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

Beth Greene || The Walking Dead (Season 4 So here there be spoilers...)

[acapellas]

Beth Greene, Hershel's youngest daughter, Maggie's little sister and she's thought she loved, and lost-- and lost and lost. Sometimes, it feels like that's all they have left anymore. Constant crushing loss. Every step forward, puts them in a path for more pain and loss.

She misses the days when things were more simple. Before the dead started walking, and just about everyone she's ever known was lost. And now... She lost one of the most important things left, the one thing--

Beth sniffles and wipes her eyes with a little shuddering sigh.

Sitting on a rocky outcropping and just stares off into the distance. The mountains are beautiful, she thinks her Daddy would have liked to see them, and without warning she sobs, and finds herself really crying again.

It was awful. Trapped behind that fence like that... not able to help-- or do anything. Stuck up there in the 'safety' of their false fortress while she watched. How do you come back from that?

He didn't deserve that...

He did everything he could to help everyone around him. He was a good man. A GOOD man... And what did it get him in this world? It wasn't fair. Rick was wrong, they couldn't have made it work. And see, the thing is... he and her Daddy would have tried and by the time they both knew what was happening....

It would have been too late.

Beth sighs... petting the tiny ball of fluff in her lap when it mewls at her. It's funny how this world works, what it does to you. How it changes people.

"I miss my Daddy, Daryl." And added a beat later. "And Maggie."

The fluffy and somehow scruffy rough looking scrappy little kitten looks up at her with a rather dubious-- or more likely bored expression. He reminds her of the rough cut crossbow wielding 'tough guy', who was probably better with Judith than she was. So the name fits.

Even if there's a nagging little tickle in the back of her head that says there is something a little weird about all of this, she figures as long as there aren't Walkers she's safe, and if she's not safe-- than God has graced her with at least a gorgeous view to spend eternity watching. "I wish he could be here to see this."

[overdraws]

Allison spotted her right away, the only figure on the beach. She'd come alone to watch the lights, a few snacks tucked away in a makeshift pack made out of an old coat. She stopped a few feet away from the girl, trying not to listen but failing at it.

So she approached, settling down just a few feet away from her. Close enough that the girl could probably hear her, but far enough away that it wasn't creepy.

"They're beautiful, aren't they?"

Amanda Perry || Stargate Universe

[most_qualified]

Amanda stares at the castle in the distance, she can feel the soft grass below her feet. It's a far cry from the hard floor that are found on Destiny. But still she ponders if maybe there's a glitch in the system? If this can be some simulation that she hasn't run into before.

Her attention returns back to the castle not having seen one in person since she was a little girl. Oh what a time that had been with her parents. She smiles at the memory recalling how she always thought a princess lived inside.

But then she's snapped away from her thoughts feeling something furry nudge at her leg. She looks down surprised to see a kitten. She leans down to pet it.

"Hello there."

[acapellas]

Beth flinches, her hand falling to where her knife is-- should be-- but hen it moves back to stroke down the kittens back. She glances in the direction of the threat newcomer she notes the pack, her eyes drawn to it she can't help wonder... She pulls her gaze away turning back to look out at the view and nods, "They're amazing."

[overdraws]

The movement isn't lost on Allison, and she doesn't blame her. This place is weird. She'd have done the same.

"It's probably one of the better things about this place," she says, tugging the pack open. It's all camping food -- dried meats, nuts and berries mixed together, a bottle of water. "The rainbow rain in the rainforest is kind of nice." And then she makes a face.

"Sorry, that sounded way better in my head."

[charming_jerk]

Alec, you jerk.

Johnny shook his head to clear out the cobwebs. "I must be, cuz I coulda sworn you were closer than that. Shit, where'd you come from? I haven't seen anyone in way too long. Where the hell am I? And is there any way to get past this gorge other than climbin' down it?"

[element_wizard]

Charming one too, or so he liked to think.

"I'm just confusing like that. As for where I came from, I dunno." He shrugged. "Just teleported. As for where you are... I believe here is a good answer. And I don't know."

He's being helpfully unhelpful.

Shoot.

