TEST DRIVE MEME

[dr_conscience]

oh snap! it's a...
test drive meme

Have a whole bunch of stray muses kicking around? Ever wondered about how one (or more!) of them would play out here at poly_chromatic? Well, wonder no more! Welcome to the test drive meme! Here's how this is gonna roll.

• Start a thread with your test drive character! You know the drill, just mark the character's name and canon in the comment subject, and/or...



• Tag around to other people's threads! Play it like your character has just arrived in the City, as if you've already met, or...



• Pick from the list below - or use an RNG if you prefer - to hit a character with one of the City's curses! Is one character cursed? Both? Are they cursed with the same or different curses? That's all up to you!
  
  
  1. Did It Hurt When You Fell From Heaven? Whether they're suave, awkward, good, or just plain horrible, citizens find themselves unable to stop speaking in the language of pickup lines.
  
  
  
  2. Average Joe Day Those in the City with supernatural skills or powers, suddenly find themselves quite normal.
  
  
  
  3. My Dirty Little Secret The one thing a character never wanted anyone to know is the one thing they feel compelled to talk about all day.
  
  
  
  4. 5 7 5 Citizens will find themselves speaking only in the 5-7-5 syllable format.
  
  
  
  5. Caffeinated Day All affected citizens will find that any liquid they drink has much more caffeine than usual.
  
  
  
  6. It’s a Boat, it’s a Bug, it’s Ours Citizens realize they’ve given birth to a child, regardless of their sex - only the child is an object, which they treat as if they were their own flesh and blood.
  
  
  
  7. Sing and Shout! Citizens burst into song of pop, rock, opera, or musical caliber.
  
  
  
  8. Handcuff Day Citizens wake up to find themselves handcuffed together, and no key nor force will unlock that lock!
  
  
  
  9. Truth or Dare Affected citizens are compelled to play every preteen girl's favorite slumber party game for a day.
  
  
  
  10. [Not] Awesome Powers Today, affected citizens have...new powers! ...Amazingly useless ones.



• Or just roll however you want in the game environment. Don't sweat the details, let loose, have fun - and enable, enable, enable!
  

Comments

[sangreine]

[There's much she could say, has wanted him to know. How strange it's been for her here, surrounded by Diva and her henchmen. The friendships she's built that were never fully whole since part of her attention always lie with what she was missing. Until now.]

[Saya's excess of energy might make her seem nervous but her eyes are steady, certain. Accepting, as she matches his approach step for step.] I hoped you'd come. [Her edgy nerves itch to move more, close that distance completely. Her mind is unsettled and atypically honest (the curse, of course, she knows that much, but not all for that) and so, after an interlude in which she seems to throw off whatever reservations might otherwise hold her back, she does. Reaching out, seeking less an embrace than just simple touch, some sign that he's more than just her hopes given fleeting form.]

[chiropteran]

[HAJI used ESCAPE!

Got away safely!]

[chiropteran]

For what reason have we been brought here?

['Have you seen Saya' is the first question he wants to ask, but with how crazy things are right know, it is probably best that he finds her on his own.]

[chiropteran]

What did you do to her.

[The reply is terse, and he knows it is a terrible idea to ask her this, but there must be some sort of truth, some way to glean out what had happened here from whatever reply she comes up with.]

[chiropteran]

[Her words wash over him and there is guilt in his heart. She had been awaken early and this time, he had not even been there for it to give her what she needed, to take care of her and protect her at her most vulnerable.]

Always. [The words are both a reassurance to her and himself, that he would always find her no matter what. When Saya reaches out for him, Haji steps forward again and lets his hand catch her own. Proving that as much as she is real to him, so is he to her.

No matter what Diva and the others had told her, what strangeness he was about to face when it came to them or this place, he would protect her.]

10 because i love you.

[hexuality]

[Ginny looks amused more than anything else, though maybe she shouldn't; then again, it's better than looking smug. She leans against the bar, glad that it's a slow enough night at the Blue Light that she can take the time to talk to Brad (she barely works here unless she's filling in for another waitress, but she misses it, so she's here).]

How's it feel being like one of us for a day, then?

[othersdie]

[There are times when Justin wishes he was better at this verbal sparring thing. Most of those times are when Rudy's around.]

Then what are you doing?

[biotch]

No, man, it's just— [ Wait, is he feeling sympathy for a box of diamonds? ] —no ice cream's kinda harsh, y'know? It's not like kid did anything.

[ Because it can't. Because it's a box of diamonds. ]

[candothat]

Of course, yes. There are several stores that sell clothes.

[He squints at Gaila.]

I don't see the similarities. Maybe it was meant to be a compliment.

SHE FREAKS HIM OUT SO MUCH ;;; <3

[biotch]

[ This is the thing about Jesse Pinkman: more often than not he doesn't have a plan, and if it does nobody listens to him (often, for a good reason). Granted, he's not exactly the feckless kid he used to be, but there's a reason why he's just a cook and soldier, rather than some drug kingpin living the big life.

Nervously, he gives another twitch of his arm — not trying to tug her away per say, but not letting her get any funny ideas, either. ]

I dunno, [ he whines. ] Ask around for a jumbo tub of Crisco or something? Lube it up and give it the slip? Y'know, something with a hundred percent less violence.

DON'T WORRY JESSE SHE HAS THAT EFFECT ON A LOT OF PEOPLE <3

[jagerin]

Relax, kid, I'm not gonna try to shoot us apart.

[ she lifts her attached arm and holds the cuff and chain in front of her face to get a better look at it. there's not much to further determine by looking at them closer and before too long, the added weight starts to make her wrist and arm ache, so she lowers it again and takes another look around the room. ]

Lubricating might work. Or heating the metal. Know where we can find any - what was it you called it?

