Prompt 1:
 t happens in a flash. One second you're wandering the Town, living your casual, day-to-day life, and the next? You're suddenly face to face with a sweet fairy godmother. She's beautiful, and kind, and warm-hearted, tutting at you gently and encouraging you to just "answer a few questions for me, dearie".
If you don't, she'll just keep following you around, so maybe you should just get it over with...?
The questions she asks, are, well... a little personal. Have you ever killed someone? Have you ever had sex? Have you ever been jealous of someone else? Have you ever stolen? Have you ever been unkind?
The questions go on and on in that vein, growing increasingly unfair, until there's one you just can't answer -- and then she sighs, shaking her head, and declares you "not pure of heart at all". And then she'll cast a curse on you, before disappearing in a poof of nothingness.
The curse can do any of the following things:
1. Force you to only speak the truth, no matter how you try.
2. Make your powers run amuck, no matter how competent you are with them otherwise.
3. Just generally remove your inhibitions, so that you'll do things you'd normally be convinced are a bad idea.
Of course, if you're totally pure of heart and can answer everything yes a la Disney princesses, you won't get cursed at all. She'll pat you on the head before disappearing, you lucky duck, you.
Prompt 2:
t comes upon you like an absolutely ridiculous urge, one that's surely the Town's doing -- one moment you're walking, the next, the moment you see someone else, you feel the urge to intensely, fiercely engage in an insults battle.
This can take the form of flowery Shakespearean insults, or a rap battle, or who knows what else -- all your character knows is that they desperately have to win this battle of insults with this total stranger. Get to it!
Prompt 3:
 he quest sits proudly and clearly on the quest post on the forum. It seems simple, too:
Quest 87
Beautify the Kraken
Requirements: Any two colors.
Surely you can manage that much! So off to the harbor you go to find a kraken. That's actually the easy part; the kraken will emerge to anyone wading into the woods.
The much harder part is...beautifying it. Good luck trying to put some lipstick on it as it tries to drag you down into the depths! How much eyeshadow would a kraken even need? Do you even have any make-up on you from this desolated Town?
Prompt 4:
here's something weird about the Town today. It's foggy, and dark, and gloomy, which is a far cry from the typical summer warmth... and oddly silent too, as if the fog is muffling all sound. It gets quieter the closer you get to the well, too... and it feels like something is watching you.
Which is because, quiet simply, something is. It's a small, white porcelain doll, without a face. It just appears wherever you walk, staring you down as you go. It won't move while you're watching it, but as soon as you turn around...
It's suddenly right there next to you.
It doesn't actually want to hurt you. It's just there, following you, constantly... how obnoxious, this isn't a horror film!
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 fifth 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 July 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 test drives as well. Thank you for your interest in Awash!
|
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
Please, there isn't any need to apologize. It's difficult to see out here, with the fog like this. [HE SAYS, and yet he doesn't seem too fussed about it himself...
Other people (Sakura) clearly aren't having a good time though, so--]
Where is it that you're heading? It's probably best to walk with someone else. I could go with you, if you'd like!
no subject
I was trying to go... to go home. (It's still a little strange to call it that but it is what it is.) But e-everything looks so different when the weather is like this, I'm afraid... (Actually afraid but she doesn't want to admit that so openly so even if her voice trails a bit, she picks back up,) I got a little turned around.
(His offer to walk with her though sounds... nice, even if a little nerving given that they don't know each other very well.)
I-if you don't mind, I would appreciate it every much.
no subject
I don't mind at all. I was going to start heading back that way soon, anyway. Which district are you staying in? Ah— I'll be holding on to this, too. [This said with a note of apology as he holds up that CREEPYASS DOLL.]
If I set it down, I'm sure it would only start to follow us again.
no subject
Ruga.
( She looks at the doll curiously. It really isn't the doll that scares her. Thankfully, she's not familiar with these sorts of tropes at all. )
I-I don't mind at all! ( Maybe that sounded a little too eager but she really doesn't mind.
Except.
Wait. ) Is it... mechanical...?
( Dolls don't move. Not unless they're puppets and even then, they require the skill of a mechanist to move. Because dolls don't move on their own otherwise... right? )
no subject
He looks down at the doll, gently turning it over in his hand once or twice. He's had some time to learn about the Wonders Of Technology And Machinery that other people from distant places (or times) seem to enjoy, but he still isn't an expert...]
I don't believe so? But I've heard stories of how advanced mechanical things can be. [TRULY LIKE MAGIC.] I don't think it's much of a cause for concern, though.
[His innate ability to tell when things want him dead has miraculously not been triggered, despite the very spoopy scenario they've stumbled into.]
no subject
It looks nicer than the dolls Yukimura makes, at least. ( No offense, Yukimura, but those puppets really are something from nightmares. Especially when saws come out of their faces and charge at enemies, okay!! ) In fact, I-I think it would be lovely if only it had a face. Maybe we can paint one on?
( She's partial to dolls. )
Oh, but that isn't important now. Thank you so much, Mr... Uhm...
( Introductions, introductions. She steps away so she can have a little more room and gives a very formal and neat bow, )
I-I'm Sakura from Hoshido.
( It doesnt seem important to mention she's a princess right now. )