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thetube2017-08-26 02:27 pm
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Test Drive Meme: August-September 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 potential players: Looking for an OOC space to brainstorm your AU? Head over to our permanent character workshop post to ask for feedback and share ideas.
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) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE. Welcome to London! It's time to introduce yourself to your faction, to your fellow supernatural citizens, would-be friends, potential enemies... Will people quake with fear or awe when you enter the room? Or are you some nobody trying to make a name for yourself? Either way, gotta start networking.
2) THE RACE IS ON. The competition within your faction is even worse than the competition outside. That guy over there has turned sucking up to your boss into an art form. What about the woman who works out at 5am every morning and can probably punch through a wall? If you want to climb the ladder, you'd better start working harder.
3) THE WRONG DIRECTION. It's a big city and it's easy to get lost. Normally that's not such a big deal, but this time you've taken a wrong turn and ended up in hostile territory. If you're spotted by the wrong person, you could be in for a seriously bad time. Is there anyone around who can help?
4) NEVER LOSE CONTROL. You had one drink... or two... Maybe it's almost the full moon, or maybe there's some magic in the air messing with your hormones, but you're this close to going all out with your fangs or your claws or your magic. You need to get out of here, fast.
5) SWING IT, SHAKE IT. You've got a disco ball, a killer outfit and music so loud you can feel it pumping through the dance floor. Show the humans how it's done.
6) KARAOKE. It's karaoke night in one of London's favourite supernatural bars and that tone-deaf werewolf is hogging the mike again.
7) RUN AROUND. It seemed simple, right? One errand to run, just one. And yet the world seems to be conspiring against you. Your alarm didn't go off, you missed the bus or train, you got caught in traffic, someone spilled their drink on your brand new leather jacket, you tripped over and literally fell headfirst into a dumpster... Oh, God. Could this day get any worse?
8) CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. Anything goes.
Galileo Figaro | We Will Rock You | Fae (Siren)
Galileo had always been terrible when it came to understanding directions. It wasn't that he had no sense of direction, it was just that once told, it would stay in his head for maybe five minutes, and then disappear. Also, never ask him for how to get to place, because he would blank. Even if he knew the place well. To make matters worse? He'd gotten the right bus, but going the wrong way round on the route. So he's ended up somewhere... well, that he wasn't meant to be. And it's raining. So here, world, have a kid standing lost in the rain, getting soaked.
"...Great."
KARAOKE
He likes being around music, he always has. It's why he's in a band, after all. But he's wincing a bit at the werewolf on the mike. The tone-deaf is ... yeah, it's painful. None of the notes are being hit and while he doesn't really see that as an issue - his band often plays with this punk group who swear notes are for idiots - it's the lack of being able to keep to the music that has him looking down at his drink trying to act like he can't hear anything at all.
Oh, and he's singing to himself.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Galileo can be found in and around London. He works during the day at a music stall in Camden, and at night can be found in different smaller pubs and clubs around the city with the small rock band he's in When not working, he's generally just bumming around.
karaoke
"I know everyone's a critic but..." And he trails off, making a 'yeesh' sort of face. Everyone's a critic but this is bad.
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"Still, I suppose that it's amateurs night. Some amateurs are more amateur than others.
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Though... "Had attitude though," he shrugs. The song had been one that required the right type of attitude behind it. Sometimes that covered for all mistakes. Obviously, it didn't this time, but it did sometimes.
karaNOke
Poor Galileo. Minding his own business, and then suddenly Ghoul. A flushed-faced Ghoul who's zeroed in a little too close for comfort, to be specific, because intoxication is the only way he can bring himself to tolerate any type of karaoke. Especially with that wolf on stage. The singing's not so bad if you listen with a BAC past .05...
It's still bad, definitely. Just not so bad.
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"H-h-he's just..." His mouth opens and closes, wanting to form the words but fighting against the need to perserve the self. "H-h-he's missing the tune."
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When he turns his attention back to Galileo, he leans in the spare inch or two that's just been put in between the both of them, purely because this guy's nervous behavior is entertaining. He's even stuttering a little- is Ghoul really that scary?
Once he's back at home in Galileo's bubble of space, he whispers conspiratorially, "He misses a lot of shit. Guy's a total fuck up, like, all the time." Then Ghoul grins and backs off, way off, giving them both more than enough breathing and wiggle room.
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"S-sorry, just... did not expect that." He pauses and then, with a smile. "I'm Galileo Figaro."
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Ghoul looks at him with one of those expressions he personally gets whenever he introduces himself. "For real?" It's not often that he meets someone with a name as weird as his own. He likes this one, actually... It's very glam. "If you're named somethin' like that then you sure can't make fun of mine. It's Fun Ghoul."
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"Cool name."