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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!

Important dates to remember are May 1st, 9 PM EST, when Reserves will open, and May 7th, 9 PM EST when Applications will open. Keep an eye out for it! As a side note, TDM threads are not canon, so please feel free to assume established CR for the sake of the TDM if it will make threading or showing off your character's voice easier.

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!

shipracked: (pic#12259106)

oh my god NANAMI DOES NOT DESERVE THIS

[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[BOOBS]

"Don't want to?" Then what are you doing all the way out here, girl?

[a flash of disappointment appears on Rider's features, but she lowers her weapon nevertheless. "restraint" is not a word in her dictionary, but there's no joy or challenge in fighting someone weak or unwilling to throw down]
nascere: (146)

iv.

[personal profile] nascere 2018-04-29 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ cockatrices have been successfully fed with very minimal damage -- no one was turned to stone, for one -- and even if noctis, for the life of him, doesn't understand just why one would choose to feed the vicious beasts instead of killing them, he follows accordingly.

a new person is met (and noctis can't shake the weird, weird feeling that somehow this new, strange, standoffish dude reminds him of himself). neither of them talk very much, but it suits noctis quite well. jobs are complete, and an unpleasant reward lies at the end of a very long and very strange tunnel.

he's staring at a similarly horrific scene in his own book, all color bleeding from his face. spot, his loyal black chocobo who had come along for the right, makes a soft, questioning kweh. he looks up when he hears his new companion's reaction, realizes quickly that maybe this isn't just limited to him, after all -- just like that whole talking furniture debacle. ]


Bad shit? [ he finally offers, more calm than he feels -- roiling, the clenching of his stomach. his father, dead in the middle of his throne room with a great sword in his chest. his knuckles are white when he closes the book. ] It happens. Whoever is running this town knows the worst of you.
glorypunch: (pic#12031430)

AND YET HERE SHE IS

[personal profile] glorypunch 2018-04-29 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, what are you doing all the way out here?! This isn't any place for a fight! This is someone's house!

[ her gaze keeps dipping lower and then snapping back up again. where is she supposed to look? they're just... they're just out there. she shouldn't let herself get distracted by a potential enemy, but like.

but like. ]
shipracked: (pic#12254004)

4

[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[. . .]

[. . . . .]

[. . . . . . .]

[normal, helpful people might stop to ask if this man is okay. but Rider is not a normal, helpful person. so when she passes by Howl, sprawled out over the door frame, clearly in Great Distress, she stops]

[she saunters over]

[she plants the heel of her boot against his shoulder]

[and she nudges him none-too-gently, probably to see if he'll react]


Hey. Are you dying?
moochobliged: (13)

[personal profile] moochobliged 2018-04-29 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[A space fashion lecture?! He probably needs that more than food, hunger is temporary, Guy Fieri hotrod sleeves are forever.]

Oh! [That's wild?!?!] Do you have regenerative healing powers...?

[Is that polite to ask a stranger? Eh.]
shipracked: (pic#12260392)

1

[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
["I didn't do it," Mutsu says to a woman currently ripping pieces of peppermint from the house's door frame. hm. hm!]

Yeah, yeah! Sure you didn't. And I didn't do that, either.

[points to said door frame, while popping a piece of peppermint into her mouth]
observitude: (charles - not today self-care)

Charles Eyler | Hello Charlotte 3

[personal profile] observitude 2018-04-29 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 2 - HOW ]

Oh! We've got some colors back now.

[...How. How could this young man, dressed head to toe in mostly black with a dash of white, tell from looking down at himself that anything had changed... Still, Charles hums, sounding pleased by the turn of events, and gives passersby a small wave.]

Do your best to stay alive.

[ 3 - WHO ]

[Sorry, partner! The short guy with long white hair you were working with has been turned to stone, leaving you to deal with chucking slabs of meat or berries or whatever it is you decided to bring at the cockatrice alone. Don't worry, though, because soon enough Charles comes over to the proving grounds, sweating and out of breath like he'd been in a rush.]

Sorry about that. At least you didn't get caught, too. Er -- it's me again.

[Aaaand he goes over to the statue that had once introduced himself as "C", gently resting his hand on his cheek.]

At least you'll be safe for a while... Though I don't suppose you know any cures for petrification? I really would like this vessel back as soon as possible...

[ 4 - WHY ]

[As much pain as there is in his eyes, Charles continues to flip through the pages of the book with a strained smile on his face, and occasionally lets out a soft noise of approval.]

