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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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DRINK YOUR SORROWS AWAY

Karaoke was, apparently, a pretty common thing in English pubs. Or, at least, it seemed to be pretty popular in the pubs that Jason found himself in. And here, in the week before Christmas, this pub was doing a special Christmas hits and various Christmas songs karaoke.

But given the current song that was being sung? Jason had grabbed his phone and looked up the lyrics, sitting back against the bar with his eyebrows raised. "Wait. Seriously. THAT'S a Christmas song in this country?"

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Got an idea? Give Jason a poke!

Jean-Claude was not in the habit of frequenting pubs as a rule, not for his own entertainment purposes. It had something to do with the fact that he couldn't actually appreciate a good drink, and so the entire experience was wasted on him. Still, he owns a club with a bar, and so like any good businessman, Jean-Claude has a habit of exploring his competition. However he is starting to regret his decision as far as this establishment is concerned. With no dancing, and Christmas karaoke, and the fact that Jean-Claude cannot drink to escape the effects of the latter either, there's really no reason to stick around.

Although he cannot help but notice that he is not the only one seated at the bar who seems to be questioning the night's entertainments. He turns to offer the other man an understanding smile, lifting his shoulders in something of a shrug as he does.

"So it would seem," he replies.

Oh yeah. He remembers that voice. Jason blinks, thinking for certain that his ears are playing tricks on him before actually turning to look.

And look slightly guilty maybe. Because he still has that business card in his wallet but he hasn't had a chance to follow up on it yet.

He shakes it off, though, lips quirking up in a half smile. "I mean...I suppose that's kinda like what Christmas is for a bunch of people. A lot of shouting and calling names." A pause. "It's bad that that reminded me I should call home, right? Right."

Jean-Claude laughs fondly and shakes his head at the other man's words. "I will not judge you, mon ami," he promises. Jason was his name, if he remembers correctly from his last meeting? He had hoped that he might see at the club after their last meeting but if he had stopped by, Jean-Claude had not seen him there.

"Though if you have a home to call and they would welcome it, I would suggest you do. Perhaps it is better if you do not let them know what prompted the occasion, however."

It isn't that he hasn't wanted to go to one of Jean-Claude's clubs. It just hadn't worked out that way yet. So it's on his list. Soon.

He makes a thoughtful noise at the back of his throat. "Probably not, actually. Telling them what prompted it, I mean. I don't think my mom would appreciate it."

He lets out the huff of a laugh at that, shaking his head again. "Main non," he replies in turn. "I doubt that anyone's mother should like to hear such a thing. It is better we sweet-talk our way around such things, in the end."

He tilts his head at the other man, regarding him closely. This is somewhat of a different atmosphere than he had found him in before, but it is still another bar, another club, another night out on the town. "I see that you are still here in London, then," he remarks. "I have not seen you in our club, I was not sure whether you had changed your mind about staying or not."

The laughter makes Jason grin back at him. "That's not really the sort of thing that mothers want to hear about." Even the ones that probably did know that things weren't that great on the home front between father and son.

The close regard doesn't go unnoticed, though it's more difficult for Jason to do the same. He'd learned a long time ago that eyes could only tell you so much, but bars and clubs were good for hiding scents. There's just too much going on. "I hadn't had a chance to, yet. I've been doing the tourist thing, at least a bit. Go out of London for a few days, but I keep getting pulled back."

Test Drive Meme: December 2016/January 2017

Jason Schuyler | Anita Blake | Shapeshifter

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