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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!

paook: (gotta gotta be learnt)

[personal profile] paook 2018-08-21 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Woman, you're wearing a towel on your head. [ at least she has a real hat? at least she thinks it's real enough. ] The crotch purse is pretty handy I guess.
paook: (fear and delight)

[personal profile] paook 2018-08-21 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe they would. [ but she's not like most people and she's damn prideful about it. that said- ] But ok, I'll give you a break old man. What do you need help with?
regrede: (Default)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-08-21 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Snrk—hahaha!

[ it’s a completely undignified laugh that she’ll be embarrassed about later, but she can’t help it. her head tilts back and her fangs catch in the light, only for her to remember herself and cover her mouth. she’s still grinning, though. ]

I like the way you think, child. What else could we say? [ she moves closer, crouching near the flowers as well. ] You filthy flowers. I wouldn’t even pick you for the grave of my worst enemy.
bittybat: <user name="oliverqueened" site="www.tumblr.com"> (Cat Mechanic: I’m actually a Vet)

[personal profile] bittybat 2018-08-21 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't heard of anyone dying and not returning. Not yet. All of the people who disappear get up and go into the forest. They don't come back.

[Another wrench in the cogs: is...]

Weirder still: some people go into the forest, go home, and come back again.

[Clark. Keith. He hates this place, honestly. Nico gets a shake of the head.]

Not that I'm aware. I think it's sentient. It grows and changes as it pleases, duping everyone. People have gone in to look for supplies, food, explore. The forest changes each time. It shows people what it wants, hides what it doesn't.

When you try to get cocky, it sends monsters.

If everything is based around fairy tales like the ones in the library, then crossing through the forest would perhaps get us back home--or at least get us to understanding this place.

No one has been able to do it yet.
regrede: (Default)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-08-21 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, precisely.

[ this is fun? rarely does sierra get to let her freak flag fly with someone who gets it, although it feels like she’s still feeling out what she can get away with while preserving her image.

one of the flowers on the edge of the field, colorless as its now ashen brethren, warbles out a weak threat. ]


You’re both a couple of harpies! And not the fun kind!

[ sierra raises her eyebrows. ]
regrede: (Default)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-08-21 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No thank you, dear.

[ sierra looks down at the meat that’s landed at her feet, and takes half a step back—just enough to keep her shoes from getting messy. ]

I prefer blood “fresh from the tap,” as you might say, and animals don’t interest me anyway.
noholdsbard: (Bard of hearing puns)

[personal profile] noholdsbard 2018-08-21 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Don’t worry; he hasn’t noticed her embarrassment with how he’s so focused on fiddling with her clothes. Really, this is getting pretty ridiculous. ]

Sen, it is. [ At least that request is easily done. As for the ribbon…he winces. Firing his Noble Phantasm at point-blank range doesn’t seem like a good idea, but if he can figure out a proper trajectory… ]

And yes, I suppose I must. I am very sorry for this—

[ He pulls his hand away from her clothes to pluck a quick tune on his harp, and the confounded cloth finally falls free of his harp. ]
bittybat: (pic#12482034)

iii

[personal profile] bittybat 2018-08-21 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Literally the worst day of his life in the town so far, and that's saying a lot. He's been through So Much.

It's weird, and he hates it. The puffy sleeves around the shoulders keep getting snagged, but there's an additional cloak, too. It continues to grab onto every little thing in existence.

The growl that comes out of his mouth isn't for Sebastian, but it almost sounds like something Sebastian would honestly make in more primal situations.]


Forget it. Just rip it. [He's already trying to yank it himself.] I don't care if it's shredded. Then I can hopefully get it off and sink it into the harbor.
apocalypticist: (❥ is the nature of my game)

[personal profile] apocalypticist 2018-08-21 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
All right.

