Test Drive Meme v.2

[annihilistic]

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! 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 Job Hunting. If you don't want to stay in the assigned housing, then you're going to need cash, and if you want cash, you're going to need a job- lucky for you there seem to be plenty of those on the job board. ⑵ Arriving/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.

[meme re-posted with mod permission, ♥]

Comments

[faker]

Oh gosh, I can imagine! It really hurts not knowing when you're going to see people again.

[whomheloved]

It does! I was really worried at first, not knowing when I'd get to see him again, when I'd get to see any of my friends here. But I've been lucky enough that most of us have been brought together again. [Even if...in less than a whole and healthy state.]

[faker]

I'm happy that things worked out for you! [she grins] Hopefully I can be as lucky; this place seems a lot nicer than where we were before.

[whomheloved]

Your moirail is here, that's already a good start! And it is pretty nice here, so much nicer than Alternia. No one cares about the hemospectrum - well, except for a couple of highblooded trolls. But what they think about it doesn't matter. No one's going to get culled or treated badly just because of their blood colour.

[faker]

Are you serious? Is that really a thing? [she seems a lot more attentive than she was a moment before, her voice a little bit...urgent, almost.]

[whomheloved]

Of course. [Her voice softens, trying to be reassuring.] Trolls are in a minority here, and most other races only have one colour, they don't even know what the hemospectrum is. Maybe one or two trolls have made a fuss about it, but every other one I've spoken to believes in equality across the spectrum.

[faker]

Oh. [she's still for a moment, letting this news sink in. then her face slowly melts into a wide smile, the sort of expression worn by people who have just received an unexpected new lease on life]

Then I think I'm really going to like it here.

[whomheloved]

[Di beams. Seeing that look on Nepeta's face gives her a warm feeling in her chest. Oh, if only they could succeed in their message back home! It would all be worth it if it made young trolls smile like this.]

I hope you will! Nepeta...can I give you a hug? [She's proud she remembered to ask first - being around Signless and his easy, constant physical affection makes her forget sometimes. Potential descendant or not, hugging a troll you've just met isn't high on things to do of anyone with a survival instinct.]

[faker]

[Nepeta hesitates for a moment. she does want a hug, always seems to be finding herself in situations where she'd love to dole out physical affection but was stopped by fear.

but...the hemospectrum didn't matter, right? even if someone did knock off her hood someday it wouldn't do anything more than ruffle her hair. she was finally safe.

so she nods, clearly excited]

Yes, you clawsitively can.

[whomheloved]

Oh, thank you! [She laughs, the sound happy and carefree as she does what she's wanted to since meeting Nepeta: folding her arms around her and cradling her in a warm, comforting hug.]

[faker]

[Nepeta returns the gesture with equal contentment, allowing herself to untense and be hugged by a fellow troll for the first time in her life. it's really wonderful.]

No, thank you.

[whomheloved]

[Di rubs her hand gently over Nepeta's back and instinctively drops a kiss on the top of her hood before, reluctantly, letting go and stepping back, but not leaving as much distance between them this time.]

[faker]

[Nepeta adjusts her hood, more out of habit than any real anxiety, and smiles]

This is a really nice start to everything, I think.

[whomheloved]

[Disciple smiles back, a mirror of Nepeta's own expression.]

And I hope things will only get better for you here, Nepeta.

[faker]

I'm clawsitive that they will. [she giggles a little] This time for sure!