ain't no party like a luceti-club party

[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

Atsuko Chiba; Paprika

[latent]

[So a psychologist walks into a bar--

Bad joke? Scrap it then.

But, there is a psychologist in a bar. Atsuko is sitting inside on her first night of being in Luceti, dressed in a black collared shirt and a brown pencil skirt. She doesn't regularly drink so she only has a glass of ice water in front of her, as she quietly observes the inhabitants of the bar. There is a certain scientific curiosity in her as to the different people in Luceti. And, well, she has nothing to lose right?

So she will look over to someone, anyone at all, and pose them a question.]

Excuse me, but can I ask for a moment of your time?

[ooc: to anyone who tags in and once tagged with Paprika back when I played, feel free to have your character notice the physical similarities between Paprika and Atsuko (or not, your choice). it's canon that atsuko and paprika share some physical similarities.]

ahahaha, have fun with this one

[touchofrogue]

[Rogue glanced over her shoulder at the woman.]

Yeah?

[curseresistant]

[There is a white haired, rather stern looking man in a blue coat going about his day in the village. One may either find Hector at the fountain, sitting at its edge and reading a book, or at the library, browsing the shelves for something new.]

[mountain_sage]

[When Hector comes to the fountain, he'll find a man sitting on the ground in front of it. Annnnd that's all he appears to be doing. He sits, apparently focused on something, while he also seems...out of it. He's so busy concentrating that he may not even notice the stern-looking man's approach.]

...

[darknessillusion]

[There's a green-haired woman in Good Spirits.]

[She isn't entirely out of the ordinary -- not at first glance. But the fact that there are bat-like wings popping out of her head may cause a few double-takes.]

[So, men and women of Luceti: meet Morrigan, who is currently trolling the bar for a good time* and is all smiles for the moment.]

[*A 'good time' may include extreme amounts of hitting on people and/or making innuendos.]

[arcinvent]

[Well, hello bat-wings lady. Howard feels like this woman is the type who can kill him on the spot should he say the wrong thing. But what's life without a little dare? So he'll approach the woman casually, leaning on the bar without sitting down and smiling at her.]

Y'know, I go to this place almost every other day and I think I must have the misfortune of not coming on the days you're around sweetheart!

[estelio]

[This beautiful elven maiden, having only been in luceti for a week and a half or so, can be found in several places as she gets settled.

First, wandering about the forest, content to explore, clad in clothing good for travel, and armed with her saber. If you're lucky, you might catch her after her horse shows up, on a ride out in the wilderness.

Second, reading a library book, perhaps on the history of this Earth so many people here seem to be from, near the fountain.

And Third, roaming around in the item shop, searching for more things from home, or simply wondering at some of the more modern knick-knacks to be found there.

Yes, luceti elves, her ears are plainly visible. ;) ]

3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[destinysong]

[ This boy (who is actually a boy this time) is also roaming the item shop! Trying to see if any instruments produced by his home country have somehow found their way here... Trade is strictly regulated, but Cecil understands now that this is a magical land. Much like him, exempt from normal "rules."

He's got his hand on a very nice-looking trumpet. Hm, it's not made in Agna Palace, but it's still got a certain quality to it. ]

[allforsixcredits]

[Adjusting to life in Luceti comes much easier than Darcy could have anticipated. Having a few familiar faces around helps ease the way, of course. Which is a complicated thing because, hey! Impromptu vacation where money's not an issue, but the prisoner thing and the experimentation thing and the really-freaking-far-from-home thing was a bit of a downer.

Although she still has to say her biggest disappointment is getting wings that don't actually let her fly. How unfair is that?

But yeah. Adjusting. She's getting to be a pro at it. Which is why she's sprawled under a tree near the fountain, her journal spread open in front of her. Stretched out in the grass on her stomach, her feet kicking lazily in the air behind her, Darcy alternates between scribbling furiously for a few moments on a page and absently attempting to balance her pencil on her nose. She'd started out flipping through the information pages, but she'd gotten distracted somewhere along the way and was currently distracted by doodling cartoon figures of people she'd met so far in the margins of her book.

Because this was totally a productive use of her time.]

