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[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

[stillplaying]

[Katniss holds up her free hand in a gentle rebuke for the book. She doesn't need anything in trade for peppermints. She never needs anything from her sister. Just having her here is enough. There are still fears. Fears that Prim will leave. Fears that she'll be drafted without Katniss to protect her. Fears of the first shift that they'll have to go through together. But for now, having Prim is enough.

She takes a seat on the fountain's edge next to her, opening the brown paper bag and offering it to Prim. Her bow is slung off her shoulder and placed on her lap as she leans over to look at the book.

It's not one of the books she's ever looked at in the library. She's never had much patience for the fictional ones. If the books weren't meant to provide Katniss with the information she needed, she could just as easily to do without them. But she likes seeing Prim make use of it.

And really, isn't so surprised by her choice in stories. She takes a deep breath, trying to mask the pang of hurt the summary causes. A girl who has to save her siblings. It sounds familair.] Does she save them?

[prims]

[ The book settles back into Prim's lap, but she doesn't go back to reading it. Just tilts the title Katniss' way, shows her the picture on the cover. Art has always intrigued her; they'd never had much use for it back home, not until after the first games. She'd liked to look at Peeta's work, when he'd cared to show it to anyone, and she'd never stopped liking the cakes in the bakery window - though they weren't the same after Peeta wasn't the one making them.

She takes a peppermint without hesitation, unwrapping the treat and popping it into her mouth. Once, these had been a rarity. Once, and then again. And now? Now they're in a place where none of the old rules made sense. After a moment's thought Prim pocketed the wrapper, tucking it away against future use.

Prim smiles, a little. ] Yes. She has to sew them magic shirts, to turn them human without saying a word, or the magic wouldn't work. It's like that. Magic, I mean. In the books - it has rules like that.

[ And in the people she's met here so far. Magic is a strange thing. ] She saves all of them, though.

[ Finishes all the shirts save one sleeve. ]

People get changed into animals a lot in fairy tales. I'm not sure I'd mind being a swan; that's one of the better ones. [ And that's a purely silly line of discussion, but there you have it. ]