. It would be like the Man Jesus appearing to a Christian man, or Oriza to one of the warrior women of the plains.

The last son of Allgood was awed and humbled, wondering at how he had come to be in a place to kneel before a man that was more legend than anything else.

"I hail from a world that was once united beneath Excalibur, wielded by Arthur, the first king of Gilead who gathered his knights about the round table. A world that is a twin of yours, that has kept the traditions of Arthur alive for two thousand years. My grandsire was his right hand, and I served as knight to my king for all of my days. I am...honored to meet you, to put it quite mildly."

[brains_before_bullets]

A snort, there. He's still getting used to all this magic shit. Still trying to factor in everything, get used to everything, come up with something that'll get him home.

"Whatever."

He doesn't want to talk about what he doesn't know. It's pointless and a waste of words. He'll sort it out. He'll come out the other side fine. He always has.

[didnotwant]

"I know. Magic is total bullshit. But. It's a fact."

She decides to finish the rest of her sub later. Suddenly she is turned off from food. She repacks it and shoves it in her bag.

She wants to chuck her drink at something too. It is a very childish reaction she thinks so that won't happen. She just stretches her legs out more.

"But I knew about it before this. Messed up my life."

[brains_before_bullets]

"Great."

That's snapped. Because, seriously?

"Remember when I said I wanted to brood in peace?"

[solus_unus]

Fair enough. [Laughs. Caius turns to look where Devi points, then back to her.]

Neither. What part of the fucked up Mythos are you talking about because there's a few.

[solus_unus]

Judging by the lights on in each of the barracks, I'd say a few. [he points to each side, each of the floors more than half lit up. Caius shrugs.] You're probably right, but I bet it won't be the first, or last time someone thinks it. It's a common fear.

Granuaile MacTiernan | Iron Druid Chronicles

[dizzying]

[Coming out of the History of Twine documentary, Granuaile rubs her eyes and yawns. She can deal with a lot, but she thinks that film might be considered a form of torture by the Geneva Convention.

She stretches her arms over her head, making her shirt lift at the stomach to show that the Celtic tattoo running up her arm also runs down her side. (Just how far does that thing go?) Looking around in the hopes of something else to do, her stomach rumbles. Man, she could really go for a grilled cheese sandwich right about now. Spotting someone passing by, she waves to them like they're an old friend.]

Hi, sorry. Would you know of any place around here that serves grilled cheese sandwiches? I would literally recite the history of twine from memory for one.


[ooc: So IDEK if her powers would work here, but for funsies, let's say they do. She's super godmodey, so have a list of stuff and let me know if you want her to see/do certain things!]

[artistwithasickness]

That's like asking me to pick my favorite book. Ceres, Pluto and Proserpine come easiest to mind. Always sounded like the Greeks had more fun, if you ask me.

[didnotwant]

She doesn't quiet flinch but her posture shifts. She dips her head and focus one her drink rather than Jax.

She doesn't want to deal with him should his temper explode. By the way he is acting it is well on it's way there.

[ex_steadycourse703]

[Hikaru Sulu was used to the maze, used to the feeling of being in a cage. As used to that as you could be with some weeks worth of living in a big aquarium. She was used to a lot of things, but shouting really wasn't one of them.

For all the protesting that the candidates did on a daily basis. There was nothing quite like the volume of a new arrival.

And no new arrival that she'd met had a set of lungs like this one.]

...erm. Hate to be the one to break it to you. Party town, this isn't. Well, public nudity sure, but I somehow thing they'll have an ordinance against yelling.

[The cardinal rule of life in Gebo. Don't mess with the flow of work.]

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[there are quite a few people here. That's curious. She wouldn't have guessed that.]

Oh, I know. But common or not, that doesn't change the fact that it's more likely someone will go crazy and pull a serial killer on us all before a shark starts taking people out. Unless it suddenly grows legs, at least. But I'd be more concerned about why it grew legs.

[science~*~]