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.

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[bellbound]

Well, Mogget knows when he's caught out. From behind a dustbin the shadow emerges, padding forward to sit in the middle of the alley in plain sight. A small green-eyed cat, his white fur standing out in the dark, tail tucked neatly around his paws. Not even a stray: he's wearing a red leather collar. Totally harmless.

He sits and stares, impassive.

[freelife]

"Hello," she says, turning slowly to look at the... cat. That wasn't right. That wasn't a cat. He was fae, she could tell anywhere.

"Your real self, I don't suppose?"

[bellbound]

"As real as you," the cat replies. She's a vampire, after all, so that's not her true face. Her true face has more fangs. "Tourist, are you?"

[freelife]

This, she'd be quick to say, was the face she'd been born with. Not reborn, necessarily, but the one she'd died with, as well.

"No- I've certainly earned the title of Londoner some time ago, now." It's getting used to the way the city seems to change each time she returns. "Just came back into town, as it were."

[bellbound]

His ears flatten in disapproval. "And what business do you have here?"

It seems there are vampires around every corner nowadays, wandering the streets day and night with impunity. They may not be enemies of his mistress but that doesn't mean he has to like them.

[freelife]

"Is it a crime to return to my home?" She raises an eyebrow at the cat. To anyone passing by, this had to be the strangest conversation they'd ever witnessed. But luckily, they're far enough away from the street that no one's going to overhear them. She's sure of that.

[bellbound]

"That depends who it belongs to," the cat replies archly. He pads around the vampire, keeping a wary distance, and jumps up on to a nearby crate. "The London property market moves fast these days. Your home could be rented out to any number of cash-strapped humans at an extortionate rate. It's quite the business here."

Whether or not she has a place here, he doesn't know. Some vampires become very wealthy simply by owning property through the centuries. Others lack that foresight.

[freelife]

"You'll find the home I seek belongs to one Evie Frye." She keeps her eyes trained on the cat, even as he moves. She doesn't trust fae, not usually. It's a bad habit to get into, trusting fae.

"And if it didn't, I suppose it would be difficult to merit an invitation. Lucky for me, my name just happens to be Evie Frye." Dame Evie Frye, if you wanted to get technical.

[bellbound]

"Evie Frye." He tests out the name. "And where is the home that you seek?"

Far away, preferably. If there's one thing Mogget doesn't want, it's vampire neighbours.

[freelife]

"Whitechapel." She knows the area well, and indeed, has a rather decent place there, surprisingly. "Not that it's any of your business, cat."

[bellbound]

That's far enough to satisfy Mogget. Seemingly unconcerned, he stretches out on the crate and begins licking his belly.

"Be on your way then. Your nest awaits."

[freelife]

"No one told me that London was using cats as gate keepers," she remarked, but began to make her way out of the alley.

"You needn't worry about me, cat." She only drank the blood of those willing. Or those she was killing. Either way.

[bellbound]

He'll be the judge of that. Mogget watches her retreat until she's completely out of sight, green eyes gleaming in the dark. Another new vampire to watch out for. Then he jumps down off the crate and pads away in the opposite direction, disappearing into the night.