Test Drive Meme

[wizardseason]

the t e s t d r i v e meme

Welcome to the Test Drive! In this post, you'll be able to interact with others to get a feeling for your character. All threads below will be considered non-canon unless otherwise stated. Multiple different scenarios are available, you are welcome to post multiple comments with different scenarios each or post one single comment containing different scenarios. i n s t r u c t i o n s • Post with your character (note character name in the subject). • Other people reply to you by picking a number from the scenarios in the subject line. • Have fun! o p t i o n s 01 • AWAKENING. Your character has just woken up, or turned a corner, or blinked and now their animal companion has joined them. How do they react? What were they doing beforehand? How are they going to handle the news that they're a knight now? For this thread, you'll be threading with your animal companion. (You must provide the thread-start for this option) 02 • ON THE PLANE. You were promised a seat on a plane out to the island but it looks like you and another Knight (or the Princess) were double-booked! Chat it up with your fellow fighter, commentary from your animal companions is optional. 03 • THE ISLAND. You've just landed and you're somewhere on the island. One of your fellow companions is nearby and they sure do look like they've just landed with all their luggage still in tow. Or they're already wearing an Island tourism shirt. Or who even knows, but you're both here! 04 • COFFEE SHOP. All you wanted was a Latte, or a Frappuccino, to consider why you're here on the island and what you were going to do until the first monster showed up... Instead the barista called for "Drink for the Knight" or "Drink for the Princess" oh shit, but this isn't your drink! Or maybe it is your drink but someone else is there! Why would two knights have gone for coffee at the same time? Or did you get confused for or with the Princess? Come on, man, there are only so many unicorn frappes in the world. 05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort. Go for a walk, go outside, looks like you're not alone in your discomfort. New island housing is wild! 06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. First night on the island is rough. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help? 07 • BEACH EPISODE. You're on an island!! There's beaches everywhere, there are pools on every street. Endless water opportunities, chances to fool around and relax before things get serious. You're not the only good guy to have had this thought! What are you both up to? 08 • LOCAL FOOD. You've been dying to eat X, a dish that you've seen numerous other knights eat on TV. Now YOU'RE a knight (or the princess) and you're eating it yourself, there are kids at home that'll be excited to eat this food because they saw you eating it! You might even get a commercial spot to advertise this food when you get home. Awesome! Except someone else is here, what if they get the commercial spot? Huh. 09 • DENNY'S. It's 3am and you've arrived at a Denny's. You're almost certain that there's not a Denny's on the island and you're not even sure you walked in here? But it is what it is and the server is already bringing you a menu and taking your drink order as one of your fellow allies slips into the booth across from you. Have you met them before, or are they new to you? Your animal companion is here, too, and they're ordering something as well. 10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.

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Rory Honeycomb

[roaryrory]

01 • AWAKENING.

The news that there was a tiger walking around reached Rory before the tiger did, while she was browsing the quaint marketplace of her village. After excited 'oh my gosh, where?!?'s and shaking several sheeple's shoulders so that they would tell her more, she turned her head, and oh. The tiger was right there. Rory let out a loud squeal. The sherson (sheep person) next to her nearly fainted.

"Oh, wow!! You're... S... Sefaq, right? What are you doing here?? Is there a knight in the village? Where are they, I need to talk to them right now!"

06 • PENSIVE.

As hyped as Rory was for this whole knight business, she... found herself feeling oddly empty. Not anxious, no - that doesn't feel like something's missing, just that something's wrong. She tossed and turned in her bed until she decided she'd had enough and got up to wander around the resort area. She had to get to the bottom of this if she wanted to sleep tonight, but she wasn't going to be introspective enough to do it without talking to someone.

10 • WILDCARD.

(Gonna hit me? Better make it count. Better make it hurt Better kill me in one shot.)

Re: Rory Honeycomb

[silentwords]

06. Pensive

It's stress hour and that means stress puppet building.

Seth had made a little space for himself at one of the tables and was slowly making pieces for a small doll.

[roaryrory]

Rory paced back and forth around the area about thrice before she even noticed him at the tables. Oh, hey, that was a person, one of the knights at that. Maybe they would give her an ear since they were in the same completely awesome boat.

"Hi, I'm Rory, can I talk to you for a bit?"

She sat down next to him without waiting for his answer.

[silentwords]

Seth jumped, startled when she just suddenly sat down next to him, though after processing what she asked properly he nodded, if a bit hesitantly.

He clearly wasn't used to company.

[roaryrory]

Rory smiled a toothy smile, then took a closer look at what Seth was working on.

"Wowie, did you make those? This looks like a small foot!"

She'd picked up the piece in question and was holding it to her eye level.

[silentwords]

Seth started fretting as she took the piece, though couldn't seem to decide between reaching for it and signing to ask her to give it back.

[roaryrory]

Don't worry, she was gentle with it. She placed it right back where it was after she was done looking at it.

"That's really cool!"

[silentwords]

Seth let out a relieved sigh when the piece was back right where it'd been taken from. Though he was taken by delighted surprise. She thought it was cool?!
Quickly digging out his phones he typed to the text to speech function.

"T-thank you-! Most just find my hobby creepy..."

[roaryrory]

"Oh, most find me creepy! I have no right to judge!"

She fixes her hat a bit and looks away while she says that, then decides she shouldn't be such a downer.

