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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:

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!



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qtaro: (i'm jotaro)

[personal profile] qtaro 2018-02-25 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not quite in the loop on what's going on yet, being from the 80s and not quite up to date on how to use technology. The laptop he had seen in that room before did earn a brief glance, but Jotaro hadn't investigated the forum shown on the screen enough to know about the apparent townwide shortage of eggs. To him, this just looks like a blue man stealing eggs from a chicken.

He isn't trying to sound judgmental, but the intonation in his voice might suggest that. At least, on the limited spectrum of Jotaro-expressions, it's leaning slightly toward that. ]


... Of course it wants to kill you. You're stealing its babies.

[ There's no motion to help... Not yet, anyway. ]
explosivo: (struggle)

[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-25 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh god damn it it's bad enough that a chicken gets the bite on him, worse that it actually kind of hurts, and the WORST that someone actually sees him.

he yanks at the bird but it remains firmly attached to his face. ]
You complete... fucker... are you kidding me! [ he blasts at the creature's face, an explosion meant to blind or shock more than burn because he still does kind of want to eat the thing, but...

......... it's very determinedly biting and hanging on.

he deserves this. ]
hypertoxic: (ᴡᴀɴᴛ ɪᴛ ғᴀsᴛ ⇒ [sad])

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
What? No, fuck, stop, let go!

[ he's got her wrist and he's pulling her closer and she really does have half a mind to sock him right in the kisser, or at least yank her arm away from him. but then he pulls her into a hug and she cries even harder if anything, thumping her fists into whatever bits of him she can reach. His sides and back and shoulders and legs.

But there's no real force behind it. Eventually her lame weak baby punches slow down until she stops altogether and just leans into him and bawls.

It will take her a long time to calm down. Probably like at least five unbroken minutes of sobbing and soaking his clothes with gross blue tears. but eventually she'll finally start to slow, her sobs turning into hiccups and gasps. ]


You have to mean it. [ watery and muffled. ] You can't do shit like hug me and then decide later that I'm too reprehensible for you to be around, alright? Do you fucking get that? Just, fuck. Fuck.
windeity: (GAZE ♫ starlight)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-25 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
[You know. He could reply to literally all of that but he's a little too dazed to bother replying beyond something simple.]

ok. see you.

[And he...doesn't immediately leave. He sits in his house with his hands hovering over the keys, debating his next step before he realizes he can't just sit here and it's Dave, his best friend, he can't just keep sitting here afraid to face this when he's waiting just because of the sheer amount of uncertainty.

So he leaves. He leaves and heads to Ruga and instead of flying like he's used to he walks because it gives him time to stall and it gives him time to think.

He approaches the district and the first set of townhouses, staring up at them but not moving otherwise. These probably aren't even the right houses but thanks to these computers that can't leave the houses or anything he has no way to contact him.

So here we are.]
inheritance: commission; DNS (108)

Hi!!!

[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-25 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Just slightly...]

Ah, Kacchan... [Izuku manages to save his pen from rolling onto the ground in his surprise, and even gives Bakugou a nervous sort of smile.] It's a pretty unusual quest, but I think we should do it, even if it's...well, it wouldn't work for us. [He shrugs, pointedly not looking in Bakugou's direction when he says it.]

The forum's the only thing that we can access on those laptops, at least from what I've heard so far. And that quest was submitted to the only pinned post on that forum--so whoever's making them has to be a moderator of some kind. [He pauses.] I figure, if anyone knows anything about this place, it's going to be them. It might be worth it to complete their quests and see what they're willing to tell us after. [Somebody's been thinking about this a lot.]
parodeity: silisboo @ tumblr (SHADOW 🎧 half in half out)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-25 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ wow. it's almost like john doesn't know how to handle dave strider after three years of not having a deluge to messages thrown his way daily! shocker.

or maybe it is the dying thing. either way, dave said walking was an option but not a necessity because he's sitting on the rooftop of the place he'd ended up at, legs dangling over the side. so if john's looking up, he'll see the sixteen-year-old dave calmly looking down at him.

the shades are probably an irritating affectation at this point. behind them could be anything: red eyes or pure white.

he lifts his left hand in a wave. ]


You really have gotten worse at online conversations, Egbert. I'm signin' you up for a remedial course.

[ same soft texan drawl he'd had when they'd met in person, however briefly. ]
nascere: (30)

[personal profile] nascere 2018-02-25 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
u testing it out?
hypertoxic: (sᴏ ɪ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ sᴀɪʟɪɴ' ᴏɴ ⇒)

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, that gets a pretty soulful groan. ]

Oh, god. Are we seriously this lame that the only thing we can come up with to talk about is totally inane shit like that? Not that I'm like, judging you for it, I appreciate that you're trying and I sure as fuck couldn't do any better. Just, yikes.

