August Test Drive Meme

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Test Drive Meme #4 Welcome to Tabula Rasa's Test Drive Meme! Starting in September, secondary character apps will be open for current players and will remain open until further notice. New player apps will be opening in early September under a new queue system. We'll have more specific details for everyone on this soon!

Whether you plan to app or not, 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.

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Scenario A: Bite Here, Bite Now
"Food" is still a loose concept, as anything one can take fit in their mouth and swallow is considered close enough to count. While people can differentiate between things that should and shouldn't be eaten, the wildlife does not hold such views. Though at first they seemed to prefer whatever objects people deemed edible, they’ve now begun to experiment with some interesting alternatives.

Rocks, dirt, glass, tree trunks, corners of buildings, beach trash, chair legs, books, clothing, jewellery, prized possessions, the kitchen sink - there doesn't seem to be anything an animal won't try to eat at least once, and bite marks are quickly becoming a common sight in the most bizarre of places. You may even head home and find one of the red toothless dragons hanging off of a doorknob, trying its best. If an animal can get to it and fit its mouth around it, chances are it will try to eat it.

While the creatures can be coaxed and trained off of these behaviors, it's no small feat. And along the way, they might even find something else more appetizing than what you're trying to offer them. If you lose something important, hopefully it’ll still be intact when you finally fish it back out of them.

Scenario B: Blowing Hot and Cold
Random snowstorms are still a common sight, carried by powerful winds from the peak of Mount Silver to the furthest reaches of the known world. The snow never seems to stay on the ground for long, but it brings with it a frigid chill that could drive anyone back to the relative safety of indoors. A storm can last seconds or hours - not that it's easy to tell the difference - so it can be quite troublesome if you're not prepared for it.

Recently, a new type of "weather" has emerged. Fire has many uses, and it can be made quite easily by anyone... perhaps a little too easily. Most of the time, a strong breeze will blow out a growing flame, but occasionally something different will happen: the wind itself will catch on fire, carrying those flames far and wide in the blink of an eye. Within moments any place can be turned into a raging wildfire, blindingly bright and hellishly warm.

The flames will burn themselves out eventually, leaving everything coated in soot, but unharmed. It’s a good thing that fire doesn’t actually hurt yet or everyone might be in trouble! That may not be a comfort for everyone, though, especially if you're stuck cleaning up the mess. Sometimes it might take a little too long for the fire to die down on its own, too. If the wind won't do it, water is the way to go.

Scenario C: Long Distance
Distance and sound are not mutually exclusive just yet, and they both seem to be a bit out of whack at the moment. No matter how much you walk toward another person, you can't seem to close the distance between the two of you, as if you're on some sort of invisible treadmill. When you speak, however, it sounds like whoever you're speaking to is standing right beside you. Distance doesn't seem to be an issue if you're looking to converse.

However, this means you can hear others who are even farther away just as clearly. Someone on the beach might be able to hear another muttering to him or herself as they scale Mount Silver. Like dialing a random phone number, you now have to speak to a mysterious voice to figure out who it belongs to. Hopefully you weren't just muttering a deep, dark secret.

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[mrsandman]

Anakin Skywalker is dead.

[His vocoder might be broken, but he manages the deepest growl he currently can.]

I had hoped you would not be blinded by the beliefs of the Jedi. Perhaps I was mistaken.

[realway]

[ his proclamation that he's dead alright lights a fire in her, and his - what, justification? - fans it to a swift burn. she has to work hard to keep it in check as she replies. ]

I saw good men turn their guns on me and open fire. Rex, Jessie... no one was spared. [ and, as hard as it is to admit, it may better that he doesn't know she saved rex. ] Do not try to justify mass murder to me. You know better than that. And if not... then your vision is flawed.

[mrsandman]

The Jedi were weak. The clones served their purpose. I merely state facts, not justifications.

[Only Sith deal in absolutes and so on. Of course, that belief alone showed the hypocrisy of the Jedi.

His tone softens as he continues. He does not sound like Anakin, more like an approximation of him. A memory.]

Had I known what the Emperor planned for you, I would have interfered.

[realway]

You should have interfered. But not on my behalf.

[ she survived, against all the odds. the others... she will never know how many died, but she doesn't have high hopes of finding survivors. ]

[mrsandman]

I was otherwise occupied. As you sensed.

[It's frustrating to know his master threw away his men and his apprentice just like that, especially when they all could have been made to serve the dark side. Ahsoka's survival only proves to him what a great asset she might be.]

The others here... are there any you know?

[realway]

[ yes, with windu. he didn't say what happened when she asked, but she could tell it was bad. she does not want to think he did anything to the master... so she won't. it could just as well been darth sidious, if the third voice she sensed was truly him. ]

No one here comes from our galaxy. Humans are the majority, and most informed me I was the first alien they've ever encountered.

[ she feels the need to point that out because it's hard to articulate how weird that is to anyone else proper. ]

[mrsandman]

Strange.

[He can already imagine what the responses towards him will be like, but that is one of the purposes of his suit.]

And what has the Force shown you in your time here?

[realway]

...Nothing. [ a hard admission to make. ] This planet does not have a connection to the Force. I do not feel it anywhere outside of myself.

[mrsandman]

Or perhaps it is so strong that it's overwhelming.

[That's his theory at least. Another possibility would be the presence of beings who suppress the Force.]

The Force has shown me your future, Ahsoka Tano. I can help you to prevent it.

[realway]

Whatever it is, I don't want to know. My future is my own.

[ she trusts in the force, and whatever path it has paved out ahead of her. her faith is with it, always. ]

[mrsandman]

So be it.

[She'll die at his hand then, as he's foreseen. It's unfortunate considering all her potential.]

You still believe your master to be alive?

[Just checking in! Cause they've gone over a lot.]

[realway]

[ of course she does. he is lost, for now, but surely he is still alive. after all, he stands in front of her.

ahsoka is silent though, observing him, trying to see past the dark visage of armor. maul told her it was already too late. she won't believe that though. she takes a step in, coming closer, and chooses to test the waters between them. her arms lift and she reaches out for his helmet, purposefully slow so that he can stop her at any moment.

is anakin still there? ]

[mrsandman]

[Vader doesn't move to stop her. She should see for herself what Obi-Wan has done to him.

His gold eyes watch her carefully.]

[realway]

[ there's a little more than surprise she disguises when he doesn't make any move to stop her. does that mean he wants her to see him? her hands plant themselves on both sides of the helmet, her memory flashing to rex's tears falling when he realized all his brothers were lost.

she lifts it up, heavy and weighted, and her face falls with shock and sorrow. but-- ]

Oh. Anakin...

[ --it is him, as she knew. ]

[mrsandman]

No.

[Now, he moves her hands away and replaces his helmet.]

Anakin Skywalker was weak. I am called Darth Vader.