Test Drive Meme 2.

[awashmods]

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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[good_ideas]

[Candy houses in the woods belonged to old witches out for little children to snack on, Shiho thought that was common enough knowledge that her first thought had been to break this house, out the perpetrator and drag them into jail.

What she doesn't expect is that some poor child has probably gotten here already.

...Except when Kamui approaches he's obviously not a child. And grabbing her shoulder is either the actions of an overly friendly pervert or someone with a plan she won't like. Which is why she's already got her gun shoved into his gut even as he pulls her in, too quick for her to react. (Not that she'd ever actually shoot him, usually a threat should be enough?!)]

[asano_san]

I know the difference between getting hit and getting kissed!

[One happens to him and one doesn't.]

Only hot girls are allowed to kiss me with no warning!

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[good_ideas]

[Shiho is still out to catch the witch who built this house, which is why when she sees Tenn she's already defensive, arms crossed.]

Right? Even a kid wouldn't fall for something like this. [And if a kid did, then that's just more incentive to make the watch sorry, right?]

[moralmyopia]

[Okay, wise-fucking-guy. Sasuke just gives Deidara an unamused side glance.]

It's not corn.

[And he wishes he could say it's not corn because Deidara is a moron; really, it's not corn because "two of any color," and he doesn't believe corn to be the case. Unless... the corn was a corn cob, and each corn cob was some crazy shade of the rainbow.]

Go test it.

[Is Deidara... chicken?]

[youwillbeunequaled]

[His sister? Well, he can't say he understands, but he supposes he can imagine.

Again, he smiles reassuringly.]

Yes, a good spirit. Indeed, I fight off the evil ones! [He gives the ground a solid thump with the end of his spear to accent that remark.]

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[good_ideas]

[Does he expect a serious answer?

Because Shiho looks him up... then down... then up again before giving him a brilliant smile:]


Nope!

[glorypunch]

Wha—?!

[ no! she had tasted it herself and it was fine!! she thought it was good, actually, considering what she had to work with. she wouldn't have offered it, after all, if she weren't completely confident in the taste of her dish. ]

Eichi?!

[ he looks bad...! ]

[asano_san]

[Keigo jumps a little. Good spirit or not, sudden spear movements are startling.]

If you fight off evil spirits, what about this house? [He's finally stopped hiding his chunk of said house behind his back and gestures with it.] Is there anything evil going on here? [Can he eat the candy? Can he?]

[batteredhat]

[ Gandalf would be quite put out if Mafuyu broke his pipe in well-meaning but slightly pointless efforts to stop the old man from smoking! He isn't quite sure if he could get a replacement here, and he's rather fond of this one.

He glances over at the girl once or twice as he peruses the book but makes no effort to hide any pages. If anything, he shifts it just a bit so that she can get a better view in her new position. At her question, he taps a finger on a grey stick figure with a blue pointy hat over in the middle somewhere.]

I believe that one is meant to be me, and unless I'm sorely mistaken, this was what later came to be known as the Battle of Five Armies.

[He pauses to consider for a moment how best to summarize.]

Really, it started out as a stand off between three - an army of Dwarves, an army of Elves, and an army of Men - in a disagreement over what to do with the dragon's gold. Then a vast host of Goblins and Wargs and other foul things turned up to stake their own claim, and the other three joined together in defense.

I aided them against the goblin army, and at length we were joined by the Eagles - [ represented on the page by several brown v shapes in the sky ] - until at last the leader of the Goblins was felled. His underlings panicked and fled, and the day was indeed won. ... though not without cost.

[Hence why it was a bad day. Gandalf is pretty used to people he is fond of dying, but that hardly means he likes it.]

[glorypunch]

[ what she knows is that the cockatrice's breath is what does it, but it's also probably a bad idea to get caught in its gaze. either way, she's definitely in the best position to not get turned to stone, though one way or the other she's going to have to put her hand in its mouth. ]

One... more second!

[ she's clinging to it tightly now, and there's an uncomfortable few seconds where she has to press herself against it to keep her balance and grab the food. recklessly, she just kind of... punches it into its beak from behind, and her arm is quite immediately turned to stone. ]

Gyah—! [ a high-pitched squeal, and there she goes... tumbling off. ]

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[good_ideas]

[Shiho is also hiding if only because she doesn't really fancy being turned into rockery. She's also pulling a gun-shaped weapon out and contemplating it then the cockatrice when Zelda speaks.]

Hm. How about we stun it...

[With her gun which also doubled helpfully as a grappling hook, taser and a flamethrower.]

And then shove food into its mouth?

[ifionlyhadthecourage]

[ Spazz? What the hell, he just got a little excited. Kids these days... Still, he cradled this small cat happily, even if he was still insulting him. He doesn't seem all that surprised that he could talk- he's used to it. The pitch change is new, however. ]

Ah, scusa, scusa, I just haven't seen another talking feline in so long.

[ He used one of his hands to ruffle his hair. ]

What's your name, signore?

[glorypunch]

[ phew! that gun is so scary. but nanami has decided that she's going to see this through, because she has pride as genkaku's heir, and she's not going to let some pirate vixen trip her up! even with those gigantic bazongas. ]

All right! You asked for it! Nanami... Striiiiike!

