Test Drive for February 2015 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

[skyfaring_swordsman]

Of course. I did mention that I was Captain of the Jellyfish Air Pirates, did I not?

How do you get between them with such primitive ships?

[yourotherleft]

[So he sort of mentally skimmed over the 'Air' part...]

Every ship here has a Nav thingy, it lets you jump from ship to ship. They work to get the ships into the clouds, dunno how but. That's the way of it.

...don't knock the ships, though. They're more than enough for the sea, and then some.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

Well, at least this land doesn't seem to have Gears in it. I suppose thick wood will hold up enough to survive.

[yourotherleft]

[his brow twitches curiously, but he's not curious enough to ask. The last gears he saw were on that steampunk island...]

They're sturdy enough, more than you'd think. Merrily's been holding strong even with my idiot captain occasionally putting holes in the deck, they're tougher than they look.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

To put things on another track, I must admit my curiosity. I see three swords. How do you use them all?

[yourotherleft]

[he smirks widely]

You can't think of any way to hold a third sword? I could show you, but I don't usually bring them all out unless the challenge is worthy enough.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

Well, the best way to learn is by witnessing. I don't mind a quick spar.

[yourotherleft]

[he glances up again, gives Johnny a sort of appraising once-over (with haki, though it's impossible to tell), and then pushes himself to his feet.]

Beats lounging around here. Shitty place for a nap. C'mon...I don't want to damage the tavern district.

[there's places nearer the harbor where they can let loose, after all.]

[skyfaring_swordsman]

Your scar must have quite the story behind it.

[Johnny follows along, glad that his hangover is finally clearing away.]

[yourotherleft]

Which one? I got a few.

[though, yes, he's wearing his shirt unbuttoned so everyone can see the massive one on his chest. All the time.]

[skyfaring_swordsman]

I find the one on the eye the most interesting. Your depth perception must have taken a hit you had to overcome.

[yourotherleft]

[he definitely sobers, with a small grunt. He's not as proud of that one.]

It was like learning to fight all over again. It's only been like this a couple years, though.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

I suggest you do your best to take care of the other one, then.

[yourotherleft]

Psh. Don't have to tell me.

[walking while talking means he's nowhere near the harbor like he intended. But they are out by the beach, past the buildings. It'll do.]

Sure you want to do this? I don't hold back.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

[Johnny merely pushes up his sunglasses and stands casually, after stepping back a bit.]

The only way to learn is to meet adversity.

[yourotherleft]

[he doesn't mind seeing if that confidence is real or for show. This, after all, is one of his favorite pastimes, besides drinking.

Zoro draws one sword to start and places it between his teeth, to show the answer to the question of how he does it, first and foremost. He then pulls the other two.]

I like the sound of that.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

Can't say I'd ever want to copy such a style. One could easily damage their teeth. My smile is pretty irreplaceable.

[His body tenses as he places one leg in front of himself, bending lower and keeping his palm over the hilt of his cane-sword.]

Ready when you are.

[yourotherleft]

[snorts a laugh behind the sword in his teeth. Such vanity.

Oh, he knows that stance. Possible iai. This is already interesting enough a challenge. Zoro's shoulders lower slightly, and then he charges, coming at Johnny with very basic attacks - basic, but at his level of strength, still more than the average peon fighter would be able to even block.]

[skyfaring_swordsman]

[A fact Johnny has had to get used to, fighting with Gears, Robots, and who-knows-what kind of maniacs inhabiting his world. Which is why he chooses to dodge around Zoro's strikes, parrying where he's forced to. Even so, he can feel the power radiating off each blow.]

Whoa, whoa!

[He skids to a stop behind him, holding onto his hat.]

Such an immense well of spirit inside you! It's practically coming off you in waves. It's good to see a swordsman who has clearly devoted his lift to itm but I'm afraid my style isn't suited for locking swords. You'll forgive me if I don't waste time blocking.

[yourotherleft]

Suit yourself!

[Zoro can tell he's fast, very fast, and the parrying strikes are enough to fend him off. Intriguing, that the guy can feel his strength. Maybe he has something alike to haki...

He turns and offers another type of attack, positioning two of the swords across the third and sending a rush of cutting air toward Johnny instead, a simple Oni Giri.]

[skyfaring_swordsman]

[Johnny's eyes widen in surprise, causing him to leap high into the air to avoid the blow. A burst of energy propels of him forward at Zoro, where he releases a bright blast of ki that fires down like a spear toward his opponent.]

Divine Blade!

[yourotherleft]

[ohhhh crap that is not something a sword can block. Zoro's eye widens for a moment before he throws himself to the side and rolls out of the way, of both the energy and the man behind it.]

...shit!

[No more messing around. He finds his feet and lunges at his opponent, all three blades striking in rapid sequence. How does he swing with his mouth? He just does.]

[skyfaring_swordsman]

[Unfortunately, Johnny has no way to escape. He's still in mid-air when the attack comes, his feet just barely touching down. No time to dodge an attack like that. All he can do is hope to mitigate it.]

MIST FINER!

[He braces himself and exerts his strength, pushing himself to send a relentless series of lightning fast sword strikes. His blade disappears in a flurry of steely flashes, making the air seem to glitter before him.]

[yourotherleft]

[now that's impressive. Zoro plants his feet and whips his blades this way and that as fast as he can to deflect the strikes, managing, but with definite effort. With one last slash he powers through it, clearing the air between them.]

You're good. Real good.

[He's having fun, way more than he would have just drinking and napping. He wants to see how far he can push things, and stays in closer range, not letting Johnny get off another distance move like that first one.]

[skyfaring_swordsman]

[Johnny switches up, ducking low toward his legs, only to turn over and send a kick at the man's skull.]

It's all I can do, to keep up!