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 (find the setting information here)...

1. Trapped by a giant Venus fly trap! Oh no!
2. Watching the evening light show at the beach
3. Admiring the magical castle the candidates have created in the meadow
4. Lost the desert, near the pixie dust canyon
5. Freezing your buns off on the tundra
6. Up high in the mountains and unsure how to get back down

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 area 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 air
5. You would do anything for a grilled cheese sandwich
6. You have a cute and cuddly kitten...where did that come from?

Comments

Re: Johnny D'Amico | OC | OTA | 1-3-2 here we go

[element_wizard]

"No."

This is said from behind Johnny, because Alec is a jerk like that.

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Not a fight? That was a little confusing. But then again, Emma's experience with men had been somewhat limited. There were the boys they were trained against. And of course, her rite of passage.

Failed right of passage, she reminded herself bitterly.

Or was it?

"Where are we?" she asked.

Clark Kent | Smallville

[justafarmboy]

Clark had no idea how he got to...wherever here was. He did know that he sure as heck wasn't in a desert before this. He stood rather dumbfounded, staring at the barren landscape all around. A lonely wind blew across the stone and sandy ground. He grew up in the prairies, he'd never been to terrain like this before.

"Hello?!" He called out, hearing the echo of his voice bound among the rocks. He wasn't necessarily bothered by the heat, but interestingly enough he wasn't afraid. On the contrary, he was actually in a pretty good mood. He kept moving however, driven by curiousity and heading towards the craggy rocks.

He didn't know how long he had been walking, but he suddenly came to the edge of a canyon, staring down the steep incline to the bottom where there appeared to be an expanse of fine white sand.

"Wow...what is this place?" He uttered, staring all around him in amazement. He started to walk alongside the cliffs edge, when suddenly something crunched under his foot. Clark looked down to spot a colorful object. A yo yo. Bending he picked it up, and that's when he noticed all the other knick knacks scattered along the rocks. Yo Yo's, baseballs, dolls, toy trucks even what looked like an old rocking horse in the distance by a large boulder.

Maybe it was a trash heap for old toys? That still didn't explain why he was even here...

Jubilee | X-men (Marvel)

[paffswithtude]

"Woah..."

Was the main reaction, spoken by the young Chinese-American girl that stood staring on the beach. The waves rolled onto the shore, the sands were pristine white. It actually was quite beautiful at night, though the sky - not Earth's sky - flickered with that odd lightning now and again.

Jubilee pushed her sunglasses up onto her head, nestled in her short black hair as she stared at the lightshow flickering through the alien sky, mouth partially open as she tried to figure out where she was and how she got here. But rather than freak out and be frightened, she actually seemed....excited.

"This is so...cool!" She grinned suddenly. "But you call that a lightshow? How about this?" She raised her yellow gloved hands. Suddenly bright lights and colors flashed all around her with pops and fizzles - like a miniature fireworks show in itself. She spun in place, laughing for a moment.

She paused, hands raised, while the lights fizzled and sparkled. Damn - she was kind of hungry. "Where can a girl get a grill cheese sandwich around here?" She groused, not expecting anyone else around to hear her. She would have to figure out something to eat and soon. For now though, she was enjoying herself and keeping herself entertained.

[notrosesshadow]

Martha shook her head. "Not at all. We're not in your country or any surrounding it. Come into the meadow. It's cooler and there's some cloud cover."

She steps over the threshold and is immediately plunged back into the comfortable temperate climate. Martha waits for him and the kitten to step over before continuing.

"I don't have all the answers myself," she begins, holding out her hands for the kitten. "But a powerful race of people, the Nysgods, have brought us all here from vastly different places."

optional scenario 2-3-5

[original_fine]

Jim liked long walks on the beach. It was a cliche, all right, but it was true. He was not, however, walking at this time. No, Captain James T. Kirk was standing on the beach, arms crossed, staring with mute rage at the light show going on as the water moved with a life of its own.

He had a blue banana in his hand. Every so often, he'd take an angry bite, clearly not at all enjoying the experience.

Jim Kirk was angry enough to punch someone. Especially if they happened to show up with a grilled cheese sandwich.

optional scenario 6-6-3

[iamnotkhan]

It wasn't that he wasn't sure how he'd gotten there. Exploration was essential, and he was in top physical shape. So it was not at all surprising to find himself at the top of the mountain, though as yet he'd found little which might yield medicinal results.

No, what he was unsure about was why he was now spinning around, arms outstretched, and singing. That is, until the box fell from the sky and he stopped mid-note to bend over and examine the runes covering the surface.

optional scenario 1-2-1

[myblogwonabafta]

Well. This ought to have been very alarming. John Watson had been in many tight spots before. None quite so... literally. The giant maw of the plant was closing around him, and something in the goo he was covered in was making it damned hard to get out. Not because it was sticky, or slippery, or anything like that. No, because he really, really wanted to take a nap.

"Is anybody out there?" he called out weakly. "I'm trying very hard to care."

[kingofthenorth]

He followed her, but not before wiping his brow from the heat - this woman was right in her thinking. He must be rather confused or something strange has happened.

Once they crossed the threshold, he was surprised, "What sort of magic is this?" He wasn't really listening, except catching that she was indicating to hand over the kitten when she mentioned the Nysgods.

"They are unfamilar to me; I know not of such gods or legends. I'm familiar with the old and the new."

[katerrifically]

Kate is on the beach harvesting coconuts. She's on the beach at night because the humidity and effects from the beach are not quite so intense. It's a better time to collect what foodstuffs can be found there.

