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Test Drive Meme 2.





These are the mem’ries that last.
These are the mem’ries that will never pass.
And time waits for no one.
It’s gone in a flash.
And only the mem’ries will last.




Prompt 1:

he forest looms, uninviting and full of menace, an unwelcoming place for sure. Time to go explore! It isn't as though there's anywhere else to go, now that you've looked around the Town.

The trees whack at you with branches that have far too much mobility for normal trees, strange and mutated animals watch from the shadows and boughs, and there’s the constant, constant sense of being watched --

But eventually, nonetheless, you’ll come across a small house in the forest. It sticks out like a sore thumb, bright and colorful, which is probably the first warning that something is way off, and it’s...covered in candy. It’s a candy house! It looks delicious.

(It’s empty, too, not a single soul in it, without even furniture, but everything is otherwise edible and utterly delicious.)

But if you eat the candy? You’re going to have a terrible, overwhelming urge to do one of two things:

  • Fight the first person you see
  • Kiss the first person you see

Unfortunate.


Prompt 2:

he problem with a Town like this is that now that color is starting to return, bit by bit? You never really know when color’s going to come back -- or disappear. Maybe you’ve made a delightful, delicious sandwich from handmade bread and tomatoes and deer meat, all of which have color now… and then suddenly, when taking a bite, you get only the taste of ash and bread and tomato as the deer meat loses color.

Also, someone probably died for that color to fade away. Alarming!

Or maybe you’re walking along when suddenly your makeshift clothing is a hideous mix-match of colors; it had seemed fine when it was all grey and colorless!

Or perhaps, even worse, you’re walking out of a house when suddenly, the flowerbed in front of it has full color, bright and maybe a little blinding after so much monochrome. Damn those color mechanics.


Prompt 3:

he quest seems simple, on the Quest Post:

Quest 33:
Feed the Cockatrice.
Requirements: 2 of any color

Key word, of course, is seems. First, you have to find the cockatrice. Maybe grab someone to drag into the woods with you, since there needs to be at least two of you. Time to stomp through the woods in search of the elusive cockatrice.

Of course, once you find it, the quest...looks a bit harder. The monster hisses, ready to turn anyone who approaches to stone, as cockatrice tend to do. What do you even feed that thing? How will you get it to take it without getting stoned up? There are so many questions.

At least the stone will wear off...eventually… if you’re unlucky enough to get petrified.


Prompt 4:

ut hey, you did it! You fed the cockatrice, it seemed satisfied, and now you can go fetch your reward from your home. It must be something amazing, with the work that you put in.

The only change in your home, though, is what looks like a...picture book. It's got a colorful cover (in your character's color shade), and has their name on the cover, so it definitely belongs to them.

And when they flip it open, it's clearly full of pictures scribbled in, as if drawn in scribbly crayon. Unlike the rest of the Town, this book is fully colorful, every shade of the rainbow in those crayon strokes... which depict, page by page, your character's worst moments in their life. Every single last horrific experience or tragic moment -- it's all there, in colorful, cute children's drawings.

Congratulations!


Extra:

Got something in mind? Want to play with the setting more? The sky's the limit, so feel free and make up your own prompts to play with!



Welcome to Awash's second Test Drive Meme! Please check out the FAQ and rules as you test your characters out. The setting is yours to play with, so be creative and have a good time with it!

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If you have any questions about the TDM, feel free to ask us here. If there are any other questions, you can catch us via PM, the FAQ or the contact page. Thank you for your interest in Awash!

dejerate: (Queens)

[personal profile] dejerate 2018-04-29 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Do the quests hoping it's something good. Something better than this at least.

[Something more rewarding than some book that only brings back painful memories. Mostly for Mika, but for Yuu as well in some pages of it. The risk of being turned to stone might make one think it was worth more to do this task, but apparently not.]

Maybe we just didn't see it? I don't know how this works.
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
That'll take too long. ( There's a click as he raises the blade from the sheathe just slightly with his thumb. At the very least, he's casual about all of this. He wants to fight. He really, really wants to fight right now but it's all in good spirit. ) We're already here...

