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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!

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[ Oh no, it’s a cute little girl. Her coloring reminds him of someone when she was tiny, but he won’t think about that for now. She’s even approaching him with a flower, how cute is that?? The flower is missing some petals and is, uh, screaming but you know. Still cute. He bends down to pluck it from her fingers, while smiling sweetly and asking: ]

Why, thank you very much! I’m Hyoubu, what’s your name?

[ Meanwhile he’s just going to surreptitiously put the screaming flower behind his back and. Incinerate it. ]

[There's an extremely sad amount of indifference staring back when Sierra turns around.]

I'm neither human nor interested. [If she beats him up, though, he might be a little interested.] You'll have to try your idiotic vampire wiles on someone else.

…

[ idiotic, he says… she hates that! it doesn’t help either of their cases that that loving effect is still firmly in place, but it does mean she’s not going to kill him right out of the hate. ]

If you’re not human, even better. Though, I’ll give you a chance to take back that comment before I punish you for being naughty.

( shoulders tense as his attention focuses down on the asshole flowers and their utterances. but guren's hand grabs onto him, turns his attention back onto guren himself even if he's still fairly intent on smashing all the stupid flowers. )

I can make new friends whenever I want to, you know.

( not having the shinoa squad here is. . disconcerting. he's gotten so used to their presence and mika's, used to fighting side-by-side with them. but he has guren here. he's not alone, and even if he had been, yuu would have figured it out. )

We should go somewhere else. ( without the flowers. ) What's up with this place anyway? My eyes hurt just from looking at it.

( his immediate thought is this girl really reminds him of shinoa. tiny and opinionated. )

Why'd you hit me?

( which clearly means this is the perfect time to start stupid arguments with her. )

Big talk for someone who wanted to take me as a lover just a few moments ago. I'm not in the habit of apologizing.

[But there's a bit less indifference than before. A challenge. He likes those.]

Go ahead then. [He's a demon anyway. Is this... poetic justice?] Punish me.

( not everyone knows what a two-by-four is, damian. sorry for being an idiot. whatever! damian's taking it, and yuu's carefully lifting it up enough for him to grab on and carry it wherever he's taking it--

until it smacks him under his chin, over his face. there's a trail of ow, ow, owow, hey, watch it! while damian drags it up. and he honestly wouldn't have thought twice about it, accidents happen. except people don't usually make snarky ass faces like that when they're hitting someone accidentally. )

You did that on purpose!

( so excuse him, while yuu grabs onto the top of the community board with one hand and moves to climb on up after damian. )

Hoho! I still want to have you, but you’ve added a few extra steps.

[ it’s a testament to genuine interest that she isn’t yawning him off—whether or not that’s going to change as soon as the spell breaks remains to be seen, but for now, she’s awake and alert. ]

Is this going to be a fight, or are you just asking me to train you?

Not scissors, but...?

[The accent throws her for a few moment; it's almost too perfect, like something she would see in a movie. Still, she glances down at the dress as she nods before responding.]

I can't count on one hand the number of times I've almost fallen on my face since this weird and annoyingly mandatory clothing change, so yeah, I sure do. If I can at least get rid of part of the skirt, I'll call that good.

[Minato's definitely assuming he's some sort of teacher...? Because why else would he know all of this and also be so good at delivering it in some sort of lecture?

It makes sense to him.

As much sense as anything makes here, honestly.]

Huh... yeah, I suppose so.

[They do seem very... death-like, but Minato's always been a bit comfortable with death (too comfortable, really), so this doesn't bother him at all.]

So then it'd definitely be a good idea to not touch them.

[This shitty town likes to take "symbolic" and make it a bit more literal, and who knows what DEATH FLOWERS would do.]

I had no idea you were a comedian.

[He isn't!! laughing!! Now they're both insulted, and one of them is thirsty in two ways. This is the most awful thing to ever happen.]

I don't need training. [UGH.] But I'll make you a deal. If you can get me to kneel during our fight, I'll let you train me.

[She isn't gonna make him kneel, he thinks. He's... Too Strong(tm).]

[ It's a mostly-abandoned town, run down and colorless in some places but not dead. In all the knowledge he has about the Greek gods, a place like this is just odd.

Nico is sure the answer to that is "someone powerful" and with their luck they'll probably have to face that someone in a battle where the chances of death are high.

He figured that Apollo might need more help than a couple of demigods at his side to stop whatever was happening eventually but not this soon. ]

Wouldn't be the first time that Camp was attacked. If Leo can get there in time to warn them, the enemy will have a real fight on their hands. Apollo and Meg probably won't die in the labyrinth, it's not nearly as dangerous as it was before.

[ Probably being the keyword there. Even if it isn't as malevolent as it once was, the labyrinth can still be pretty dangerous as their three-legged race has shown. ]

[Oh my god.

She likes this woman.]

I certainly hope it works. If nothing else, if they insist on speaking, they can say something of worth, rather than wasting air that could be put to better use by the rest of us.

Oh... right. I've been told that it is the case here, but it is still astounding to be in a world where nobody is familiar with the term...

[AHEM.]

A Fencer is meant to find and handle "furies", which are magical weaponry of sorts. Though naturally, we must also protect people, as we have the power to do so.

