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

[aryaunderfoot]

[Aaand you've lost her.]

"High school"? Were you training to be a septa?

[It sounds like something to do with the gods.]

[koiwamizuiro]

[Confusion momentarily struck Ai herself. She had to remember, once again, that not all things she considered normal were such for some people from other worlds. Arya's world and hers looked like they were more different from one another than she originally thought.]

A school is... Well, it is where adults teach children about different subjects in life - such as literature, geography, math... And a high school is largely the same, except for people who grow to be around my age. I was just starting my last year when I came here.

[Not the best explanation she could provide, but she hasn't really had to explain it before. A soft smile began to form on her lips as she rubbed the back of her neck.]

I do not know what septa is, but I doubt it was what I meant.

[aryaunderfoot]

[Okay, so it's more like Old Town, then. Arya turns that over in her head a few times. This girl's world trains just about everyone to be maesters? That seems like overkill...]

Back home, we mainly just get our lessons from the maesters. At least, you do if you're highborn. [There's some grudging admission of her rank in her tone. Somehow she can just hear Gendry and his stupid "m'lady"s.]

Don't they train you for a craft, where you come from?

[koiwamizuiro]

[The term highborn did not ring a bell with Ai, either. It seemed like schooling was a privilege offered only to a certain group of people.]

And what about those who are not highborn? They just... remain uneducated?

[A craft? Well, if there was one thing that could apply as one...]

I took swimming classes in high school, and I was a captain of a swimming team.

[A hint of a nostalgic smile creeps up on Ai's face.]

[aryaunderfoot]

They learn trades. Like baking or smithing.

[Hot Pie and Gendry might have been stupid boys, but it wasn't due to any lack of maester influence. Hot Pie was just a coward and Gendry was bullheaded.

Arya bites a lip thoughtfully as she considers this. Swimming. What do you need to train extensively in swimming for? Especially when you're a girl.]

Were you going to work on a ship?

[koiwamizuiro]

Trades...

[Ai nodded slightly upon hearing that, some more of her curiosity sated as she processed it, which also led to more questions popping up in her mind.

What Arya asked took Ai aback, however, the girl failing to see the connection between working on a ship and going to swimming practice in school.]

A-a ship? No.

[She shook her head.]

I had not yet decided what I wanted to pursue back home. I still had one more year of high school left.

[Her face briefly bore a thoughtful expression.]

[aryaunderfoot]

[Arya is feeling completely lost by now. What else would you need to know how to swim for? Although it is pretty interesting that apparently women have a lot more job choices than just mother, silent sister, or septa. Or, well. Any number of less savory career paths.]

You have that long to decide, where you came from?

[And here she was already being bartered off for marriage.]

[koiwamizuiro]

Yes. I think it helps us make sure what it is that we really want to do.

[Ai nodded affirmatively to the question as she replied.]

I do not know what the future holds for me if I get back home, but... I took swimming classes because it is something I really enjoy. Being in the water relaxes me a lot, and gives me a sense of mobility. I like how lighter it makes me feel, too.

[She smiled happily during the explanation she offered.]

It is why I keep doing it here whenever I can. On top of that, it keeps me in shape.

[If she were to have to rush into a decision now, what she'd pursue in her life would probably be related to that passion and determination to be a good enough swimmer.]

[aryaunderfoot]

[That Arya can perfectly understand. A very faint smile tugs at the corners of her lips.]

That's how I feel about nee-- [Arya, not everyone knows "needlework" means "swordsmanship" with you. This girl seems innocent enough, but you shouldn't open up with everything.] Practicing with my sword, I mean.

But doesn't anyone try to stop you?

[Surely there's a father or a mother or a sister complaining that it isn't ladylike to enjoy sports.]