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!

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[blackwolfofthesands]

[There was a large, black, wolfish-looking dog lying on its side on the deck, panting; its tongue lolled out onto the polished wood. It did not look particularly happy.

In fact, mostly what it looked like was seasick, and no wonder, because the choppy waves were making the small ship lurch back and forth. Volug whined unhappily.]

[soundandfurry]

-Another wolf nudged forward a bag of oranges with her nose and paw, towards him. Her look was clearly one of her concern. Finally coming across someone like herself... she definitely wanted to be certain he was well.-

You should eat... you'll feel better.

[blackwolfofthesands]

[The rocking of the ship, the smell of the fruit... but at least this newcomer smelled wolfish. Not laguz, but close enough. Volug let go of his halfshift, transforming back into his human form: a tall, dark-haired man with animal ears, a great, bushy tail, and tattoos on both arms.

Who was still lying on the ground.]

What's that? Heron food? I couldn't eat it if I wanted to.

[soundandfurry]

-She morphed herself, a young woman in a similar condition, though significantly more closed. she was crouched down, pulling out an orange and peeling it, taking a slice for herself once the fruit was exposed.-

See? It's not so bad... We take it along to help with scurvy... and it's all I could sneak away for you. The Captain would definitely yell at me if I took any of our jerky rations...

[blackwolfofthesands]

Scurvy?

[Volug sniffed halfheartedly at the orange, then recoiled a little. But he did take one slice. And stuff it into his pockets for when his stomach was feeling more cooperative.]

I've never seen a berry like this before. But the beorc eat everything...

[The ship lurched again hurgh.]

And don't have the sense to keep their feet on solid ground.

[soundandfurry]

It's an orange. A citrus fruit. Lots of Vitamin C and other stuff that's good for you!

... And, well... We don't really have a choice but to set out on the ocean, right?

[blackwolfofthesands]

Hmm. I guess they don't grow in the desert.

[What in the name of Ashera was Vitamin C? He rolled over and pulled himself up, propping his back against a railing with some effort.]

I don't have much choice; that much is certain. I think some of these people get a kick out of it, though. I guess it beats being carried around by a hawk.

[soundandfurry]

Mm... I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it a little. I mean, I've already met someone like me! I never could do that back home...

[blackwolfofthesands]

You've never met a Wolf before?

...well, I heard that there aren't many outside of Hatari. Plenty of Beast tribe. Just not wolves.

[He didn't think she was laguz, but surely she was kin in some shape or form.]

[soundandfurry]

Well, wolves, sure, but... not werewolves. I'm actually the last of my kind, back home.

[blackwolfofthesands]

Never heard of a 'werewolf'.

I'm a laguz. My name is Volug. [With some effort, he raised his right fist to his chest, just above his heart, in the manner of kin-greeting-kin.]

[soundandfurry]

-She mostly imitates him, doing the same.- I am Kagerou.

[blackwolfofthesands]

Well met.

[He sniffed at the air.]

You know the captain better than me. What are the chances of getting a nice, juicy elk leg out here?

[soundandfurry]

Depends on if we find an island with elk, really. All of our supply hall is completely dependent on what islands we come across. And even then, all of the meat is going to be dried and jerked.

[blackwolfofthesands]

I guess I've eaten worse. But I can't wait until we're finally on land again.

I'll eat crickets and grasshoppers if I have to. Or rattlesnakes. They're pretty tasty, when you can get them.

[soundandfurry]

Hmm. I mostly ate rabbits and voles back home. The bamboo forest I lived in didn't have much variety.

[blackwolfofthesands]

[Mmm, rabbit. He'd had a few of those during the war already -- nice, plump, juicy ones.]

What's bamboo? A kind of tree?

[soundandfurry]

Sort of. They grow up from sprouts into huge, tall stalks. I guess they're trees, but they're rather thin and don't bare many leaves.

[blackwolfofthesands]

[Stalks? What a strange way to describe a tree.]

Hmm... well, do they have any fruit on them?

[soundandfurry]

No, but the shoots can be pretty tasty!

[blackwolfofthesands]

Hmm. Tree-eating sounds so strange.

[He was feeling a little better now -- good enough to halfshift again, anyway.]

I think I'll go see if I can persuade anyone to part with some meat.

[soundandfurry]

It helps if you give them big sad eyes and a wagging tail!