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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awoosh2018-02-24 02:33 pm
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test drive meme 1.





Her Pa committed suicide
By biting off his head.
Her mother saw her uncle's ghost
And died of fright, she said.
So her unpleasant habits
Seem most curious to me,
Because she seems to come from such
A happy family.




Prompt 1:

he forest looms as ever, colorless but not at all dead. The leaves are full, fluttering in the silence, but there's no scent to them, no color. The effect is eerily hard to navigate, almost like an optical illusion, leaves, branches and trunk blending together with the small path -- which already disappears and reappears at a whim.

But even so...

If you brave the path, it seems as though there is something leading you onwards. A trail of... something, crumbs, maybe, the same shade of colorless as everything else, almost impossible to see. Following those might be a bad idea -- your chances of getting lost, tangled in random underbrush, or wandering aimlessly for hours are pretty high... to say nothing of what you might encounter if you stray too far (hint: even the small, fuzzy things have nasty bites).

Still, it's there, and if you follow them... eventually you will come to a small house. It's decrepit, falling apart and in shambles... do you really want to go inside? Perhaps armed with one of the many convenient tree branches that have probably smacked you thus far?


Prompt 2:

hould you enter the house, you'll be greeted with a creepy, creepy doorman. Aw, how cute! And in that doll's hand, there's...a message.

On a slip of paper, it reads, simply and plainly:

The more you take, the more you leave behind.

Curious! (And yeah, you can destroy the doll. It's just a normal doll. You may even come across said doll already crushed by an intrepid explorer.)

Of course, it's a riddle, and the answer's a warning -- the longer you walk around and about the house, the less you'll remember about yourself, until you forget why you were there and why you should leave, and who you are at all, doomed to wander forever.

Or someone saves you, that's fine too.


Prompt 3:

roblem: There are no fresh eggs in the Town.

Solution: Catch a feral chicken, and keep it for eggs. That seems simple enough, right? You're totally up for the task... right?

But why do all of the animals look so strange in the forest? Mutated, with teeth, or wings that don't belong, or claws. That's... a chicken, right?

Catching it will allow you to get some eggs, but that beak looks pretty nasty -- it might be harder than it looks. But you're intrepid and clever, right? Why not demonstrate your Chicken Wrangling Skills that won you the championship so many years ago? Or try to serenade the savage beast? Or wuss out and form a coalition with which you draw lots to see who has to do battle with the chicken? There's safety in numbers! But the prize will surely be worth a bit of blood loss and fowl-related trauma.

Do it for the eggs.


Prompt 4:

here's a new quest on the forum today, and it looks awfully easy! It's listed simply as:

Quest XXII.
Talk to someone you've never met about their childhood.
Quest will be completed when you have reached an acceptable level of knowledge.


On the other hand, that's a little vague, isn't it... ? How will you even know when you've completed a quest like that?

Still, it looks easy! Maybe go give it a try. You could respond to the forum post to try to find people, or just go on outside, go harass someone about their past. If you're lucky, you'll drag it out of them with very little hassle and it won't take you a good chunk of the day. If you're unlucky, that's what highly persistent stalking is for! But don't forget, you'll likely have to return the favor.

And your new friend might not be the only one listening.


Extra:

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chalphy: (⚔ Four.)

[personal profile] chalphy 2018-02-26 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[They were the aggressors, and therefore, everything is okay!! Totally. No lasting ramifications or anything.]

That's where you and I differ, I'm afraid; I have no experience with hand to hand combat. I'm not exactly used to fighting off horseback either...

[Sigurd sheathes his sword while he talks, shaking his head just a bit.]

I was attempting to trap them. The villagers need their eggs, but...geez, nobody said anything about how vicious these creatures are!
pursestrings: (063)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-26 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, any facts, that's so much cooler!! Now he's into it.]

cool
me n my friends won the lottery over the summer
got 2 split like 5 mil
bu773rfly: (8)

[personal profile] bu773rfly 2018-02-26 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder what the quest-giver considers to be "childhood". Does it have to be from your past, or does it count if you're still school-aged?

My brother and I ran an internet cafe. I handled the finances and paperwork and he was the manager.
pursestrings: (what number is left)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-26 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
well i can't drink so i'm counting summer as childhood i guess
r u good @ money
me 2 but only b/c we're poor so i had 2 learn budgeting
hydrokinetics: (Still goes both ways)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-02-26 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Always. [He doesn't sound too bitter but there's a tinge of annoyance all the same.] The best part is that even when you fix the problems that aren't yours, they take all the credit for it.

[There's another appraising look. She's young, that much is obvious and it's hard to say if the attitude is genuinely not caring or just a girl who doesn't want to bother much.] What are you going to do instead then?
crosswind: (014)

[personal profile] crosswind 2018-02-26 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
unfortunately, he was absolutely the real deal. optimistic, determined, annoyingly concerned with everyone and everything going on around him. but that also means that once he's made a deal with waver, he's going to see it through.

