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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awoosh2018-04-28 06:59 pm
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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!

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[personal profile] prochronistic 2018-04-29 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[buddy. pal. friend.

Yuuri crouches down to try and get a better look at Howl, since his face is angled downward and she can't actually see his expression when she's standing. ...or now, even. He sure has a lot of hair.]


Excuse me, are you hurt...?
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[personal profile] shipracked 2018-04-29 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[whoa]

[the arcs of ink rushing towards her aren't nearly as much of a surprise as the bullet being flung in her direction is. she doesn't have any abilities that allow her to block those attacks. soooo she takes the doging route instead, pushing against the house, launching herself into the air as the ink and bullet slice through gummy candy shingles]

[she lands in a three-point crouch a few feet away, her weapon raised above her head]


Nice. Very nice. It's better when there's a bit of a challenge involved!
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[personal profile] prochronistic 2018-04-29 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[yuuri has no idea why this small child is wearing a helmet like that, but... to each their own... she's seen stranger things, really.

more important is the fact that he seems kind of down in the dumps. so she heads right on over to him and takes a seat next to him.]


If you want, I could tell you a story with a happier ending, maybe.
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[personal profile] nipzips 2018-04-29 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, that could be the reason why they want us to feed them. [ Wasn't quite what he meant though. ]

But I meant more like -- Maybe when we feed 'em later, they'll learn to trust us? [ And possibly be less horrible than shown in Prompto's picture. Josuke's only being optimistic. ]

Anyway, we can't exactly do anything with no food to give them. You must know what they eat, right?
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[personal profile] inheritance 2018-04-29 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [That one word says it all, as does the dawning realization on his face before it becomes grim.]

They always do this... somehow they know what happened to us back in our worlds, and they use those memories to mess around with us.

[His expression softens when he looks at Yuuri again.] They've never done this with the quest rewards, though. Are you okay?
worlds: (but seriously why)

[personal profile] worlds 2018-04-29 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[The patterns of aura continue to dance around Ouni as he steps back, still very much battle-ready.]

I don't hear that from most.
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[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
( It's a window! Not a roof! It's all good, Horikawa! If it helps though, he'd never blame Horikawa if he got sick. Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki can own up to his mistakes.

Ah, but he doesn't feel sick right now? What he feels is... something else, though. He can hear a rushing in his ears and his spirit suddenly feels like it's on fire. He can hear Horikawa. He can see him coming closer and it just puts him more on edge, stoking a growing flame inside of him. There's a hand on it's shoulder and it's careful and the voice that follows is kind but it isn't enough to calm him.

Reaching for Horikawa's hand, he slaps it aside and reaches for the sword at his side. Wait, what? Vaguely, he's aware that this isn't something he should be doing but he can't help it. He wants to do this. He wants to fight Horikawa so bad.
)

Relax, Horikawa. ( His voice is light, casual. He speaks as if nothing is wrong but something isn't right. ) Everything's alright. ( It's not and suddenly, he takes a step back, shifting into a ready stance and drawing his sword to attack immediately. He's no master of iai but he's been fighting long enough to act quickly. ) See?

( See???? )

C'mon, I'll show ya.
unferal: ([w] they were never true)

[personal profile] unferal 2018-04-29 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah!! I mean I think so! This place is weird and nothing smells right and I couldn't find anyone. But you're here! I'm really glad to see you.

[All in a rush because wow being not alone is by far the best thing. Alone is terrible. He's never liked it and liked it even less once he learned what it was like to actually have a pack. His tail is still going and he drops to a seat, peeking around.] Do you know where we are?
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[personal profile] observitude 2018-04-29 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[The white-haired boy that approaches her looks to be about her age, and despite his worried, gentle smile, he keeps a respectful amount of distance between them. He's loathe to be so useless, but...there are a few factors that make him want to keep his hands to himself.]

Hello, Miss. What color is this woman's hair?

