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

[dreamcatcher]

( wow. well that was also rude, fairy, and maybe that's a bit of a kettle black situation, but Emma has also never asked someone a riddle and then smacked them in the forehead and stormed off when they didn't answer it.

she steps closer, tilting her head. ) You okay, kid?

( he's taller than she is, but somehow he still reads as a kid to her. )

[colecomfort]

[He lowers his hand. There isn't even a mark — it's unlikely the fairy's strike will leave a bruise. Still:]

She hit harder than I expected.

[dreamcatcher]

Yeah, they're surprisingly spunky.

( it reminds her of Tinker Bell, but Tink ended up a lot nicer than the faeries around here. Emma doesn't offer a hand to shake but offers a strained smile instead. )

Emma. You from around here?

[colecomfort]

[He looks at her smile for a second, but then his gaze slides away, over her shoulder to an indeterminate spot in the distance.]

They were dancing in the dim evening. I followed, thinking they were fireflies, until I got close enough to hear them singing.

[He gives a nod, a greeting of his own.]

I'm Cole.

[dreamcatcher]

Seems like nothing around here is what you'd expect.

( it reminded her of the Enchanted Forest more than anything. though they weren't the same the resemblance was striking. which only made her feel more out of her element. she'd never had a place in the forest and she had never acclimated to it particularly well. )

Nice to meet you.

[colecomfort]

[He tips his head. Almost everyone else is back in the great hall, seeking out allies or information, or just needing to feel safe among the crowd. But her...]

You wandered away, too.

[dreamcatcher]

( oh, trust that she did her fair share of searching for information and answers. it just feels like everyone has the same answer: which is there's no way out. )

Wasn't feeling the festivities. What about you?

[colecomfort]

They're all lost. All of them, led off the path, without a place, far from home. I can't do anything for them.

[dreamcatcher]

Why do you think you have to?

( she thinks he means the people that are trapped here, and she gets the same feeling of helplessness, but she's trying to ignore that frustrating voice that tends to make everyone's problems her problems. )

[colecomfort]

I have to find ways to help. It's what I am, how I stay what I am.

[Of course... this is a castle, full of people who are going to need comfort. And there's an idea there, at least, for the small ways he can start to make a difference.]

[dreamcatcher]

Stay what you are? And what is that?

( Emma has nothing against helping people... though she might warn him not to get burned out trying to save everyone, ever. she knows for a fact that's pretty exhausting... not that it stops her. )

[colecomfort]

Kindness. Caring. Or — I try to be. I hear the hurt, and I do what I can. Solas says I'm a spirit.

[dreamcatcher]

You don't have to help everyone to be kind. Just don't burn yourself out, kid.

( she knows it's hard sometimes, because it makes her skin crawl to see people that need help and not be there to help them. she just doesn't want to see him push too far. )

[colecomfort]

Not everyone. Only the ones who need it.

[dreamcatcher]

That's still a lot of people.

( especially around here, where everyone needs a way home. )

[colecomfort]

Yes. I should get started.

[Though the air is still, there's a sound like a short gust of wind, and he vanishes before her eyes.

He will not make her forget him. If her mind chooses to ignore the possibility of the disappearing boy who talks to fairies, let it do so. Then again, she might remember. Stranger things have happened.]

[dreamcatcher]

( once, Emma might have closed her mind to someone disappearing from thin air. she's not that person anymore, though. she blinks, and then frowns. she's not used to teleportation without smoke, but: )

Well, goodbye to you too.

( he didn't even say his name... huh. maybe she'll see him again, but at the very least, he seems to have a sense of direction. that's more than most of the people newly stranded can say. )