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Test Drive Meme #001

KHU IODUAN; TEST DRIVE MEME #001



I. THE VERDANT SENTRY - Attention, New Recruits!
It's clear that all of the city's law enforcement is handled by the various branches of the Sentry: from Mounted Division handling street patrol, to the Aerial Corps provided airborne support for tactical and rescue operations, to the Nautical Branch undertaking regular sea patrols as the first line of defense along the archipelago's borders. But everyone interested in joining up has to go through their basic training program, and that starts today with a general skills assessment. There's quite a mix of attendees today, spread across nearly every race represented in Aifaran and including other Dreamfolk, but whatever the recruiter is saying is getting lost in the two chatty Igheeri who seem to think they're too good to listen to the standard welcome speech... time to interrupt by signaling the person in charge? Take care of it yourself? Gripe about it to the person in line beside you?


II. KIRIN RODEO - Place Your Bets!
At the end of every month, the Mounted Division of the Sentry holds their skills competition. When they're not on the field, their steeds are often the subject of much admiration from children and more than a few adults. Astride many breeds of kirin, some lithe and fleet, some stockier and stronger, these off-duty officers demonstrate their control and bond over the notoriously strong-willed and intelligent creatures with complicated maneuvers. There's a surprisingly in-depth system for betting on one's favourite to win the various matches, and just about everyone's willing to explain the odds to newcomers. There's only one rule: all proceeds go to funding of the city's charities. (Bragging rights on winning are still yours to keep.) Two bells ring loudly over the crowd - last call for wagers!


III. WE HAVE REGULATIONS ABOUT THIS - Munga on the Loose!
Munga are ill-tempered, rat-sized spiky lizards with a gift for camouflage, and whose venom in their spines and teeth is also highly hallucinogenic. And... they're on the loose. Fortunately, keeping them is highly regulated, and pretty much everyone in Aifaran knows about them, but loose Munga are uncommon enough that the reaction is more likely to be startled flailing at a hint of spines and skittering. Today someone's exotic pet has slipped out of their hands, and it's trailing a harness and lead as it zigzags away, prickling and hissing and going for the ankles. It's given a wide berth, except by those who don't notice until it's too late or those too preoccupied by something else. Hopefully the proper authorities have been notified to catch and return the creature, but maybe someone helpful can keep it from getting too far away?


IV. A SURPRISE WINDFALL - Officer, This Isn't Mine...
There was a loud thud as someone tosses a heavy bag from the window of a dilapidated building. Five seconds later there’s smoke pouring out the windows and your holding what seems to be someone else’s luggage. Opening it, you find carefully wrapped bricks of some very illegal drugs, and someone down the side alley is pointing at you and yelling. A mounted Sentry officer is giving you a rather peculiar look as well while he calls in the fire brigade. And among the people fleeing the building, there are five Kin’nal looking at you, wide-eyed, as it suddenly dawns on them that they messed up. Take your new prize and split before reinforcements arrive? Try to explain the mistake? Take note that the building is still on fire?


V. INTO THE UNKNOWN - Watch Your Back Out There
The sea patrol discovered the new irregularity a few days ago, reporting that it looks like a series of tall and jagged stone towers rising up from the ocean. It's incomplete as these planar-shunted locations often are, as if something massive had taken a bite of some mysterious city and then spat it whole into the seas of Konryu. Having been chosen as part of the exploration team, you've been working your way through the complicated labyrinth of stone tunnels and dead ends, searching for what the Opara engineers had enthusiastically described as a potential new power source. "Trace the green glowing power lines," was their (sort of helpful) instruction. However the lean, dark and toothy thing you've just glimpsed should probably be a more pressing concern... warn others? Take it on yourself? Pray it hasn't spotted you?


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!




