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

Tomoko Kuroki | Watamote

[justoneword]

A

[Tomoko wakes up in this unfamiliar place. She sits up slowly, blinking.

This looks like the kind of place you can find in a video game.

She gets to her feet and pushes her hair out of her eyes. This place is completely weird. Just how did she get here? She fishes around through her school bag and pulls out a journal. After reading it, her eyes widen considerably.

A whole other world? What am I doing here? How did I get here? Wait...nobody knows me here! I can be a fantastic new Tomoko, really pretty and popular and everyone will love me! Maybe I'll find myself a nice boyfriend and we'll ride off into the sunset together, just like in an anime!

Tomoko is sitting on the edge of the fountain, her hands on her cheeks, blushing lightly.]

B

[Tomoko managed to be accepted to a ship and she's currently hiding in the best place she can find where she'll likely be undisturbed - a utility closet. The door is slightly ajar and she's looking through the crack, watching people whenever they walk by.]

[manlionpig]

[As Tomoko herself looked weird, a true miracle occurred. A small black piglet dragged a kettle over to an open flame and grated camp-grill and set it on top through a little flip it did in the air, close to the fountain. The little piglet, wearing a kicky yellow spotted bandana, tapped its little hoof on the ground impatiently, waiting for the water to boil.]

[justoneword]

[Oh what a cute little pig.

Tomoko smiles and leans down so her chest is pressed against her knees and looks closer.

Wait, do pigs bite? If it bites it probably will and my fingers will be gone and I'd never be able to play my video games again!

She grimaces but looks at the piglet again. Keeping her hands firmly tucked behind her legs, she offers a small smile.]

Hi little pig...

[manlionpig]

Wriii.

[The piglet sat down, looking from Tomoko to the kettle over and over, patiently. She wasn't bothering him, but she was definitely going to be a problem when he needed the kettle.

He didn't exactly like greeting people naked, after all.]

Wriii. [YOUR MOVE, TOMOKO.]

[justoneword]

[Hmm, the piglet seemed rather tame when all was said and done, it might not bite off her fingers. The kettle is more like a trick, like a dog or something, she figures.

Hesitantly, she reached out and pat the piglet on the head.]

Don't bite me.

[manlionpig]

[Pausing, the little piggy raised one hoof up before beginning to write in the dirt, the word 'Alright' into the dirt.

For some reason, he wrote it in English. He never took English classes, but there it was and for some reason he understood.

Weirder things had happened. After all, he was a pig.]

[justoneword]

[Tomoko jumps a bit. The piglet is writing, WRITING of all things. Since this place translates things automatically, she understands and she can't help but stammer a little.]

U-Um...um..

[Do animals talk here? Is it going to go around and tell people about me? What's it going to say? I didn't try and eat it, I swear!]

A

[cest_la_vie]

"Aw~ I know what that look means!" Minako boasted when she caught sight of the other girl by the fountain. "You're daydreaming about something, and I want deets!"

Plopping next to the girl, Minako scooted close and leaned in. What she said next was only in a whisper. "So who is it? Whose the guy?"

[justoneword]

Tomoko's eyes went incredibly wide all of a sudden and she leaned away from the stranger just a little bit. She seemed to tremble as she tried to stammer through a reply.

"U-Um...that's...n-nobody..." Her voice was barely above a whisper and trailed off to an even lower volume and she seemed flummoxed.

[cest_la_vie]

“Ah come on! Who am I going to tell?” Not put off by the girl’s obvious discomfort, Minako leaned in closer to compensate for the slight gap the other girl had made.

[justoneword]

"Eep!" Tomoko let out a squeak.

Come on, who does this girl think she is? What is she doing? She's pretty so she must be a total bitch. Why is she looking at me like that? What does she want from me? Her mind was racing, her eyes darting from side to side a little bit. She brought her hands together, interlacing her fingers and tapping her thumb on top of them. Aside from a few strangled sounds, she doesn't seem able to say anything else.

[cest_la_vie]

I happen to be the incarnation of the beauteous Goddess of Love! I can help in love matters, I swear! Well, she didn't intend on traumatizing the girl. When the stranger was stunned into silence, Minako sat back and eased up a little.

"It's alright. You don't really have to tell me anything." The girl was obviously too shy to press her any further.

"There is a guy I like though.. he's really dreamy!" She clasped her hands together and ran her cheek along the side of them. This was love interest number 45... or was it 405? Truth was, Minako was always running into a new crush but she'd always insist they were the first. "So.. are you new around here?"

[justoneword]

[Why is this girl talking to me still? What does she want from me? Maybe she's trying to trick me, like in those movies and some girl comes up to the unpopular girl and decides to give her a makeover and then they set her up with some guy who promises to take her on a date or something and they take her into the woods and rip her clothes off, hit her with bats, throw things at her and then they just ditch her there.

For something to do with her hands, she grips the strap of her messenger bag and she nods a little bit.]

Y-Yes.

