Test Drive for February 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

Naruto | Ditto

[obstinates]

1

[Bars aren't really his thing. They're usually Tsunade-baachan's territory. Naruto would much rather be at Ichiraku or any ramen stand at all as opposed to some dirty old bar full of stink-ass bearded dudes wearing eyepatches and bandanas. The blond doesn't even get the appeal of bars, especially since alcohol doesn't really do a damn thing to him thanks to Kurama.

But he's here because he needs to gather some info. He assured his captain that he could do it ("Hey, no sweat! Ninjas are made for gatherin' info, y'know! Lemme handle it!) so he couldn't come back empty-handed.

The best thing to do would be to act cool and not let these guys think he's weak, so he shuffles up to the bar and places his order:]

Ramen... [there's a flick of his thumb across the tip of his nose as he smirks and leans against the counter;] ... in a dirty bowl, y'know.

[Yeah. Totally a badass.]

B

[Fairly simple: just a day out on the sea, and it's Naruto's turn for chores on deck. He's currently keeping watch in the crow's nest, swabbing the deck in several places, hanging off the bow of the ship and repainting the mermaid chick up there, moving some barrels, and taking a nap.

It's easy to get everything done when you can make hundreds of perfect clones of yourself.]

[allendsmeat]

[shuffles up beside the blond guy in the bar]

Meat. All you've got.

[obstinates]

[Alright, here's a dude. At least he's not all bearded and dirty-looking. Maybe he's got some info, need to think back to the info gathering classes from back at the Academy--

Classes that he skipped. Shit.

Try to act cool and get on his good side, yeah.]

[just folds his arms across his chest;]










Meat's good, yeah.

[NOD.]

[allendsmeat]

Ramen's okay so long as there is meat in it.

[NOD.

Serious look.

[allendsmeat]

Begins picking his nose]

By the way, I'm Luffy.

[headfons]

[So, Luke's not...completely unfamiliar with the idea of there being multiple versions of someone. What he is used to, however, is uh...

Well, something slightly more permanent? So, as the redhead peers around the ship at all the versions of his crewmate he gives a surprised blink, reaching up to scratch at the back of his head.

How 'bout that...]

Wow...

[He isn't actually sure which one to talk to, actually.]

How's that even possible...?

[obstinates]

[He gets the one standing upside-down Spiderman-style on one of the cross-posts trying to work on some rigging.]

What? Hey, you talk to yourself a lot or somethin'?

brb needing better icons

[headfons]

[He blinks up at the blond, head tilting as he frowns at him a bit.]

Huh? Well, I was just wondering how it's possible for... [He glances around at the other blond-haired people.] ...that.

B

[thethundersaid]

[If he trips over another one of Naruto's clones assiduously scraping down a deck that no one actually cares about keeping that clean, he's going to seriously regret agreeing to the captain's ridiculous notion that keeping the shinobi concentrated keeps power on board the ship -- it's not untrue, but this is more orange than Sasuke has wanted to deal with in a long time.

It's really only been for Itachi's benefit that he's been as calm as he is much of this time, and it's after finding a Naruto in the crow's nest, tucked high in the rigging, space that had once been Sasuke's, that he finally snaps --]

Can you not limit yourself to just one of yourself?

[obstinates]

[Naruto is just fine chilling up there and enjoying himself. He likes the wind in his face; he could get used to this sailing thing as long as he doesn't eat spoiled food and end up puking over the side of the boat all night again. That was bad.

He's not expecting Sasuke though. He figured he'd be off BROODING or being Sasuke, which is basically the same thing. The grin he had at the sight of the Uchiha quickly turns to an annoyed look when Sasuke snaps.]

Can you limit yourself to... shutting up?

[Yeah, that's all he's got.]

[thethundersaid]

[It's funny how fighting alongside Naruto is an infinitely different experience from having to exist alongside him -- if funny means impossibly irritating and if Sasuke ignores the distinct recollection that even when fighting Madara there were moments when Naruto sounded like he didn't quite deserve his Academy diploma. Whatever the reservations, it's true: destroying things with Naruto isn't a problem, but when it's just the ocean and the extremely limited space on board a ship, it's intolerable.

If Sasuke's irritation is as much about the ship's lack of progress and the strange, bemused way in which Itachi seems to actually enjoy his former teammate's presence -- that, he doesn't choose to examine.]

I'm impressed that you managed to get this much taller without growing your brain as well.

[And damn it, Naruto's childish responses just make him sound like one in return -- with effort, he reins in some of the blatant irritation and amends:] In any case, do you really need this many of you for some standard chores? The rest of us get by without clones. You take up too much space this way.

A, because like I could pass this up

[gokai_red]

[Holy crap, that kid's get up is bright. Not that Captain Marvelous is one to speak, striding across the bar from a poker table, leaving behind some... fairly irate looking fellows, who he waves off as he takes a seat at the bar.]

I'll take a--

[He purses his lips for a moment, glances at the blond guy, and then spins around to look behind him. One fairly large fellow from that poker table had followed him.]

You cheated.

[Yes, actually. He did. Learned from the best at it, too.

But hey, his ship needed money. Gotta do what you gotta do.

There's an audible click, and Marvelous leans back to show his gun pointing up at the guy. He grins.]

I really don't like it when people interrupt my meals. Especially not before I've even ordered.