[ nanami is... pretty fast! she's not strong, but she can get a good whack, and if she can knock that pistol out of her opponent's hand then she'll be in great shape. ]

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[good_ideas]

[This is the worst prize for feeding a horrible, blood-thirsty bird thing. Shiho gives hers a glare, having not even opened it.

Then she turns in a heartbeat (at the mention of fire) and gives Mahmut a brilliant smile:]

Good idea. With two, it'll burn even better, right?

[And with no prompting, she's already throwing her book on the ground and collecting rocks to go around it. Die, book.]

[youwillbeunequaled]

Mm? This house is not an evil spirit. But there is certainly something suspicious going on here.

[He turns to regard the colourful house, one hand on his chin in thought.]

Unless it is a reward from one of Mr. White's quests, this is likely not normal food... Haha, well, you can tell just by looking. A house made of candy is not normal anyway.

[foeyay]

[The kiss proceeds more like a battle than a show of affection. Kamui is definitely trying to "win" this altercation. When he finally does release his poor victim, his sneer is one of triumph.]

You were wide open.

[neetvampire]

[Kuro is 18 going on 800 or so, but he definitely still acts like a teenager.]

You've met many talking cats?

[Kuro accepts the pets in this form, at least. He's much more used to getting pets as a cat than when he's in his bigger form, and it's much less embarrassing for the shut in vampire. He lets his eyes fall closed in what is obviously a contented kitty face.]

....Kuro. My name's Kuro.

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[good_ideas]

[Shiho's own book wasn't any better, filled page after page with a tiny purple-haired figure trying her best and being rejected by person after person until it had met an equally tiny red-haired figure and dark-haired figure. But still, having someone look into her past and reproducing it like this feels too invasive, even with adorable child-drawing Minamoto there.]

Thanks. [And with that she's pitching her own book in, giving it a dubious look and then turning that look on the other's food.]

...You'll get sick eating that. [Why not use the fire is what she doesn't get.]

At least warm it a little.

[ifionlyhadthecourage]

[ So they're close in age then! But if this is how he'll act, Caramia's certainly still going to treat him like a child. ]

Sure, my world's full of them. My pride were all talking lions. [ He grinned. ] I also used to be a talking lion. I'm only just recently finding out that talking lions aren't the norm, however.

[ Sorry, Kuro, Caramia's used to just... petting everything that was smaller than him- including people. ]

Piacere di conoscerti, Kuro. I'm Caramia.

[swordfucker]

[Oh shit, that's a big bird to fall off of. Guren only has a split second to consider it, and then he's darting out into the open, trying to run to her. He doesn't want to risk if she can or can't right herself with a stone arm with that fall.

Of course, he's barely going to make it. He jumps and then drops his sword, letting his arms wrap around Nanami if he can reach her. That won't stop them from crashing right into the ground, anyway, but he's hoping to take some of the impact here.

Especially from a stone arm that could shatter.]

[foeyay]

[A gun may have frightened anyone else in the known universe. But Kamui? Kamui's shivers are of excitement. This delicate-looking teenage girl is so comfortable with such a weapon that she can aim it in an instant, with a steady hand to boot. She's much stronger than she looks. Kamui wants to know how strong.

That's why he doesn't stop. He doesn't even hesitate. With a lethal weapon trained on his stomach, Kamui forces a kiss on a sixteen year old girl he's never met. He can't stop smiling the entire time, eager to see how far she'll go to fight him off.]

[mermaiding]

Eh... [His apology and all sort of makes her anger fizzle out, but she wasn't very attached to it anyhow she she lets it go. An eyebrow raises, mouth opening and closing a couple times as she tries to figure out how one is even supposed to respond to that.

In the end she settles on a blunt:] You are weird. [But it's not said like it's a bad thing so much as an obvious observation.]

Am not human, so will take that as good thing. Toboe. [She repeats the name once or twice, liking how it sounds, and hums in approval] Name is, ehhh... Too difficult to be said. Call me 'Oona.'

Said 'other humans.' You are not human? [She leans in curiously]

[foeyay]

So it's okay if I warn you?

[Kamui's extreme side-eye says he's judging Keigo. Hard. He's the one who just tried to kiss a man he doesn't know, and yet he's the one judging Keigo.]

[mermaiding]

[She jumps in alarm and looks at him wide-eyed, like she'd honestly believed he either wouldn't notice or just wouldn't say anything about her attempting to steal this thing.

Then her face falls into a petulant sort of pout and she huffs.] ...No. [Blunt, and Oona turns back to the staff; she does, at least, drop her hand back to her side without touching it further though.]

Is yours'? What is?

[finethanks]

Nngh...

[He can't do a thing against being picked up like some sort of a doll. That's infuriating, even if he'd appreciate being stopped if he were in the right frame of mind. Right now, all he wants to do is fight Madara in every way that he can, and his eyes try to carve holes into his heart with just a stare.]

If you'd like to fight back, then set me down and hit me normally. [He'd die from that? But what he wants is a fight, from both sides... He doesn't care about anything else. Desperately, he tries to swing his legs to kick out, but he can't reach.]

There's no one here to stop you, is there? So why hesitate?