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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!

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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-27 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even if she did charge into danger, she'd just classify it as an emergency and blow it up, probably.]

Oh, well - I grew up in London, but I live in Brooklyn now. What about you?
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-27 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I live in Musutafu, a city near Tokyo. I lived in the States for a few years though -- hopefully my English hasn't gotten too rusty since then?

[He grins. His English is actually fine, accent aside.]
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-27 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I know where Tokyo is. [Well, vaguely. She knows it's in Japan, anyway.] Your English isn't too bad. In fact, it's quite nice compared to the rubbish a lot of the Americans speak back home.
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-27 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? You don't like the way Americans speak compared to London?
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-27 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
They've got a way of mangling proper English, you know?

[she's just a language snob]
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-27 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He just throws his head back and laughs, stopping only to cough. As an enthusiast of all things American, he really is biased on this one, but it seems like a debate best left alone with her.]

Goodness... I'm sure my American friends would disagree. But, either way, it's nice to meet someone from the same world.
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-27 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, your friends ought to note that it's called English, not American! They can disagree all they like, but it won't change that.

[she's the worst and i'm sorry. but at what he says next - she nods.]

You can say that again. Hearing about all these places I didn't recognize, I thought perhaps I was going mad.
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-27 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Scary... He'll have to remember not to come between American and British language debates in future.]

Me, too. Did you arrive on your own, or are there people from home you recognise?
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-28 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a person from home I recognize, but he's not someone I know well. It'll be fine, though. I'm good at taking care of myself.

[She says this confidently enough, at least.]

Is anyone you know hanging around?
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-28 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[She seems a bit young to be taking care of herself, but he'll come back to that matter later.]

Young Midoriya is here, along with a few of his friends and classmates. Do you know any of them?
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-28 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't say I've met them, but this seems like a rather small town. I daresay I'll meet them soon enough.

[she can't say she's heard of them, either, but she is like thirteen, so even if she was actually from their world, it's not like she'd be in high school with them.]
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-28 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
He's a nice kid, so I'm sure you'd get along if you ran into each other.

[A sigh. He's getting a little tired from the winding path through the forest already, wiping sweat from his forehead as he steps over a tree branch.]

But if it's the case that you don't know anyone, just tell me if you need any help, okay? I'll be around.
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-29 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's something almost funny about this guy offering to help her when he's as sick as he is. Sadie, for once in her life, has enough tact not to point that out.

(She thinks it, though.)]


Sure. Likewise, if you need someone to run around or blow something up if it's in your way - I'm your girl. I doubt I'm going anywhere, so you should be able to find me easily.
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-08-29 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't advocate blowing things up, but I'll keep the offer in mind...!

[Who knows when he'll need a sassy British Bakugo to bail him out of trouble? It actually kind of has a ring to it...]
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[personal profile] goldenwords 2018-08-29 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Live a little!

[there are very few people for whom explosions are a part of living, sadie]
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[personal profile] smaaaaaash 2018-09-01 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[wheeze... sadie please]

I can live plenty without explosions in my life.