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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!

lavabend: (10.)

[personal profile] lavabend 2018-08-24 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hugs are very very nice but for this particular instance he's happier to have the feeling in his arms back. ]

I did? [ Wow. He feels important! That's always nice. ] Well, I just think more people should do this. Not go around crushing people 'till they can't breathe, but share the love!

You never know. The person at the other side might be going through some stuff.
lavabend: (10.)

[personal profile] lavabend 2018-08-24 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
I figured. [ Her feet just look like metal chair legs. Of course, he won't say that because it's highly rude. Yes, he does intend to start heading over to the well, but she gave him a green light on questions and now he wants to satisfy his curiosity. ]

Sooo. Since you said I could ask. What are you? You kinda look like one of the mecha suits my friend Asami's company used to manufacture -- only, about a bazillion times prettier.

[ Just being honest. He likes pretty people. ]
superwaifu: (strawberryjam)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-24 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Why go halfway? These flowers need a training montage. IT'S THE - EYE OF THE TIGER]

Maybe if you gave them a few hints...?
ninjanature: (pic#12382354)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-24 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Her enthusiasm startles him to attention, though nothing is exactly betrayed on his face except for just slightly parted lips. She doesn't know him? She doesn't know Naruto or Boruto either. Maybe nothing about ninjas like them.

Yet she's so passionate for someone else, and for a moment, he thinks about Sakura. Feisty and fiery, sure, but so very caring, almost on the verge of annoying when it was taken for granted by them. They never thought to stop being selfish for two seconds and think about the third member of their team.]


You aren't wrong. Maybe you should be Boruto's teacher instead.
lavabend: (8.)

[personal profile] lavabend 2018-08-24 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, now he can infer that Naruto is probably still alive. That's reassuring. ]

Well, y'know, if he was your friend, he was probably pestering you because he cared. [ Not that Bolin knows anything about their situation. He's just going with what's most logical from his idealistic viewpoint. ]

What was the argument about, anyway? Sounds intense. [ Probably still not worth trying to kill someone over, in his opinion, but he's made his aversion to killing quite clear. ]
superwaifu: (melonbread)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-24 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Me?

[That calms her down quickly. He must be kidding around; it's a serious responsibility, one which can't possibly be handed over lightly. She laughs self-consciously, and blushes faintly at the compliment even though she's sure it isn't a serious offer.]

I couldn't do that. If Boruto-kun won't listen to you, there's no way...

[She glances at the flat clothing where Sasuke's missing part of himself. It brings back a memory that had frightened Hatoko and her friends into finally understanding that their situation had changed. She speaks up, timidly.]

He might listen some day. He...just doesn't feel scared enough yet.
finalize: (and that's the truth.)

kimi no kioku intensifies

[personal profile] finalize 2018-08-24 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ because "minato likes this person" is such a hard line to pass....

.... but it isn't like "aigis likes this person" is a hard line to pass either. ]


If you were friends with her, I am sure she was a wonderful person. I would have liked to meet her.

[ ryoji was a one-time incident and aigis has atoned. ]

Though... I'm sorry if I reminded you of someone you miss, Minato-san.

[ welcome to her life ]
ninjanature: (pic#12382345)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-24 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Whether grimacing or smiling very faintly, no one will ever know because he won't do either of them with full disclosure. There's only some reservation with talking about things--the flowers seem ready to blurt out all manner of secrets.

Gently, he finally frowns, and his eye returns to Bolin.]


There was something very important to me I had to do. But... being with them on a team... Naruto, my wife...

They started making me forget about what I thought was most important to me. So I left because they got in the way. I left to accomplish my goal, and I hurt them when I could so they would stay away.
ninjanature: (pic#12382350)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-24 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
He listens. [Most of the time... Well...] He listens to me, at least. I have to try a little longer before he'll listen to his father.

[If he's bothered by the glance at the arm, he makes no indication. In all honesty, it's almost as if he isn't missing one with how he carries himself. Certain and confident, though that has come with years of re-learning everything.]

