Test Drive for October 2013 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!

Comments

of course you would pick b for benevolence

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku jumps when Jiang Wei's attention is turned on her. She panics and looks around, thinking that she's done something wrong. ... Wait, did he ask her if she wanted to do the trust-fall exercise too? ]

Me? Oh, I— [ She has to look away and cover part of her face with her sleeve. ] I do not know, your numbers are even, and I do not want to disrupt your activities.

[ Yet her eyes shift between the group and the ground. She really, really wants to join them. ]

If you would have me, then I... I would not mind.

benevolence is the only choice!

[spearit]

[He almost looks a little disappointed when she seemingly rejects the invitation. But the more he watches her, the more he knows that she really does want to take part in their games.

It just took a little encouragement.

AND JIANG WEI IS HERE TO DO THIS.]

Do not worry about numbers, you're always welcomed. You're a member of this crew, aren't you?

[One of us. One of us.]

I'll be your partner, if you don't mind having someone like me as one.

[redsea]

[ How benevolent of you, Jiang Wei. A smile makes its way across her face as Jiang Wei makes his offer once more. ]

Really? [ Wait, that wasn't very graceful and ladylike. ] I mean, not at all... I don't mind at all!

[ She broke her act in the end. But anyway, she approaches him excitedly like a puppy. ]

But I don't understand this activity. Is it something you do for fun?

[ Look, falling is fun. Like bungee jummping. ]

[spearit]

[Aahh, how cute. Seeing her so excited is going to make him excited too!!!]

Then it is an honor to be your partner!

[Okay, now it's time to explain the trust fall exercise.]

It's really simple. One person is going to be known as the spotter. The other person will have their back turned towards that person. Without looking back, the person is going to fall back, trusting the spotter, who's standing behind them, to catch them before they touch the floor.

[Alternatively, her partner could have been some random jerk with goggles and dodged her if she tried to fall on him.

But nope. Jiang Wei is a true gentleman... and will even offer to go first if she feels uncomfortable.]

I can fall first so you get a first-hand look at how it works.

[redsea]

[ JIANG WEI CALM DOWN!!! ]

I see. So it is a test of trust...

[ Maybe if she does her best at catching people, she will get many friends! That's definitely how it works. It never crosses her mind that Jiang Wei might be a jerk with goggles. He's so benevolent, after all. Duh.

She nods, determined to learn how to make friends. ]

I-I will do my best to catch you, Sir Jiang Wei!