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Recursion Helpers ([personal profile] galambs) wrote in [community profile] skippedabeat2017-09-24 04:13 pm
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Round 4: Test Drive

Welcome to the fourth test drive!

Please don't worry too much about using your Personas correctly or following the prompts exactly. They're meant to give you starting ideas, but by all means, go wild and add more options!

The objective here is to try out characters and see who you could have the most fun with in the game's setting. However, feel free to follow this link to request a Persona be generated for you as if you were part of the game. (Please try to limit this to only one of your test drive characters if you can as to not overwhelm us! Never mind generating Personas is a pretty fast process! Request for as many characters away as you like!)

If you have questions about the test drive itself, you can ask them here! If you want to play an AU don't forget this entire post can be used for you to get AU scenarios set up and see who your character might have been related too or know before Awakening.

Now then, let's begin...

Prompt 1 - Cat-Astrophe

Eddan's cat problem has not abated in the slightest. If the constant cat noises aren't enough to drive people up the wall, then don't worry; cats have plenty of other ways to. This can range from the simple annoyances, like constantly being in danger of tripping over a cat or five, to the more gross... like the matter of where cats have to, ahem, go.

The city's various animal shelters only have so many hands on deck to catch the fickle felines before they can be either returned to their owners in other cities or find another home in Eddan itself. Thus, there has been a lot of effort to reach out to residents of the city to get volunteers. In fact, it's highly probable that you've been roped into helping gather cats into carriers or taking them to shelters yourself.

Even if you haven't been bullied into being philanthropic, though, the cats don't care. They've weaseled their way into every nook and cranny that the city holds... Which includes people's homes. Don't be surprised if you walk in and there's somehow a cat that you don't own waiting on your couch. Small, dead animals are scattered in your front yard and on your front stoop, territory fights wake you at late hours, and furry balls of fur curl around your ankles every time you walk out the front door.

...So, yeah. You're going to have to deal with it no matter what.

As with previous TDMs, Unawakened characters can get a flash of memory sometime during this prompt and Awakened characters will be able to occasionally pick them out.

Additionally, if both test drive player and game players agree, the aquarium test drive threads can also become game canon! As long as the test drive character is played as being completely unaware of what has happened in the game up to this point. Keep in mind that they would NOT have had a message on their phones. Two Test drive players can also make these game canon if they get accepted (and they keep the same requirements as above).

Prompt 2 - From Dawn to Dusk

The city has been abuzz for the past few weeks. A new string of murders is making front page news and serving as a grim reminder why the nightly curfew is so important. As families, perhaps even someone close to you, mourn, pressure continues to rise at the many police stations and at city hall. The people are afraid and they’re demanding answers.

There's not much time for you to dwell on this.. Like everyone else in the city, you have a lot to do, and a tight schedule to do it in. You don't even notice the application that has appeared on your phone's screen. The headache that follows, however, is strange and disorienting, and it brings with it an odd sensation that something is wrong today. You’re just not sure why.

The day passes by and soon, it's close to midnight. Your body, if you're not in bed by now, is completely exhausted. Despite your best efforts, you'll find yourself closing your eyes. Too bad it's quickly interrupted by a strange noise, and movement like something pulsating softly.

It's your phone, or at least you think it's your phone, but it's never glowed this orange before. There’s mist rising above it almost like fire...something's definitely bizarre about this. Despite your fears, you forces yourself to open it, and click on that strange snake-like icon.


It opens revealing a single statement and blank box;

To begin, please write your name.

Your fingers move on their own. Before you have time to really think about it, and as the pain inside your head becomes so terrible you start breathing rapidly and sweating, you've entered a series of letters and pressed enter. Now you're in a large chatroom with many others...but your 'name' you've never even heard of it...have you? It almost feels like you have...

Prompt 3 - Awakening

The last rays of the sun disappeared over the horizon almost an hour ago, yet here you are, walking through the apple orchards located behind one of the campus wings. The strange app that's been sending you strange clues the past seven days now says you're ready to face the truth. It told you to come here tonight, but never to travel alone. Repeatedly, it warns you to make sure to have someone close by if you're to survive…but besides some friends, what else did you bring with you? Did you pack for this, or did you figure you'd make it up as you go? Are you in a position to be able to bring weapons with you that no one would suspect?