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justborrowingit: (polyanna)

[personal profile] justborrowingit 2018-01-07 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's mildly disconcerting, but Beans are weird like that. ]

I guess what I mean is... we might have been brought here, but I don't think any harm was meant!
perfectenn: (Totally unprepared are you)

III

[personal profile] perfectenn 2018-01-07 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
And she is very lucky that the boy close to the cabinet has fast reflexes. Hours a day of dance practice means Tenn manages to just catch the tip of the leash under the toe of his boot. That's the good news, but...!

What's the term for this? Catch a leopard by the tail? His gaze moves immediately to the much-warned-about spines. (Are his ankle boots thick enough to guard against those? He should've found out before his heroics. As usual, he didn't think past hearing a child scream and reacting.) And then he's looking in concern to... who is that?

"Are you hurt?"

If the reptile doesn’t charge him, he can reach down and grab the lead. This can't be harder than dodging kitten claws... right?
powertotearer: (Disbelief)

V

[personal profile] powertotearer 2018-01-07 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji's eyes widen at the sight of the creature, but he nods and turns serious right away.

"Don't worry about them. What are you going to do?"
darkwingsofkilvas: (F; how terrible for you)

[personal profile] darkwingsofkilvas 2018-01-07 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I, ah, yes. My apologies."

Naesala still wasn't particularly convinced. Of course a hallucination would claim to be real, so what else could you say to it? You couldn't just ask it to go away, could you? Mindful of the fact that he was speaking to this figment of his imagination right in the middle of the sidewalk, he stepped over next to a nearby building. Carefully so, not wanting to annoy her with more jostling. Who knew what might happen then?

"I'm a bean now, am I? Well, my people are called laguz. I'm of the raven tribe, so yes, in that sense I am part bird."
cirquedelalune: (scared to lose?)

Asaka Narumi | Cardfight!! Vanguard

[personal profile] cirquedelalune 2018-01-07 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[II. Kirin Rodeo]

[Betting isn't usually something Asaka partakes in unless she knows she's going to win, and she doesn't know enough about this system in place to do so here. But she's paying close attention to any explanations of the odds and methods in play here, while also watching the kirin display their training and physique.

When the bell rings, she glances up, expression musing, then glances over to the person next to her with a slight smirk, holding up a small amount of money to bet with. It is going to a good cause regardless of who wins.]


Shall we? It's our duty as members of the audience to help ensure a smooth performance.

--

[III. We Have Regulations About This]

[About all that can be said for this situation is that there are people worse equipped than Asaka to try and take care of it. Beast taming isn't her forte, but she's familiar with the basics of it, and even though this creature looks like it's going to bite her hand at the slightest provocation, it's probably better her than most of the others on the street.

After some hasty conversation with the nearby vendors, Asaka has managed to get some food that the creature apparently favours, and is luring it away from the very busy street at the end of the one it initially escaped into. If nothing else, she's good at leaping out of the way each time the angry, camouflaged lizard goes for the food.]


Ah, we'll have you tamed in no time at all, won't we? [They...really won't, but a good stage face is part of the performance.]
justborrowingit: (irritated)

[personal profile] justborrowingit 2018-01-07 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
The sudden stop sends Arietti reeling up the lead, up the tail and right onto the Munga's back. She lands on it's harness, protecting her from the worst of the spines, although she gets a nice good poke in the leg.

In a bean it might take awhile for the hallucinogenic affect to start working, but Arietti is roughly 1000 times smaller than a bean, and she's immediately wrecked. She looks up at the source of the booming source, her head cloudy and uneven. She draws her pin in defiance.

"You're the one who'll be hurt!" she shouts, grabbing one of the head spines of the munga and kicking its sides. It reacts to the pull on it's spine, charging straight for Tenn's ankle! Arietti has her pin out to attack the titan as well!
priforprince: (throne)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Not exactly a rabbit you've pulled out of the hat there, is it?

[ Someone has observed this transaction. Leaning calm as can be against a building. It may be the one on fire. It may not.

She hasn't checked. ]
priforprince: (pressure)

II

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
You have a rather lofty opinion of audiences.

