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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

I know. It sounds petty, but the not-doing can kinda be the worst of it. At least grand battles and uncomfortable experiments demand action. Action's almost always better than...

[ stagnation. having too much time to scrutinize yourself. your choices. your life. ] It'll get worse before it gets better. That antsy feeling underneath your skin, I mean.

So first I go crazy, then I get used to it! Adaptation! How long did it take for you to throw in the towel?

I didn't throw in the towel! [ so vitriolic. ] I... [ fell in love. ] No towels have be thrown. It's...Anya, it's more complicated than that.

I don't know what I'm supposed to think! You've been here for what, almost longer than I've known you? Humans change a lot in that span of time.

[ surprisingly (perhaps) she relents: ] That's fair. This place changes people. This place has changed me. I've seen first hand the kind of redemption this place can offer. But -- [ but she can't help but fear that while everyone else is redeeming themselves, she's losing sight of her goodness. it's so much easier to be selfish here than it was at home. ]

You're human, now, too. Again. Once more. Welcome to the process.

Some welcome. It gets less fun each time it happens. Every time I think I have something to live for, it gets taken away, and now I'm here with nothing good to work with. [She stops speaking, looking away from Buffy and gazing around at her handwritten signs and price tags.] And I guess all of this isn't going to change anything either. I think I need to go and just ... be sad now. You can leave if you want.

...I'm not gonna leave. Well -- okay. I might leave. Y'know, if you want me to.

[ but anya -- no matter what their history -- is still one of the group. even when they'd fought in that frat house, they'd understood each other. buffy crosses her arms and steps out of the aisle, putting herself within closer conversational proximity with the other woman. ]

Be sad if you need to be sad. No one's gonna judge you for that.

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