Something is out there, and it's getting closer.

Before you can think, you see it: a large, blackish mass, almost like slime, slithering along the ground resembling a vaguely humanoid shape with glowing yellow eyes. When it roars again, it reveals rows and rows of teeth. This was a mistake your brain warns. The strange name from the chatroom, the days leading up to this...you're fairly certain even if you are prepared that you're going to die.

And yet, something inside you stirs. Even as they move closer, you find yourself charging instead of running, as your heartbeat increases. A voice inside is guiding you, each movement bringing forth a surge of memories of a past that you had lost. You’re angry and confused, but your pain, your fears, your rage for all of this… all of that needs to be taken out on those creatures.

All you need to do now is to tear out your heart.

Prompt 4 - A new, old life

Now that you have your memories back, the strange veil of this world has been somewhat lifted. Things that seemed simple now seem strange. You have so many questions, but not enough answers. Then there's the new weapons you wield and the strange creature inside of you...your Heart Persona.

During the day, you are encouraged to continue to live as you did before, but with old and new memories together, sometimes it is difficult to keep acting like you did. Will it cause issues in your job or school life? Will it change your reactions to whatever life you had here? Do you notice others like you who have awakened?

Maybe it would be a good time to send a chatroom message, just to ask others what they are planning to do. Maybe you should set up a meeting to fight shadows at night. Maybe you’ll organize a plan of attack or set up a club to escape the strange looks others have been giving you. Maybe you just want someone's opinion on the best place to have pizza. Hey, no one said you had to use the AppleNET just for serious things, after all.

OOC

Welcome to the fourth test drive! You can find the planning post here.

If you have any questions regarding the game, you can ask them in the FAQ page or ask it directly in the planning post. Thank you, and have fun with us!
grimreader: (Default)

Faust | Trillion: God of Destruction

[personal profile] grimreader 2017-09-28 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
1 She (or at least the she she currently knows herself to be) has always been something of a social butterfly and she doesn't mind taking opportunities to be helpful when the need arises. And the need has very certainly arisen recently with all these cats around. You might find her attempting to carry more than one at a time with varying degrees of success, or she might be running past you on the trail of one that's gotten away from her barely having time to shout "Excuse me!" as she barrels on past.

2 [She stares at the name she just typed as it sits plain as day on her screen. Why did she type that?]

Faust?
That's not my name, that's a book I had to read for class three years ago.


4 Now that she's gotten her memories back, she wonders how she ever possibly fit into the social, energetic life she had been leading here. Knowing it's all a lie leaves her with far less enthusiasm for any of it, not to mention that in her real life she was more used to keeping to herself. But she doesn't want to draw attention, so she's kept up the pretense as best she could, running from one activity to another, and now it feels like her face hurts just from the effort to keep smiling.

She's tired. Very very tired.

So if you happen to run across a young woman who's actually fallen asleep sitting on a park bench with a book in her hand, just... don't mind her.
blacktemper: (that never from this day)

2

[personal profile] blacktemper 2017-09-29 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
must mean you make shitty deals all the time then
pars_excellence: (cheerful)

Arslan | The Heroic Legend of Arslan

[personal profile] pars_excellence 2017-09-28 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
{OOC: So here I am with an obscure character and only the vaguest ideas for the AU. Suggestions are appreciated. }

Cat-astrophe:

A- at the shelter

[Arslan is happy to volunteer his time to help the local animal shelters deal with the sudden population problem. Honestly he has a tough time saying no to anyone who needs his help. And the kitties are really adorable. It's sad how so many of them don't have homes. Hmm, what about you? You look like you need a cat.]

Good afternoon! Welcome to Lady Catterley's cat rescue. What sort of cat were you looking for?

[No he did not ask whether you wanted one. Just which type you wanted. He looks like a wide eyed innocent, but this kid might be a pretty sly salesman.]


