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]

What a great idea, mysterious stranger! You wanna just stand there and look pretty and I'll stand here and appreciate. We'll be a live work of art together. Me, with my beautiful body and perfect hair, you with your muscles and handsome face.

[this is clearly a great plan.]

Say, what's your name, anyway? Are you a witch or one of those other things?

[you cant just ask ppl that]

[devilsavocado]

No. No, I'm not.

[ On pretty much like, all counts. No. He does not so much as move to even touch a button. ]

I'm Matt, anyway. Are you--- did you come here with friends or anything? Maybe we can find them.

[ And he can have this woman off his hands, oh god. ]

[kupcakes]

Matt.

[she says it like shes just trying it out to see how it fits. and then the rest of what he's saying catches up with her]

I know, I know, you're thinking "such a beautiful, charming, wonderful young lady has to have a whole pack of friends who love and adore her here," right? Sadly, this beautiful ballerina has no one. All of her friends and loved ones and family are still in Brooklyn. [she tacks on, EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTEDLY:] Weren't you watching my dance at all?

[devilsavocado]

I see.

[ So much for that escape plan. Some weird American then. Awesome. ]

Miss, I don't know if you noticed, but I'm blind.

[ Like how much more obvious can it be, he has the glasses at night and the cane. It's totally not a fashion statement!! (It kinds is?) ]

[kupcakes]

[she doesn't miss a beat, her expression, if anything, becomes a little annoyed]

Dance transcends sight. Motion is feeling, Matthew, it's the air we breathe. It's bodies moving together, around each other, being part of something greater. Open your ears and see with your heart.

[devilsavocado]

[ That's... pretty close to what her dance 'looked' like for Matt but she really does not need to know that. ]

I will... keep that in mind for next time.

[kupcakes]

If there's even a next time. [she sighs dramatically. did you want to hear her tale of woe? too bad] I thought I'd never rebuild after I lost Floorgasm, but now I've lost a second troop. I don't know that I have it in me for a third one. Where am I even going to find ladies as good as the ones from home?

[devilsavocado]

[ What do half of those words even mean. ]

Right... You said you were from Brooklyn? What brings you to London, then?

[ ie: how soon are you leaving, maybe if Matt makes boring enough small talk, she'll leave. ]

[kupcakes]

That's right. I was working for a supernatural police department in Brooklyn and they wanted to send someone to London to get a feel for how the supernatural community functions "across the pond." We keep hearing all these weird stories about how you guys are but, let me tell you, it's an even bigger mess than I was expecting.

[gina is literally their representative because they couldn't handle taking anyone from the field. she was the last resort. and now here she is.]

I guess you guys have, like, Redbright's creepy vigilante team or whatever? Which I mean, don't get me wrong, they shouldn't definitely all wear spandex 100% of the time (if you see where this is going), but it's not the same as having to file all that boring paperwork I usually just throw in the trash! There's a process that has to be followed!

[devilsavocado]

[ That is the last thing Matt expected to hear. Like, at all. Ever. Worse yet, if what she's saying is true (which it is, Matt would be able to tell,) then they might even have to... work together. At some point. In the future.

Best to be sure, just in case. ]

So you're working with Redbright here?

[kupcakes]

Yup. You're looking at the new executive administrative assistant.

[what did you think she had an exciting job with the 99]

[devilsavocado]

[ Matt releases a loooong exhale. Oh no. Oh, no. ]

Well, it's nice to meet you, then. I, uh... I work with Redbright. For the "creepy vigilante team," as you put it.

[kupcakes]

[oh.]

Oh.

[she pulls out her cellphone and checks it. because why not.]

Well isn't that something.

[devilsavocado]

Yeah.

[ Awkward, much? ]

I mean, it's not my day job or anything. I'm a defense attorney, normally. A solicitor.

[kupcakes]

[that gets her attention away from her phone. which is way more of an accomplishment than matt probably realizes. she pockets her phone, taking a few steps slowly back, like you might from a bear that was going to eat you.

she may not know anything about how british law works, but she knows what defense attorneys are.]

Oh, no. A defense attorney? Gross. I can't believe I touched your bicep.

[slowly...backing away.....]

[devilsavocado]

[ This has been such a unique experience for Matt, let me tell you. ]

Wait, what?

[kupcakes]

I hope God forgives me for my trespasses.

[goodbye Matt.....]

[devilsavocado]

I... have no idea what justjust happened.

[ Is Gina even real. ]

[kupcakes]

[yes shes wonderful. just wait until you run into her again matt]