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TEST DRIVE #6
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! |
beautiful like dorian's face?
[ Dorian smirks. Yeah, he can see where the 'beast-like' demeanor comes from. She comes off as something of an angry pet. ]
Alas, I do not. I am an only child-- the product of generations of arranged marriages and "proper" breeding, ensuring a bloodline most pure. [ He scoffs, turning his mocking inward. It's a load of crock, the words dripping with bright, cheery sarcasm. ] Why have more when the first child is already everything my father could have wanted?
of course his face is lovely
Humans are weird, but that's a new kind of weird. ]
You're talking about it as though you're a horse. Or a dog. Are you meant to do tricks?
[ She...is under the impression that tact is for people younger than her. So. ]
daw you flatterer you. do go on.
[ So to speak. Still, the sarcasm is apparent in his fake cheer. ]
Ah, but that's the way it's done in my home. Everyone does it. Mages are born and bred to maximize a family's magical ability. The stronger the mage, the higher the standing. Why, I could have made Archon someday, if I'd only followed my fathers footsteps and tried to fit in.
[ urk, yeah, this is about as far as he'll get with joking about that part of the whole Tevinter deal. ]
You can imagine why fitting in in a place like that would be rather hard, even with all the right tricks.
i have a weak spot for the party members that snark most
"Archon". I assume that is the head of mages, or some such thing. [ Context clues seem to suggest it, anyway. She's actually sharp, but some of the lingo he's used has been lost on her. ]
Don't be an idiot. [ Because this is clearly how you talk to someone you've just met. As though chiding a child, although in Shijima's point of view, that's more or less the case. ] It's better to just do as you please and have everyone else deal with that. Which is why you're implying you did, so you can be proud of that.
[ She's super good at sympathy. Except not particularly. ]
oh boy dorian must be way up there then /curls mustache
[ Though it's more about the prestige than the power, but Dorian isn't about to start discussing Tevinter politics with a beast spirit girl he just met. She may be a stranger, but her words are nice to hear. Running away from home is one of those wounds that won't really heal,
for multiple reasons,so every bit of sympathy is welcome. You may have even pierced through a bit of his charming facade, Shijima. Just for like, a second. ]Hence the reason I left. One day I hope to return to my homeland and fix it if I can. [ This time he smiles, almost for real even. ] But in the meantime there are plenty of other places in need of a handsome mage of considerable pedigree, and ability.
he and varric are my all time favorites THEY MAKE ME LAUGH...
By a lucky twist of fate she does actually rather like a handful of the Unseelie court. That's the nearest thing to loyalty they'll get.
Eyeing him again in silence for a moment, she adds, simply: ]
Shijima Kurookano.
[ As usual, she hasn't bothered with the proper order of things. Speaking to someone at length before deciding, in the end, that she'll learn the name to remember it. But how is she meant to know if she wants to remember a name if she doesn't speak to the person, first? ]
AS THEY SHOULD I hope I am doing that also
[ Even the Qunari wanted to help fight Corypheus, for a time. ]
A pleasure to make your acquaintance, Miss... [ Hm. Yeah, he's not gonna pull off "Kurookano." ] Shijima.
[ A spirit with a name-- he almost didn't expect it, but it's not as much of a surprise as he would think. He can't place the language but it wouldn't be the first time he butchered someone's name. Can't speak Qunlat to save his life. (Which it actually could, on occasion.)
Still, he gives a bit of a bow. ]
Dorian Pavus of Minrathous, if you're more the fan of formality. Which I presume you aren't. [ Given the, well, everything. ] Simply Dorian is fine.
your dorian is fantastic!
[ She sounds flippant, but it actually bothers her a little. Shijima herself wants to die - that doesn't mean she wants everyone else to die. Miharu. The Alya student council. The ridiculous Shimizu siblings.
There are people who ought to live. ]
Formality's a human thing, usually. But it's been pleasant to meet you as well, Dorian.
[ She doesn't mind if he mangles her name, really. Eren can't even say the entire thing and has given up trying, instead calling her "Shi". A few others just mispronounce it horribly every time.
It doesn't really matter. ]
aaaa I'm glad you like him \o/
Much less scrambling about here than back home, I suppose. Maybe what they're really missing is a nice green hole in the sky that spews demons. That got me running to join, at least.
[ As easy as it is to joke about it, the Breach was certainly not a joke back home. Sure, the Inquisitor plugged it up, but the sky still had an odd green hue to it-- a scar, not a cure. Maybe that's exactly why he jokes about it. ]
And now I can say I'm acquainted with an immortal beast spirit. [ He smiles. ] As a disclaimer, I must add that I'm not very fond of possession, if that's your aim. But then, I've met plenty of spirits who aren't so much into that, so I thought I'd get it out of the way.
[ Said in the same charming tone as anything else-- he doesn't seem particularly bothered that she might try to possess him. That would just be par the course, in his experience. ]