[His voice is soft but firm as he flips his own gold-covered book open and shows Meridiana a crude drawing of a redhead holding onto a black-haired boy's collar and dangling him out the window. He apparently needs to know this information right at this very moment, traumatized gal.]
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kiss or fight... randomize it

[personal profile] prochronistic 2018-04-29 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Excuse me, I'm coming in—

[Look. This is a strange forest. The material this house is made of aside, Yuuri wants to take a load off her feet and rest for a bit - she speaks up mainly out of habit, and doesn't expect anyone to actually be in here.

But... there's an idol!]


Eh? Is this your house?
unferal: ([h] i'll never say enough)

[personal profile] unferal 2018-04-29 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry! I dunno! I just kinda felt like I had to. That sounds weird. That's weird, I know...

[He offers a very sheepish little smile, hopeful for forgiveness because well. He's never just up and kissed a stranger before. Usually he's way too skittish around strangers.

A pause and he cants his head to the side, a very canine little movement.]
You smell different. [Wait. That's also weird.] Not bad or anything. I mean it's good! Just not like the other humans. [He shouldn't have said that either.] ...umm I mean. I'm Toboe.
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[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
( But how will he know to run away five minutes ahead of time if he can't see the blue? This lack of color thing sure is inconvenient. He hears a voice and he flinches. Authoritarian voices trigger him. )

Try what again?

( Eating dust???? Is she telling him to eat off the ground? To be honest, eating dirt probably wouldn't be any different. )
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[personal profile] unferal 2018-04-29 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm! That's why there's so few of us left. Humans didn't like us.

[A shrug. He's too young to remember the worst of it. And he was raised by an old human lady whom he loved so he's fond of humans anyway.] But... I'm pretty sure it's because they were scared and didn't understand you know?

People do bad things sometimes because they're scared.
observitude: (c - lol)

storybook

[personal profile] observitude 2018-04-29 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh. That's...an interesting way to think about it. Charles can't help but to laugh a little.]

You think so? I was worried about a stalker, maybe, or perhaps some cruel god, but a genuine fan sounds a lot better, doesn't it?

[would that...ever be likely... Not for him or for her, if the glimpse he got is anything to go by.]
photoshooter: (SQUINT 📷 Well that's just unsanitary)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-29 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Josuke, optimism lands you in gay JRPG daemon jail. Take it from Prompto.]

What do they eat? Uhhh...

[jeopardytheme.mp3]

Really giant bugs? I don't know, I've never fed one before! Usually I'm trying to get away from those beaks, not put stuff in them.
hydrokinetics: (what we gonna do ya'll?)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-04-29 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, okay, but how good's your aim for that? [Another dodge as the cockatrice squawks and he turns to look at Mafuyu. Potentially poor aim or not it's a better idea than he had.] Here, catch! [He reaches into the pocket of his jeans and tosses a large dog biscuit at her. ]
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[personal profile] robosmith 2018-04-29 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the broken katana held loosely by his side is hardly adequate for chopping off any heads — way too short a reach — so no worries there, bro.

prompto flops back down and dirk will just ... respectfully keep his distance. which really just translates to him hovering awkwardly in the doorway, glancing around and assessing the surroundings from behind his shades.

it's obviously empty and devoid of any actual inhabitants. still ... ]


True, but what about the cannibalistic witch that supposedly lives here?
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[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-04-29 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Gh—!

[wHY!!! This is like one of those marker towers you'd make in school that could never stay together because they just ended up too tall. This is a horrible idea, and he's clutching at Crowley's other shoulder like his life depends on it.]

How is this going to help at all? [This looks ridiculous and if someone sees them, he swears...] Have you ever heard of a cockatrice? We have to be careful getting close at all, let alone clumsily like this.

[Also, what if he drops him... real concerns.]
photoshooter: (GASP 📷 NANI???)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-29 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shoots back up to sitting.]

The what? --Ow ow ow.
tokugawa: (☼ determined to be true)

[personal profile] tokugawa 2018-04-29 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[DON'T APOLOGIZE - he thinks this is amazing!! Her eagerness delights him as his own eyes light up in excitement and he is absolutely just going to relax his hand so that she can turn them over any which way that she likes. There's only open trust here!!]

