TEST DRIVE #6

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

Comments

[impathy]

Oh, it's not forgiveness I desire. Never that. If that's all I can expect to find, then I would greatly prefer to go find this cave of dwarves.

[He did not want pity. He did not want charity. It was respect he wanted. And love even more than that.]

[steeledskin]

[ her mouth opens. she is primed to apologize for speaking out of turn -- for misunderstanding his desires -- and for being such a terrible wife by these failures. it would have been the easy thing to say. the simple solution to an awkward conversation. but... ]

You will find kindness you cannot believe. And honesty you do not deserve. And care you would not understand. There are such terribly good people in these lands, my lord.

[ and neither of us deserve any of them. ]

[impathy]

Seven hells. I've come to a land filled with septons. I think I might hate them all already.

[And they would hate him in turn because he did not play at being anything other than he was.]

[steeledskin]

Mayhaps they dropped you in the wrong court. [ ah. yes. this topic. ] It's...strange that you arrived in Caer Glaem when others of your kin passed through the other castle instead.

[ she knows that isn't how it works. but perhaps she wants to pretend so regardless. ]

[unnatural_animal]

[Richard shrugs. Whores aren't really his thing, but hey, you've got to keep up appearances.]

Well, I can't help you there. I haven't been here long enough to go round to rate them all.

[wipedclean]

[He nods.]

Magic.

[monstrous]

He can't help but cast a sideways glance at her throat. He knows she knows what she's doing. They've both danced around this sort of exchange before. Last time it had left him frustrated, to put it kindly.

Exhaling a breath from behind clenched teeth, he purposely looks away from her, downing the rest of his drink in one go. He puts it down on a passing tray, and grabs another drink. Taking another sip he braces himself, before smiling at her again, all teeth. "Isn't it just? Brings to mind "The Rape of the Lock." Good old Pope."

[monstrous]

Aren't they supposed to be the same thing? "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." [offhanded] Or something like that anyway.

[monstrous]

Then I wouldn't want to know what people think you've been up to after a day in the casualty ward.

[akweks]

[It takes a little more effort to climb up onto the roof than it had just scaling the wall, but once they're up there, he bends his knees a little to make it easier for her to get down. He wouldn't want her to lose her balance and like do a header off the castle, because that would be... pretty awkward. After all this trouble.]

As to different beliefs, [like there was no interruption in this conversation at all] I have also studied the Greeks and Romans, though my focus was more on philosophy than anything else. There is some overlap. But often the beliefs of my people are treated as a curiosity, so it is difficult.

[He pauses, then, taking a look around. He's a bit higher than he was before, when she spotted him from the ground.] How do you find the view?

[envoyoftwilight]

And she knew when he said your that he meant her people. Ganondorf's imprisonment had happened too many years before she even rightfully knew of the man. And in those days, they were only words passed down from one to another and collected in tomes. Obviously things had changed for her, while the passage of time for him was somewhat stunted in comparison.

It bothered her that he still made a valid point. Hyrule was always going to be present, regardless of who lorded over it or protected it. And sure enough, Ganondorf would eventually find a way back and would simply reengage his plans of conquest to fruition. The Court of the Unseelie was simply a way for him to bide his time.

He doesn't see this place as a prison at all. He's not a bird with clipped wings. He's an eagle and he knows it.

Successfully quieted for too long, Midna almost shook her head in disbelief. "The power that you've obtained while you're here... Will that go with you upon your return?" she found herself asking. "Does that hold the same for everyone here?" For if it did, Midna imagined her line of thought was transparent. If he got to keep his power, then what was to stop her from gaining some for her? Could she not use it in the event she ever needed to fend him off again? Improbable, but not implausible.

[lyorning]

I believe use the same word for themselves as my people use for ourselves, a state of affairs that can lead to much confusion in diplomacy, you perceive. It is rendered as 'human' in my tongue.

[it might not be obvious to Ronin that Aerich is not human, given his most distinctive feature is that he is about 2 ft. taller than a normal human. But he has slightly pointed ears.]

[starspangled]

[Steve lifts his head at that, and his expression...well, it's not like he hasn't considered it. But her question makes him do it all over again.]

Less pollution than in New York, I'm missing my bike less now that I've learned how to ride a horse. Plus there's people here that I care about. [People that he'd never see again if he went home too.] It might not be so bad.

