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

[letmefixtire]

[Looking almost completely lost, now.

What, there's nowhere to eat, here? Why would being hungry make it so Tohru needs to stay away...? Seriously, Natsuno, you're not making any sense.

So, he's looking confused as well as concerned. Making a faint sound in his throat, he slightly narrow his eyes. Really, Tohru looks a bit like he's waiting for the punch line, but... Natsuno doesn't do jokes. At all. And who would start with one like this?]

... I feel kinda like I'm missin' somethin', here. Why do I gotta stay away just 'cause you need to eat?

[reluctantjinrou]

[He is missing something, Natsuno hasn't been very forthcoming. Not yet anyway.]

Tohru-chan, please...

[His eyes change and fangs appear from behind his teeth. He's almost ashamed of this and tries to hide behind his arm, but there's enough time to see it.]

I'm a Risen.

... god, the irony is killing me.

[letmefixtire]

[The way Natsuno said his name caused his brow to furrow a bit, before his eyes widen a bit at the sudden change in appearance. Blinking his eyes and looks down. Risen...? That would mean...]

How... did you...?

["How did you die?" And when? Where was he, when this happened...?? Natsuno had been just fine, last time he saw him. Hadn't he?

His expression tenses greatly, before falling. This is... actually really hard to take in, but it isn't even about the fangs or the eyes. It's just about the fact that Natsuno had, at some point, been dead--and Tohru had been unable to do anything to stop it.]

I know, but I can't help but think roles reversed it wouldn't go any differently...

[reluctantjinrou]

[Tohru could have stopped his death, in actuality, but he didn't, and Natsuno couldn't even hold that against him. There were people he had been angry at at the time, but that had melted away with the hours he lay waiting for death. He had died a somewhat peaceful death, despite it being painful.]

[It couldn't be that long after Tohru had seen him because Natsuno was still the same age, sixteen. He had died and come back to life so young.]

I need to eat something. [It's hard to speak with the fangs in his mouth.] I can't...get away.

Same here, honestly. That's... how it usually works with stories like this.

[letmefixtire]

[He has noticed that the age is the same, really. That almost makes it worse, knowing how recently it happened. When Natsuno doesn't respond to his question, Tohru's body tenses a bit. Eat something...?]

Can't get away...?

[The blond's shoulders drop a bit, his expression softening just a tiny bit. In his momentary state of disbelief, the thought of how very much 'like a terrible movie' this seems, crosses his mind. This is unreal, to say the least. The question sort of slips out on its own, since he isn't even sure what to say or ask, anymore.]

Get away... from what?

Unfortunately for them.

[reluctantjinrou]

No. Get away from me.

[Natsuno tries to insist and since Tohru is not listening, and he needs to get away from that beautiful neck, hiding that delicious blood that he wants so desperately, he just gives his head a shake and runs up a few stores to a narrow alleyway between the two shops.

He puts his back against the wall, breathing hard. He needs to calm down, he needs to reign this in again. He can do this.]

Yes. :c

[letmefixtire]

W-... Hey, Natsuno!

[Instincts tell him to stay where he is; however, his heart screams for him to follow. Unfortunately, after a couple of seconds of staring after Natsuno, Tohru's listening to the latter. Watching his friend turn down, the alley, he's only thirty seconds behind him.

Breathing just a little heavily, mostly out of worry and fear, he stops about five feet away from the purple-haired shiki. A couple of seconds pause, before he takes a couple of steps towards Natsuno.]

Hey...

[Hey, what? What should he even say? Well... there is one thing he can think to ask. Heart pounding, he takes another step closer.]

Natsuno, ...what can I do?

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno swings his head around and looks at him, hunger in his eyes.]

Get me something to eat. Anything. If you don't...I'll bite someone.

[He's a little unnerved, really unnerved.]

[letmefixtire]

[Something to eat...

