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Test Drive Meme #003
KHU IODUAN; TEST DRIVE MEME #003    | |
I. AROUND AIFARAN - Getting The Perfect Shot! This month in Aifaran, there's a contest being held on the popular social site Xa Xa, which Earth-based Dreamfolk may recognize as vaguely Instagram-like -- it's all about the pretty pictures! With a top prize of 500 Rhinn per category, lots of people are getting into the game. Prizes will be handed out for awards like Best Composition, Most Creative Angle, Best Use of Lighting, etc, and this means that it won't be uncommon to see people in unusual places (even some risky ones) trying to score the perfect shot. Maybe they're bumping accidentally into you on the street, or slipping off the edge of a rooftop, or not paying attention to that train heading their way?? II. BE A GOOD NEIGHBOUR - Surprise Petsitting?! Success! You've scored a quiet day, and you're just about to settle in for a marathon of your favourite Tears of the Ocean Heart episodes when there's a knock on your door. A very distracted looking Castian is standing there, talking away on his yimo, and beside him, a very fancy Inan on a glitzy harness and leash. "Right, right," the Castian says to whomever he's talking to. "I'm just dropping Ruqhina off at the sitter, I'll be there in ten." Shoving the leash at you, he announces, "Thank you again for agreeing to watch my darling Ruqhina, I really appreciate it. Don't forget to exercise early in the day, she likes eating energy of active people only, I don't want her on a lazy person diet. Did you change your hair, I thought you had blue hair? Well nevermind, I have to get going, I'll be back in a week. Goodbye sweetheart, Daddy misses you already!" And then he's gone. III. TALENT IS A MISNOMER - You Didn't Need That Wall Right? There are a lot of Dreamfolk in the city, and all of them are dealing with their own newly gifted Talents in their own ways. Some, especially those who are used to extraordinary abilities from their own worlds, have some idea of how to train on them safely, learning the ins and outs of their new gift. And then you have some whose only exposure to "magic" is through stories, fairy tales, or really entertaining TV, and pointing a finger-gun at a target and saying "boom!" has never actually worked... until now. "Uh," the other Dreamfolk says, staring dumbly at the car-sized hole in the wall, and then glances at you who just happened to be the closest person. "That's... new. Yikes. Should we run? Wait, I've got a better idea--" Cue loud voice and frantic pointing in your direction. "IT WAS THIS ONE! THEY DID IT!" IV. SHADY BUSINESS - It's A Shakedown You're in the right place at the right time (or the wrong ones, depending on your point of view) but you're entering a shop just in time to see some Beika punks accosting the shopkeeper, demanding protection money, which they owner is stammering that they've already paid this month. Upon your entrance, the shopkeeper looks over at you with help me plainly written on their face, while the Beika thugs look very unhappy at being interrupted... V. BEACHFRONT CLEANUP - Oh That's Nasty... It's not a pleasant task, but it does pay volunteers pretty well: following a massive storm, several dozen dead Giant Jellyfish corpses have washed up on the shoreline, and they need to be cleaned and disposed of before they start to decompose. It's dirty, smelly, and slimey work... but the promise of two weeks worth of rhinn for one day's work is hard to pass up! You're assigned to teams and given some shovels and a wheelbarrow, but as you reach the latest jellyfish body, you're surprised to see that this one appears to be covered in... burns?? Is this something you should report? VI. WILDCARD - Because You're Not The Boss Of Me Anything else that doesn't fit the above prompts is welcome, just keep it within the game setting please! Applications • Reservations • Taken List • Game Navigation |
Zephyr | Tales of Link | no, i'm never letting this go
[So he doesn't really know what this Xa Xa thing is all about, but he does know it seems to be making people very stupid.]
[There's a grumpy sort of a sound as he hooks the clothes of someone who looks like they're really about to do something stupid for inattention.]
Hey, be more careful.
V | oh that's nasty
[Zephyr is not about to say, at any point in time, that he likes jellyfish, or that anything about this situation is not particularly gross.]
[But it's money, and he prefers to have some stocked away when possible, and it's only this one day...]
[The latest one, though, is weird. Not like Zephyr isn't glad for the excuse to haul up, pausing to give the dead jellyfish an assessing look. That's... not usual. As far as he knows giant jellyfish corpses. He spikes his shovel into the sand and leans on it. At the nearest teammate:]
Hey, it's not just me, right? This one's unusual.
I | a tales character is perfect for this, right
[There's a bridge over a train track. Zelos was leaning over the rail, trying to get a photo of an oncoming train to win the 'Most Creative Angle' category. Then some idiot pulled him back and ruined the shot, and now it's too late; the train's passing below them.]
Argh! I was so close! What's your problem? Did the competition hire you?
[The fact Zelos hasn't actually met any of the 'competition' in person nonwithstanding.]
100% completely
[He props one hand on his hip instead.]
No, your self-preservation instincts did. What the hell were you thinking?
[Gesturing with his other hand at the train running below. Big, fast, heavy. That's a death trap waiting to happen.]
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[Gratitude is not forthcoming. Nor is an apology.]
