thetube | Test Drive Meme: June 2015

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Welcome to the Underground test drive meme! This is where you can try out the AU version of your character, start some potential CR and get a feel for the world of the game. Choose your character's species, read up on the available factions and you're ready to go. Put your character's name in your subject line when you post, tag out, and have fun!

Note to current players: Activity in this meme counts as game canon! So you can use it for activity check. If you end up playing anything that you can't or don't want to use as game canon, it's fine to ignore it. (In that case you shouldn't submit it for activity check.)

Here are some prompts to inspire you:

1) LONDON CALLING. People come to London from all corners of the earth. Now you're here and whether you meant to or not, you've been drawn in to the supernatural world. Perhaps you're here to meet other members of your faction. Or perhaps the city's more unusual inhabitants find you first.

2) DARK SIDE. Whether it's animal instincts, a lust for blood or uncontrollable magic, every supernatural being struggles with their darker instincts. Be careful, you may end up doing something you regret.

3) ENEMY TERRITORY. You've found yourself on the wrong side of the tracks. This is enemy territory, you shouldn't be here. Better hope you can sneak your way through without any trouble. Although you have this nagging feeling that you're being followed...

4) GET YOUR SHOVEL. Well, there's a body. Freshly killed, and they didn't come to a natural end. The question is, did you do it or was it someone else? You'd better sort this mess out quickly.

5) STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM. It's the Wimbledon finals, so grab a picnic basket, buy some horribly overpriced strawberries, choose your tennis-themed outfit and get yourself off to SW19. Sure you can handle large crowds? Now is not the time for a supernatural mishap.

6) JUST DANCE. It's a ceilidh! (Barn dance.) Organized by witches but open to all (friendly) newcomers, the dance takes place in an old music hall. There's food, drink, folk music and a magical ritual to bless all young single people attending who are looking for a partner. You never know, your next dance partner might be the one.

7) FULL MOON. (2nd July) Uh oh, it's that time of the month. Werewolves, have you been feeling more aggressive lately? A little short of temper? Better start preparing for your monthly transformation and hope that you don't get interrupted. And then there's the morning after, which feels like a massive hangover. Wait, where are your clothes?

8) CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. Anything goes.

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James had been sent into vampire territory with little more than a simple kill as his mission. However, when it was a vampire in question, nothing could really be simple.

He thought he'd found his assignment (which was pretty unfair if he had to say so himself. He was a lawyer, not a hitman). The woman fit the general description.

The brick however, did not.

"Woah, woah!"

James holds up both his hands, as if surrendering and scoots back an extra step or two. At least a vampire wouldn't use a brick to attack? He's comforted by that at least. And yet, that only meant his task was not finished.

Edited 2015-08-16 07:38 (UTC)

"Who are you?" Esmeralda speaks through gritted teeth. She raises her arm properly, as if to throw the brick.
"Why are you sneaking up on me?" She doesn't trust his surrender at all. She's been tricked before, and ended up trapped. She's not going to make the same mistake twice. Every instinct is telling her to just run for it, but she doesn't want to turn her back either, lest he comes after her again.

He wants to try and be authoritative - put something collected into the air - but at the same time, he doesn't know how this woman will respond to that. Right now, he's better off not suddenly changing his response to her mid-confrontation.

"Nobody!" James insisted in a panicked tone.

He didn't want to say who he belonged to, not right now. Not when someone might be listening. The last thing he wanted was to get his pack in trouble.

"I'm looking for someone, I thought you were her. I'm sorry."

A grimace of a smile passed his face and his hands rose slightly.

"Could you...put the brick down? Please?"

"So you were going to jump a girl?" Esmeralda replies in scorn, her bright green eyes flashing in anger. "And you're apologising because you've tried it and got caught?" She shakes her head. "Get yourself home, Sir. It's dangerous for a worm to be crawling these streets."