B- You are Arslan's room mate/relative/whatever other excuse there could be for living with him.

[It was pretty much inevitable that after spending an afternoon trying to convince other people to adopt a cat that Arslan himself would be tempted. And he really should have called home first. But here he is.]

I'm home...

[The cheerful greeting carries just a hint of guilt. Guilt because in his arms is a cat. And by his feet is another cat. That's right. Two cats. If it's any consolation, he does look apologetic.]

Um... I can explain?
failedhandjob: (outside she flies on a little cloud)

a

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-09-29 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I've already got a pretty jealous friend of my own waiting at home!

[Bowie was something of a pushover, but she could just imagine how hard he'd cry if she ever decided to bring home another pet and shower even a few raindrops of attention on it. just the thought makes Reimi laugh as she hefts to very full, very mewling carrier cases on the counter between them.]

But I found a couple who could probably use some help getting back to theirs.

[the good thing about already owning a cat was that she had both the tools and experience necessary to wrangle them. today she's been focusing mostly on the obviously collared ones, since they'll be less of a strain on shelters with a ready home already waiting for them.]
pars_excellence: (teehee)

Re: a

[personal profile] pars_excellence 2017-09-30 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well. I suppose that can't be helped.

[There is a tiny mock sigh to go along with that, but he's smiling. Really he gets it. No sense is making an established pet jealous.

When she puts the carriers on the table, he bends down for a better look.]


Good job. Do they have tags?
failedhandjob: (outside she flies on a little cloud)

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-09-30 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe you'll get luckier next time.

[she doesn't really believe it herself, but hey, you never knew. things could change in Eddan at the drop of a hat.]

They should, unless they swallowed them out of spite after I got them into the carriers. I've just been chasing ones with collars today.
pars_excellence: (sad little smile)

[personal profile] pars_excellence 2017-10-05 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
With cats you never know...

[He's joking. Of course they didn't.]

Good idea. We're starting to run out of room.

[Very carefully, he eases the door of one of the carriers open. He talks to the cat in a soft, soothing voice.]

Here kitty, we're just going to take a quick look at your tags so we can get you back home, okay?
voodoo_revenge: (natsu - casual)

B

[personal profile] voodoo_revenge 2017-10-01 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
{ooc: How about being a little brother unless you're playing him older (she's seventeen)? Kyoko's alternate is Natsu who is mean and a bully but once she's fully Kyoko she's a nice girl. Natsu has just a regular home life really. Nothing special, middle class and unremarkable. And edited to make more sense.}

[Natsu is in the kitchen, putting together some awful concoction of every sugary thing she can find as a topping on the ice cream scoop in the bowl in front of her. It looks like of like someone threw a rainbow up on it and she's just shoved a spoonfull of mostly toppings into her mouth when the door closes and she can see her little brother standing there looking chagrined and toting two cats.

Her brother is kind to a fault and one ought to wonder why she turned out so twisted but right now she just raises an eyebrow and chews her food, staring first at one cat and then at the other. Natsu has perfected the ability to stare pointedly until it makes someone uncomfortable and guess who she practiced that on growing up? He's probably used to it enough by now. Finally she swallows and points the spoon at the cats.
]

You get to explain them to mom and dad. And if either of them pees in my room you're buying me a new one of whatever gets peed on.

[She picks up the bowl and moves to the kitchen table, setting the ice cream down and relaxing.]

You don't need to explain. You're a sucker. That's the explanation. [Another spoonful of diabetic horror goes into her mouth and she looks up at him as though she expects him to... say something?]
Edited 2017-10-02 05:09 (UTC)
pars_excellence: (apologetic smile)

Re: B

[personal profile] pars_excellence 2017-10-05 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
{OOC: Sure! Let's see how it plays. He's 15 at his canon point so no conflict there.}

[You would think that with the number of times his sister has leveled that stare at him that Arslan would be pretty much immune by now. But it still makes him squirm. He's very quick to reassure her while following her into the kitchen.]


I will. And it's only temporary. They ran out of room at the shelter so they asked if I could look after them until more space opens up.

