thetube | Test Drive Meme: Feb/March 2016

"Pulp - Common People" (Watch on YouTube)

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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Except hang around helping blind guys do their shopping, apparently.

[ For all that is sounds bad, Matt really does appreciate it. ]

Funny, you don't strike me as the boring type.

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You say that like I make a habit out of it. It's just you. I haven't helped a single other blind guy, scout's honor.

[i'm sorry, he's been real good about not hitting on matt this whole time but that just leaves such a good opportunity he literally cannot help himself in the face of it. his smile turns into a cocky grin and probably his sheer confidence is a force all unto itself.]

Boring? Don't mistake my lack of pressing errands for lack of imagination.

Well that's a load off my shoulders.

[ Ah, so this is the real you, Connor!! It's ok, Matt is used to being hit on, it's nothing new. Connor has too many points in his favor to have that scare Matt off. He doesn't mind. ]

So what's an average Wednesday night for you, Connor? When you're not studying or out going grocery shopping.

[don't ask him that matt why did you do this to yourself. you're opening the door and just continuing to let him walk right on through it]

Well I was going to go home and make a pretty sweet eggplant ["aubergine" whatever] dish. [🍆 🍆] But I could think of a few better ways to spend my time.

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[ Maybe Matt likes flirting!! ]

I bet you can.

[ He chuckles. Reading you loud and clear, buddy, but also you're a law student in a supermarket so Matt has to have standards. Gosh. ]

Think I just have one more thing and I'll be done. You wouldn't happen to know if there's any meat on sale, would you?

[ MATT NO (I mean he's serious but also MATT NO) ]

[objection??? "has to have standards" followed by CLEARLY NOT HAVING STANDARDS. i cannot fucking believe.

and neither can connor, actually. he kind of does a double take and then laughs. that is possibly the single lamest double entendre he's heard to date, and he's heard a lot of bad ones. at least he's capable of laughing about it.]

I can pretend you meant that only with the purest of intentions, if you want me to spare your dignity.

[ HE IS JUST FLIRTING obviously, look, Matt has to keep that air of mystery about him somehow. ]

What else did you think I meant?

[ Matt's rue not gonna say it, but he will begin walking to the refrigerated section. Keep up, Connor. ]

[wow, okay, he does keep up with him even if the disbelief is super super strong. there's no way he didn't know what he was saying, he's been clearly flirting with connor since the making habits of helping blind guys exchange.]

Nothing, apparently.

[ I mean, yeah, obviously he was flirting. Matt wanted to let you down slow, Connor. ]

I mean, it is a school night, after all.

I'm not a child.

[there's definitely a challenge to his voice. so what if it's a school night.]

I know, I figured as much.

[ That denial is very grown up, by the way, Connor. ]

I just meant, you know. You shouldn't stay out too late if you have class in the morning. I don't wanna take up all your time.

[is matt for real right now.]

I think I can handle staying up late before my class tomorrow.

[ This isn't going as expected. This is what you get for turning down hot guys, Matt. It gets awkward. Matt sighs. He was doing so well, then he had to go and be obtuse and backpedal and now he's paying for it. We know who to blame if he goes home alone tonight. ]

So what classes are you taking?

[ Smooth. Real smooth, Matt. ]

I'm working on my LPC right now - at City. We're working on Criminal Litigation right now for our core unit. I'm thinking about taking an advanced one for my elective.

[ Bullet dodged, thank you for keeping it going, Connor. ]

Litigation, huh?

[ He can see it, Connor handles himself like someone who'd enjoy the attention of a courtroom. It's not like Matt doesn't enjoy it too. ]

Well, it's a lot of work, but it's worth it. You help a lot of people.

[connor smiles, nodding. he can kind of tell what matt isn't saying, about seeing it. litigators could all kind of tell. it took a special kind of person to want to get up and argue in front of a full room of people.]

Is that what you do, then?

It's my specialty. But when you have your own practice, you kind of do whatever needs doing.

[ He says it like it's no big deal. Because it totally isn't!! ]

Having your own practice is impressive - especially in this climate.

[then, as a joke, but in that like i'm only saying it as a joke because i actually mean it way] But, hey, if you need an apprentice, I'll be free this summer.

[he hopes. unless annalise never lets go of them.]

[ From failed flirting to an apprenticeship, what is this. Matt's actually surprised. ]

Well, I'm sure not gonna turn down free labor.

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