I think he would listen to you, too, but... it's better he's still home and not here. Not yet. [Which makes him wonder.] Are you afraid?
superwaifu: (Default)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-24 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't be upset that he's asked a deeply personal question. Their rapport came out of nowhere but she's glad for it and taking offense now wouldn't be right. Hatoko's thoughts had been curiously leaning towards wondering what this Boruto-nin was like and if he really would listen to her even though she had very little of the confidence Uchiha-san possessed.

That evaporates. Her gaze falls to her half-empty tea cup.]

A little bit.

[She bites her lip. Who else could she talk to about these feelings? Keeping them bottled up was no good.]

Uhm, would it be okay if I told you a secret?
abrasivegrit: (ur in deep shit now)

Bortz | Houseki no Kuni

[personal profile] abrasivegrit 2018-08-24 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I.

[It's reasonable to suppose that there used to be lots of flowers in this garden. There aren't many left, now--not even the chatty and colourful ones that had been paying Bortz an inordinate and entirely superfluous number of compliments at their arrival on this nondescript stretch of street.

The remaining handful are now shrieking in terror while Bortz, impassive but for the slight furl of annoyance between their eyebrows, absently wipes stray bits of leaf and petal off the sharp edge of their obsidian blade.

Did Bortz just obliterate your garden, or are you a witness to this senseless massacre?]


IV.

[Frankly, any tree limbs yanking at Bortz's hair deserve what they get in response, which probably isn't pretty. Their shoes, on the other hand, are scuffed up to such an extent that Red Beryl would doubtless be apoplectic if they were here to see what Bortz had subjected their hard work to.

The field of flowers that they ultimately confront is met with initial disdain, until it becomes clear that none of them are going to attempt to strike up conversation this time. The silence itself is enough to draw out their curiosity, however, and with one hand resting on the hilt of their sword, Bortz approaches the flowers, pensive.]
ninjanature: (pic#12385806)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-24 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[The visible eyebrows rises slowly, curiously. He's not shocked she's afraid. He would expect it, more than anything. He would expect anyone who isn't use to this sort of thing to be at least somewhat scared.]

If you want. I'm listening.
messianic: (for as we know from dreams)

STOP THIS

[personal profile] messianic 2018-08-24 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Aw, Aigis...

Minato just shakes his head at that, head tilted at her harmlessly.]


It's fine. I'm happy to talk about her--it's good that more people will remember her this way. So don't worry about asking about things like that, Aigis.

Oh--this is the house here.

[VERY BLUE!!! unsurprisingly, really.]
superwaifu: (vanilla pudding)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-24 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Listening to a teenager who doesn't know who to trust. How many adults can manage that? Not as many as there ought to be in the world. Hatoko feels a weight lift off her shoulders, but not completely. Guilt roils in her guts. It's selfish, what she hopes will happen. But she can't see anyone but herself making it out.]

My friends share a club a school. [That's not the important part but she's starting there because the image of them together at the table like usual is comforting, and relevant.]

One of my friends, she can, uhm. Fix things. With magic.

[She glances up at him to see if the one-armed sword-bearing ninja will call her out as a liar.]
lavabend: (15.)

[personal profile] lavabend 2018-08-24 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
I guess you were going through some stuff. [ It does sound like he's regretful over what happened. At least, Bolin's getting this vibe? He's always been bad at reading people, and Sasuke's harder to read than most with how his facial expression barely seems to ever change. ]

But you could've just told them about what was so important to you. Breaking off from the group sounds real lonely.
awamori: (for you)

[personal profile] awamori 2018-08-24 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, Ryuu could never turn down someone as sincere. (He's have a great time.)]

Nice to meet you Barbicane-san! Or would you like Impey instead?

[Okay, now he couldn't stop the chuckle from that last line. That's a very bold claim!]

I'm curious about how you'll do that. Oh! I nearly forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ryuunosuke Tsunashi, you can call me Ryuu I don't mind.

[Especially if this will be the future love of his life. (He can't help the other chuckle that slips out.)]
awamori: (let me hear you sing)

[personal profile] awamori 2018-08-24 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
No problem! You can follow me we'll start by going into the village.

