Test Drive Meme #002

[khuimods]

KHU IODUAN; TEST DRIVE MEME #002

I. THE OPARA CORE - May I Borrow That? The engineers of the Opara Core facility are always on the lookout for new technology they can adapt into the ever-growing web that provides communications across the archipelago and beyond. Their staff are assembled represent a wide swath of the native races in Konryu whose skills are mechanically-inclined, and of Dreamfolk who've arrived and want to pitch in. Part of their standard operating procedure is to take an interest in tech coming in with the newly arrived Dreamfolk. An excitable female Muin, her bright shock of electrically pink hair and matching, jewel-like eyes alight with a madcap glee, is wheedling for whatever gadget you have on your person. "Please?" she asks for the third time, blinking at you hopefully. "I'll put it back exactly how it was when I'm done. I promise..." II. DREAMING BRIDGE - Grab Your Apron! The Aifaran government fully supports the Dreaming Bridge with both coin and supplies to take care of newcomer Dreamfolk, but the actually day-to-day operations are left to the site staff themselves. While they have a full complement of volunteers to manage the various aspects -- from cleaning and setting up rooms for new Dreamfolk, to helping new arrivals get used to the city by answering questions and organizing guided tours. "Hey you," an Arybar calls out, motioning with a soup ladle. He's about seven feet tall, with tiger-like striping on his skin. "Come back into the kitchen and help out, would you? We're short-staffed today, and since you're getting three meals a day for free, you can share the load." III. HEY MAN ARE YOU LOST - Herding Big Dumb Cats Odd jobs are always available for people who want to make some extra rhinn, and today's option for making some quick cash is to help some farmers clear a stubborn herd of curamija who are grazing on the new sprouts. While taller than most people, about the size of a draft horse, and possessing a massive rack of antlers, they look quite majestic... but they're prone to standing and staring dumbly at those who try to shoo them back off the cultivated land. Several of them have bunched up into a befuddled group, looking perplexed when none of them seem to know what direction to move in. Try to scare them? Coax them with treats? Declare them a lost cause? IV. KNOWLEDGE IS PRECIOUS - Accosted By Monks The Tariken monks are out in full force today, their orange and green robes making them easy to spot in a crowd, and there's a high chance you might be approached by one. Their sect values knowledge above everything else, so recording information from Dreamfolk, who are transient to Konryu, is something they see as imperative. Some of the questions are standard ("what's the name of your world? is it anything like Konryu? do have have any special position there?") but sometimes they move into stranger territory, like what's your favourite bath soap scent and how many times you wear your socks before washing them -- all of which are asked with the most studious attentiveness, just in case your answer holds the secret to the multiverse. V. FETCH A PRETTY PRICE - To Skim Or Not To Skim The salvage mission -- this time to a small island that looked initially like farmland, but was revealed to be entirely mechanical, has been a marked success! As the transports are being organized to return to the archipelago and the safety of the protective magical barrier, you've been left in charge of a sizable cache of recovered parts that are bound for the Opara Core technicians back in Aifaran. However, you're fairly certain that most, if not all of what's in this crate would fetch a high price at the Kel'ghau black market. Some of them are definitely pocket sized, and with the volume there, no one would notice a few pieces missing... right? 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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Ursula Callistis | Little Witch Academia | OTA

[ursulamajor]

1. May I Borrow That?

[Ursula tries to keep a grip on her hat as she walks down the street. Sea breezes in Aifaran aren't uncommon, but they do make it a pain to keep a wide-brimmed witch's hat on. She has a hand planted on the hat, pushing it down, and wind blows and threatens to knock it off.

She didn't mean to go to the Opara Core facility, but it was something where she could step into the lee of a building. She pulls her wand out, waving it; it lights up, a soft teal glow emanating forth from it. The sight of magic makes her smile -- makes her think of home -- but it's a complicated feeling, too. But, maybe, she could make her hat stick to her head.

She opens her mouth, and then: "May I borrow that?"

Ursula stares, before she backs up, nervously. She's new here; she isn't sure what to make of the Muin. She looks like a deer in headlights.]

Ah--eheheh, um, this is--it only works for me! S-Sorry! Um-- [She walks backward. And then falls over, flat on her behind.] Ow!

4. Grab Your Apron!

[Sometimes, Ursula Callistis is a doormat. She didn't always used to be that way... but things happened.

