TEST DRIVE MEME

[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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king jas | cpt hook; adventures of a notorious youth

[floreatlibertas]

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[ Jas is not worldly in the truest sense of the world. his experience extends from the edges of Britain to the fringe of Africa, the planks of the ship he grabbed as his own and the life lessons it has taught him. all else comes from the pages of books and the flourish of his own imagination. perhaps others would be more skeptical, being whisked away to a magical land filled with wonder and promise—

but James Matthew has been seeking magic for a long time now. of all men, women and children to be snatched by the fairy folk, his kidnapping would have been simple, because on the cusp of sleep he has dreamed of such marvels.

he isn't disappointed.

the feast is as grand as anything Shakespeare could have dreamed up, and the glitter in Jas' eye tells of great glee— though whether this is to the benefit of those around him or not, it's difficult to tell from the mischievous quirk of his lips. this isn't his Island, he knows because that place is naked and his to rule, once he gets there, but Jas is not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. this is an adventure in it's own right.

he swaggers along the tables not like a boy who has been coaxed here, but as though he owns them, and the dark curls of his long hair swing against his shoulder as he leans over whomever might be seated to pick a golden apple right off the table. ]

What do you think? [ he engages conversationally ] Are we like Persephone, that in eating a morsel of this feast we will be trapped here for ever?

[foreshadowing]

[ They are both giving the table a solid once over- but of the pair, Jolly is clearly more invested than his companion.

It isn't his fault.
They have cake after all. ]

D'you mean like the Persephone that's sort of kidnapped and held hostage- or the Persephone that becomes Dread Queen of the Underworld? Because I'm rather more willing for one than the other all things considered.

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[floreatlibertas]

[ Jas hums thoughtfully and wedges himself into the spot next to his friend, turning the shining apple over in his palm. he wonders at it's gleaming skin, and polishes it on his left wrist. ]

You plan on becoming Dread Queen, Jolly Roger?

[foreshadowing]

Well I only mean, if the choice is between Queen and Hostage, it's not really much of a question is it?

[ For lack of anything to do with his hands (as they have yet to settle the Are We Eating question) Jolly's fingers light on the carved backing of a particularly ornate chair. He doesn't care much for the upholstery. ]

[floreatlibertas]

[ Jas hums again, tilting his head left and right. ]

We've been indoctrinated into war. It's rather a bit of both, don't you think?

[ then he turns to Jolly and rolls his wrist, holding the apple out to him palm up. the bright blue of his eyes shine. ]

You can't really trust a fairy to keep it's word. Or so I've heard.

[foreshadowing]

We've been indoctrinated into piracy first. [ There isn't even the vaguest semblance of resistance, really. Jolly takes the apple the very moment it's offered- spins it idly between his palms. ] Do you imagine fairies understand precedence? No, probably not.

[ His teeth leave an imperfect circle torn away from the apple's side, and he hasn't even swallowed by the time he offers it back. ]

[floreatlibertas]

I imagine fairies couldn't be bothered to care about human etiquette, what with their habit of stealing babies and the like.

[ thought he quirk of his mouth doesn't leave, Jas watches his face shrewdly as his companion chews and swallows, never looking away even as he takes the apple back from his hand. when no immediate ill befalls his friend, only then does he take a bite for the apple himself. he then leans his elbow on the table. ]

[foreshadowing]

What about those of us that aren't babies?

[ He knows Jas is watching him. But the thought that his friend would be waiting- wanting to see what (if anything) will happen before he too takes a bite- simply doesn't occur to him.

Jolly Roger always has been a loyalist.
He's also still eyeing that cake. ]

Is that where the war part comes in? I hadn't really been listening I'm afraid. It was all rather distracting.

[floreatlibertas]

Mn— [ he's stopped truly paying attention to the state of whether they should or should not eat any of the food, munching on the apple and ignoring the fact that Jolly is eyeing the cake like a particularly delectable sweetie. he swallows, politely, before speaking. ] In part. We've been spirited away to fight in the war. The Seelie and Unseelie are at one another's throats and apparently don't have enough of their own to wage their battles.