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Test Drive Meme 3.





Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells,
And cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.




Prompt 1:

t's probably been at least a little while since you managed to climb out of the well, so hopefully you've dried off by now and are enjoying poking around the Town. But who cares about all of that? More importantly, the Town has a new feature this time, for reasons entirely unknown to everyone.

The flowers...seem to be talking. They have no faces, but they will definitely turn to talk to you, and if they have had their color restored, they will very brightly and contentedly compliment you, or your clothing, or wish you well.

If they haven't? Prepare yourself for all sorts of horrible, horrible insults, because that's all that's coming your way.


Prompt 2:

ow are you settling in? Is the Town treating you well? It's not as bad as it used to be; some of the houses have color, some of the food has color and taste as well. It's been polished up a bit since everyone first got here.

Granted, when you wake up that morning to find yourself in full fancy wear of many different types (all colorless, and gender has nothing to do with which you might end up in), you'll find that the Town might not be as well put together as it seems.

You can't get out of the formal wear. It just won't come off, no matter what you do. Which wouldn't be so bad, but... it seems like these clothes will snag on just about everything in the Town, which is far from smooth. Try not to trip over those loose cobblestones, or your dress snagging on a nail sticking out from a door frame. This is really not the place for this sort of clothing.


Prompt 3:

e loves me, he loves me not... that's a pretty familiar game, right? For some reason, the urge to pick one of those flowers and casually pluck the petals from it while playing that game is going to grow stronger and stronger the more flowers you see. Eventually? You're just going to have to cave to it.

(Certainly it doesn't help that the flowers scream a bit when you pull their petals; they still can talk right now, after all!)

She loves you, she loves you not...and by the time you've picked the last petal, you've forgotten who you were even thinking of originally -- instead, the very next person you see is going to be the victim of a very impassioned declaration of love. Don't worry, you'll come back to yourself...after you declare your undying love for everyone to hear.


Prompt 4:

ut no matter how many people tell you not to go into the forest, however, it's still rather enticing, isn't it? It's sitting right there, waiting for you to explore it, waiting for you to just step a little bit out of the Town...

And soon, you're surrounded by the dark boughs of the trees, the twisty, turny paths of the woods, where it feels like you're wandering in circles for hours upon hours --

And then, after ages of tree branches yanking at your hair and roots tripping you up, you find a clearing.

And in that clearing? There's a field of flowers. They're colorless -- strangely eerie because of it, but still distinctly recognizable to the flower familiar as Asphodel. And touching any single one of those flowers will suddenly give you vivid memories of one of your precious friends -- so long as they're dead. Anyone around you is going to experience that flash of memory too, so be careful!


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 third 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!

An important date to remember is September 1st, 9 PM EST, when Applications will open. There will be no reserves for this app round or any future app rounds, so it will be first come, first served applications. 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. You are of course welcome to use prompts from the previous two test drives. Thank you for your interest in Awash!

averagemedium: (pic#8964020)

[personal profile] averagemedium 2018-08-19 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Careful-!

[But it's too little, way too late. He's a little too hindered by his own little predicament to try to actually catch Minato or anything... so yeah, welcome to the ground, losers. The end result is that while they're now free of any snags on anything else, they are also now sprawled out in a mess of fancy fabric, and as Ryan tries to stand--]

-oof.

[-he falls right back over, having somehow gotten a foot caught in all that floof while trying to get up.]

This is it. This is how we die.
promissum: (Former Tyrant)

iii

[personal profile] promissum 2018-08-19 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Reim have some standards. Look at this weirdo carrying a crate of sardines back home. He's more focused on his haul than the people who might happen to be around. Still, when they've locked eyes, Val stops until Reim says something to him.

And when he does his expression doesn't even change.]


I have three rascals back home, if you don't count the prinnies.
averagemedium: (pic#8968205)

[personal profile] averagemedium 2018-08-19 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
I have time to learn about the town, right? Buildings usually move around a lot less than people do.

[Usually. Considering the talking flowers, he's... he's not ruling anything out right off the bat, actually.

He's trailing after Guren after a moment, though, taking a couple quick steps to catch up.]