What about you, Miss Mori? Nervous about settling in here?

[jaywalks]

Mako — an' I've been here a lot longer than a few hours.

[ with ease, he switches the toddler from one side to the other, hoisting her up higher so she can tug at the scarf around his neck, and not even bothering to stop her from putting an end in her mouth. ]

[bolincredible]

You get kinda used to not being used to things. Like, I'd definitely recommend trying new stuff sometime, because it'll be all over the place. [ Of course, his ability to eat things actually retrieved from garbage has been helpful in some of the riskier new food gambits he's taken. ] But it's good to take it easy on that when you just got in. Worst thing they can do down there is say no!

[analoginterface]

[A head tilt and a lopsided smile.] Just because a primitive mind can't grasp how a technology works? Doesn't make it magic. Clarke wasn't wrong, but magic isn't real.

It isn't at home, anyway. This place has decided that it is and that it hates technology. As if a knife or a fork isn't a kind of technology in itself. [judge judge judge what a stupid place

She misses having the Machine in her ear so much.]

[nerdlad]

Oh I like trying new things, it's not that. My aunt cooks these chicken wings with hot sauce that makes your face numb, so if anything a lot of these foods don't look like they'll do that at least.

[God above don't tell Tadashi that, he might make a new Baymax just to examine your stomach contents and make sure you didn't contract any worms, Bolin. And holding his hand out for him to shake now.]

My name's Tadashi by the way. Sorry for not introducing myself sooner.

[monstrous]

So make a magic fork or a tiny phone. Do what you did to look at Morocco and use magic to make your technology. You're clever enough.

[fissions]

A horse? [ Mako echoes, intrigued by the idea. She hasn't actually seen a horse in her life -- drawbacks, she supposes, of being so steeply mired in the Kaiju War. So much more she hasn't seen.

She bites her lip at that question, unable to keep a flicker of quiet distress at the idea of being here -- her missive to LOCCENT has obviously failed, and --

( More control, Miss Mori. )

She takes a breath, schooling her expression into something more measured. ]

I don't know. There is so much to rebuild back home. The kaiju destroyed almost everything. [ It bothers her. She thinks of sensei , of Chuck, their bodies in the deepest trenches of the ocean, and wonders if she's
not a little bit lost, too. ] I cannot imagine that my skills would be better served here than at the Shatterdome.

[bolincredible]

[ Tadashi no, save steampunk Baymax for emergencies and ill-advised dumb stunts. Also wow, someone with a normal-sounding name. With all the Jacks and Johns and Solais-es out here, it's nice to hear. Bolin shakes his hand and offers him a broad grin. ]

No worries. It's not like I left before you got a chance, right? [ ...huh. ] Ooor like I introduced myself, either. So. Yeah, no, it's nice to meet you. I'm Bolin, and this is Pabu. Welcome to Caer Glaem! Super magical, great furniture... lots of feasts.

[ Enjoy it before life experiences make it kind of terrible to be here. ]

Sorry for the slow!

[makestrouble]

[Helen couldn't care less about the way she eats. She uses her hands and if she eats messily, then people just have to deal with it. Her own food isn't exactly messy, though she does take a couple of large bites. It's like she hasn't eaten in months.]

See? Exactly. God, when I was a kid, my parents would get so damn mad if I didn't eat every thing on my plate. [Talking about her parents isn't something that phases her too much. She'd rather keep their memories alive in her hearts, than repress her memories of them completely.]

I'd have to sit at the table until I was finished. Every. Night.

[impathy]

Did they now? And which one of my family was it? My sister, perhaps?

[Unseelie would suit her, he thought.]

[impathy]

Now there's a pity. I'll have to take on the duty of testing the brothels myself. Perhaps that's why the monarchs were in such desperate need of me.

[He was after all the god of tits and wine.]

[birdonym]

[Where are his dogs. They must rescue this child. REESE, SHAW, HEEL. HE FOUND A NUMBER.]

The demand for loyalty is one made by any nation in times of pressure. There is no surprise it is being made here. History has many examples of how the internal politics play out.

[unnatural_animal]

[It's the sort of attitude that his father might have, but in anyone else it can be forgiven. Henry producing bastard after bastard or taking Richard's fiancee as his latest mistress is a matter of national significance. Anyone else's whoring is a joke at best.]

Everyone needs to put their talents to good use somehow.