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, ♥]

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[shadowslide]

...Don't even think about it. Besides, we promised, no Firagas indoors.

[Riku pours oil in a pan and breaks several pieces of the strange chocolate into it, watching it float dubiously. But wouldn't this just make fried chocolate chips? Was that even possible?]

[wanderstheskies]

Heh, fine. Guess that would make more of a mess than anything else...

[Sora gave the mixture they were forming a thoughtful look.]

Hey, Riku...? Have you ever tried one?

lol spoilers

[shadowslide]

Tried one what...? [A blink as Riku processes the question.] What? No- I didn't really think about it.

[He shifts, uneasy. It's true that he... somehow turned himself into a Dream Eater, if what Ansem said was true, but he's... never really thought about eating the snacks...]

[wanderstheskies]

What? Really? But the Dream Eater snacks looked so tasty. It never crossed your mind?

[He gave Riku a disbelieving look.]

[shadowslide]

I was kind of busy making sure everyone else got enough. [A soft snort.]

Don't worry, the spoon's all yours once we're through. [Which is of course the signal for the oil to suddenly pop and crackle, splattering them both with droplets and sizzling away as the edges of the chocolate melted and blackened.] Whoa!

[He reaches for the dial and quickly turns it off.]

[wanderstheskies]

[Sora glanced down at the bowl and gave a nervous smile.]

Heh, think I'll pass.

[shadowslide]

[Thankfully it ends pretty quickly, leaving them with slightly charred lumps of chocolate. He never knew cooking was so dangerous.] Never thought I'd see the day you turned down chocolate.

[Still, he definitely echoed the sentiment. He scraped the chocolate out of the pan with a wince.] Alright, forget melting it.

[He pours another handful of chocolate chunks into the mixture that was forming in the bowl, starting to mix it.] Are we missing anything else?

[wanderstheskies]

[Sora gave the mixture a nervous look, then winced when Riku asked him what else they should add. Really? What more could they do to this thing? What could they possibly do to save it?]

Sugar? Maybe that can save it... or I can try a cure spell.

[He said jokingly..., but was seriously considering it.]

[shadowslide]

[Riku scoffed, reaching out to mess with Sora's hair for the suggestion.] Stop trying to magic the food, Sora.

[He does add a little sugar, though, so now instead of having a sticky chocolate-and-egg mess, they have a... sticky chocolate-egg-and sugar mess. And there was another whine from the pillow in the corner.] Water?

[wanderstheskies]

[Sora laughed and glanced at the whimpering pets then back at the bowl.]

Yeah, sure. Some water might might make it look a little less...

[The contents of the bowl gave another bubble.] ...mean.

[shadowslide]

Sticky. [Riku makes a face as he lets the batter drip back down from a spoon.]

[Well, no use crying over it now.] How much do we need?

[wanderstheskies]

[Sora cringed at the sludge dripped off the spoon and plopping sickeningly into the bowl.]

Um... [Sora frowned at the Dream Eaters.]

A half a cup. Think there's a clean cup in that cabinet over there!

[While he went to get it, Sora leaned in close to the bowl and whispered a quick Esuna spell. The goo faintly glowed purple for a few second and Sora breathed a sigh of relief. At least now if it did turn out bad, it wouldn't poison them! He was considering slipping some potion in there to, but Riku came back.]

G-got it?

[shadowslide]

Yeah. [Thankfully, Riku's too busy figuring out the measurements on the side to pay attention to your stammering, Sora. He fills it with drinking water and pours the result into the mixture, wincing at the result as he mixes.]

Alright, that's as good as it's gonna get. Let's put it in.

[wanderstheskies]

Right.

[They didn't exactly have his mom's cake pans so he looked around for something to put it in. He spotted some mugs by the sink and started to line them up in front of Riku.]

Think these'll do! They can handle high temperatures anyway.

[shadowslide]

You...sure that'll work? [Riku considers those dubiously, then shrugs. What was the worst that could happen? It wasn't like the kitchen would explode. No way. That only happened in stories.... right?]

[So he goes ahead and divides the batter into the mugs and helps Sora put them into the oven. Leaning back against the counter, he turned his head a little towards Sora.]

So. You tried some?

[wanderstheskies]

Why not?

[Sora shrugged thinking the worse that could happen was the mug might crack. They loaded them up in the oven and Sora turned the heat up to the max. Hey, the hotter the oven, the faster they'd cook, right?]

Hm? ...Oh, no... [Sora laughed and blushed a bit.]

But I wanted to. J-just to see what they tasted like! You were never curious?

[shadowslide]

Now that I think about it, I'm surprised you left any for your Dream Eaters.

[wanderstheskies]

Hey!

[He doesn't wanna admit that's why he never touched the stuff. Fear he might like them too much. So he punched Riku in the arm instead.]

[shadowslide]

It's a good thing those snacks aren't the only thing they eat.

[wanderstheskies]

Speaking of... What are we gonna do about them... [Sora looked to the Spirits again.]

If our cooking project doesn't work? [He glance at the oven when he thought he heard something pop.]

Try having nightmares again?

1/2

[shadowslide]

...Joshua said all human beings dream. All of us have nightmares, too. Even if the people here don't... look the same, they probably have dreams and nightmares just like we do.

[shadowslide]

We just have to find out how to get them, since they don't have a form in this world.

[And hopefully not have to resort to more baking.]

[wanderstheskies]

And even then, we can't make them have nightmares... unless we start hosting scary movie night at one of our place every week...

[Sora perked a bit at that idea and looked to Riku with an expecting look to see if he'd agree.]

[shadowslide]

That only works for you, Sora. [Smirks a bit.]

Who knows if there are even any movies in this place?

1/2

[wanderstheskies]

Hey, it does not! [Not anymore any way. Sora added silently and folding his arms stubbornly.]