[obstinates]

[Naruto is busy just... not caring... since he's more interested in when his ramen is going to show up. But then he does get to see the tail-end of this little exchange between the two dudes. There aren't guns where he's from, but he's been here in pirateworld long enough to know what that is.

So he points at it.]

Hey, crap... that's a gun!

[Captain Marvelous meet Captain Obvious.]

[gokai_red]

[Marvelous rolls his eyes at Naruto as he blurts this out, tilting his head to look at him just slightly.]

No shi--

[Before the obscenity has left his mouth, the big guy is taking a swing for his head. His focus shifts back, and instead of shooting, he throws up a leg and delivers a strong kick to the man's gut.

He stumbles back into the nearest table, flipping it over. People nearby fall over into other people. And so on and so forth, until a considerable chunk of the bar is just glaring at the Captain.

He furrows his brow.]

Huh.

[This was about to go very poorly.]

A or 1 WHAT

[slugly]

[Naruto gets a good HARD ELBOW IN HIS SIDE, revealing his teammate behind him looking annoyed. Not badass at ALL.

Of all the--

She hisses right in his ear so no one can hear.]

What are you doing!

[obstinates]

[There's a grunt at the elbow and then a very LOUD whine. He doesn't even bother hissing back at her.]

Sakuraaaaa-chyaaaaaaaaaaan-- you're gonna get us caught if you do crap like that, y'know?

[slugly]

[Sakura takes her seat and tries to ignore the stares.

SHE is blending in just fine with her black-hair henge and her war uniform traded in for something a bit more normal for this town. Naruto, on the other hand? She doubts he even knew what it means. What was the point in changing her appearance when she was going to be sitting next to someone in bright orange?]

Not before you do. Keep it down. We're not here to eat ramen.

[Dirty bowl or no.]

B

[twinlionfists]

[She'd heard that Naruto-kun was left by himself up on deck. While she was fairly certain that he wouldn't burn the ship down when left to himself, Hinata didn't really want to do that. So when she stepped out of the crew's cabin and onto the deck of the ship and saw all of the clones, she couldn't help but stare.

It was just like being home.

At least he wasn't using the oroike this time.

She reached into her pouch to retrieve the rice balls she made, worried that they tasted strange since she didn't have the same ingredients that she would back in Konoha.]

A-ah...Naruto-kun, I...I brought you lunch.

[obstinates]

[Same ingredients or not, he'll definitely try. Rice balls are rice balls! They don't even compare to ramen, but at least it isn't goddamn oranges! Why do they have to eat oranges all the time? Even if Sakura-chan says it's to protect them from vitamin deficiencies, he'd rather have something else.

Hopefully you brought enough for everyone, Hinata, because every damn clone is starting to crowd around.]

Hey! Nice! I was gettin' hungry!

Me too!

Don't forget me, y'know!

Do you have any ramen in your pouch?

1

[forthevillage]

Ignore the last of that. I expect his bowl to be clean.

[This most serious request is delivered by a slightly smaller, dark-haired figure who approaches on Naruto's right. Despite the difference in age, Itachi manages to look quite a bit more dangerous.

Calmly, he takes a seat beside the blond. He's been the occasional shadow to Naruto, ever since the other ninja had mentioned being a friend of his brother's.]

[obstinates]

[Oh, what? Dude, don't cramp his style. How can he look cool if he's got a kid following him everywhere making sure people treat him right? Also, he's still not used to this whole "Itachi being younger than him" thing. That's the weirdest thing ever.

Naruto just looks at him out of the corner of his eye and leans back on the stool a little, hands behind his head.]

Ehhhhhhhhh, there probably aren't any clean bowls in this place anyways. What's up?

1

[model_prisoner]

Looks like we've got a real bad-ass, here.

[Cody couldn't help but let out a small snicker as he tipped back another beer. Judging from the bottles, it was his seventh one thus far. He yawned and cracked his neck before ordering a leg of roasted lamb.]

Dirty bowl, huh? That's mighty brave of you.

Re: 1

[obstinates]

[Oh, what? Are you making fun? Naruto just glanced over at the smart-ass comment. It's not like he isn't used to stuff like that. Sasuke can be a real downer all the time! Besides, this dude looks like he's drunk or something.]

The baddest of the asses.

... Or wait, that's not what I meant. Whatever. Nevermind.

B

[doubtingly]

[It probably takes a short while for Hinata to actually find the real Naruto. When you specialize on tracking people, it won't be that hard. This, and well, she had known the blonde ever since she was little. That familiar chakra has a special place in her heart.

When she finally does spot him, she gives a timid smile. He still seems to be doing chores but he's been working hard and she wants to, somehow, help him in any way she can.]

Ah, Naruto-kun. Y- You should rest for a while. [She glances at what he's doing which involves swabbing the deck.] I can take it from here. I- well-- [Her cheeks begin to color, realizing what she's about to say next.] --I prepared lunch for you. You should eat first. [That doesn't seem like she's forcing him, right?]

[obstinates]

[Company is always nice! Sure, he's surrounded by clones, but that's just not the same. Hanging out with yourself can actually be annoying sometimes. Maybe that's how other people feel if they're around him too much? Oops.

Anyways, when he hears Hinata, he stands up straight and wipes his sleeve on his forehead while glancing around at the rest of the deck to make sure his clones are still working. Then he grins at the kunoichi.]

Eh, it's no big deal. This stuff is actually pretty easy compared to some of the things I've had to do. But thanks! What's for lunch today, Hinata?