Test Drive Meme: April/May 2016

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"The Jam - Going Underground" (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 and canon 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) GOING UNDERGROUND. For some people, London is an escape. A place to be anonymous. A place to be themselves. Or a place to hide. Steeped in ancient magic, it attracts supernatural types from all over the world. Of course, that doesn't mean its inhabitants are always friendly to newcomers.

2) CHOOSE YOUR LEADERS. The Night Council election campaign is in full swing and on 5th May the supernatural community votes for its leaders. Visit any supernatural haunt and you'll find people arguing about who to vote for – not to mention the volunteers handing out badges and flyers in an effort to win your support. Try to keep it civil, folks.

3) THE PUBLIC WANTS WHAT THE PUBLIC GETS. (29th April) The Night Council candidates gather in a town hall in Westminster to explain why the supernatural community should vote for them. Traditionally a noisy and raucous event, it's your last opportunity to heckle question the candidates before the election. There are four separate Q&As: first up are the candidates for Shapeshifter/Meta Human representative; then candidates for Witch Representative; then Vice President; then finally the candidates for President will take to the stage. They each make a short speech and then take questions from the audience. Or if you want, you could just turn up for a free meal: in the room next door there's a sandwich buffet plus tea, coffee and fruit juice, so it's a good opportunity to mingle.

4) FIRE FESTIVAL. (1st May) The fire festival of Beltane is a time of celebration for witches, marking the beginning of summer. Come along to the bonfire for music, food and drink, flower crowns and fertility rituals.

5) SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. (1st May) Beltane is also a time when the barrier between the human world and the Other Realm is at its thinnest, making it easy to pass from one realm to the other by chance. You might even have an encounter with the mysterious and mischievous fae.

6) WHAT'S DONE CANNOT BE UNDONE. You've gone too far, done something you know you'll regret. Maybe you ran away, broke a promise, even committed a crime. Maybe you've been supernaturally transformed. Either way, there's no going back.

7) WHAT ANGEL WAKES ME FROM MY FLOWERY BED? Oh, sweet mortal. There's an enchantment on you that makes you suddenly, devastatingly attractive. Especially to more magical types.

8) CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. Anything goes.

Comments

[kupcakes]

[are you sure]

Counter question: how do vampires plan to be representatives if they're never human? Didja think about that?

[thelittlemerman]

[Finnick stands on the precipice of being very annoyed and decides to go back the other way, smiling like she's made a joke.]

I hadn't, actually. Then again, my opinion on vampires being on the Night Council is that they shouldn't be.

[kupcakes]

Ooh, a counter plan to my counter question. [she presses her lips together and sizes him up and then nods slowly.] I see the angle. I like it. So I'm thinking - only human and metahumans. Dance off to the death. May the best woman take the Night Council spot.

[thelittlemerman]

[He raises his eyebrows like he's thinking about it, and then gives an approving smile.]

That would certainly be more entertaining than watching Gilbert Norrell go red in the face whenever someone whispers the word "fae."

[kupcakes]

Down with Norrell! That old man has sat on the seat long enough. I only just got here from Brooklyn, and I can already tell you that guy is bad news.

[always trust a linetti hunch]

[thelittlemerman]

[Finnick nods. He agrees with this hunch. Gina is a smart woman.]

Yes, well you should tell that to the witches who come by here on their way to vote. They're the ones who seem to like him.

[kupcakes]

I tried, but they're all like "What do you know? Blah blah blah." So I'm just trying to convince people with these stupid bear buttons because at least Joe is cute.

[joe isn't even...running against norrell, gina.]

I'm just trying to make a difference, but I'm only one small, beautiful, talented girl in a sea of so many misguided beings.

[thelittlemerman]

[Finnick looks down at the button like he's kind of trying to decide whether or not it's true that Joe is cute, but he gives up on that with a shrug.]

It sounds like the problem is that these witches have a very hard time recognizing talent where it so clearly exists.

[kupcakes]

Thank you. That's what I've been saying all along.

[she smiles, very wide. did you not mean her? too bad]

[thelittlemerman]

[He was talking about her, but whether or not there was sarcasm involved is another story. He takes a deep breath and then looks at the button again, and at her collection of buttons.]

So are you sure Joe is the right candidate to back...?

[kupcakes]

He's the best one of the available choices, and I got here too late to run.

[gina no]

[thelittlemerman]

[Finnick's smile is a bit incredulous now.]

Neither of you would be running against Norrell anyway.

[kupcakes]

Oh, ye of little faith.

[thelittlemerman]

[He tilts his head.]

Have I misread you, or aren't you a meta-human?

[kupcakes]

You've got to change the system from the inside. Think big picture. A meta-human on a witch's seat. Perfect.