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

[keystaff]

Really? I guess I didn't get much chance to try talk to them myself either. Not yet anyway.

[Which doesn't mean she won't at least attempt to try. If she can manage to communicate with the Clow Cards, perhaps fairies aren't....so different? Right?]

[conservationist]

Just, uh... If they invite you to drink something with them, don't.

[keystaff]

Hoe? Why? Does it make you sick or something? Are you okay?

[He seems to be saying this from experience, after all.]

[conservationist]

It would probably [pickle an elephant] make you sick, yes. But I'm fine. They gave me an extremely small glass.

[keystaff]

Oh. O-okay. I'll be careful! Maybe they can drink or eat things just fine and didn't know if it might make us sick.

[At least, that's what Sakura wants to think. Trying to believe the best in others. Even fairies.]

[conservationist]

[Well, he's heard humans can drink absinthe, but...] Yeah, uh... I don't think they were trying to poison me, just... they might not be very responsible about these things.

[keystaff]

Oh. Well, that's okay, I can be careful then. I'll keep that in mind. I'm just glad you're all right even if they made that mistake.

[But then she considers the fairies for a moment, pondering.]

Fairies usually have magic, right? Maybe they're going to help with this.....war too? I don't really want to fight.

[Not if she could avoid it. She has the Clow Cards, but even then she's no warrior. Which is what worries her, even if she's trying to stay calm about all of this as best she can.]

[conservationist]

I'm not going to. I understand the shard stuff and whatever, but actually fighting is not my business. They'd have to give me an awfully good reason.

Besides, I don't know the first thing. I don't have any powers or anything. What am I going to do?

... for that matter, what are you going to do?

[keystaff]

I'm not really....a fighter either.

[She's not sure how much to say to that question. Whether to admit about her magic and the Clow cards or to keep quiet for the time being. Kero isn't here to help either. And she's only just met him.]

I'm not sure how I'd be able to help, but I'd want to try. I couldn't just stand and let others get hurt trying to protect me.

[conservationist]

[That doesn't sound like how a totally normal grade schooler would answer that question, but he's not going to pry.]

Nobody is interested in us, only what we're carrying. ... whatever that is. So they can get hurt protecting those "shards" all they want, as far as I'm concerned. It doesn't seem like any of my business until they make it my business.

Am I wrong?

[keystaff]

The shards.....I'm still not sure what they meant by that.

[But then, she has some power and magic, obviously. Which likely contributes to her being here, even if he is oblivious to that. Sakura considers, biting her lip.]

But I couldn't just sit there if others are fighting and getting hurt or killed with all of this. I don't know as much about this, why the fighting keeps going but....it is our business, whether we want it to be or not. At least, I think so. Even if we tried to ignore it or didn't fight, others will. People will still get hurt. So that's why....why I'd want to try help. If it means less people getting hurt.

[conservationist]

[It almost sounds like she's approaching this question from a position of power. If that's the case, then perhaps the costume isn't exactly just for a school play? But he won't pry. He's fairly skilled at getting people to talk about what they don't want to talk about, and it's unfair to do that to a grade schooler just because he's curious.]

More people fighting doesn't usually result in fewer people getting hurt. Please be careful. The people in charge of this place might benefit if we fight for them, so we can't take their word for it that we're on the right side.

[keystaff]

I know there's...probably more to this than I realize. Than we're being told about. I just want to help and try do what I can. Maybe not necessarily by fighting but....somehow.

[Not so much a position of power as someone who has some means to help, even if she might be underestimated given her age. Of course she tries to hide it but others still know something is going on.]

[conservationist]

[Hmm... or maybe he was wrong, and she's just a naive and very earnest kid.]

I see.

... I'm Oreki, by the way. Um... Houtarou Oreki. People call me by either one. What's your name?

[keystaff]

Oreki-san then. Ah, I'm Sakura. Kinomoto Sakura.

[She gives a slight bow of greeting in their introduction, presenting him with a bright smile. Even if this is a strange situation, that doesn't mean she can't be glad of meeting new people, potential friends after all.]