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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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[The opportunity is too good to pass up. Hundreds of people were in the streets, waiting for the clock to strike twelve. And where there were hundreds of distracted people looking up? There were pickpockets at work.

She didn't need to pick pockets anymore, not necessarily. But she knew she needed to keep her skills sharp.

Besides, she was saving up to buy Cooper a nice watch for his birthday, and if he won the election, she was going to be looking for a proper job for the first time in her life. And that meant she'd need some extra cash. That was more than enough justification- so tonight as those hundreds watched the fireworks, Nancy was working her way through the crowd with ease.

She hadn't gone for Allison's purse, actually. She'd been about to reach for the wallet of the man just left of her, when she felt the girl bump into her. Gloved hands go up to steady her.] Don't worry about it, love. It happens.

[ her bag remains strapped across her chest, her half-gloved hand where the strap meets the body of the purse. the young woman next to her gets a dimpled smile. the instant physical contact takes her by surprise but allison finds herself caught up in the moment, the merriment, that she simply accepts it for now. her shoulders and posture loosen in an instant. ]

I don't know why I'm so – astonished by the crowds. I mean, it's New Year's.

[ she gestures to the fireworks above their heads. then, the thought returns to her: ]

Oh yeah. Happy New Year!

There certainly are a lot of people here. [She agrees, returning the smile. Both her hands are at her sides now, keeping her own purse close. There were always a few pick pockets in the crowds that weren't with her lot.

Not that it was hard to spot someone trying to lift from you, if you knew what you were looking for.]

Happy New Year to you, too! It's a beautiful night for it. [That doesn't stop her from wrapping her arms around herself, her charcoal pea coat doing well enough to keep out the chill.]

[ she knows better than to admit that she's been separated from the person she came here with, even to someone who looks rather harmless. given her own background, it's best not to underestimate anyone. ]

The sky is clearer than we expected, I think. I do like a good fireworks display, [ maybe she's really been hurting for conversation with someone close to her own age after leaving her past behind her. allison chuckles more to herself than to the young woman, ducking her head and brushing her hair behind her ears. ]

Having a good night?

Chose a good night not to rain, [she says.] I do, too. [Not for the same reasons, of course.

The conversation that Allison brings is unexpected, but Nancy doesn't shy away from it. Most of her friends are significantly older than her, or much younger, in the case of the boys.]

Yeah, I am. [The wallets in her purse indicate that.] How're you liking London?

Do I seem that out of place?

[ allison finds herself laughing anyway, shaking her head. her accent is mostly standard american with snippets of french slipping in here and there. she can feel her cellphone vibrate and assumes that this is a message from her father. she can get to that later. ]

It's my first time staying here longer than a weekend or so. I'm enjoying it. My family has its roots mainly in France.

It's the accent. [Nancy mostly tries to hide her own Cockney accent- she found it interfered with work.]

Oh that's wonderful! [She did not hate France, contrary to the popular opinion.] I've always wanted to go to France. [It was really pathetic, she was learning, that she'd never been out of the country. Everyone had left the country. Except Nancy, it would seem.]

It's reachable if you were ever interested in taking a bullet train there. That's what I've done in the past.

[ she smiles up at the fireworks still going off high above their heads. ] New Years by the Eiffel Tower is pretty crazy, but I recommend seeing it just once in your life. [ they never stayed too long in paris proper, having their home bases further into the suburbs and the countryside. it's all argent traditions. ]

[She nods- this information isn't exactly new, truthfully. But she won't say that, it's rude, and Allison doesn't know what she knows. Allison also doesn't know that Nancy doesn't really legally exist outside of the supernatural community.

Nancy sighs dreamily, looking up at the fireworks. She's missing out on more prime pocket picking, but the conversation keeps her where she is. It's nice to talk to someone her age.] Oh I'd love to go- maybe I'll drag my boyfriend next year.

[ there's quiet for a moment, filled with the repetitive bursts of smaller fireworks being shot up into the sky. ]

Where's your boyfriend on a night like this? [ from anyone else it might be a creepy come on but allison is just curious and wanting to make some conversation, a soft smile on her face. maybe it really has been too long since she has actually gone out and made friends. ]

I abandoned him for a night with my brothers, [she explains.] They're... somewhere around here. But I ain't worried, they're capable young gents.

[She adored them all.] So he's probably drinking whiskey and watching Rebel Without A Cause. [Cooper had a whole James Dean thing going on.]

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