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

[n_ll]

Oh, you must be real fun on dates.

But to answer your question...
Captain Breach, at your service.

[iustitiae]

yeah dates are not usually from unidentified numbers claiming to be pirates

[n_ll]

Or married men.

Actually, they could be.
No judging. I'm a modern man.

A dead modern man, but nonetheless.

[iustitiae]

[yeah the married man thing doesn't really phase him but]

ghosts can text now?

[please dont tell his ghosts that jesus]

[n_ll]

Like I said. Modern man.

Don't know about the other fellows.

[iustitiae]

you know thats super creepy right

[n_ll]

Aye.
But I'm told that ghosts are super creepy to begin with.

[iustitiae]

youre not wrong
why try to scare people though
is it a compulsion

[n_ll]

Couldn't tell ya.

Maybe dying makes people lose their social finesse.

I mean...
Dying is a pretty traumatic event.
And it's hard to have decent control over anything if you're upset.
Some people just don't get over it, you know?
But they'll still try to reach out.

[iustitiae]

being haunted is a pretty traumatic event too

[but hes literally not wrong either so]

[n_ll]

IDK
Maybe they're just assholes.

[WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM HIM.]

[iustitiae]

[tell him how to fix it]

yeah? and what about you?

[n_ll]

I like meeting people.

[iustitiae]

theres an app for that

[n_ll]

You telling me to bugger off, matey?

[iustitiae]

no im saying if youre going to use technology might as well get the full benefit
maybe they even have apps for ghosts to get their jollies

[n_ll]

You'd be surprised.
Most attempts result in either being called a liar or they think I'm trying to roleplay with them.

Neither option is conducive to having conversation.

[iustitiae]

roleplay
kinky

but yeah i bet its not
arent there like
other ghosts??

[n_ll]

Do they exist?
Absolutely.
Are they easy to communicate with?
It's a case-by-case thing, but generally speaking: No.

[iustitiae]

im still new to the whole ghost thing
why is it so hard to communicate?

[n_ll]

You the kinda guy that dreams?
It's a little like that.
Everything is a bit blurry and you can only interact with it if you focus on it.
It comes easier the more you practice.
But with other ghosts...
It's like they're in a dream world of their own.

[iustitiae]

okay thats really weird but actually makes a kind of weird sense

[n_ll]

Glad you think so.
Took me a while to settle on the analogy.

[iustitiae]

i mean you have all the time in the world to figure these things out right