[She's right about the explanation though. He's a sucker. He sits across from her and sets the cat down on the floor with the other one.]

I'm not going to keep them.

[Suuuure he's not. One of them starts rubbing against his leg.]

Well.... not both of them.
voodoo_revenge: (natsu - pout)

[personal profile] voodoo_revenge 2017-10-05 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Natsu snorts at his suggestion that this is temporary. Because if he had his way they'd definitely have an entire zoo in this house. It's a miracle their parents have rebuffed him for as long as they have. Natsu, for all she likes chaos, does not particularly like the idea of constantly cleaning pet hair off of things or stepping into a shoe filled with puke. So he gets a mildly annoyed look to go with the snort.]

Riiiight. [She licks some sugar coated whipped cream off the spoon then dips it back into her sundae.] I'll believe that when I see it. [She offers him a spoon full of her concoction without saying anything, just holding it out across the table to him and tipping her head in invitation.]

You know our house is going to smell like cat litter. Assuming you bought some.

[His sister frowns down at the cats though she can't see them where they are now.] Where the heck are they all coming from? I swear I saw five fall right out of an air vent during classes. [He gets an accusing look by being proximally related to the shelter.] They're not doing a very good job. The least they could do is some catch and release to keep them from breeding like rabbits.
Edited (spelling) 2017-10-05 07:14 (UTC)
shiningwaters: (Serenity)

B

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-03 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whatever Aqua was expecting, it certainly wasn't two cats. She looks at them, then at him, in surprise before laughing.]

I guess it was too tempting?
pars_excellence: (apologetic smile)

Re: B

[personal profile] pars_excellence 2017-10-05 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[An embarrassed chuckle.]

A little. But we're running out of room at the shelter and...

[He scratches the ears of the cat he's holding. It purrs.]

I just couldn't say no.

[Basically? He's a sucker.]
shiningwaters: (Serenity)

Re: B

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-08 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
They've been all over the place, haven't they?

[She's keeping her voice neutral, but when she gets closer, it's clear she doesn't mind.]

At least you picked a couple of cuties.
de_light: (Default)

Jugglus Juggler | Ultraman Orb

[personal profile] de_light 2017-09-28 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
1
The cats don't seem to be bothering your local school counselor too much as he sits in his office, finishing up some paperwork. Or maybe the one that keeps trying to sit on said paperwork is a bit bothersome. He's moved the thing three times, but it just keeps coming back and plopping right back down. He sighs a little as he picks the cat up once again, only to have the door to his office open as he sets the cat on the floor... and watches with some frustration as it hops right back up on the desk and lays down on the papers. Though as he turns to the person in the doorway, he at least has a different reason for not getting that done.

"Can I help you?"

2
Jugglus Juggler: ...Is this a joke?
Jugglus Juggler: That's not even a name, is it?


3
He knew it was a bad idea to go. Not because he thought he might die, though that was also true. But more because he had a pervasive sense that he didn't want to know. And yet, he couldn't stop himself. Some other equally strong part of himself needed to know, and the rest was convinced to go along with it by the simple fact that it seemed like some of the students he knew might be in danger from the same thing.

Still, as the memories (too many, and too painful) fall into place, he realises he had no idea what he had bargained for, and yes he's confused and angry and only glad he has something to take it out on. It's only after the creatures are all dead that the thoughts catch up with him, and he drops to his knees on the ground, beyond overwhelmed, and screams.
failedhandjob: (with a paintbrush)

2

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-09-29 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Reimi Sugimoto: wow, that's.
Reimi Sugimoto: really a mouthful, isn't it?
Reimi Sugimoto: honestly it sounds more like the scientific name for a new species than a person...
de_light: (pic#11709575)

[personal profile] de_light 2017-09-30 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Jugglus Juggler: It does, doesn't it?
Jugglus Juggler: I wonder what sort of species I supposedly am.
failedhandjob: (with a paintbrush)

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-09-30 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Reimi Sugimoto: maybe a circus lion?
de_light: (Default)

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-03 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Jugglus Juggler: Would it juggle?
failedhandjob: (in the evening you wake up from sleep)