[Ryuu gestures forward as he starts walking.]

I'm not sure, even when I first arrived to this town it looked the same. We managed to get a couple of colors to come back along with some food, plates, silverware, and other things we need to make the best of what we have. This town is very mysterious and there's many things to look out for too.
ninjanature: (pic#12382355)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-24 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[The brow goes up again, but this time it's once and quick. Magic. The disbelief that flashes momentarily across his face is, ironically, not because he thinks there's no such thing as "magic," but more magic is simply... ninjutsu to him.

At least... he doesn't seem entirely judging.]


"Fix things"? Do you mean mending items or mending bodies?
superwaifu: (strawberryjam)

[personal profile] superwaifu 2018-08-24 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[So far so good? He didn't immediately dismiss the idea as childish nonsense. Neither does he appear to believe her right away - she could have interpreted that as politeness, the furthest thing from the genuine understanding she needs.]

Both, but not like that. Mn... She can return anything to what it used to be, or should be. Dirty clothes become clean. Food can be uneaten.

[She fidgets. It would simpler if he would put the dots together on his own but she has a feeling she'll have to say it all aloud no matter how uncomfortable it makes her.]
awamori: (for you)

[personal profile] awamori 2018-08-24 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Ryuu is taking everything one day at a time. When he first arrived he was pretty nervous about everything, especially waking up in a well. He was able to get his footing after learning more about what happened from Tenn, Riku, Gaku, and the other nice people in town. He's met some very helpful people!

Ryuu shook his head as he continued to try to undo the knot. Why is this knot so hard?
]

No, Anesagi-san always told us it didn't fit our image so we don't do a lot of prank shows. I watch a lot of those shows when I have time off. They're pretty funny, though I don't know who would be able to do this.
rutility: (imbecilic BRATS)

I

[personal profile] rutility 2018-08-24 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's too bad for Bortz that Rutile was sitting in a patch of flowers only yards away, a trowel in their hand and dirt spattered on their lab coat. Now the mud covers their skin, too, and has gotten into the striations of their hair. Murder in their eyes, Rutile gets to their feet and stalks over to Bortz. ]

You absolute buffoon! You've just ruined several weeks of work for the sake of your temper!

[ They level an accusatory finger at Bortz, and then at their blade, strikingly unafraid of the much harder and taller gem. ]

Are you blind, or just a fool? Such violence is appropriate only in imminent danger; what have you to fear from flowers?
stripedown: (Mastering unfair looks at 12)

[personal profile] stripedown 2018-08-24 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's not sure that she has this at all. But, slowly, once she's reassured that Kotoha isn't going to lunge at all or attack her or do anything else alarming, Kisa places her palms down on the ground and pushes herself up with only a single wobble.

Victory(???) ]
stripedown: (Please put your clothes back on)

[personal profile] stripedown 2018-08-24 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Look, she feels bad about it!

SORRY, SIERRA, SHE IS TRYING TO NOT MAKE THAT FACE, BUT SHE'S MAKING THAT FACE. ]
finalize: (i can't keyword all this shit)

i love you cal im not sorry

[personal profile] finalize 2018-08-24 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ that's a point she'll take to heart, as it makes sense... but it still confuses her a tad, as painful things seemed better not to drag to the surface to her... for various reasons.

still, she nods, and fortunately doesn't have to think too much on balancing the gentle line between remembering and regretting as their destination comes up.

and yes that is

very blue.

all aigis can really say is-- ]


--It reminds me of your hair.
ninjanature: (pic#12385810)

[personal profile] ninjanature 2018-08-24 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Some Stuff is putting it lightly. It was some Really Shitty Stuff, but, in the end, no less excusable for being such a bastard. To friends, to family, to everyone.]

I did tell them. I made sure they knew. [His lips thin. The people who gave him a family when he had none, and he had treated them like garbage.] I made sure they knew my goal was more important than they would ever be.

Making them hate me would make it easier, or so I thought.