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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!

solocheer: ((ღ˘⌣˘ღ))

[personal profile] solocheer 2018-08-19 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[the tulip doesn't need to, because as soon as Momo delivers the proper punchline Himari is dissolving into a fit of giggles. this is extremely sad and honestly there's nothing anyone can say that could possibly make it any worse than this pair is doing by themselves.]

Ohh, that's a really good one! I'll have to remember that for later.

[no, please don't. just erase all of this from your mind now.]

Alright, now it's my turn! [she places her hands on her hips, full of misplaced confidence] Did you know that I tried to catch some fog yesterday?
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[personal profile] rerevale 2018-08-20 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ himari.... sweet summer child.......

Unfortunately for her, he's already elevated into friend status in Momo's eyes, which means that he eagerly reacts to the introduction of the joke— attentive and alert, even as the flower groans.
]

Haha, whoa, did you? How did that go?
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[personal profile] solocheer 2018-08-20 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[this is your punishment for being such an asshole, tulip. you're going to have to listen to this until winter comes and murders you.

Himari, oblivious to the plant's suffering, shakes her head in mock sorrow. with a great amount of regret, she replies:]


Not that great. I mist.

[BADUM TSHHHH]
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[personal profile] rerevale 2018-08-20 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ How much more can this tulip truly last.... it seems to be wilting, one petal at a time.

Momo, momentarily, is too busy cracking up to notice.
]

Haha, no way?! What a mist-ake?!

[ please stop ]
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[personal profile] solocheer 2018-08-20 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[to be perfectly honest, Himari's almost completely forgotten about the reason they started telling jokes in the first place. she's just assumed that if the flower isn't laughing, they haven't happened up the right combination yet.]

I know! I got all misty-eyed over it, too.
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[personal profile] rerevale 2018-08-20 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, don't let that crush your spirit, though. You gotta stay opti-mist-ic...!

[ This one actually makes the tulip bow its head and settle its petals into the dirt, as if it's trying to burrow its head into the ground. Too bad it doesn't have hands, sucka.

Momo finally notices, and—
]

—Hey, look! I think it's doubled over laughing!

[ this is a really convenient read of the situation, but it works. ]
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[personal profile] solocheer 2018-08-22 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Himari's got another fantastic pun ready to send Momo's way, but his comment about the flower brings her back to the original reason this maelstrom of bad taste got started. peering at it curiously, she can't help but ask -]

Are you sure?

[leaning in even closer, she tilts her head to the side so her ear's facing the once proud tulip.]

I don't really hear anything.
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[personal profile] rerevale 2018-08-23 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Momo blinks, slow and owlish, before glancing sideways at one of the other gray flowers in their near vicinity.

It visibly cowers from the two of them.
]

—Why does it feel like we just did something terrible?!
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[personal profile] solocheer 2018-08-24 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
[what the heck? why were the other flowers looking at them like they were murderers!?]

I-it's probably fine! It's not like we did anything to it, right?

[seriously, they weren't even looking at it half the time!]

I bet it just got tired from being so mean...or something.