Test Drive Meme: February/March 2017

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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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[cabins]

[The display is brilliant, and Laura watches it with a smile.] That's so amazing.

[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.]

[threadspun]

Thank you. [ this time, lillan's smile is more lively. she was used to people's reaction to seeing the mannequins in action being… unnerved or even disgusted by what they had seen. she had lost count the number of times she had clients or prospective clients react rather poorly to what they had seen.

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. ]

[cabins]

[This gives Laura pause. It's nice to hear about the lives of fae, how similar they could be to their own in a lot of respects. They have family and memories, how people could think otherwise was awful. Sure, they weren't humans, but they were still worthy of respect.

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.]

[threadspun]

I hope so as well. I think, to this day, they're very puzzled by my choice. [ they never understood why she liked the mortal realms more than their home. but, all the same, they tried to support her the best of their abilities when they were around. ]

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. ]

[cabins]

Puzzled doesn't mean they're not proud.

[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.