Test Flight Meme

[lucetimods]

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 music? Try playing DJ at HQ, the new nightclub! Don't have one? Just dance your butt off.
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

[fbitchesgtmoney]

( once the horse starts walking it does get some little friendlier. Or more intimate at least since Tony realised that just holding onto the saddled wasn't providing as much stability as he was hoping, which was why his hand moved up to Loki's hip, fingers curling into the fabric there. This is definitely one of the most awkward situations he's been is lately. It's just going to end up filed under: why and what is my life. There are quite a few things in that folder.)

True. And I suppose you've seen a lot when it comes to that kind of thing. What I know of black hole research is probably miles behind you.

(there was a thoughtful pause there, Tony just letting his mind wander for a moment.) So what kind of people do you have working with you trying to figure it out?

[complicatedliar]

[He's just going to pretend to not notice that grip. Because this is entirely awkward. He doesn't even like this Tony. And it's not as if the previous one and him had ever made it past the complicated fenemies stage.]

Hah. What most people know of black holes is miles behind. [It's amazing when you can learn by falling through one. Beyond new meanings for the word pain, that is.]

Mostly Walter. He's the mad inventor sort, I suppose you could say. [He really likes Walter. His kind of slightly cracked guy.] I've considered engaging Jane's help again, as she was in on the project before, but hadn't yet decided.

The previous you was in charge of the last round, and worked it out with her. You didn't let me anywhere near the project before because it's almost as if we don't like each other. [Imagine that.] I'm not in the business of pointlessly reliving old battles, not when it gets in the way of accomplishing a goal.

[Well, a goal important to him. And really, he's had his revenge on Tony. Throwing him out a window was fun. Wouldn't mind doing it again, all things being equal, but can also live without it. As far as he's concerned, coup has been appropriately counted. But then again, he's never really been bothered enough to hate humans, as much as many seem to want to believe they're worth that much of his attention. One has to care to begin with before hatred is really possible.]

[fbitchesgtmoney]

(Yes. It is without a doubt terribly awkward. But also better than bouncing off the backside of the horse. At least, for Tony it's better than bouncing off. Loki would probably find it terribly amusing, which would make it all worse. So he'll just hold on and hopefully they'll get into whatever this city or town-thing is.)

I have no doubt that this is true. And will probably stay that way unless you, or someone else, decides to share. You have a very unique vantage point on it all.

I see. (Tony's eyes narrow just a bit as he works to keep track of it all. Wait. Jane?) Foster's here, too? Who all is here? Wherever here is.

(Wait. Again. Hold the phone. Previous you? Is it a migraine when it starts to throb behind your eyes, because if so, he is definitely starting to get a migraine. He lets go of the awkward grip he had on Loki for now, and rubbed his eyes.) Huh. Wow. I wonder why. That's just plain strange. (It does sound like him, mostly. More than he'd like to admit.)

How long have you been here?

[complicatedliar]

[Incredibly amusing, really. Any time Tony Stark falls over is a good day as far as Loki is concerned. Well. Not really. But he's not going to say that.]

Mmm. Indeed. And I do, now and then, when the mood trikes me. [Share, that is. But he doesn't do that 'goodness of his heart' nonsense. It's always to buy something, even if it's just emotional capital or reputation to further solidify his position.]

My brother is here. Steve Rogers, unfortunately. There have been others you know, but they are gone now.

[Smirk.] I don't know either. It was very mean of him. Hurt my feelings terribly. [Hey man, if you're not going to bring up the blowing up a city and throwing you out a window thing, he'll leave that alone for now. Because still not contrite.]

All told, nearly two years.

[fbitchesgtmoney]

And you get something in return, right? (Come on now, Loki. Tony has played this game for years. Although not as long as the other, obviously. But he know how it works. You give a little to get a little. That's just business for you.

And the migraine starts to become more intense then. He moves his hands to rub his temples instead.) Thor and Steve are here. How can they be here? I just saw them two days ago. (A pause. If they were there, somehow, then it couldn't just purely be hell, right?) How did they get out? And I suppose if they come back, like apparently I have, they don't remember anything?

