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

[dammitkirk]

One minute he is in the medbay of the Enterprise, the next, definitely not anywhere on the Enterprise. And why is there a kitten following him?

Leonard huffed, giving the fluffy white creature a jaundiced look before moving off to find anyone who knew where the hell this was, and why the hell he was there, and would they kindly unscramble communications so he could be beamed back to where he belonged, thank you?

[hisonlygirl]

It's the flash of blue that caught her attention. As she suspected it was a science blue uniform that Starfleet officers are given. So now Leonard has more than just the kitten following him. The Enterprise is trailing along behind the kitten, like a pair of ducklings.

[dammitkirk]

He was being followed. Oh, wasn't that just lovely? He stopped, and slowly turned around, arms over his chest, and a eyebrow up. He was in no mood to be overly polite.

"Yes?"

[hisonlygirl]

Overly polite seemed to be a rare thing that happened with the Enterprise's CMO. Her arms are hanging at her sides, showing that she was unarmed.

"You won't find a way out."

[dammitkirk]

"Voice of experience?"

He has manners! He just doesn't have time to be too polite. He wasn't the diplomat, like Jim was. Best to be blunt when he needed answers and frankly, he was getting more questions than answers.

[hisonlygirl]

"No. Simply well-informed. The Nysgods won't leave an easy exit for us to find."

While the Enterprise may respect that bluntness others might not take well to it. She was aware that being in this place caused more questions than someone would like.

[dammitkirk]

His eyebrow rose even higher, if that was possible. "Nysgods. Do you know anything else, perhaps?"

He wasn't too sure about the whole gods thing, but it wouldn't be very wise if he discounted that entirely before finding out all he could.

[punch_it]

Hey Starfleet. Jane isn't averse to following the guy being followed by a cat through a tunnel surrounded by fish. She isn't even hiding it.

[dammitkirk]

Okay. Someone's following him. Oh, joy. Delightful even. And frankly, what the hell?

"Why are you following me?"

Simple, and to the point, as is his MO.

[punch_it]

Jane's lips twitched as she crossed her arms, for the world looking untroubled by being caught out.

"Maybe I'm enjoying taking in the view."

[dammitkirk]

"Of the fish surrounding us? If that tunnel develops a crack, well, let's hope the pressure is swift before we're devoured by the wildlife."

Grumpy, paranoid, and oh so dry. McCoy had little time, and he wasn't in the mood to idle chitchat when death surrounded them.

[punch_it]

Oh. No. You did not give her a disease and danger speech in a southern accent. No. She's torn between such sharp hope she can't breathe and laughing so hard she falls over.

Jane cocks her head and goes to give the glass a light tap.

"I don't know. These tunnels are supposed to be pretty safe."

[dammitkirk]

"I was told that on a shuttle before, by a good friend of mine. I still don't think he was correct, though."

He cocked his head, looking her over.

[notsharkbait]

Erin was on her way back to the living quarters after work. Sort of. She wanted to stop off to grab some dinner from somewhere. She had been running late and forgot lunch.

She pauses and blinks first and Leonard then at the kitten.

"You look both cranky and a bit confused." She grins slightly. "Cute friend."

[dammitkirk]

"Natural state of being." He looked back over his shoulder.

"That cat is still following me? I think it knows I'm not fond of them. Contrary creatures."

[notsharkbait]

"Yes," Erin laughs softly scooping it up. The kitten bats at her hair.

"Not a toy," she chastises the small creature. "I'm not one of the natives. They call it Gebo."

[dammitkirk]

"Gebo. I was told it was a punishment." He snorted, trying to not show amusement at the cat's actions.

[notsharkbait]

"Yeah. When I showed up they were keeping us at a temple. The others had plans in the works to... try and get information so we could leave. There was an incident," Erin shrugs.

"This is their way of making sure we don't have enough time to get into trouble." She rolls her eyes slightly.

"They picked really crappy jobs for us. I failed arts and crafts," she deadpans the last part.

[dammitkirk]

"How delightful," Bones drawled, his his mouth a straight line. "That sounds like the perfect vacation, if one was inclined to believe being kidnapped and put to busy work was a vacation."

Don't mind the sarcasm, it isn't aimed at you, but at the situation at large. He's being very dyspeptic at the moment, hour, day, year, forever actually.

[your_logic_is_impeccable]

The Vulcan stopped immediately at the sight of McCoy. It was so unexpected, he barely noticed or cared to ask about the cat following him.

"Doctor McCoy."

There was still a few meters in between them in the narrow sea tunnel connecting two buildings. But Spock stood, arms behind his back, head slightly tilted and brow arched, just like the last time Bones saw him. Except he was wearing what looked like a worker's uniform.

[dammitkirk]

Oh, finally. Someone familiar. But why was he not in his science blues? But, that would mean he has been here a while.

"Spock." An eyebrow, arms crossed over his chest.

[your_logic_is_impeccable]

Oh how Spock preferred to be in his science blue.

Seeing Bones's defense posture came almost as a welcome confirmation of his authenticity.

"I would state that 'it is good to see you' here, but the statement seems inappropriate in our situation." The situation of being kidnapped, that is.

[dammitkirk]

Bones wanted him in his science blue and back on the bridge with the rest of them, including himself, so he shared that unspoken sentiment.

"Quite, though a familiar face is reassuring on one hand, not so much on the other."

[original_fine]

"There you are!" Jim exclaimed, scooping the kitten up and cradling it to his bosom. "How many times have I told you? Mustn't get lost down here. No one gets left--"

He looked up suddenly, finally noticing someone else in the hallway, witness to his pajama bottoms and bare chest, kitten talk, and general uncaptainly behavior. Well, fine. He was man enough to admit when he'd been caught out. He cleared his throat, but did not put the kitten down.

"Excuse me," he said. "I thought she'd been lost."

[dammitkirk]

Bones shook his head, pinching the bridge of his nose. "I'm glad she found her owner. I recently arrived and she decided that I was entertaining. Contrary creatures."

Now that was delivered in a familiar drawl that Jim would recall, except he was just a bit younger and dressed a slightly different style of Science Blue.