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

Something Wicked

[acrookedchild]

[The crack between the two realms is easier to see and even easier to feel. For her part, Abigail watches the cat. Or, at least, the being in the form of a cat. She can only imagine what it's like, being so close to home but being unable to cross the threshold.]

Come Yule [she says gently] we'll see if we can't discuss the terms of your contract with the one you're bound to.

[A good time for such things, certainly, and not so long for a fae.]

[bellbound]

[He looks up, eyes narrowing in suspicion. Mogget knows her, the Maiden fair. He serves Circle Midnight and she is its ultimate master.]

Why Yule? Why not now?

[It may be a short time relative to his lifespan, but not so short for a witch. A lot can happen in a few months.]

[acrookedchild]

Yule is the best time to break bonds. In case theyou prove resistant.

[Any creature bound against its will has her sympathy, even if she isn't always the greatest proponent of the fae.]

We could certainly try now.

[bellbound]

[How wonderfully naive she is. Mogget's eyes gleam and the cat is suddenly the picture of friendliness, trotting over to Abigail to wind his way around her legs.]

No need to wait. You are Maiden of Witches; you can break my bonds. All you have to do is remove my collar.

[The collar he wears is made of red leather and set with a small bell. It looks entirely ordinary, but it contains a binding spell of immense force. One created to hold an extremely old and powerful fae.]