Quite the storyteller... They've got the means to make a living out of this someday, whoever they are.

[ ? - WILDCARD ]

[Want something different with him as either Charles or as his vessel C? Cool cool. I'm over at [plurk.com profile] humbugger if you wanna discuss specifics!]
moochobliged: (9)

this is the worst

[personal profile] moochobliged 2018-04-29 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's been like three hours, please, have mercy on him. A pity pat isn't food but it does give him the opportunity to cling onto Josuke's leg, hey there. Now there is no escaping helping a homie out.

Why bring up his shirt now, when he is starving!!]


Ah, thank you... please don't suggest eating it...
relieable: (i deserve 69 blunts)

[personal profile] relieable 2018-04-29 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope!

[not even remotely. Osomatsu just grins at her. he's a hungry man]
relieable: are what college is about (restraining orders)

[personal profile] relieable 2018-04-29 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's really going to be nothing! it's a chicken hunt, and they get treasure if they fulfill the quest! it's like a very short job]

By calling to it, of course. [duh, Keigo] We're gonna start clucking when we get into the woods.
photoshooter: (DRAMA 📷 Then he WARPED off a CLIFF!)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-29 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not a--! Ugggh, okay, yes, technically I guess this'd make me a book-burner, but seriously! Just this one book, and then I give up my life of crime forever. Promise.

[He even crosses his heart. Come on!]
shipracked: (pic#12254003)

1

[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[honestly, Rider just takes one look at this poor girl, hair all tangled in the tree branch, and just. tsks]

I'm sure someone left a pair of scissors around here somewhere.

[this is probably the opposite of the kind of help Tsubomi wants, isn't it]
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
( A woman after his own heart, to be honest.

But Mutsu is a good sword spirit and he just wants to be good? He tries to not make trouble.... not on purpose, at least. You see, it's not his fault trouble always finds him! Like, wow, life sure would be easier you didn't have to worry about the police coming after you whenever you're having a good time. But then again, maybe his idea of a good time shouldn't be the best way to break everything...

He stares! Isn't it rude to just break someone's house? He was raised better than this.
)

Hey, hey, ya can't just-- ( Break off someone's door. But then she's shoving a piece of candy into her mouth and... well, I'd be lying if I said he wasn't also considering it. ) ... That's one way to hide the evidence, I guess.

( Was she even trying to hide it in the first place? )
shipracked: (pic#12260392)

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[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh ho ho! Now that's what I like to hear!

[did Rider also partake in the deliciousness that was the candy house? it doesn't matter, because whether she had or hadn't, she'd be accepting this proposal anyway. what kind of pirate says no to a good brawl, anyway?]

[. . . although Haru may want to be careful, because upon being challenged, the pink-haired pirate is yanking a flintlock pistol from her belt and twirling it around in her hand adeptly, like she's extremely well-practiced with such weapon. the good thing about being a Servant: endless supply of flintlock bullets]


Can't say how well your tree branch will stand up to my bullets, though.
moralmyopia: <user name="keldeo"> (pic#12243936)

[personal profile] moralmyopia 2018-04-29 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mutsu is too cute for this turd, honestly. Sasuke's expression doesn't really change with the explanation. Regardless of whether or not he's as impressed as Mutsu is about spaceships, it doesn't show on his face.

Sorry, Mutsu...]


What's the point? [His strange eyes lower to the book that lands on the floor. Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, huh?] Why bother going into space when villages can't stop fighting over the land here?

It's pointless.
shipracked: (pic#12254000)

FLEE NANAMI WHILE YOU STILL CAN

[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[if Rider notices the way Nanami's gaze constantly flickers down to her chest, she isn't commenting on it. at least Nanami's dignity is safe (???). ish]

Why else does someone venture into the dark woods but to seek out danger and adventure? Anyone who expects otherwise is nothing but naive.

[no comment on whether it's appropriate or not to fight near someone else's house, though. I mean, she already ate part of said house, so. you know. she probably has no manners, anyway]
photoshooter: (BACKLIGHT 📷 Rise and shine)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-29 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, then, we've got to get you out of this forest!

[With a burst of determination--a girl! SMILED at him!--Prompto sports-rolls onto his feet and offers her a hand.]

My name's Prompto Argentum. I'm, uh, not familiar with the area, but I've done plenty of exploring before. You could say it's my job to, like, help people and stuff. So don't worry, you're in good hands!
nascere: (8)

4.

