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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awoosh2018-08-18 07:00 pm
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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!

umbraportation: (and I feel this life)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2018-08-23 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ ]

They've saved my life more times than I care to count.

[ Now that Nico's the counselor for Hades Cabin, he has to answer questions for new campers even if no one else but Hazel actually stays in the cabin. (For the time being anyway.) But he'd be okay answering some questions Sadie has about the Greeks so she can surprise her brother. ]

You and your brother - are you demigods?
tranchant: (pic#12311781)

[personal profile] tranchant 2018-08-23 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's fine. He barely resembles his twin? They even have different hair color... There's no way anyone can mistake pink for periwinkle. If this was anyone else, he would look more annoyed, even more than usual after the stunt Nigel pulled off, but he recognizes Yuel... She's like a blessing right now.

When they finally find the time to talk, he heaves an exasperated sigh...
]

I didn't think you would use your foxy wiles on him. [ A joke. ] Why didn't you smack him? I heard that's common in those situations.

[ At least that's what the captain has told him (he didn't actually want to listen, but he did). ]
goldenwords: (Default)

[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-23 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[That's an easy enough question to answer, and she sort of expects it - Percy and Annabeth had wondered the same thing. She anticipates follow-up questions, so she launches right into an explanation for it.]

Well, my father is Osiris, technically, but he was human when I was born. We're magicians, following the paths of the gods.
moonlands: (☾ R.E.C.Y.C.L.E.)

[personal profile] moonlands 2018-08-23 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[HIS HEART IS SINCERE!!! DON'T LAUGH!!! (please laugh he deserves it)]

What's in a name anyway!

[shakespeare incoming,]

But you're right, you're right, even if my soul knows that it belongs with yours, I should know your name - just for logistics an stuff! I'm Impey Barbicane, remember it as the name that'll go down in history, and the one who loves you more than anyone else!
moonlands: (☾ bill's got boat)

[personal profile] moonlands 2018-08-23 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Wellllllll....

[even impey knows better than to admit to falling in love at least 27 times a day

sort of]


It's simply a gentleman's way to find the company of women to be enticing - and if I'm a little more proactive than others, so be it! You're beautiful, and you ought to be told as much every single day.
umbraportation: (and I feel this life)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2018-08-23 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ He knows that Iris Messages are out and so are phones or other electronic devices but he'd been hoping that maybe they had met someone who could deliver a message to them. Looks like that's out. ]

The only way I can think to get a message to Camp is if you happen to cross paths with one of Hypnos' kids. That's how I did it last time IM's were unreliable. I don't think trying to send a letter via wind nymph would work as well for you guys.

[ Calypso will have to get used to having mortal problems. ]
moonlands: (☾ R.E.C.Y.C.L.E.)

[personal profile] moonlands 2018-08-23 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Anything you can dream of! Poison detectors, bulletproof things, smoke bombs, flying machines, pervert deterrents....

[and he seems proud of

every single one]


My limits are only the boundaries of my own imagination, after all!
scooptimistic: (Heavens to Murgatroyd!)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-08-23 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
That...

[ wow. ]

That's got to be the most poetic way I've ever heard to describe a flirt. I'm seriously impressed!
moonlands: (Default)

[personal profile] moonlands 2018-08-23 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
What's the relation? Time doesn't follow instructions like a recipe for a soufflet or anything - it's spontaneous! Surprising! Impossible to define! It can happen anywhere, anytime - like right here and right now!

[stop him]
swordmom: (pic#12518196)

[personal profile] swordmom 2018-08-23 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Really? You seem mad.

[Sword mom is not afraid to call you tf out. Horikawa, now having confirmed that he doesn't come off as a threat to this person, will just kneel down next to him to also get a better look at these flowers. They soon start spewing insults about him being a a nag, a busybody, a stalker... They roll off of Horikawa like water off a duck's back.]

They do say some pretty rude things though, don't they? But, maybe it's just in their nature? Not anything personal, but merely a thing they do.
moonlands: (☾ mr. dino)

[personal profile] moonlands 2018-08-23 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[It's the soft noise from her that prompts him out of his thoughts, and he looks to her and finds the smile on her face. It's a soft enough expression - one that could be directed toward kids, even rambunctious ones - that tips him off that it was a... shared kind of thing.

So he offers up a smile in return.]


Oh... You saw that, huh. Sorry about it.

[His liveliness is a little tempered down - like he's still thinking about something - but the happiness in his eyes is genuine regardless.]
umbraportation: (walk among the shadows)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2018-08-23 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ While he may not be over everything that's happened, the process of healing has started. The sting of losing Bianca will always linger but it doesn't feel as if it's tearing him apart anymore. Having Reyna here helps. In a way the praetor is like a sister he never expected to find and her very presence is soothing.

Nico can't blame Reyna for taking the long away around the flowers considering what happened on their trip to Camp Half-Blood.

That's why he does the same and moves in her direction. ]


Fire would be fastest but if it jumps it could send the whole forest up in flames. [ Seems like a bad idea. ]
moonlands: (☾ we're all connected)

[personal profile] moonlands 2018-08-23 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Seventeen?! Seventeen's way too young to be berated by flowers and accepting that as life!
ninjanature: (pic#12382344)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-23 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Alright.

[She did a good job. She kept them from being Actual Strangers all the way to the cafe. It's surprisingly not as shabby as one would expect of this place? Amazing.

The edge of the cloak at his chest parts, and his right hand emerges to point in the direction ahead of them. There's an actual sign above one of the doors of the buildings that proudly proclaims, CHROMA CAFE.]
There.

The door isn't locked.
toughchoices: (027)

[personal profile] toughchoices 2018-08-23 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[When they're close enough for her to, Reyna smiles and reaches over to ruffle Nico's hair. But, mindful of the fact that he doesn't like to be touched, she only keeps it up for a second or two and withdraws her hand.

