Test Drive for August 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

[barb_notbabs]

[Barbara faced death in the face every day; and laughed at it. She still had that teenaged belief that she could overcome anything without injury.

Grandmas were in their own territory, though. As someone who'd never really gotten to know her mother, matriarchs existed in a special spot of awe in her mind. Especially the creepy grandmotherly sorts.

Still. Old woman. Muddy street. Apparently with directions somewhere useful... Barbara wrapped the cloak tighter, and decided to maybe follow her for a while.]

[thecorpsedancedatmidnight]

[Young people did tend to think themselves far more resilient than older people, that was true. But Jessica would never have told someone to hold back- you could do whatever you set your mind to do!

She walked on, rather more quickly and sure-footedly than some might have believed. She did go for a run every morning as often as her travelling and schedule would allow.

Of course, Jessica was also a lot sharper than someone on the street might take her for, and she slipped down a side-street, and then another, just to find out if the cloaked figure behind her was indeed trailing her.

Finding herself in this strange reenactment was off-putting enough without being followed by shadowy people. But in Jessica's experience, confronting them was the best way to go]

Can I help you? It really isn't very good manners to follow someone.

[barb_notbabs]

Knew I should have tried the rooftops... [She had wanted to be close enough to lend a hand, though. Maybe she should have prioritized being far enough away to dodge.

She let the cloak fall, letting her costume shine. She was hoping the woman would recognize the outfit. If not, then she was further from home then she thought.]

You seemed like you might know what was going on.

[thecorpsedancedatmidnight]

[The woman's expression softens slightly. She doesn't recognise the costume, or really like the over-dramatics, but if this young lady is as lost as Jessica herself then it can be forgiven. After all, Jessica has been lost in a lot of places before. A smile normally sorts things out for the better.]

Well, I can't say I'm entirely sure, but I think I have some idea. I'm Jessica Fletcher.

[Introductions help too. Jessica knows people tend to underestimate her, but she was an English teacher. She can handle herself, and help her friends when necessary too.]

A young man in the town Square told me this is... Isla Empieza. I assume that is somewhere in the Caribbean Ocean, but he wasn't able to tell me for certain. But I don't believe we're in the 20th Century. He didn't seem to understand when I asked him about airports.