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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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explosivo: (play play play)

[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-28 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he can kind of smell this is pretty much bullshit because-- ] Come on, if you're having trouble with chickens I'm gonna laugh. [ .... he says this and yet he'd gotten bitten by one like a complete loser but whatever. him, a hypocrite??? ]

But fine. [ back in town time to... truss this thing up and leave it dazed and knocked out and one very unfortunate bird who might or might not but leaning towards might be dinner, if he has his way. ] How many do you want? [ ..... ] Unless you're planning on keeping it as a pet.
explosivo: (struggle)

[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-28 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's not exactly afraid of pain, but--!! ] If this thing bites my nose off I'm blaming you, icyhot.

How about you light a fire under its ass or something!
refuges: (33)

[personal profile] refuges 2018-02-28 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm only eighteen.

[Though pretty close to nineteen, but definitely not old enough to be a Papa to a child of her age. Definitely not married to Shiki.

Still, this is kind of surreal to him as he pats her head.]
windeity: (UNSURE ♫ oh wait hang on)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-28 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Unnatural like a monster maybe. [He thinks about monsters he's dealt with but...no, they're all usually brightly colored assholes. So not them.] If it's unnatural that should make it even easier to spot if we keep going and check everything out. We have nothing else to go off of right now anyway.
extrapolating: (pic#12114177)

[personal profile] extrapolating 2018-02-28 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ GOD OF COURSE HE DOES ]

[ She doesn't think he does, but that's also about all she can explain of that part of Columbia's history. She'd had her biased, propaganda version of events, and it was only in visiting that wretched "museum" with Booker that she'd gotten another perspective and realized that the glorified version was just that. The truth was far harsher. But she only knew that truth in summary, since everything that had taken place down below after Columbia seceded had surely been matters of the world of Sodom that the people of Columbia didn't have to concern themselves with. Or at least she would bet that's the justification.

His question is a natural one, but more than any of the other questions, this one seems to make her the most uncomfortable. The pause of silence is longer, the twisting of the thimble around her pinky more pronounced, but she speaks eventually, though bitterly. ]


I always thought it was because of what I can do. But... [ She trails off again, and her frown deepens ] He wants me to take his place.

[ It's more complicated than that in many respects, but she finds that she doesn't really want to talk about it. Not right now. ]

But that's not my childhood. Let's talk about something else.
jokered: (mirrors reflecting a thousand)

[personal profile] jokered 2018-02-28 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[it would probably be rude if it wasn't true, but morgana is already not a japanese name, so he can't really judge.]

I don't know how he got his name, but that's just what it is.

[honestly, he thinks morgana would probably be more insulted by all this talk of him being a cat, but you know, minor details here.]
skatebird: (ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ baby now we got bad blood)

[personal profile] skatebird 2018-02-28 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Huh, that's right. No rice will be an issue, won't it? Even so, Yata shrugs. ]

We'll make it without.

[ It won't be the first, last, or even weirdest weird thing he's had to make on limited ingredients. As for also being here, Yata nods. ]

Yeah. I showed up at the bottom of some stupid well. You?

[ Yata, on the other hand, doesn't even have to to think about it. If Fushimi is here, things will be fine. ]
somelikeitcold: (pic#12117642)

[personal profile] somelikeitcold 2018-02-28 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
If it wasn't afraid of your explosions, it won't be afraid of my fire.

[He sighs]

Let me try one one other thing, though.

[He steps forward, putting his left hand on the underside of the beak he'd frozen a moment ago.]

Watch your feet, I'm going to melt the ice.

[In other words, that ice is about to be scalding water. And sure enough, that chicken squawks, lets go, and starts going after Todoroki's fingers instead. He freezes its legs and beak, causing it to fall over.]

This bird is more trouble than it's worth.

[Does he even like eggs? He's starting to feel like he doesn't.]
Edited 2018-02-28 19:34 (UTC)
skatebird: (ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ baby now we got bad blood)

[personal profile] skatebird 2018-02-28 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's

so

cool!

Yata looks positively delighted as Keith explains everything, and not even the mention of some sort of war is enough to curb his enthusiasm. And why would it? There's lots of cool stuff in his world, too, but even he doesn't know anyone that fought a war in space.

It's the mention of going home that finally has Yata looking somber again.
]

Yeah... I don't want to stay in this creepy place any longer than I gotta.

[ Finally, he offers his hand out. ]

Ah- I'm Yata, by the way.
jokered: pixiv id: 810354 (justice: an infestation of moths)

[personal profile] jokered 2018-02-28 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm.

[still on his own journey. or rehabilitation, as it were—though he won't get into those differences right now, either.

instead, he lives to what naoya has to say thoughtfully. fighting enemies, making friends with classmates and bonding with them—gambling...

yeah, that all sounds pretty legit. his experience with casinos is a little different, but he can't say he's never played in one and doesn't get why someone could get addicted.]


...You buy your weapons at a convenience store?

[yeah, that's akira's takeaway from this, that's the only thing here that actually sticks out to him.]
parodeity: lexxercise @ da (FIREFLIES 🎧 rise up)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-28 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, no one seems to know what the fuck is up. But hey, you're here, so who cares.

