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archishellago2018-01-05 10:58 am
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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! Applications • Reservations • Taken List • Game Navigation |
Hibiki Shikyoin ♔ Idol Time PriPara
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.
VI
[Minako's bag is very small, but she clutches it as if it's the largest burden to ever exist. Because this pushing-out is completely unacceptable.]
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[ At least you're being pushed out by a hot "guy", Minako.
Does that help? At....all? ]
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It's not your concern yet, you mean. Maybe I can switch and find somebody else, but there's not enough space for you to take up two beds!
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[ SHE WILL ALSO LET YOU EAT CAKE.
Hibiki lowers her chin. Before she was just making statements. Resistance, however, has her growing irritated. Was she not clear?! ]
But my quarters will not be shared.
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[She blushes. Even if she'd quite like to give certain people a show and fluster them.]
You can't have all this space. How about a privacy wall?
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[ She says the word like it's dirty. ]
III
[Attempting to, he means. Even the suggestion that the munga is his companion is met with a blank look.]
You're obstructing.
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[ Definitely the victim here.
The munga is nosing around the table now, looking for more snacks. ]
Collect the creature and begone.
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You escape. It's venomous.
[He starts to reach for the dessert on the table, intent on using it as bait.]
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[ This just keeps getting more baffling. Both the circumstances, and that they are happening to her.
The munga does seem a fan of dessert. ]
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[He shifts the dessert toward himself in jumps and starts, moving it out of the way of the lizard’s leap just in time, every time.]
You’re not escaping. [It’s more statement than question only because of the way he talks.]
Will you assist?
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[ Please. ]
Handle it yourself.
[ She attempts to sip her tea despite the goings-on.
The munga, meanwhile, gears up for a leap. ]
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[When the munga makes to leap, however, he finally just grabs it. A few of the lizard's spines digs into his hand.]
Then I will go. [If she won't move, then he'll move himself; very simple.] Be careful of the dessert. Something...might have happened to it.
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[ Hibiki lowers her cup with a sour expression, as if this fact is this gentleman's fault instead of the munga's.
And yet, she had been looking forward to that dessert. So......Hm. ]
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[He holds up the munga.] I will return this. If it left any spines behind...don't touch it.
[Unaware that that probably makes him sound condescending, he starts to stride away.]
[Although...after a few steps, he's starting to list to the side a bit.]
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[ Hibiki snorts. This is all completely ridiculous! Ruining her day, disrupting her mood. At least now it's all over. Over and done wi---
Why are you walking like that. ]
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[He lands heavily on his knees as his head starts to spin. He holds up the munga to peer at it. The toxin is a lot faster-acting than he thought it would be. No, to begin with...there had been the possibility that it the toxin wouldn't work on his species. There's that theory soundly debunked.]
[Sorry to say, Hibiki's day just got a bit more ruined.]
...Antidote... [It's in his pocket. He retrieves it, but when he pulls it out, it rolls out of his hands.]
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[ Hibiki frowns. She doesn't know this person, but if they pass out there, or worse, attract an ambulance, she won't get a moment's peace.
Over she comes. She picks up the antidote, turns it over in her own hand. ] Succumbing when you're holding the cure....
You're completely useless.
[ And that means she's going to have no choice but to assist you, doesn't it.
Dear her. ]
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[He holds his hand out for it.]
I will need to put the munga down. [The antidote is meant to be injected, and he'll need his gun and both hands for it.]
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[ That better not be what you're implying. But since it doesn't look like there's any other options....
Hibiki begrudgingly offers the antidote and waits to see whether there's a lizard in her future. ]
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How durable...are your shoes?
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[ The gears in her head have not yet caught up, distracted by bragging about the exclusivity of her footwear. ]
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[He shifts and moves the munga near her foot, ready to set it down once they've established a signal. (If they establish a signal.)]
Step on it.
[What he doesn't say is that they'll have to be quick; his vision is starting to static and soon he won't be able to see what he's doing.]
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[ She looks wild-eyed at the suggestion, but she also isn't leaving. If that lizard is set down, it will be stepped upon.
Probably. ]