farsickooc | Test Drive Meme #1

Welcome to Fernweh's Test Drive Meme! Do you have an interest in joining the game? Need to make sure the setting works for you and your character first? Or have you made the decision to join the game and need fresh samples for your application? Whatever the reason, feel free to use the scenarios however you wish.

You know what to do! If you don’t, just follow the instructions.

How To Play:

→ Comment with the character you would like to test drive (duplicates are allowed)
→ Choose a scenario or start your own
→ Tag around
→ Have fun!

SCENARIOS

01. Arrival

You have been sitting and staring at the sign above you for some time now, lost in a blur of swirling questions that seems to start with how you ended up there; in a place (and time, maybe) that you know you weren't an hour earlier. Or maybe you're an old hand at this by now and you've figured out that this is simply another stop that the multiverse bus has made. So why not get off and look around a little?

At any rate, the sign points you towards the direction of a place called "Gazin", which looks like a decent-sized town from where you stand. There has to be someone who can explain.

02. Around Town

So, you've settled in. Well, mostly. At least you know where things are without taking too many wrong turns and ending up in the less desirable areas of town. But now you can go about your day. Visit the market, check out the local shops or have a drink with a new friend at one of several inns.

03. Exploring

You've heard people talk about some pretty interesting places and now you're itching to get out and find them. Be careful though, there are creatures and monsters out there that will be pretty interested in meeting you and may wish to have you for its next meal. Better take someone along. And maybe some weapons, too. Make sure one is made of silver.

04. Monsters

So, you managed to find that location you were looking for. Good for you! Only.. it seems you've also found one of the native creatures to the area and you now face to face with it. Um. Good luck! We'll see you when you get back!

Hopefully.

05. Celebration

It won't take long for you to figure out that people of Gazin are, all in all, pretty happy people. It shows, too, when a seemingly quiet evening suddenly bursts into a random, impromptu party to celebrate whatever good fortune has touched a person. Name Days, good harvests, betrothals, weddings, or just life in general.

Sing, dance, drink and be happy, too!

06. Wild Card!

Want something else? Feel free to choose your own adventure or mix and match to create something completely different!

NAVIGATION

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His head feels like it's swirling and desperate to latch onto something he knows. Anything familiar that wasn't his own heartbeat or his own blood moving through his veins. As the cacophony of sounds come at him, he finally jumps to her.

That sharp inhale.

He knows that sharp inhale.

It would probably seem terribly, unspeakably invasive if anyone else could actually experience how he listens to other people. More than their words, he listens to their bodies — how they move, how they function. And right now, with the sudden lifeline provided by the spark of recognition, he listens to everything about her. The shape of her face, one of the few faces he's ever touched, is a free-flowing swirl of reds and oranges, and as it takes form in his mind, Matt actually smiles.

He feels terrible and like he could die from overstimulation in just a second. But he smiles. Because this is unbelievable.

Claire had become really good at distancing herself from the feelings that hang onto the edges of her mind where they have to stay because what was the point of getting upset? It was all so far away and all she could do was her best to push all the feelings back so they didn't interfere with her life here.

Taking a step closer, she smiles, shaking her head like this was all too hard to comprehend.

"Oh, so, I tell you that I'll always be there and when I'm not you come looking for me?"

It's about the only thing she can think of saying. Her voice is soft and emotional and after putting herself right in front of him, Claire finds herself looking for the contact that will make all of this real because it's still hard to believe it is.

Edited 2020-06-06 22:55 (UTC)

If hearing the beat of Claire's heart was a lifeline, hearing the vibrations of her voice is a complete and total blessing. He smiles wider when she says that, and as his training slowly begins to kick in, the rest of the world starts to fall away, decibel by decibel.

"A promise's a promise," he says, breathing the words out as he calibrates his own volume. "Isn't it?"

When he speaks, Matt doesn't turn. He doesn't even open his eyes and he stays facing the sky. What was the point of moving, after all, when his brain wasn't yet ready to fully function?

"Though, I'd contest—" he says, wetting his lips once as he swallows. "—that you found me."

Edited 2020-06-11 01:40 (UTC)

Test Drive Meme #1

omg HELLO

i'm so happy to see you again!

same!