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thetube2017-02-24 09:56 pm
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Test Drive Meme: February/March 2017
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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I go by as Lillian Lotus. Most call me Mrs. Lotus so feel free to do the same. [ it's what she's become comfortable with after decades have passed. ] It's an honour to meet you.
So- Tailoring. What do you have in mind?
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[Laura takes another glance at the dress.]
Hemming, mostly- I'm wondering if you may need to take it out at the bust...? [she glances down at her chest for a moment.]
And what would this all run me, before we really get down to brass tacks?
i thought i tagged this omg
But- We'll need to do this in the back, if you don't mind. [ don't worry this isn't a trap or anything. if anything this will be better for them.
there are a few humans here, unaware of her status, so it'll be safer to do this out of sight. ]
no worries!
It's your shop, after all.
[She'll follow wherever Mrs. Lotus leads, for the sake of this gorgeous dress.]
\ o /
[ smiling in graciousness, lillian leads them to the back of the shop and into a well-furnished room where, presumably, she creates her dresses. a wall is dedicated to drawings and dressings and a table that is set away from her desk holds her fabrics and sewing materials.
nearby her desk is a pair of sewing mannequins standing next to it, one meant for men and one meant for women. they seem ordinary enough as lillian pulls the female one out, taking a pen and notepad out from... somewhere on her person as she scribbles something down. ]
If you don't mind me asking- How old are you? [ she smiles, trying to amend her abrupt question. ] It'll make sense, I assure you. This will help me figure out what I need to do.
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The question comes out, and Laura blinks.] 54, [she says with a tight smile]
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one that makes itself known when she writes the information down and then, somehow, slips it inside the female mannequin.
suddenly the mannequin begins to shift its shape - the bust changing, the waist forming, the shoulders shifting. it looks like it is transforming before the pair's every eyes and by the time its over the dummy now clearly possesses a shockingly accurate depiction of laura's build. ]
Hm! [ lillian looks it over as she pulls out some of the designs she had made for the dress, checking some notes she had made. her humming is thoughtful and could even be considered hopeful. ] The adjustments won't cost too much. It'll be a mere fiddle of the threads and fabrics and the dress will be perfect for you.
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[Fae magic seemed a little less seamless than witch magic, she'd always thought. There was something about it. Something about it that stirred that homesick feeling in her gut.]
Oh, wonderful. [She means it.]
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so this was refreshing, allowing the seelie to become warmer towards laura. ] It was a gift from a pair of fae who I regard as my parents. Celebration of sorts for striking it out on my own here in the mortal realms. I rarely get to see them these days so having these in my possession means the world to me.
[ and yes, yes- she knows they, the fae as a whole, are not meant to be bound by such 'limited' ties but how else would she describe the lords who took her in?
they raised her, educated her, and sheltered her to the best of the abilities during her informative years. that meant something to her and 'family' is a word associated with strong bonds, fondness- that's what she wants. ]
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Unlike vampires, who were a complete abomination.]
Congratulations, then. I'm sure they're extremely proud of what you've accomplished here. [She could only hope the same was true for her family.]
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And you? I don't believe I've ever seen you around before. [ which says something.
she's young compared to most of the other fae - merely a hundred years or so, a sneeze compared to the queen of the evergreen and the oak king - but that's enough time to see familiar faces, hear familiar names. ]
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[She's quite confident in that.]
I'm new in town, [Laura confesses.] Just starting to get my bearings. I'm sure I'll be in here quite a bit though, considering your high-level of service. Not to mention craftsmanship.