Which is why hearing that she gets three free meals a day tripped some guilty feeling in her brain, and she agreed to enter the kitchen and help out. Now, she is standing over a big pot of stew, and stirring with a big wooden spoon. She sniffs it once. Her nose wrinkles.

She... isn't sure. She sighs, before she looks around the kitchen.] Ah, so... I'm not really familiar with the spices on Konryu. Does... does anyone know if this smells right?

[It smells super sweet.]

4

[powertotearer]

[Eiji is the same way. He had to help, especially if the people here had been nice enough to give him free food.

When Ursula asks for help, he's only happy to help again.]

Oh, sure! In fact, the best way to test is...

[He's already sprinkled a little bit of the spice on a spoon so that he can stick his finger in and taste it. But it's only after his finger is covered in sweet-smelling spice that he remembers he's lost his sense of taste.

Now, he just holds the spoon out to her.]

The best way to test is to taste a little bit of it yourself. If it smells this sweet, it probably doesn't need sugar.

[ursulamajor]

[Ursula blinks when he comes over, sticks his finger in, and then... er... offers her a spoon. But--but sure, it makes sense.]

Ah, right! I guess I should decide for myself, hm?

[Maybe he doesn't quite trust the smell.

She takes a spoonful of it -- then promptly makes quite a face.] Aaah, yes, yes. That is much too sweet--it's--augh.

I need to learn what the spices taste like here...

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[eyeinfusion]

You're just making it easier for them, you know?

[He holds his hand out to her, offering a hand up.]

[At the same time, he turns to the Muin.] I left a laptop here! Can I get it back now?

[There, got rid of the technician. To Ursula, he continues—] Are you alright?

[ursulamajor]

[She blinks up at him, when he arrives. Ursula tilts her head for a moment, but then she takes his hand. She stands up, then, and she smiles for a moment.]

I'm quite all right. I suppose I just got flustered. This, ah...

[She looks up at him, and then she nods quickly to him.] This is important. A wand is quite important to spellcasting!

You brought a laptop when you arrived?

Eiji Hino | Kamen Rider OOO | OTA

[powertotearer]

I

Eiji would have been happy to lend anything for the engineers to look at, but the problem is that there's only one thing on him right now.

Or rather, in him--five Core Medals that won't come out unless he's in danger.

"Um...well, that's kind of going to be a problem. Not that I don't believe you'd try to put them back, and if you didn't, that'd be fine, but..."


III

Eiji has tried everything short of transforming to get the curamija out of the field. He's tried luring them with food, he's tried pushing them, and of course, he's tried begging.

"Please, come on!" That's as he fails to push one beast, only managing to get it to take a step. "Come on! You have to move!"

But all that happens is Eiji starts to slip and has to sit down in exhaustion, just as he feels a strange sensation in his left arm.

"No, not here," he whispers, grabbing his wrist in alarm and looking around. "Not now!"

III

[eyeinfusion]

"Hey...are you alright?"

Judai has only just arrived and so has not witnessed the cajoling of the curamija, but he comes right over when he spots someone who might have fallen down. Though it seems that that might not be what's going on.

"Is something wrong with your arm?"

Re: III

[powertotearer]

He can already feel his fingers beginning to change when he hears Judai. Startled, he jumps to his feet, pulling the sleeve of his jacket down to conceal his hand.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Nothing's wrong."

With his right hand, he pats the rump of one of the curamija.

"Just trying to get these guys going. Have you had any luck?"

3

[justsomeshrimp]

[Lobco had been having a little bit more luck, but she had also been coming to a bit of a disturbing realization.

This animal could not only not speak...it didn't really seem to be able to think critically. She had been excited when she first heard of there being other animals, then angered when she heard them being addressed in what she first thought was a derogatory way..but now. Now she was seeing why people were a bit confused at her disdain for how they referred to animals.

It was causing her a bit of a crisis.

She saw Eiji and was going towards him to ask his opinion on all this when she saw that he too seemed to be in a bit of distress.]

Oh no, you weren't hurt, were you?

Re: 3

[powertotearer]

[It's no use. No matter what Eiji does, he can't stop his hand from mutating, but worse, now someone's looking right at him.]

I...I can explain.

[Her question doesn't even register. All he can think is that she had to have seen that one of his hands is purple with pink claws now, and he has so much to explain and he doesn't even know where to start.]