[acapellas]

It's habit, when everything around you is a threat. This place is strange, but Beth is content for the moment to maybe relax a little. The contents of the pack aren't too far off what she might have been carrying herself if she had any.

Dried meat-- keeps longer and doesn't attract so much attention. Berries-- Daddy and later Daryl (not the cat one) taught her which ones she could eat and which ones she couldn't.

The bottle of water though, that's a small wonder to the blonde, they'd run out of those-- she can't even remember how long ago.

She nods, taking in the little bit of information about her new surroundings. Then turns with a faint smile at the second comment. "Rainbow rain.." It's spoken a little wistfully, "that sounds interesting." but she doesn't ask more, no for now she sets that aside, questions for a little later.

"Are there Walkers here? I haven't seen any yet, but sometimes you can go days and not see one. Other times they just keep coming and you think they're never going to stop."

SUDDENLY AN OLD MAN

[overdraws]

"Walkers?" Allison looks at her curiously, eyebrows furrowing a little bit. She might be putting the food an equal distance between them. A silent offer. The girl can take some, if she wants. If not, no harm.

"I've never heard of those, so I don't think so. Unless they're in a different part of the Wyld that I haven't been to yet."

GET OUT DADDY YOU DON'T BELONG HERE!

[acapellas]

Beth's brow furrows in a nearly matching expression, and maybe she shifts a little closer, the kitten squealing in retaliation for waking him. "You'd know what they are if they're here." And then a little quieter. "If they're here, they'd be everywhere."

[overdraws]

Allison grows a little more serious at that, and reaches out the pet the kitten, shaking her head.

"I've never heard of them, so that means they're not here. What are they?"

[acapellas]

Beth seems a little more at ease, still on edge, but a little better. "They're people-- well they were people once, but now they're Zombies." She pauses, reaching to take a little pinch of berry mix, "they're everywhere... back home. There's nothing left, been like that well over a year now."

[notrosesshadow]

When he said heartache, Martha assumed he meant his heart actually ached. She crouched next to him, looking concerned. "A heart ache? Tell me, Robb, is it actually an aching feel or more of a stabbing?" Not that they can handle serious heart trauma here. Furthermore, how does someone his age have heart trauma? He looked fit and hale.

[livewiththelove]

The lack of walkers is a definite plus. Outside of that, Daryl isn't sure how he feels about all of this. He knows Beth is here, but his first priority is to make sure that everything is safe. He gets the lay of the land, checks everything out and then goes to find Beth. He approaches her almost silently, plopping down on the ground next to her.

"You know, talkin' to yourself is one a those signs you're losin' it."

[kingofthenorth]

He unhooked his cloak and let it fall around him, and then found the zipper to his tunic. "It's sharp." he commented as he pulled the zipper down.

Looking down at his chest, he didn't see any wounds or anything. "Just my imagination, I suppose." He felt rather ridiculous stripping in front of this polite woman.

[acapellas]

There's this moment of total uncertainty, before she lifts the kitten from her lap and throws her arms around his neck. She is so relieve he's here. "I'm so glad you're here, where ever here is."

Releasing him she gathers the kitten back up and settles close enough their shoulders bump. "I wasn't talking to myself anyway, I was talking to the kitten."

She totally named him after you. That's not weird right?

[am_i_the_last]

She had been looking behind her in her mad flight forward, not noticing until too late that someone was there amidst the long grass. She cried out when she tumbled into the other woman - clutching on instinctively as she struggled for balance on her two legs. Her violet eyes were wide and staring, not noticing the sling or the small animal at first.

"Do you hear it? Do you?" She managed in a soft tremulous gasp, clearly terrified and shaking from head to foot. The growling roar that had echoed and vibrated the air was silent now. A glance behind told her that there was nothing there, nothing had been. But...why? How?

[livewiththelove]

He's always a little taken aback by the fact that someone wants to hug him, so there's a moment where he's just still, letting her hug him before his hand goes to the small of her back, pressing ever so lightly.

His hand falls away when hers do and he's happy enough to settle close to her, his hands behind him, propping him up.

"Yeah? Where'd you get it? Ain't hardly big enough to put in a stew."

