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

[naytheist]

[Finally. Cesare softens, though only slightly. He subtly nods his head towards the collar of his coat and, if Natasha looks closely, she would see the faintest of smiles. She is being polite, just about, and Cesare appreciates it, even if he expects it from her. She is behaving reasonably amicably and thus so shall he.]

Yes. Thank you. [He doesn't press. She has answered his questions enough for now. Perhaps he will ask more later. He does pause, though, and consider her predicament. There is no doubt that something dreadful happened to Alexei, but for now at least, Cesare is confident enough for it not to worry him. If she caused something bad to happen, for now at least, she will not be able to do so with him.]

Tell me: are you hungry? [Is it an offer? Perhaps. At the end of the day, vampires may feud with one another, but there are far more important enemies out there. If Cesare can do his bit to help out a stray, he just might.]

[outstandingbalance]

[A little of the tension eases out of her when he leaves the topic of her sire aside. There's not a whole lot of things she'd rather not talk about, and he's near the top of the list.

Her jaw clenches at his question though. Does he really have to ask that? Is there any point denying it?]

At this point? Pretty much always.

[He gaze veers off to the side, not meeting his as she admits it.]

I make do, though.