Test Flight!

[lucetimods]

the luceti test flight 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 flight 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

[fellpool]

[Leon blinks at the question, having been so focused on the marks on the woman's legs that he's actually startled into realizing he had been ... following after the woman. He turns a little red, embarrassed.]

I-- uh, sorry. I was just... [His ears lower a bit as he tries to focus on a question.] Are those tattoos?

[crimsonblade]

[Her lips quirk up into an amused smile.]

Yes, they're Runological symbols.

[fellpool]

Runological...? [Now that he's been caught staring, Leon feels awkward glancing back down at her legs.] Would that be at all connected to Symbology? They look like Symbology tattoos.

[crimsonblade]

[She blinks at his words, ignoring the way he continues to stare at her tattoos. At this point in time, she's fairly used to people gawking at them, since they aren't that common even in Aquaria.]

I have a friend that uses the Symbology you mention. It and Runology are closely related. However, his Symbology was written on his insides if I remember the conversation correctly. [And since it's Nel's job to remember information correctly...]

[fellpool]

Sounds like Symbology inscribed on the genetic level. It's common in some races. [He scratches his cheek thoughtfully, forcing his gaze up and away from the woman's legs.] ...Sorry for staring. I'm Leon. I'm a scientist in the field of Symbology.

[crimsonblade]

[She nodded.] That is what Fayt and Maria said when I asked them about it specifically during our time together. [He reminded her of Elena, so she couldn't get angry at the way he stared at her tattoos.] There's no harm done. I'm familiar with a Runological scientist at home. As long as you have no desire to question me for hours about how I feel when I use my abilities, I believe we will be all right.

[fellpool]

[A curious titter escapes as he slightly tilts his head at her.]

Question you for hours about how you feel? Why would that come up?

[crimsonblade]

[Nel smiled back at him.]

Lady Elena believes in being extremely thorough in her research. She believes that everything effects the way Runology works.

[fellpool]

[He hums thoughtfully at the explanation; he could see why something like that would come up, knowing what he did about Symbology and how Earthlings had approached it.]

I guess I can understand that. Is it-- er, Runology, that is-- common in your world?

[crimsonblade]

It's something that only those in my country practice. It gave us an advantage against the Glyphian Dragon Brigade. All of my subordinates in the Intelligence Division are runologists, but not all runologists are under my command. Most of them fall into the other parts of the Queen's Guard.

[fellpool]

So it's something of a specialization in itself. [Interesting. That sounded somewhat like how Symbology had perpetuated in Expel.] Is there a reason it's only practiced in your country?

[crimsonblade]

It is a power that was given to the followers of the sun god Apris. Since Aquaria is the only country that still practices that religion, we're the only people that still carry the tattoos.

[She shrugged. It was the truth, although, Albel had learned to use Runology somewhere along the way and that scared her a little.]

There's only one exception to that, but he's...unstable.

[fellpool]

[His eyes shine with interest; he wasn't a historian or much of a cultural researcher, but when it came to Symbology... Well, it was fascinating to hear how it was portrayed in other worlds.

He's not put off by the different name or the slight differences. The tattoos and the expect output were distinct.]

It sounds like a pretty big part of your country's development.

[crimsonblade]

[Nel stopped to think about it a bit.]

I supposed that's true. The Church of Apris is the reason why Airyglyph and Aquaria ended up as separate countries after all. My father used to tell me that Apris punished the Glyphians for their heresy by making Runology unavailable to them.