Test Drive Meme: December 2016/January 2017

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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) STAY ANOTHER DAY. Maybe it's just for the holidays, but if you've come to London to reconnect with friends and family, now is the time to make the most of it. And it turns out, someone is pretty keen for you to stick around. Your loved ones? Or perhaps you've been noticed by one of London's supernatural factions. Don't go just yet, friend. The city may need you.

2) CHRISTMAS DAY / BOXING DAY. (25th-26th December) Whatever you think of Christmas, it's everywhere in London. Christmas songs on the radio, Christmas lights in the streets, carol singers, and presents under the tree. Of course, in the supernatural world, the presents may just have a magical twist. What's that strange little gift from an unknown sender...?

3) NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS. (31st December) The New Year's Eve fireworks display is always spectacular. Count down to midnight with Big Ben, then watch the spectacle along with the crowds. Or you could stay at home and watch it on TV.

4) STRANDED. Your flight got cancelled. A storm delayed your train home. The hotel made a mistake with your booking and now you have nowhere to stay. Whatever the reason, you're stuck in London with nowhere to go and it is cold. Depending on where you've ended up, it might be dangerous as well. Are your kind welcome here?

5) DRINK YOUR SORROWS AWAY. Look, it's winter, it's dark, not everyone is having a good time. Might as well buy a drink... and another... and another...

6) NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION. Goodbye 2016, hello 2017. New year, new you. You've decided to make a change, maybe for yourself, maybe for the entire supernatural community. How are you getting on?

7) CALL A TRUCE. The holidays are a time of peace. Maybe just this once you can have a drink with an enemy and put aside any bad blood.

8) CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. Anything goes.

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[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin shrugs, nonchalant. "Frankly, I've never been much for rules either, but there are those who are and I'd rather stay in their good graces. Kill if you must, but know you forfeit your own life if you do. It's no skin off my back."

Oh yes, point out his size. That's original. Joss rolls his eyes. "Well spotted. And you're not much bigger than I am, but I'm older and I've eaten recently. I rather think I've got the better odds in a fight." This girl really isn't very interesting, is she? Just some newcomer off the Continent too stupid to read the travel guide.

"I could tell you where Jean-Claude is," he says, "But why should I? What's in it for me if I do?"

[melancolique]

"Yeah, well…" It's a rubbish comeback. It's not really a comeback at all. Eponine scowls at the boy, though her irritation is more at her own ineptness. Usually quick with her words, the change of scenery and her utter exhaustion after tramping from the coast to London have dampened her spirits somewhat.

"I don't care if you're older. I am not afraid of you."

His question though, makes her smile. It's so familiar, though usually it's from her tongue and not to her ears. Her hands instinctively go to the straps of her rucksack, and she tightens the straps a little.

"I suppose you shall have the satisfaction of proving yourself right, when I ask Monsieur Jean-Claude about the hunt. Or perhaps you like helping women as me?"

Eponine grins suddenly. "I'll make sure it ain't you taking the blame when I have a drink later. Now that is a good deal, if you are so afraid of them what give the rules."

[dredefulchilde]

"And that's your folly. You should be afraid of me." Joscelin gives her one of his most winning, angelic smiles. "I am so very much older than you are, my dear."

He doesn't know for certain, but it's probably a good bet. Unless she's truly ancient, in which case he'll have to think of some other way to make good on his threats.

He pulls a face. "Hardly. But, yes, I do enjoy rubbing it in when I'm right." He's started walking back towards the main road, away from the girl's intended victims. If she follows him, he'll get her to Jean-Claude. If not, she's welcome to celebrate Christmas in whatever manner she sees fit. It really isn't any skin off his back.

"Like I said, I'm not one for rules or those who make them. I'm merely the messenger. If you want to live to see the New Year, you'll take my advice and leave well enough alone."