[ Audiences stand there in awe of the performer. That's what they're for.

And, in exchange, the performer conveys their all. ]
theinfamous1412: (Would you stop insisting I'm Kid?)

[personal profile] theinfamous1412 2018-01-07 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ his eyes snap up to observe the person he previously hadn't noticed before he just closes the bag up again. He was going to have to get this to the local authorities before he gets arrested for possession. ]

Not exactly.

[ He straightens up and looks up to see if he can tell where the bag might have come from. How long has that fire been there? It certainly wasn't there while he was entertaining the kids. ]

What are the chances I don't get arrested if I turn this over to the police now?

[ This early into his stay he doesn't really need trouble with the law. ]
justborrowingit: (tiny-visitor)

[personal profile] justborrowingit 2018-01-07 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
She grabs onto the strap to give her some leverage as she stands up. She's a little bit more used to being on carried objects now, although it's still so fast.

"A 'laguz.'" Arietti lets the word rattle around in her head for a second.

"That makes you another dream person right?" She's not an expert by any means, but she didn't remember that being any of the names for the natives.

"I'm a Borrower," she replied. "My name is Arietti."
watchmewhippersnapper: (pic#11988053)

[personal profile] watchmewhippersnapper 2018-01-07 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

[...]

[. . .]


You're...rather naive, aren't you?

[It wasn't meant to be an insult. Or maybe it was. Her tone certainly wasn't harsher than usual. Blunt, yes, but the kind of bluntness meant to state a fact rather than bring the young woman down.]

Did they ask you? If you wanted to come here. Because I distinctly remember no one asking me, which means i was taken without my consent. Which means I was kidnapped.
priforprince: (befuddled)

IV

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
This area of town is getting unpleasantly noisy. Hibiki had been about to take her leave (a building on fire is hardly her preferred elegant environment, and therefore unworthy of her presence) when, among all the other ruckus, she could have sworn she'd heard a...cry?

Curiosity has her turning her head. Genius inspiration has her wandering over to the bag.

"My imagination...?" she wonders, looking down at the stuck bag.
justmarvelous: (Default)

Re: V

[personal profile] justmarvelous 2018-01-07 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Marvelous just smirks at him, then pulls out a phone-like device and a key.

"Gokai change!" With a dramatic pose, he puts the key into the device, turns it, and is instantly covered in a red body suit. The call got the creature's attention, and the way it turns to start approaching certainly doesn't dissuade him from the idea of it being aggressive, so he wastes no time in whipping out his pistol and goes to head off the creature, shooting as he goes.
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cirquedelalune: (enjoy the show)

[personal profile] cirquedelalune 2018-01-07 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Or perhaps you have rather a lowly one. [Asaka folds her money back into her hand for the moment, still seeming more amused than anything.]

An entertainer should always seek to take care of their audience, and the audience reciprocates. Or do you have trouble bringing your audience into the fold with you?

[Yeah, Asaka's going there, though her tone is light and airy, as if it should be expected that someone with an opinion like that is merely bitter.]
darkwingsofkilvas: (C; yes very interesting)

[personal profile] darkwingsofkilvas 2018-01-07 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, now he is laughing. This is too rich!]

As well you shouldn't! They're all thrill-seekers, and little liars to boot. Who knows what the young might make up for the fun of it?
priforprince: (sip)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Depends how well you dissemble.

[ This smirk promises nothing, one way or another. In fact, Hibiki is lifting up a cup of tea and sipping at it. ] Well, a skilled criminal could handle that much, as well.

[ This is....more a dig at the police on her part than anything else, honestly. She has a low opinion of law enforcement in general after certain personal experiences. ]
priforprince: (sharp)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Are you speaking from experience?

[ Hibiki produces a considerable amount of cash without seeming to think anything of it. ]
justborrowingit: (contemplative)

[personal profile] justborrowingit 2018-01-07 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'm not!

