TEST DRIVE MEME #8

[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

[livedielive]

Water. To wash his mouth with. To rinse and spit on the floor. The idea seems laughable, but then, people have already been looking at him odd whenever he asks for Mothers' Milk.

So Nux only nods silent, giving another wipe of his bottom lip with his thumb. By the time Dick comes back, he'll have moved to sit with his back against the wall, knees curled up to his chest.

[dicktionary]

Dick is gone and back quickly, holding a goblet half-full of water in one hand, and an empty one in the other. "Here," he says, crouching down to Nux's level and offering the water. "You can spit it out in this one. You doin' okay?"

[livedielive]

Even knowing how much it's in abundance here, Nux is conservative with the water. It's weird for him: thin, cold, tasting of nothing. He sips just enough to swish around his mouth properly before spitting it out again.

"I'll be right soon as my guts stop clenching." He's still queasy, lightheaded, although it seems to be dying down. He lets out a frustrated huff of breath, leaning his head back against the stones. "Thought I'd be done with all that."

[dicktionary]

"It's gonna do that for a bit until it grows accustomed to the food," Dick tells him, an apologetic tone to his voice though he can't do anything about it. "Try to stick to some of the lighter things first, like plain bread or something. That's probably gonna go better. And maybe mix a little bit of sugar into your water? I think that'll help you absorb it better."

He hums in thought for a moment, fingers absently tapping against his leg. "I'd say go for something like Gatorade, but I doubt we can get any here. You're gonna be dehydrated after throwing up, though, and too much water might just trigger it again. Go slow."

[livedielive]

"Yeah," Nux rasps. His voice is rusty from a life in the dust, from the damage done by the sickness he had for years. He sets the spit cup down on the floor. "I know about topping-up."

At the Citadel, he would've been given some milk, or hooked up to a blood bag. At the Citadel, he'd been warned about getting 'addicted' to water. You bet he's going to take it slow. He takes another small, small sip.

Might as well introduce himself to the one who lent him a hand. He gives a little wave with his now-free hand.

"Nux."

[dicktionary]

Topping up. Cute. Unusual, but cute. He likes it and has to wonder--is it a phrase native to where Nux is from? Or is it something Nux came up with on his own?

He returns the wave with a friendly smile and a wave of his own. "Dick."

[livedielive]

He gives Dick another nod, tries another hesitant sip of water. That's enough for now.

He takes a second to try and figure the other guy out. He's clean, which in Nux's world would mean he had serious status, but that could apply to so many people here. So who knows?

Might as well ask. Start with the simple stuff. Is he new, or not?

"Are you fresh oil, too?"

[dicktionary]

"Fresh oil?" Dick can't help but echo the phrase, bemused. He's clearly not oil, but fresh and--oh. It'd go with Nux's last comment about 'topping up' and Dick is quickly coming to the conclusion that Nux is probably from somewhere that highly values transportation, gas, that sort of thing. "You mean new? If yes, then uh, sort of? I've only been around a month or so, which puts me as the freshest oil until you lot showed up. But not as fresh as you guys, obviously."

[livedielive]

Nux frowns, thoughtful. After a lifetime in a tightly-knit community, getting to know new people isn't his strong suit. But at least they can talk about their circumstances.

"Done any war yet?"

[dicktionary]

The rest he managed to figure out. This, though, he needs actual clarification on.

"Are we talking about literal war or is 'war' a metaphor for something else?"

[livedielive]

He shakes his head. No metaphors. Maybe if he tries again, and puts it different:

"You seen any action?"

[dicktionary]

That he'd even think to ask... Apparently Nux isn't new to violence either.

"Yeah," he sighs. "I've fought. Small stuff, big stuff... It's all important, y'know? But this place... At least what I've seen of it, anyway? It's still different. It's the long fight."

It's frustrating, to be honest. He's used to sudden calamities suddenly arising, getting called in for a crisis, and yeah, it's a long fight against the bad guys, but it's not the same as this place.

[livedielive]

The long fight. Sounds an awful lot like an eternal war. And the Void, that thing the fairies said is going to swallow the world... only so it can be reborn. I live, I die, I live again.

Only an hour ago, Nux had been riding high on the thrill of being alive and everything new about this place. Spitting up his dinner put something of a damper on that. But he still tries to smile.

"The last fight, yeah?" At least there's a gleam in his eyes when he looks over at Dick. "'til the world lives again."

[dicktionary]

Hoo boy. He's definitely one of those who're all for the Void and the cycle and reincarnation. Not even like Dick, who is hesitantly supportive, but someone who is really all for it.

"It's more like the, uh. The last lots-of-fights, but... Basically! Yeah."