Test Drive for January 2014 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

[runningonramen]

[This is weird. Not unlike some other places, only he was still in the regular world and not his subconscious. He looks around at everything frozen.]

That's pretty cool.

[fabnguns]

Don't you mean badass? That is not all that we can do.

[runningonramen]

Well I don't know about badass, but it's a good skill anyway.

[He laughs a little, hands behind his head lazily.]

[fabnguns]

Naw, it is the best skill but it doesn't even come close to others that we Cheshire Cats can do.

[Hm? His ears perk up and he goes to try and bap at one of the hands with one of his own.]

[runningonramen]

[He raises an eyebrow and wiggles his fingers. Boris is just like a cat, but a friendlier one than the one he rescued ages ago.]

Well at least you didn't scratch my face, I appreciate that.

This time with 100% more correct journals!

[frostheartedrose]

[Great. Just great. She was in a port town from 200 years ago. Well, at least she was wearing her loose tunic and a full skirt with slits up each side to her hips, not to mention heeled boots. If she'd shown up in one of her evening gowns... Well, it wouldn't make her any less lethal but the prices she currently being offered would have been much lower.

In any case, Bridget crossed her arms and gave the two men in front of her the same look as their mothers would if they tracked mud in the house. It hardly mattered that she barely made it over five feet even with her heels, and they probably could lift a whole cow without a second thought.]

Really, now. I'm quite insulted. Just because I said I wasn't interested in your money didn't mean I'm free. Go back to your tankards, I don't play with children.

[And then one growled and made to grab her. A mistake he was about to regret.

Look out Naruto, one bull-sized sailor is flying your way!]

[fabnguns]

[PING! Boris at once to full alert and now goes to bap at the fingers with both hands, curled up like paws.]

Nah, if I am gonna do anything, I rather would shoot you. Less messy.

I am impressed with the 100% number!

[runningonramen]

AHH!

[Naruto lets out a cry and scrambles out of the way, surprised. He watches the sailor go flying and land impressively a good distance away. He cranes his head back around to look at her.

She seems a little...scary.]

Makoto Nanaya | BlazBlue

[moonbreaker]

[This... is not the right city. Like, at all. Bunny girl's got some serious explaining to do once Makoto manages to find her. If she's even here. Somehow, she's not holding her breath on that front.]

[Makoto's been pacing through the Town Square for the past few minutes, peering intently at the fountain. The climate's too muggy for Kagutsuchi. The architecture's all wrong. The buildings aren't ruined enough for Ibukido. The Beastkin folds her arms across her chest and nods determinedly to herself. There's only one conclusion to come to-]

I'm completely lost. Again! Great going, Makoto.

[-and that's not the right one. She'll just be climbing up on top of the fountain to get a better look around.]

i'm sorry

[sheparrrrrd]

[It's a tavern, so if Shepard is here, he's already had a few drinks. Where did Joker go? Where did any of his crew go? He's left at this table all alone with way too much alcohol in him.

Something about Leliana's song is familiar to Shepard and reminds him of another one. When she finishes, he lifts his drink and sort of slurs:]

That's... not how it goes, is it?

[How the hell did that extranet meme go? Joker used to forward it to him all the goddamn time. It was practically impossible to get out of his head...]

Never... never going to give you up, never going to let you down, never going to run around and... desert you?

[runningonramen]

I don't want you to shoot me either. Well, Cheshire Cat, Boris, you seem okay.

[His free hand, he scratches his cheek. What else do talking animals like to hear?]

[slugly]

[Sakura just sort of falls along dazedly, out of her peripheral, because she's trying to make sense of this journal and how words are appearing in it without her writing in it herself.

Or someone performing a jutsu. Offhand she replies;]

Yes, it's natural. [And then back to what she's REALLY worried about.]

Is the journal... supposed to write itself?

[slugly]

[It was incredibly obvious, Sakura was just in denial that the two of them would get stuck on some random island she hadn't even heard of until now.

Any sudden appearance of this teammate had her in shock for reasons.

It doesn't last long and she's a little annoyed he didn't think she would already realize it was a henge. Sasuke wasn't the type to dye his hair brown, of that she's sure.

But she does follow, so they're outside instead of in a packed bar. There's so much on her mind right now but all she gets out is;]

Why are you using a henge?

i'm sorry too >.< idek what that was orl

[blue_satin_shoes]

[She giggled and sat down again. She might have had a few drinks too...]

Well, I did change the words, but I don't think I ever heard that one.

[She contemplated her drink for a moment before she decided she should probably stop and pushed it away from her a bit.]

You have to let me hear all of it sometime.

MORE OPTIONS/PROMPTS (now that I'm not buzzed anymore)

[blue_satin_shoes]

[OPT 2 - At Sea]

[Leliana always liked watching people, but she had to spend a lot of her time at this new world with the crew she had now. One of the best ways for her to get to know someone is to observe them, so that's what she was doing now. They didn't really have much to do on the ship anyway; they were already heading in the direction they wanted to and the seas were pretty calm.

