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

[outstandingbalance]

Natasha nods. Redbright. All right, then she knows enough to know vampires exist. How she'll respond is still to be seen. But Natasha was going to see.

She puts down her coffee, bringing one of her hands to her mouth and discreetly draws her thumb across her fang. Blood springs from the small scratch, the scent just slightly wrong. Wrong enough that it doesn't stir her hunger, thankfully.

She shows the girl the pad of her thumb, the blood and the scratch, then rubs her finger over it, seeming to wipe away both of them.

[fourthsaken]

Jade knows about vampires. Not just that she knows vampires, but it's still a surprise. She'd spent 13 years of her life completely removed from the supernatural world. It can all be a little overwhelming still. She stares, eyes wide.

"Holy shit," she whispers, blinking as if she can't quite believe what she just saw. She gives the woman a sheepish smile, an apology for her reaction and a sign that she's not freaked out. Well, at least, not in a bad way.

[outstandingbalance]

Jade didn't draw attention. That was the part that mattered. Natasha returns the smile, her own a little ironic. At least the girl hadn't run off. She didn't seem afraid.

"Strange enough for you?"