A sphairai? I'm sorry - I don't believe I've heard that term before, but ah... what was the next question - I'm a hand to hand fighter, yes! Once I held a spear, but those days are behind me. I cast it aside once I made the decision that I wanted to forge my country through bonds and unity rather than blood and war.

[THAT'S DRAMATIC.

THIS IS FINE.]
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[personal profile] flortissimo 2018-04-29 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... It is. Tsubomi is turning a lovely shade of... blue. ]

Um!! Please don't!!
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[personal profile] tosa 2018-04-29 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
( To be fair, until recently, he'd never really been in much of a position to stop anyone from doing anything. Even when Ryoma was young and considered and more violent path, Mutsu wouldn't have been able to do anything. He wonders how things would have ended up for them instead if Ryoma had succeeded that night instead of being swayed to a different cause.

Now that he has this body and the ability to act on his own... he hates hurting others. He hates it when others are hurt. He wants to be a sword that protects.
)

Staying in the same place doesn't always fix problems either. ( He sees your argument and raises you another, Sasuke. ) Getting out gives ya perspective. Keeps ya from getting nearsighted. And ya know, I can't think of a better place to see the the whole picture than the moon.

( But oooooh it sounds like Mutsu's book isn't the only one with trash drawings. )
tokugawa: (☼ my only sunshine)

[personal profile] tokugawa 2018-04-29 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I swear that I won't get in your way! But I hope that you can put your trust in me eventually...

[shameless little shit - but regardless he'll hold his hand out again with a smile]

Shall we proceed with our task?
mermaiding: (he home will safe return.)

Oona | OC

[personal profile] mermaiding 2018-04-29 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Prompt 1: Kiss the Rainbow]

[Like Oona's going to let anything like risk of death or hazardous terrain stop her from going wherever the fuck she wants. Please. She boldly (stupidly) marched off into the forest, barefoot and not at all dressed for the trek as usual, and has been having a grand ol' time trying not to die.

No really, it's been pretty fun! The mermaid would much rather be in the water, of course, in her proper form, but that's sort of impossible so. She'll make do for now.

Around the house she can be found and... It definitely looks like someone's gone to town eating it. Oona seems to have absolutely no forethought into why it might've been a bad idea to do this or anything, but she lights up in a rather uncharacteristic way (usually she never seems happy to see anyone) before throwing herself at whoever's approached to... try and kiss them? Right on the mouth??

Godspeed, person.
]

[Prompt 3: Something Something Cock Fight Joke]

[This had seemed like a fun good time at fist, but as soon as Oona realizes what they're actually up against, she puts a hand out in a 'stop' motion for whoever is with her.]

No.

[That's all she says. Aaand then she's turning on heel and trying to walk away. BYE UNFORTUNATE PARTNER, YOU GOT THIS RIGHT?]

[Prompt 4: Book Burning]

Book? Book? Feed stupid danger-chicken, get stupid book?! [She sounds so disgusted, stomping around the place and waving the book about in angry gestures. After a while she finally does crack it open, face set in a sulk until she starts realizing what she's looking at.

Her eyes widen in alarm and disbelief, before she suddenly scowls and begins ripping into the book ,sending pages scattering. The ones not wholly ripped depict surgery scenes mostly, scribbled out in childish, cartoony crayon drawings. A mermaid on operating tables, one with their chest or stomach opened up to examine the insides, one that appears to be some kind of dental surgery. Some are just the mermaid floating sadly in a tank.
]

Stupid, stupid, stupid! [It's an almost mad mantra as Oona rips at the book, before finally tossing the whole thing as hard and far as she can with a shriek of rage, breathing heavily] Who! Who drew?!
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[personal profile] tokugawa 2018-04-29 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
A little...?

[He's not going to be able to pick up on that Minato - or rather, even if he does, there's no indication of it is on his face.]

I'm not sure if I caught what you mean, my friend.