July Test Drive Meme

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Test Drive Meme #3 Welcome to Tabula Rasa's Test Drive Meme! Our upcoming August app cycle will be for current players only. However, anyone is welcome to use this meme as a way to try out the setting, test out a character for future app cycles, or just for fun. You may also borrow ideas from this meme’s prompts for use in the main game.

Threads from the TDM may be used as samples on your application. TDM samples must be 2 threads with different characters, each with at least 5 comments from your character. You may include your top-level comment if it is a thread you started.

Current players in the game may also claim an AC bonus by tagging other characters on the TDM. Please see the Activity Check page for details.

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Scenario A: This One Blows
With so many winged creatures starting to fill up the world, it was only a matter of time before someone asked: how does flight work? Aerodynamics is a complicated subject, but one cannot hope to fly at all in a world with no air or wind. What, then, would be the point of having wings at all if they can't be used?

All at once the sky becomes filled with air, and the winds begin to move. However, there doesn't seem to be much logic to where and how hard they blow - all the wind knows is that it does blow, and that winged creatures may use it to fly up and away. Unfortunately, the result is something of a chaotic windstorm, and with an infinite supply of snow falling from the mountaintop the world is suddenly whited out in a raging blizzard.

If you're outside when the wind strikes, you'd best grab onto something before you get blown away yourself. If you're indoors at the time you'd think that would be lucky, but the wind hasn't quite figured out where it's coming from, either... so maybe stay away from anything sharp or heavy, in case a sudden indoor tornado starts whipping things around.

Scenario B: Let There Be...?
Light is another tricky subject. Where does it come from? The sky seems like a reasonable answer, but not all places are exposed to it. What of caves and buildings? How does light get there, and what happens when it can't?

The change may come slowly or suddenly as the world itself seems to experiment with the idea. Anything with a roof over it is left in total darkness, while everything outside remains brightly lit. It's as if a bright spotlight were pointing down at the world from above - even windows won't do much to let the light in, as it can only illuminate what it touches. Reflecting light may still be too difficult of a concept for this world.

The idea of there being other light sources is also, unfortunately, a difficult subject. Nothing seems to be able to penetrate this new darkness. Navigating indoors may be difficult for awhile, especially if you're also battling a hurricane.

Scenario C: How To Train Your Dragon
Dragons are dangerous and powerful creatures, but the fluffier, feathery breed has quickly grown in popularity among the people of the new world. Many find the small dragons cute, and some have even adopted them as pets. They're only as big as a house-cat, so what's the harm?

Well, the winged dragons have noticed that people are much more forgiving around them if they play up their cuteness. They've grown more fearless around strangers, and with that they can be quite a nuisance. It's more common now to see them swooping down on people, stealing shiny things, or just getting in the way to beg for food scraps and attention. Though not actively malicious, their claws and beaks are also quite sharp if you're unfortunate enough to be on the receiving end.

Persistence is another strong trait among dragons, as evident from their fishier dragon brethren, so these bad habits might be tough to break.

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[forethinking]

(Is it the Kurusu guy she spoke about? Ren listens, attentively. Sounds quite like an intense bond, one that more than justifies her sorrows. Can't she feel him at the moment?)

Do you need help finding him?

[gotyourbach]

[Nope! Wrong Persona protag.

She shakes her head.]

I already looked for Arisato-kun everywhere. None of my magic works, or it'd be a lot easier, but... he's like me. He knows the best place to go when you're trying to find information is to go to the tavern. That was like, the first thing they told us in Adventuring 101.

[Not to mention he'd probably be looking for somewhere comfortable to try to nap.]

But... he's about my height, with short bluish hair, and a sleepy look on his face most of the time. Um, he carries a sword and a violin... Minato Arisato.

[forethinking]

Those names don't ring a bell... I'm sorry.

(Better to be straight forward than to give her a false hope that he can lead her to them. Instead, he can offer a helping hand.)

We can try to look for them.

[gotyourbach]

Um...

[She rubs her eyes one more time, tries to suck her snot back into her nose. That doesn't really work, so eventually she pulls a handkerchief out of her skirt pocket and uses that to blow her nose. It's... pretty gross, actually. Cute girls aren't supposed to be such ugly criers!!]

S-sorry. But do you mind if I hang out here a little longer? I want to see if... maybe he'll show up. I'd hate to miss him. I won't play the violin in here anymore if it's annoying you...

[forethinking]

(They can be if they're sad!!! They're not less pretty for having a moment!!!)

We can, and you can keep playing. It's nice.

(Soothing, even. It's the first time Ren has heard music since he's been here and honestly, he hadn't noticed how much he missed it.

It does help that Kaede plays beautifully as well.)

[gotyourbach]

Thanks... it's Schubert's Ständchen. I was playing a song of Chopin's earlier, in that ruined castle... Or, well, it's originally a piano piece by Chopin, but when I was in Lyrabar, it was being played on a violin. So like, I asked for the sheet music, and it said it was by "Anonymous"... isn't that weird? That bugged me the whole time, 'cause Chopin shouldn't even have been in Faerun at all. That'd be really silly, if Chopin got teleported to some other world and published under "Anonymous," right?

[She realizes she's babbling and shuts up. Ren said it was okay to keep playing her violin, and she needs to keep her hands busy, so she takes it back out of its case and takes a seat at the booth, resting the instrument in her lap to pluck gently at its strings.]

Do you play any instruments, umm...? Sorry. I didn't catch your last name...

[Like, he'd given his first name, but it sounds too weird to call not-Akira-but-Ren by his first name so suddenly.]

I'm Akamatsu. Kaede Akamatsu.

[forethinking]

(Nothing wrong with talking about one's interests! For one, he's charmed by her passion... Even though he doesn't quite understand everything she says.)

Who's your favorite composer?

(From hearing her talk about it, it definitely sounds like a sure way to cheer hear up. He can't quite see the intricate detailing on the violin, but he could tell she was very attached to it... Maybe when they're in better lighting she'd show him... So he can massively embarrass himself by not having the first idea on how to hold it.)

Amamiya.

(Akamatsu-san!)

Someone here promised to teach me, but as of now, not really...