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.

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.

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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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[sefirot]

[Were this any other time, Sephiroth would go looking for that fight. He'd engage in it holding nothing back. But without his weapon, he holds a slight disadvantage -- not that he doesn't believe he couldn't fight off and overpower Cloud regardless.

He simply would simply rather do it with the masamune.]

Am I though? I wouldn't call it alive though here ... it is different.

[And strange from being in the lifestream.]

But it was never really death either. You mistakenly believe that I will ever be truly gone. I cannot. I will not. Ever disappear.

[memorate]

Even memories fade, which is all you are.

[ Neither dead nor alive... what else could he be other than some freak of nature or an apparition? Not that any of these things could stop Cloud either. He's fought against ghosts and fate itself, and he'll absolutely make sure that Sephiroth disappears one day, too. ]

What is it you want?

[sefirot]

[Sephiroth makes a "hmpth" sort of noise. He stated once before. He will never be a memory. As long as he has Cloud as an achor he will always find a way back. No matter how long or what it takes.]

As of this moment ... I assume the same as yourself. To return to where we belong.

[This place clearly isn't Gaia. And Sephiroth might have tried to fly earlier with disastrous results. He'd rather not be here any longer]

SORRY this ended up being way later than it should have!

[memorate]

Where I belong has no place for you!

[ Cloud leaps forward with a half-hearted swing of his blade against Sephiroth. Easily telegraphed and avoidable by any true SOLDIER, but it's supposed to be a warning more than anything. Cloud has no interest in playing games and wants to make it known. ]

same :(

[sefirot]

[Whelp. He kinda expects that. Cloud does have a tendency to just jump head first into things, especially as far as the two of them are concerned. Though it does appear he is holding onto some restraint at least.

He jumps back and away from the strike landing a few feet away with a sigh. Had he his sword this would be a completely different matter. He actually enjoys the idea of fighting, but alas right now is not a good time.]

Believe me or not, I do agree. We can fight if you wish, but that will benefit you in what way? Is your bloodlust for my end so strong? Stronger than finding a way out?

[memorate]

[ His desire for destroying Sephiroth is pretty high up there, just the idea of having to compromise revolts him to his core. How many have begged him for mercy? Tried to reason with him? Too much has happened for Cloud to even consider a truce. ]

Who says I can't have both? Unless you know a way out, then why are we even talking?

[sefirot]

[Which is fine because Sephiroth's very core revolves around his own personal hate. While them working together is amusing in a way, he'd also like nothing more than to use this time to torment Cloud.

But again that will solve nothing nor give no answers.]

I do not, but neither do you. Do not let yourself be so blinded, Cloud. It hardly suits you. Getting back to those you cherish should be of most importance, hm?

[memorate]

[ Cloud, not being quite as developed as the Cloud that Sephiroth remembers, isn't so sure about the significance of the "cherish" comment. Who does Cloud have that he cherishes so much? He's got nobody to go back to. His only friends who would even want him around are here right now... ]

My most important goal is making sure you don't harm the planet. If it means being trapped here with you, I'll gladly throw away the key.

I'll never help you leave this place, Sephiroth.

[sefirot]

It'd be a poetic victory for us to be trapped together for eternity, Cloud. But I don't believe that is what you truly want.

[This is like arguing with an angry dog who most desperately wants to just bite him.

If Sephiroth can figure out how to get his powers back and manifest his sword, he'll gladly give Cloud the fight he so seeks but ...]

You are hardly equipped to keep me anywhere. And you are being a fool to reject my offer of a truce. I am not asking for anything else. At least not now.