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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derek hale | teen wolf

[altercate]

[ this may very well be the strangest thing derek's seen. which is probably saying something, considering the slow motion trainwreck of derek's life. a castle filled with fairies and food, it's maybe not the most ominous setting on the surface, but derek's scowling, hanging back. the air is thick with unfamiliar scents, and it raises derek's metaphorical hackles. nothing here is familiar to him. as far as derek's concerned, that can't mean anything good.

he turns to leave without approaching the table, without circulating through the crowd. what derek wants is a chance to get used to this, to find somewhere quiet and isolated to think his way through this. and possibly to try to get the hell out of here and back to beacon hills in time to evict a hoard of rowdy teenagers from his loft before they broke everything ever. fairy parties? not high on derek's to-do list at the moment. he moves purposefully through the people gathered, not bothering to stop for any pleasantries. ]

[brainiest]

[ Hermione is a little more settled in now, letting herself relax and take a few deep breaths, but she can't help notice how discomforted and awkward the people around her seem. Her eyes take everyone in before she notices Derek, her expression softening a little, stepping away from the table. She's about to say something to him when he rushes by her, her eyes following as he almost darts passed.

Oh.

Following, she peeks out through the doorway, the slightly darker hallways, before she speaks. ]

Excuse me? Are you alright?

[altercate]

[ small talk isn't derek's forte. he doesn't recognize her, isn't sure he wants to stop and talk about something or other with her. but he hears her, the way her voice carries after him, and that at least is enough to hook into him, have him pause mid-step. ]

Are you?

[ eyebrows raised, like he's expecting a specific, negative answer. they're all in a castle stuck in some random place with no immediately visible exit. who would be alright? ]

[brainiest]

I'm fine. You just seemed a little - overwhelmed.

[ Perhaps not the best thing to say but she takes a deep breath and walks forward anyway. She's a little bit overwhelmed herself but she's been reading her map and learning as best she can, so she doesn't feel as completely at a loss as she did when she first arrived. ]

You should try and eat something, if you are. It does help.

[decked]

Derek!

[isaac's been trying to stay away from the crowd, hovering by walls and trying to find a familiar scent between the mixture of sweat and fear and general unfamiliarity that settles so easily inside of the room. as soon as he spots the familiar silhouette of derek from a corner of the room, he darts for him.

sure, maybe he's not the first person that isaac would initially run to in a moment of panic, but there's a certain amount of trust between them that still lingers, and a familiar face is sending isaac reeling in both relief and more panic.

once he's caught up, he speaks up again,]

Do you have any idea how this happened? Is anyone else here?

[are you okay?]

[altercate]

[ isaac. derek comes to a complete stop to look at him, like he wants to be sure he's here, before he tries to parse the questions, figure out answers. it's difficult, with isaac. derek isn't entirely sure where they stand, fairy castle and ridiculous feast aside, but he still nods in answer, relieved at finding one familiar face. ]

No. And I haven't found anyone we know either.

[ he should take a yet onto that sentence, but optimism doesn't come easily to derek. ]

Are you alright?

[ a little stiffly, like derek isn't sure how that question is going to be received. ]

[decked]

Yeah, same here.

[isaac lets out a frustrated sigh, jaw clenching as he searches his mind for a response. he's not okay, he hasn't been just "okay" for a while now. it's hard to even form the right answer, especially here. and derek isn't exactly the person that isaac would open up to. they just don't sit right together anymore- he's not sure if they ever did.

instead of answering right away, he opens his arms to motion to the room -- the situation -- and presses his lips into a thin line.]

Oh, you know. Just great.

[altercate]

[ words like "okay" and "fine" have gotten so skewed in derek's vocabulary, have been relegated to catch-alls. so long as he's alive, still breathing, he's okay. he's fine. he doesn't know if he likes seeing that behavior repeated in isaac, wonder if it's something derek instilled in him or if it was there before derek crashed into the scene. ]

Great. [ derek echoes, sarcastic, then shakes his head. ] We should find a way out.

[ and derek doesn't really need much help to work out that actually finding the exit is easier said than done. ]

[decked]

[sometimes isaac wishes derek would press on certain matters, offer a bit of optimism here and there, but he knows that will never happen. he's just not that type of person, so when derek offers to try and find a way out, isaac can only give a reluctant nod.]

You sure we shouldn't look around more?

[and it may just be him, but he's not so sure finding a way out will be as easy a feat as it sounds.]

[hypercompetent]

[ well, derek, you wanted to try to find someone from beacon hills, right?

did you want to find stiles running face first into you and spilling his drink all over the place?

because that's what just happened.

one minute, stiles had been across the room, but he'd been distracted by something, sharp eyes following a fairy across the room to see if she was putting anything weird in the drinks, as if this was some kind of fairy cult party (he would not be surprised), but that led to him not watching where he was going, and therefore, straight into derek's escape route. there's a splash and the goblet ends up half on his shirt and half on derek's, and stiles swears, pulling his t-shirt away from himself stickily, muttering: ]

Oof--jesus christ, people need to watch where they're friggin--dude, I am so--[ and then he actually bothers to look at who he ran into, and stiles' mouth curves into a confused frown, sounding half confused and half irritated. (which is kind of a go-to with derek most of the time. ] Derek? What the hell?

[altercate]

[ in all honesty, this is so typical that derek isn't even phased. annoyed, yes. phased, no. he looks down at his shirt, then back at stiles, frowning. the relief of seeing someone he knows is more or less negated by the sodden mess stiles has made of his shirt. ]

You need to watch where you're going.

[ long-suffering, hands dropping to his sides like derek's just given up on the world. ]

When did you get here?

[ the "and do you know the way out" is just a given. ]

[hypercompetent]

I was investigating. [ stiles waves him off with an explanation that makes absolutely zero sense as usual and steps back to try and wring out his own shirt, goblet long forgotten on the floor as he answers the question. ]

I dunno, like an hour ago? I was in a hospital bed when Melissa basically drugged me--okay, I guess I kinda needed it or whatever, but still, unwarranted needle attacking--and then I woke up getting dragged around by the troll gang.

[ he grimaces. ] Literally. [ and then gives derek an up and down, appraising look. ] They grabbed you too?

ah yes good the twoofs

[tiaraaction]

[The unfortunate thing is that Usagi is also making her way through the crowd and while Derek might be focused on getting out, Usagi is not really focused on anything except trying to see a familiar face. With her back to him, she walks backwards and stumbles a little, turns in a majestically ungraceful way to steady herself and apologizes profusely to anyone she's just hit with her hair.

She sincerely hopes she did not just hit Derek with her hair. She has seen frowns like that before. She has been on the receiving end of brooding frowns like that more times than she can count and those were just from her cat.

She winces. ] S-sorry, did I just hit you?

[onetruealphatorulethemall]

[Scott's not even sure what to make of all of this. Werewolves and hunters and kanamas and whatever else in Beacon Hills was difficult enough to take in. Now faeries, and imps, and whatever else. There's a whole other world out there. Literally.

So when he sees the familiar retreating back of Derek it's a relief to find someone familiar in this whole crazy mess. Excusing himself half apologetically from the girl who was talking to him, he hurries to catch up.]

Derek! Hey.