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Test Drive for April 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!
＼（＠￣∇￣＠）／
[Akihiko has to push aside that startling pang of guilt before he can ask.] A village? Like, in the countryside? So this kind of setting suits you, huh?
[Shinji might have… He shakes his head, once again having to cast away the thought. Out of all the people he left behind, he misses Miki and Shinji the most. Here, he can’t visit their graves…
Akihiko presses his lips together for a brief instance. He notices that obvious subject change, but isn't going to press. They haven't quite reached that level of comfort yet.] Port Island isn’t too crowded. I mean, it’s not like Tokyo or anything. We’ve got schools and malls and a shrine – pretty typical. [What happened at midnight made things much more interesting.]
damn you people with your fancy expression
...It's less that it suits me, and more that it's something I'm used to.
[He's exhales and glances to the side, a serious expression appearing. The subject change might be good for both of them, considering the vibe he'd gotten from Sanada-kun.]
I see. [Pause.] Did you like it, there?
my secret: copy and paste :3 also, almost tagged you with Gaara orz
He has a bit of a smile on his face, more of amusement than actual happiness.] If we ever go to a crowded island, I’ll give you some pointers. Make sure you don’t get swallowed up or anything, you know?
[At that question, Akihiko pauses for a moment. He could answer flippantly or without much thought, but something about Seishin makes him feel less reluctant to hide himself.]
Yeah, I liked it there. But honestly, I haven’t lived anywhere else, so there’s nothing to compare. I have to move out to go to the university, anyway.
... lmao. XD
I'd appreciate that.
[Seishin nods at the next words.]
Have you decided what you're going for?
o(〃＾▽＾〃)o
You mean, what my major’s gonna be? [He shakes his head.] I’m not sure yet. [Seishin isn’t the first to ask him, though. Mitsuru had wanted to know before they graduated from Gekkoukan.] There wasn’t a whole lot of time to think about it, throughout senior year. I guess I could figure it out while we’re here, huh? Then when we leave this place, I’d already have a game plan.
[His expression is warmer when he turns to glance at Seishin just then, with open curiosity on his face.]
What about you, Muroi-san? Did you always know what you wanted to be?
c-cute
He listens as Akihiko talks. There's...a small ping of jealousy, but he shoves it aside.]
That sounds like a good idea. [The faint smile returns, until Akihiko turns to give him that question. The smile fades almost instantaneously, before he's turning to look away.]
...I suppose you could say that. [His expression darkens, briefly, before lightening as he looks back to Akihiko.] Never lose sight of your dreams, Sanada-kun. If you have a dream for the future, then never let it slip away.
[He turns his head to look back out at the sea and mutters-] Life is fleeting.
ヽ(=^･ω･^=)丿
[Frightening, even. Their futures could have been erased at any moment, especially toward the end, facing Nyx. Only recently did they start thinking they would have tomorrows that lasted past spring.
Though when Seishin suddenly looks away, Akihiko hesitates briefly. He assumes he had screwed up somewhere, and preemptively apologizes.] Ah, sorry… Did I say something weird?
Well… I know what I’d like to do. [He lifts a clenched fist to express his determination.] I just haven’t decided how to get there yet.
[Now it’s his turn to avert his gaze. Months later, and he’s still thinking about Shinji’s death like it happened yesterday. When he finally replies, his voice is soft with contemplation.] Yes… it is. You never know when things are gonna end. It’s hard to plan when the future’s so ambiguous.
even cuter. XD
[He held a blink, then looked to the ground.] I come from a long line of priests. Everyone had expected me to follow in my father's footsteps, and I...suppose I didn't want to disappoint them. In the end, I found myself full of hatred- and all because I chose to only consider the happiness of everyone else.
[He paused.] Or maybe I'd simply been too afraid of being a disappointment. [Looking back to Akihiko-] If you don't mind my asking, what is it you want to do?
