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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

[She wouldn't have to wait long. Soon enough, Ororo takes care of the last of the simulation's enemies - one with light armor over his wings. She's managed to pin him down, his wings pressed painfully between his body and the hard ground. She has a knife in her hand too, one pressed to his neck. But she counts a few beats in her head - one, two, three - before the simulation fades away. The session was over, but it didn't quite count as a win. Not really.]

[She rises from the ground, straightening her uniform down before she heads for the exit, quiet and contemplative, not at all like she'd just been fighting a match as grueling as she had.]

[Laura steps forward as the simulation ends, studying the area where the final enemy lay before she speaks]

You didn't kill him. A hesitation like that could cost you your life or more.

[Sure she understands right and wrong, but that doesn't mean she would hesitate from killing someone who deserved it, who was a clear enemy. And certainly not a simulated enemy. Her training goes beyond that.]

[Ororo glances up, surprised. She'd been lost in thought, she hadn't been paying much attention. But she offers her a small smile.]

... Laura, hello. I didn't see you there. [She follows Laura's gaze around the empty chamber.]

I know. Were we on the field, I might have. [And she already has. Something she does not like dwelling on.]

But this was a training exercise, and I think I could afford even as small a mercy as that.

[She turns, interest in the ground gone as she watches Ororo, searching her face for social cues that she can so easily miss.]

I stood back to let you finish. [An explanation. Probably unnecessary]

I see. [She can also see how big the chance of Ororo not doing it also is. She is not a killer after all. Not like Wolverine. Not like Laura herself.]

I was taught to train as if everything was always a real battle. They often were. [Wolves and bears and repetition over and over again until she got every step correct, Dr Rice always reminding her she could never measure up to the true Weapon X] It is not as if the simulation could have felt pain.

[Ororo takes a step closer. A part of her wanted to reach out, offer a hand on her shoulder. But if Laura was anything like Wolverine, it would be best to approach this slowly and gently.]

No, they do not. But the moment that I let taking lives, even simulated ones, become easy for me is the moment I begin to forget that life is precious, Laura. Even that of our enemies.

[The way she holds herself gives away her defensiveness, subconscious as it is. Arms tucked in tight against her sides, feet in a firm stance that doesn't take up too much space and that black curtain of her hair. She holds herself together, and apart from the rest of the world]

I see. [Or at least she's trying to.] Was this enemy based on any from your world?

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