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[How's Zephyr supposed to be able to tell which specific brand of idiot this guy is from a distance?]
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[Said without missing a beat. Then Zelos actually thinks about it, and looks the other man up and down, and decides he needs to differentiate himself by something other than 'handsome'.]
The kind who knows what they're doing! Goddess, I miss home. How do people stand getting questioned all the time? [He thrusts his yimo out.] Think you can do better?
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[He can't help himself. Zephyr looks out the outthrust yimo and gives it his best unimpressed look.]
I probably can, yeah, but since it looks like what you were doing was trying to get yourself killed... what were you actually trying?
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For the last time, I wasn't trying to get myself killed! [This... is actually a bit of a sore point, with him. He's being good, damn it.] I have wings, and even if I didn't have wings, I'm naturally athletic and graceful. There's no way I was going to fall.
[He waves the yimo.]
What I'm trying to do, Mr Arrogant Model, is win the train photo contest. What's a better picture of a train than one that's coming right at you? Especially if it's a high-angle shot!
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Then why weren't you using them in the first place?
[That seems like a better idea than precarious teetering? He'll address the problem of what wings conceivably mean later.]
That'd probably get you a better angle, anyway. Something most people can't get.
[Putting aside also the issue of why do you want pictures of trains in the first place.]
[Almost as an afterthought:]
Zephyr.
[It's less of a mouthful than Arrogant Model.]
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[... hm.]
-- you know what, I don't know. I guess 'cause they're still new.
[They still feel weird, and unfamiliar, and like a strange reward of a struggle Zelos still doesn't believe he really won. And what's a bridge to someone with a basic exsphere, anyway?]
Zephyr what? Zephyr gingham? Zephyr Arrogant Model? [Eyes widen.] Oooh, that's your name?
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No, just Zephyr. Everybody got a family name where you come from?
[What is this man's fixation on Zephyr being a model.]
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Pretty much, yeah. They don't where you're from? Why not?
[Off in the distance, there's the rumble of another approaching train, and Zelos holds up a hand, immediately distracted.]
Oooh! Hold that thought. I need to get this picture.
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[This is completely true. Zephyr prefers to tell the truth and save the lying for the big parts that really need to be believed.]
[There's a tiny eyeroll.]
Are you actually going to use your wings this time?
[Calculating what he'd need to dive after the man this time.]
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[The wings come out, large and golden and an intangible shimmer in the air behind Zelos. The train rumbles closer, and Zelos perches on the railing with his yimo in hand, ready to drop upside-down the moment the train enters the tunnel.]
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[...But the wings are very pretty. Not that Zephyr's going to admit this out loud. He comes up beside Zelos, leaning on the rail and looking sidelong at the panels of shimmering gold.]
[They remind him of fire, and divinity.]
[It makes Zephyr's shoulders itch, even if they look barely anything like his.]
Congratulations. You must be proud.
[So dryly.]
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[Inga looks it over.]
Looks like burns. [Unfortunately, she doesn't know enough about the ecology of this place to know if it's entirely natural, but considering it's the only one so far...]
I'd rather not attract the attention of the Sentry right now. How much does it worry you?
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One could be a freak accident. I'd worry at more than one, but less than many.
[So helpful.]
Come on, let's take a look around.
[Neatly ignoring what they're supposed to be doing in favor of investigating this aspect.]
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Trying to find burns biases your results, you know.
[...Not that they're doing a vigorous study or anything. Still, it could be good to know.]
It's the first one you've seen, right? I haven't seen any where I was working. [So, his area might be a good place to start.]
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[Not that he has it out for science or anything, but that just seems overly complicating.]
[He settles after a moment, waving his off-hand to indicate the area vaguely behind him.]
Yeah, first one I've seen. I was back this way. Hey, what do you think these burns are shaped like?
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[She glances at the burn as she passes the jellyfish to go where Zephyr had indicated.] Got something in mind?
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[Zephyr's entirely a little bit smug as they start off.]
I'll try to keep my mind open for things that aren't burns. It's the weirdest thing I've seen about these jellyfish so far, that's all.
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[Well, they're good plans either way. Maybe they should both stick to their own proposed methods; might catch more that way.]
So, do the burns look like something to you?
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[Would you look at that. They both have reasonable arguments.]
[Zephyr shrugs it off.]
Kind of looks like teeth, if something had teeth that big and on fire. I wouldn't say it's likely.
sorry for the delay!
[It's true, she doesn't think it's very likely. Would have to be some strange teeth. Then again, she's here now, isn't she?]
It would have to be pretty strong if it happened in the water, wouldn't it?
Look, here's another one. [She heads over to another of the jellyfish.] Do you eat jellyfish where you come from?
[...Then again, if the flaming-teeth creature was trying to eat the jellyfish, it must be a very picky eater.]
no worries, it happens
[When you put it like that, flaming teeth on a submarine creature don't sound very likely.]
[He's... heard stranger things, though. Zephyr trails her to the other jellyfish, bending low to nudge it with the end of his shovel.]
[There's some quivering. He's not sure he likes the smell.]
Well, I don't, but I'm pretty sure you can get people to eat anything if you call it gourmet long enough.