But, uh-- no, I've never heard of you or anything. ...This might sound a little weird, actually, but can I ask what you are?
allweather: (yiiiiiii)

[personal profile] allweather 2018-08-19 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
That's your commitment, not mine!! I'm not in the habit of disrupting anyone's marriages— I'm not of stalwart enough character to be the other man...

[Please, he might just dissolve on the spot.]
purrsuasively: (02)

[personal profile] purrsuasively 2018-08-19 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm in a rather generous mood.

[Generous, he says as he extends a single claw and decapitates the flower. Right. But the look he's giving Reim is all wide-eyed innocence.]

Let's say you do teach these flowers to mind their manners. What's next? Will you open a finishing school for all the flowers in this town, or will you sit here and gloat over this tiny patch? The dozen or so people who walk by every day will surely thank you.

[He's so mean! I'm sorry!]
finethanks: (☆ 66)

LGDFMLGMFDL NOOO DONT REMIN DME

[personal profile] finethanks 2018-08-19 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Who's worse, the flowers or Eichi.]

It's not that I think it's terrible, really... but wasn't the free way you let it grow always your style?

[The flowers shouldn't be something he worries about over that. But as Eichi takes a step closer and crouches down in front of one, it immediately has criticism for him, too.

"Your face is only average looking. Can you really call yourself an idol?"

Eichi, still smiling, reaches to pluck it right out of the ground.]


These are a little dull, though, aren't they? Perhaps I should collect them all so I can bring them some color together. ♪
abasing: (fucking hell man)

i.

[personal profile] abasing 2018-08-19 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my.

[Honestly? That... just made Tiara's job easier, because she was also trying to decide how to take care of these shitty flowers in a way that wouldn't get her a ton of dirty or alarmed looks.

But then this lady handles it for her! How convenient.]


How frightening that was.

[Right, that too.]
allweather: (GLASSES!!)

[personal profile] allweather 2018-08-19 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He's dealt with worse than a man with a box of fish. Standards are not low so much as sideways, and that is okay, because children are a blessing or something. Reim pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose and frowns, but only for a moment.

He doesn't know what a prinny is, so no, he can't count those.]


And my parents had four children, so you do have room for at least one more, if we're establishing a completely numeric basis for this!
batshitory: (sinnerinky doo)

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[personal profile] batshitory 2018-08-19 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ damn yo this is Ferid's first love(???) confession since

the 1500s, possibly. (Apparently having a high rank among vampires doesn't guarantee popularity, who knew?) ]


I believe it's common for them to have a few when they first turn? Though most vampires I know aren't keen on sleeping with the livestock.
swordfucker: (154)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-08-19 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Until today.

[Guren stares, honestly a little concerned now that Reim seems to be leveling out. You okay there, buddy...]

Trust me, you don't wanna be with a guy like me. I'm always in danger and never home. [As a summary. He frowns and gestures at Reim with his free hand.]

Maybe the town is screwing with you. It does that, sometimes.
abasing: (no apologies necessary)

1.

[personal profile] abasing 2018-08-19 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
I... are you certain?

[Here's Tiara, looking quite unsure!! About this whole mess!! She really just wanted a nice day and instead she's getting insulted by flowers. She's very incensed alarmed over it.]

Some of them have been quite...blunt.
allweather: (he has a scar how COOL)

[personal profile] allweather 2018-08-19 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[What has he done to deserve this... Now he's just kind of surprised this is still happening, so he blinks down at Mogget mildly. Hmm...]

I will be satisfied with a job well done and direct my efforts elsewhere, wherever they happen to be the most needed.

[It's almost like this is his job!! Not. Flower finishing school. But making people suck less. Registration is open now, Mogget, sign up.]

I don't do anything solely for praise, so...
organfarm: (✚ 006)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-08-19 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh no no no don't actually keep this goin -- nope too late, they're doing this. Jion grimaces slightly when Minato mentions the flower, only now realizing how mortifying this would have been if it had been even the slightest bit real. ]

Uh, yeah. Sorta. Just threw it out there to try and catch myself, you know? [ At least now he has an excuse to toss it aside, as if to say 'fat lot of good.' ] Guess it didn't work that great though. So, uh, lesson learned.

[ He takes the chance to try and stand up, but it turns out he did plunk down on his knee a little too hard in his moment or ardor -- it suddenly hurts a little when he tries to straighten his leg, and he ends up toppling over with a muffle 'oof.'

