Test Drive for April 2015 Apps

[highseasmods]

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?

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Noatak | Avatar: The Legend of Korra

[water_puppeteer]

[Town Square]

Noatak rolled off the fountain immediately, his eyes dancing wildly as he clutched at his own body. His mind was a whirling mess of confusion and shock, as one would expect of a man fresh from his own violent demise. All he could recall was a spark, then a moment of what felt like an burning wall slamming into him...then nothing. Yes, that was it. He was dead. Tarrlok had killed them both, and he couldn't even blame him for it. As his mind sorted the information, he managed to calm himself.

"Yet I'm here," he said, rolling onto his back and gazing up at the sky, "Is this the afterlife? It's far from what I expected. I also didn't expect so much foot traffic from locals." He got to his feet slowly, then pushed his way through the onlookers in a hazy search for answers. If this wasn't the afterlife, was he saved by someone? Why did he have no injuries? Where was Tarrlok?

He idly put a hand into his pocket, finding a book.

"And what's this?" he mused, flipping through it. He dropped it with an audible gasp, once he saw pages writing themselves before his eyes, "What kind of insanity is this?! Someone tell me what's going on!"

[whitedragon_abs]

Sting was heading to the tavern to grab himself a bite to eat when he heard the yelling. He made way to the fountain and saw the man looking weirded out. He raised his hand in greeting.

"Yo, you just get here?"

Demyx | Kingdom Hearts

[melodiouspacifist]

[A]

[Since waking up in this strange place, the very first thing Demyx does is panic. This place is not familiar, and he was asleep. He hadn't been asleep before he arrived so to him it's a huge surprise.

The second thing he does is hold out his hand and open up a dark corridor, or at least attempts to. For some reason, he can't connect to the castle.

This is a disaster. He sighs and flops himself down onto the side of the fountain and summons his sitar. If he's going to think, he needs some music, or more likely, something for his hands to do.]

[B]

[Being lost at sea is only about as fun as it sounds. Demyx comes to half lying on a wooden plank. Did something happen to the ship? Maybe it did. He coughs, clearing his throat as he looks around blearily.

He isn't feeling particularly strong at the moment but using his powers, he pushes through the water, propelling himself to shore. He crawls onto the beach, completely waterlogged.

How pathetic would it have been to die by his own element. He looks around, studying the shoreline.]

Hello? Is anyone out there?

B

[alwaysgrumpy]

What the hell are you doin' out here?

[Akira's away from his ship on a fishing trip, trying to discover new and delicious animals to eat.]

Vanitas | Kingdom Hearts

[vanitas_veci]

[The enemy was already boarding the ship when the call went out, but Vanitas thought that just made things more fun. Gripping his Keyblade he launched into action, using dark magic and swordsmanship to take them down, smiling as he did so. They weren't smart, and they weren't strong, but just seeing them fall before him was enough. For now.]

Anyone one else want to go against me?

Nami | One Piece

[mikangirl]

[Waking up without her crew or any memory of how she got here is always guaranteed to put Nami in a bad mood. Not...that this happens often. Or at all, before now.

She doesn't panic. Not yet. She's not hurt, and there are no marines here, and they're on the coast, right? So stands to reason this is another island and she can work out why she's here by herself later. The locals give her a town name but stare at her blankly when she mentions the Grand Line, which is the first thing that makes her uneasy, and there's no sign of the Sunny down at the harbour. So what gives? And the taverns are just as useful. Nobody's even heard of any of the pirate crews she mentions.

Sooo maybe she's a little jittery by the end of a long day of exploration, and she fetches up in one of the taverns when the sun sets (her bar tab paid for oh so helpfully by the drunken sailor who tried to paw at her half an hour ago, who might be sober enough to miss his wallet in the morning).

So she drinks. And listens. And tries not to freak out. And works out what to do next.]

[yourotherleft]

[Sunny may not be anywhere to be seen, but a little dragon-ship called the Million Merrily is. At least, it is now...

A tavern is exactly where Zoro wants to be right now, since the ship's supplies of booze are pretty low. All his fault. He doesn't even care which one as he throws open the door and ignores any stares and glares thrown his way.]

Rum. Three bottles.

[He leans right next to Nami and for a moment doesn't even realize it's her.]

[om_nom_namur]

[There's someone in the bar that you missed, Nami. Someone with excellent hearing who tends to get shoved into the darkest corners of the room so the risk of scaring off other patrons is diminished. He recognized a few of those names she was asking about, and while his vision isn't great he can totally tell that she's gonna be hot as hell. Looks like the usual crowd is clearing out and she's sitting alone. Perfect time to get the party started.]

[A heavy hand thunks down on the bar next to her, blue and webbed. Namur swings one leg up on the swiveling barstool, but doesn't quite sit, and grins toothily.]

Hey there, sweetheart! Heard y' was lookin' for a friend or two. How 'bout I buy y' 'nother shitty drink, an' we get t' know each other a li'l better, huh?

[strongworld]

[Swords clang against the stone floor as Shiki walks into the tavern. He grunts, walking to the bar and banging his fist on the top.]

Rum.

1/3

[meatthefuture]

[from outside, you may hear a voice coming closer]

♪♪ Going on a boar hunt
Gonna catch a big one
Big head, small eyes
They all taste great!♪♪

[slams open the bar door with one hand]

Yo, Riki! I'm thirsty, so give me--

[meatthefuture]

[ Something catches his attention. He glances over and his eyes widen. Wait... is that....?]

