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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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Maybe moving isn't the point? Could be like a medieval torture device. You know how they did it back then right - off with their heads! And all that.

Oh. [ well, uh, she was right then? cool. cool cool. ] I'm a demon, but I have the heart of a human. That's why I can talk to you now.

[ better to say that than go "I'M A DEVILMAN" like some idiot she knows. ]

[Eh... it only took him a couple of hours to get through and there was only one monster, so:]

Like a one point five, honestly.

[Oh.]

But still... you never really know what you're in for, so we all have to be pretty careful out here.

I'm not really interested in a houseboat...

[ Even if the water is fine here, he's had too much time to get used to toxic oceans to be comfortable. He'll probably move soon.

That's not really the important part, however. Shinya listens to the rest of what Guren says, turning the information over in his head. This place sounds kinda... shitty. Outdated technology when there's any at all, houses that are falling apartment, and magic he can't even begin to make sense of. ]

So what have you found?

[ As much as Shinya gives Guren shit, he knows he's not incompetent. He has to have come up with something after being here for five months. ]

[ As much as he wishes to see Reyna or Frank, they have a Legion to look after and potentially enemies to fight. Things are happening back home and they're going to be needed. ]

Looks like we are. [ She could ask. Nico doesn't expect everyone to understand random odd words that aren't found in everyday conversation. ] Ghosts, skeletons, zombies. I can banish them as well.

[ There's no way he's mentioning how he turned a regular live demigod kid into a ghost before sending them to the Underworld. Or how he brought one of his sisters back to life completely as there were certain circumstances surrounding that. Maybe those Egyptian funeral rites are hindering the god in charge of it. ]

Kind of more like a Hades kid thing, though my half-sister doesn't have the same abilities.

[ When someone basically skips their way into Nico's personal bubble (it's a large bubble) with a cheery grin, he scowls even more but doesn't instantly run away. He catches sight of the extra-sharp canines but that's hardly the important matter.

The flowers seem to focusing their insults on this new guy and for that he is somewhat grateful. Though the can't even die remark catches his attention and he eyes Lawless with a critical eye. ]

No one's expecting flowers to be smart about self-preservation.

[ There's something odd about this guy's death aura - not like a mortal or even other demigod's. Though not like a god's either. ]

[ Percy might be a child of Poseidon but that doesn't mean he has immunity from a siren's call. Sorry but he's not affect by the Look. ]

Hm, not sure I can see Annabeth being the one falling for it. [ POINTED STARE accompanied with a hint of sarcasm - implying he could see Percy in that situation. But it's mostly a joke. Mostly. ] So what other dangers are around to worry about.

[ Nico doesn't ask what Percy heard. More because he's thinking about who he'd hear if it happened to him. An answer they both could pretty much guess. ]

I think so...

[He reflexively reaches up to try to help steady Minato, breathing out a relieved sigh when he doesn't fall, and quickly unhooks a couple ribbons on the back of the dress.]

There! You should be good to go, maybe.

[Excuse him while he pushes himself to his feet, just as carefully. They're up! It's a miracle!

.... they're still kinda stuck if they don't want to get tripped up again but it's progress, right.]

[ If Nico's going the sensing people, it means he'll need to make connections - friends even so if one of them disappears he'll be able to sense it. Like he did when Leo died or when he could feel where Percy was on his journey through Tartarus. ]

They go home to the exact moment they left or have they've been considered missing by others?

[ It's kind of an important question because things were happening back home even if Nico isn't directly involved at the minute. ]

Seems like the kind thing to say, to let them think of the best possibility for people who disappear.

[ Would Nico tell everyone if he finds out the people who vanish in the forest die? Who knows. ]

Sort of seems like it sometimes. I've survived a lot of terrible things but the people around me don't always.

-yeah, they don't really like anything different in general. It's worse when it's something they don't really get.

[A frown tugs at the corners of his mouth, there, and he folds his arms.]

But you don't have to worry about confidentiality-- part of the job's helping people lay low, finding alternative food sources if they've got specific needs, all that sort of thing. I'd prefer it if all the secrecy weren't needed, but... it is what it is, yeah?

[He's not sure just yet if it'll be the same here, but if it is? Then it's just business as usual, really.]

How about this: if sharing puts you at risk somehow, then I'll help you keep it quiet in exchange, alright? --Not that I'd tell anyone you're anything different to begin with! But it's easier to do if I know.

[This is at least a less embarrassing kind of 'no shame' at the moment, it's fine, Ryan is going with it.]

My name's Ryan-- Ryan Farrow. Less of the genius type, but I like to think I'm a pretty decent medium, anyway.