He's having a great day. ]
umbraportation: (walk away from the world)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2018-08-19 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
A bit, yeah. Not all pleasant experiences.

[ The kids of Aphrodite aren't bad for the most part but Nico doesn't want to come face to face with Favonius again. Or Eros or Cupid - whatever people might call him. ]

Words can have a lot of power, they can be dangerous or painful no matter how fast you snap out of it. [ If Will had seen him confessing like that to someone else, how much would he have hurt the other teen? He remembers the agony of words spoken aloud. ] Even if you didn't mean it or misspoke because of emotions or a curse, it can hurt someone.
swordfucker: (46)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-08-19 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Did you know Kureto's weapon has lightning.

Anyway, Guren's an anime loser who takes this too much in stride, hopping back just enough to narrowly miss it, but his heart sure is beating out of his chest, if she's the kind of vampire that notices something like that. His adrenaline is through the ROOF. On top of his whole body reacting to just being close to that lightning, but somehow he can take that? He thinks he's inches away from death, because she's a vampire and there's no way of telling where her strength caps out. What her status might be.

But he acts tough, smirking and letting out a short laugh.]


Oh, sorry. Did you fall out of love that quickly?
promissum: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] promissum 2018-08-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Val closes his eyes and seems to seriously consider this. Because he is. Seriously considering this.]

The conditions of Hades aren't favorable for humans unless they've died. Souls can survive more than bodies can.

We would have to adopt. This hypothetical child would have to spend most of their time with you on Earth.
allweather: (you could kill a man with those)

[personal profile] allweather 2018-08-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[In precisely one minute he will abruptly turn around and walk away like this never happened, then he will walk into the sea.

No, but he'll really want to. First: hm.]


Ah, that kind of self-deprecating description is so familiar... [Can it be? Everyone he will ever meet is like this?]

I'm starting to think something has gone wrong. Me. I've gone wrong.
messianic: (I stood in the cold on the porch)

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[personal profile] messianic 2018-08-19 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Are you...pep talking them into insulting you better? [Or is it worse...?

Either way.

Why. This is definitely... a Reaction of sorts.]
swordfucker: (2)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-08-19 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[This is all fine and good until that question. It's enough to get his steps to slow just slightly, though he keeps them walking. His gaze slides over to Ryan, suspicious and curious all at once. Normally, he's the one who has to share this sort of thing first, and he never focuses on answering what he is. He'll swear he's human, no matter what.]

...What do you mean?

[Guarded, at first. It's not that he won't share, since everyone knows anyway, but he'd rather figure out how Ryan knows about any of this without knowing who he is, first.]
overlayed: (distant)

henwo fellow librarian

[personal profile] overlayed 2018-08-19 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I think I ripped something else. [ Their arm swings limply beside them. ]
allweather: (!)

[personal profile] allweather 2018-08-19 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Dead??? People?? No, that's alright, he will keep his children pleasantly alive thank you very much—]

Oh. Oh! That's alright! I'd be happy to assume most of the responsibilities, for convenience's sake! And you'll visit, of course.
swordfucker: (88)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-08-19 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmm, yes, this is pity. Guren stares at him a few quiet seconds longer, and then lifts his hand in an inviting fist.]

Should I knock your head down again? [It's mostly a joke.]
promissum: (Smile)

[personal profile] promissum 2018-08-19 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Lots of dead people, don't worry about it!]

Excellent! Of course, I'll visit as often as I can. However, my job keeps me busy.
allweather: (yiiiiiii)

[personal profile] allweather 2018-08-19 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[If Guren wanted to see him go from shameful misery to rigid panic in 0 seconds flat, good job, he's doing that again.]

No, thank you!! I'm fine now! [He's holding his notebook up in self-defense.] I've reconsidered the logistics of adopting a gaggle of children...!!
promissum: (Neutral)

[personal profile] promissum 2018-08-19 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
The closes thing I've met to a love god was an archangel. I believe that was just a particular quirk of hers.

[Though as a demon, he doesn't speak to that many angels. They try to keep to their separate territories as much as they can. He's only spoken to two personally and that was because the end of the world was upon them.]

It's best to always say what you mean. But it seems like it's not entirely possible in a place like this.