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

100% of statistics are arranged to impress... *shot*

[frostheartedrose]

[Oops. Pale blue cat-slit eyes blinked at Naruto and she nodded slightly.]

Ah, my apologies. I should have been more aware of where he'd land.

[The remaining drunk started stammering and backing away, muttering the word 'witchcraft!' over and over much to Bridget's disgust.]

You really think the only way a woman can lay you out is through witchcraft? You're so drunk right now even a baby could knock you over.

[And after a slight pause, Bridget rolled her eyes. Now she remembered why she didn't like drunk minds.]

And please stop thinking that, I already need a bath.

Seems like a good number, yep! XD

[runningonramen]

[Naruto doesn't really know what thoughts she's talking about but if this guy is bothering her, then there's no reason to let that happen. He stepped in front of him, giving him a fierce look.]

Come on, she said you should move on. If you don't go, you're going to get hurt.

[Not necessarily by him, either.]

So get you of here-ttebayo!

[frostheartedrose]

[Bridget didn't let the bit of startled puzzlement show when the kid she'd nearly hit with the first wall of muscle suddenly stepped in as well. Backing her up? He was the first. Everyone else was either too afraid of the muscles or thought the same thing about her as they were trying to act on.

Huh. Two blue-eyed blonds, the guy must have figured them for siblings since he spit out something about their relationship that was both incestuous and physically impossible before turning and stalking away.]

So, what would you have done if he'd taken that swing?

[Bridget glanced over at Naruto curiously and in no way ruffled by the encounter. But this one... Oh, she was growing more and more curious by the second.]

I'm just wondering if you would have stopped him or me.

[runningonramen]

[Naruto blinks at her, tilting his head a bit, thinking about it.]

Well, if he swung at me as drunk as he is, it wouldn't take much to get him on the ground.

If he went after you, I'd have backed you up, but I don't think you would have needed it.

[He grins and shrugs, tugging at his jacket. It's kind of warmer here. He unzips it about halfway. Aside from a green pendant, there's not much to see but a black shirt.]

People get stupid when they drink.

[frostheartedrose]

True, though the drunker they get the more clever and brave they feel. And the worse they feel in the morning.

[That earned him a slightly warmer smile at least, but not enough to show her unmistakable longer canines. She liked people who didn't back away from a bully even if they might have to get some bones set later.

A zipper... Someone else likely far from home since zippers came a few hundred years after the age of sailing.]

Though I must admit I would have gotten to him first either way. Bridget Frostheart, recently arrived but already tired of the ambiance. It's been a long time since anyone mistook me for having a price on my bed...

[runningonramen]

[He grins and raises his hands behind his head in a carefree gesture.]

I am Uzumaki Naruto-ttebayo! I just got here too, but I'm starving and I could use some food. I was looking to see if they had a ramen stall.

[frostheartedrose]

Ramen, is it? It's a bit doubtful. This place is set at least a hundred or so years before ramen was even popular in Japan much less anywhere else. If anyone actually knows how to make it, they're probably off on a ship somewhere.

[Though... Bridget glanced around thoughtfully and crossed her arms. Well, it WAS a port town.]

If you know how to make it yourself you could probably find most of the ingredients as long as you're willing to substitute a few things.

[runningonramen]

[Aww, this place is terrible! No ramen? He sighs.]

Nah, I don't know how to make it, I usually just eat at a stall. I can make instant ramen though. I guess I'll have to find something else.

[frostheartedrose]

[And probably no sushi, either. Sad kitty... Though if this was as 'Mediterranean' as it felt...]

Well, there are other good things around to eat. This is just a seedier area, a few streets over there are pubs and stalls rather than taverns. Less drunks, more food.

[But less people willing to lose their money to a pretty blond in a game of cards. Three taverns in one hour, Bridget was a bit more comfortable when it came to funds.]

[runningonramen]

[A pub or a stall might be good, Naruto muses for a moment, although he's not really bothered by seedy places. His teacher was kind of a lush :|]

I guess if you're new here, you haven't found anyone else yet.

[He scratches his cheek.]

Are you hungry?

[frostheartedrose]

Found anyone else yet? No, nobody from my team is on this island. We have arrangements for this sort of thing. I did get quite a bit of good information from the journal though.

[Food... Hm.]

I suppose a bit. I'm more nocturnal so it's time for breakfast for me. I don't mind keeping company but you're paying for your own.

[runningonramen]

Yeah, I read it, it was fine. Different world and all that. I'm just not sure how I got here.

[Oh well. Maybe when he's eaten he can think about the mystery. He laughs a little.]

I wasn't asking you to pay dattebayo! I've got some money here.

[frostheartedrose]

[Well, her estimation of him rose five points. Bridget smiled enough to flash a hint of fang this time.]

Good. I won quite a bit at those taverns but I know how much a young man can eat. Especially one with muscles like yours.

[Yup, she certainly noticed he wasn't an awkward kid. Not when he was standing with the perfect balance of a dancer or fighter.]

I'll let you choose.

[runningonramen]

[He grins again and starts walking, pointing a bit.]

Then let's see what kind of food we can find. I'm not that picky really.

[frostheartedrose]

Somehow, I'm not surprised. Though, as you're assumed older sister, I'm very concerned that you aren't overdoing the meat and ignoring your vegetables.

[The glance out of the corner of her eye as she kept pace with him easily was certainly mildly teasing.]

Ramen is good now and then of course. But you shouldn't stick with just one thing all the time.

[runningonramen]

[Naruto laughs. She has him pegged, but he did promise his mom he would eat more vegetables in the future.]

I love ramen though, and there's a stall in the village that makes the best ramen I've ever had-ttebayo! I've traveled some and I've never had anything better than Ichiraku.

[frostheartedrose]

And I have a fondness for sushi, but that doesn't mean I eat it every day. But then again... I've probably eaten a good portion of what is actually edible, and a number of things which are not.

[For a few moments Bridget glanced off into the distance as if actually seeing something before looking back at Naruto.] I don't recommend worms. They don't have any real flavor. [Trolling? Not? Very hard to tell.]