Test Drive Meme

[darstone]

Comment here with your characters that you're thinking of bringing into LR, and tag around with other people to see how suitable they'd be for the game! As a note, these threads may be used for application samples, which are opening August 11th. So get your samples ready ahead of time with this meme! However, even if all participants are accepted with those characters, these threads will not be game canon. This meme is taking place in the setting of Darstone, so while you may leave your comment blank, I'd like to recommend you set up a scene or two in your initial comment. Some suggested settings are provided below, but make up whatever you'd like based off the setting pages! ⑴ Marketplace. There's a lot to do in the market-- not just buying goods and window shopping, but sitting down for a cup of coffee at an outdoor table, or getting a drink at a bar. ⑵ Housing. You've just gotten here and finally made it to your assigned apartment, but it turns out you have roommates, and they're one of them. ⑶ Adventuring. Whether out into the surrounding caves or taking a boat onto the lake, you're adventuring, maybe on a quest. Whoever's with you might be a member of your party-- or they might be trying to beat you to the reward. ⑷ Snow. What's snow doing in a cave? Isn't this weird? Well, Darstone is situated under a frosty mountain peak, and from time to time the local mages like to simulate the weather that's going on up above. That means there's some very light, fluffy snow falling from the cave ceiling right now.

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[guiltapalooza]

[Willow's busy having a similar reaction. It's only her second time seeing it, and the first had barely counted-- it hadn't stuck, not enough to do anything with it. Seeing it now is like, well, not Christmas because she doesn't do Christmas, but a seasonally appropriate winter holiday.

But she stops short on seeing him, surprised.] Oh-- another seatroll, I haven't seen one of you in-- [Pause. Slow frown.] ... Sollux?

[She's familiar enough with alternate versions of people not to be too surprised, but both Solluxes she's met had been goldblooded (even now she uses Eridan's terminology in her head). And she's well aware that highbloods tend to be the opposite of friendly. But she's liked both versions of Sollux that she's met, so mostly she's just curious.]

[anaglyphiic]

[A frown is immediate on his face when hearing his name, when he hasn't introduced himself. More out of suspicion if anything, he doesn't particularly like strangers knowing who he is, out of out habit of believing everyone worked for the Empire. But... this is a human. She wouldn't work for the TROLL Empire, right?]

... Yes.

[He replies hesitantly.]

How do you know my name?

[guiltapalooza]

Oh, I've met another version of you, [she says immediately, getting that explanation over with.] Two versions, actually, but you were-- well, you didn't have fins.

I guess you like red and blue in every universe, huh? [It definitely made him easy to recognize, that was for sure.] --Oops, sorry, I'm Willow.

[anaglyphiic]

[Yeah, because that explains everything.]

Yes, I really love my genetic defect, which makes every other color and outfit clash. And I guess I need not introduce myself, since you already know everything about me, right?

[Wow, someone's grumpy.]

[guiltapalooza]

[She really had known Sollux pretty well before, and this isn't all that different from his standard behavior, so she just rolls her eyes.]

Don't get uppity, it's not like that. I know about a version of you-- different realities, alternate universes? There might not be anything similar at all except the red and blue thing. And being a big grump, but luckily for you I'm broken in on that one.

[anaglyphiic]

[If crossing his arms and huffing doesn't finalize the question if this is Sollux, then nothing will.]

Then why don't you go find that other Sollux and talk to him, since you're such great pals.

[guiltapalooza]

Hush, [she scolds him.] He's not here, and I know you're not him.

I was just surprised to see you. Come on, there's snow, you can't be huffy at me when there's snow. [This is impeccable logic to Willow.]

[anaglyphiic]

I can, because I already played in it, and don't hush me.

[More huffing.]

...

[He kicks a bit of snow. You know, to show his newfound distaste for it.]

[guiltapalooza]

[He's really got nothing on Angel's capacity to brood, and Willow has stood up to that for years, so she is not dissuaded.]

Yeah, but you know you want to play in it some more, [she coaxes.] I won't even hush you again.

[anaglyphiic]

... It's none of your business if I want to or not.

[However, there is enough snow on the ground to make a snow angel. Which Sollux might do, if he even knew what that was.]

[guiltapalooza]

Well, I want to, [she says staunchly.] So how about you join me? I'll tell you about myself if it'll make you feel like it's less uneven.

[anaglyphiic]

... Fine.

[Arms still crossed but that's all he has left to his grumpiness.]

[guiltapalooza]

Wow, I wasn't sure you'd actually say yes, [she says in surprise.]

So, um... a fort sound good?

[anaglyphiic]

A fort made of snow would be extremely useless in practical circumstances.

[guiltapalooza]

Exactly. [Willow grins.] I'm glad you get it.

Let's do it over here out of the way, so we don't get stepped on. [And she happily turns to lead him off to a strip of unbroken snow out of the road.]

[anaglyphiic]

[He follows, although cautiously.]

[guiltapalooza]

[She plops down into the cold mush without a moment's hesitation, and then winces and shifts so she's kneeling instead. Her clothes aren't exactly winter survival appropriate, but they'll do for as long as they'll be out here, she hopes.]

Okay, note: snow is actually as cold as they say it is.

[But she's determined, and waves him over.] You know, it's not going to kill you to have a little fun. I promise you'll survive.

[anaglyphiic]

It doesn't feel so bad to me.

[Then again, where he lives is usually around 34 degrees Fahrenheit. He sits next to her anyway.]

I can have fun on my own. I know how.

[guiltapalooza]

Let's focus on the 'having fun together' part right now, [she declares, making sure her mittens are on safely before starting to push the surrounding snow into a little pile, the beginnings of a wall.]

--Oh, wait, I'm supposed to tell you about me. Um... well... [Though she'd agreed to it, Willow is clearly not all that eager to go through with it. She stares at her growing snow wall instead of him.] I'm from a really warm place that never gets any snow, ever. And after that I was at this hell tower for a while, with lots of death and violence and never-ending trauma -- that was where I met the other Solluxes. I got here a few months ago.