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

[legsarerequired]

[We? Did he mean humans? Why would humans have that problem? They live on land, don’t they? OH! But he said he ended up here the same way! But he had legs!]

[Her curiosity was grabbed, making her move, pushing herself over to the edge of the dry fountain, hands grabbing the edge of the ledge and pulling herself closer, looking]

You lost your fin? But how!? Was it the sea witch? [Look, she had just been headed over there actually... and he SAID he had ended up here without a fin...]

[caster_blaster]

Whoa, whoa! Take it easy, you're gonna' scrape yourself up, moving around like that.

[He looks around for a moment, scratching his chin as he tries to come up with a solution. After a quick jaunt, he snatches up some linens from a nearby laundry line.]

Alright, raise yourself up a bit. I'm gonna' use these sheets to put something between you and the ground.

[legsarerequired]

[Huh? She hadn’t even really noticed. Her fin wasn’t made of paper after all. it flapped as she looked back to it, then back to him. Her arms pushed up, lifting herself up to sit on the edge of the fountain as he walked off. Why didn’t he have his fin? He said he showed up without one.]

[And there were other humans around, in the distance. She leaned a bit over, peeking around at them. She raised a hand to wave at a woman, who ducked her head and walked the other way. Her hand drew back, surprised, and frowning.]

[When the other came back with the cloth she looked up at him, curious, but letting him help with the sheet? It was soft. Not at all like sailing canvas that she finds under the sea.]

[caster_blaster]

[He moved slowly, careful to show he meant no harm. He cut a few holes in the sheet, forming it into a make-shift poncho of sorts, that draped over her head and trial over most of her body and tail. He shortened up the end to make sure too much didn't trail behind her.]

Just push your arms through these holes. I don't know if mermaids need to stay moist, but if you soak this it'll keep you wet longer.

[He sat down besides her when he was finished, trying to think up something else.]

Well, it's functional, but not very flattering attire. What you need is some sort of fish-tank on wheels, or something.

[legsarerequired]

[She looks so very confused as he pulls this over her. The girl is far too trusting. When he says to put her arms through the holes, she does, looking down at it confused like. Human clothing? How interesting!]

[She ran her hands down her sides, looking the clothing over. So baggy!]

Flattering? It’s lovely! [wait, blink blink] A... fish tank? Wheels? [her tail flapped again, hitting the ground hard and looking around] Do you keep fish in tanks and wheels?

[caster_blaster]

Well, no. We do keep 'em in water-filled tanks, but the wheels are because you need to get around. You won't be moving too fast on a fish tail.