Test Drive Meme #001

[khuimods]

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

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Minako Aino | Sailor Moon

[hearted]

II.

[Charity betting? Hey, it's better than no entertainment at all. Minako listens to the explanation of the system, nodding along...and promptly places her bets on the absolute cutest Kirin she can find. Within minutes, she's hand-drawn a cutesy caricature of her chosen Kirin and started waving it in the air.]

You can do it! Don't let anybody get you down!

V.

[Minako didn't show up for this mission. A mysterious magical warrior calling herself Sailor Venus is here instead, glittering gold in that strange sailor suit. She's fairly quiet on the journey through the caverns, though she murmurs gentle reassurance along the way...but those teeth she just spotted around the bend? Not reassuring. At all.

She presses a hand over her mouth...wait, that's not right. Venus gently shakes her head and turns to the group.]

I'm sure we can get past...but do you want to go back?

V

[choseanidiot]

[This had been ill-advised, but everything had been fine up until they got far enough into the corridors it would take a bit to run out again. And then, of course, whatever was in here made itself known. Looking up to the girl at the question, Rokuta shook his head.]

I'm fine. [But there's a weight to his shadow now, and he keeps looking past her - he can feel the intent to violence from whatever is over there, and it hangs in the air like a miasma. It almost smells of blood.] Can't help you if it decides to try its luck, however.

[Though who would necessarily expect what looks like a thirteen year old to do anything at all in a fight?]

[hearted]

[Venus nods grimly. Oh, this would be so much easier if her friends were here!]

I probably should have asked this before we started, but what's your talent?

[Just out of curiosity. She's reaching for the chain belt around her waist, but not about to use it yet. Time to breathe and center herself first.]

[choseanidiot]

Healing, I think. Haven't had the chance to try it.

[Frowning, he warily backs off now. To give her space, yes, as that chain belt comes off her waist, but also because he can feel the same sort of intent build from her. It's just... uncomfortable, right now, but it could easily get worse.]

Maybe there's a nest... we could back down the corridor?

[There's one thing he could try, but he has no idea what this creature is, if he could tame it and bind it to a pact like a youma... and he would rather not risk it.]