The blond remembers seeing a place that looked like a store, but he doesn't have any money on him. Besides, he... shouldn't leave Natsuno alone, like this. What if someone wanders up? He said he'll bite someone... so...

If Natsuno's going to bite anyone, it's better if it's him, right? Someone who would forgive him and understand why it happened...

Not that the blond is even entirely sure as to the reason. He still isn't exactly sure what's going on. What exactly does the 'biting' entail? Closing most of the space between them, Tohru gives a concerned frown.]

Wish I had something on me, but I don't. If I leave to go lookin', though...

[He sighs worriedly, before letting the sentence fall. He's not sure how to say it.]

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno really was hungry and the hole he felt in his chest at the lack of nutrients, and blood, something he hasn't sucked in quite some time, is overwhelming. Just as Tohru had made it known to be.

He's fast, sliding his hand up around the back of Tohru's neck, almost like an embrace. He had warned him, he'd done his best to chase him away, and he would have to live with the regret.

Natsuno closes all the space between them, his chest pressing into Tohru's as he sinks his fangs into the side of his neck. The piercing is quick, efficient and his mouth is flooded with warm, sticky, delicious blood.]

GOD I NEED ICONS.

[letmefixtire]

[The warnings of his instincts scream into his mind, telling him to run. The moment he sees Natsuno move, he takes a step back, eyes widening. His friend is quicker, however. There's no time to do anything, except widen his eyes even more. His heart races and his breath hitches in his throat.

The moment the fangs pierce his skin, his body is completely locked up. A surprised sound attempts to escape; however, it feels as though something holds a firm grasp on his voice. There's definitely a nice helping of pain to go with his surprise. Feeling his chest tighten, his body definitely disagreeing with this unnatural act, his breaths start to become labored. His hands lift to the vampire's upper arms, gripping them. In the back of his mind, he really does attempt to remember that it's better that it's him... and not someone else. Just minutes in, though, he's not exactly worrying with that...

...Momentarily tightening the grip on Natsuno, for a moment, he can see the alleyway leaning just a tiny bit.]

Yeeeeaaaaah. LOL Me too.

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno's fangs retract, and he gives the punctures a final lick as he leans back a little. Tohru seems to be holding onto him, he doesn't take away that support. He has been filled with a rush of power, strength and everything felt right with the world. His ache was gone.]

Tohru-chan. This doesn't hurt. [Natsuno makes it a command, meeting his eyes. He wants to make sure that at least takes hold, to allay some of the guilt he is feeling. He just bit his best friend! What was wrong with him?]

[letmefixtire]

[His eyes are at half-mast as Natsuno pulls away, the burning sensation and pain is the only reason his adrenaline continues to pump, the only reason he's still able to hold onto Natsuno's arms. Panting his eyes are met by his the younger teen's.

Suddenly, the world stops, and those words are final. The pain is gone, and he can only stare back. Natsuno's voice took control of him in that very instant, and he's ...only more than willing to do anything his best friend says, right this very moment.]

[reluctantjinrou]

[That was all he needed. A blink and the spell is broken. Natsuno moves his hands so that they are firmly affixed to Tohru's trunk, ready to catch him should he fall.]

I'm sorry. Tohru-chan, I shouldn't have...

[Natsuno frowns at him, hoping his friend is okay.]

[letmefixtire]

[Good thing Natsuno is ready to catch him, because he's going to stumble forward and sort of collapse against his friend. Even so, he doesn't sound angry... or upset. Just weak.]

It's... it's fine, Natsuno. 'S not like you could help it, right?

[He's going to go completely weak after those words, and will need every bit of Natsuno's support to continue standing--or be set down on the ground. Either one works. He's not unconscious, though.... not yet, at least.]

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno isn't so sure it's fine. He couldn't help it, but at the same time, Tohru was hurt by his own hand. He put his arm around him when he noticed he seemed to be weakening and he lowered them both to the ground, sitting beneath him.]

Don't push yourself.

[There is no way he can admit that it was fine. It was not fine.]