Test Drive Meme: Feb/March 2016

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"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.

Comments

[planetdialup]

I've never taken the cinnamon challenge either. I guess I'm a boring kind of girl.

[He's trying so hard. It's really cute, actually. But...still.]

Nothing wrong with a guy taking a bath. I could even show you where the good scented candles are, if you'd like. But you don't have to hide what you are.

[Her head tilts to the side.]

You're one of the cuter ones I've met.

[crowedthedead]

I mean, I really have no room to judge someone who was smart enough not to try to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon straight, so. [Gold star 'u tried' sticker for him.

He seems pretty embarrassed when she straight up calls him out, though.] Oh. Well that's kind of a relief then. [A pause.] How many cute witches have you met? Out of curiosity.

[planetdialup]

Well, it was pretty popular for awhile, so. I'm not going to judge.

[She chuckles, shaking her head a little. Well, he tried. She'll give him that.]

I've met quite a few witches. And some of them like to abuse the youth and beauty potions.

[crowedthedead]

Popular rarely means 'not stupid'. [Just pointing that out right there.

He quirks both brows at the comment about potions, and motions to himself sweepingly.] This is all natural, I will have you know. [All gangly six feet of him.] One hundred percent potion free.

[planetdialup]

[She chuckles. Can't disagree with that at all. There had been that ice bucket challenge too.

But his statement had her laugh out loud, and clap her hands together.]

Power, good looks...that's pretty good. You've got a girlfriend, don't you? Or a boyfriend.

[crowedthedead]

[He's digging the attention. He can't even lie, he likes to be paid attention to, and after a couple of fairly lonely years in London with a whole one good friend, it's nice to meet someone who doesn't brush him off as weird or crazy.]

Flattery will get you everywhere. [He wiggles his eyebrows, purposefully exaggerated.] And for the record, no. Neither. [He offers a hand to shake.] Soeki Crowe.

[planetdialup]

[Aerith would be the last person to call him weird or crazy. Then again, she's a little odd herself.

With a giggle, she takes his hand to shake.]

Really? I'll have to remember that. Call me Aerith.

[crowedthedead]

[He hasn't interacted much inside the supernatural community yet. It's much easier to be brushed off as odd by humans.]

In that case, should I be offering my phone number, too?

[planetdialup]

Maybe.

[It's always easy to get brushed off by humans. Especially if they think the person is weird.]

Just maybe.