Test Drive for April 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

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.]

1/2

[mikangirl]

[Oh hey, it's Zoro. She must really be lost, then--]

[mikangirl]

[Blink.

Half a second later, she's smacking him on the shoulder, voice a hiss at the bar.] Where have you been?!

[There's stark relief in her expression, but just turning up so casually like that? Rude. Like she hasn't been missing all day, jeez. But seriously-- at least she's not alone.]

[yourotherleft]

[he jumps at the hit, because what the hell, and then stares openly at what he finds.]

Nami?! Where did you come from?

[Duh, Zoro.]

[mikangirl]

[...okay, not... quite the answer she was looking for. She blinks back at him for a moment, mouth open, before general irritation takes over.]

Where did I come from? I've been in this weird town all day! Where have you been? And where's everyone else?

[Something's wrong here, Zoro. Fix it.]

[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?

[mikangirl]

[Nami jumps at the sudden noise, glancing up to Namur's face. There's the faint twitch of an eyebrow as she considers her options. She doesn't really feel like dealing with yet another idiot, but on the other hand, at least he's a fishman...

Hmm. Testing, testing.]

You're a long way from the Grand Line.

[om_nom_namur]

Right? Shit. This place feels a hell of a lot like the New World at times though. Got some a the same shitty faces floatin' 'round, though they mighta picked a differnt name. Mine's Namur, by the way. What's yers?

[Don't mind him, he's just sliding the rest of the way into that barstool.]

[mikangirl]

[Nami breathes a sigh of relief. At least someone knows what she's talking about in this place. It means Namur's worth talking to, even if all he wants is to chat her up.]

Nami. Navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates. [Her gaze flicks up to his. You're not one of Arlong's and you're drinking with humans, so that probably means you're friendly-ish. She figures namedropping is a decent risk to take.]

Kind of new around here.

[Missing her crew.]

[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.

[mikangirl]

[Nami goes rigid.

...well. Turning up in a weird place like this feels like it makes a little more sense. Missing crew, check. Not so missing enemy, check. Question is, does she run or hope he hasn't noticed her? She's down at the end of the bar, and her hair is longer. But on the other hand, if he's responsible for her being here, there's no point in either, is there?

For now, she stays where she is, working on not keeping a deathgrip on her own drink, and wishes Luffy were here.]

[strongworld]

[He gets his drink and sits down at a table in the back corner. He's grown to hate this place. The quiet streets, the staring people. He takes a gulp of his drink, thinking about how he is going to grow his crew and finally get off this rock.]

[mikangirl]

[Her shoulders tighten as he passes her on the way to his corner, but after a complete lack of acknowledgment she's not sure whether to be relieved or even more worried.

Well, at least she's armed this time.

Nami finishes her drink. And then swings her legs down off the stool, fingers hitched in her belt near the climatact, intent on walking casually out of the bar.]

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]

[mikangirl]

[Hello, Luffy.

This is how your navigator expresses relief.]

1/2

[meatthefuture]

[hit landed]

Hey, you jerk! [readjusts his hat and turns] This is mine! Get your own pos--

[meatthefuture]

....Nami?


[wow. Wow! Is she really here? He has to pinch himself to make sure it isn't a dream! But no matter how much he pinches it doesn't hurt.

Oh but he's rubber so it wouldn't. This is lame. How's he going to find out?

. . .

Oh yeah! Fistpalm!

After a small bout of startled staring, Luffy is going to reach out and attempt to pinch Nami on the arm]

1/2

[mikangirl]

Yes, it's Nami. [Captain. Captain what are you doing. She stares at him like he's gone mad. (So business as usual, then.)]

I'm really here, you know--

[mikangirl]

[Then he switches to pinching her, at which point a lesson on how not to annoy your navigator appears to be in order.]

Quit it!

[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?

[mikangirl]

[Nami's pretty aware of how things tend to go down in bars full of drunken people. By the time Akira crashes into the bar, she's already lifted her drink casually out of the way, though she spares him a wince at the sound.

If this is a fight, she's not getting involved.] Ah...sure thing.

[Her eyes flick to the guy who hit him, and double-takes at the mallet. You got hit by that and you're still okay?

...yeah, edging out of the way now.] You guys have fun.

[alwaysgrumpy]

[Sure enough, as soon as she moves, a massive axe travels in an wide arc, smashing through the seat she had been on a moment ago. Akira hops up, allowing it to pass under him.]

Guys, look. I know you don't like newcomers, but I've TECHNICAllY been here before. So I'm not really a newcomer at all!

[When the axe comes down, he dashes in, grabbing it by the neck. He twists the man's wrist, which turns the axe, at which point he starts smashing it against his face.]

You...guys...are not...listening...to...reason!

[When that men falls, his friend attacks with a pistol. Turning a moment too late, the bullet hits him in the head. He drops the axe and staggers, then planets his feet as his regenerating flesh pushes the lead ball out. After giving the shooter an annoying frown, he dashes into him, swinging him by his leg into another assailant, sending them both through the window. For now, it seemed to be resolved.]

Great. Bleeding. Sorry everyone, I'll...find way to pay for this.

[He sits by Nami, thirsty from the exertion.]

Sorry for the scene.