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reallybadeggs2014-01-20 12:09 am
highseasmods) wrote in reallybadeggs2014-01-20 12:09 am
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Test Drive for February 2014 Apps
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!
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It's a haggard Rikka that turns back to the fountain as she passes it. She's dressed in the clothes that were on her back when she got here, which are incidentally the ones she was wearing when she went down to fight Mana and Alice, that day... had it already been three weeks since then? Her hair is dull and it looks like it's been torn away in spots, she's got bags under her eyes... she looks terrible. There's worry plain on her face, but when she finally spots Makoto, it all melts away into relief and surprise and joy and a million little emotions, followed by worry all over again.]
Makoto...? It's you, right?
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[Surprised, Makoto looked up. While she had been hoping to find someone she recognized, she still hadn't been expecting it. Honestly, she thought it would be like leaving the Trump Kingdom all over again - all alone, with no real idea of what to do first and with Davi as her only companion.
But seeing one of her friends, that hopeful feeling swells in her chest and she can't help but smile as she stands up.]
Rikka! Thank goodness, I was afraid we'd all gotten sepa...rated...
[She trails off as she gets a good look at her friend. She's... not looking too good.]
Rikka? Are you okay? Don't tell me you were attacked...
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We were separated. Mana and I first, then Alice, then you. Now... now we're together again. We've missed you, Makoto.
[And then the question she was hoping wouldn't come up for a bit longer. Now she has started shaking, and she's quiet for a moment, fishing for an answer that won't make Makoto slap her.]
Some- [Her throat's dry; she swallows and starts again.] Something happened. A lot of somethings. Mana and Alice... were captured, after a fight. I went to save them, and... they're okay now. All three of us are a little traumatized by the whole thing, and I'm skipping a lot of stuff, but... we're okay. Tired, stressed, I've got a hole in my back, but we're alive, and that's... that's what's important.
[What else could she say? That much was the truth. Anything else... and she'd have to either start lying, or keep telling the truth. Could she... do that? To Makoto, of all people?]
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I didn't even realize you had the time to miss me. [But hey, if this is a different world then maybe time works differently. She hasn't been to enough of them to say otherwise.] But I'm glad we're together now. I'm... not sure what I'd do without you guys.
[As she listens to Rikka explain what happened though, her eyes widen. All of that had happened without her having any idea? Oh god...]
Mana and Alice were... I... You have a hole in your back?! [Yeah, she's in worry mode right now. Can you blame her?] Did... Did you fight the ones who took Mana and Alice?
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I went along on a raid to break out the people that were kidnapped. It's been a rough month, and I had some, well, frustrations to work out of my system. Let's just say a small part of that place is probably still frozen, aside from the part Sasuke set on fire... I'm getting ahead of myself.
Yes, I was hurt, but that was in a previous battle. I'm actually down here getting bandages because I used the last ones we had when I tore it open again. [Depending on where Makoto's hands are, she can probably feel the hole in Rikka's shirt, and smooth cotton below that seems oddly squishy if poked. But, uh, don't do that. That's definitely a slowly-closing wound.]
Sorry, I don't want to scare you, but I think you should know what you're coming into. We're a little on edge, still, but we're getting better. And we'd be glad to have you with us - I think it'll help things a lot. It'll be good to have the team together, too!
[Makoto might also notice the shiny new bracelet Rikka is wearing, with several bead charms: a heart, a club, a spade, a crown, and a plain red gem. The symbolism is plainly obvious, but... it's not something she'd have bought herself. It's too flashy.]
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Just once, it would be nice to not horribly fail at protecting what was most important to her.]
...I'm sorry.
[It slips out before she realizes, but she doesn't backtrack. Lying now would be useless.]
I should have been here, with you guys.
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[She closes her eyes, trying not to start shaking with remembered fear and sadness.] I couldn't bear having to ask you to help me knock them out... or having to fight you, too. You don't deserve that. So... I appreciate that you want to help, but you need to understand that before you offer to help us. This world is a harsh place, but it's what we've got. If we stick together... we might make it through.