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

[red_branch]

[There was a snicker on Lancer's part. That was an interesting first--]

You mean, you didn't go peacefully? Fairies are trouble, but I got asked pretty nicely, myself.

[goneonenight]

[Mild interest lights her eyes as the locket functions as promised. Probably not secure, but useful nonetheless.]

What can I say? I'm careful about who I follow.

[red_branch]

H'oh. [Still, the image of this lady being kidnapped and forced into a sack seemed like something he couldn't picture. To see it would likely broaden his mind quite a bit.]

Still, getting rousted like that! You can't underestimate fairies and imps. Small little things, but they've got more attitude than most in their entire lives!

[goneonenight]

[It's a first for her, too. She might be embarrassed if being embarrassed was a thing she did.]

[A grin quirks her lips, sharp and darkly amused.]

Trust me, I won't make that mistake again--I'll make my 'no' firmer next time.

So you're familiar with them, then?

[red_branch]

Oh, a bit too much! Aye, born in a fairy mound, myself. So, I know how tricky the things are.

When they steal your kettles and your brooms to wage little wars, they're just the same as most other nuisances, really.

[Though, mass kidnapping for a war was entirely new for him. Lancer wouldn't be able to say he'd ever heard of THAT happening before.]

[goneonenight]

And you followed them anyway? You must be the adventurous type.

[Said with good-natured amusement.]

If they'd kept it to petty theft, I'd agreed with you. I'd say this goes beyond a nuisance.

[red_branch]

Well, my alternative was much more boring in comparison. [Sitting in heaven doing nothing and never fighting never really won him over as a reward. He kind of wished Valhalla was a thing.]

How about you? Aside from what seemed like a pretty cool-minded complaint, it doesn't really look like it mussed you up much.

[goneonenight]

Haaah, well. Throwing a fit isn't going to get me home.

[She raises an eyebrow, her lips curving faintly.]

Or will it? I can act like a brat if I need to.

[She's still not happy about being here, make no mistake. But the conversation is helping her get her emotional bearings--a bit of normal, everyday friendliness to soothe on-edge nerves.]

[He could turn out to be crazy, of course, but she'd deal with that if it happened.]

[red_branch]

Nah. Seems like there's no feasible way to get back--even if they promise it. This war's likely to end in a bad way, if you ask me.

[Not just in one court losing. Lancer could understand the stakes, based on the power of his Master. It wasn't any low-stakes gamble they were taking part in.]

I suggest you kick your feet up and enjoy your free time. Folks are about to get stressed.

[goneonenight]

[Her expression sobers. And there we come back to the point of it all, this mysterious war they'd all been conscripted into.]

You wouldn't know it from the party I just left.

[Her voice is deceptively light, but a bit of steel creeps in as she continues.]

So what is this war about? What does each side even want?

[Because she has no idea that you're on the other side, new buddy]

[red_branch]

Never bothered to ask, myself. Not much for the logistics--I'm just a warrior who does what he's told.

[Though, he was a bit of a smart-ass, regardless. In truth, Lancer did care about the outcome, but he was too sensible to get hung-up on the concept of winning. Sometimes, you just had to lose and if he did, he figured everyone else who lost would have a choice of dealing with it or biting back out of frustration.]

Not sure if you'll get straight answers, though. I've heard it's a lot of shifty stuff--the objectives both sides have got. 'Course, that's true of any warring kingdom. None of the truth sits out in the open, y'know?

[goneonenight]

Haaaah. Surprise, surprise. I guess that's one thing in common everywhere.

[Shifty reasoning? Neither side blameless? Sounds awfully familiar. While she'd never have strayed from Seireitei's side in the war, and absolutely believed they were the ones to back, she has no illusions about its uglier side.]

[Hell, as head of Covert Ops, she'd been complicit in some of it herself.]

You sound like you've been through this before, then.