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

[magestache]

Always the chance of singing a few trousers, but that's a risk they'll have to take.

[ See also: having to teach Cole that "friendly fire" doesn't mean what he thinks it means. ]

A title like The Second is something only spoken when one knows much of the first. I won't presume to guess whether that knowledge is a benefit or detriment to you, but I've seen quite a few who've been drawn up in chains after missing a "Lord" or misreading a "U" for a "V."

[ Romans Tevinters and their V's... Dorian sighs almost wistfully-- hiding his disgust at his home's practices. ]

So that's an option, is it? Just leaving? I can't help but find that somewhat hard to believe.

[ It certainly wasn't that simple for him, and yet he did. ]

[gordianknots]

I mostly just look grumpy if anyone drops it. The first holder of the title and I didn't see eye to eye, and I'm glad to not have to think of him if it can be avoided.

[So, a massive problem, what with Kayneth in the Drabwurld itself.]

It is an option. It's just not a popular one, because the courts provide so much. Protection, food, water, clothing, all the basics. Stay around, they put you to work for them, and integrate you into the system. [Waver's lips thin, unhappy.] An unpleasant cycle, repeated for centuries.

[magestache]

So I see. Good to know, then. I'll take care to keep it there, Ser The Second.

[ He's shortening it more and more... ]

Never been too good at that. Integration, I mean. Can't say I don't see the appeal, but alas. Seems I'm not meant for this court, if that's the case.

[ Plus talk of integration just gives him bad memories or home of the Qun. Not exactly pleasant thoughts. ]

[gordianknots]

Well then, Ser Pavus, let me thank you for being so sensitive to my delicate name problems.

[He grins though - this is as good as Jack naming him Elmie.]

It's funny. Unseelie is the court of free spirits, but they still expect you to serve. Direct contradiction.

[magestache]

Please, call me Dorian. Ser Pavus is my father.

[ This is the part where a giant flag that says "DADDY ISSUES" would fall from the sky and land on Dorian's head, knocking him over with the weight of it. Of course, none of that happens. Dorian just shrugs and carries on conversation normally. ]

It's not in the nature of those in power to make much sense, I've found. Power speaks beyond all differences and creeds. Desperation, too.

[ He's acting all cool but the fact that he can't feel the veil or the fade is really Not Okay at the moment, never mind what'll happen once he falls asleep... ]

[gordianknots]

Dorian it is. I try to err towards polite titles here, out of respect, and let people correct me otherwise.

[And that's a topic to leave.]

Truer words never said, and no more truer here than anywhere else. [There's centuries of knowledge in Waver's head about the different types of power in the Drabwurld now. Christ.]

Forgive me bringing up politics so early into your arrival. I find it an easier thing to give people an idea of what they've really been tugged into first thing. Helps them know to watch out for.

[magestache]

Always a good way to do it. Never know who might feel slighted if you drop the numbers on their title, hmm?

[ Have a quick wag of his eyebrows, cause he means you, Waver. ]

I rather appreciate it, really. Better to know the truth outright than find myself unpleasantly surprised later.

[ Not that Dorian trusts the kind of people who have all this power, but he's seen it wielded for good, so there's still some naive hope left in him. He just likes to pretend it doesn't exist. ]