[meatthefuture]

Mountain of Meat Contest?!

[races over to take the poster from the wall] Oi! Riki! What's this thing?! I wanna win it!

[waves the paper around]

[alwaysgrumpy]

Look, I don't want trouble. I'm only here to get the gist of what's been goin' on since I left, I need to find out how some people are doin'.

[Akira was locked in an argument with some very big men, after he bumpbed their table while a heated card game was going on. It disrupted the whole game, sending cards everywhere. After a statement bout not liking "his kind", one man took a swing at him. Akira parried the blow straight into another man's face, only to get blind-sided by a massive hit from steel mallet that made him crash into the bar right beside Nami. After he pulled his head out of the wood, he noticed her.]

Ah...Sorry about that. Hope that you didn't spill a drink. Would you mind movin' one seat over?

Titus Alexius | Magi

[childofreim]

[A - Stranded]

[There's sand in his hair. He's pretty sure there's never been sand in his hair before. It was kind of novel, how the dampness of the ends of his hair held the sand in, but now it's drying and it's getting kind of gritty and unpleasant. He probably should have thought ahead and done something to tie his hair up before making sandcastles on the beach, but he kind of hasn't gotten used to having, well, so much of it. So now he's holding an armful of it and poking through the ends with a despairing expression on his face.]

I'm going to have to wash this...

[He looks out towards the ocean. Maybe in there...? He's going to be stranded here until the rest of the crew can find him. He's going to have to figure out something.]

[B - Treasure]

[Titus has been "digging" on the beach all morning. This mostly consists of using winds spells and a variant of Aladdin's sand giant spell to move sand without getting his hands dirty, but holes are getting made and that's all that counts. Somehow, he's actually managed to unearth a battered old treasure chest. Now he's hunched over it, eyes wide and sparkling.]

A treasure chest! An actual treasure chest! Like in the stories! Look!

B

[heartismyown]

You found one? Buried in the sand and everything?

[He's never gone digging for treasure. Sure, he's seen chests, but now that he's read some pirate stories, this seems all the more amazing.]

A

[alwaysgrumpy]

[Akira hums to himself as he paces the beach, his own crew having made landfall on the other side of the island. He always takes it upon himself to get the lay of the land, in case there are angry locals.]

Hm?

[He squints as he focuses on the figure.]

You seem a little overdressed for a beach trip.

[A]

[marslawman]

[While someone people had been making sand castles on the beach Sparks had been surveying the island. there weren't desert islands on Mars but planet was still mostly arid. He didn't need to be no Martian tracker to find water on this island.]

So not only have you wasted time makin' sandcastles when ya could have been watching the horizon for a ship, but you'er all breaded up n sand like a porkchop?

[And people though he wasted time doing nothing.]

B

[vanitas_veci]

Yeah, yeah I see. Step aside.

[Taps the chest with his keyblade at it and unlocks it. He then turns away, because he's not really interested in the treasure.]

Akira Inugami | Wolf Guy

[alwaysgrumpy]

[Town Square]

"Really? Are you kiddin' me? THIS hellhole, again?" Akira griped, wandering the town and pushing his way past on-lookers, "You'd think a guy can just go on with his life without any problems, but no. Davy Jones must have a hard-on for inconveniencing just me."

Granted, it wasn't like he'd made much headway in his world. Still trapped in, still being experimented on. Still getting his escape attempts thwarted by unscrupulous men in suits. Every time he learned a bit more, though.

"Well, at least I can feel the sun on my back," he said, stretching out in the open, "Gettin' locked up underground ain't exactly good for the complexion. I wonder what kinda' people came here with me?"


[At Sea]

"Look, I ain't sayin' that nobody should have the shards, I'm just sayin' that maybe there should be a big vote on it. I mean, we can trust each other, but some of those other crews have some real maniacs on 'em. Maybe we shouldn't go handin' power out willy-nilly, and hopin' for the best."

Akira cast a fishing line into the water, trying to get a few nibbles. Maybe something special for dinner. You tended to get tired of what was in the larder after a while, and the palate needed something new.

"I mean, would you want some of these yahoos makin' important decisions with potentially world-changing power?"

[At Sea]

[marslawman]

[Sparks looks up from his whittling.]

We talking power on the scale of a technology alien with a science gun or Force Galactic? [Mars had been lucky Barkeep's super cool Troublershooter wife had told him not to cause trouble.] The first type is the robot fists and laser six shooters are for.

[Town Square]

[vanitas_veci]

"Man, you sure are whiner." Vanitas watched the man from his perch a top a wall. He hated whiners, they reminded him of Ventus. "Do you have to be so loud while you whine?"

[At Sea]

[whitedragon_abs]

Sting was paying attention, but he it was hard when he was motion sick. While Akira was fishing, Sting was leaning over the rails, trying not to loose what little lunch he managed to eat.

"Yeah, but those crews won though shards before we even got here. What right do we have to take 'em away? I mean, other than started a war between crews."

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie appears, just taking a little stroll through town to do a bit of shopping. There was a cake place she was thinking of visiting...when she saw the cat guy picking up a book and looking at it. She tilts her head at him, just looking because he does look very different. Then, deciding that he's a newbie, she skips her way over to him with a bright smile*

Hi!~

[om_nom_namur]

'S called a book, genius. Paper, ink, full a words an' shit? Maybe y' never heard a 'em.