Round 1: Pre-Awakening AUs, Personas and Tarots, Lets Plan!

[cordibus]

In order to do a little bit of planning before the test drive appears, we've made this post for a very quick round of pre-drive planning. Post the characters that you are interesting in trying out and ask for advice or suggest, or even try to look/entice for castmates! Suggest pre-made AUs where someone from cross canon has been living with you for a while, so when you begin the test proper tomorrow you'll have an idea of what you want to do!

The city of Eddan is like a typical metropolis, your characters can have any job that would make sense in a busy city. They don't have to be restricted to the school, or have a school job.

As the test drive begins, you are free to continue using this post to plan or ask the mods test-drive related questions. We'll do our best to answer in a timely manner! If you're not sure, don't be shy about asking. There's a lot of freedom!

You can also request to roll for a Persona. You can find information about Persona and the Awakening here. Ask for as many test drive characters you have if you'd like!

If you want to assign your character a tarot card for test drive purposes, you're free to pick whatever you think fits best. Your character's actual Arcana will be assigned after being accepted.

Let's begin! And remember, the test drive will is Already In Progress

Comments

[blankpieces]

Hey all. I'm Lauren/laverinth and I'll be test driving Near from Death Note. You probably haven't heard of it. Near is one of two successors to L, the world's greatest detective who plays a prominent role in the first half of the series. He's a serious little guy who spends all of his time playing with toys. Clever mind, poor social skills.

I want his AU self to be similar, but without being raised in an orphanage for extremely intelligent children he'll end up being more of the quiet nerdy type who's forced into social interaction he no longer has the means to avoid. He'll still be confident in his own smarts, and that combined with the return of his memories will make him one asshole of a navigator. Enjoy.

[princessofsociallinks]

Well, at least one girl there will understand the impulse to just be a hermit.

How does he feel about chess, and pressure to join the chess team?

[blankpieces]

Near won't express much interest in chess because he'll claim it's too easy. There's a way to handle every situation and it just involves a lot of memorization of tactics and movements. In reality it's still a game and he'd very much enjoy beating people at it, but joining a club involves being social and he lacks the empathy levels he believes are required for that.

[princessofsociallinks]

...if he puts it that way, "lacks the empathy he believes is required," you're going to have her sympathies.

[blankpieces]

He needs gentle nudging.