Test Drive for November 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

[unlikelyfarmhand]

I go to Ezonoo, the agricultural school. It's a boarding school and if you go around it, it's twenty kilometres. They have fields, animals...all kinds of things. We learn about animals and have practicums. Every morning I get up at four to take care of the horses.

[rikuheyriku]

Woah, that sounds really cool! [Smiles.]

Horses, huh... [Suddenly looks kind of excited and leans in.] Did you ever get to ride one?

[unlikelyfarmhand]

[Hachiken leans on the handle of the mop he'd been holding.]

Yeah, I learned to ride one. I was in a jumping tournament a little earlier this month. I placed fourth in the low jumps. I did okay, sort of. [He almost looks disappointed.]

[rikuheyriku]

Wow, fourth place? That's great! With more practice, I'm sure you'll do even better, next time!

[Pause.]

When ever you get back home, I mean. [Smiles sheepishly.]

[unlikelyfarmhand]

I hope so. I should have done better though.

[rikuheyriku]

Don't say that! You did the best you could, right? That should be all that matters! As long as you keep trying, you can only get better.

So, instead of beating yourself up, just keep telling yourself to never give up!

[He gives a firm grin, lifting a hand up next to his head, then closing his fist in an encouraging move.]