[touchofrogue]

[Rogue was just on her way out of the Item Shop and towards the library, necessitating a pass in front of the drawing girl. She won't interrupt, that's not her thing, but she'll notice that she seems unfamiliar.]

[fluffyhair]

[There's something to be said about these Moonoosi guys or whatever they're called: they sure do keep a well-stocked grocery store. Or is it somebody else that keeps the place stocked? Maybe he'll ask about that later, because right now he's pretty content with the fact that it's all free. Seriously, who can say no to free food?

So there is currently a rabbit-eared man sitting back against the fountain, munching on an apple and enjoying the afternoon sun. Simple pleasures.]

[junesprince]

[For a guy who's spent so much of his time hopping in and out of TVs, fighting weird monsters, and being a disappointment hanging out with hot robot girls, you'd think Yosuke would have seen it all. And maybe he has! But that still doesn't stop him from staring when he sees the rabbit-eared man sitting against the fountain.]

Whoa, are those real?!

[...oops, maybe he shouldn't have said that out loud.]

[fearcutsdeepest]

[With all the new feather's arriving, it's easy for one little girl to avoid being noticed in the chaos of things. She wasn't sure who to be yet, but she had hidden the strange book with Arya Stark's name on it so no one could find out that way.]

[For now she would be Cat of the Canals, and listen to conversations so she could understand where she had ended up. She'll be in various parts of Luceti, eavesdropping or snooping when she thinks she can get away with it. She's often in the item shop, seeming to be combing its shelves for something important to her.]

[greenjacketed]

[ richard sharpe is letting off some steam. and why not? he'd rolled his own cartridges and he had plenty to spare. so -- behind the barracks and imminently snoopable -- he squeezes the trigger on his beloved rifle. its report is a loud crack and a puff of acrid smoke.

give him a moment and he may very well spy movement in the bushes. ]

[tempts]

[ Look at this flashy demon bastard all up in your bar. Yep. Crowley is back. Roll out the red carpets, gets the trumpets, but no harps are required because that's far too amicable for him and thankfully for you sorry buggers Luceti just got ten times better. ]

[inyourshadow]

[Action]

[The small, dark-and-gray imp keeps to the shadows as she explores the village and the forest. In most cases, she tends to avoid human contact. But sometimes, she can't help but try to play with others. Maybe you notice something... off about your shadow. Maybe it's a trick of the light or your nerves getting to you. Just when you think it's explained, this orange-haired imp emerges from your shadow, ready to giggle at your fright.

If you are an animal, particularly a quadrupedal one, she may attempt to mount you.]

[Voice]

Ugh. You humans and your books. They're so tedious to get through. I don't know how you manage. Maybe these Malnosso guys had a good idea in mind when they made it possible to talk through these books instead. It's much easier to pay attention when you're flapping your lips. So who wants to save me another hour of frustration at the library and just explain to me what you know about any kind of "sword in a stone"?

[brandnewday]

[So, Luceti, there's a new idol in town.

Certainly, a tired New Feather isn't a strange sight to behold. In fact, Hibiki's found a great place to take a short break from all the panicking. Heaven sure is strange, because this grocery store has everything. Tea, donuts, takoyaki...

...and fish. This is a very good thing. Hibiki Ganaha's alligator, Waniko, is very hungry. Waniko will open his jaws wide, wait for Hibiki to set a fish down, and when he opens them again...the rabbit is gone. It's a great trick, except it's just a girl feeding her pet.]

Hmhm...there's plenty more where that came from, Waniko! Eat all you want! More just keep showin' up.

[She can worry about how she died later!]

[unblessed]

[The first thing Capell sees is the alligator, and the first thing he thinks when he sees it is that this girl must be in trouble. There's a hand on the hilt of his sword as he calls out to her.]

Miss, are you alright?

Max Gibson | Batman Beyond

[pinkefficiency]

fhsdkjg omg you are so cool D:

[teenwonder]

[Given that Robin is Robin, he's pieced together Max's story long before approaching her. Her account of Gotham matches what he heard of Melanie's when she was present, and Robin didn't get along very well with her. Are you an accomplice, Pinky?

