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[*] test drive meme

don't stop me now

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

H - hey! Don't just go off thinking that you can be all smug and high-minded at me!

[He'll stop in the doorway and look at her, smile gone.]

Lady, you fired the first shot in that regards. I'm just exiting before it gets unnecessarily ugly. Now if you want to try and be civil, I'm all for having a decent conversation. Otherwise, we have no business talking to each other.

[For a moment she just looks back at him, frowning. She didn't have time for this, not really. But at the same time, if he was living here and she'd be bumping into him in this tiny village anyway - she takes a moment to pause and take a breath, then exhales.]

Fine. Um, sorry. This isn't good customer service. It's just that - I'm very angry about things, so I'm trying to fix what I can so I can deal.

[And even that is too much for a stranger to be told, so she changes her mind.] Please go now.

[Apparently he's going to take the apology as a reason to stick around for a second.]

Trying to 'fix' it by trying to make people pay for stuff isn't going to help. You're just going to get them pissed off at you. Especially since there isn't money in this enclosure to buy it with in the first place.

Besides, it's more than paid for when the Malnosso come and take us for their experiments and battles. When you pay for it with your body and mind, money's unnecessary and more like salt in an open wound.

[He'll lean against the door frame, giving her an intent look before continuing.]

Look, if you have some skills of your own, I think some folks here are willing to barter that way. You do something for them, they do something for you. Dunno if that helps you out any, but it's an idea.

Lets just say that all the things that I used to be useful for are big-time useless here.

Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes it just takes sitting down and figuring out how you can adjust them to what's available. Or looking at skills you have but never get to use. You just have to take some time to figure it out. No one's going to come after you if it takes a while.

...By the way, I'm Derek.

Anya.

And, I've been through that route before. A few times. [Unhappily. Why couldn't the world just work her way for once?]

Nice to meet you.

As for the whole remaking yourself, at least you're not having to start from scratch. There's an advantage to having done it before.

...You hungry? I was going to make an omelet back at my place. I have enough for two, though.

[When in doubt, feed it.]

It feels very much like scratch. New place, new rules... [She lifts her shoulders in a half shrug.] but hey, I'm not a girl who turns down a freely cooked meal.

C'mon then. It's a little bit of a walk.

[He'll actually stand aside and wait, willing to let her go first. apparently, the guy was raised with some manners.]

... Fine.

[She hesitates for a moment, before quickly stepping forward and through the door.] Do you... always change your tune so quickly?

I'm really not much for getting at odds with folks.

[He'll take up the lead once they're out, but not by much. Easier having a conversation side by side, after all.]

And honestly? You seem all right, just not settled in. Maybe a little freaked out. And at least you're willing to apologize. Gets pretty tiring trying to help folks out when all they want to do is chew.

[He smiles a little.]

Calling me stupid was what set me off, by the way. If you feel the need to tell me off, 'ass' or 'jerk' works out better. Might even stick around to listen to you.

Okay. Thank you. I'll remember that the next time.

[She's slightly more relaxed, though still cautious. Pissing people off, whether intentionally or not, was one of those useless specialties.] ... There is a lot to get used to here. Did you do anything drastic when you arrived?

[It's a specialty they share, although when Derek does it, it's usually one hundred percent intentional. He shrugs.

Just tried to find a place to hole up in until I got a better handle on the place. Wound up managing to piss off someone about twice my size instead and wound up in the medical ward for about two months after that. Just now getting around to really checking the place out.

Where you from, originally?

That's... something. I see why you wanted to avoid conflict.

[She frowns slightly again as she has to think on how to answer his question.] Oh, you know, just a gal from good old Earth. U S of A and all that goes with it. The where is a bit fuzzy, since it might no longer be a where anymore. I'm still working through that bit.

Yeah. Gotta admit, never thought I'd run into an actual, live orc. Not an encounter I'd recommend. As for avoiding conflict, that's just normal for me. Get enough fighting from hunting vampires to be more than full up with it. Don't need to be going after the living, too.

[Yeah, she might be from a world where they don't exist, but he figures starting her with a conversation about something weird was better than letting her turn a corner one day and having to face things like it head on with no warning.

He takes her down the road leading to the south of the village and building C6]

Good old USA, huh? Same here. Usually in the southwest these days, but I'm originally from Malibu.

Wait, let's just... back up a moment here. You mean you fight vampires regularly? Is this... another one of those government commando gigs?

'Government Commando...?'

[He stops for a minute and takes a good look at her, then smiles a little.][He pauses for a second.]

Wouldn't happen to know someone named 'Buffy', would you?

Oh. Of course you've met her. Yes, we know each other. I've helped her out over the years. Most of the time. When she wasn't trying to stick a sword in me. Though that was only the one time.

Yeah, I know her--here in Luceti. But the version of Earth I come from? We don't have Slayers. Just people who survived finding out about vampires and decided to stick around after that and try and do something about it.

...So why did she try and take a sword to you?

... It was kind of, um, personal. Long story-ish that I could make into a short story but -- I shouldn't have mentioned it. The point kind of stuck though, so it's all, you know, water under the bridge.

[She quickly tries to latch on to the other thing he said:] Well, I can't say I'm surprised to hear of that kind of world.

No worries; I won't be saying anything about it.

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Traveled to other worlds before? Or are you just good with accepting there's more than just your own version out there?

[They're almost to the building now; Derek tends to walk a bit fast.]

Oh, you know. When you live with the knowledge of there being other dimensions that anyone can pop out of or accidentally end up in, a world without shrimp, a world without Slayers, it's not really so much of a big leap.

Yeah, I guess it wouldn't be.

[He gets to the door and opens it, again offering to let her go in first]

Sorry about the stairs. This building hasn't been upgraded just yet.

It's fine. I'm fit! [She steps inside the building, eying the staircase.] Which floor do you live on?

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