No, he won't really cook the kitten, even if she did name it after him.

[notrosesshadow]

Martha raised an eyebrow at the zipper. She hadn't expected that based off when this man seemed to be from. Perhaps he was one of those strange people that pretended to live in another time.

"There's no wound, but would you allow me to listen to your heartbeat and take your blood pressure?" Just because there was no wound didn't mean he was completely safe. But she couldn't imagine this man having heart issues unless he had a history of it in his family.

She's already reaching into her bag to pull out a stethoscope and a blood pressure cuff.

[charming_jerk]

"'Just teleported'?" Johnny's eye narrowed. He's spent days travelling in hellish conditions, and this guy could just pop up wherever he wanted? Maybe he was just a little jealous.

"Yeah, well... if you can teleport our asses to somewhere with civilization, it'd be appreciated. Otherwise, I gotta start makin' it down this gorge, and get somewhere before I run outta food 'n water."

He shook the canteen tie to his belt. From the hollow sound it made, it seemed like he didn't have much left.

[kingofthenorth]

[ooc: jeez, I'm dumb. I'm sure they don't have zippers (but maybe the costume department does!) So pretend it was unbuttoned rather than unzipped. I don't know why I didn't change that because I spent a good 2 minutes thinking about it last night.]

"Blood... pressure?" His eyebrows are knitted looking at her in confusion and he sat up straight. "What are you going to do?" These concepts were foreign to him, especially when she pulled out bizarre looking items from her bag.

This whole ordeal was becoming stranger and stranger, "I've never seen such things." He held his tongue from saying anything more cruel.

[notrosesshadow]

[OOC: That's OK. Historical reenactor here. I hate all the freaking buttons I have to do up for my hobby.]

The light had been playing a trick on her. They really were buttons... That was comforting at least. Martha looked up calmly as he panicked.

"It seems my country is more advanced medically than yours is. This allows me to listen to your heart beat. I can put these things in my ears like this, and then I take this part and hold it against your chest." She demonstrates on herself first. "Would you like to try it on me first?"

She does unzip her jacket, and opens it slightly. Her tank top is low enough that the stethoscope would be no issue.

"And blood pressure is just making sure the blood runs through your veins at a healthy speed. It's really easy. I just clasp this around your arm..." She clasps it around her own, "and squeeze this thing until it gets tight. Then I let the pressure out."

[kingofthenorth]

He's studying her rather closely - intently - in assurance that she wouldn't be trying to trick him, although, she still could. "And what do you plan to use these measurements for?"

He was always the serious one, always calculating. Life circumstances tended to make him do that now. It wasn't a choice, he had to, not after the deaths of his family and his father...

It was rude to stare, and he looks away after her demonstration. So far, she had been very kind and full of information since he had been here. "Where are you from, Martha?" He'd rather attempt to change to subject.

[notrosesshadow]

"You said your heart ached," Martha replied. "I want to make sure it's just that and not a symptom of something more serious. I'm a physician Robb. A healer. I save people's lives." Because the word doctor clearly didn't have any effect on him.

But if he doesn't want the tests, she can't force them upon him. She lets the stethoscope hang around her neck.

"I come from a country called England." She wonders if he's ever heard of it.

Daryl Dixon | The Walking Dead SPOILERS AHOY

[livewiththelove]

There's a castle that Daryl could give a crap about, but it's there and he may not be in awe of said castle, but he is stalking around it, cataloguing defense points and advantages as well as any weaknesses it might hold against a horde of walkers.

Right. He's also angry. Seriously? He's here because some guy thinks he might be a potential mate? First of all, he could care less what floats this Prince's boat, but his boat isn't even remotely bobbed by a guy. Second, he's got things to do at home. Beth is probably on her own. He needs to get them both back to the rest of the group safely. You know what he doesn't need to be doing? Auditioning for The Bachelor.

Third: He really wants a grilled cheese sandwich, which is ridiculous. He hasn't had one of those since the world went crazy. He's pretty sure any cheese (including velveeta) that might be out in his world has gone moldy by now and he doesn't trust any of the food here, even if they do have grilled cheese sandwiches.

Maybe.

He might try one.