Test Drive for July 2014 Apps

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Welcome to your monthly Test Drive for high_seas! Here is where new players can test out their characters' voices, old players can try out new muses, and everyone can help each other get some threads for their applications! Feel free to use one of the prompts below, or come up with something on your own! Comment around, have fun, and remember that any CR formed here does not carry over to the game!

See you during the application round!

♦ So you're new to this world and have just woken up in the Town Square. How do you react? What do you do?

♦ You're lost at sea. Maybe you got separated from your crew. Or perhaps you're on an abandoned island. You need help!

♦ "Pirates off the starboard bow!" It's an enemy ship! Attack!!

♦ You and your crew are hanging out on your ship. Just another day at sea!

♦ "LAND, HO!" Hey look, a new island! How about you go explore it? Tell us what you find!

♦ Arrr, here be buried treasure, but not all that glitters is gold! Will ye be telling your mateys what ye found, or keeping it for yourselves?

Comments

[solokun]

Yeah, that's how they're formed. Something with the water leaving behind sediment.

[Just a random tidbit he picked up from school. Stuff like that seemed to be harder and harder to recall since he doesn't have to really use it anymore. The only things important nowadays are surviving.]

Woops, watch your head.

[And he ducks a little to move under large root going through the middle of the passage.]

[witcraft]

Oooh... [ducking low as he indicates, though she's still glancing around with wonder]

Is that how the ones from the ground are made too?

[solokun]

Mm, I think so. The water drips down and evaporates, leaving behind bits of dirt and rock that build up over time.

[Yeah, that should be it. Even if he was a very smart kid, he didn't really pay much attention in school. Games were more interesting.]

Maybe we'll get lucky and find some crystals like you wanted.

[witcraft]

If we do, we should take some with us! Crystals can be very powerful in witchcraft.

Like... [considers the possibilities for a moment] I could turn one into a charm to protect you!

[solokun]

[That's actually not a bad idea. He's used to crystal helping out and all since they were healing items and such in Sword Art Online.].

A charm, huh? I guess an extra accessory wouldn't hurt. Not like I have a limited inventory now.

[witcraft]

Yeah! I can make all sorts, but it depends on what crystals we find. Like, jaspers are good for energy and that sort of thing. [thinks it over a moment] Hmm, I bet obsidian would be good for you. Obsidian and... silver.

[witcraft]

[she's quiet for a moment, but actually, something's been bothering her] ...you know, you keep saying weird things, like "RPGs" and "inventory" and "stats" and "video games"... what are those?

Well, I know what an inventory is... but what does RPG stand for? Runic... power... gems? [she's just stringing together words that make sense to her...]

[solokun]

[Obsidian does sound cool. It would probably go with his whole motif and all.

At her question, however, Kirito blinks over at his shoulder and then hums in thought.]

Roleplaying game. I guess maybe you wouldn't know about that sort of stuff. Mh, the best way to describe something like that would be... a dream that you can control and participate in. Does that make sense?

[witcraft]

[...she has to think about that a few moments]

— that sounds like it would be so much fun!

[solokun]

Hah hah, it is, actually. Unless you happen to get stuck in one that you could really die in.

[Like he did, d'oh.]

Well, you won't have to worry about that here. We could actually die since everything here is real too!

[witcraft]

[doesn't get it, of course] Eh... that's not true, you know? If you die in a dream you won't die in real life.

[she tries to go for a disgruntled growl, but it comes out more like a pout] Well, that's why I said I was going to wait on the ship, now wasn't it...

[solokun]

[No use in really explaining it to her. It doesn't matter anyways, plus there's too many bad memories.

He slumps a little at her pout.]

Relax. I can handle it. We'll be fine. Don't you want some crystals?

[witcraft]

Of course I do.

[she doesn't really straighten herself, though, instead resting her head comfortably on his shoulder] It'll be okay. As long as you don't get hit anywhere vital, and you don't leave me behind, I can treat you on the spot.

[solokun]

It's been a long time since I've had a healer in my party.

[He just smiles at her on his shoulder before focusing ahead. Looks like they're getting nowhere, but he still hasn't seen anything really interesting.]

If we do run into anything, you could probably just pout at them and make them leave.

[witcraft]

[she makes a funny noise when a water droplet lands on her nose, but she shakes it off] I'd rather intimidate them with how powerful I am.

But it's hard to learn how to defend yourself when you can't walk. [mulls it over as their footsteps echo in the cavern] Maybe I could learn to use a gun?

[solokun]

Mh, maybe, but it feels wrong letting a kid play with guns.

[There's a thoughtful noise as he looks back and forth before a fork in this little cavern path.]

Then again, I guess it doesn't matter if you can do magic and stuff. Hey, Sieglinde-san? Can I ask a personal question?

[witcraft]

Yes? What is it?

[solokun]

Your legs, ah, it doesn't seem like you're paralyzed. Is there anything we can do so you can use them again?

[witcraft]

Ah... I don't think so.

You didn't notice? [daintily she raises one of the legs he's holding onto, so that he can get a better view of her tiny boot] My feet are bound. I could unbind them, but that wouldn't change anything — sometimes it actually hurts more if I don't have the bindings on, so it's better to keep them this way.

It's not so bad, though. If I balance on my ankles instead of my toes I can walk a pretty good distance, but it's hard to do that on a boat.

[solokun]

I kinda just thought that was some sort of weird fashion...

[He noticed, but he didn't know how to bring it up since he knows he can sound pretty rude already when he's just acting normal. Besides, you're not supposed to ask someone about their personal lives, at least not in MMORPGs. Even though this isn't an MMORPG, it isn't his real life either.

After looking at her boot he goes silent for a long while. Then he finally speaks again.]

You're really a strong person. If it was me, I wouldn't be as brave as you are.

[witcraft]

Eh, what brought this on all of a sudden?

[she pinches his ear lightly, like a chastising grandmother] You can call me brave when I've done something brave, but living with my bound feet is just normal for me! [smugly, she adds:] But I'll admit I'm pretty strong.