[personal profile] nascere 2018-04-29 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Now there's a familiar voice. More strained than he remembers, skittish but very much him, and Noctis can't believe his ears when he hears it -- it's not a trick of the imagination, not the words of some belligerently uncleaned furniture or another; but it's him.

It's his best friend -- he would know that voice anywhere, and Noctis straightens up from where he'd been half-hidden in the shrubbery when he'd heard him, having been retrieving a glove he'd dropped. Incredulously, he responds, not quite believing his eyes. ]


Prompto?

[ Is his mind fucking with him? ]
shipracked: (pic#12253999)

[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[dude, something isn't fun unless it's something the police would come after you for?? please Mutsu learn to live a little???]

[she arches a brow as she crunches on a piece of peppermint, shoulder pressed against the candy house wall casually]


Eeeeh, it's less about hiding the evidence and more about enjoying the spoils of adventure. Who would waste an opportunity like this?

[because the house is hers now. yep. she found it, she's claiming it]

[but he can totally eat parts of it if he want's to; she won't stop him. she isn't greedy, after all]
nipzips: (close your eyes and i'll kiss you cuz)

i actually already went to bed but climbed out of bed to tag this ... ah .... thirst

[personal profile] nipzips 2018-04-29 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, hey! [ He was just a chill guy passing by, he really doesn't deserve this. Josuke struggles a little, almost loses his balance, but ultimately ... accepts his new koala-clinging friend with just a tinge of tiredness in his tone of voice. He could kick him off, but he's actually much too nice to. Mama wouldn't be proud of him if she knew he kicked a starving man.

what kind of yaoi is this, he didn't sign up for it ]
Eugh ... [ Just going to ... let him do that then. ]

I wouldn't do that ...? That'll just be weird and kinda gross. [ he's not ed?? he won't be feeding you boots homie, don't worry. ] Are there people who do that?
photoshooter: (RUN 📷 Run boy run)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-29 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[The world stops, kinda.

That is to say, the world doesn't stop, but Prompto's understanding of it screeches to a shuddering halt. He's been very much not thinking about Noct, which means, really, he's been thinking about Noct all the time. How sick with worry he is. How awful he feels about how Ardyn used him like that. How hopelessly he misses him. How he doesn't know how he can survive like this, torn from Noct's side.

Prompto turns, and no sound comes out as he mouths Noct's name.]


...

[And then he sucks in a breath and barrels at him full tilt, book dropping out forgotten somewhere on the road.]

NOCT!

[WHAMMO]
photoshooter: (SKETCHY 📷 Come again?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-29 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Like... you think someone tamed them?

[He hmmmmmmmms doubtfully.]

I guess that's not totally impossible... I mean, who wouldn't want a giant monster bird defending their land or something? They are pretty protective of their turf.
moochobliged: (1456233 (46))

High thirst quotient.....

[personal profile] moochobliged 2018-04-29 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's right, accept him. For a definitely starving young man, Ling's grip is eternal; he won't be pried off for less than a 5-course meal. Or if he's distracted by something, you know how it is.

So he's just here, hugging onto Josuke's leg and whining about eating clothes. Thank you for supporting him.]


Yes... Cruel men who would feed food unfit for a rat to their dearest friends...

[His tragic tale... He looks up imploringly.]

Do you have any money?
moralmyopia: <user name="keldeo"> (pic#12243934)

[personal profile] moralmyopia 2018-04-29 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bad shit.

The book has been made thick with it. The stack compared to the youth in Sasuke's tired face is startling. No way someone who looks barely sixteen, seventeen, can have a book of Bad Shit this heavy. Yet here it is.

Blue and unrefined; Uchiha, Sasuke but in strange characters; too colorful, too colorful for what's all inside it. Every heartache and sin standing out on the page, and he hadn't realized how much was there until it's all laid out. Not that he thinks he regrets a single one.

There's a bunch of excuses lodged in the base of his throat, most of all: they don't understand why he did what he did.]
They shouldn't.

[The first page was as bad as the last. A dark-haired boy surrounded by the bodies of family, facing a brother. Two friends on the heads of leaders, one fighting for them and one fighting to let go.]

It doesn't matter. Why show this?
prochronistic: (055)

[personal profile] prochronistic 2018-04-29 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not doing this alone.

[But they're doing this, so it's time to get down to business. Yuuri nods to herself as she thinks over their options.]

I'm confident in my athletic abilities. If it comes after me when I distract it, I can keep it distracted.