[makedo]

[ It's a sight that he'd enjoy one hell of a lot more if he hadn't just been in an active warzone minutes ago. As is, he's still very firmly stuck in a mindset that has him grim and silent — particular because displacement like he's just experienced doesn't just happen and if he can't trust his senses, what can he trust?

Still, she looks civilian and he forces a measure of — if not friendliness then at least neutrality into his voice. ] Heaven's make-believe bullshit.

i assume this is brad being a wizard, then

[makedo]

[ Brad is not exactly pleased. Sure, it's neat to have more powers, but it also feels like cheating somehow and he doesn't trust the City in any way. He doesn't want it messing with who or what he is.

In short, he's not amused. The flattest, driest tone: ] I'm ecstatic.

[nosoup]

[ Clyde has only just arrived. Fortunately, he landed next to the fountain. Unfortunately, he landed on his back and there he still is, feet paddling helplessly in the air.

Won't you help him out? ]

or a ~useless super power~

[hexuality]

I can tell.

[Her grin broadens and she slides his beer across to him, resting her empty tray on the bar, arms crossing.]

Come on, it's just until midnight. And as far as curses go, being a little bit magical isn't that bad.

[sangreine]

[Always. Even had he not spoken aloud the gesture conveyed it effortlessly, giving her in less than a moment what months here had failed to.]

[She can't, however, savor the moment as she might like. Her boundless energy surges, recompense demanded for the hushed lull of re-meeting Haji. Her Haji.]

Let's look around. I'll show you the place where I woke up. [Fluttery laughter bubbling up, Saya tugs at his hand and gestures skyward. She's too wound up to settle for anything so mundane as walking and for once lacks her usual disquiet about the abilities which make her other-than-human.]

[chiropteran]

[His smile is so small and gone so quick that it might not of even been there in the first place. That look she gives him, that laugh makes him already feel somewhat forgiven, for at least being here now. Last time, she had needed to come to terms with his help and roughly, forced into fighting before she was ready. Even if Diva was here, it seemed that none of that had occurred.

So long as Diva does not start anything, perhaps they can live in a wary side by side way. Who knew.

Haji nods, moving to jump up as she did, only letting go of her hand at the last moment to make the leaps and bounds she did. Following, as always, to wherever she may lead. His intrest is perked, however, because of what she had said, that Saya had woken up here. Was she not at the gravesite when she fell asleep?]

Kat || DmC (Devil may Cry)

[graffiti_magic]

[sangreine]

[The City works strangely enough that Saya doesn't consider where she was last; everyone else who arrives seems in the same boat. Her demeanor, too, is more a factor of her experiences here than her past, having been awakened and tended to by a boy who is free with word and touch. That light has dimmed somewhat as he memories returned, but sparked again with today's curse. Saya's reserved personality is stretched thin, leaving all her barriers easily breached.]

[Saya's hyper-energized state makes quick work of the buildings and soon enough she leads Haji into the park, Xanadu. It's the zoo she's headed for, the tropical rainforest area where she was found her fresh from her cocoon, memory-less and new. There are fantastical animals and flora along the way, which she spares a glance.]

This is the place. [The tree is huge, thick in the trunk and with strong branches. Saya touches it with careful fingertips, as if she fears toppling it.] Setsuna found me here.

Eric Teague| OC

[nottheritestuff]

[Info about him here. Essentially an ex-drug addict who's barely on the wagon.]

8

[nottheritestuff]

In a fascinating case of Eric was not drunk last night, he's still woken up in the bed of a stranger. While this could be interesting in and of itself, it's the handcuffs that make it even more interesting. He gives them a tug and looks over at the girl in the other cuff.

"Er. Um. Do you happened to have the keys?"

Re: 8

[graffiti_magic]

"Huh?" Kat opens large, blue eyes, blinking sleepily at the stranger for a moment. With the extra person in bed, part of her almost thought it was Dante. Not that they'd ever...but he wasn't in the City and she was and she'd hoped...

Never mind. It's stupid. Instead, Kat shifts focus from the stranger to the handcuffs on her wrist and she gives them a half hearted tug.

"Shit. No. They're not even mine." Kat sighs, sitting up carefully. If Eric is paying close enough attention, it's her right arm she'll use most in this situation. Her left arm is a tiny bit useless and she clearly favors it. There's also a tattoo of a star and three dots on her forehead and more arcane designs and swirls on the back of her hands, up her arms and possibly across the back of her shoulders. It's hard to tell with the t-shirt. There's a scar on her left shoulder, an obvious sign of a bullet that went clean through the back and out the front, hence the care with her arm.

"The City's, I think. We may have to wait until midnight."

And then she's looking at Eric, smiling a bit sheepishly and a bit apologetically. "Hi. I'm Kat."

[anatural]

Nobody knows.

[Oh shit another song]

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow

Re: 8

[nottheritestuff]

Fortunately they're both dressed, right?

He does notice the tattoos and designs and twitches, almost imperceptibly. For himself, he's a bit scrawny for someone his size, the underfed look of someone who's missed quite a few meals for quite a few years. He also has silver flecks in his eyes and the barest hint of silver streaks in his hair. It's silver not gray. Other than that he looks perfectly normal, though his clothes are a wee bit too big for him.

"Oh. Lovely." He gives them an experimental tug. "I'm Eric."

shhhhhh

[meaningful_connections]

[ How abrupt of you, Watson. You're almost never that frank. ]

No, you lied because you didn't want me to know that you didn't want to leave.

It almost sounds like something I would do. Except that I wouldn't insult your intelligence by presuming that you wouldn't figure it out on your own.