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-10-03 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Reimi Sugimoto: if it was a decent circus, probably.
de_light: (Default)

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-03 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Jugglus Juggler: I can't say I've ever heard of a juggling lion, but I suppose there's a first time for everything.
Jugglus Juggler: It seems like quite the show, if nothing else.
failedhandjob: (see an open window)

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-10-03 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Reimi Sugimoto: can you imagine the flyers for something like that?
Reimi Sugimoto: it'd definitely be a hit!
de_light: (Default)

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-03 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Jugglus Juggler: It's too bad I can't produce it simply by having this odd label.
Jugglus Juggler: Is yours your actual name, or just something that looks more like it could be?
failedhandjob: (and inside it all the angels fly)

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-10-03 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Reimi Sugimoto: well, you never know. things have a funny way of working out.
Reimi Sugimoto: but this is actually my name, yeah! not that it's all that much easier to spell for some people.
shiningwaters: (Keyblade)

3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-01 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Aqua hears the screams and runs that way, sword in hand. She's ready to take on whatever's in the area...

But there's nothing, except for a man on his knees, screaming.

She sets her sword aside and walks over to him.

"Are you..."

She doesn't want to ask if he's okay, because he's very obviously not. But can he even answer her?
de_light: (pic#11698156)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-01 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Is he. The words barely even register, and he doesn't have a response to them, anyway. Earlier this evening he thought he was a school counselor. He thought he was married. He thought he was human. None of that's true now, and he's dealing with a flood of more memories than it feels like he can actually fit in his head. So no, he can't answer right now. It's debatable whether he heard her at all.
shiningwaters: (Reflection)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-01 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
There's nothing but sympathy on her face as she watches him.

"It's hard," she says finally. "These past lives. And memories."

Her first one was pain. The constant, grinding pain of losing her friends and being trapped in the dark with no escape.

She has no words of advice for him. She wouldn't know how to banish that darkness, when she couldn't even fight off her own.
de_light: (pic#11698149)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Hard is an understatement. Everything's wrong. He's wrong, and where somewhere in his memories he knows he's gotten used to reveling in that fact, but right now... At least by now he's starting to gain some ability to be coherent.

"Past life, huh." That description doesn't feel sufficient. Those memories are too... present. Not to mention the way everyone else had talked about them, that he hadn't fully understood until now. "It's not just that. It's real." He looks up at her, sparing a nod and glance to his surroundings. "And this is fake."
shiningwaters: (Worried)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-01 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
She nods, reluctantly.

"I remember hearing, when I was younger, that the world ended and began anew. But the people who survived into the new world were left without their memories, so they could build new lives without the pain of remembering."

It's not quite the same. But it helps her understand it, even if just a little.

"I don't know if that's better or worse."
de_light: (pic#11698149)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-01 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
He finally pulls himself to his feet, dusting himself off a bit. "If that's the case, then it might be better not to remember at all." And then he can't help but flinch slightly as one of his old, real, memories surfaces about what Gai was like when he temporarily had amnesia. Maybe ignorance is bliss, after all. Though on some level he can't help but rebel against that thought.

"Someone owes us a thorough explanation of what's going on here." That feels better. Directing that frustration to some kind of action.
shiningwaters: (Bruised and battered)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-01 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
That she knows she can agree with, and she nods.

"We should get out of here first. I don't know how many more of those creatures there are, but we're better off not finding out."
de_light: (pic#11698149)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-01 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't mind killing a few more of them, personally."

But he's not arguing, really.
shiningwaters: (Keyblade)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-02 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Well, he might just get his wish. A few more of the shadows make their way over.

"How good are you at fighting?" she checks, sliding ahead of him just in case, readying her bow first.
de_light: (pic#11698145)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-02 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
"More than enough for these." It's a bit odd to say, considering his human self wouldn't have made such a claim, but now he has a sword and he remembers how to use it, among some other powers that are new and different. It's not what he's used to, in any sense of the phrase, but it's enough to work with.

