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strangetrip_ooc2018-08-13 06:38 pm
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[ Meme ] August-September Test Drive Meme (TDM)
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.
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.]
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
"It's over the mountains," Moana explained, "about two hours west. With a bike, it's close enough that I can manage a good sail and fishing before I have to come back."
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
"Before you have to come back." He caught that turn of phrase. "Have to>?"
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
Moana sighed. "For some reason, we can't go any more than four hours away from the Inn. You just sort of...come back. It's very strange."
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
"Sounds like some sort of time distortion." This was really more Banner's thing. Fury sighed just a little. "This place just keeps getting better and better." He already hated it here.
"You ever hear the name Stark before? Or Thor? Bruce Banner?"
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
There weren't so many people in the Inn that it was possible to miss them and Moana was well-trained in remembering a vast number of names and faces. "Not Bruce Banner. But Stark and Thor are are the names of two of the people here." She considered who she was used to them associating with. "I think they knew Peter Parker too."
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
That wasn't the worst team to work with, but it definitely lacked some brain power. Banner's absence would definitely slow things down.
"And there are others here too, right?" Maybe someone else with useful skill sets. Nick was never one to miss an opportunity. "And of them strike you as particularly interesting?"
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
That was an interesting question. If he wanted to leave, then he wanted the most educated ones. The ones who did the things that Moana did not know. "There are more than 50 people here. Many of them have interesting skills. Kitty Pryde builds ...metal birds. She calls them drones. So did Percy de Rolo, though his looks more like a real bird. Dorian has magic and so does Regina. Rocket is very clever. And Xavin is a god like Thor."
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
He took all this in and filed away the names again - and didn't look surprised at all with the mention of magic. For a little girl, she had some good intel.
"Thank you for being so... forthcoming. Now, if you'll excuse me, I guess I have a few people to find about these... metal birds."
Re: Nick Fury | MCU
"Good luck." Moana gave him a wave.