I dunno, I haven't really ... thought about that kind of thing in a long time? Fuck, I dunno. What about you?
windeity: (CROWN ♫ heavy is the head)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-25 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Dave. It had to be Dave and there's a confused look and a small grin as he thinks over what to say.

Dave Strider's dead. So what's he doing here?]


Oh. I guess I will look for them later. Just in case. [He'll have to, but for now he's more interested in Iida.] Speaking of manners of clothing...[A gesture to Iida's costume.] Is that comfortable?
fuelfordestruction: (chilling)

[personal profile] fuelfordestruction 2018-02-25 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
It counts as true for you. For others, the correct answer is something else.
hypertoxic: (jet black ⇒ [laughing])

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ the worse this gets the more vriska is losing her fucking shit. once the explosion happens and doesn't do a god damn thing to that chicken, vriska actually topples over onto her side as she laughs and laughs and laughs. ]

Hahahaha, holy shit, I can't believe you're getting your ass handed to you by a cluckbeast! Hahahahahahahaha!
explosivo: (death penalty is totally badass)

HELLO

[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-25 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it wouldn't work for us. [ for... maybe obvious and rather damning reasons. luckily enough bakugou has 0% intention of completing this quest at all.

but yes, it's still important to gather info. even if... deku is doing so in a very deku way. ]


Just because some mysterious asshole is giving out mysterious-ass cryptic quests or whatever doesn't mean we gotta fulfill them. Is there really gonna be some reward or are we gonna kiss ass and hope for the best? [ or the real rewards are the friends they make along the way or something stupid like that. ]
Edited 2018-02-25 10:04 (UTC)
3d2y: (50.)

III

[personal profile] 3d2y 2018-02-25 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy ... pointedly does not help. What he does, instead, is gawk at the size of the egg a little, licking his lips as he fantasizes for a second about how delicious it must taste when cooked. He's also going to congratulate Okayasu, as if that's what he meant to do all along. ]

Woah, you got one! Nice! Next one's gonna be mine ...

[ He also doesn't help Okayasu get up, because he's assuming Okayasu had planned to fall over in the first place. Now, oblivious to the other guy's plight, he starts to scan the surroundings for the chicken. ]

Okay, now to find that chicken -- OIII!! WHERE DID YOU GO? COME BACK SO WE CAN BOIL YOU!
parodeity: lexxercise @ da (FIREFLIES 🎧 rise up)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-25 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ well.

you know what, he picked the topic. may as well try to be honest about it. ]


All kinds. I mean, I'd usually - used to - give a spiel about like, a ton of shit no one else really had heard of you? You know, the hipster first on the scene bullcrap. And honestly, I did like a lot of that stuff. And rap. But I like other shit, too. Like, the popular songs I'd give John and Jade crap about enjoying - and actually, I kinda like instrumental stuff best. Good associations.

[ sharing isn't exactly second nature to him, but he tries to clarify: ]

They used to send me instrumental tracks a lot, and I'd remix 'em. So if I had to honestly pick a favorite genre...classical, I guess. Don't tell anyone, it'd ruin my image.
inheritance: commission; DNS (107)

ahhhhh <33333

[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-25 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
If I've been sitting here for an hour, does that count as a break?

[Izuku absent-mindedly takes the fruit with a murmured thanks, but pauses when he gets a good look at it.] Are we really sure these fruits as edible? [They taste like... well, ash, honestly, which is extremely off-putting on its own, even if it isn't poisonous.]

Ah! N-not that I'm not grateful, Uraraka-san! I know you must've had to look for this yourself...
parodeity: feastings @ tumblr (TIME 🎧 heart)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-25 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
time
hypertoxic: (ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ᴍʏ star ⇒ [neutral])

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Then yeah, I don't give a shit. [ BLASÉ AS FUCK ] I'm sure you have some kind of super dramatic backstory that has significantly impacted your development as a person and it's amazing and all, but actually, fuck it.

[ flicks a hand at him. ]

So I guess we're done here! That was easy.
explosivo: (lowly mortal opens portal to hell)

[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-25 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ this stranger is a PAIN IN THE ASS.

okay, fuck this.

he RIPS THE CHICKEN FROM HIS FACE and gets a nice bloody nose for his trouble, OW DAMN IT. ]
Oh, fuck you. How about you just eat shit?!