He picks a target, different from the one she's aiming her bow at, and moves in to strike at it.
shiningwaters: (Cast a spell)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-03 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if he think it's better to engage directly, Aqua's not going to argue. She's just going to fire off arrows at the creatures flanking his target, making sure that nothing's going to take him by surprise.

Unfortunately, she's leaving herself wide open for one to come at her from the side.
de_light: (pic#11698148)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-03 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Better is debatable, but he will be the first to say that physically swinging a sword at something is definitely more satisfying this moment. He notices the arrows catching the other ones nearby, and glances back at her when there's a break in the enemies around him... only to see one sneaking up next to her.

"Look out!" He calls, and there's an odd moment of panic, because he's not that far but he's not close enough to get back, not when he's human and can't move the way he should, and being just too far away to do something about a monster sneaking up on someone is a position he's been in before. It's not quite conscious when he suddenly recalls the new powers he's been given and hits the monster in question with a magic attack, in the element of light.
shiningwaters: (Keyblade)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-03 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
She only sees the monster at the last minute, and on reflex, tries to set up a shield, only to feel very different magic within her, failing to respond the way she's used to. It's luck that Juggler's able to save her.

"Thank you," she says, pulling her sword to help defend. "Be careful."

She needs to remember that she's not alone. That someone may need her not to get hurt, and definitely not to fall.
de_light: (pic#11698145)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-03 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
For a moment, he just stands there, not quite sure what he just did. Light? That's... new. And yet, he felt it and understood what it was. It's not the first time whatever odd power had attached itself to him had seen fit to give him a magic attack, but it's different from what he'd been using against the monsters. Why...?

He doesn't immediately respond to her words, though they do pull him out of his thoughts a little bit, and he can't help the bit of laughter that follows. Light element. How thoroughly ironic.

"Shouldn't I be the one to say that to you?" About being careful, considering what just happened. Though it's not bad advice considering in that moment he spent confused, the shadows have gotten closer again. He's ready for them with his sword, though he might need that support as two of them come at him at once from different directions.
shiningwaters: (Worried)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-04 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Aqua brings her sword down on another creature as Juggler's words hit. It's...it's good for her, she knows. She should be watching out for herself. But the fact that she still isn't scares her a little more than she's willing to admit. Maybe there's more to this whole demon thing than just a sea monster with a tiara.

"My magic isn't the same," she admits. "I won't let it happen again."
de_light: (pic#11698149)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-04 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Juggler takes care of the creature in front of him and turns to deal with the one flanking him, to discover that Aqua's gotten to it already. The words are interesting.

"You had magic before, then."
shiningwaters: (Cast a spell)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-04 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
She nods, testing an ice spell. It's not as strong as blizzaga would have been, or any of her others.

"For a long time. I guess this world isn't as kind about letting us use what we know."
de_light: (pic#11698149)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-04 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
With nothing too close at the moment, Juggler shifts to magic again as well, returning to the somewhat more familiar dark spell he'd been using against the shadows before Aqua got there.

"So it seems. My abilities are different, too."
shiningwaters: (Shock)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-04 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
The sudden shift to darkness instead of light catches her by surprise.

"How are you able to use both?"

It's never been possible, according to Master Eraqus and everything she's studied.
de_light: (pic#11698149)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-04 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
He glances over to her at that question, raising an eyebrow at the perplexed look on her face. It seems appropriate.

"How would I know?" He just got these powers, after all, though that particular combination of elements seems like it might have been designed to mock him. "If you ask me, what you saw before is the strange one."
shiningwaters: (Worried)

Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-08 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I see," she answers, her spirits plummeting. So there wasn't an answer after all--nothing that could have prevented her friends from going down the path they had.

She still distrusts the darkness, but if Juggler can also wield light, she can at least work with him for now.
de_light: (pic#11698145)

Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-08 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
She's disappointed. He can tell that. In a way, he is too, though he doubts for the same reason. Darkness is his element; there's no reason for him to have light abilities, and even less reason to it to protect a stranger. He's not sure why he did, aside from maybe the all-too-domestic memories from here interfering with his own self concept. But this life was fake to begin with wasn't it?

