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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!

kringlefuck: (( 108. ))

[personal profile] kringlefuck 2018-05-02 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ well, this eases his temper cause John just said something really nice, so.. John is always nice! That's kind of what Jake has decided right now. ]

I reckon its pretty thoughtful now that you mention it...
I never would have expected something like that to happen. Um i mean me to stand out like that in such a way.
kringlefuck: (( 181. ))

[personal profile] kringlefuck 2018-05-02 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Erg.. ive kind of already died before i guess its nothing new.
[ omfg... ]
Edited 2018-05-02 00:49 (UTC)
relieable: (you're so dumped)

[personal profile] relieable 2018-05-02 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[wow don't pin this on him?? even though it was totally Osomatsu's fault]

Th-that's not the cockatrice, is it?

[the cockatrice roars at the mention of its name. it also sees the food fly up. so it charges at the bag, leaping up and ripping it open, letting the food shower down like rain]
courted: (pic#11879016)

[personal profile] courted 2018-05-02 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS, for this is the second time Haru will die in the vicinity of Styx ]

Thank you, miss.

[ Even with the roughened edge of aggression, Haru's manners are as precise and unfailing as ever. And then, with surprising strength and agility, she moves forward on a toe, slipping through the air to catch Drake's personal space. In one solid, invasive swing, the branch pushes toward the other woman's face.

Yeah.

Haru fucking fights dirty. ]
worlds: (s'cool blood ain't mine)

[personal profile] worlds 2018-05-02 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Well then.

His head cants to one side.]


Do you really want to die?
courted: (pic#11879008)

[personal profile] courted 2018-05-02 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bless Arsene, honestly. Haru isn't sure if she's relieved or not to see the Cockatrice merely felled, asleep, rather than dealt with more firmly. Then again, she thinks, if the task is to feed the thing, then Akira took the wisest route. (As always.)

He'll struggle a bit with her weight. Haru grimaces apologetically. Ordinarily, she's not a heavy girl - but her bottom half still weighs as much as half a statue would. Stone is quite dense, and a good argument for gravity. ]


Wait, Joker--

[ don't strain yourself, dude :( ]

I'm too heavy.
courted: (pic#11879006)

[personal profile] courted 2018-05-02 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
No. It certainly is not.

[ She's... self-aware, at least? Of course, it's a bad idea. She doesn't really want to fight in her rational mind. Unfortunately, said rational mind is buried beneath a wellspring of adrenaline, consistently coursing upward and forward, no end in sight.

Her expression tightens further, aggression firming her brow.

... she waves the branch again through the air. ]
scooptimistic: (Blank protag face #2)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-05-02 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yes, pay no mind to the lady sneaking back and around-- although she has no idea if they're going to subdue it first and then feed it?? Does it count if you tackle it and shove something in its mouth????

Ah, well. Maya's just going to creep closer. ]
outblooms: (to be a flower blooming close → to you)

Monaka Miyama-Uguisu | The Miyama-Uguisu Mansion Incident

[personal profile] outblooms 2018-05-02 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
ONE ❀ CANDY LAND

[ Of all the places that might possibly be unwelcoming in the wide, wide world, Monaka never imagined that a forest might be one of them. She never imagined a forest might be so utterly devoid of color or that such a sad, foreboding place might be the location of a truly quaint, colorful little candy house. It's plain upon her face as she gazes wide-eyed up at the structure. Surprise gives way to wonder and curiosity and it's not long before she's standing in front of the door, dusting her clothes off with a look of determination. It may be made of candy, but it's a house, so surely someone lives here?? She's going to knock on the door!

...

And wait. And wait and wait and wait and wait and wait --

Until her stomach voices a rather loud, embarrassing complaint that honestly shouldn't be all that surprising given how long she's been walking. Covering her mouth with a hand, she looks left, then right with flushed cheeks. Ah... she's really, really hungry. If this person's house is made of candy, perhaps they have something to eat or know where she could find something for herself. Maybe... she can peek in the window and see if anyone's home? She shuffles off the doorstep with a little hop in moving to approach the window, but her foot finds the rock hiding in the grass and she reaches out as she falls forward and manages to grip a large candy cane and steady herself. It's only when she manages to straighten that the thing snaps clean off the wall. ]


A-ah, no...!