"I hope they don't ask for fresh milk next, because if the chickens are this bad, I can't even imagine what cows would look like here."

that's... no, that's a really bad idea. but it does make gran wonder if the aim of these missions was to craft the perfect breakfast. two food groups down, gran inhales sharply, and clenches his fist, "Alright. Should I look for you in town later or do you think you'll still be hunting berries by the time I'm done?"

he's going to get lost either way.

see you tomorrow, waver.
hydrokinetics: (My way to you)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-02-26 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If I can't take on a chicken I'm pretty sure I deserve it. And you'd laugh at me anyway. [Why does he love her again? Besides everything.] The woods are missing all of their colors, too, so telling what's edible and what isn't is going to be kind of weird. At least the chicken's easy.

Ready?
chalphy: (⚔ Nine.)

[personal profile] chalphy 2018-02-26 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, Charlotte...]

Of course. Please, just give me a moment...

[He's sure to be careful when he lifts her up, not wanting to agitate the twist any--Ethlyn had told him something about that, and he should be able to get her up...]

There we are. [It's going to look a little odd having a woman in his arms, but it's just to help someone out. With that, he's off!] Really, it won't be any trouble at all. If anything, I think it would be far easier to do than capturing foul beasts like them...
flamebringer: (judgment)

[personal profile] flamebringer 2018-02-26 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... the eggs. Yes. Of course.

[it's not like she forgot about the eggs.

(she forgot about the eggs)

but! not all the creatures are dead. that one there, for instance— she strides over to a chicken feebly twitching on the ground and picks it up by one of its weird misshapen legs, holding it out at arm's length with slight frown of disgust.]


Is there some sort of... cage to hold them in, then? These vile things shouldn't be freely roaming about.

[the chicken shrieks (Mòrag has never seen a proper chicken in her life, but she has a feeling they're not supposed to shriek) and flails, stretching its neck out and snapping its beak.]
bu773rfly: (9)

[personal profile] bu773rfly 2018-02-26 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm good at that kind of thing. Our parents died, so we opened the cafe to support ourselves.
hydrokinetics: (I'm in the details with the devil so)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-02-26 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Then that settles it. This guy will live to see another day and become our test chicken. [He grins and the pen goes back into his pocket.] If we have a cage or something we can make as a pen for it. Then we can grab whatever we find in the woods and see what happens. Traps shouldn't be too hard, they taught us a few things at camp that might work.

[So that probably answers Waver's summer question.]

[personal profile] drubbings 2018-02-26 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For some reason, being told to shut up makes a laugh bubble up in Terezi's throat until she is cackling a bit. This is ridiculous. So ridiculous. They are two of the most cunning trolls in their little circle of friends. Both brutal and conniving. Both a little desperate to be as ruthless as their bad ass Ancestors. Or they use to be.

She never thought about this part whenever she was carefully laying out her plans to thwart Vriska. The fact that killing and revenge and death are not as easy as she thought. And here they are playing another competition, only this time it was about blame. How does that even happen. ]


I think the fuck up is to be shared, yes.

[ She thinks she'll mention John's retcon quest another time. Everything will be fine for a different version of themselves. It'd be fine. But right now was about mending whatever their relationship is. ]

Sometimes we'd come cross Dream Bubbles. I was never sure why I never ran in to you, I was a little angry about it. But also kind of glad. I guess I didn't want to face you. It was--

[ It is a complicated feeling. ]

But I'm happy we are here now. I have no further part to play in our session, which is a weird feeling, but I think that means we are free to do whatever we want!

[ Open ended. Yes, she is in fact asking Vriska to chill with her to the end of eternity.

Then painfully awkwardly: ]


Do you need help with your hair?
pursestrings: (020)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-26 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
ur parents died n u opened a store??? that must make u crazy smart
i thought i was doing ok w/ a savings account....
hydrokinetics: (I'm like a soldier)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-02-26 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
If you saw the quest on that board then you've seen what the houses and stuff are like here, too. I don't like it, but it almost feels like maybe the town was waiting for us. Could explain why nobody else is here.
crosswind: (007)

[personal profile] crosswind 2018-02-26 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[g r o s s]

You're not an Erune by any chance, are you?

[gran tilts his head as he types this, and conveniently avoids thinking about how someone relieves themselves cross legged.]

For me? Yeah, I guess I only doing it standing up, but then again, I've never almost killed myself in the process.
bu773rfly: (8)

[personal profile] bu773rfly 2018-02-26 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[she's not humble enough to dispute that]

Ryuji's big stubborn head helped.

