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thetube2016-02-27 09:49 pm
undergroundmods) wrote in thetube2016-02-27 09:49 pm
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Test Drive Meme: Feb/March 2016
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) COMMON PEOPLE. What do normal Londoners do every day anyway? Sometimes you just want to blend in with everyone else. Make friends with humans. Talk about the weather. Go on, try it.
2) PENTHOUSE SUITE. But wait. Maybe you want to see how the other half live. The elite of the elite. You've been lucky enough to be asked to a meeting, or a luncheon, or a date. Find out what the most powerful people in London are really like.
3) GET OUT YOU FILTH. Supernatural prejudice is a regrettable fact of life in London. It doesn't matter what you are, there's someone out there who hates you because of it. They'll shun you, heckle you, even hunt you down and kill you. Of course, you're probably not immune to a few prejudices yourself.
4) SPEED DATING. Oh god. Why did you sign up to this. You should have known it was a bad idea when someone mentioned it was supernatural speed dating. Help.
5) THE REAL UNDERGROUND. Down in the darkest corners of the Tube, there are supernatural vagrants of all kinds, especially vampires. That friendly busker may well be a fae. That girl waiting for the next train is a ghost. Once you've seen it, you can't escape from it.
6) IN THE SUPERMARKET. On the other hand, you never know what you might find just walking around your local supermarket. You haven't forgotten how to do normal things like groceries, right?
7) A CURSED EXISTENCE. Maybe you literally are cursed. Maybe you just feel like it sometimes. There are things you can't do, weaknesses that normal humans aren't subject to, but they make everyday life in London that little bit more difficult. Try not to get too mad about it.
8) CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. Anything goes.
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It doesn't seem as fun, though, not like this. Last time, everyone just kept going. They didn't wait for her the way he is.
So she takes the sheet of generic questions that they gave her at the start of all this and begins folding it between her fingers like origami, watching him as she does so.]
How long've you been like that?
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Sitting here? Three minutes.
[ Oh, did you mean how long as he been blind? Well, he knows that, but you'll have to be more specific. ]
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No shit. Think I was there for that.
[A faint laugh, barely more than a breath. She sounds more amused than affronted, though; two can play the sarcasm game.]
Have you always been blind? [She pauses in the paper folding.] Unless you're just wearing those glasses inside to look cool.
[Because if that's the case, mission not accomplished.]
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[ He smirks, sarcasm evident in his tons. It's obviously not the first time he's been asked. You haven't even see him so any tricks, Effy. ]
I lost my sight as a kid. Twenty years ago, give or take.
[ He leans back in his chair, making himself comfortable. This one of questions usually takes a while. ]
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She's quiet a moment, head tilting as she takes in that information.] Long time ago, then.
[Not a lot of things scare her, even the ones that should. Losing sight (or any sense, really)...that would've done the trick.] ... Did it hurt?
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[ Matt laughs. And yet he's wearing a thousand pound suit. Oh, he's answered this a million times, he doesn't even flinch anymore. ]
It's not like I got my eyes knocked out or anything. Just retinal damage. Doubt you want to hear the gritty details.
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[Christ, it probably cost nearly as much as her whole flat. Matt's right, though. Most normal people wouldn't be interested in the details, especially when you label them the way he has. But Effy left what little sense of normal she had back in Bristol, so why the fuck not.]
Either that, or we talk about the weather or something 'til the timer goes off. What d'you prefer?
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[ He smiles. She has a good eye if she can spot it. Look, Armani suits are why he can't afford real chairs in his office, probably. ]
How is the weather? [ He's totally willing to play the "I'm blind so I wouldn't know" card but that would be pretty boring, wouldn't it. ] Or we can trade-- hardly seems fair for me to go on about a childhood accident without getting something in return.
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It's London, and winter. How d'you think?
[Sarcasm. She's good at that. At least it's not totally dickish sarcasm.]
A trade. [Okay, that's interesting.] What if I don't have any childhood accidents?
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[ For once, Matt isn't missing out. He hears her loud and clear. ]
How's about you tell me why you came to this, then? Didn't sound like you were too into it at first.
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[It takes her a second to think on an answer, because he's not wrong, she's definitely not into the dating part of it.]
I was hoping I might see a werewolf. [Well, it's not a lie, but it's certainly not the whole truth.] ...You find out the monsters under the bed were real. Don't tell me you wouldn't want to know more.
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Ah, so it's werewolves, then? Always thought vampires were more popular.
[ Werewolves smell like dog, but then vampires smell kinda dead, you really can't win when you've got super senses. ]