James prickles under the insult - werewolves may be known for their tempers but he works hard not to show his. Being called a worm, however, (Besides it being accurate) was somehow more irritating than being called a bastard or the like.

"Now you're just putting words into my mouth," he smiled sharply, as if he wanted to say more but restrained himself from it.

"And ... well, I'm not about to turn around while you're still holding that, Ma'am."

How he could make 'Ma'am' sound more like 'bitch' was pretty impressive.

She smirks at that. "My, my. The manners on you. You really are charming." She lifts the brick again, just to prove she's not messing. "It's a wonder the girls aren't flocking to you."

She turns away with a laugh. "If I find my twin, I'll warn her to stay away."

"Likewise."

Ugh. Fairies. He could smell the old magic on this one, and it made perfect sense. Fae were always so uppity. She was probably pretty old as well. There was a sense of entitlement that always seemed to carry with age.

"Unless you're friends with the psychotic vampire version of yourself, I wouldn't recommend it." He remarks wryly, still not wanting to turn away or move even as she goes on her merry way.

Vampire?

She stops and turns slowly. "Vampires, huh?" She can smell the damp dog on him, of course. "Your clan is still fixed on that old rivalry?" She's going to take the advice though. It's bad enough that she has an Unseelie lord after her. God knows she doesn't want vampires too.

"You know, she can probably smell you from a mile away." Esmeralda grins though. "She might not be taking as kindly to damp fur as I am." As it becomes more apparent that this man isn't going to attack her, Esmeralda lowers her brick and relaxes somewhat.

Is she actively trying to piss him off? James knows that before he was bitten he wasn't anywhere near this reactive to what others said of him but if she keeps at it he might snap - or so he thinks. It's easy to see that he's not as unflappable as he likes to think with his jaw tightening and eyes going flinty at the mention of wet fur.

"Considering she's been slaughtering humans, fae and werewolves alike in my clan's territory and she decided to skip back into her own nest when we started getting pissed? Yeah, I'd say that rivalry is still going strong."

He doesn't like hearing the bite in his own words, but he can't help it.

At least she put down the fucking brick.

She does find it quite fun to piss people off, especially when their tempers are as obviously short as James' is. It's difficult to hide her smirk.

"So you're going to kill her. And that will solve all your problems, will it?"

She knows perfectly well that it won't.

James fixes her with a look at her question, and then follows up with voicing the answer his glare gives.

"I think we both know the answer to that, but there'll be no great loss if a serial killer is missing."

Besides, he couldn't disobey his Alpha. It would be suicidal.

"And a new one will be created." Esmeralda replied hotly. "It's a circle, can't you see? You'll be just as bad as she."

James scoffs loudly at that, once you get a reaction from him it's rather easy to continue getting them.

"So, by your logic I should just let her go? Send the message to all vampires that my pack is fair game and for them to just go crazy?"

"Send messages that you're merciful." Knowing full well that death will be her penalty, should Frollo catch her, has made Esmeralda a fierce opponant of any sort of execution - moreso than ever.
"Send messages that you're not interested and that you just want to live side by side." She shakes her head, James' laugh rattling her. "There is nothing funny about murder. You may be handsome on the outside, but it gives you a monster's heart."

James can't help but scoff again. It turns into some kind of laugh as he does it and he looks to the sky as he hypothesizes his message.

"'Not interested in being murdered. Please stop. Will loan sugar if needed.'"

He's confused by your ideology, Esmeralda. How do you think people live?

"I'm sure that'll go over real well." His eyes widen in exaggeration. The monster comment doesn't sting as much as he thought it might, though. After all, it's true. He is a monster.

She laughs easily. "It's worth a try, isn't it? Perhaps not sugar... donor bags?" It's a long shot. Inwardly, she wonders if they pay for the blood. Not hers, obviously... but perhaps they'd pay for donor bags.

"Do you really think that this is the way to go? You're just making the fighting worse."

Test Drive Meme: June 2015

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im loving this thread rofl

Me too!

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