( And quickly, he shifts into stance and draws his sword, )

C'mon, Tonbokiri, let's go right now! ( He's got his honor. He won't attack as long as Tonbokiri is unarmed. His spear is still against the house but that isn't good enough. All of this talking is really starting to get on his nerves and he can feel his spirit starting to burn. Just a quick fight. That's all he needs right not to work off this energy-- this impulse. ) Arm yourself.

youwillbeunequaled: (| serious report)

[personal profile] youwillbeunequaled 2018-04-29 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
[He's serious.
It is not a killing aura, thankfully, but the fighting spirit is nearly palatable. ...Nearly catching.

For a brief moment he frowns at Mutsunokami. Tonbokiri knows that so long as he doesn't arm himself he won't move, but that equally won't solve anything.]


You aren't yourself. But I will not refuse you, either. [At the very least, he will try to knock some sense back into him.

Keeping his eyes fixed on Mutsu, Tonbokiri takes up his spear and removes the sheath. With a quick mental note to keep an eye on the other's gun, he takes up a defensive stance.

Surely Mutsunokami will attack first like this. So let us see what this sugar-induced rush will bring.]
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[personal profile] dissociationninjutsu 2018-04-29 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ He stirred at the sound of a voice at first, like Ochako was waking him up, rather than just snapping him out of a daydream. He then stared, startled, at the girl in front of him. When did she get here? Surely he should've noticed someone coming in. And he called himself a shinobi.

...Where was he? Amber eyes darted around quickly, piecing together what had happened slowly, before finally he forced himself to smile. Right...! Right... he remembered now. ]


I'm okay. [ Liar. ] I was just [ dissociating out of existence, it's fine, it's just a thing that happens- ] getting my bearings.

[ He settled his hand against the wall and stood up. Don't mind his ridiculous outfit, Ochako. ]

Did I look like I needed help? [ He laughed. ] You're cute, miss.
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
( That's more like it and the fire burning inside seems to be put more at ease. He was beginning to feel himself get more and more worked up the longer Tonbokiri tried to talk him down. Some of the frustration is set aside and he can channel this wild energy inside into something more productive-- like focusing on how to send Tonbokiri flying. He grins when he takes the spear and lets out a loud laugh. )

Gahaha! That's more like it!

( Really! Ah, he feels some sort of high coming on right now, a rush he can't seem to contain, and he doesn't really want to stop any of it. He isn't himself? That's what Tonbokiri had said earlier but... he feels fine. There's nothing wrong with him at all. He's as sharp as ever and he'll prove it by moving quickly to give the first blow, raising his sword in a diagonal slash. )
youwillbeunequaled: unknown user's fanart (x end this now)

[personal profile] youwillbeunequaled 2018-04-29 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
[His eyes narrow and he handily blocks the slash. Ah, this is indeed the speed and weight of a touken danshi.

Pushing back against Mutsunokami's sword, he then shifts his hands as to bring the butt-end of the spear darting towards Mutsu's legs. Tripping him up would bring a quick end to this fight. And if he evades, Tonbokiri can keep the momentum of the movement going and bring the tip of the spear around to his face.]
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
( There's something thrilling about fighting now. Tonbokiri, one of the three great spears of Japan! It's like fighting a legend. And the challenge that comes from fighting a spear with an uchigatana... he could yell from excitement.

He can see the spear moving for his legs and he laughs, raising his own leg to catch it, hooking his foot and leg around the end and pulling it back towards him, trying to control the movement. Mutsu is never and has never been a conventional fighter. He's not above some unusual tactics.

He'll try to shift his own movement, sidestepping the spear, trying to untangle himself from the mess of man and weapon and bringing his sword back for a tight, horizontal slash. This move would be easier if he were shorter-- a wakizashi would be ideal but what's stopping him from now? Unusual tactics, unconventional styles.... call them what you want but for Mutsu, they're just new and different and that's how you keep your opponent on their toes.
)

A big guy like you... it's hard moving this close, isn't it?!

( If he drew his gun, this could be over quickly but that wouldn't be any fun at all. )

glorypunch: (pic#12031427)

[personal profile] glorypunch 2018-04-29 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
No way! We should stick together.

