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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pajamabox2019-01-05 11:12 pm
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Garrot finds himself rolling and slamming face-first into the ocean, coughing and hacking up seawater a moment later as he clings to the board like a scared child. Hey, he just woke up. His eyes dart around, still a bit blurry from the sleep and the saltwater (ouch), and he just sees that bright blue.
"Don't tell me," his tone is decidedly less than cordial. In fact, his nails are slowly scraping along the surfboard, an attempt to be menacing. "The first monster is here earlier than scheduled and now I have to kill you." The focus returns to his eyes, and the good doctor sees that no, this is not anything monstrous, it's just a woman with bright hair.
"Do I have that right?" His tone doesn't change a bit in spite of the truth- it's time to see how she reacts to learning she just harassed a Knight... and if it'll be funny.
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"Hahahaha, oh man! A monster! You thought I was the first monster! Fuckin' incredible, what a great reaction!"
Once she gets a hold of herself she swims over and puts one hand on the surfboard to stop herself from floating away. "Here's the situation, big guy, you are just...... REALLY far out to sea right now. Did you mean to drift out this far? While asleep? You coulda been swept away before you knew it!"
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"Thanks for the concern, but I'd have been fine." His tone has gone a little deadpan, actually. "I can make the swim back easily enough, and I'm sure I'd find my way back one way or another if I couldn't." He wouldn't just say the Wizard would've teleported him to the island eventually, but...
"I don't even get why you were laughing." Garrot takes a second to spit some of the leftover saltwater from his mouth. "What if I'd attacked you, thinking you were a monster? That would not have gone well for you."
Wouldn't have gone well for him either since they're both in the water and that's a bad place to throw a punch, but still...
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“Besides you were sleepin’ so deep, you’dve floated halfway to Tellan before you woke up, ‘specially with this current. Even if you COULD swim back here from there, why risk getting even more lost, or gettin’ bit by a shark or somethin’?”
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"Those monsters are gonna be sorry they ever met this Knight." Vaguer way of saying he's pretty confident he's the most well-trained of his group, regardless of the fact that he hasn't really met everyone. It's hard to out-fight him. But he's smiling, for whatever that's worth. "If we ever get back to shore, that is."
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“I laughed when you thought I was a monster before because I’m a knight too!” and she winks at him.
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"I'm glad I'm not the only knight who takes care of their body, then!" He takes a moment to look her over, as well as he can with the fact that they're swimming, and... doesn't learn much. And Garrot thinks he already knows the answer to the question he's about to ask based on context but...
"So can you fight, or are you just some kinda lifeguard or some other job that swims well?"
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“Swimmin’ is more like... a hobby, I guess you’d say? Never thought about makin’ it a job.” If they weren’t swimming she’d shrug. “But yeah, I can fight,” she says lightly.
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"You can fight and swim, but you never said what it is you actually do." He raises an eyebrow, like a parent whose bullshit radar has gone off, and just smirks. "Y'know, how you pay the bills? I doubt it's by harassing sleeping surfers."
Sleeping on a surfboard does not count as surfing, but details.
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“Oh, I get by just fine, well enough to look out for me and mine, at least,” she says in that same light tone. “Maybe if you play your cards right I’ll give you some details later.”