[ Shes very defensive at being called naive. She's not a child, she's almost fourteen now! Still, she doesn't really know how to argue with Oldbag's logic. It just seems so... cynical. ]

You're just not looking at it right.

justborrowingit: (gross)

[personal profile] justborrowingit 2018-01-07 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
The smell of smoke is covered by the fire raging above, but the match dropped by Arrietty has started to single the bag and some of the drugs, and some fumes are starting to fill the bag and trail out of it.

Arrietty winces at the rank smell, trying to cover her nose with her sleeve. She's pinned under one of these blocks, and so she starts trying her best to wiggle out from underneath.
theinfamous1412: (This is an uncomfortable subject)

[personal profile] theinfamous1412 2018-01-07 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Skilled criminal? ]

As a magician, that won't be a problem. [ The problem is that he's a seventeen year old boy and if he gets caught on the way to the station with this mess then it won't look good. ]

[ ... ]

[ What is he saying? He's the Kaitou Kid. Of course he can deliver the good without getting caught. ]

-But being a teenager, I may not get the benefit of the doubt.
priforprince: (fragrant)

Hibiki Shikyoin ♔ Idol Time PriPara

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ I. ]

Gauche and uninspiring.

[ Hibiki isn't here to be assessed herself so much as to assess everybody else. Thus, she is hanging back. And sipping tea. ]

Anyone who can't pay attention to a simple speech is bound to be eliminated.

[ II. ]

All of this on number one.

[ Hibiki places a considerable amount of currency on the betting table. When the wisdom of this move is questioned: ] Splitting it diminishes the fullness of victory. Number one shall prevail.

I guarantee it.

[ The bookies are sharing a shifty look now. And a third is coming up behind Hibiki. ]

[ III. ]

[ Hibiki watches without much interest as the stray munga dashes down the street. She delicately spears a bite of the local dessert she'd seen fit to try at this outdoor cafe.

It is halfway to her mouth when the lizard leaps up, snaps it away from her, and lands on her table. Her beverage falls to the ground, cup shattering. ]


OI!

[ Anyone in pursuit of the creature will get a finger pointed at them Very Insistently. ]

CAN'T YOU CONTROL THIS UNSIGHTLY, UNRULY COMPANION?!

[ VI ]

I am unaccustomed to cohabitation.

[ Yes, Hibiki saw that multiple names were assigned to this room in the Dreaming Bridge. No, Hibiki does not seem to care, from the way her things now occupy both beds. (How did she obtain this many material goods already, anyway? There's even a red carpet on the floor...)

Not even being confronted with her new roommate(s?) has her dissuaded from owning the whole darn place. ]


Ample rooms exist. Use one of those.
cirquedelalune: (scared to lose?)

[personal profile] cirquedelalune 2018-01-07 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I'm not the kind of person who would make statements like that if I hadn't had the pleasure of experiencing it myself.

[Asaka prefers to be knowledgeable in these things, but it's hard not to be coming from her background. She has to laugh a little at the pulling out of the money, though.]

So are you a show person, or just a show-off, hm?
watchmewhippersnapper: (pic#11988009)

[personal profile] watchmewhippersnapper 2018-01-07 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Too bad the same could never be said for her salary....]

At least somebody here gets it.
watchmewhippersnapper: (pic#11988011)

[personal profile] watchmewhippersnapper 2018-01-07 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[It was a very child-like response, to Wendy. Further cementing the idea in her mind. Along with the notion that it was now her job to help set this poor child straight.]

Name one part of what I jus said that was inaccurate or wrong.
priforprince: (look down)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-01-07 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Then you gamble.

[ Is that the sound of police?

Hibiki lowers her cup, though, and smirks. She'd enjoyed watching the show. This wasn't the milieu in which she'd expected to find anybody actually talented at performing, but she won't fuss if a flower is blooming out of season. ]


Your sleight-of-hand is impressive.

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