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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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robosmith: (0 7 5)

[personal profile] robosmith 2018-05-08 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he won’t call jake out on it, but he’ll be privately amused. he’s not sure what they would have done if someone did get shot in jake’s rampage so it’s a good thing they won’t have to find out. except if it had been an evil children-eating witch, it would have been fine. probably. he kind of doubts there even is a prison in this antiquated place and if there is, then jake is right and it’s unlikely it could hold them for long.

but hey, no prison breaks necessary. they can get their needless destruction on in peace. ]


Yeah. If you’re good on ammo, let’s start from the top.

[ normally ammo is not much of a concern, but who knows how jake would get his hands on more if he ever ran out in this place.

dirk doesn’t have to deal with that problem though so he’ll fly up and touch down on the roof before seemingly vanishing again, this time leaving cal floating in his wake. cal who proceeds to go to town on the roof. you’d think a soft puppet hitting a harder surface would not be effective... but there goes the nice gingerbread chimney, falling apart with a few of cal’s flailing plush punches and kicks. ]
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[personal profile] robosmith 2018-05-08 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ what even... ]

Both of those sound like a trip. [ like how is he even supposed to choose? both options are tantalizingly interesting. ] Start with the betraying furniture, I guess? I’m curious how articles meant to make a home more livable can betray you. Did chairs just fall apart beneath you? Doors slam into your face and refuse to let you out when all you wanted was to go outside for a nice stroll in the monochrome sun? What am I supposed to imagine here?

[ give him the deets, john.

also, he’s cool with john joining him on the step, even shifting a bit to make room for him. ]
hydrokinetics: (Are you scared to death to live?)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-08 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't know exactly where to go but he's dodged enough monsters in his life that he knows how to brush past trees and duck out of sight.]

Dude, I don't know about you but I'm not interested in what'll happen if we actually fail the quest. It just said to feed the thing. [Running until it tires out seems dumb too though.] What if we trap it in a bunch of the trees?
hydrokinetics: (you're better off trying to freeze hell)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-08 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Magazine? [Just. Kind of eyeballing her for a moment.] Didn't realize you were a journalist. I've talked to a couple of publishers before. [...since like. That's apparently canon?? Why it's canon we just don't know.]
hydrokinetics: (you're better off trying to freeze hell)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-05-08 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone very much alive with four giant paws and who loves playing "Get the Greek."
windeity: (PEEK ♫ over arms)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-05-08 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You could imagine that, but that at least would have been easier to deal with. [Thanks Dirk, what a bro. He'll let Dirk continue doodling even as he just kind of details everything, waving his hands a bit.]

They talked. Like the buildings and furniture and stuff would talk and it would tell you pretty much all of the things you didn't want to hear. Like everything you ever fucked up amplified in surround sound. That was only if you ignored the town's orders to clean it. Otherwise they were just kind of annoying. Or they'd sing. Stuff like that.
lonered: (12)

[personal profile] lonered 2018-05-08 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zero. Zero chill. In fairness, any Keith has zero chill. It's sort of a problem of his all around. Now at least he's not struggling. Really.

Just.

Hunk how are you this strong?]


Yeah. I think. What... what happened?

[WAIT.] I attacked you! Why did I attack you? Are you all right?
atomicals: (pic#12192025)

[personal profile] atomicals 2018-05-08 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's just strong! More than strong enough to bear hug a wee thing like Keith still.

Yes. Be impressed.]


I'm guessing it has something to do with eating evil witch house candy. Yeah. Pretty sure that was what did it.

I'm good, though. Here. [And he'll just, you know. Free him from the hug.]
nyahilistic: (0034)

[personal profile] nyahilistic 2018-05-08 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[His nose crinkles as he scrunches his face.]

I'm not either, but I guess if you're looking for old-timey aesthetics it could look neat. If I find a flamethrower I'll make sure you let you know before I set anything on fire. For your professional opinion. [He squints and curls the book closer to himself, clicking his tongue.] Maybe.
windeity: (UNSURE ♫ heck)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-05-09 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe. [He's just watching for a moment, unsure of what to think as he watches the shit-cat continue to grasp the book.]

Is it really that bad? Whatever's in the book.
parodeity: (Default)

just noticed prince of kokoro and laughed

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-05-09 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
yeah now all we have is like scary similar looking dudes who are not us
ie each other
which is way less daunting mostly
kind of
nyahilistic: (0065)

[personal profile] nyahilistic 2018-05-09 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[He goes a little cross-eyed.]

It's mostly just stupid embarrassing shit. [But it's not like he can pass it off as one of his brothers, he's the only one here.]
kringlefuck: (( 5. ))

[personal profile] kringlefuck 2018-05-09 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Pshaw. You hardly know me, pal. I've got ammo out the wazoo here. Just what do you think I am, ill-prepared?

[ Jake doesn't know what to expect from a puppetkind, but it certainly wasn't anything like that. He watches, baffled for a moment that a stuffed animal can do so much damage, but in a few seconds he stows away his golden Beretta to a double pistolkind. You guessed it, two identical Berettas. They aren't golden like the one he just put away, but they're his classic go to back on hell island. He'll leap into the air and fly about, whizzing through the air and firing shot after shot. He stays on his side of the house. Dirk is so fast, he doesn't want to accidentally shoot him by firing too close to his side.

