it's time once again for a...test drive meme!

[herotypical]

the luceti test drive meme

Reserves have just opened and apps are right around the corner. But are you still on the fence about any of your would-be characters? Well -- here is your chance to take them out for a spin!

▣ TAG IN or reply to others with characters you would like to test drive for Luceti.
▣ ONLY add top-level comments for characters who are not yet in the game. You're free to reply to others with Luceti characters (because that's half the fun) but remember that the whole point of this meme is for potential characters.
▣ PLEASE do not post duplicates of characters already in Luceti.
▣ GO AHEAD and give us a brief description of your character in the top-level comment, along with one or two possible ways to run into your test-driven character around town.
▣ YOU MAY use these threads for your first person samples on your app -- just make sure that you link threads of a goodly length (i.e., threads with at least ten comments from your character).

Need a little help getting started? Remember, you needn't post here as though your character is still brand-spankin' new. It'll probably be more fun for all involved if this isn't a simple dress rehearsal for showing up. Here are a few scenario ideas:

o1. The grocery store is out of food. What do you do?
o2. Wing injury! Call for help or stagger your way to one of our fine clinics.
o3. It's a busy evening at Good Spirits, one of Luceti's local bars. Do you dare try the drink specials?
o4. Have a talent for playing music? Try Cloud Nine's open mic night!
o5. Beach party? Snow party? Leaf-raking party? Gardening party? YOU DECIDE.

Okay. So my examples are pretty non-exciting. But they're really just suggestions. I'm POSITIVE you kids can come up with more creative things.

Above all? HAVE FUN. Oh. And don't forget to RESERVE your characters.

Comments

[tapdancinskelly]

Scenario 1:
[Brooke is at the Kareoke bar singing Dem Dry Bones.]

The toe bone connected to the heel bone,
The heel bone connected to the foot bone,
The foot bone connected to the leg bone...

[As he sings, he points out the various bones on his body. It might be considered educational... if not slightly disturbing.]

Thank you! I'll be here all night! Yohohoho!

[With that, he sits back down at his table... approach him?]

Scenario 2:
[While Brooke plays a solemn refrain on his violin, remembering those lost, and those he's left behind. Feel free to ask what he's thinking about, as he plays this little tune.]

Scenario 3:
[Brooke is practicing his fencing skills by the Rec Center. Would you like to watch his impressive maneuvers? Or perhaps challenge him yourself?]

Scenario 2, provided he's wandering along the beach. ;)

[weakahoshi]

[Shirahoshi listens to the upbeat but melancholic tune with her chin propped on the back of intertwined fingers. She kicks her fin up and down with the tempo. When Brooke is done, she claps politely.]

That was a very good song, Brooke-sama! Why does it sound sad when you play it though?

Scenario 2, that works ^_^

[tapdancinskelly]

[Brooke does notice the mermaid princess relatively quickly into his playing, as she is easily ten times the size of an average person. Still, he notices that she seems to be enjoying his playing at least, so he doesn't feel the need to interrupt his reverie to entertain her through some other method. When his song is complete he takes a bow.]

Thank you very much Mermaid Princess! The reason it sounds so sad is because it is a little bit sad, as it is in remembrance of some of my fallen friends. Sometimes I like to honor their memories with this piece, and it takes me back to a time when they were still with me.

I'm so sorry for this I couldn't help it

[doubleppk]

[Option 1 of course]

[Educational? Yes Disturbing? Extremely yes.]

[Have a completely scared looking woman.]

You're a talking skeleton. No, a singing skeleton?

[tapdancinskelly]

[Brooke gives her a tip of his hat]

I also tap dance on Thursdays, and yodel on Sunday mornings. Yohohoho!

[doubleppk]

Oh, well, at least you're a versatile skeleton...

Wait what? That doesn't make it any better!

[tapdancinskelly]

Would it help if I said you're the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on? But I don't have any eyes! Yohohoho!

[doubleppk]

Um... almost.... No, not really.

At least you're a polite skeleton... I think?

Sorry... I'm not used to talking skeletons. Unless they bite.

[Oh and Murray the skull, but he scared her too so...]

1/2

[tapdancinskelly]

Well I always try to be the most proper gentleman I can be. I always find it so reprehensible when someone does not show proper respect to a lady, be that man living or dead.

2/2

[tapdancinskelly]

By the way, may I please see your panties?

1/2

[doubleppk]

WHAT?!?!

2/2

[doubleppk]

Don't think I won't hesitate to shoot you.

... Even if I'm not sure what good that would do on bone.