[ She looks at the broken stick of candy cane in her hands for a moment, then frantically begins to try to reattach it to the wall, pleading with it almost desperately: ]

Please go back! I didn't mean to... [ Break someone's house. She didn't mean it! ]

TWO ❀ COLORS ABLOOM

[ Worse? After having such a hard time of it in the forest and over the course of the past few days, Monaka couldn't have possibly asked for anything better than a flower bed coloring before her eyes. It's bright, bright enough that she has to shield her eyes with a sleeve initially, but her still widening smile could be called the very same. It's just as the last flower finishes its coloring that she drops herself in front of the flower bed and reaches gently to touch them, to smell them with all the familiarity of something like an old friend.

If you happen to walk in earshot, she beckons: ]


Did you see? The flowers here are all colored now. You should smell them! [ And she is beaming. ]

THREE ❀ FINDING CHICKEN LITTLE

[ Most people probably have the good sense about them to think something, anything suspect of the simplicity of the quest presented. Monaka? Monaka is neither worldly enough to think as much or to know what exactly a cockatrice is. What she knows is it's... probably an animal and that it's hungry? That's how the quest reads, anyway. And so, she is standing out in the open with a hand cupped around her mouth, earnestly calling: ]

Cockatrice-san! Cockatrice-san, please come out! I've made something nice for you!

[ She's got a sandwich and some berries on a plate in her other hand and her volume is just barely above that of a normal indoor speaking voice. Send help. ]

FOUR ❀ WILD CARD

[ Looking to do something else? Drop me a starter or hit me up on plurk to plot something up! ]
Edited 2018-05-02 09:32 (UTC)
hydrokinetics: (that's for the restless)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-02 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Considering the last time I ate an unknown something I turned into a guinea pig? I think I'll pass. [He prods the house with his toe though.] Let's keep walking and see if she's around. We could probably get some answers before she tries to bake us.
hydrokinetics: (We can leave this behind)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-02 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Ow! [That's the first thing and he actually turns around to face her because Mafuyu???] No way! I don't think it would respond very well to other people.

[Like. Would it turn back into a pen? He genuinely isn't that sure, but the cockatrice snaps and narrowly misses Percy's scalp.] But maybe you should be the distraction and I'll throw, you seem loud enough.
hydrokinetics: (Well you've got to find a way)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-02 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Why would you want to keep something like this? [WHY THIS??]
hydrokinetics: (I'm in the details with the devil so)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-02 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[A fairytale land, huh? Okay, sure, that's not weird in comparison to literally everything else. There's a "huh" to himself as he looks at Minato again.]

What else can you tell me about this place then? I definitely don't recognize it so that rules out anywhere close by.
windeity: (BETAS ♫ groupchat)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-05-02 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[The one person who will apparently always be nice to Jake English. But thank god.]

really?
you are probably the only person i know who actually uses "reckon" in a sentence! not to mention the whole "I type like this and thats all there is to it."
kind of like i type like this.
and dave types like this because idk he thinks hes so cool or w/e
but jade! is always like this!! :D all the time and she is very recognizable and would be without green too
And then Rose is like Ms. Smartypants Perfect Grammar and Syntax Wizardry.
...so yeah. you stand out even without it.
asano_san: (tears)

[personal profile] asano_san 2018-05-02 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
It's a chicken, isn't it?!

[Make up your mind, Keigo. Either it's not a chicken or it is.

He flails his arms with every word, sometimes pointing, sometimes just getting all of that fear energy out.]


It has the wings and the beak. It's just a crazy giant red-eyed chick-

[Getting a clearer look at the red eyes is a bad plan all around. He's turned to stone, his arms lifted mid-flap, also like a chicken.]
queenofminiskirts: (cheerful || super friendly)

[personal profile] queenofminiskirts 2018-05-02 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Isn't that negligence????]

Roger that! [She gives her a thumbs up. Even if it didn't work out exactly as Mafuyu imagined, Kaoru was sure they could manage something!

Now she's floating off with an arm full of candy.]
queenofminiskirts: (teasing || how about that)

[personal profile] queenofminiskirts 2018-05-02 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you said you were Prompto?

[The way she couldn't hold back her grin and sounded like she was seconds away from breaking out in laughter probably showed that she was joking.]

Nope. But we found some food that doesn't taste like ash.
relieable: (i'm gonna throw up through my eyes)

[personal profile] relieable 2018-05-02 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[uh... UHHHH. WHAT HAPPENED?]