"My pa taught me how to whittle, it's a bit similar? I'm not good though! He was."

[silentwords]

Whittling? That catches Seth's interest as he does make some out of wood still rather than plastic, specifically any upgrades to Marion.

"Oh yeah, that's definitely similar. What I do is pretty much just that just...more intricate really. I actually do some stuff out of wood."

Seth replied pretty eagerly.

[roaryrory]

"Oh, yeah!"

She grins even wider than before.

"My pa did spoons and stuff like that!"

[silentwords]

Seth's mouth quirks into a surprisingly wide smile, for him anyway.

"Sounds nice."

[roaryrory]

"Yeah, it was nice..."

Her own smile is a bit bittersweet.

"He's been gone for a while now. But hey, I know cool stuff like that because of him!"

Her eyes fixate on the doll parts again.

"So what're you making?"

[silentwords]

Oh. Um. Awkward.

"Oh- I', sorry for your loss..."

Seth pauses before he continues.

"I'm making a doll, or a puppet. I just... needed something to do."

[roaryrory]

"Oh, hey! That's why I'm here, too, wow, you couldn't sleep either?"

Rory does a few energetic rocking motions in her chair.

"I don't have anything creative like that to do, though."

[silentwords]

Seth starts absentmindedly making some adjustments to the parts he's so used to doing he doesn't really need to pay attention, nodding.

"Yeah I was...too stressed to sleep."

[roaryrory]

"Wow yeah I get that! I don't know if I'm stressed, really, is my problem."

She scratches her chin.

"I'm not sure what I'm feeling but it's... not good? I think? It's weird."

10→02

[sustainer]

Gyre doesn't do planes. He hasn't been only a plane in almost fifty years, and he's not happy about being on one again. He's sunk low into his seat, his arms folded, his legs stretched out as far as he can under the seat in front of him.

Here's the thing though. He doesn't realize his assigned seat is on his ticket. He just picked a window spot near the front of the plane and decided that way his spot. That's how it works for everything else in his life after all, so why would it work differently on a flying metal skybox. Unfortunately and per the prompt, the seat he chose is Rory's, so enjoy this grumpy tattoo elf in the absolute wrong spot.

[roaryrory]

Rory had never been on a plane before, so she made sure she knew exactly what she was doing before she boarded. That included checking where she would be sitting. She doubted her memory when she saw there was already someone sitting there, though.

She decided she might as well ask this person about it. He seemed to have made himself comfortable, so maybe he knew what he was doing? She approached the elf carefully and poked his shoulder.

"Hello, excuse me? Did I read this ticket wrong? I thought this was my seat but it looks like it's not!"

[sustainer]

He jumps at the sudden touch, his gaze snapping up to her. He blinks a few times, trying to decide whether he should be annoyed or not. He was just sitting here minding his own business, and she just--

"Uh..." Dangit, she's cute. She seems well intentioned, and so he forces himself to sit up higher in the chair. "Do you own a seat? Is that how this works?"

[roaryrory]

"I'm not sure! But I think so, maybe? Um, here's my ticket, we can try to figure it out together? Is that alright?"

She holds out the ticket for him to look over, then thinks for half a second, and holds out her free hand for a handshake.

"Oh, yeah, I'm Rory, by the way! Are you going to the Island too?"

01.

[wizardseason]

Of course there was a literal actual honest-to-goodness Tiger in the village. Unfortunately, she's arrived just outside of town so she has to search for her knight. Fortunately, her knight comes straight to her right from the start. She carries her big tiger body like she's ready to throw down, inevitably looking quite intimidating as she approaches. It's no wonder the sherson nearly faints, she's a terrifying sight.

"I am afraid you will find the conversation with the knight rather one-sided." She idly comments, coming to a stop and sitting. She keeps her intense gaze on Rory, not glancing at anyone else nearby. There'll be no confusion here about who she's here to fetch.

"You're the tiger knight."

[roaryrory]

She's now in the tigress' personal space, firmly gripping her head in both her hands. Wow, tigers have big heads by the way, was it this big last year or is this year's form just bigger? Gosh, Rory, whatever you do don't say that out loud, that's rude. She blushes slightly in embarrassment for having even thought it.

"I can't believe you're here... Wow..."
Her usually booming voice has quieted down in amazement. She looks like she has stars in her eyes as she stares straight into Sefaq's, and she definitely hasn't processed what she said just yet. The sheeple crowd gathering behind her did - they're whispering about how glad they are it's her and not them.

Then it hits her.

"Wait? Lil ol' me?! Wow, wow, wait, what? Why? How? When? Wow!!!"

[wizardseason]

What, hello, yes, that is her face. If Rory wasn't the Tiger knight, Sefaq would've made quite the grumpy sound. Instead, she's left confused by this strange, odd behavior. That. Is. Her. Face. Excuse you. She doesn't take her eyes off of Rory, though, despite the knight's total surprise.

"Yes. You. Is there a reason you are manipulating my face?" She can't let this keep happening, she's a fierce Tiger and not a household cat.

[roaryrory]

Rory startles a bit, lets go of the face, and takes a shaky step back still reeling from this new knowledge. It's all so much.

"Wow, um, yeah sorry I, I had to make sure you're not three kids in a tiger costume? And this isn't some joke on me? It's really happening..."

Never mind standing, she has to sit down. No, lie down. Right here. Rory is dead