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!

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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

Lydia Martin | Teen Wolf

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[it should be normal for Lydia to just find herself in strange places now. It's been happening far too often for her own good anyway, and usually results in dead bodies. This time around, she's feeling remarkably relieved: there have been no dead bodies so far. No screaming, no bodies.

[But then again, none of the people she knows, either.

[It's all very disconcerting, though - she knows the place only vaguely, with most of the original tour going right over her head. That's how Lydia found herself standing in the barracks tunnel, watching all manner of fish go by. It's sort of interesting, she supposes; it's definitely not Beacon Hills. But hey: maybe that's a good thing.

[Or it will be, once she gets that pretty little head of hers screwed on properly.]

Re: Lydia Martin | Teen Wolf

[rumchocolatesouffle]

It's pretty isn't it?

[Kurt says as he sees the pretty girl looking around at all the scenery the tunnel had to offer. It was a beautiful sight and one Kurt often came to admire. He gives the girl a friendly smile.]

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[it takes her a second before she realises she's being spoken to. Her eyes snap to Kurt, slightly wide as she takes in his entire appearance, relaxing just a little when it seems like he's just another candidate trying to be friendly. She flicks a wave of red hair back over her shoulder, her own smile slightly tight.]

It's...something, that's for sure. If you like fish, at least.

[it's pretty.]

[rumchocolatesouffle]

In the situation we're in, it's healthy to find the positive around you.

I'm Kurt.

[He offers his hand.]

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[she pauses, then turns and accepts that hand, giving a firm shake.] Lydia.

I'm guessing you've been here a while.

[rumchocolatesouffle]

[Kurt was about to answer that and then considers it for a minute.]

Wow, I guess I have. I didn't really think about it being so long though.

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

So how long exactly is 'so long'? Since I've been here maybe two hours now. Possibly three, if you count the time it took for those two girls to give me the run down on everything.

[rumchocolatesouffle]

Uh.. two months?

[It felt like more in some ways and others like he just got here.]

There are those who have been here several months more than me though.

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

All right. [her eyes flick back to the fish.] So you actually know what's going on around here, even if you're just somewhere in the middle. What exactly aren't they telling me?

[capt_forehead]

[Since leaving the temple, Angel didn't have the same route or paths laid out in his head and now spent a lot of time idly roaming about the Gebo Compound. Every once and a while something interesting might happen along, but Angel wouldn't hold his breath.

Not that he had to breathe anyway.

The tunnel was always a nice spot to wonder through. He spots the Lydia and his pace slows. After a pause in his footfalls, he walks up to stand near her and look at the fish.]

Bet this isn't something you see every day.

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

No, it isn't.

[she pauses for a moment, merely eyeing the fish a moment or two longer before flicking her gaze to Tall, Dark, and Handsome over here. Little bit old for her, though; she's sort of reminded of Peter, but in a slightly less creepy way.

[Lydia's smile is slightly tight, and she crosses her arms over her chest before she goes on:] But then again, I was getting sort of sick of what I do see every day, so I suppose the change is much needed.

[capt_forehead]

[He glances down at her as she speaks. Good, she hasn't hit him or accused him of anything yet. New faces tended to do that.]

What was that?

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

My boyfriend turned into a giant killer lizard, and half the lacrosse team are werewolves. [said dryly. She won't hit him unless he gives her reason to. The tunnels are big enough that she could probably just walk away from him easily enough anyway.]

[capt_forehead]

[Angel kept his deadpan look but his gaze stays on her at her statement. Sounded like Demons and Werewolves.]

That sounds.... exciting.

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[her tone is light, as though they're talking about something...not demonic / werewolf-ish. Like the weather.] Something like that.

You don't seem all that bothered by being surrounded by all this. [she nods to the fish.]

[capt_forehead]

[Her casualness about it suggested that she was used to strange things happening. Buffy had the same kind of dismissal when it irritated her. Angel looks back out into the water.]

I'm not. I've been underwater before. Not in a structure like this, but a submarine..

[And a year in his future, he'd do three and a half months on the ocean floor in a steel box]

You don't seem all that bothered by it either. You're new, right?

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[tossed into strange things, more like. Particularly without any warning. It's not very good for her mental health.]

A submarine makes more sense than an entire city. I can't imagine there's a whole lot of these.

By my count, I've been here about two hours. Yes. I'm new. [she eyes him with slightly wide eyes, like she's trying to figure out what he's getting at.] How long have you been here?

[solus_unus]

[the whole thing could be considered interesting enough. Gebo was a place people read about in books, or seen in some exceptionally bad sci-fi movie. the kind where everything is beautiful and calm, but then a big giant shark comes along and breaks through and eats everyone. he'd seen enough of those movies, thanks to Abigail.

so, he did his adventuring and met his room mates and had his first taste of the really bad food when he decided to go for one last stroll, only to find himself in the tunnel joining each of the barracks.

Caius saw the girl, followed her gaze and couldn't resist slowly humming the notes to 'Jaws'.]

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[Lydia's seen enough of those too, thanks to Jackson. Those exceedingly rare times when she couldn't convince him to watch the Notebook for the umpteenth time, that is.

[She, of course, recognises the song for what it is, and immediately arches her brows, glancing over to her apparent companion with an expression that reads equal parts amusement and reproach.]

I haven't seen a single shark out there in the ten minutes I've been standing here.

[solus_unus]

That's good. Because part of me thinks that if there is, that they'd be a fuck of a lot more scarier.

[Caius doesn't look at her, just keeps his eyes on the passing fish.]

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

[paranoia? Maybe!]

Maybe. Maybe not. I'm more concerned about who else the Grasp has brought through than I am random shark attacks. They're not nearly as common as people think. Especially given how much effort it would take to break through this glass.

[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.

[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~*~]

[solus_unus]

You think the powers that be around here would enlist a candidate that might crack under the pressure? Wouldn't be the first time I've seen it happen. And as far as the legs, well we are in a different universe. Anything is possible.

[fivethreestrawberryblonde]

You never know. I didn't see them do any sort of psychological evaluation before we got let out amongst the public.

[a casual little shrug.]

It can't be that normal, though, otherwise we'd have seen it already.