Hey! Hey man, you okay?

[why has he turned to stone? Osomatsu shakes him, then turns to see the beast advancing. all right. well, the right thing to do would be to drag Keigo back with him. but Osomatsu rarely does the right thing.

still, if this guy is a statue now, he might be good to use as a distraction, so Osomatsu attempts to grab him and run]
asano_san: (shocked)

[personal profile] asano_san 2018-05-02 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[So many complaints.

WHAT WAS THAT?! WHY CAN'T I MOVE?!

Does it look like I'm okay? I'm going to be a statue that birds poop on for the rest of my life!

What are you doing? Don't break me!

So little ability to say them.]
Edited 2018-05-02 02:40 (UTC)
nipzips: (like whispered dreams)

[personal profile] nipzips 2018-05-02 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Uh ... [ Being a japanese teenager from the 90s, fluidity of gender is a foreign concept to him. If it was just a joke then that's ... more comforting? Still, while Josuke does like to crack jokes he's never joked about such serious and concerning topics. Of course he would be worried hearing something like that. ]

Of course I'm going to be worried, hearing someone say that. Not that I know a lot about this stuff, but I'm the kinda guy who'll wanna be there for a friend when they're feeling sad, y'know? [ Yeah, they are immediately friends. Deal with that, asshole. ]

But okay, if it's really just a joke ... [ He'll let it go. Even if he has some suspicions it's one of those joking-but-not situations. ]
withwisdom: (pic#)

"the mystic symbol is three triangles in a bigger triangle" - zelda creator, probably

[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-05-02 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ it is nuts, at least to someone who isn't used to magic. but slowly the light wanes and the beam breaks, the glow vanishing suddenly, and zelda stumbling in place slightly as it stops. quickly she steadies herself and... and nothing. the apple remains colorless. she exhales a heavy breath, disheartened, and looks to the man. ]

It seems my power cannot break whatever ills the land. ...It's so dreadful. [ she looks out to the mostly gray world, frustrated. ] This world must be so beautiful when it has its colors.
unfatalist: eat your heart out nahman jayden (SHADES ⚔ i wear sunglasses at night)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-05-02 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Well. Cat's out of the bag, now, for anybody who still thought his name was Tellus, but at least by now he's reasonably sure that the precautions aren't altogether necessary anymore, so it's...a minor complication at best.]

That's no less than five questions at once, you realize. Do you perhaps have a priority order I should follow in answering them?

[Strange. Prompto's always been the clingy sort, a bit, but he doesn't tend to hang off of Ignis's arm like that, as a matter of habit. Curious. The relief makes sense, though, after they'd been separated in Altissia, so...]

I was rather hoping Gladio would've been with you, actually.

[You know. In Altissia. Where everyone is from.]

I'm quite all right. I know we were separated for some time, but...no, I'm fine. No worse for the wear.

[Liar, liar, he remembers the furniture chanting, and stubbornly swallows the thought back.]
withwisdom: (⟡ dawn)

now that we are no longer in pain...

[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-05-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ a small smile comes up when he assures her, and it makes her realize that she made him worry. oh dear. she covers his hand with her own and looks up to him bright-eyed, gently pushing his away from her shoulder now that the moment has passed. ]

You're very kind good sir. Please, don't worry about me. The Goddesses will surely reveal a sign to us one way or the other. [ and she steps away and walks past him to take a deeper look around the house's interior. ] Empty places can at times be full of secrets. We shouldn't take for granted anything in order to have a fruitful investigation.
nipzips: (i hate these icon keywords)

[personal profile] nipzips 2018-05-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thanks Bruce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why has every adult he's met so far been an asshole. ]

Wait a sec! Why don't you eat it? Then I'll take care of whatever happens to you!
observitude: (charles - goodnight)

[personal profile] observitude 2018-05-02 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[This is...a lot to take in... And now he's feeling a little guilty, too, having grown so used to letting his problems bleed into every aspect of reality. That had just been the idea, hadn't it? Of course he would be accustomed to things being that way...]

Friends, hm? I'm hurt that you got so tired of a sister already. [He's quick to raised a hand gloved in black to wave it off. He's still being sassy.] Sorry. It is hard to be Charles some days, but it's easier than it used to be, so don't worry yourself too much. Especially not over a stranger, even if they're a sister and friend. Wanting a day of Gretel isn't entirely because of that, either.