[It's not like there are any real guidelines beyond what he and like three internet contacts made up, it's whatever.]

You're an engineer, though-? What kind of things do you make?

[ Shadow travel is an effective way of sneaking up on people and he probably shouldn't do it so much (because it does weaken him) but there's no way Nico was going to try finding a way to climb up the roof the normal way. Even though he has a sword at his side, the kid's hands are shoved so far into his coat pockets that it's obvious he isn't here to fight.

If Nico is put off by the reception he gets from the guy who'd been cheerfully waving at people down below, it doesn't show. He's used to being given a harsh reaction... which might end if he stopped creeping up on people.

With a shrug, he crosses the roof to plop down next to Shinya all casual-like. Dark eyes looking out over the town. ]

This is a good way of getting some distance from all those people. A place to breathe without disappearing and worrying others.

[ Nico pulls one leg to his chest and wraps an arm around it, the other leg dangling off the edge of the room. ]

Plus it's got a great view.

[ A chance to show off his bending!! ] Pretty darn far. Not to brag, but I kinda spent the most formative years of my life tossing coin-shaped objects around.

[ It'll all make sense in context. ] Want me to demonstrate?

... [Jotaro hands the coin over, but honestly he's not expecting more than some neat coin tricks he can show off if/when he gets home.]

[ Well, say goodbye to your coin, Jotaro. While Bolin can't metalbend, he can do the next best thing.

-- Which is punt that coin with rock. He tosses the coin into the air and gets into stance, pushing out one of his fists in a punching motion. A segment of the Earth pops right out of the ground, hitting that coin hard and throwing it far, far away. It was nice knowing you, coin. ]

And there it goes! [ It isn't an enemy Stand. ]

[ The nerve of some plants! Bolin is quick to come to the defense of this strange-looking but kinda cute girl, like a dopey knight in shining armor. ]

Hey now, you hydrangeas may think you're so pretty, but that doesn't give you the right to go around making other people feel bad. She's perfectly cute the way she is! And her feet are --

[ Now his gaze drops to her feet and his eyes kind of pop wider in shock. Where are her feet? In his surprise, Bolin makes a little sound but says nothing more, possibly coming off just as insulting as the flowers now. ] Uh.

[ The lack of color in the town is obvious just from Nadia's brief survey of the town, but she hasn't quite figured out why. Why do these particular flowers have color, while the others are still gray? Where did all the missing color go?

She bites the inside of her lip, digging into her pocket to grab a small case no larger than an Altoids tin, perfectly pocket-sized. She's always prepared. ]

Do you think that's it? Do you think that they're just hungry? I don't have any fertilizer, but I have water!

[ She opens the case, pulling out an even smaller container that grows into a full-sized flask almost instantaneously in her hands. She unscrews the lid, pouring the contents into the soil beneath the gray flowers. ]

[What. The fuck. It should be a Stand, because that's not something humans are supposed to be able to do on their own, but no matter how carefully Jotaro looks there's just nothing there but a human being.

Jotaro tries to keep his cool and work it into the point he was gonna make, but what the fuuuuuck.]

Back home, some animals can do that sort of thing too. It's not unreasonable to assume the same of plants demonstrating intelligence, or to assume that the flowers themselves are a manifestation of that power.

[And now he can't resist his own dumb teenage urge to prove he's just as strong, so he pulls another coin out, covers his hand with Star Platinum's, and flicks that motherfucker so hard it's like a bullet from a sniper rifle. Now he's down two coins.]

A-All Might!! [It probably says a lot that while Izuku does flail in concern at the blood, he's incredibly used to seeing All Might like this at the same time.]

No, mom's not here. It was just me, Shouto, Ochako-san, Kirishima-kun, and Yaoyorozu-san at first. But Aizawa-sensei's here now, too.

[Then, he pauses, looking uncertain. All Might had been in his muscle form just now. Suddenly Izuku has the feeling that things might be more complicated than he's hoped.] Um, this is going to sound weird, but... what's the last thing you remember before waking up here?

That's for horses!

[...she calls back over her shoulder. Which, as it turns out, is a bad idea - the turning motion causes the hem of her pant leg to ride up just a bit, and the petals of an Asphodel flower brush against the strip of skin in the gap between her pants and her boots. Almost immediately, she's struck with an all-too-vivid rush of memories - and All Might is brought along for the ride.

Which is highly unfortunate, because the first thing they see is a short, extremely hairy man. Luckily, he's got his back to them. Unluckily, he's wearing nothing but a speedo with "Dwarf Pride" plastered across the butt. It's an extremely cursed image (so don't click that link unless you're into curses), and the monsters he's standing in front of seem to agree, because when he screams "BOO!" at them, they just run away.

