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

[st_aff]

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: Diana/Wonder Woman | DCU

[st_rongwoman]

"Side-kicks." She said, testing the word out. "I would think to call you something else, if you were helping."

Side-kicks seems.. less than.

"I'm glad you have your own team," She continued. "But saddened to know there is such a need for two teams of people to fight the horrors in the world. Has it really gotten that bad?"

Re: Diana/Wonder Woman | DCU

[st_ripedfingers]

"Sidekicks is mostly what the villains called us or the newspapers, and sometimes it was what we called ourselves," he explained, because this was easier to answer than her other question. "It's something we called ourselves when we were together as a group, a way of expressing the frustrations that came with being the junior partner. Bruce expected a lot out of me, including one hundred percent absolute unwavering loyalty. Bemoaning 'sidekick syndrome' helped us keep going when praise was thin on the ground."

It was a strange thing to be explaining to Diana, but maybe if she ever had a chance to talk to Donna, she'd remember what he'd said. Of all of them Diana had always been the kindest, but... "And it's hard when the entire world is comparing you to someone like him, or you."

He shrugged easily, but his smile didn't return to its fullest wattage. "I don't regret a second of it. Without his training, I'd be dead hundreds of times over. Which probably tells you a lot about how much worse it's gotten. There aren't two teams, but ten or even more. When the League and the Society get together, we spend a lot of time talking about whether we haven't made the problem worse instead of better. Because the stronger and smarter we get, the better they get trying to beat us."