I didn't know you had feelings, but hey, you learn something new every day. (He is still mostly concerned by the fact that if thrown off or out of something he won't have anything to catch him, so Tony's all for trying to keep up the semblance of pleasantries they're currently exhibiting.)

...damn.

[complicatedliar]

I've the basic honesty to admit that I do. [Smirk.]

Time is relative. As is space. I'd suggest you don't cling to the boring, linear perception of either. [He shrugs one shoulder.] Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

I don't. I just pretend to make humans feel better.

[fbitchesgtmoney]

In another life. Timeline. Whatever, we probably would have made excellent business partners.

I can't promise I'll be able to do that immediately, but I'll try. Since more and more every day it's becoming obvious that the world is definitely not how I was raised to see it. For better and worse. Mostly for worse right now since I've apparently somehow been sucked through a wormhole, timehole, messhole and ended up hear. (That does not help at all.) Right.

(A snort.) Does it work?

[complicatedliar]

[This Tony is so much friendlier than the other, and they haven't been through nearly as much together. How odd. Then again, this Tony is also dependent upon him to get to the village and probably doesn't want to get dumped off a horse and probably trampled. Loki knows better than to set any kind of store in it.] I'll take that as a compliment.

It is no skin from my hide, though I shall be disappointed if you don't pick up on it quickly. [If you squint at that statement long enough, you might realize it's actually something of a compliment coming from this asshole.]

You're the human. You tell me.

[fbitchesgtmoney]

(Different points in life, perhaps? Or. Something. Mostly the fact that he doesn't want to get dumped off the horse now that he's just holding onto the saddle again. Also why he hasn't made any references to certain Norse Mythology. Sometimes he manages to use his brain before his mouth when it comes to saying dumb things. He has a semblance of perseverance.) As you should.

Once I get adjusted to something, I pick up on things easily. (Which roughly translates to somewhat of 'once i am sure this is real life and I didn't have acid slipped into my drink at some point'.) And if I have any questions, I'll know who to try to weasel information out of by finding something they want.

Ah, but I don't believe you have emotions.

[complicatedliar]

You have all the time in the world to... adjust. There's little enough to do in this frightful place unless you like listening to young humans natter on about cultural rituals. [He laughs.] I don't care for sweets. That's the only hint you'll get.

Clever man, then. You and Steve Rogers alone have seen past my most excellent play-acting. [Well, no. Steve probably believes he has feelings. Just that they're all bad, so to speak.]

[fbitchesgtmoney]

Wonderful (The sarcasm. It drips. But it doesn't mean he's not listening. Tony is, and has been to everything Loki has been saying. So far it seems fairly rudimentary, no lies detected as of now, at least no big ones. Some things may seem odd, the past him and whatnot, but the way it's said so casually, so naturally. It's too simple to be a lie.) ...alcohol? Do they have that here? I need a stiff drink.

Eh. When it comes to Rogers, he likes to say that I'm unfeeling too, so he might just say that to everyone.

[complicatedliar]

[It's all a matter of technique, Tony. Sure, he could lie when it's so easy to discover the truth. And he does, sometimes, due to boredom or because it's a way to show his disdain or lack of care. But there's a longer game to be had. When everyone expects lies and receives truths that cost nothing--the information is freely available after all--then when there is a useful lie he does want to deliver, they are far more likely to believe it.

Loki always plays the long game.]

There's a perhaps surprising amount to be had if you aren't overly choosy. The wine's of uncertain vintage but not overly rough for the most part. Shall I drop you off directly at the tavern? [Now that is an amusing thought.]

He's rather enamored of my brother. I think it's just you and I, Tony. What an exclusive little club we make. Though what did you do to offend him so? Not enough truth, justice, or American Way?

[And Isaac, no doubt. Oh, he is so, so not warning Tony about Isaac. But he must find some way to be around when that meeting happens, for the sheer entertainment value.]