[ He doesn't particularly look like he wants to hold t, but he has a hard time saying no to Akira when it's such a simple request. He takes the flower, assessing the damage done to it when Akira pulled the petal earlier, and he's starting to feel the urge to pull them too. ]

Did you feel a sudden compulsion to start pulling the petals, Akira?
smaaaaaash: (002)

All Might | My Hero Academia

[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-21 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
1.
[If there's one thing All Might is used to, it's getting compliments anywhere he goes. So the enormous, muscled hero barely bats an eyelid at the showers of praise coming from the flowers as he walks by them.]

"You look so strong!" "So cool!" "I love your hair!" "And your spandex!"

[All Might stops to regard the flowers with a smile on his face, moves to flex his muscles, then poses with his hands on his hips, all for his adoring plant fans. Then he throws his head back and laughs.]

HA HA HA HA! You look wonderful today yourselves, kind flowers!


3.
[Somehow the urge to pick a flower and pull at its petals proved irresistible to All Might. So whatever you're doing nearby, you hear a deep, booming voice calling after you:]

You there! You're the one I've been looking for! Why? Because... [The unfortunate passerby is being chased down, scooped up from the ground, and--]

I LOVE YOU!

[--Pulled into a rib-crushing SMASH hug. Just punch him or something if you like breathing, it's fine.]


4.
[Arriving from the long walk through the woods to the field of flowers, you won't be alone: there's a thin, emaciated-looking man, seated on a rock and gazing out at the flowers with a distant expression. He's lost in thought, though when he spots the new arrival, he looks up, gaunt face changing into something more stern.]

Sorry to waste your time, but I suggest you stay away from this field. Turn around and go home.
lacrimose: (001)

[personal profile] lacrimose 2018-08-21 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [He looks surprised that Ryo had figured that out so quickly.] How did you know?

[His devil compulsions are completely different, and have nothing to do with something as minor as ripping up a flower. So he can only guess Ryo is right, that it has something to do with the Town.]
apocalypticist: (❥ from the day you were created)

[personal profile] apocalypticist 2018-08-21 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel it, too. [ It's not a very strong urge, but it's there, gnawing at the fringes of his mind. It's annoying. ] This is definitely the town's doing.
cutlery: please do not take! (there's no edible ball bearings)

[personal profile] cutlery 2018-08-21 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ #dramatique

Sebastian is immediately struck by a sense of... Well. Nostalgia isn't quite the word, since he's only just left his usual charge, but the scene and the surly matter in which it's approached is quite familiar. In fact, he may have to compliment Ciel when he returns. At least he knows how to carry himself properly in fine clothing. ]


That would be quite the waste...

[ Sebastian mutters it lightly, but there's a definite tone that implies that he's not really going to argue it. It definitely gives the impression that he might be a pushover. ]

Surely it is better saved, is it not? It may be inconvenient, but it is only a matter of mindfulness and good posture to navigate the town well with it.
lacrimose: devilman (021)

[personal profile] lacrimose 2018-08-21 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Right... [Akira frowns, looking at the flower and then at Ryo.]

Why is it happening? Is the flower supposed to be important?
kototama: (♪ kef)

[personal profile] kototama 2018-08-21 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Could be... there are a lot of mysterious things out there, y'know? They might be sentient flowers, or they might just be enchanted or something, like in Little Ida's Flowers. Things like that?

Buuut that's a pretty big assumption to make.
kototama: (♪ knissomancy)

[personal profile] kototama 2018-08-21 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
There's something really admirable and really sad about an attitude like that, all at the same time... amazing...

[She shouldn't say these things out loud, but she does nonetheless.]

But you said you've heard worse, so it's not like it's just the flowers. Isn't that concerning? Your entire image is bad!
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abasing: (fuck off right the hell now)

[personal profile] abasing 2018-08-21 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
My, my...

[The more they encourage each other, the more the claws come out, for better or for worse? This might really just be Bad.]

Those are big words from the ugliest flowers I have ever seen. Truly, it is no surprise they are so bitter and jealous when they do not even have color of their own. What good is a flower that cannot even attract the lowest of insects?

[Hmph!]

