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

[whatmatters]

Of sorts. [She replied dryly, making it difficult to tell if she was joking with him or simply answering his question.] Is Avery?

[Her eyes explored his body, hiding her hyper vigilance with a facade of lust or admiration, as she studied his posture and general tension. His leaning in suggested he wasn't a werewolf. Unless, of course, he was deliberately tricking her. Ringer wasn't entirely sure what all races could sense humans, but she assumed all of them. It always put her at the disadvantage.]

[saetta]

[ If Avery was supposed to back down from the dry tone, it wasn't going to work. He was just too much of social bird to let first hiccups throw him. The looks she was giving him, though- he was taking it as a check in the "Maybe Good" category. ]

Unfortunately I was blessed with the name Avery at birth. Bit of a family heirloom. [ He actually liked the name, but he wasn't going to start things off with a bit of pride. His eyes, meanwhile, were keeping to Ringer's face - she seemed fine-featured, but he wasn't exactly looking to gobble her up like most men might. Eventually, after scanning along her jaw and her cheekbones, he settled back on her eyes. ]

So tell me, Ringer, do I have much competition tonight? [ Avery settled back in his chair, lacing his fingers across his abdomen. ]

[whatmatters]

Did it come with a grandfather clock? [Same dry tone, now definitely joking. Ringer ran a hand through her hair at his question, more a perfunctory gesture than any insinuation. She was a lot more interested in learning about him than in actually trying to date him.]

That depends on what you are. [She replies carefully. Some part of her mind suggested she say it seductively before remembering she has no idea how to flirt. Instead, she settles for something slightly more amicable and less completely neutral, tilting her head with consideration.] And what you're hoping to achieve tonight.

[saetta]

[ Avery lifts his brows at the statement about what he was. Very forward. Avery can't tell if he should be a little miffed or if he likes it. Well, considering English manners and the varying degrees of tension that appear to exist in the supernatural community... It's a bit refreshing. ]

Shapeshifter's the word used most frequently, I hear. [ The smile on his face eases - it's a little bit of a relief to be able to say it so clearly. ]

I'm just trying to meet people; until a few months ago, I didn't even know this world existed. I thought I was just... unique. [ Then, considering how that might come off as either gullibility or that damned pride, Avery sits up somewhat. ]

That is- I only ever heard the stories about my family and thought they were just stories.

[whatmatters]

[Ringer nods slowly, accepting what he's saying. Shapeshifters are still fairly rare in the circles she runs in. Though he's not the only one, it somehow surprises her to think that he might be one, and to idly wonder at what form he might take upon shifting. She knows the least about shapeshifters and how their abilities work.]

You don't have much competition. [She offers after a pause, before taking a small sip of water.]

I learned about this world the hard way a few years ago. But I'm human. I don't.. know if I'm what you're looking for. If you're trying to find more people like you.