He'll just appear in front of her while she's going about her evening. Just doing his ninja thing, no big deal.]

We might need to have a talk.

Ty Lee | ATLA

[theyreclumps]

[savedtheworld]

[The sight of Ty Lee walking through the village square was one that would take getting used to for the 14-year old monk. At least her demeanor made it easier to greet her like a friend (and knowing that Suki trusted her enough to let her into the Kyoshi Warriors, regardless of whether or not this Ty Lee has lived through that yet). So he gives a friendly wave.]

Hey, Ty Lee! How's it going?

[heartfeltfool]

Scenario A

[The bakery's had some new, very frequent customers lately: namely, a boy and his Munchlax. They can be found sitting around a table, slowly eating through all the treats they've accumulated in today's order. There are all kinds of pastries.]

Ah... Don't you think they should make a Pokédex for snacks?

Scenario B

[You might be familiar with finding a wild Snorlax blocking your path, but what about a Munchlax and his trainer? For it seems that Dia and Lax have chosen right outside your door - or pretty much anywhere really - to lay down and nap. What now?]

Scenario A

[breezing]

[ Ikki's always been a frequent customer of the bakery, along with Soren. She hears that question coming in, and looks over curiously. ]

Like it'd show all the recipes for them and things?

Wanda Maximoff / "Scarlet Witch" | X-men: Evolution

[godmodder]

[snikting]

[Of the X-Men, Logan is the one least willing to give Wanda too much of a break. Which is why when she's in the plaza, Logan is watching her from the building he's leaning on. A cigar dangles from his mouth as he watches her for even the smallest of slip ups.]

[trinkett]

No food. No food?! This is completely unacceptable!

[The typical Trinket trill has become a bit more shrill as Effie discovers the cupboard is bare. No food on the supermarket shelves!]

How inefficient! How like an outlier! It's a simple matter of taking stock and being sensible and planning ahead, really. The Capitol would never stand for this!

[calmbeforethe]

[Ororo had just entered the grocery herself, also hoping to restock House 16's own pantry. But it's hard to miss that shrill voice complaining about empty shelves.]

No food? Would you know how long this has been an issue?

Raylene Carter | The Onion Girl

[willak]

[First the forest. Raylene was...anxious. She didn't know how else to describe it, but she felt like her skin was too tight for her bones. It was incredibly strange, though not so strange as wings and crap like that.

So she decided to take a walk in the forest surrounding the town. Bare-footed and calm, almost a mirror for her sister. Sweet, happy Jilly.

Raylene's empty palms tightened into fists and her teeth ground in her mouth. No. This wasn't going to be about her again - this was going to be Raylene's own time.

She forced herself back into calmness. If anyone wants to bovver her feel free~

Second 7th Heaven. Raylene could be found here scarfing down a plate of food like it was the last she'd ever have. But upon approach, her eating habits will turn much more... polite-like.]

[keepsmehonest]

[It's in the restaurant that Geordie sees her, deciding to stop in after a morning spent fiddling away by the fountain in the square. He whistles merrily as he walks over, a smile in his warm brown eyes. A morning full of music followed by a meal with his best friend. What more could a guy ask for?]

Hey Ji-

[His greeting falls short as soon as he gets close enough to the booth. The woman sitting there might as well be identical to the artist. But it isn't. The differences may be in the details, but Geordie's spent more than enough time around Jilly to recognize them.

For a moment he's stunned. And then, quickly, his brain catches up with him. He only knows of one person that could look this much like Jilly, even if they've never met. Hesitantly, he asks:]

Raylene?

Nathan Spencer * Bionic Commando Rearmed

[thefirstbionicsoldier]

[It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No - - it’s a man swan-diving off a high rock formation to his death – or so it seems. But as opposed to screaming in terror, he lets loose a raw, gleeful adrenaline-charged howl, thoroughly enjoying the sense of speed and freedom and the feeling of the bottom of his stomach dropping out. Some twenty feet short of making impact – and messily at that – the end of his bionic arm swiftly extends on a wire with an impeccable sense of timing, the prongs on the end latching firmly onto a tree branch. He swings smoothly through the air, his pulse pounding briskly in his throat as the claw releases and there's that brief moment of free-falling before it grapples onto the next target and keeps the momentum going.