She leaned against the side of the ship. If anyone were to glance at her, it would look like she was purely enjoying the warmth of the sun and the slightly cooler breeze. Her eyes, however, were on her crew mates as they walked or talked to each other or wrote in their books.]


[OPT 3 - First arrival]

Strange. Had she passed out? She last remembered the bright light from the tower where the archdemon had landed and before she could question its meaning, she woke on cold stone with a whisper in her mind.

At first, she didn't pay any attention to it. As soon as she became aware, her heart started to pound and adreneline started to rush through her. She felt for her bow and arrows, but as soon as she felt them on her back instead of strewn over the ground, she realized she wasn't anywhere in Denerim.

At least, she was pretty sure there wasn't a statue like that anywhere in the city. She looked around more and didn't even see any darkspawn, or towers or castle. And those buildings were different. Had she been dropped off by someone after she passed out? But why would it be in the center of a town she'd never seen before? On the ground?

"What..." She started to question herself, but something on the statue caught her eye. It looked like words. She leaned closer and examined it better. After the first line, it was as if the whispered words were being whispered again as she read it.

She gained what information she could from it. She was in a port town. That would explain the smell of the ocean. But the tale of the ruby could be centuries old if the condition of the fountain was anything to go by. Or it could be a legend. The whispered voice... could have been someone trying to mess with her. Maybe the same person that brought here?

She looked around for any person that looked as if they would be watching her, waiting to see her reaction. Doubtless if this was some elaborate joke, they would want to see what her response would be. And after she found them she could demand why they took her away from the fight that was so very important for all of Thedas.

[rebellions]

["Not very tasty"-- Wait, actually, he doesn't want to know.]

... Don't you have some more important shit to focus on? Like, I dunno, "where are we", "how did we get here" or "how do we go back"?

[He's not getting his hopes up, but it's worth a shot...]

[sunk_your_battleship]

I'll take that if you don't want it.

[A set of ghostly white fingers hover over the cup expectantly, but politely waiting. Must keep manners about you, after all.

The fingers are very much attached to a person, but when did she get there and what is up with that aura of death.]

[thethundersaid]

[He releases the henge as soon as they're out of sight of the tavern, chakra rustling briefly around him before settling again. He'd gotten little of use by way of information out of that visit -- not that he'd expected much from civilians -- but running into Sakura is a mixed bag of possible outcomes.]

I'd rather not be recognized. [He's not sure he would be by most, but there's no point inviting a scene to ensure he will be in future.]

When did you get here?

[slugly]

[She can't believe she convinced herself this wasn't Sasuke. And was still surprised when he admitted he was. She can't believe... him. And he's here, on this island. Should she be happy or annoyed?]

About the same time as you, I guess.

[Since they were at the same war.

Suddenly what he's said about being recognized doesn't make sense. Or anything else he's said before now and she looks uncertain about her answer.]

... Right?

LELIANA'S WAS GREAT shepard's was not because I'm terrible

[sheparrrrrd]

Yours was a lot better.

[And he just shook his head at her second comment. Nobody should be subjected to that stupid meme. Joker has really ruined it for Shepard.]

That was also a lot better than Lefty over there and his usual entertainment.

[He just points to a pirate at a piano or whatever instrument they've got in here. Poor bastard has a hook hand for his left hand and is just trying his best to play.]

[thethundersaid]

[He's trying to figure out if that answer implies she's seen him recently -- which can only mean they were fighting the same war recently -- or not when her tone goes uncertain as well. Perhaps the strangest thing of all has been the irrelevance of time, here, but she's certainly dressed like someone fresh from a warzone, flak jacket and all.

Still.]

I've been here for two months. [He frowns.] But I think we're from the same war.

[slugly]

[SHOCKED

FACE

Two months? That makes no sense. She just saw Sasuke fighting with Naruto before she arrived here. Or, it felt like it. The confusion is visible now.

Sasuke didn't have any reason to lie to her.]

If you have been here for two months, what does that mean about what's going on at home?

[my_lost_heart]

[You've got it in one!]

We live out in the country, and I guess grandmother didn't see a need for one. For entertainment she always used to play the piano.

[my_lost_heart]

[How does being an assassin match your aesthetics?!. England seemed so far away. It was hard to imagine that she'd ever visit there.]

[She was just going to pretend that that went RIGHT OVER HER HEAD.... she was getting a little more used to how Chloe operated. He probably talked to a lot of people that way. She hoped]

What's the name of your shop?

[You fool no one. Stop doing that D:]

Nanami Haruka.

[She filled in the gap enthusiastically. With the last name first..]

I hope you won't be disappointed Chloe-san.

[thethundersaid]

I couldn't tell you. [It's infuriating to have to make that admission, but there is no alternative: he has no information about what is happening in their world, or whether time is passing at all given how Itachi arrived.]

I assume by your reaction that I haven't been missing for two months.