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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) SOMETHING NEW. Welcome to London! Spring is approaching but it's still bloody freezing, the wind is howling (are you sure it's the wind?) and your umbrella isn't much use when the rain is driving into you from the side. Maybe the appeal of a new experience is what brought you here. Does the reality match your expectations?

2) RUN THIS SHOW. You are the host of an event designed to showcase the particular skills and power of your people or faction. It can be small scale or ridiculously lavish, but this is your chance to enter the spotlight and show the supernatural community what you're made of.

3) CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. The police are after you. Maybe you did it, maybe you didn't, but they're on to you and now it's your job to make sure the case goes cold. Don't want to leave a supernatural paper trail.

4) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE. London's many parks are a haven for those who like some greenery in their concrete jungles. Popular and peaceful during the day, at night things are different. When the moon is full or the wind blows from a certain direction, the balance of magic can shift and open up ways into the far wilder woods of the Other Realm. Alternatively... you got really really drunk and passed out in a field.

5) BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK. Let's face it: you have a thousand reasons to be paranoid. Maybe the powers that be have it out for you. A werewolf or vampire wants to eat you. You pissed off a shapeshifter just last week. There's a hunter trying to kill you, a witch trying to control you, a fae that wants to kidnap you, a ghost haunting you. Hell, maybe they really are all out to get you. Are you in real trouble this time... or are you scared of your own shadow?

6) FOLLOW THE LEADER. Take your pick: your boss has ordered you to a) threaten an enemy; b) approach a potential ally who might side with you against a common foe; c) dispose of a dead body; d) deal with a spillage at table four. Good luck.

7) GO GO GO. There's nothing like a morning run. Maybe you're training for the London Marathon in April, maybe it's a good way of working out your hunting instincts, maybe you just like to keep in shape. Wait, did that guy deliberately overtake you? Don't get competitive now.

8) CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. Anything goes.

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Hey! [Mercutio, armed with two coffees, one in each hand, came to a stop in front of Beatrice.] I'll have you know I've done a lot of things right!

[He was not actually the blowhard in question, but it was such an odd statement that he had no choice but to stop and comment. He'd never been very good at controlling his impulses. Doctors had said it was ADHD. He was pretty sure it had something to do with the fae blood running through his veins.] I'm extremely offended!

[He didn't look offended in the least.]

[She looks up, vaguely amused by the interruption]

And would you describe yourself as a blowhard, which is why you thought I was talking of you?

[Mercutio takes a moment to consider this. He looks down at her, then darts his eyes upward. Then he smiles.]

Blowing hard is one of the many things I do right.

[Okay,that one gets a laugh from her]

Then you're not the idiot I'm talking about

And then, might I ask, who is?

[He moves to take a seat next to her on the bench, taking a casual sip of his coffee. The second one, he holds out to her.]

[She takes with a smile, and then shows him the article]

This idiot here. [The name is clear, and the look on her face makes it clearer] I mean, is this even researched?

[Merc frowns at it. For a moment, he considers playing the asshole, and doing the devil's advocate thing. But, he likes the look of this girl, and doesn't want to antagonize her. Negging is not really his style.]

A quick glance at the wiki page, maybe at best.

That's what I thought. And still he gets work.

[Shaking her head in annoyance. She works hard at her job, and it annoys her when some people get by with just the barest minimum of effort]

Some people.

It's some bullshit. I'm betting you're a way better writer than he is.

[He leans back and takes a drink of his coffee.]

Name's Merc.

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