It is not even worth wasting our time on them any longer.
imiko: <user name="cartoonedit" site="www.tumblr.com"> (03)

[personal profile] imiko 2018-08-21 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow, how lazy!!

It could have been anything. Fire, ice. He would have been immune. But no, it's lightning. The only thing else besides strength he has going for him is speed. That's fine. He's fast.

The edges of his form blur inward, and he vanishes right before the charge sears the ground where he stood. It looks like teleportation, but in essence, it isn't. He moves so quickly he breaks visibility and reappears when he stops on the other side of her.]


The least you could do is make an effort. What kind of vampire are you that you don't even use your fangs?
nascere: (30)

[personal profile] nascere 2018-08-21 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[ But it doesn't add up, not really. He looks at him and back where the image used to be, brows raised. Then again, it's not like he can draw too much of his own conclusions based on the smallest snippets he'd seen.

Still, Noctis meets his eyes, curious but troubled. He can understand, hating when it really is himself that he hates the most -- Noctis gets it, even if the picture's presently incomplete. ]


Why did he do that?
darkearth: <user name=electronism site=livejournal.com> (mid life crisis? no no mid DAY crisis)

[personal profile] darkearth 2018-08-21 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[MUTSU, NO. HIS HONOR. Don't tease him...

Again, he looks stunned momentarily.]
No, it isn't like that. I mean... [Wait. If that isn't true, then he does love Mutsu from the bottom of his heart, and yet... he doesn't really know Mutsu all too well. Is that possible?

He can... care...?]
I'm glad you're not in any danger. I'm glad you're okay. I guess... I love that you're happy, if you are. [God, no, wait.

This is just getting more awkward the more he talks. Embarrassed, he rubs the back of his neck and tries not to turn red in the face.]
It's hard for me to say what I mean.
regrede: (Default)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-08-21 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sierra does blink when he disappears, but he’s back in an instant and she decides she isn’t that concerned with how he pulled that trick off. fine! either he can teleport or he’s fast. she can deal with either. ]

Are you offering?

[ she smiles pleasantly, and there’s the briefest shift in her form before there’s what seems like a ghost of herself on the other side of him.

weightless, soundless, ultimately just an illusion—a doppelgänger that leans right on his shoulder, like it’s going to bite. ]


I am feeling a bit faint.
inheritance: (207)

omg!!! also 3

[personal profile] inheritance 2018-08-21 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[All Might doesn't have to run far, because as soon as he hears that voice, Izuku's trailing to a stop. The only reason he's not turning around and running right toward All Might himself is because he's been tricked way too many times already--what if it's just another of the town's illusions?

And then All Might's picking him up and okay, this might not be an illusion after all??? But first--]


A-All Might.... can't breathe...

[Izuku wheezes out. Is that pounding in his ears from his pounding heartbeat or from the growing lack of oxygen?? Who knows, and who cares? Izuku certainly doesn't, when All Might's standing right before him. Even though he's getting the life squeezed out of him, Izuku throws his arms around All Might's neck, feeling the tears already prickling at his eyes as he hugs his mentor back.]
notthatbutler: (ssssp)

[personal profile] notthatbutler 2018-08-21 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He just shrugs and goes back to looking out towards the canal.]

So? People can say what they want. Does that matter against actions? [The tone is tired, as if he's had this kind of conversation with others before - but it also belies his personal answer to that question. No, words don't matter. Actions do.]
kototama: (♪ katowse)

[personal profile] kototama 2018-08-21 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Actions are all well and good, but your character image, your character image!

[!!]

Everything about it screams "I don't want to do any actions, either", no matter how you look at it!
smaaaaaash: (011)

[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-21 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm? [All Might realises just how hard he's squeezing his protege, and so quickly sets him down. His expression is sheepish as he reverts from his muscle form to his usual self.]

S-sorry, young Midoriya! As soon as I saw you, I felt like I had to hug you!

[He thinks it might have something to do with that strange flower, but now he feels a little embarrassed...]