Test Drive for September 2013 Apps

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Welcome to our first Test Drive for high_seas! Here is where players can test out their characters' voices, 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

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[meanest]

[Meenah is currently swimming in the tides as well, perhaps dangerously close to a certain person's trail? What is she even looking for? If one were to take of her pilferin' sack, it's-- well, empty. But that's only because she's all up on the treasure hunt. She's sure that the hunt is only beginning! Oh yeah, and there sure is a trident strapped to her side, glistening as gold as ever, matching her jewlery-- yeah okay, so maybe she has way more treasures on her body than she should expect here but...

well, you can bother her. Whatever.]

Sup!

[snowintexasfrigginmelts]

[Leo currently has the best boat. Ever.

Okay, so that's an overstatement. He just filched bits and pieces of other boats and bought a dingy to abuse. But yeah, now he has a mast that's a little taller than him with a retracted sail and rungs for oars. He's just letting the tides guide him for now, while he screws around with a map.]

Whoever thought to charge that much for this piece of crap is out of their minds...

[And then suddenly a glint of something out of the corner of his eye. Leo blinks up, and then shoves the map into his pocket before shifting over to squint at whatever he's seeing right now.

Also, it's coming towards him. Maybe it's a big fish, and he can beat it over the head with his oar until he has food!

More likely it's a monster, though.

Leo has the best luck.]

what up

[meanest]

[Meenah, on the other hand, pays no attention to anyone who may be near her when she surfaces from within the depths of the sea. In one fluid (if she was aware of the pun, she'd be thrilled) motion, she lifts herself from the sea, fingers pressed against but a single gold doubloon, and she gives a noise of triumph.]

And here I go, richer than I was before!

[fierybluebird]

[Marco is fishing, using a gold hoop earring as both lure and hook, when he spots something a little strange in the water. Are those... horns?]

Ahoy, Miss Fishwoman! [He reels in his line so as not to let her get hurt, just in case.] No offense miss, but careful round these parts, eh? Lots of rocks and currents. Though I'm sure you can handle yourself.

[meanest]

[What. Gold? Yes. Awesome! Meenah is on that once she sees it, attempting to wrangle it loose, but-- oh,damn it, he pulled it back.

There's a very distinct pout on her face as looks up at the guy, fins wiggling in the slightest bit of response.]

I'm all aboat handling myself! It's kind of a thing I do. Ain't nobody better at it than me!

[fierybluebird]

["Aboat" what a cute pun.]

[He grins at her response, half tempted to unhook the gold earring and toss it to her, but maybe later. She can't be more than thirteen though, and as Marco comes from a world where fishman and mermaids are frequently kidnapped and sold as slaves -- something Marco fought vehemently against -- it makes him a bit nervous to see her out on her own.]

Oh? Not even your nakama? [A teasing grin, though half of him expects she might not recognize that word.]

::::)

[giftofgab]

[ And where Meenah was swimming, Aranea floated along the surface in a small boat. Carefully leaning over the edge, she watched her friend flit to and fro. If she saw any glitter of treasure, she was sure to give the signal. ]

<3

[meanest]

[Meenah's surfacing for now, however, moving purposely rough against the boat, latching on to the side just hard enough for it to jerk and dip toward her weight.]

Water the haps, Serket?

<33333333

[giftofgab]

[ The sudden tipping of the boat startled Aranea. At that moment her focus had been on a book rather than her friends treasure hunt. She just barely managed to keep it from escaping her grasp and meeting a watery end. ]

Meenah! [ She half-glared as she clutched the book to her breasted while at the same time holding her weight so that the boat didn't tip anymore than it already had. ] You almost made me drop it! I'm almost positive I wouldn't have found another copy.

[fems]

[There will always be a small part of her that doesn't like being at sea. Still, it's the only way she can travel to get the silks she needs to make the dresses she wears. If she's going to be stuck somewhere for possibly countless sweeps, at the very least she's going to look damn good during her stay.

She peers over the ledge and catches sight of someone swimming nearby. She almost thinks they're crazy until she notices the trident strapped to the swimmer. Of course it'd be Meenah.

Porrim leans her body over the railing.]

Find anything worthwhile out here?