Test Drive for December 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!

♦ NAVY SHIPS! Cannon fire! Guns and explosions! It's a Pirates vs. Navy battle! **HINT: This might be a good one to try this time around... :D

Comments

[wantsarobotgarden]

It seems pretty empty...maybe they went out. We should apologize later, maybe.

[He pauses to think about that, if they aren't here they could get away with not having to, maybe.]

He's helped me out a lot, so of course I'd stay loyal. I'll always be loyal till the day I die most likely.

[thewatchdogswife]

Maybe we could just leave a note as an apology in case they don't return before we leave. Oh, but that probably would make them feel bad, wouldn't it? To know that someone entered their house while they were away, even if we don't break anything.

[Maybe they shouldn't bother with apologies after all. It's really hard to be in this world and remain a proper lady, she tries but the situation doesn't do anything besides making it difficult.

When Finnian says the next words, though, Elizabeth turns towards him in a snapping movement.]

Don't say that!! Don't talk about you dying!! As a servant you're not allowed to die until after your master does, so don't you dare to talk about that!! I won't forgive you if you do!!

[They aren't allowed to die before Ciel does, and Ciel isn't allowed to die until dozens of years have passed, until he is all old and has lived a long life. Elizabeth doesn't want to think or talk about anything else, even if it's one of the servants, they are Ciel's servants, the people in whom he trusts his house and her safety when he's not there, but she is. They are important as well for them both, not just Sebastian, but all of them.]

[wantsarobotgarden]

[He wasn't exactly expecting to be yelled at. Maybe the words or the way he said it was wrong. Feeling a little bit guilty he put a hand behind his head.]

That's what I meant, so I'm sorry if what I said was wrong, but what I meant is what you said.

[thewatchdogswife]

[Oh... She feels bad now, for jumping like that, but it wasn't easy for her to not to. Sebastian's funeral is still fresh on her mind, the whole event on the Campania as well, seeing Sebastian fight that strange man with that strange weapon, the zombies, everything. She doesn't even want to think of dying. And being here doesn't help, in a strange world, forced to act as a running away criminal even when she has done nothing wrong, the things she has seen, the things she has heard... People have already died here, and though they returned who is to say that will happen again?]

I'm sorry... I... I'm sorry, Finnian, I didn't mean to yell at you like that. It's just that... Things aren't like back home, you know? This whole place is just horrible and dangerous, so dangerous. I don't want to think what would be of us if we... Just the mention of it makes me sick, so, please, don't ever say that word again. Please.

[She looks down as she speaks, improper of a lady when in front of a mere servant, but as much as she may want to keep the roles, to keep some sense of normality here... The truth is that her and Finnian are not different at the moment. In a place without security, without a home, without classes they belong to... Her voice is a thin and soft sound when she finishes speaking.]