The scene shifts. The same man is in the process of taking off a Hawaiian-print shirt as he stands next to Sadie and a dark-skinned boy a little older than her. They're standing on one side of a board for a board game; a man with glowing white eyes in a suit stands on the other, looking amused. They take a turn; one piece on the board is captured. The man with glowing white eyes works some kind of magic, and the hairy man's form flickers and shifts until it vanishes. Sadie and the boy look horrified.

Then, one more scene - it looks like a nursing home. The man sits in a rocking chair, staring blankly ahead, all but dead to the world.

The memories fade.

Sadie looks like she wants to blow something up, or strangle someone, or cry. Or maybe all three. Her voice comes out strained.]

...were the flowers responsible for that?

[say no. protect the flowers.]

[ Dia looks relieved, at least, that Ghost is doing alright. ]

Oh, there's nothing to apologize for. I'm just not used to taking up quite so much space!

[ They try to back up out of the trees now, in hopes that the skirt will become unstuck. ]

Have you been out here all by yourself?

i. quatre vs flowers (ROUND 1)

[ This is not what he signed up for when he went to sleep in his precious Stardust Town, but here he is... Scaling out of the well and trudging through this odd, partially colorless town with disinterest. If anything, he looks like a paranoid wet cat with the way droplets hang off of his pinned back ears. Brow furrowed, he's looking for anything that can shed light on his current location.

Of course, he gets distracted by a flower or two, but walks pass them until the monochrome group starts hurling their heinous words either about his person (eh), his weapons (mmm), or his strength based on his appearance (Oh No). Quatre doesn't respond at first, merely smiling like he's having a GREAT TIME. ]

Ah... [ The same smile stays on his lips as he laughs heartily as if finding what they say humorous. It isn't, but he's still trying to compartmentalize all of this. ] How odd. Even colorless flowers can talk?

[ Quatre nonchalantly unsheathes one of his massive daggers that hang on his back around the waist, letting the blade shine right in front of them. Insults are hushed as high-pitched screaming sounds the whole village. ]

I’ve never tried slicing flowers with my blades before. Would the saying be "losing your petals" instead of "losing your head" in this case? [ When a flower tries to answer— ] WHO SAID YOU COULD SPEAK?!

[ He is already in a bad mood. ]

iv. dead friends and fluffy friends

[ Desperate to head back home, he ends up exploring the forest only to find it unfavorable overall. The brush and branches don't bother him, but the memory that hits when he walks into the clearing and check out the flowers is distasteful. It's vivid—a child rests in his arms without a pulse as his twin kneels next to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. It isn't his child. They weren't even related... But the children in Stardust Town is part of his family.

This memory only reminds him of how weak he is. He needs more power to fend off anyone that tries to take advantage of them. For anyone present, he grits his teeth in silence. This is where he would say he'll kill every single member of the mafia, but: ]

I... Can't protect them here.

[ For anyone that comes after the memory, Quatre can be found hugging a wolf in his sleep. The animal may have acted weird at first, chewing on some leaves instead of eating protein, but accepted him wholly. So here they are. Sleepily, he mumbles a bit. ]

Fluffy.

wildcard!

[ Throw whatever at me! ]

[Hearing Aizawa arrived here -- however delayed it was -- earns a small sigh of relief from All Might. Having the children here alone for any period of time is unthinkable, though, and he'll just have to check later that nothing too terrible has happened in the teachers' absences.

For now, Izuku is asking him a question, so he pauses to turn his thoughts elsewhere.]

Let's see... I woke up early, headed to school, helped a nice old lady cross the road, took a detour to escape a group of fans, graded papers for the end of term exams, ate lunch, attended a staff meeting, apprehended a villain on the way home...

[Just a normal (?) All Might day, Izuku might need to be more specific.]

[The admission brings a frown as she tucks some hair behind her ear.]

Time's strange.

[She really hadn't thought about it before leaving her island, and now she thought about it all the time. How little time they had to warn Camp Jupiter, what time school started. Even what time they were going to eat seemed to be on her mind more than in the past.]

Do you know who did this?

[This world, she still couldn't think of any god that would do this. Most of them would find it completely tacky and most of the other immortals wouldn't bother or had specific criteria to why they would do it.]

I'm not hurt, don't worry! It was just a tumble, haha.

[ conceal, don't feel. he'll take the sewing kit from the boy, getting to work on threading the needle.

...it's going to take a while, though. curse his shitty pair glasses and his own stubbornness. ]

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