[ 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: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artingateam]

He only had one yet, but he blinked with it. He always wondered if people could see the 'blank stare' look with one eye. Hill never really answered that question when asked her. But now Fury was much more aware and much more tense. He knew of the Skrull. He knew they were not to be messed with. There were parts he definitely did not know. He filed a lot of it away including 'only surviving child of Prince De'Zean of Tarnax VII' - whoever the hell that was. This woman - was she a woman? - clearly didn't know who he was. He wasn't about to give that tactical advantage away either.

"Okay... Xavin. Not going to lie, you said a whole lot just now and only some of it made sense to me. You do know you're talking to a human, right? One from a little planet called Earth that thinks it's the center of the universe. You ever think of slowing that shit down a bit?"

Re: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artliving]

"No, I never did. I have found it best to offer everything all at once." It was safer, lest she be suspected of keeping dangerous secrets or being Up To Something. Quite correctly, most Skrulls were not to be trusted. "I have lived on Earth for some years in my life. You are a resilient people, you will survive an 'infodump'."

Re: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artingateam]

Nick found himself feeling a little on edge with the notion someone like Xavin could be living on Earth for 'some years' and no one knew about it. He couldn't exactly do anything about it now, but he made a mental note to check on this if it turned out he was, in fact, no completely and utterly dead.

"We are resilient. And stubborn as hell." A warning as well as an observation. "How long have you been here in Lala Land?"

Re: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artliving]

Xavin nodded, accepting the 'stubborn' addition as truth. "Nine months or so. Others have been here longer."

Re: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artingateam]

"Fantastic." It was not actually fantastic at all. "Well, let's see if I can break the record here for shortest stay possible, shall we?"

Re: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artliving]

Xavin can't help a little smile. He'll learn eventually, and until he does he'll have something to focus on. "Good luck!"

Re: Nick Fury | MCU

[st_artingateam]

He stared at her for a moment with a blank expression, then took his mostly-whiskied coffee and headed out for some recon.