Test Drive for November 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

[shiprekt]

[Found out, huh? Sharp wit to this one. Not sharp enough to avoid being robbed, though. The coins jingle slightly in her coat's pocket as she turns around, revealing a good-natured smile that's likely anything but.]

I'd say I've been around long enough to know that it's only petty when you're on the receiving end. When you're on the taking end, it's just business, mate.

[Though that sand is definitely something else. Is he a Servant as well? Some type of Magi, perhaps? Not likely, unless he was pretty advanced. Though this doesn't seem like the Moon Cell...]

Still. I suppose I can play nice every now and again. [And out comes the bag of coins.] Though not too nice. What say we wager over it? Double or nothing.

[grandlineswag]

[He's not normally one to play games. In the old days, there wouldn't even be a conversation. Stealing from Crocodile got you an unmarked grave in the desert and that was that. Still, he had just returned to this strange place, and he had no idea what abilities anyone had. Caution was preferable.]

A wager? On what, pray tell?

[shiprekt]

[Funny thing about dying; it starts to lose the appear of being something worth fearing after the first time. And even that's pushing it. Though she is grateful he seems interested. If for no other reason than "she's bored".]

Nothing too major. Just some "friendly" competition. Three simple contests; you pick one, I pick one, and then we both agree on the last. Whoever wins gets double what's in this sack. [Another jingle. Wouldn't want him thinking it's empty.]

[grandlineswag]

I see. Do I have a guarantee that my money is in this sack? I'm not agreeing to anything until I see what my prize is.

[shiprekt]

I wouldn't expect you to. If you double nothing, all you get is nothing.

[Not bad. She wonders briefly if all the people here are this cautious, before deciding against it. It was obvious this man's aura was different than normal. Not unlike herself, really.]

Of course, if I give you this sack to count the gold, what leverage do I have to keep you here? None, surely.

[grandlineswag]

In which case we'll both lose nothing that we didn't come to this crossroads with. Since you originally stole it from me, it would sum at 0. So you lose nothing by allowing me to count it.

It's a far better deal than me simply dealing with you and taking it back by force.