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The Underground Mods ([personal profile] undergroundmods) wrote in [community profile] 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.
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[personal profile] greenevoices 2017-08-28 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, we've gone back to crazy land. Imogen gives him a strained smile and a nod--yeah, sure, that's great. He really is a nutjob.

But music is a language Imogen does understand, and she finds herself humming along with the song, finding harmonics that really shouldn't work but somehow do. This has turned into a bit of a jam session.

Then the song ends and he goes back to talking about home. "I guess. My old school in Chelmsford used to be a palace."

[personal profile] hellofabird 2017-08-29 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
"D'you know the name of the palace it was?" Because the Doctor's old as dirt. It's entirely possible that sometime in the past he might have attended a party or a ball or something at Imogen's school-turned-palace.
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[personal profile] greenevoices 2017-08-29 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Beaulieu. Henry VIII built it." Imogen had attended the prestigious New Hall School as a day pupil--not something she liked to admit, given that it revealed just how much of a poseur she was when it came to this whole 'starving artist' schtick.

[personal profile] hellofabird 2017-08-29 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I know Beaulieu! Went to a party there once. Anne Boleyn hosted it, amazing conversationalist, big shame about the head thing."

They had made it a school now? Good on whoever's in charge. At least in the Doctor's mind, that building was far too nice for it to simply be left alone.
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[personal profile] greenevoices 2017-08-29 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
They've really taken a turn back to crazy town. Imogen really isn't sure if the old man is telling a joke or if he's being serious, and that's odd because she usually has a decent bullshit detector (mainly because she's so full of bullshit herself).

"That's...nice," she finally manages, and she's already grabbing her things to go. Look at the time, right? How it flies when you're talking to madmen with weird taste in music.

[personal profile] hellofabird 2017-08-29 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The Doctor continues to play the odd fae song on his guitar, blissfully ignoring the fact that Imogen's had enough of the crazy bullshit and is getting the heck out of dodge.

"It was. You know, the art of a decent party's lost on people nowadays. There's not enough dancing."