the road's got me hypnotized

[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

[selfhelp]

[Meanwhile Billy's not used to "Dorrek", so he's grateful for the correction. He knows hearing the Skrull name just makes Teddy uncomfortable.]

He's... good. I mean, we all miss home, but this place isn't so bad most of the time. Just weird.

[There's really no better way to describe it.]

[skrullbucks]

[It's hard. Mostly because she's grown up with the stories, the prophecy. And then to find him living like a human. It was a surprise, and the human name was hard and foreign on her tongue.

But learning to be human includes learning to understand preferences. So she tries.]

It is good that you are with him. He may be half Kree, [excuse the 'ew gross' face there] but we Skrulls can be exceedingly stubborn with our point of view. We often can need someone to help us see more clearly.

I still do not trust this place though.

[selfhelp]

Oh god, no. I don't trust it either, and I don't think anyone should. People get hurt in too many ways here for it to be a safe place.

[He glances down at the water, nudging a stone into the flow with his foot.]

But I know it could be worse, so... I guess I'm grateful for what little we have.

[skrullbucks]

Good. That is the right mindset to have. We need to be soldiers here, not willing guests or else they will believe that they have won.

[She watches the ripples, distorted by the flow, before slowly picking up her own pebble and dropping it in]

Yes... I must confess, I meet each cycle with a small hope of another familiar face. I often feel quite guilty for it.

[selfhelp]

I was the same way until Teddy got here. And even with him, there's still people I miss.

[His family, the rest of the team, the Avengers of their universe... it's hard, being in a place with so little that's familiar.]

I don't think it's wrong to want to see the people you love.

[skrullbucks]

Yes... I feel the same concerning Karolina and the others.

[It doesn't help that it's already been weeks, a month? She's not really sure, since she's seen her fiancé]

But it is wrong to wish them to a place that could do them harm. And it... simply isn't what Skrulls are supposed to do. We are not supposed to cling so to things.

[selfhelp]

[....Ugh. You know, he tries in general to respect other cultures and all, but...]

Forget what you're supposed to do. You don't have to be exactly what the rest of your people expect you to be, especially when none of them are even here. My people aren't supposed to eat pork but I'd never turn down a BLT.

[Not quite a perfect comparison, but the sentiment is there.]

Feel whatever you want. Hiding it's just pointless.

[skrullbucks]

[Man Xavin is perfectly aware Skrull culture is strange to humans. Human culture is strange to her though, and she often sticks her foot in her mouth over it. Metaphorically of course. So you're excused.]

Why would you be unable to eat Pork? Are you a vegan, like Karolina? It is a difficult life I have seen, and the pork is quite delicious.

[yes that's what she got out of that. And yeah religions in general confuse her and so does not eating meat.]

It is not pointless. Showing too much can be quite deadly in combat. You are showing a weakness a smart opponent will only use it against you.

[selfhelp]

Well, yeah, showing your enemy stuff like that- but what about friends?

[skrullbucks]

Are you my friend then? [a genuine question, sincere and all. After all friendship is hard to grasp and define. She's had comrades, in training. And he's had acquaintances, as any young prince did. But being a prince meant that there was always going to be a gap with you and others no matter how distant in line you were.

Karolina was her beloveded, her fiancée. More then friend. Molly was her sister. Klara was still unsure around her and Victor and her still clashed at times. And Nico... Well that was always going to be awkward. Chase possibly was a friend but at the same time she wasn't going to seek him out unless he was needed. And Old Lace was a dinosaur.

And so Xavin keeps on staring, waiting for an answer first]

[selfhelp]

What? Yeah, of course you are. You and all the Runaways.

[The ones he's met, anyway. They were a good bunch, really interesting and fun to be around (when they weren't fighting off bug-aliens or SHIELD agents). He'd have liked to get the chance to get to know them better, which is why he's glad to see Xavin here. Albeit selfishly.]

[skrullbucks]

Ah. [she pauses to consider this. In her definitions she had assumed they were only allies. Aside from Teddy of course, his destiny meant that she really should be protecting him when around him. And with Billy's relationship to Teddy she supposed that protection would extend to him.

But friends. An odd word, yet it brings a faint smile to her lips] Then I suppose I could do that.