[Without taking his guard off the boy below, Damian flips the board around so he can get ready to settle it down along the peak of the roof to finish it.

There's a thrill of a fight Damian can feel coming... possibly. He's not exactly trying his best to start one, but he's also not trying his best to keep it from happening.] Huh? [Oops!

He twists to look at Yuu, and he turns the board as he goes, of course. Right about the time Yuu gets up on the small roof, too. If Yuu doesn't dodge or grab it, the board is gonna spank enough to maybe knock Yuu back off.

Damian pretends to look completely innocent.] Look out.

Little kids really shouldn't be up here. It's dangerous.

When I get back, I'm going to start carrying both around even when I'm at Camp. [ At the bark, Nico's head turns in the direction of the giant dog of the Underworld. There's a very small hint of a smile on his face when she comes over to press her big wet nose close to him.

A hand emerges from his coat to reach up and pet her dark fur fondly. ] Hey there, girl.

[ Even if it seems like he's distracted, he doesn't miss what Percy says next and looks back at the other demigod. Daedalus's laptop. Didn't that fall into Tartarus when then did? ] Guess that sort of explains why I have this... [ His other hand comes out after a bit of shuffling and with it comes a small handful of dark red seeds. Pomegrante seeds, which he absolutely didn't have before. ]

They came into town?

[Walking away, hand in hand~]

It's only temporary, thank goodness. If we had to deal with that all the time, we'd lose our minds!

Ow-!

[Light or not, he's a nerdy noodle, okay... Ryan winces, reaching up to rub at his head.]

I don't hunt things to begin with... besides, you wouldn't catch me dead in the water alone, anyway. [A little shiver, there.] I'd just like to see one, is all.

I mean, on the plus side, chances are good that if I fall through the floor I'm tall enough to climb back out.

[Being a beanpole has to be good for something besides reaching high shelves, he'll take whatever he can get on that front.]

But I'll keep that in mind, if... I ever actually get anywhere.

[Considering their current predicament and all. Ryan frowns down at their outfits, and finally spots one of the problems, untangling some of the dress's fabric from an oversized button on his coat.]

Maybe if we can get it untangled first, we'll be fine...?

It depends, sort of, but... honestly, I just bring some of them home. If it's not clear what's keeping them attached, or they don't know, then it's hard to help them pass on properly-- in that case it's best for them to haunt somebody who can at least see and communicate with them until we get it figured out, yeah?

[A slight shrug, there, his expression just a bit sheepish-- he knows it probably sounds kind of crazy, to just invite ghosts into his own house, but as far as he's concerned it really is the best way to go.]

Ggh—

[OW??? But Guren doesn't like to say ow when he's not playing weak. He does grab at her linked arm with his free hand and yank, though. He's so difficult.]

I don't know who I'm talking to. Just some vampire who won't leave me alone. [NAME??? NAME]

[ Where he's from, most demigods don't go around announcing what they are to just anyone. Nico is already aware that things are different here but telling everyone that he's the son of Hades just isn't in the cards. Not yet.

As Damian explains the weird things that have happened, the animals spliced together and how one died upon separation. It's odd that people come back to life but an animal has died. Maybe it's the difference between them not being native to the land. ] So death is permanent here, just not for us as far as anyone knows.

[ Who knows what happens when someone disappears into the forest. ] Anyone found the other end of the forest yet?

[ He can try to shadow-travel out but Nico will be drained if he tries to do too many jumps in a row. Passing out in the forest doesn't seem like a good idea. ]

Isn't that obvious? I'm giving those pests what they deserve! To even dare suggest III is...

[He trails off and scoffs, his hands balling into fists at his side. Sadly IV has not much to offer for good memories - a stray brush of a remaining flower and a brief glimpse of a happy memory might be conjured up; an exhausted man smiling as his sons play with each other. The eldest sibling tries to be responsible and reign a laughing IV in who cannot be older than ten. The little redhead is alternating between playing with a dog that is bigger than himself and play-bullying their smallest sibling who keeps sticking to him with wide green eyes when he isn't proudly showing of a childish drawing of what seems like a deformed glass skull to their father.]

Tch!

[A stomp of IV's boot on the flower and some furious grinding ends the backflash that contained so much in a flash of mere seconds.

Turning his attention back to Rosetta he scowls. Since she has already seen him like this there's no point putting on any fake pleasant attitudes.]

What is it to you? Don't tell me you're sad to see them go! Or do you get off on seeing others being mocked with their memories?

[There's a hum at the first comment, like he's less than confident, but the truth is that he knows Yuu can. Now that he's past that wall of wanting to... of course he can. Still, he agrees about moving away from the flowers, and so he steps to do just that, slipping his hands into his pockets.]

This town was completely gray when we first got here. Through our connections with each other, it seems like the color is returning... but it's not quite right, either. We're all stuck here without a way home. The forest has a mind of its own, the harbor isn't much better, and we keep having quests thrown at us.

Didn't you stick around the well and get any rundown on this already?

Oh, you're right.

[Minato's brow furrows for a moment as he immediately reaches for his pockets and realizes he...no longer has them...dammit!!]

... Ah. [He'll have to do without the tiny pocketknife he carries around this place, apparently...]

Here... you try to untangle everything on that side, and I'll start over here.

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