Never gets old.

Ah, the great outdoors. Now Spencer here was a city-slicker (a village-slicker, now?), but of course, he needed an escape every so often from the hustle and bustle. What could better take his mind off troubles in the village than a change in scenery and some open space?

You might catch him swinging around the woods, although he'll be more available to talk later, when snagging some drink from the Battledome vending machine and chilling right outside, or while on his way to grab some lunch at Seventh Heaven.]

[wisecracking]

[Now there's something you don't see everyday. Someone swinging around like it was second nature. You know what else you don't see everyday? A guy in costume swinging up beside him, using web instead of a bionic arm.

And he lets out an enthused whistle.] Woooow! This is the first time I think I ever ran into traffic while webslinging! [Venom doesn't count.]

[ex_tessen852]

[As much as Suki wanted to believe what she's been told about this place, she had a hard time taking it all in. Not only was she in this new world that was full of wings, but she'd been there before? There could be people here she didn't know at all, but they knew her. That was what was bothering her the most. Sure, she wasn't happy about being taken from home, but somehow telling people she didn't know them bothered her more.

Needing some fresh air, Suki ended up just wandering around the village, half to get to know this new place, and half to just let it all sink in. There was this whole life she apparently lived, and she had no memory of it whatsoever.]

[savedtheworld]

[Fresh air? How about a fresh Airbender incoming? He stops just short of her atop his air scooter. Sure, since her arrival he's felt lots of conflicting feelings - concern that's she stuck in Luceti again, hurt that she doesn't remember their previous times together there and worry about the effect it has on Sokka. But for Suki's sake, he's focusing on the strongest emotion: that he's glad to see her again.]

Hey Suki!

Daria Morgendorffer | Daria

[mysicksadlife]

[The first thing to do was to find out where she was. Deciding she was not ready at all to cope with the fact she currently believed she had wings, Daria headed straight towards the first houses she saw.

This was the difficult part, really. She could talk herself (and talk to herself) out of what were obviously delusions, but having to face real people she'd likely never seen before in her life was different. Much harder. It took awhile of lingering on the doorstep to make up her mind to knock.]

Excuse me.

[cuteisawayoflife]

[Oh God. Of all the doors she had to knock on it had to be Quinn's! Well, not Quinn's, but the door to the place where she was staying.]

What are you doing here?!

Clementine | The Walking Dead

[smallsurvivor]

[Luceti's a pretty big place when you're little. It's not as big as Atlanta, of course. Or even Savannah. But there's still a lot to explore and even more to take in. Clem's tried to do her homework and read the guide, but there were a lot of hard words and she wasn't sure what a lot of it meant. She did get the idea that there was an item shop with things from home, however, and that's where she'll be now.

She'll spend a chunk of the next hour digging through the item shop, carefully examining the piles of objects from different worlds. Eventually, she'll approach the nearest adult and give them a meaningful stare until they happen to notice and make eye contact.]

Um. Excuse me. Have you seen a walkie-talkie in here? Mine had flower stickers on it.

omfg CLEM

[willak]

[Raylene is going through the rows of clothing they have here, casing some stuff out before -- oh. Little girl.

Raylene is usually off in some bizarre way and quiet when she's not making herself charming or vicious. So the little girl take her by surprise, enough to register that she shouldn't be mean to her. Ray crouches down to Clementine's height (which isn't too much of a feat as she's barely five foot herself.) and smiles, fleetingly.]

Naw...but I can help ya if you need a hand.

[Her accent would help Clem peg her as someone from the country part of the South, because it sure is thick. Thicker than normal. She does that.]

[inmateincharge]

[The Joker is going to be in and out of the item shop for a while. No point in robbing the place yet since everything's free (not that something like that would stop him from coming back later when he gets his hands on a gun - to him, mayhem is its own reward), but he needs all the supplies he can get for bombs, laughing gas, and the various tools of his "trade". Care to ask a psychotic clown why he would be getting so much soap or cat litter?