Then she looks out at the field of flowers, eyes narrowed as if she might be able to conjure up a solution if she stares at them long enough.]


If we can find shovels and sacks in town, we could dig them up and dump them in the bags. If we're smart about it, we'll never have to touch the flowers ourselves.
youwillbeunequaled: unknown user's fanart (o what's in the well?)

[personal profile] youwillbeunequaled 2018-08-23 04:11 am (UTC)(link)

[Tonbokiri is nodding along amiably, relieved that Horikawa seems to be grounded and reasonable despite all this. And he's-- what? His nodding cuts off into a bewildered stare.]


Y-yes, I would say that is strange, for you to... just realize that so suddenly. [And to say it so suddenly like that! Flustered to be on the receiving end of such a deadpan confession (just how 'completely' are we talking here, anyway?), he takes a beat to calm himself.] But... strange things happen in this town.


Other than that, how do you feel?
superwaifu: (melonbread)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-23 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Whoa! Only a real ninja could possess the skill necessary to discern whether a door was locked or not without being anywhere near it.]

Do you think anyone's inside?

[She's eager to get in there but it's rude to rush ahead. Her enthusiasm quickens her pace until she's just barely ahead of her ninja bodyguard (hee), trying her best to mind her manners. When she can at least get a hand around the door knob her eyes are sparkling. Tea awaits!]
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-08-23 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
( horikawa kunihiro what the actual fuck )
youwillbeunequaled: (s a little 恥ずかしい)

[personal profile] youwillbeunequaled 2018-08-23 04:17 am (UTC)(link)

[Momo-dono, please hold back on saying so much stuff that takes him a minute to wrap his head around? He’s not sure how Mikuniguro solidifies him as the ‘real deal’, but he’s happy that Momo is accepting of it. And at least a ‘power move’ he can understand! Always proud to speak about his former master.]

Yes. As you might know, Honda Tadakatsu used cavalry quite effectively in many of his battles, and himself was proficient at using me-- that is, the spear- from horseback.

… I am curious, so I have a favour to ask of you, Momo-dono. Could you teach me the meaning of the words that I don’t have experience with?

Edited (wow formatting broke something awful) 2018-08-23 04:19 (UTC)
tosa: neutral (Default)

[personal profile] tosa 2018-08-23 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
( He raises his arms and can't help but suck in his breath, trying to become as small and give himself as much space as he can get. Even if he's come to get along with the Shinsengumi swords and everything, they aren't really on a touchy-feely-huggy-lovey basis so this whole thing just feels weird and wrong. As Horikawa goes on, he can feel all of his energy leaving his body

What's happening what is this Horikawa Kunihiro stop right now. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, he has to mention Izuminokami.



He's so tired.

If Izuminokami needs to get involved, hopefully he'll be able to put Mutsu out of his misery. Set him free.

Whispering, tiredly,
)

Let me go.
umbraportation: (fight till the last drop)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2018-08-23 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ The follow-up answer is greatly appreciated because his next question would have been how they got involved with the Egyptian gods in the first place. He's pretty sure that Osiris is their equivalent of Hades. And then he idly wonders if that makes Sadie and Carter like... his cousins or something. Death god kids unite? ]

Guess that answers my question of what happens when a currently-human god has kids. [ Not that it had been a burning question on his mind. ] Your magic allows you to blow things up?

[ He doesn't ask about what sort of magic Carter can do. That feels like it would get him asked what sort of abilities his half-sister has and Nico isn't willing to share that information without her permission. ]
ninjanature: (pic#12385832)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-23 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[It took a fully powered rinnegan to see the door was unlocked, and it didn't have absolutely anything to do with whether or not he had already been here earlier and checked. Skills.]

Open it and find out. Be ready for any crime.

[He's so mean. But it's in good fun. She's cute in a ridiculous way.

Unfortunately, when she opens the door, it's... empty of people. More importantly, Rin doesn't seem to be here. He must be at the church, the most ironic place of all for him to be.

They're left with a pretty cool, if devoid, cafe to inspect.]
Edited (missed an entire word) 2018-08-23 04:22 (UTC)
umbraportation: (and I feel this life)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2018-08-23 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Reyna is one of the few people who get away with touching him so casually but he still lets out of huff of resignation even if sounds way too overdramatic to be real. Then there's the fact that Nico doesn't move away.

In this case, he's willing to let her decide their next move to make here. At Camp Jupiter, she's in charge of the Legion for a very good reason. ]


Maybe we can find a use for the flowers after they've been dug up. If they still hold their abilities we could launch them at enemies to cause a distraction.
goldenwords: (013)

[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-23 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
He was also born human, so...

[Maybe it's not exactly how Nico's imagining it? Sadie doesn't know. She's not sure what exactly he's thinking of, because she doesn't know Apollo's situation, but she'd probably laugh if she heard about it, honestly.

At his next question, she grins wickedly.]


Do you want to see?

[She really looks like she hopes he'll say yes.]
superwaifu: (Default)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-23 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[She is SO READY. Her body tenses, ready to pounce. There could be a robbery in progress. A hold up. A stick 'em up. You never know, dude.]

...Aaw.

[Nope. Universe, you've disappointed. Hatoko enters, sincerely saddened by the lack of anyone else to talk to. Not that her current company is anything less than pleasant but she had hoped to make the acquaintance of as many people as possible before she was inevitably rescued.]

First, I'll prepare the tea.

[She recovers quickly, and the phrase passes her lips as if she were ready to conduct a routine meeting. Why not? They could talk about literature even if this wasn't the clubroom. Or this place... Aah, maybe she didn't want to think about it. She vaguely sighs, just a mouse of a noise, and begins looking around for what she needs.]