It's still your turn for a fact.
pursestrings: (073)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-26 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
oh right
uhh
well i'm ok at cooking cuz no 1 else was doing it
hydrokinetics: (Some people have it other people don't)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-02-26 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay wow?? Excuse you?? But yeah, okay, Damian has a point and Percy decides that if they're going to make progress he's (unfortunately) going to have to bow first.]

August 18th, 1993. In New York, since we're doing the backstory thing. It was spring 2011 last time I checked. [Damian can do the math since math sucks and Percy hates it, but that puts him at 17, roughly.]
extrapolating: (pic#12114153)

[personal profile] extrapolating 2018-02-26 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her irritation ebbs away quickly as he gives a little bit in return, since truly, that's all she wanted. Breaking up the rather strange and awkward parts of her family history makes it a bit easier to swallow. Or probably more accurately, it lets her temper quiet down too. It's all such a recent sore spot that she had never had time to process while she and Booker ran around Columbia, so it was best to take it in pieces.

Though... His answers are still more vague than hers, and she doesn't miss that. She thinks about chiding him for not trying to finish the quest with his own questions, but thinks better of it. She can just ask more prying questions. ]


What sort of business do they do?

[ It's at least open-ended, since the pause before he speaks about his mother is also something she doesn't miss. She wonders briefly if their relationship is also complicated or if it's just a matter of trying to very generically explain a more complicated profession.

At least even with how vague all of that is, that last part is enough to catch her curiosity in a different way. And probably launch like fifty more questions from Damian... ]


I've read a lot about the United States—the early history, at least. I know Columbia seceded, but my books only went so far... [ Her expression turns thoughtful, since there's really a lot she wants to ask about, but she probably shouldn't get ahead of herself too much. She'll start with something simple that's also been burning at her curiosity. ] Do a lot of people down there wear masks?
Edited 2018-02-26 22:18 (UTC)
imperialsun: (Emotion - Annoyed Sigh)

[personal profile] imperialsun 2018-02-26 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Good, he can put it over his shoulder like normal along with his sheathed sword. Good times.]

Well...we have eggs now.

[Which is good!]

...Are we going to have to do hold-ups every day for more?

[That's bad.]

At one point we might give it a heart attack. I guess then we'll have a whole chicken to cook...
Edited 2018-02-26 22:28 (UTC)
flamebringer: (blaze)

[personal profile] flamebringer 2018-02-26 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[juvenile wordplay? she looks genuinely confused for a moment, but no time to ponder accidental puns.]

Very well! Leave them to me!

[one thing she happens to excel at is pissing off monsters and drawing their attention to herself. it would be an incredibly unfortunate talent to have were she not extremely fast and good at dodging things, so it ends up being an advantage more often than not.

like here, for instance— most of the chickens turn to her instead of Okabe when she hurls a rock at one and nails it in the head. bullseye.

Mòrag could... probably kill them all herself with her bare hands, but she's genuinely curious to see what this guy's plan is.]
hydrokinetics: (Some people have it other people don't)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2018-02-26 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Waking up in weird locations with no memory of how I got there and getting in situations where I'm losing memories? More than you'd think. [Even with how he says it he sounds mostly calm about it even if there's still an underlying tone of frustration.

Fuck Hera, basically.

Still, green eyes track her movements and he notices the brooch.]


And now you're back trying to help the rest of us. That's pretty cool of you. Did you remember everything as soon as you left? [...now that he thinks about it, it should have been obvious once he found himself wandering. Usually he has an idea of what's happening but aimless wandering has never suited him very well. Exploring, sure, but not this.]
timetrialled: (∞ THREE)

[personal profile] timetrialled 2018-02-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, yes. If it's a true performance you're expecting, I'm afraid to say that I don't have the necessary vitality at present.

[He got chased around town by mutant chickens for a while, so any excuse to rest is good.]

I don't suppose you'll be willing to return the favor after I'm finished?

[He asks not because he's suspicious of her, but because the answer is going to dictate how many blatant lies he's about to include. He isn't sure how false information will affect the outcome of the quest, and he doesn't want to screw someone over if they're willing to take part in an honest exchange.]
extrapolating: (pic#12114188)

[personal profile] extrapolating 2018-02-26 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's surprising, naturally, so she gives him a look of sympathy, since she's not sure how else to take that information. He doesn't seem too bothered by it, so maybe she shouldn't be? ]

I wouldn't think it would happen at all, so definitely more than I'd think. [ But there's something there that's a bit of a relief, so she wants to clarify: ] So you don't remember how you got here either? This whole colorless place, that is.

[ Since, yeah, he definitely doesn't remember the house, she assumes. It's best to clarify. ]

Yes. Or... [ She smiles, just a little wry ] I hope so. I guess if I didn't, I wouldn't really know.

[ Though considering a lot of her memories, she wouldn't exactly mind forgetting most of them at this point. Just leave her with her memories of her books, her painting, and Paris, and she would be happy with that. Good riddance to everything else, maybe even including Mr. Dewitt. ]