She has found a total of four coconuts and has stuffed them into her black messenger bag when the new light show catches her attention. Not the one in the sky, the new one. Kate slings the bag over her shoulder and approaches.

"I'm afraid to be the bearer of bad news but there aren't even cows for milk, much less cheese." No wheat for bread either but hey, one piece of bad news at a time.

[notrosesshadow]

"Why hello there!" she says to the kitten who purrs contentedly and climbs up to her shoulder to begin playing with her hair. Martha doesn't mind.

She instead takes a good look at the man in front of her. A boy really. He can't be older than 18 or 19, but he looks as though he's already seen too much.

"I'm unclear on whether it's magic or advanced science. Neither is very comfortable to think about," she replies. "The Nysgods are not gods either. Merely beings significantly advanced from most everyone else. We all come from such different places, none of our gods or legends seem to be the same, though they all follow many similarities. There are many who do know some legends of the Nysgods. I had heard of them in my travels. Always thought they were bogeymen, talked about to scare children into behaving well."

[templeandarch]

What an interesting ability. "Getting into the places that do not want to be found?" Door had always thought those a rumour. If only her father were alive to hear about it.

"You sound like the Marquis. Do you know him?" Carabas would love him.

Door only frowns at the description. London Below may have it's very old traditions, but kidnapping for betrothal? That's hardly ever done anymore.

[cuckoocachoo]

Avian American. Good to know.

Sarah can handle bird girls without even blinking. Comes with the territory of living in the cryptid world - some things just look a little weirder than most. It's nothing personal and it's not bad, but it's still something you have to get used to and Sarah is well versed in weird. All the same, she's mostly concerned with that stab wound.

"Oh my God," she says softly as she makes her way closer. "What happened?"

[play_freebird]

WELL SINCE YOU ASKED.

"I got shanked over a grilled cheese! Can you believe the nerve of some people, stealing a helpless kid's food? I bet they toss the crusts when there are kids starving in Ethiopia." She bristles and manages to maintain the façade that she is a-okay, just fine, tip top shape, totally not losing blood and getting pale, psh, she just needs some vitamin d or self-tanner.

But her grilled cheese.

Oh hell no.

She's gonna be pissed about that. It's easier than being scared, obviously. And Max Ride doesn't do scared. She does ass kicking casual and breaking the bones of her enemies and pithy retorts. Scared is not on the menu, capiche?

[cuckoocachoo]

W o w and just when she thinks people couldn't surprise her. All the same, she makes a face of concern as she takes a few steps closer. Not touching her outright but hoping to herd her towards a bench or a chair or something.

"Why don't you sit? That stab wound doesn't look good."

[play_freebird]

She's going to protest, she really is, but yeah sitting seems like a good plan and she does that.

If you call falling down onto her knees sitting.

Semantics.

She puts a hand back to her stomach instead of pointing after the sandwich stealing punk and frowns, annoyed. "I'm starving." And dramatic. She's gone days without food, she'll survive, but man is she hungry.

[cuckoocachoo]

"I will make you another sandwich, once you're not bleeding to death. Deal?"

It better be because it's the only deal you're going to get, Max. Sarah may be bookish and nerdy but when it comes to business she will cuckoo whammy you to save your life. She is not even kidding.

little to *no* places closed to me. Shouldn't tag while sick

[element_wizard]

"Oh sure. It's easier than people think it is," Alec says. "You just have to look for something that's not there, a break in the patterns, if you will."

He ties off the bandage neatly and then sneezes once again. "I've heard of him, but I can't say I've ever met him personally."

It is rather rude, though perhaps, time honored tradition?

[belovedone]

The shock and nature of her injury played games with her senses, and it felt like time was moving slowly as she lifted her head to follow the source of the voice.

She blinked, dreamlike, but despite the lack of her focus in the now her smile was wide and bright when she saw him.

"Loki..." She reached a hand out to her son, overjoyed to be in the same physical space as him for once, regardless of the circumstances. "How did you get here?"

[mini_dean]

"It's called The Wyld. A place between dimensions, I think. Come on, I'll take you to the meadow. There's a lot of people there and maybe you'll know a face or two?"

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Like hell she's going off with some strange man.

Again, Emma's eyes take in her surroundings, searching for something, anything that she could use as a weapon.

And her eyes fall on a sharp rock.

What should she do now? Keep him talking. That's what the elders would say. Keep the man distracted. Off his guard. Unaware.

"A place between dimensions? What does that mean?"

Re: little to *no* places closed to me. Shouldn't tag while sick

[templeandarch]

What an ability to master. Door even manages to work up looking impressed followed but wondering if this kitten is meant for food. It wouldn't be the first -- or hundredth -- of her eating cat.

"The Marquis's reputation proceeds him," everywhere. "Do you know if he's here? I need to find him."

[element_wizard]

The kitten would prefer not to be eaten, thank you.

At the impressed look, Alec just shrugs.

"Not that I know of." He stands up and offers her a hand. "I'm sorry."

[paffswithtude]

Jubilee jumped a little, her plasmoids ceasing with a final pop and a sizzle as she turned to look at the woman. She huffed a sigh.

"Well that sucks..." She quipped before shrugging a little. "Where am I anyway? I was starting to think I was by myself!" It was clear by the tone of her voice that she was glad to have company.

[katerrifically]

"You're not exactly by yourself, there are several of us here." Kate approaches Jubilee. "It's called the Wyld. I know that doesn't mean much to you but think of it a bit like a merging of points and a dumping ground."