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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[At first it was the feet that caught Syaoran's attention as he passed by with a hot cup of green tea with mint, the perfect answer to a cold day. He wondered for a moment if the stranger was cold before he decided that it must be a strange quirk from another world--one that was interesting, like many things were in Luceti. Syaoran looked forward to exploring the village after he settled in, although it was strange to not have everyone else around.

Fai, Kurogane, Mokona and Sakura were fine. That was all that mattered.

The stranger's struggles with the ramen were the second thing that caught his attention, and he smiled in sympathy.]

Um. [He spoke up quietly.] For the meat and the vegetables, you can hold them like this. [He mimicked the way to hold the chopsticks together in a closed hand, like how he was shown in one of the many versions of Tokyo that he had passed through.] But, the noodles are a little trickier.

[The feet, which were large and somewhat furry, were not cold in the least, fortunately, not even on this chilly winter day. Bilbo looked up, around himself, then at Syaoran as he realized the boy (easily his own height or more) was talking to him.]

I'll just... try that. [He gave the food another look, but dipped the chopsticks back in. This time, he held them properly, and managed to snag a bite... which fell back again halfway to his mouth.

This was certainly not dignified for a Baggins of Bag-End.]

Is it alright if I just use the fork and spoon, then?

[It wasn't dignified for anyone, but it wasn't uncommon for people who were just learning the tools. Syaoran nodded.]

It should be. This village has people from so many different worlds that no one should mind.

[Oh, don't mind Bilbo. He's just feeling a bit put-out. Besides, if it's proper to use chopsticks for this food, then chopsticks he shall learn.]

I'll just have to learn. [He musters a slightly tight smile. If he can do some of the things he's done in his travels, he can do this, too.]

[Syaoran could respect anyone that tried to adapt to a new culture, especially in such trying circumstances. He was reminded of something that his father said to him once; 'The great divide between people is in what they eat.' It didn't take an anthropological background to understand it.]

It's not hard...[He found a place amid the plates of food to safely set down his tea,] you just hold them like a pen, and move the one on top to pick up the food.

[That, he can do. Bilbo takes the first one in his hand, just as if he was starting to work on his writing. Experimentally, he wags it back and forth a couple times.]

I think I've got it. [Well, with one. Adding the second now...]

[He nodded in approval.]

You hold the second one underneath that, but straight. It shouldn't move with the other when you're picking the food up. It should be a base.

[This, Bilbo demonstrates as well.]

Like this, then? Is that all there is to it? [Not so bad after all. He's slowly finding that most things aren't. The everyday challenges like this, anyway.]

[Another nod.]

It's pretty easy once you get used to it, but the food they're used for might take a little more time. At least it's noodles and not sushi.

[He retrieved his cup and glanced at the impressive spread on the table. All of this...for one person?]

Sir? Is it okay if I join you?

[Bilbo charitably decides to agree.]

Make yourself at home, as it were. Bilbo Baggins, at your service.

Syaoran. The pleasure's mine.

[He gratefully slid into a chair adjacent to Bilbo, glad to have a place where he could comfortably get to know his new neighbor. They were all trapped in the same village; it only made sense that everyone was eachother's neighbor.]

Mister Bilbo. I was wondering...when did you arrive in this world?

Well, let's see now. It doesn't seem all that long ago, does it? Just a few weeks. [And it's already hard to remember himself dumped in Luceti, all his things gone, without even his own clothes.]

It's only been a few days for me. [He was still coming to terms with the idea that he had arrived in this world and understood everyone without the aid of Mokona. The little creature's absense, however, was almost a blessing to Syaoran. It meant that there was nothing in this world that tied it to Sakura...but he didn't feel like he could ever get comfortable with this quiet little village.

Syaoran took a sip of his tea, savoring it's bite and warmth. It was such a little thing, but that kind of blend wasn't uncommon in his homeland.]

What kind of place did you come from?

I'm from the Shire. [That, he's started to realize after a bit of time in Luceti among men, may not be helpful.] It's a quiet place. Nothing like this around there, no thank you. Shire folk wouldn't stand for it.

[He's not sure right now if that means he's on the wrong path, or getting a bit ahead of them.]

there is no place quite like this place if we get it on the go

Have a Syaoran. Let's do this together!

power to the voicetest! <3

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