Test Drive Meme

[shadow_npcs]

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

[nursewrangler]

He chuckles darkly. "Being part of a war doesn't exactly enforce longevity." He strokes a hand down the kitten's back...
"I'm a doctor, an army surgeon with the four oh seven seven mash unit. I was pulled from my post to serve on the front line...

...the last thing I remember is falling asleep to the sound of shell fire."

He smiles over at her. "But you don't want to listen to me ramble on, tell me something about you. Were you always so beautiful?"

[hypospraying]

It takes her a moment to decipher what a mash unit is, but being in the paramilitary herself, she figures it out, lifting her eyebrows at the danger he was in.

"What a coincidence. I'm a nurse. Head Nurse of the USS Enterprise, the flagship of Federation Starfleet. And to answer your question: beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

[nursewrangler]

The only thing that keeps Hawk from getting up and pacing is the small kitten.
He blinks at Christine, not believing what she just said...Instead, he breaks out into a huge grin, shaking his head.
"Nawww, Federation? Starfleet? Honey, you've gotta be be pulling my leg here. It sounds like you just told me you work in space."

[hypospraying]

"You just showed up here with no memory of how you got here. Isn't that as unbelievable as space travel?" She raises a questioning eyebrow and continues. "If it helps, I was born in 2237. Space travel's normal where I'm from."

[nursewrangler]

Well, that does it. Hawk picks up the sleeping kitten and gives it to Christine. "Here, you take this."

Standing, he starts to pace, arms gesticulating vigorously. "2237? It feels like not ten minutes ago I was elbows deep in this kid's guts and you're telling me you're a nurse from space?? Well excuse me for not exactly taking your word for it. I'm from the humble year of 1952... everyone looks up at stars and says 'that's nice'. Space? If it seems like I'm freaking out it's because I am... I haven't had a drink in hours and I'm just supposed to deal with being magically sent to this nowhere place? I must be going insane..."

[hypospraying]

Oh, dear. Christine slides her feet in the sand to lower her legs as the kitten is thrust upon her. She accepts the furry little guy and cuddles him close to her cheek, watching Hawkeye pace. Things like this aren't easy to reconcile alongside what's comfortable and known, so she just purses her lips and waits for him to finish.

He's kind of reminding her of Dr McCoy, what with the yelling and needing a drink, and that just makes her miss her boss all the more.

"Eventually you'll have to deal with it, yes," she answers calmly, setting the kitten down in her lap. "The people here are from all different places and times. Some are used to interacting with the wider world, and some aren't. But we're all stuck here in the same situation as you're in now, so it might help if you talk to people and get to know them."

[nursewrangler]

Hawk runs his hands through his hair, calming himself as he looks at Christine... "Sounds like you've been here for awhile."

He's thankful she let him have his freak out, sometimes that's all he needs.

[hypospraying]

She smiles weakly and nods.

"Or, well, I've been a part of this whole thing a long time. We've only been here a few days, but I've lived in..." Her eyes lift in thought. "Four places before this one since this whole... kidnapping thing began."

She sighs and strokes her fingertips down the kitten's back. "I told you I'd have to ease you into the whole story. If the idea of space travel is unsettling, what's going on here isn't going to sound much better."

[nursewrangler]

"So this place is big, huh?"

Hawk sits back down, flopping onto his back... watching the lights from the fireworks reflect on the water. "Just when I thought life couldn't get worse... then again, nothing is firing at me here... no blood... Maybe I'll think of it as a vacation."

He looks up at Christine. "But you're not telling me everything, are you. Bad stuff happens here too?"

[hypospraying]

"Yes. We're on another planet, though I'm not sure if our current location actually counts. Like I said: in between place."

Christine watches him watching the fireworks for a moment before looking back at the kitten, who's started to get up an explore her lap.

"It does. But maybe I should start at the beginning. Are you ready for one practically unbelievable tale?"

[nursewrangler]

"Yeah... yeah I'm ready."
He appreciates her kindness, and it's obvious that she's done this for several other people. "You know Christine, for a nurse, you certainly have the compassionate part down."

[hypospraying]

"That's what I like most about being a nurse. I get to take care of people and hopefully comfort them." But then she starts her story from the very beginning, outlining why they've been brought in.

"This world is called Niflheim and its inhabitants are the Nysgods. They're an immortal race that have a lot of... unique abilities. Powers, or magic I guess is all we can call it. They have a king who wants to step down and leave the throne to his son, Tristan, but the king wants Tristan to marry first."

She takes a breath and gives him a searching look. "Sounding ridiculous yet?"

[nursewrangler]

"Not as ridiculous as a space nurse." He gives her a wide goofy smile.
Yeah, he's doing a lot better.

[hypospraying]

"Oh, thanks. And that's Nurse Chapel to you." She's smiling though, glad he's taking things so well.

"Well, to continue, that's where we come in. Nysgods are all born male, and they're unique in that they can only love once, and they fall in love at first sight. It's literally encoded into them. Most times they go traveling outside their world to find their love and since they're immortal, they have plenty of time. But in Tristan's case, he stays here and a device called the Grasp was created to bring possible marriage partners to him. And seeing how you're from the mid-20th century, I'll just point out that, yes, they can fall in love with men too."

And here's another look as she waits to see if he's still following along.

[nursewrangler]

Hawk sits up slowly... his eyes going wide as saucers as Christine explained the situation.

"No... oh no, no no no no no. You're not telling me I was brought here to be some Prince's bride. I was wrong, this is worse than purgatory... I'm in Hell!"

He gets up again, pacing as he thinks this over. "And you're saying there's no way out? Am I not allowed to go home ever again? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd prefer going back to the war at this point. At least there it doesn't make sense. Here it's just unimaginable!"

Yeah, he's freaking out. Again.

[hypospraying]

She bites her lip and lets him have his freak out, carefully collecting the kitten as he makes a swipe at Hawkeye's leg as he's passing.

"Potential bride. We've been here a long time and he hasn't picked any of us, and even if he did, we can say no. He doesn't want to marry anybody who doesn't want to marry him." There's far more to it than that, regarding prophecies and all that, but she's definitely holding off on those facts until another day.

"Besides, this place we are right now? We're cut off from the Nysgods here, so don't think you have to don a white dress just yet, okay? As for going home, sometimes people do disappear and end up back home, but we don't know how they manage it. It's all random."

[nursewrangler]

"Random? RANDOM?"

"I've been working my ass off for two years in the scum hole of Korea just to land here....to what? To live with the prospect I might never see my dad again?"

Hawk breathes, trying to calm down... "Look, I'm not angry at you, and I'm sorry for yelling... but maybe a space nurse might be more fit to handle this than someone who has only seen a television set twice in his life."

[hypospraying]

It's less that she's a space nurse and more that this isn't her first kidnapping, but she doesn't point that out.

"I understand. It's just that I've had time to adjust and try to make a life for myself until we all find a way back. Just because we haven't figured it out yet doesn't mean we never will."