It's a little alarming, but the upward crooks in his mouth seem a bit unnerving. He loves shooting way too much. ]
kringlefuck: (( 40. ))

[personal profile] kringlefuck 2018-05-09 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's amazing how John can just say one thing and instantly change Jake's mind, but what he types back is a little apprehensive. ]

Perhaps.. but i also wonder if it was just an excuse to get me out of the picture.
I mean i suppose i comprehend since you all know eachother and are pals and what not.
I hardly had time to congregate with everyone before being sent to fight all them weirdo leprechaun folk.

Aw heck it shouldnt matter. At least some of you are all here and we have *plenty* of time to congregate now.
recommending: (ᴅɪᴅɴ·ᴛ think i'd need the light)

[personal profile] recommending 2018-05-09 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Of course I didn't eat it.

[ He sounds a little offended by the implication. He's not Ryuu, Tenn. ]

But it's obvious even without eating anything.

[ And once Tenn enters he should see why. There's no furniture inside, but the 'wallpaper' appears to be strips of bright, flat gummy candy pasted to the wall with frosting. It smells pretty sickly sweet in here... ]
Edited 2018-05-12 22:44 (UTC)
recommending: (ᴛᴏᴏ much gravity to feel the highs)

[personal profile] recommending 2018-05-09 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't checked inside yet. I'm not sure it's sturdy enough for that.

[ The risk of collapse seems very real - and what if there's a witch?!

He's not saying that last part out loud. But he can say...
]

Something like this almost feels like a trap.
dejerate: (I'll reach you)

[personal profile] dejerate 2018-05-09 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuu manages to shrug off the push at his head, since Guren does that sort of thing a lot. Like some sort of affection from the older man. Except that they don't quite make it outside before Yuu ends up unable to fight off the urge to try fighting the other. Sure, they were used to sparring together, especially given Guren being the one who trained him for years in the first place, before he finally accepted Yuu into the military.

But this was different. This wasn't just sparring. Yuu calls his name just before he attempts a punch, not that it is likely to land, given Guren's paranoia at the moment, and the difference in height meaning Yuu aims lower on Guren in comparison.]
scooptimistic: (These lips were made for talking)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-05-09 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It hasn't really come up before, has it? But I actually write for teens, so I think it'd work out pretty well!
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[personal profile] robosmith 2018-05-09 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he keeps his head tilted slightly in john's direction, an indicative that he's still listening attentively, but ... yeah, he's also going back to doodling while he listens. he turns the page and uses the free space in the corner of the next (depicting a figure with a red box for a head??) to start drawing roxy in a catwoman-ish outfit that still resembles her god tier clothes. ]

Huh. I can definitely see a running theme here. That's like this book in audio form. [ that would have been a lot harder to ignore. yikes. ] What were the shadows like?
robosmith: (0 0 8)

lmao i came across it and i had to

[personal profile] robosmith 2018-05-09 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if there's any way I can make it less daunting then uh...
Just let me know?
I know things are weird between all the time shenanigans and other... stuff.
But if I can do something to make it less so, I'm down.
lonered: (16)

[personal profile] lonered 2018-05-09 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is impressed. This is the first time he's been on this side of that strength, okay? Kind of legit, Hunk.

But he is not a wee thing. Thank you. He is a BLADE OF MARMORA etc.]


...oh.

[His bad. No m ore eating the house he's got it. But okay. Free. Keith rolls his shoulders and his neck and looks up at Hunk.]

Sorry about that. [But, in his defense,] ...it was pretty tasty though.
windeity: (FLOAT ♫ whimsical asshole)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-05-09 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds about right. I have heard of a couple of people getting books like that, but most of their stories are pretty bad and involve a lot of terrible things. At least "embarrassing" is on the okay side of terrible.
robosmith: (0 0 5)

[personal profile] robosmith 2018-05-09 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's not even gonna argue. if jake says he has enough ammo, dirk believes him. he probably doesn't even want to know how many bullets and guns he's got stashed away in his sylladex. knowing him it's likely enough to arm a whole army so dirk will take his word for it.

maybe they shouldn't be doing this, he feels like there's going to be consequences to their act of mindless destruction, but there's definitely something cathartic to wrecking the suspicious candy house. not to mention it feels good to be reunited with cal and getting to use puppetkind again. jake looks like he's enjoying himself as well. (a little too much, perhaps.) so fuck it all, he's throwing caution to the wind and doing the thing he's supposedly meant to do as a prince, only being mindful to stick to his side and stay out of jake's range to avoid getting hit.

between the three (counting cal) of them, they're making short work of the roof. even though they started from the top, it's unlikely the house will be lasting for very long at all. oops. ]
windeity: (FANCY ♫ nerd alert)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-05-09 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
don't worry about it too much. i am sure there is a perfect reason why everybody split up the way that they did and i doubt it has to do with getting rid of you.
that's not really how friendship works.
but you're right! some of us are here. have you talked to dave yet?


[Because he doesn't realize Dirk's here yet and he's not sure sending Vriska at him.]
windeity: (UNSURE ♫ heck)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-05-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's probably not the time to appreciate that but he's watching over Dirk's shoulder anyway.]

Yup, I figured. The shadows were a little worse because they were actually able to like. Do things? Like actively attack us or try to hurt us. Mine kept trying to throw things at me and stab me. And some of them drained all of the color from people here before swallowing them whole. [Which haha, yeah, he's going to leave out that such a thing happened to Dave.] They're all back though. The people who were eaten.