。：゜(；´∩｀；)゜：。
It’s his turn to listen this time. He’s paying close attention to Seishin’s expression and body language, to gauge his feelings on the subject. At the end, Akihiko nods with a solemn look on his face.] You didn’t want to fail them. It’s pretty admirable to stick it out like that. Though, if you really don’t wanna be a priest, you can try a different profession here. No one’s gonna judge you.
[His eyes narrow with determination, but his next words are encouraging.] Like you said, life’s fleeting. Do something that’ll make you happy. You don’t wanna lose out on a chance like that. If you keep hating yourself, you might do something you’d regret. [His chest suddenly clenches again, and he’s fighting the urge to show any outward reaction.
Good, a distraction.] I want to protect people. I want to keep getting stronger, and make sure people are safe from… well, all the bad stuff that pops up in life. [He looks away at this point, uncomfortable as always, with revealing vulnerability. His voice is quiet as he murmurs, practically under his breath.] I don’t want to lose any more people that are important to me…
awww
[His expression darkens a moment as his thoughts return to his mother.] No matter how important they are to you.
[The last thing Akihiko says has Seishin giving a faintly concerned look, at first. When it fades, it's replaced by that dark look, once again. He hadn't only lost his mother. He'd lost his father, too. As well as nearly all of his friends- those like family, included.]
...Neither do I.
[Perhaps that's what assisted in his decision to repair his relationship with Toshio, since he's all Seishin has left.
With that thought in mind, Seishin has to wonder...how hard it must be for Akihiko.]
We all have our burdens to bear. Keeping the burdens buried, in silence, only results in lonely suffering.
(ﾉ`Д´)ﾉ.:･┻┻)｀з゜)･:ﾞ;
Those words strike a deep chord in him. When his memories came back, Akihiko can’t imagine how he could possibly forget Nyx in the first place. Something that nobody can be saved from… Fucking Strega bastards too, for all of their interference.]
Everyone has a weakness… [He murmurs softly.] It’s just a matter of finding it. No one’s invincible. So most people can be saved. But… [Miki and Shinji weren’t. Because he was too weak. Damn it to hell.
His shrug is slight, coming off as nonchalant, despite the seriousness of their conversation.] It’s not easy to talk about ‘em. [Akihiko pauses after that, and then decides to chance asking.] Who have you lost before, Muroi-san?
WHAT'S EVEN HAPPENING THERE...
[Meaning Jinrou, in spite of Akihiko not possible being able to know that.
The question causes him to look a bit...startled, perhaps. He hasn't had to answer this, yet. Most people tend to avoid the topic of people back home, since most people don't like to dwell on it.
...Who has he lost...? Seishin's expression falls considerably more dark than last time.]
... [Closing his eyes, he turns his head away from Akihiko.] I've lost...quite a few. Toshio is the only person I have left, at this point. My mother was killed just before I woke up here. There was a little girl that I was supposed to protect, but...
[He turns his head to look down at the ground.] Unfortunately, she is back home, alone, and I am here. Prior to my coming here, her life was in danger.
[For once, he looks rather...sad.]
i almost fucking tagged you as Gaara again. that's what happened orz
Uh… you don’t have to… [He had caught the look on Seishun’s face, and wondered if he stepped over the line. Like the situation with Chidori back in the hospital, he didn’t want to cause anyone unnecessary distress. The end didn’t always justify the means.
But then… Seishin starts talking, so Akihiko cuts himself off to listen.]
The only one, huh… [He knows how that feels, back when Miki died. He and Shinji were all that they had of each other… and then he lost Shinji too. His throat chokes up momentarily, and he has to take a moment to recover. Absentmindedly, he starts pacing around, paying not a lick of attention to where he’s going, or what he’s walking over.]
I’m sorry to hear that. If you’ve still got people to protect, though… hold onto them. Don’t lose hope. As for everyone else, well… you can live up to their memory. Fight for them, you know? Don’t write off that girl, either. If she’s strong, she can hang in there till you go back.
[A sudden prick of pain draws his attention down to the sand.] Shit… [Stopping in place, Akihiko lifts his leg, and finds a cut on the pad of his foot. Okay, this isn’t a wound that he wants to summon Caesar for… He just needs to clean it and find a bandage.]