[ bold words for a girl who was only seconds ago trying to destroy mafuyu with her own hands. but now that she's calmed down, she doesn't really understand what was wrong with her... it's hard for her to make the connection between eating the candy and the sudden rush of FIGHT INSTINCT. ]

I don't even think there's green tea in this place.
ifionlyhadthecourage: (FitnessGram Pacer Test)

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[personal profile] ifionlyhadthecourage 2018-04-29 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cat...! Cat!!! This boy could transform?! Screw the quest, Caramia was way more interested in this boy now, something he'd much akin them to brother...? Kuro doesn't get any personal space as he yawns, since Caramia's going up to prod his fangs that were much alike Caramia's own.

...Cat!!!!!! ]


You're a feline, too?! [ Vampires? Never heard of them. Only cats. ] How do you transform so freely?? [ He wanted to do that! He'd kill to have his lion body back, if just for a day. ] Is it magic?

[ Even if Kuro wasn't in his cat form, he's still getting head-pets, too. Absolutely zero personal space. Sorry, Kuro. ]
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[personal profile] glorypunch 2018-04-29 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's more like special "beef" stew, considering that she was trying to make something from only ingredients that had color. the grey ones were all weird and ashy, and there was no helping some of it... substitutions had to be made!

still, it smells delicious, and nanami retrieves a bowl for him with all the excitement of a schoolgirl. ]


Ta-dah! [ A DELIGHTED PRESENTATION. ] Dig in, and tell me what you think!

[ the first thing eichi will notice is that it's very salty—almost to the point of being dehydrating. at the same time, however, there's an undercurrent of sweetness to it as well, maybe fruity... and oddly, something unnaturally sour in the aftertaste. the mix of flavors is such that it's almost panic-inducing, and could probably cause a grown man to faint with a second bite.

if eichi survives long enough to get through the first one, anyway. ]
glorypunch: (pic#12031438)

[personal profile] glorypunch 2018-04-29 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ nanami does go, when she sees an opening. true to her word, she's fast—her battle style clearly relies on speed over strength, which isn't a bad way to survive. guren provides a pretty incredible distraction. ]

Whoa.

[ whispered, to herself, when she catches him in action—but she's not going to let herself get sidetracked, and so then she's running too, leaping onto its back and using her rod as a kind of makeshift collar to wrangle it from behind. the bag of food hangs from her waist. ]

Calm down... you dumb... bird...!!
youwillbeunequaled: unknown user's fanart (o what's in the well?)

[personal profile] youwillbeunequaled 2018-04-29 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He makes a displeased noise deep in his throat as Mutsunokami so ...unconventionally halts his attack, and huffs out sharply at the unexpected slash. Only the fact that he'd been trying to move back already saves him from more than a graze, but his expression drops realizing that his top was cut. Oi! He only has one change of clothes right now!

At that comment his lips turn up slightly.]


Of course. I'm somewhat taller than other spears.

[Taking two large steps back, he does not hesitate to resume the attack, stabbing at Mutsu's right side and keeping a powerfully firm grip on his spear. For now, he will try to open up some distance between them.]
glorypunch: (pic#12031427)

one... please be kind to her. she is small.

[personal profile] glorypunch 2018-04-29 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Eep!

[ nanami is no stranger to people randomly attacking her at their leisure, but guns are new! guns are so fast! she only knows one person who has a gun, and he keeps to himself and doesn't have such a bloodthirsty expression on his face. she manages to leap out of the way with an impressive display of acrobatics, but still! ]

Wait, wait! I don't... want to...

[ ........boobs..................... ]
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01!

[personal profile] glorypunch 2018-04-29 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
...heehee.

[ nanami can't help but laugh, seeing someone so dignified completely wreck the side of a house. she's not going to judge, though, because she's broken plenty of walls in the dojo in a fit of rage or frustration. this was just an accident, probably? she can forgive that. ]

No, you can't. But that's okay! Nanami won't tell anyone. We can fix it!
scooptimistic: (Eureka!)

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[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-04-29 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Honestly, that's a great question. And Maya does appear to give it a great deal of thought, before-- ]

... I have canned crab on me.

[ Hey, it worked for a tentacle blob. ]
scooptimistic: (Who WAS that masked man?)

I

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-04-29 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, someone might not have much of a window anymore...

[ Good job, Ieyasu. ]

But I guess that's a risk you take when you build your house out of candy! If there had been a group of kids around, I'm not sure this place would still be standing...
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[personal profile] passio 2018-04-29 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ dextera does not trust this house even a little bit, frankly. he doesn't trust anything in these woods, and he most certainly does not trust a building made of sugar in these bright, unnatural colors—he doesn't remember ever eating candy, but he absolutely knows better than to just put this in his mouth.