He replies with a vague smirk, with a slightly sadistic edge that hadn't been there a moment before. "In fact, I can't imagine why I would have that at all. Why should this place give me the powers of my enemies?"
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Re: 3

[personal profile] shiningwaters 2017-10-08 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
That's not encouraging in the least, but Aqua has enough of her memories back to know better than to rise to his bait. She's gotten herself into too many messes because she had to argue.

"We still have to get out of here, right?" she points out. "So no matter what powers we've got, we need to use them."
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Re: 3

[personal profile] de_light 2017-10-08 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
There's a slight snort at that. He's not arguing, and he won't hesitate to harness that power if he needs to, now that he knows he has it. Still, he'll stick with the one that's more comfortable for as long as it's working. And to that end, he throws another dark spell at one of the remaining shadows.
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Eda (Natalie Heller) | Black Lagoon

[personal profile] nuns4money 2017-10-08 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)


1: panther like a panther

[If there's one thing the city of Eddan hasn't changed, it's her attitude towards freeloaders. Apartments in Kaupangen are tiny and Natalie sure doesn't have enough room or time to take care of the furry creatures purring on her bed.]

Oh no, all of you- [And she picks up a couple of them to put them back outside. She might not be the best at kitty carrying so a few spill out her arms as she gets outside.]

-need to get outta here, you all know I don't really like cats. [She notices someone looking at her outside, and she looks back at them, almost indignantly.]

If you don't want to take these cats, avert your eyes.

2: the walls kicking like they six months pregnant

['Natalie' hates these murders, she's heard of other cities and their nightclubs. Security work pays well enough but there's a real part of her that longs to see the real nightlife the city of Eddan could have if some horrible person didn't kill people all the time here. She likes Hagu well enough though.

But it's whatever, 'Natalie' is busy preparing to work her shift manning the doors of some rich Warwick family owned business nearby. She has no time to see about her phone or the new app she didn't download on her screen.

But everytime she looks at it... she doesn't feel right. The app glows too brightly for the screen, it hurts like hell and yet... she wants to access it.

In a burning, aching fever in the restroom of a building in Kaupangen, she ends up clicking it. At the prompt, she furious taps out her name in only three letters:]


Eda

[Natalie stares at the screen, her head liable to split from the pain.]

That's not my name, it's Natalie.

4: cruise low

['Natalie' is not really herself as she constantly comes to work with sunglasses on, her brown hair dyed wheat blonde, constantly carrying whiskey in her thermos, and not even caring for the uniforms or even getting there on time.

Eda can't believe in this fuckin' city with it's stupid curfew, the fact that you can't even leave this place, the fact she forgot herself for a long time.

She takes out her phone, earbuds playing loud music as she access the app that caused all this.]


Eda: Anyone up for a night on the town?
Eda: My new friend has been itching to go out.
Eda: Who knows? We might find more of ourselves when we dance in the moonlight with shadows. ;D
mirakills: (Boy all this time was worth the waiting.)

bernkastel | umineko no naku koro ni

[personal profile] mirakills 2017-10-14 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Prompt 1

[ Bernkastel is absolutely... swarmed with black cats. An entire entourage is sweeping at her feet in massive waves, like she's a magnet or a tuna can opener and every cat's heard the can opening. Nonetheless, this doesn't seem to be bothering her. It's as if this is supposed to be happening.

She's a bibliography missing the rest of the books pages, that much is sure, and it's angering her. There's a void bigger than the sea of kakera in her mind where everything's been lost-- kakera, she remembers that. How could she not? When she spent an eternity [_____________]

And it dissolves, like it had before, but the feeling still lingers. ]


Prompt 2

Frederica Bernkastel...
That's ridiculous.
That's the name of a kind of wine. And my name has never been longer than 'Rica'.
Boring... it must be some kind of filter... or a generator that picks your name out first.


Prompt 4

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[ ooc; translation for those ICly smart enough to decode it/Just Google It
I will crush and kill this world. I don't care whether you make it out first. I am the WITCH of MIRACLES. I'll stain my hands with this world like plucking and crushing a blueberry between my fingers! ]
Edited 2017-10-14 14:10 (UTC)