Alternatively, you can find him anywhere around the village. He'll be in and out of the various businesses, "casing the joint" as it were. He might stick out like a sore thumb, but he figures that everyone seems a little weird around here, so there shouldn't be anything unusual about a guy who looks like a clown.]

[powerfulwarrior]

[The dome's nice and all, but it can't compare to a real battle, and Hilbert takes off his hat only briefly so he can rake his hand through his hair. He's pretty glad he found his clothes so quick, even though it was kind of a pain to have these wings. They were pretty cool, all black and shiny, so Hilbert didn't see any reason to hide them, instead adjusting his clothes for them.

The Stoutland beside him gives a gruff bark as if reading his trainer's thoughts concerning the battle, and he laughs.]

I know, I know! Just lighten up, okay? You can't say you didn't enjoy it, it's good to have a break outside of... You know, exploring and all. I wonder where the others are though.

[The "others" being his remaining companions. Of course, only two of them (a Samurott and a little Zorua) are actually in Luceti, but he doesn't know that.

But to at least appease the big dog, Hilbert will be approaching anyone on the street or in the dome or actually you know that restaurant looks good he'll stop in there too and asking them a simple question:]

Have you seen a big blue sea otter, a kinda muscularly guy with a big steel bar, a polar bear with snotcicles, a floating mass of green jello, or a big black dragon? My friend and I here [a motion to the Stoutland] are looking for them. They're pretty hard to miss.

[The Zorua'll probably be with one of them, he figures. Hilbert is taking this remarkably well for a newer feather.]

[heartfeltfool]

[While Hilbert is busy asking that question to some miscellaneous person on the street, behind his back Dia is exploring an alternative to being the recipient of the question. Rather, he is offering a freshly-baked Poffin to the Stoutland.]

Would you like some? Ah, you're the furriest Bibarel I've ever seen...

Winona | Pokemon Special

[skydancing]

[options, options are fun

option 1) with pokemon! maybe she's in the battle dome training, maybe she's outside of the battle dome training, maybe she's just having a relaxing flight on altaria. wherever she is, her pokemon are sure to follow. ask for a sky ride, or a battle?

option 2) party time! christmas party, new year's party, brigade-run party, party for no real reason...whatever, you can decide. but whatever party it is, winona and altaria are on the job hanging decorations! tinsel and banners and things up high, oh my!

option 3)....yeah I can't think of another interesting one. meet the neighbors? experiment things? fighting in a draft? the birdmaster doesn't bite, i promise. a little too serious sometimes, but nothing wrong with that...]

1 yes 1

[pendantry]

[Raven doesn't always visit the battledome, but when she does, she never expects to find someone behind it doing things. There's so much available whatnot on the inside.

And yet there are strange birds flying around back there.

Investigating now.]

Hilda | Pokémon

[hueless]

[ It's been a few days since her arrival, and Hilda is still adjusting - it's a lot to take in, after all. Not having a full team is rather disconcerting, but she's glad to have found at least three. Having them around is making the whole situation a lot easier to deal with.

Today, there's a large deer walking around in the village, following its trainer around on her explorations. Sometimes Hilda goes inside one of the shops and Sawsbuck tries to go after her, only to fail due to the door being too small for it to comfortably squeeze through with the large mass of foliage. So it waits outside until Hilda comes back out. ]

[infinitefrown]

[....there is a Sawsbuck trying and failing to get into that store.

Wh--

Is this one of Hilbert's lost Pokemon? A different Trainer's?... What is a Sawsbuck even doing here?]

Er.... [H...i, Sawsbuck...??]

Rikki Barnes } Marvel Comics

[unheimlich]

[...well today sucks.]

Hell[strong]OOOooo! Anybody hear this? Anybody?

[So the former sidekick of Captain America, the heroine Nomad, agent of SHIELD and crime fighter extraordinaire...is stuck in a tree. Upside down. Tangled upside down with all the blood rushing to her head and cherry red face. Wings - this is just not her day - pinched painfully against the trunk of the damn tree.]

[Not a good moment.]

- anybody hear me? ...great.

[snikting]

[Logan just stares up her. He doesn't appear to be in a rush or anything to help her.]

Now how exactly did you manage that?