(odd for him, who regularly consumes flesh, but hey!)

since he can't speak, what he does to get her attention is clap from behind her to keep from sneaking up and scaring her. in the best case scenario, she will drop the candy before she can eat it! ]
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
( Hah! The first cut is his and he can feel a sense of pride welling. If he can keep this up, he can beat Tonbokiri into the ground. (Vaguely, he realizes that maybe he's being a little too competitive right now but he ignores the thought.) )

Yeah, I guess ya can be pretty scary~

( But what's Tonbokiri's height compared to a Revisionist monster?

He won't let Tonbokiri gain any space if he can help it. Between the two of them, their ranges are their greatest advantage and disadvantage. The moment Mutsu loses ground, he knows Tonbokiri will have one on him. He charges for Tonbokiri, trying to keep the space between them tight. He sees the attack coming and he doesn't change his line of attack. If anything, he dodges just enough to avoid the brunt of the attack. The spear's blade cuts through his close and he can feel the blade graze against his skin. That's really going to sting later, he thinks. But it'll be worth it if he can win.

This time, he goes for a piercing attack right at Tonbokiri's arm. It's pretty clear his goal is to disarm him. It's gotta be hard to use a spear like that one handed, right? Luckily(?) for Tonbokiri, for as unconventional as Mutsu can be, he's also a pretty direct fighter and easy to read so he should be able to figure out Mutsu's attack without a problem.
)
flortissimo: (Peony; bashfulness)

Tsubomi Hanasaki | Heartcatch Precure

[personal profile] flortissimo 2018-04-29 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ I. Insert A Very Potter Sequel Joke About Red Vines here. ]


[ She does mean to investigate the house, she truly does. And she will, because she can see a glimpse of it from her current position and that is definitely Not Normal.

(There are a lot of things that are Not Normal here and truthfully the only reason Tsubomi feels brave enough to explore them on her own is because she's technically not alone.)

Except she's hit a bit of a snag in her plan, emphasis on the snag, because as you, good sir or madam, might discover--

There's a fourteen-year-old girl looking at you rather pitifully and kind of frozen as though she was caught in the act of... trying to tug one long pigtail free from a really rude-ass tree branch. Said tree also seems to have caught what looks to be like a stuffed animal a little further up, and either reason could very well be why Tsubomi looks so distressed. ]


E-excuse me... [ BUT SHE HAS MANNERS. ]

May I... ask for your assistance, please?


[ II. Look she's a flower-themed magical girl I don't know what you want from me. ]


[ The sudden explosion of color occurring on a flowerbed might be daunting to some.

To Tsubomi?

She's suddenly lit up and ecstatic, dropping down to her knees in front of the flowers and clasping her hands to the chest like she just experienced a religious awakening of some sort. ]


You've all done marvelously! I thought you might be rapeseed, and you two little ones were cyclamen! You're beautiful!

[ She's sparkling. Of course she's sparkling. ]
neetvampire: (tense)

[personal profile] neetvampire 2018-04-29 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[If Mika was looking for Kuro to take this with anything other than disgusted horror.... well. Unfortunately, he'd be disappointed. There's a tension in Kuro's shoulders that wasn't there before as Mika continues to talk.

Kuro already felt that vampires should never have come into existence to begin with, being the 'first' of his world. But to think they'd gone that far in another....?]


So they just fed off of a bunch of kids.... like livestock?

[He grimaces, a fang peeking out from beneath his lip in distaste. He'd suddenly lost his appetite for candy.]

How many are there, for-- nevermind. I don't think I want to know.

[He shakes his head. Whether there were that many to begin with, or they just created way too many subclass over time.... it still sounded like a mess, to Kuro.]

It sounds like a horror movie to me, no offense.

[...Yes, he watches movies. He also plays video games.]
neetvampire: (really [cat])

[personal profile] neetvampire 2018-04-29 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cat!!!

Kuro lets a noise that sounds suspiciously like a surprised, panicked 'Nyaa!' as Caramia invades his personal space and prods at his fangs, red eyes wide. Surprise he'd expected, but this was--

Was he some sort of otaku? No, wait-- too?]


