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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awoosh2019-06-22 07:11 pm
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Test Drive Meme.





Wall-flowers, wall-flowers
Growing up so high,
We are all young maidens
And we shall all die





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!

festal: <user name="ostian"> (➳ Steel Bow)

[personal profile] festal 2019-06-27 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
(Well, she supposes she really is helping now. She reaches out to take the flowers, admiring how beautiful they are for a moment. She's pulled from her thoughts when the water begins to bubble and shift and her face goes from admiring and curious to... very pale and absolutely horrified. When the kraken rises, she lets out a shriek, holding onto the flowers much more tightly, and jumps away from the water's edge. With one hand, she tries to grab onto him, as if to pull him away as well,)

S-stay back, it's a monster!

(Despite her fears... she'd still tried to help him at least??? )
wooden_one: (neutral | resting bitch face)

[personal profile] wooden_one 2019-06-27 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[The kraken neither surprises nor worries him. The way she grabs him does, though and he stiffens in surprise.

He's not very good at reassuring people to begin with and he's never had to reassure a girl. Was it...the same? Was it different? (Should he pat her head and tell her things would be okay?)

After a brief second of indecision, he waves a hand and there's a translucent dome around them. It's gold coloured, and smooth with a shifting pattern of flowers swirling on the surface. All of it also gold albeit a darker shade.

He reached out then, to pry her grip off him.]


Nothing will be able to come into this barrier. Wait here.
festal: <user name="ostian"> (☆ Fimbulvetr)

[personal profile] festal 2019-06-29 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
( She shuts her eyes tight, not wanting to even look at the kraken anymore. Oh, she's no good with monsters at all. You'd think she'd be used to them after fighting so many but she's never seen anything like this--

But the sense of magic catches her attention and she opens one eye hesitantly and then opens both to look all around. What a beautiful barrier. It reminds her a little of the one her mother had placed over their country when they were still at war and yet, this is completely different. It's his own kind of magic.

She lets go of him easily enough and she whispers a quick apology, taking her hands back and turning them over in front of her,
)

I... I'm sorry. ( For grabbing him so suddenly, ) Will it really be okay...? I mean, o-of course, thank you very much.
wooden_one: (neutral | resting bitch face)

[personal profile] wooden_one 2019-07-02 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He relaxes when she lets go. But even so...to cling onto someone wasn't that normal when someone was scared. Perhaps he was acting too cold.

His hand hovered indecisively for a second before he reached out to pat her on the head.]


It will be fine. As the person who dragged you into this, I will make sure to keep you safe.