I

[notsogreedy]

Ankh, at the moment, is not sure how much he wants to talk to Eiji. For one, he knows what those purple Medals can do, and it would be safer to just avoid him. But considering the snippet of conversation he overhears has to do with those same Medals-

"Heh. You should just let her take them and solve a problem for both of us." Not that he expects she can, since he's already tried that with no luck.

Re: I

[powertotearer]

And there goes Eiji's kind awkwardness. He bristles, his back perfectly straight like he's waiting for a knife to go into it, and he bows a little too stiffly as he completely ignores Ankh and answers the engineer.

"Sorry, but there's kind of a problem with that. If I find out anything new, I'll let you know, though, okay?"

She's reluctant, but she leaves, if only because Eiji's practically radiating ice right now--not actually, he has at least that much control over the Medals for now.

He is pointedly not looking at Ankh, but he's completely on guard.

lobco | wadanohara and the great blue sea | ota

[justsomeshrimp]

2. grab your apron!

[Being in a kitchen could easily swing between being a blessing or a curse--more often than not, unfortunately, it was the latter. Lobco loved to cook. It was a passion that her mother had passed down to her and she found immense satisfaction in being able to provide food for other people, and watch them gain enjoyment from it.

Unfortunately, Lobco was an animal.

Unfortunately, she was a hybrid of what some may consider luxury foods.

Unfortunately, she was from a world in which all animals were sentient, and so looking around her and spotting, what for someone like her, were dead people...was...needless to say discomforting.

Sadly the survival of the fittest laws still existed in her world so it was not something unusual for her to witness, but it was still upsetting. Even more so when she had had a bowl of shrimp dropped in front of her so she could begin to clean and deshell them. Whoever gave this to her must have thought that the antennas and the tail were just some sort of costume.

She looked to her side where someone was working on what looked like cutting up some vegetables for the soup.]

...um.

If it's not too much trouble...could we possibly switch jobs?

4. knowledge is precious

[Lobco was as introverted as they got, and was easily rattled in social situations. At first she hadn't minded a question here or there, but as time went by more and more...humans?? Kept popping out from seemingly nowhere, asking more and more questions. There seemed to be no end to them, and it seemed her answers weren't satisfying the curiosity of the natives.

The poor shrimp was starting to feel a vague sense of panic fill her. Her eyes kept flitting around, looking for an open space she could flee to, twisting her hands and fidgeting in place. Her antennas were curling up and she could feel the rhythm of her heart picking up pace and a knot forming in her throat. How could she get out of here without accidentally causing insult?

Another question was tossed her way and she flinched, opening and closing her mouth. It was a question with a simple answer, but she was finding herself having problem forming the words--the air around her felt hot and heavy, and made it all the more difficult to concentrate.]

W-well. You see...that is.

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[blinkandshoot]

Sure.

[Inga hands the knife over and moves to trade places.]

What's wrong, don't like meat?

[She does find the antennas and tail a little odd, but she's seen a lot of oddness before and after she arrived here, so she's taken it in stride.]

[justsomeshrimp]

[Lobco is relieved and grateful that she's not given any grief for her request. She carefully takes the knife and moves aside before continuing with the vegetable her coworker had been slicing.]

Not at all. Particularly not that of my own kind. [She had come close to winding up on someone's plate more than once. It's hard not to be reminded of that.]

Thank you, by the way. I really appreciate it. I'm Lobco and I only just arrived so I'm still a little out of sorts.

4

[blackshiver]

What, are you so pathetic you can't get an answer out? [A woman with long purple ringlets and a lollipop stick poking out of her mouth has come to see what all the fuss is about, but from the look on her face and the tone of her voice, it's not exactly a rescue.

Or it might be, but for the wrong reasons. Rin turns to the monks with an equally derisive expression.] Hey, don't you lame nerds have better people to talk to than this runt? There should be plenty of weaklings who stammer and hide away on your own world.

[A couple of the monks take this as a sign to try asking her instead, but the look she gives them is fit to get one or two hiding behind their notepads and stepping back apologetically.]

[justsomeshrimp]

[Lobco flinches at the comment directed towards her, and if anything seems to clam up even more. When the stranger turns her attention to the monks Lobco half thinks to flee in that moment, but considering that the newcomer got the monks off her back the shrimp figured she ought to at least express some gratitude.]

...thank you. [She has her doubts that the other girl intentionally helped her out, considering she'd just insulted her twice over but. It had still helped.]