1/3

[tapdancinskelly]

W-WAIT! Don't kill me! I'm too young to die!

...

2/3

[tapdancinskelly]

Although actually, I'm already dead! Yohohoho!

Oh wait...

3/3

[tapdancinskelly]

Please don't shoot me!

Scenario 2, let's pretend this is at the restaurant. >>

[hollower]

[It's only been a few hours since Perona's found herself back in Luceti after what she assumes is two years (for herself, at least), and she's already visiting her favorite places and a few of her...kindasorta favorite people. The restaurant just so happens to be one of her more favored places to go, where she's already enjoying some tea and...

Music. Rather beautiful music, in fact. Beautiful music that she knows. Perona closes her eyes and smiles, letting the beautiful melody wash over her like the gentle spray of the sea. After a few seconds, she even begins to sway in her seat, and sings along, in a hushed voice, though not quiet enough to not be heard.]

Binkusu no sake wo...todoke ni yuku yo...

Scenario 2, That's totally fine by me \o/

[tapdancinskelly]

[Brooke recognizes the voice of the singer, and it causes him a little bit of surprise. He knew Perona was in Luceti, but didn't entirely know what to make of her. Still, he wasn't one to dwell on grudges of any kind, and she had certainly helped some of his Nakama before. He continued to play, but edged his way over to where she was sitting, softly singing where she left off.]

Umikaze kimakase namimakase
Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu
Sora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta~

Scenario 2, \o\

[hollower]

[So, it was the Humm--ah, no...what did he go by now? Soul King? Perona knew she vaguely recognized the voice singing back, and when Brook comes close, she gets a visual confirmation. My, my, now there's a face she hasn't seen in...well, two years.]

Sayonara minato, tsumugi no sato yo.
Don! to icchou utao, funade no uta...
Kinpa-ginpa mo shibuki ni kaete
Oretacha yuku zo, umi no kagiri.

...You really are quite the musician, horohoro.

[tapdancinskelly]

[For some reason that laugh still sent chills up his spine... either that or his spine was just chilly from the lack of skin. Still, the Binks Sake, which he'd always hum under his breath when he heard that laugh, more than countered those chills when sung aloud. It was... kind of refreshing actually.]

Yohohoho! It's nice to see you actually have an appreciation for it! You know you've changed a lot since the first time I saw you... or the last time I saw you even.

[hollower]

[It definitely says something about the young woman that she sprang't feel any sort of fear around the skeleton at all. She's actually rather curious about him - how does he move, and speak? Is it a Devil Fruit? Which one? Everything Perona's seen and heard of Brook has been through newspapers, recordings, or her memories.

A delicate smile graces Perona's lips and she leans back in her chair. Changed? Oh, yes, she's certainly changed. Even now she's somewhat surprised.]

Have I? Mm...well, it has been two years since I tried to kill you all.

[^__^]

[tapdancinskelly]

Yo... ho... ho...

[Okay... that was definitely a little morbid. I mean he could appreciate a dark sense of humor once in a while... but it's kind of creepy mentioning how you had tried to kill someone and all their friends. He wasn't really sure how he should really take that statement. So he figured awkward laughter actually probably was the appropriate response.]

Yes... it's also been two years since I nearly jumped out of my skin at the sight of your ghosts too. Thankfully I don't have any skin to jump out of. Yohohoho!

[Oh wait... talking about them might make her summon them... QUICK! CHANGE THE SUBJECT!]

Oh! I just remembered, there was something I had always meant to ask you.

[hollower]

[Perona feels her pride and ego alike swell at Brook's words, smothering a cackle before it even starts on her lips. Scared of her and her ghosts? As he should have been! And those same skills are just as devilish and effective now as they were back on Thriller Bark, maybe even a bit more powerful, she hopes. Perona hasn't exactly had much chance to practice. Maybe here, in that battle dome concoction thingy...]

Hm? [Train of thought derailed.] Something to ask me? What is it?

1/2

[tapdancinskelly]

[Brooke shines his shoe, straightens his bow tie, spiffs up his hair...]

Scenario 2

[toujoursfluer]

[She doesn't ask, merely listens, missing that particular sound. That particular tune. But most of all the seven foot tall skeleton that plays it. She waits until he's done letting the silence linger a moment]

Did you ever wonder who Binks was? Do you think he was real or some kind of metaphor?

[tapdancinskelly]

[Brooke pauses to consider the question.]

Hmm... I'm fairly certain it's a bit of both actually. I think Binks actually was a real person, but the song is much more than just about Binks at this point... It's hard to say when the original history of the song oftentimes changes with each telling.