TEST DRIVE MEME #7

[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 not with mirthful revelry, this time around dear friends. There is a seriousness in the air, though the food is still hearty and the imps still mischievous. 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! Be mindful, though -- the monarchs are watching and cross court communication should be done with the utmost secrecy.

Comments

[clinomaniac]

You too, Sumadera-san.

[Observant as he ever was, he catches the slight shift as she relaxes, and he takes note of it. That's a good sign. There was nothing wrong with being able to relax even a little bit, especially in a situation like this one.]

I attend school in the city of Iwatodai. Have you heard of it? [If this girl is from a large corporation, he thinks there's a chance. Iwatodai is home of the Kirijo, and from what he understands, most people in that world of the rich know about it.]

[meatitfeedson]

[She thinks on it for a moment, but finally shakes her head. Maybe that's because of the time she comes from, maybe it's different worlds entirely, who knows.]

No, sorry, I haven't. Whereabouts is it? Highschool, or university?

[clinomaniac]

[She doesn't know? He's a little surprised, but he doesn't show it. It's possible. Timelines and dimensins were all messed up here.]

I'm in high school, but Gekkoukan has elementary and middle school, too. It's in [he gives a location. Someone on the internet theorized their location once, but I don't remember it.]

[meatitfeedson]

[Good old insert location here. Ah yes, that area, she knows it, just not the city. She assumes that means it's not much of one, nothing important. Her smile softens all the more.]

I see. How do you like it - that's your uniform, is it?

[So jealous of the kids going to school every day in their uniforms.]

[clinomaniac]

[He nods to affirm her guess and tugs at the end of his sleeve. It's his uniform, and it's the only thing he arrived with from home aside from the music player. He's glad for it; if he didn't have at least this to hold on, to-- the uniform was a tangible evidence of the time he spent in Iwatodai. He doesn't want to be without it.]

I like it a lot. I transferred there last spring, actually -- I've made a lot of friends and memories there. Do you attend school, Sumadera-san?

[meatitfeedson]

I'm glad for you, that must be very nice to be welcomed so readily and have such a good experience in a new place. I think it bodes well for you here as well.

[She's glad for him, but she's jealous, as much as she tells herself not to be.]

I was homeschooled, but I'll be heading to Toudai in the next term.

[clinomaniac]

Toudai? That's a good school -- congratulations.

[He's unaware of her jealousy, and it doesn't occur to him to be jealous of her. A university. He knows as a fact that he won't be attending. He wonders, as he has to raise a hand to hide a yawn he's unable to hold back, if he would even live to go back to Iwatodai on time for graduation. If he did, would he go back to that date or was time moving along while he was here, too? He rubs his eyes and shakes his head.]

It wasn't... no, my classmates were friendly to me since the start. It took me a while, but I'm glad for it. I'm sure it'll be the same for you too. Here, and at Toudai.

[meatitfeedson]

Thank you.

[Kyrie bows her head to graciously accept the congratulations, and encouragement. Here it's different, but at home she might still be watched. Either way, she is looking forward to it, if she ever gets there.]

Then the trouble was that you were the one who was distant, I take it?

[It might be a bit blunt, but she's too sure she sees what he's getting at to bother being anything but frank about it.]

[clinomaniac]

[That draws a chuckle out of him. Quiet, polite and conversational but still a natural one. He didn't care to laugh if he didn't feel like it. When he answers after a sip of his drink, he maintains the small smile.]

That's forthright of you. [He doesn't mind it at all; he kind of likes it.] You're right, though. I'm not exactly a social butterfly; I wasn't expecting to make many friends after transferring in my second year.

[meatitfeedson]

I can imagine that would be a difficult time to move, yes. Then it must be that you have a natural kindness and charisma, regardless of whether you notice it yourself.

[Not a lie or pointless flattery - after all, he did specifically approach her, and as someone born to be a leader, she's learned how to recognise those sorts of qualities, and to read people.]

[clinomaniac]

Ah... thank you.

[There's no other way he could response. He doesn't take it as flattery, but he takes it as a compliment, and at face value.]

I had some helping hands, but I did work hard on reaching that level. It's also fun, talking to people.

[meatitfeedson]

It's strange how something so basic and simple should be entirely obvious, and yet we tend to forget it, isn't it?

[She nods agreement, raising her cup again, holding it flat along the bottom.]

[clinomaniac]

I don't mind.

I have a better appreciation for it now, I think. [And he pauses, watching her drink, before he speaks again.] Do you want to go look at the party a little?

[meatitfeedson]

[Now she doesn't hesitate. With the offer made to her, she accepts it immediately.]

Yes, I think that might be nice, we had both better at least take a look before it's over, hm?

[clinomaniac]

[He'll consider this a good start. He widens his smile and nods, getting to his feet now that she's accepted. He'll even hold out a hand to help her up.]

We wouldn't want to regret it later, if anything interesting happens and we miss it.

[meatitfeedson]

[-Oh, well that's a surprise. She isn't sure what to make of it, of course it's meant to be a kind gesture, but she's never been put in this situation before, and when Kyrie isn't in control, she doesn't know what to do. There's a small worry of her mother watching from somewhere, absurd as it is, what would she do if she saw her daughter take a man's hand. That would be quite the punishment.

But who the hell cares what her mother thinks. It's not even anything. There's a moment's hesitation, but then she places her hand in his and inclines her head in thanks, a soft smile playing across her lips.]

It seems only a matter of time before there's some spectacle or other. What do you think will be first?

[clinomaniac]

I imagine there will be lots of drinking as it gets later in the evening.

[He doubts there's a drinking age here. He's sure there is plenty of alcohol here -- ale, wine, those old-fashioned drinks found often in fantasy settings -- and war is in fact highly stressful. He hasn't forgotten that part of it. He smiles back at her as he helps her to her feet, never gripping her hand so that she may pull away if she wished to.]

Is there anything you are interested in?