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

Kuno Kodachi ♥ Ranma 1/2

[cherrybombpie]

[There was nothing but ocean as far as the eye could see, except for that black spot that was bobbing up and down to the rhythm of the waves.]

[Upon closer inspection, that black spot would be revealed to be a young girl lying down on the back of a large turtle, which was keeping her afloat. She was wearing a voluminous black dress and a veil, both of which were soaked and tattered.]

[Upon even closer inspection, one could note that she was talking to the turtle, though her eyes were closed and she looked pale and waterlogged.]

Oh, you're such a good pet, yes, you are, Mr. Blue Alligator. Please don't let me drown. ♥

[hiken]

[Leaning over the railing of his ship, Ace glanced down at the floating turtle, which seemed to be looking off into the distance with a measure of intense, deep and age-weathered knowledge.

That, or it was just a turtle with a chick on its back.]

...Ah? That's a tasty looking turtle.

[The turtle didn't seem to respond. Then, Ace noticed Kodachi--]

Hey, there's a girl, too.

[cherrybombpie]

[Said girl lifted her head off of the turtle's shell and looked up at Ace with a deep, soul-searching gaze. By the way, for a woman lost at sea, her lashes were curled and plush while her lipstick was perfect.]

Oh! Oh, captain, dearest me -

Would you have pity on a poor, lost girl?

[Her lip trembled, and fat tears welled up in her eyes.]

Please? ♥

[hiken]

[Ace had never seen plays or movies depicting damsels. He'd met plenty, but he never really read into those situations, either. Instead, he simply leaned a bit more tight against the rail and raised his voice in response.]

...You gonna eat that turtle?

[cherrybombpie]

[Kodachi gasped. That someone would eat her Mr. Blue Alligator? Her precious confidant and current partner-in-crime? That wouldn't do at all!]

[Immediately, she burst into tears, sniffling and flinging herself down onto his back.]

[It might've been just a fragment of one's imagination, but the turtle did seem to sigh just a little.]

No! This turtle saved my life and kept me from drowning a painful, cruel death at the hands of cannibals wearing vending machines as costumes! [Did that even make sense? Ah, well.]

Aren't you going to save me, good sir? If you aren't, then I bid you adieu! [She buried her face in her shoulder and began to sob noisily.]

[hiken]

[All he could do was squint in response. This girl was calling him 'sir' and responding to him with such good manners, he wasn't sure if Makino's teachings would allow him to catch up. Wordlessly, Ace left the railing before returning with the anchor. Though most people would have spat at the notion and demanded a regular rope, Ace knew the anchor would be more stable. He held it at a level so Kodachi could grab it.]

Fine, Fine. I'll just eat somethin' else from the galley, then.

[cherrybombpie]

Thank you, kind sir!

[Kodachi leapt onto the anchor with the dexterity of one who was fighting fit, though she still ensured that her gaze upon her new rescuer was as dewy and waif-like as possible.]

Goodbye, Mr. Blue Alligator! I shall see you soon!

[The large turtle seemed to wave at her before it dove back into the depths.]

Oh, captain, how can I repay you? ♥ [Kodachi looked up at Ace with wide, adoring eyes.]

[hiken]

[Ace, raising his eyebrows as Kodachi sprung up like a gazelle, gave her a look that showed he was clearly a bit weirded out.

Also, a bit disappointed that the turtle got away.]

Ehhh. Well, you could start by telling me who you are.

[cherrybombpie]

I am Kodachi, the Black Rose. Ohohohoho. ♥

[Yes! She was one step closer to commandeering her own ship! Now, to slowly wrap this fellow around her pinky finger . . .]

[She took a step closer before stumbling, sighing dramatically and stumbling into his (hopefully waiting) arms.]

Oh! I feel faint, captain. Oh, dear. Oh!

Re: Kuno Kodachi ♥ Ranma 1/2

[feetarestrange]

[Nami was swimming, until by chance she noticed something floating up above. "May as well check it out," she thought to herself. Though the closer she swam to it, the more she wondered what the object was. Soon enough, she finally realized: it was a person!

Things couldn't have been good for them, if they were out there by themselves.]

Hey!

[Said the mermaid, surfacing next to her.]

Are you alright? What happened to you?

[cherrybombpie]

[Well, that wasn't exactly what Kodachi had expected. She couldn't very well attempt to hijack the ship of a mermaid. Did mermaids even have ships?]

[Still, it would do to keep up her devious strategy. Kodachi, the Black Rose, would not be foiled by this minor setback.]

[She fixed the mermaid with a watery gaze, tears glistening in her lashes.]

I am stranded at sea - oh, woe is me!

[feetarestrange]

[Humans are so weird, and this one isn't any different.]

Just... relax, alright? I'll get you back to dry land in no time.

[Let's see.]

The nearest port town is a ways off, but it shouldn't be any problem for me to get you there. Just hold on, alright?

[cherrybombpie]

[You have no idea just how strange this one is.]

Oh, but - do you think you could get me to a ship? [How could she hijack a ship if she wasn't on it?]

[Kodachi tried to hide her look of disdain as she laid back down onto her turtle.]

[feetarestrange]

You want to get on a ship?

[Did she just hear that right? Well, it wouldn't be a problem to actually get her to one. But, uh...]

I can... try, but I haven't seen any ships at all lately. It might take a while, you know.

[gnomekiller]

[It's a small ship indeed that comes across the unusual sight that Kodachi and her large turtle make. Its occupants? One woman and her dog, though said woman make for a very usual sight herself; she has to be over six foot three and is adorned with strange, pale tattooes, which curl over every patch of visible skin.]

[There is a crown perched on her head, which shines in the light as she leans over the side of the ship. The Hero Queen, for that's what she is, says (accompanied with a 'woof' from her loyal dog):]

Do you need help?

[It's not the most wordy offer of assistance, but it'll do.]

[The Hero had seen the dot of unusual colour in the sea of blue and chased after it as a matter of curiousity, not really expecting to find a person there. The turtle was a little closer to what she thought she'd find; the Hero was used to running into monsters and the like, so it would have been completely unsurprising to her to find something like a sea serpent.]

[cherrybombpie]

[Kodachi lifted her head from the back of her new pet. Ah - a small ship. This would do. She had expected that sooner or later, she'd find a gullible captain to victimize.]

[Her patience had paid off, and perhaps now, she could strike!]

Yes, oh, thank you so very much for your kindness, good lady!

[The martial artist lifted her hand up for the woman so that she could be hoisted aboard. It was a small ship, but for now, perhaps it would do.]

Goodbye, Mr. Blue Alligator! I will remember you!

[The turtle seemed to give a salute before it swam off gracefully.]