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!

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[zerotohiro]

[There's a lot of things little bro isn't telling you, Tadashi, but he can at least give you that. The last few weeks had been bumpy for him and he'd made plenty of mistakes and there were some things he kept to himself that the others probably didn't know about. For the most part though he's been doing better about opening up and allowing his friends to help him. Allowing himself to follow a different path and challenge himself in new ways.

He rolls his eyes almost fondly at that though.]

Yup. A proper nerd with proper nerd classes and proper nerd projects. [He's grinning anyway though, eyes lighting up as he thinks about SFIT.] Humanoid Construction, Aerial Robotics...you know, the basics.

And it is great. We've already done a few test runs and things seem to be working out just fine. [If you count destroying an entire building in order to stop Callaghan from destroying everything.] Even Baymax was helping us out.

[...was. ...aw man, how is he supposed to explain what happened to Baymax?]

[nerdlad]

[He gets that feeling, but he'll be patient. He has all the patience in the world and that's because of practically raising Hiro for the last ten years or so. He had to use his hands and toes to count the amount of time Hiro had gotten himself into trouble.

He doesn't question how much time has passed since what he knows is his death day. He doesn't need to know, or he doesn't want to, he's not sure which yet. So he allows himself to laugh a little at Hiro's reaction to his words. It's great to see his eyes lighting up like they used to at Christmas, not the teenager whose eyes lit up at the money he got hustling at bot fights.]

Oh yeah, I know those basics. You sure you can handle them?

[He's definitely teasing that, because he knows Hiro can handle them. His brow furrows a little when he notices the 'was'. Past tense. What had happened?]

Well, you can tell me all about it later. I'm just glad you're okay, even if you are in the other castle.

[zerotohiro]

[He used to take that for granted. He used to take Tadashi for granted and always relied on his older brother bailing him out of trouble, but when Tadashi left he found out that he couldn't keep going the way he was.

He's not going to tell Tadashi anything Tadashi doesn't ask. There's going to be a time and a place for that and this definitely isn't it.]

Whatever, I'll be getting better marks than you did. [He can deal with Tadashi's teasing though because it means brushing right past the fact that he's messed up. Again, a time and a place.

Tadashi's still in the wrong castle though and that? That's not okay.]

Yeah, I noticed. [He turns the camera so Tadashi can see a pair of imps that's currently going through Hiro's backpack. One of the imps is currently poking the other with a pencil they've found.] So what're we gonna do?

[nerdlad]

[It definitely isn't the time or the place for such a discussion, especially over this...network. It's not secure enough and if this is a war... Tadashi doesn't want to finish that thought. Instead, he lifts his hand to run his fingers through his hair, scratching the back of his neck afterwards.]

From what I've sussed out of this place, there's a neutral area called the Station.

[Ask around, gather information. That was something Tadashi was good at.]

If we meet there, we can talk in person. Supposedly there's these fairy rings that can teleport us so we don't have to travel for weeks at a time.

[zerotohiro]

[That's always been how the Hamada brothers operate (though in the early years it was more like Tadashi would gather information and Hiro would just rush right in, but details.) and it helps that they're on the same page.]

Yeah I heard about it. You really th--[There's a loud thump off-screen and Hiro turns his head sharply. There's a shout of "Hey!" as Hiro drops the locket and lunges out of his chair in the direction of the imps. There are a few more thumps before Hiro seemingly wins his argument, settling in his chair again and dropping Megabot on the table.]

Fairy rings. You think they really work?

[nerdlad]

[He frowned a little, rubbing his neck in thought. Alistair Krei had been working on teleportation but last he knew of it, the project had gone horribly wrong. People were always trying to make things that either got you places faster or delivered packages without needing a mail man. Supposedly these ones ran on magic...Tadashi didn't have much of a say in those kinds of ways. Still.]

It couldn't hurt to try. I know magic seems like an impossible thing, but...well, how am I here?

[It's an innocent enough question. One that he immediately kind of regrets.]

[zerotohiro]

[Yeeeeahhh that wasn't really a great question, Tadashi. It's one Hiro doesn't have an answer to and he doesn't like that he doesn't know.]

You tell me, big brother. [A flippant shrug follows but it's definitely still a delicate subject.] You think that was magic, too?

[nerdlad]

[Yeah, that was a bad question to ask, he figured that. Tadashi gives a small grimace at the flippantness of Hiro's reaction, then shrugs his shoulders a little.]

How else would you explain it? When I woke up in this place I thought I'd been drafted into the Skeleton War.

[zerotohiro]

Yeah, maybe. [He's going to be rebuffing those sort of things for a while Tadashi, sorry. He's definitely thinking about something though.]

Hey, Tadashi. Do you remember how you got here at all?