[ Meme ] August-September Test Drive Meme (TDM)

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It's that time again!

→ Comment with a new character you'd like to test out in the game's setting. (put character/canon in subject line pls!)
→ You don't have to be in the game to comment! HI NEW PEOPLE LET US ENABLE YOU.
→ Tag around with new and old characters.
→ App all those characters
→ ???
→ PROFIT!

Holds for current players are here. Current cast list is here. If you're a new player and you'd like to place a 2-week reserve, you can do so here.

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Here, have a few helpful scenarios for test-driving. Feel free to ignore them and make your own.

I.
Wherever you were, you aren't any longer. You took a turn, a step, blinked and you're somewhere else entirely. A long dusty road leads from nowhere to an oasis (or a nightmare, depending on your taste) of pink and bright light in the midst of the scrub desert and there's nothing and no one else in sight. If you linger long enough on the road, one of the Inn's residents will find you, but you feel noticeably drawn to come inside.

The pink and gold lobby looks like a bunny puked Easter everywhere, and the guy at the reservation desk looks a sort of silly putty shade of pinkish grey. He knows you by name and has a room reserved for you, but other than offering you fresh towels, that's all he has to say. Chances are, one of the residents will intercept you before you talk to Darryl the shade. They'll give you a guest basket with toiletries and chocolates and whatever else Caroline thinks a newcomer needs, and explain (nicely) that you're stuck here, but hey, it's not so bad. It's pretty safe, anyway. At least... so far.

II.
The red, gold and gaudy pink of the Copper Cafe overflows with residents. It's morning, the one and only time nearly everyone finds themselves in the same space for a short window before going about their day. The scent of fresh coffee laces the air, mingling with the buttery aroma of fresh baked pastry. The shade who serves as a cook, Kahni, awaits any orders that include chicken (chicken, not eggs), and Carlos has staffed one of the residents who can cook to make anything else you'd like. Kitty's pouring drinks -- no reason not to drink bloody maries or mimosas on your permanent holiday. Grab a spot at the counter or take a seat at an empty table, now that you're a resident too, there's no better way to start your day.

III. Network
[ooc: Our network is text-based and magic journal. No computers yet. You see this suspiciously well-painted image appear in your network-journal. Uh-oh. Someone taught Lillith to meme.]

Comments

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_ratagem]

"The best kind," Loki observed, letting whether he meant least-nice pragmtists or interesting encounters. "Since I've patted you on the head, I should ask your name."

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_opthat]

Because he was in a pissy mood, especially after being reminded of the head pat, he introduced himself as "Dr. Arthur Nielsen." He left it at that instead of shortening it to Artie, which he normally would have done.

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_ratagem]

Ah, the helpless annoyance, also known as 'the reward'. "Loki, god of mischief."

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_opthat]

Artie knew that wasn't the truth but if he wanted to introduce himself that way, so be it. "Then I'm honored to have been changed by the god of mischief himself. That's a very rare group. Tell me, is Heimdall here, too?"

In old Norse mythology is was Heimdall that killed Loki at Ragnarok. Not that Artie truly believed that he was talking to Loki.

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_ratagem]

"Not that I'm aware of." Where had Heimdall gone after 'Odin' fired him? Not to the Inn, at least.

Ah, well. Loki didn't actually care whether Dr. Toad believed him. As a practiced liar, he knew that reality didn't actually care. "Would you settle for Thor?"

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_opthat]

"The god of thunder?" Artie looked at Loki, "I suppose since you're offering, he's here. It would be foolish of me to turn down that opportunity. Did he bring his hammer and chariot, too?"

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_ratagem]

"Indeed he is. My brother is hard to miss." The hammer, practically everyone knows about, but the chariot.... "Oh, do you mean the chariot pulled by goats that he eats every night? That doesn't exist, I made it up." Thor had been torn between horror at being painted as a constant goat-murderer and kind of wanting it to be a real thing, as Loki recalled.

Good times. "Humans would believe anything back in the day."

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_opthat]

"Yes, I can imagine they would. Like gods walking among them." He said with a slight hint of amusement in his voice. "It's a pity that the chariot doesn't exist. I think it would be interesting to see Thor's journey across the sky in it."

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_ratagem]

"I'm sorry, did your people actually paint Thor as a sun god?" For sure, Loki hadn't done that; his brother had always had enough ego without Loki spreading stories about him being the actual sun. Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr had been ridiculous enough on their own. "Creative of you!"

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_opthat]

Artie rolled his eyes. "Not a sun god, but rolling thunder across the sky." His tone was one that he'd used with Peter Lattimer on more than one occasion.

Re: Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen | Warehouse 13

[st_ratagem]

"Only slightly better." At least the human storytellers had stayed on-brand.