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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[ Steve takes the basket as he does, watching Bucky and giving a tentative smile to the couple that passes by with a somewhat judgmental expression on their faces. He reaches out to touch his elbow, a casual sort of graze in an attempt to comfort him. ]

I don't think we're gonna have enough money for that either. [ He frowns, reaching into the pockets of his jeans to pull out the list they'd made before coming. Maybe if they decided on the important things, all of this wouldn't be such an experience, but Steve figures they had already worked that out before anything had actually made it onto the list in the first place. He glances up and tries to find any signs that tell him where he should look for... Hm. ] You want to look at the frozen stuff?

[ And maybe there's a slight grin—an attempt at making him feel better. Prices aside, it hasn't been a total disaster so far. ]

[He couldn't care less what looks he was getting. How was he the only one that was outraged by this? He really thought he had money saving down to a science with how they were in the depression. Organizing their rations, making sure that they were there on time to get there early and even making sure what they had lasted them the whole week. Things were different now though, they had to eat. Bucky couldn't skip meals anymore, if he did that he would just even up starving himself because of his wolf side. Maybe he should just start hunting deer for himself, at least that was free.

At the mention of frozen food he turned to Steve with an eyebrow raised and a crooked smile on his face. Yeah, he got the reference. Punk.]

What, you didn't get enough of that for a life time?

[ Steve can tell it makes him feel out of place, and while he's struggling with it too, there's little they can do for it except take it for what it is and move on. Some things haven't changed, but others are more noticeable, easier to get lost in. Bucky had always been softer in that regard, especially with trying to keep up with Steve half the time, and there's a wider grin with that particular reaction, holding tight to the basket even as he nudges him in the direction of those freezers. ]

Being frozen isn't the same, and nobody said we had to get anything. I just wanna look. [ Because if the bread and milk have taught him something, it's that there will be plenty of variety. Besides, it's a lot better than boiling everything too. They're probably going to have to work on that when they get the chance, and with or without Bucky, Steve's already heading straight for the far wall to do just that. ]

Speak for yourself--

[He said as he went in the direction that Steve nudged him. He paused at the beginning of the section and glanced around. He could already feel the cold and it made him scowl slightly. He didn't see why Steve was interested it in. If anything this stuff was more expensive than some of the fresh food they saw. He stared at a bag and pointed to them as he looked back to Steve.]

Howard had me like those peas right there. All cramped as hell and getting frost bite.

[He was only partly joking. He sighed heavily and made a groan to voice his disapproval as he still followed him.]

I swear they are putting everything in bags now...

[ Steve just gives him a look that says he's completely innocent in all of this, though it's spiked with a bit of a smirk. They were friends for a reason, had been for a long time, and regardless of how out of time they were, they'd make it work. Steve believes that more than anything else; if they have each other, they'd be fine. It couldn't be any worse than half of the other stuff they'd already lived through anyway. ]

Better than cans, right? [ Even if he hadn't missed the aisle with all the canned goods either. Would that have been cheaper? ] You don't even have to really cook most of this either. [ Ready-to-eat or toss in the microwave—Steve doesn't know if that's any better than boiling their food, but he'll take it. He pulls open the door and snatches up a bag of peas to toss them at Bucky. ] They don't look anything like you. Stark must have done a good job.

[ Maybe shopping is going to be a fun endeavor after all if this is what he gets out of it each time. ]

Unless you wanna break your teeth or get sick you better cook it. Which I gotta say that microwave-- best thing about this era.

[He can forget Stark for not bring the flying cars he promised, because that thing was a close second. He could do with it it setting metal on fire though.]

He didn't do shit. I just thawed out nice.

[He smirked as he nudged him with the basket.]

[ The best thing? Really? Steve looks at him, promptly takes the bag of peas, and dumps them into the basket without much ceremony. Just for that, they're going to spend another £2 for it, and he's going to like it. It's a worthy sacrifice. ]

Is that what we're going with? [ He shakes his head and wanders on down past the frozen food to look at the novelties. Steve pauses, eyeing the cakes and pies and ice cream. ] You think any of it tastes good? [ Was it even worth the £4? Probably not... ]

[He folloved the bag with his eyes and frowned slightly when Steve just dumps them in. They are paying for it, they might as well not bust them before even getting to the check out.]

I'm going with it. [He muttered as he followed after him. He straighten up a bit as they came to the other section. He had only seen cakes and pies like this in diners. The idea that they could get them whenever they wanted was kind of mind blowing.]

Maybe. That one looks like the ones your ma always made.

[He would spend the money for that...]

[ It might not be the best thing to tease him about, but he certainly doesn't want this trip to the store to drag up things they haven't had the time to completely process or talk about. Steve isn't too keen on making any of this harder on Bucky than it has been already, so he just gives him a smile and opens the freezer door to retrieve the one he's talking about. He hadn't thought about her in so long... ]

Yeah. [ The affirmation is quiet, though he wavers between putting it back and setting it in the basket. ] What've we got so far? [ He still doesn't remember how much money they'd figured for this, though he's guessing not as much as what they've picked up already. ]

Milk, peas, eggs, bread, and now cake.

[....This is the weirdest mix he has ever seen. They can't even make anything out of this. He grabs his wallet from his back pocket. He is almost afraid to open it. While the military was helping them with rent, food was something they were on their own for.]

Nothing we can put together for dinner.

[They needed more, or at least Steve did. He opened the wallet and pulled out whatever was in it. There was atleast 50 there but he wasn't sure there hat was gonna get them far.]

To think this could have fed us a fucking month before.

[He did not like this part of the future.]

Test Drive Meme: Feb/March 2016

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