B

[instaboobs]

[Ranma's been on the deck a bit, and a pretty harsh wave crashed into the ship and of course, he wound up transforming right away. So before anyone could get a good look, he scrambled right under and sought out a kettle.]

Let's see, let's see... oh, got it!

[Right, a closet! He opens it, nonchalantly ignoring the girl inside and plucking the kettle right above her head away, ready to run back. Right before he shuts the door, there's a pause.

...hey, there's a girl in here!]

Oi, how long've you been in here?

[justoneword]

[Tomoko was lost in thought before Ranma opened the door and when he does she just glances at him, naturally he doesn't notice her and she exhales softly. Until he does and she jumps a bit.

Look at this girl, coming in here and ignoring me. Who does she think she is? Oh! She talked to me! Maybe she wants to be my friend and we can do all kinds of fun things together. She looks wet, I wonder if she's been in the shower. I should see what kind of shampoo she uses, she looks kind of cute...

She swallows and nervously shuffles as she stammers through a response, her voice barely audible.]

I-I...I w-was j-just...

[instaboobs]

[Not very eloquent, this one. Chuckling, Ranma holds out her free hand.]

Hey, c'mon. Y'ain't hidin' from the rest of us, are ya?

[justoneword]

[Exactly, that is exactly what Tomoko is doing.

Is she trying to hit me or something?

She isn't entirely sure how to answer that question. Tomoko rubs her hand on her skirt before reaching out hesitantly to take Ranma's.

Her hands are soft, I wonder if she has hand cream? She has a good complexion too, must be like in that magazine. She must have a lot of sex.]

N-No. Not h-hiding. Just. Um.

[instaboobs]

[If only she knew. Either way, Ranma shakes her hand, also slowly backing up. Gonna get Tomoko out of this closet one way or another!]

I understand. S'gotta be scary hangin' around a buncha pirates, right?

[Not that Ranma looked like or gave off the impression that he was a pirate at all, really. But, he couldn't say that about the rest. And this poor... obviously sleep-deprived girl. Really, does she never sleep??]

Ranma Saotome. What's yer name?

[justoneword]

[Ah, right the pirate thing. That doesn't bother Tomoko so much as the fact there are a bunch of people around. What they do doesn't really concern her. She just nods a bit, sure it's scary. As for her sleeping habits, well, they are pretty poor.]

It's T-Tomoko K-Kuroki.

[Tomoko blushes a little bit and glances away.]

[rainbowcozy]

[That sure is a large cardboard box with eye holes cut into it sliding its way down the corridor. It shuffles to the side a little when it reaches the closet and turns, but when the eye holes lift enough to see someone watching through the crack in the door, a shrill scream can be heard from inside the box.

WHY IS THERE SOMEONE IN THE CLOSET?

Akira just needs to get some thing she stashed in there, but SOMEONE'S IN THE CLOSET. Someone's in the closet and they saw her box. This is the worst. What is she going to do? What is she going to to? She looks around frantically and tugs at her hair, trying desperately to think of an escape route, but it's no good. Where would she even go? She's stuck here!

If Tomoko is still watching, she can she the box shake from side to side, sometimes lifting enough to reveal skinny bare legs, but very little else.]

[justoneword]

[It's not exactly that Tomoko wants to watch people. It's not creepy. It's just she wants to hide from people and not be found. Admittedly, a box walking around is a little weird and not something she expected.

Now the box is shaking side to side. Of course it's not a box Tomoko realizes, but there's someone in the box.

However, she doesn't know what this box person wants with the closet. In the darkness she waves her hands a bit in a shooing motion. Why is she just standing there?]

[rainbowcozy]

[Are they shooing her? Why are they shooing her? There are things she needs in there. If she steals too much more, people are going to start noticing, so she needs to get the blankets and canteens of water out, at least. Shoko would just go in there and get them out. (Shoko wouldn't need to put them there in the first place, but...) She's going to have to do something. But what? She's no good at talking to people and there's no WIRED in this place and she can't just use the magic journal because there's no sort of chime or anything that would tell the person in the closet to read theirs.

She's going to have to talk.

If she wants to get something out of that closet, she's going to have to talk to the person hiding in it.]

G-get out...

[justoneword]

[Eeek! The box person is talking to her!

Why are they talking to me? What do they want? Who does this bitch think she is, asking me to leave my closet? I was here first! I should give her a piece of my mind, show her who's in charge here!

Tomoko makes a few choked noises before speaking in a quiet stammer.]

W-Why?

[rainbowcozy]

[What does she mean "why?" Is she planning on living in there? You can't live in a closet! They lock from the outside. If someone locks you in, you'll die and you can't lock anyone out. You never know when someone might open the door and see you.]

You can't stay in there. I left something in there.

[justoneword]

[Tomoko shuffles back and forth as she considers it. Well. This box girl can get her thing and leave then.

She steps back and presses herself against the back wall.]

Y-You can c-come in.