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the luceti test flight meme

Reserves are open 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.

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[Privately, Haruka agrees; this place is weird. But when Rin steps forward, Haruka's gaze is inevitably drawn back to Rin. He doesn't step back, though, and remains resolutely rooted to the ground. He isn't exactly opposed to this change in Rin; as long as Rin isn't upset, Haruka's satisfied.

Nothing, he thinks, but instead he says--]

I promised we'd meet at prefecturals.

[There's a slight tang of sourness in his voice, annoyed he couldn't keep that promise. Even if prefecturals has absolutely no meaning while they're here.]

Prefecturals? But that was...

[Rin's brow furrows in confusion, and he shakes his head.]

That was weeks ago. Don't you remember? [A sinking feeling settles in his gut. Prefecturals waas when everything began to change, when he beat Haru, when he saw the Iwatobi relay, when everything got turned upside down. Everything that mattered to him suddenly didn't anymore, and when he thought he'd be free he wasn't... but then the Regionals changed it all again, and what happens now if Haru doesn't remember any of this?]

[He searches Haru's expression desperately, but knows that the other boy rarely gives anything away.] Tell me you remember!

[At first his eyes widen, before it's Haruka's turn to furrow his brow in confusion. When he'd arrived, it had been November. He hadn't given it much thought before, but had he somehow missed the prefecturals because he'd been here in Luceti? Or had he actually swum in the prefecturals, but simply doesn't remember because of whatever they did to him to put wings into his back?

Did Rin beat him in the prefecturals, too? Is that why he seems happier now? That's good, he thinks.]

I guess you won. Congratulations.

[I'm glad. The thought's quiet, an inkling of relief.]

[Rin nods first, then shakes his head again, not exactly denial, but disbelief. He steps forward, hands raising as though to grab for Haru, but he holds himself back.]

No, no, that's not it! That wasn't... wasn't...

[He's not sure if he can even explain it. What had happened, what mattered so much to him... it wasn't about the win, not anymore, but it took so long to get there.]

You still think that beating you is all that matters to me. [It's not a question. He knows, and it hurts now, to see it in Haru's eyes.]

[Rin's hands are shaking. He pulls them down to his sides, clenches them, attempts to stop.]

[Haruka blinks, but it's become apparent there's something wrong. He doesn't know what. He doesn't know what it is he's missing.

He stands his ground, meets Rin's gaze, his expression carefully neutral, voice cool.]

Isn't it?

[That's what is supposed to set us free.]

No, it's not. I mean... it was. But then I did. And... I still wasn't free.

[His heart is pounding, hands clammy and still shaking. How can he even explain this now?]

You don't understand. You can't. You weren't there, you don't remember.

[Haruka can tell that somehow, he's upset Rin; it's not hard to miss the physical signs.

His gaze slides to the side. What Rin says it's true; he can't understand what he doesn't recall experiencing.]

You got what you wanted, right?

[It doesn't matter if I don't remember it. As long as Rin is free, then he is, too. That's what Haruka believes.]

I did. But it... it wasn't.

[Why can't Haru look at him? What happened to the Haru he saw last, the one inviting him to swim the relay, hand outstretched, eyes wide and earnest.]

It wasn't what I wanted.

Test Flight!

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Heheh I want to play this out when they meet for real too...

yeah, me too :3c

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sorry about the wait orz

It's okay! Holidays were busy for me too