[ dave does, a little? like.

he misses rose like fucking burning already and he's worried about karkat, and he'd missed jade for years.

but john's here, and that's something. ]
pinesforyou: (Soon I'll have people to do my sleeping)

u wanted this :/

[personal profile] pinesforyou 2018-02-28 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you jealous I'm spending my attention on another man? Don't worry, you're the only creepy slash sexy figure I'll ever cradle like this again, new lover!

[Selective hearing??? Selective hearing. She just drops the doll as per instruction, and luckily, it doesn't break or anything]

Sooooo! Is this a romantic/horror treasure hunt? What does it say already?!
pinesforyou: and a sad butt (a strange puffy fiddle with a ponytail)

pushes you over!!!!!!

[personal profile] pinesforyou 2018-02-28 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Always willing to help. Mystery twins? MYSTERY TWINS. Instead, she pokes his face with the doll's arms and does her ventriloquist thing. Without actually sticking her hand in the doll]

[She's doing that voice]


Don't be like that, Dipper! I just want to be your friend...... FOREVER! Play with me!!

[Then she puts it down, as she's likely gotten the reaction she wanted out of him] Psssht, even if that did happen, at least it'd have lots of doll friends to hang out with. If that's even what this dumb ol' riddle's about in the first place.
parodeity: sleiin @ tumblr (CHAT 🎧 yeah w/e)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-28 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You got it, dude. Think you can spare one more berry as a distraction for our escape?
3rd: (pic#11900541)

[personal profile] 3rd 2018-02-28 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
That's more like it.

[ mikoto grins... he hadn't really been serious about eating the chicken, but as always it's difficult to tell what he's actually thinking. that said, this turn of events suits him just fine - much more so than fighting the monster to protect munakata, at any rate. ]

But aren't you forgetting something? That thing doesn't exactly want your help.

[ he gets into a fighting stance himself, red aura swirling around him... but the chicken itself remains fixated on the person who took its eggs.

in other words, whether munakata is protecting it or not, its definitely jumping at him from behind. ]
parodeity: (Default)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-28 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
i mean
an antihero is still a type of hero technically
catsuya: (try to keep it nutritious)

3, slams in here with starbucks

[personal profile] catsuya 2018-02-28 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Surely there is a better way to obtain eggs. Katsuya is definitely not just thinking this because this... creature seems like it would be immune to intimidation, and that's about all he's got in his arsenal.]

Ms. Amano, I don't believe this animal can be communicated with.

[Maybe he can shoot it.]
windeity: (GRIN ♫ windy things)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-28 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hope is all they can do right now, it seems, and John doesn't mind following her. He decides it's probably best not to start flying just yet in case that also weirds her out, but he's pushing at branches to press through and hopefully not hurting either of them.]

Sorry about that. [Amused all the same though.] I thought I had a handle on things but the dumb branches are way too thick up at the top to keep moving that easily.
lonered: (Default)

[personal profile] lonered 2018-02-28 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)

Yeah, that about sums it up. They're aliens.

[Mostly invading. With some notable exceptions. No need to mention his own heritage here.]

Meteors? So just like the dinosaurs?

lonered: (Default)

[personal profile] lonered 2018-02-28 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)

Yeah... guess you're right. Neither of us had a great story to tell.

[But well... Keith hesitates a moment before frowning.] I mean... I could tell you about the Galaxy Garrison. I guess that still counts as childhood, to start at least.

imperialsun: (Emotion - Indifference)

[personal profile] imperialsun 2018-02-28 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Or well, we did in the other world...we did steal our initial guns from the police station, mind you!

[UM....he realizes this is going to sound even worse.]

The police stations were taken over by demons...
taraincognita: (smile n talk!!)

[personal profile] taraincognita 2018-02-28 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
If she has any idea that he's onto her, Tara doesn't let on. She puts her thumbs through the loops of her shorts, grinning at him before shrugging.

"Maybe I just wanted to mess with you, baby bird." She's hoping the nickname lands exactly how she wants it to. "I'm definitely, three hundred percent, totally normal. Regular schoolgirl. Nothing to see here. All-American, yadayada. You get me."

No, he doesn't. God, she wants to figure out who he is - there's no chance that this is her Robin, even aged down a few years. But there's no way to know for sure, unless she gives away some of the information she has on hand. She's not in the place to do that now. Better to keep on playing dumb.
taraincognita: (Default)

[personal profile] taraincognita 2018-02-28 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
idk
grown up things
fight people
run places

im not very interesting
what do u do
how old r u
lonered: (Default)

[personal profile] lonered 2018-02-28 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)

[This guy really does seem excited about it, huh? Keith can't help a smile of his own. It is kind of cool, right? Dangerous and deadly and serious. But kind of cool, objectively.]

Right? It's really weird. I don't like it.

[Not that he would like anything that tried to keep him from doing or going where he wants.]

Keith. Good to meet you.

darkduelist: (光すらささなくなって)

[personal profile] darkduelist 2018-02-28 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't. [He agrees as he touches the red scarf wrapped around his arm.]

We shouldn't even be here.

[Suddenly he notices something in the distance. The grey that surrounds them makes it hard to see clearly, but after a few more steps it's obvious they are getting close to some sort of building.]