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

Jackson "Jax" Teller | Sons of Anarchy | Scenario: 2, Feeling: 3

[brains_before_bullets]

This isn't normally what Jax would go see at the movie theatre. Far from it. But he needed a place to think. A place that would most likely be empty, away from all this bullshit, from people, the risk of being asked "Hey, what's wrong?"

So, here he was, slumped down in his seat, feet kicked up on the chair in front of him, he doesn't care, and staring blankly at the screen. Thinking.

[secrettalents]

Not quite empty, as it turned out.

There was someone actually watching this movie. Apparently.

Of course. Hitting an old man was generally frowned upon in most societies. Then again, there were always exceptions.

I love you.

[brains_before_bullets]

Jax was fine with it being not entirely empty. The old guy wasn't directly in front of him, nor did Jax believe he was bothering him.

As long as he didn't bother him, that would be all fine. He's just going to sit here in his own thoughts, thank you.

I try.

[secrettalents]

There was only one thing wrong with the set up, as things stood.

Emrys had never been the quiet sort of old man, not in his youth and certainly not when his bones felt old enough to belong to a world in another universe. Without care for company, the wizened and brittle voice echoed through the theatre to make commentary on the history of twine.

"Well, that isn't right at all!"

He should know. He was there.

Re: I try.

[brains_before_bullets]

And Jax simply closes his eyes and sighs through his nose, his brow knitting in frustration slightly before opening them again.

"You gotta be kiddin' me." He mutters under his breath. He thought he'd get some goddamn peace in this place.

[secrettalents]

What light flickers from the screen would illuminate the crooked smirk of an old face, but since the film is all but in black and white, that light might not be the most revealing of tools.

"Hardly, boy. I tell you, they've got the order of events all mixed up."

[brains_before_bullets]

A sigh. Obviously, this old coot's hearing hasn't gone yet.

"Well, old timer, some folks just like a bit of fantasy."

[secrettalents]

The ears are still as sharp as ever. As big as ever too.

"If they were going to tell a story, they might have done it right." Not to say, accurately. Because that was a bit too hypocritical for even him.

"Where is the drama? Where is the enemy."

A beat as he shifted his old self in the seat and put his feet up in a mirror of his company's.

"The onset of velcro might do wonders for the plot."

[brains_before_bullets]

"It's a movie about twine." Jax says, pretty exasperated by this point, because seriously?! "I'm pretty sure the amount of twine-related drama is at an all-time zero."

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

Re: Jackson "Jax" Teller | Sons of Anarchy | Scenario: 2, Feeling: 3

[repairing]

"And here I thought I knew everything about you." Tara dropped into the seat beside him before she glanced up at the screen.

[brains_before_bullets]

And he jolts straight into a full sitting position at her voice, turning and staring at her.

"T-Tara?"

She's real, right? He's not dreaming... is he?

[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..."

[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..."