Hitsugaya Toushirou | Bleach

[freezetheheavens]

III. Herding Big Dumb Cats

[Moving these beasts would usually take some time…if they weren’t being led by what seems to be a short white-haired person dressed in what seems to be old Japanese clothing with a sword strapped onto his back. For whatever reason, they’re following him and after losing a staring contest with him, he’s resigned to his fate and keeps on moving. It got them to move and out of the way, so he’s helping, he guesses.

But when he sees someone staring, he stops - the herd stopping behind him - and he gives them a blank look.]

Would you know where I can lead these creatures?

IV. Accosted by Monks

[Someone save these monks before Hitsugaya decides to freeze them. He looks faintly annoyed as they continue to ask him questions.]

Is there really a point to these questions?

[“Yes.”

…Someone save him since the temperature has dropped slightly.]

VI. Wildcard

[Toss a prompt at me!]

Don't make me bring Byakuya.... God I'd have to canon review so much.

[bostonhowler]

IV.

Brigid smells the cold before she feels it. She's not sure what it is, but considering that it's not cold here, there's something going on. Following her nose, she clears her throat, looking at the monks. "I believe he belongs to me." She says, smiling.

The monks are less than impressed. But they, grudgingly, leave the Newcomer alone, turning him over to another Dreamer.

"Hi. I'm Brigid." She holds out her hand.

III

[driverslicense]

Anywhere that's out of the way.

[Which is a very helpful answer, backed by only a slightly more literal than appropriate interpretation of instructions. Heedless, Chase's gaze moves to the curamija, and then back.]

You are the only successful one. We'll leave it to you.

iii

[blackshiver]

[Rin was mostly staring courtesy of how weird the image is, but as soon as the guy herding the not-deer addresses her, she offers a disdainful look and turns away.]

Why bother leading them if you don't even know where you're going? That's grunt work. Don't tell me you're some loser doormat.

[From somewhere in the pockets of her shorts, she pulls a lollipop, tears the wrapper with her teeth, and starts sucking on it.]

Aikawa Hajime | Kamen Rider Blade

[jokerundead]

1

It's not that Hajime thinks he'll cause some horrible uproar, if he relents to let this woman examine his Rouzer. He's been here long enough to know that there's plenty of odd and certainly inhuman races about - some that are indigenous to this place, and some that are what they call Dreamfolk. His natural form would probably get a few strange looks, but he wouldn't be run off or anything like that.

Besides, he's not even entirely sure it can come apart, so even if she gets her hands on it, he's not worried at all about her not being able to put it back together.

But, for all of that, he's not sure he's ready to let go of the influence of the Spirit card yet. He's been here a while, but he hasn't let his human guise slip yet. He might be able to control himself completely...

Or he might not.

So again, he shakes his head and keeps his hand carefully cupped around the Rouzer at his waist. "I'm really sorry, but I can't let you."

[kenzaki]

"I don't think he wants to allow it," Kenzaki says cheerfully, stepping forward. For lack of anything better to do, he's been, well, loitering. Sticking his nose in. (Helping, he supposes.) He's only been here a few hours.

The woman looks upset, but only briefly. She gives them both a big smile.

Kenzaki keeps his distance from the person behind him. Maybe- maybe if he doesn't look, then it will turn out to be someone else. Someone he doesn't have to stay away from.

[blinkandshoot]

"That's something interesting you got there."

Sorry Hajime, now there's two people who're looking at that belt.

"I've seen something like it, I think." She smiles at the Muin, and then cuts a very quick deal where the Muin can take Inga's gun for now but only if she gives the dude with the belt a reprieve.

That done, she turns back to Hajime. "There." She crosses her arms as she glances at it again, then to Hajime's face. "Is that transforming equipment?"

gwen stacy, marvel-616

[gwendys]

ɪɪ. ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ʙʀɪᴅɢᴇ

( Gwen isn't totally sure what she just attempted to eat, but most of it is ending up in the trash anyway. Not that it grossed her out - actually, the options today were of reasonable consistency - she just wasn't very hungry in the first place. The whole 'learning about being dead' thing kinda killed her appetite these days. No pun intended.

She hears the Arybar call out to her just as she's in the middle of placing one of her used plates on top of the pile waiting to be washed. A bit taken aback by these sudden orders, to be sure, but what else does Gwen have planned for her day? Plus, he's right. )

Oh! Uh. Fair enough.

( She puts that plate down and picks up the tray of used dishware, right away forcing initiative that could probably help her feel a little closer to herself )

Where do you want 'em, chief?