I've always been cute and adorable like this. I can change whenever I want, but I can't go into sunligh-- What are you doing?!

[Headpats in cat form? That was normal. Headpats in this form? Not so much. It flusters Kuro enough he falls back on his usual tactics-- transforming back into his small black cat form, and Caramia now has a handful of cat shooting him a baleful look, tufted tail twitching nervously.]

....You're kind of a spazz, aren't you?

[.....Apparently he can talk like this too. His normally deeper voice is pitched slightly higher in this form.]
Edited 2018-04-29 13:06 (UTC)
youwillbeunequaled: (x end of the thread; tip of the spear)

[personal profile] youwillbeunequaled 2018-04-29 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah... Mutsunokami-dono, you have only one change of clothes right now, too. Let's mend them together later.

Of course Mutsu is keeping close. They have fought together and sparred together before. He knows Tonbokiri's openings as a spear. Likewise, while Mutsunokami's fearless, direct style is to be admired, Tonbokiri is aware of its flaws.

Like now.

Seeing Mutsu's stance shift and the direct stab coming for his arm, he shifts his outstretched right arm back so that the blade catches his bracer.

And, seized by an impulse, Tonbokiri lets go of the spear with his left hand and reaches it over to grasp at Mutsunokami's wrist.
He wants to be close, ne? Can he resist his sword being dragged forward and up by Tonbokiri's raw strength?]
scooptimistic: (I see it's serious talk time)

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[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-04-29 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sure. Sure! Maya's okay with observing Batman do his thing-- except.

Uh. ]


Is this your... traditional feeding method?
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
( His clothes are always a little torn! What's a few more tears?

But to answer your question: No. Mutsu absolutely can't resist that and his eyes go wide when he realizes what's going on. He tries to pull away but it's too little too late. He's being pulled too close for comfort now and without thinking, his free hand reaches for the gun at his side...

It happens so quickly, his hand is actually on the grip, the gun half drawn, when... something finally clicks. Swords aren't like guns at all. You don't draw your gun unless you're willing to accept the responsibility that comes with it. If you shoot, you shoot to kill. There's no pulling back a bullet like you can with a sword. The slightest movement can offset your aim and turn a minor injury into a deadly one.

And... he doesn't want to do that to Tonbokiri? He doesn't want to kill him. Heck, he doesn't even want to hurt him. Why are they even...

Still, at the end of this moment, his hand is still on his gun and he's mid-draw and Tonbokiri has no way of knowing what's going on in Mutsu's head to know that the effects of the candy are wearing off.
)
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dirk strider | homestuck

[personal profile] robosmith 2018-04-29 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
A. NETWORK
[ written in a charming pink: ]

Feed it what though?
Does anyone know?
Because I do not want to be responsible for feeding it the wrong thing and having it keel over and die.
I'm pretty sure that would count as an auto-fail or at least a retroactive one.
Unless simply fulfilling the quest objective and feeding it whatever is enough to count as a success, consequences be damned.
Which would be all kinds of fucked up.
There really should be more details given here, think of the poor cockatrice.

B. PROMPT FOUR
[ getting to feed a cool bird monster seems like reward enough on its own to dirk, but hey he's not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. (if only the reward had been a horse though.) so when he finds the picture book, he readily takes it outside to peruse it leisurely where he can enjoy the outside air, taking a seat on the front step and ... oh.

hm. alright then.

it's not the most pleasant picture book ever, especially given the strong implication behind the garishly colored pages. fortunately or unfortunately, it's nothing new to him. when your entire life has been monitored by a pair of alien siblings, it's kinda hard to be fazed. sure, it's messed up, but it's Whatever. a reward is a reward and he's going to make the best out of it.

so he sets the book down on his lap, takes out a pen and sets to work.

he only pauses whenever someone's about to pass by on the sidewalk, looking up from whatever he's doing. ]


Hey, you wouldn't happen to have any other colors, would you?

[ he holds up his pen to indicate it and he straightens a little, revealing that he's been ... basically defacing the book. he's adding to the drawings with his own in black ink, making them ridiculous. there's even commentary written. it's being turned into a shitpost in picture book form.

also boy, there sure is a lot of decapitation being depicted on those pages. specifically of him. how is this guy even alive?? it's a mystery. ]

C. WILDCARD
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