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

[blackbirdgunsmoke]

I never said that I did. I don't want to deal with these turkeys any more than you seem to. But with the same family name and given name, they will come up. I have no doubt it already has.

[She doesn't want to underestimate them, should battle break out between them. They might look pathetic, but their own Mitsuhide didn't exactly look like warlord material either, and proper preparation has always been one of the keys to the Saika Faction's success. Though the idea of Mitsuhide having feelings, let alone delicate ones, does make her question if there is a single similarity between them beyond the names.]

[She scoffs.] If they dare to believe that I am not worthy of my title, then I will be quick to prove them wrong.

[She doesn't have trouble with the idea of another Magoichi Saika since she's already the third to claim that name, but it would be a different story if another Magoichi came here and proved themselves unworthy of the title. But that isn't a problem at the moment.]

[seadevil]

I've no doubt we'll cross paths with them again, but I wouldn't worry about there being a fight. Aside from those two and the one screechy little beast that fancies herself some sort of hero, they have no one who even knows which end of a sword is which.

[He'd been less than impressed when he'd met them in December, though he knows they've taken on new crew since then. Not that he saw anything that impressed him last month at the fortress, either.]

I think you'll find my crew far better equipped for most things, though if you'd like a nice lullaby and someone to rock you to sleep, by all means join them.

[blackbirdgunsmoke]

Is that so?

[Magoichi is going to stay cautious, though, at least until she can see for herself what kind of men they are. If they were smart enough to teach their crew how to use a gun, it wouldn't matter how inexperienced they were before.]

If what you say is true, they don't have the strength necessary to be worthy of a contract. [Not that she would agree to any contract that would have her fighting by the side of an Akechi.] But enough about them. Tell me about this crew of yours.

[seadevil]

[Motochika brightens visibly at that. His crew hasn't always been something worth bragging about, but he's grown proud of them over the past few months.]

There are only ten of us at the moment, far less than I'm used to but a decent showing for this place. Zozo has been with me since we first set sail. She's a reasonable lass, you'd like her, though I'm not sure what your feelings on sailing with a necromancer would be. Allegro is from the same world as Zozo and aside from being a musician, I've seen little of his actual skills. You'd get on best with Xun Yu, I believe. She actually served under Cao Cao in her world and time, which alone would be enough to recommend her. Let's see...Kodai and Adol are both capable lads, friendly and hard-working, which is all I really ask for. Gold might not have the same work ethic as those two, but he's somewhat of a beast trainer and you would have to see his beasts to truly believe them!

[And that's all but two. He's...kind of hesitant to describe the other two.]

And, er, the last two are comrades from the same world, though how they fell in with each other, I'll never understand. Ragna is quite a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, though his personality leaves much to be desired. Tao is friendly to a fault and a decent fighter in her own right, but she has a cat's sleeping habits and a bottomless pit where her stomach is supposed to be and our provisions suffer for it.

[He leaves out their pet turkey. He doesn't think that one will go over well.]

[blackbirdgunsmoke]

[That's quite the impressive menagerie, even if its numbers leave something to be desired. The fact that she won't be the only woman on the ship is an unexpected bonus, especially if one of them worked under Cao Cao. A necromancer, though... She's willing to give Motochika the benefit of the doubt, even if he isn't known for his good judgment. Still, she can't keep the distaste out of her voice.]

I am not thrilled with the idea of raising the dead, but as long as she doesn't try to bring back anyone that should stay dead, I will not hold her choices against her.

[Beyond that, there's one other matter that's important.]

How are the others in a fight? I trust you wouldn't be foolish enough to pick up anyone that couldn't defend themselves.

[If he was, she would already know her first order of business.]

[seadevil]

They can all hold their own. Aside from Ieyasu, I'd say Ragna and Xun Yu are the most impressive, but the rest are nothing to sneeze at. As for Zozo, she and I have an agreement. She's to treat the dead with the proper respect if she wishes to remain on board and she hasn't failed me yet.

[Now probably isn't the best time to mention Zozo's collection of spare corpse parts that she keeps on hand for when something breaks or falls off the body she's constructed for herself.]

We're well equipped for combat, no doubt. A bit short on practical skills, but as long as everyone is willing to take on the tasks they're set, we muddle along.

[blackbirdgunsmoke]

It pleases me to hear that.

[For Magoichi, it's not so much the corpses as who the corpses belonged to. Killing Nobunaga may have been her greatest ambition between Ishiyama and his first death, but the thought of doing it a third time so soon after the second is exhausting.]

Once we get aboard, I want to see those skills, combat or otherwise, for myself, as well as a list of our supplies. It is not the Saika way to simply "muddle along".

[seadevil]

Yes, you and Xun Yu can get to work on that. She's got most of that in order already.

[It's all well and good to have people who can keep things in order like Magoichi and Xun Yu, but eventually he's going to need to find someone who can cook and someone who can treat more than a few bumps and scrapes.]

She'd appreciate a second set of eyes, I think.

[blackbirdgunsmoke]

I like the sound of this woman more by the minute.

[She does briefly wonder how Motochika managed to keep his vessel afloat back home. He never seemed to be the type to care for the more boring aspects of running a ship, and she got the same impression from his crew.]

Is there anything else I should know, before we make this arrangement official?

[seadevil]

No, I think that about covers it! My ship is the Katabami. You'll find her in the harbor flying a flag of tenimuhou. [As the four kanji idiom seemed a suitable replacement for his crest.] If you need any more funds for weaponry or ammunition, Xun Yu can provide you with some as your first payment.

[Motochika, if nothing else, is good at delegating things his doesn't want to do to people who can do them for him.]