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

Comments

VI

[iseeall]

[Whatever he was expecting to come out of his 'phone' when he was poking at the network, it was not an old lady screaming with the strength of a thousand suns. Leo lost the grip on his phone and it clattered to the ground as he scrambled to pick it up again.]

What the fuck, lady??!

[Thankfully, he remembered to hit 'reply' before he just shouted into the void.] Are you trying to give everyone a heart attack?!

[watchmewhippersnapper]

LANGUAGE!

[After one last snap, however, she did pull away just long enough for him to catch a glimpse of...was that smoke coming out of her nostrils? No, couldn't be. Perhaps a trick of light?]

Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?

[iseeall]

[Holy shit, this was absolutely someone he didn't want to piss off. He didn't know that anyone could be louder than Zapp when he was drunk!! The video reply he initiated finally came into focus, finally showing a young man with mousy brown hair that couldn't have been older than 19. His eyes were also firmly shut.]

Well I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting you to shout in my ear! You scared my poor bibiru.

[Thankfully the little rabbit bird, whom he'd dubbed Chain, had climbed back up to his shoulder after the fright.]

Sorry. But if you were trying to talk about someone sending you back where you came from, I don't think anyone knows how.

[At least, that's what he got out of that whole mess of a conversation]

[watchmewhippersnapper]

[She side-eyed the screen as the 'bibiru' appeared on its shoulder. Suspicious at first, and not relaxing very much with the passing seconds. It looked as if she meant to comment on its name for a time, but in a rare moment of self-restraint, she closed her mouth and instead allowed another moment's pause before focusing on the latter part of his statement instead:]

Nonsense. If they know how to bring me here, they know how to bring me right back again.

And if they think I'm falling for any weak ignorance ploys, then they really have no idea who they're messing with.

[iseeall]

[He really met some amazing people, didn't he? At least she didn't say anything about his new pet, whom was now snuffling into his hair as she was wont to do.]

I know how you feel, but yelling at me isn't really going to get you anywhere. I don't know how to get back, and neither has anyone else I asked. I really don't think you were kidnapped since it kinda seems random, but...

[Leo just did a half sort of shrug.]

[watchmewhippersnapper]

[The "pet" could be dealt with later. Maybe. So long as it wasn't pestering her, she was content with leaving animals be and focusing on more pressing matters. Like the ones who could speak.]

But what?

[Her eyes narrowed in a finish what you started, boy tone.]