[ or rather eat chicken.

and then he flings the bird with actually amazing accuracy, where it can shriek and latch onto her face and start biting like a horrible attack chicken missile. ]
windeity: (VRISKA ♫ come to my window)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-25 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Urgh. Okay, right, troll snot and tears are a thing but you know what the godtier pajamas are self-cleaning and whatever so it's fine. Vriska is apparently losing her mind and if this is going to help he's going to keep his arms around her to ensure she can't move.

So she's still leaning into him and finally slowing down and he doesn't really know what to say.]


Shut up, Vriska. [Which maybe isn't a thing he would have said to her before and it's not even something mean, it's just quiet and resigned and they're in the dirt and it's stupid. On the other hand, he can't just leave her like this either.] That can probably wait, can't it?
hypertoxic: (ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴅ ⇒ [blank])

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ vriska just. let's him ramble, but she is actually listening, watching him halfway curiously. ]

Yeah. Looking back, some of the stuff we used to think and say was pretty bullshit, huh?

[ with something almost approaching humor. ]

Classical like, what, you'd be into Troll Tchaikovsky or whatever?
inheritance: (86)

Hi!!!

[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-25 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
Todoroki-kun! [Boy, is he glad to see another familiar face right now. He drops the chicken(???) with a wince as it furiously pecks at his hand again. At least Todoroki's got this covered. It's with some awe that he watches his friend's quirk trap a couple of the birds like it's the easiest thing in the world.]

That's amazing, Todoroki-kun! You're a life-saver... or a hand-saver in this case, I guess? [He flashes Todoroki a grin.] Looks like you aren't cursed after all.
Edited 2018-02-25 10:17 (UTC)
parodeity: feastings @ tumblr (GRUMBLE 🎧 ugh plz no)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-25 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Man, that still makes no fuckin' sense. [ it's a mild complaint, and not one he ever expects an answer to, but like. ] That doesn't even fit Troll namin' schemes and why the fuck is it "Troll" Tchaikovsky when y'all chronologically came first, like, why is there then just a plain Tchaikovsky human style in the universe you created? Like it makes no goddamned sense at all and sometimes when you think really hard about our universe you can almost see the parts where someone just copy pasted the information in a hurry like holy shit someone went outside better load the street! Except instead of the street it's just like, pop culture in both directions.

[ ....................

that aside,,, ]


But yeah. Kids say stupid shit. Adults say stupid shit. I don't think it ever ends. You just find new stupid shit to say.
windeity: (GRIN ♫ smirk actually)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-25 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
[It bothers him more than he wants to say. It shouldn't bother him because it's Dave and this was what he had wanted initially and they only got to talk for a short amount of time and that was the point of the three years' journey to the new universe.

Not the destruction and bloodbath left behind with the glitches of the universe.

Still. It's Dave and despite his reservations those feelings are overridden with excitement at seeing a friend and he immediately rockets up into the air, flight in-tact and up to the roof to land next to him, sitting next to him before he reaches up and pushes at Dave's shoulder.]


Bro, that was not a conversation, that was like the internal monologue a character gets before they make their final stand in a teenage coming-of-age movie.

[Hi Dave. He seems to be waiting for something...]
parodeity: atrueenglishman @ tumblr (EYEBROW 🎧 raise the roof)

[personal profile] parodeity 2018-02-25 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but that's every conversation with me, and usually you supply a lot more mockery and banter for the bargain.

[ and he knows why john isn't, because john is clearly not okay - or at least years of friendship indicate to dave that he should be worried. it's just the little things: john didn't text him immediately and with excitement about dave dave dave and whatever the fuck egbertian shenanigans he could have expected; he didn't really engage in dave's tangents or even scold him for them, holding himself back a little; he'd been slow getting here.

he didn't do more than push at dave's shoulder, and dave let him, gaze trained sideways on his best friend as he tried to figure out how to fix it.

but he doesn't think he can actually fix the thing that went wrong, here. ]


You are so totally failing this encounter. You're not gettin' any EXP drops. You're getting negative EXP drops, actually, I just decided. Didn't your shitty movies prep you for this? You did okay the other time.
windeity: (DAVE ♫ surprise hugging)

[personal profile] windeity 2018-02-25 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
[How do you fix a strange amount of guilt for not being able to show up at the right time on the right timeline to save your friends? It's something to process and it's only been a short amount of time in memory since he talked to Terezi and Roxy (and watched Rose die on the sand, god) but Dave's here.

Somehow had told him there was another boy in an outfit similar to John's. It was red. And now here he is.

But he can worry later because again, Dave's here and alive and he's being obnoxious as usual and it gets a laugh out of him before he lunges to hug him.]


Shuuuut uppppp, oh my god. You cannot mix video game logic with movie logic, Dave! That is crazy talk.

[The hug is tighter than it should be. But oh well.]