TEST DRIVE MEME #5

[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!

Comments

[lusiphur]

[While others seemed to be enjoying the feast and the little welcome-to-your-kidnapping party, Luse keeps a careful watch out for others more like himself. He's in a foul mood, and the most people who seemed happy to be here only made it worse. The elf is a mercenary, and while he's used to doing other people's dirty work, he has no intention of humoring those who just pick people up without discussing terms first.

There is nothing about the man that made him stand out except something the elf could see in his temperament. If the man happens to make eye contact, Lusiphur will give him a nod and indicate that he should join him for a drink.]

[taffing]

[Garrett makes eye contact with long-eared man and feels simultaneously alarmed and annoyed that he'd been noticed.

Ah, well.

He drifts over to the stranger.]

Not the partying sort, are we?

[lusiphur]

[If Lusiphur hadn't spent most of his life around sneaky people, and if he hadn't been looking for just that element, he wouldn't have spotted this guy. It's the same tactic as beating up the toughest guy when you get put in prison. Laying it all out and see what competition was out there. Or more rarely, and ally.]

Not my kind of party. [Have a drink, stranger.] Getting kidnapped and conscripted isn't really something I feel like celebrating.

[taffing]

[Garrett takes the offered drink and swirls it around. It may look like he's letting it breathe but he's checking for any signs of poison. He's learned that he can never be too careful about things like that. Most of the people who knew about him back home wanted him dead.]

Huh.

Seems like most people don't share the sentiment.

[He turns away and looks into the crowd, both to see the room more clearly and to obscure the stranger's view of his face. His fingers tap idly against the rim of the glass.]

Guess the old saying's true. Fastest way to some hearts is through the stomach.

[lusiphur]

[He doesn't pay a bit of attention to whatever the guy is doing with the drink. Had he noticed, Lusiphur wouldn't have blamed him. Some weird elf handed him a drink out of the blue, he'd be suspicious too. It's not poisoned, for the record.]

Most people must he idiots then. All this seems like cheap bribery to me.

[Bribery that Luse is partaking in, but it's not changing his mind about things for one second.]

That's just a rumor. The fastest way to a man's heart is just under the ribcage and up a little.

[taffing]

[Garrett makes a sound somewhere between a grunt and "Ha!"]

How long do you think they can keep this up?

[He twirls a hand in the air, indicating the castle.]

Bribery only works for so long. The smart catch wise and the idiots end up dead.

[This is said with zero self awareness. If he were the reflective type he'd realize that he himself is easily bribed.]

And that's without a war being involved.

[lusiphur]

It doesn't make a bit of difference to me how long they can keep it up. What other idiots do doesn't matter to me. After I'm done here, I'm looking for someone with some friggin' answers. If I'm fighting someone else's battle, I'm getting paid or I'm finding my way home.

[Only after he drinks his fill for free though. It would just be sloppy to pass up decent booze just because some fairy kidnapper gave it to you.]

You got a name, buddy?

[taffing]

[Garrett nods in agreement at these words. Answers would be nice. He really doesn't appreciate being forced into situations like this.

His lips twist at the request for a name.]

Occasionally.

You?

[lusiphur]

[Hey, the stranger's funny. That scores him a point in Luse's book. He's known guys like that while he was a member of the assassins guild. Doesn't want to give his name? No problem. Maybe this guy's dangerous. Maybe he's wanted for something. Doesn't matter to the Elf. He's been there, too.]

Friends call me Luse. You get to call me Lusiphur.

[From being sentenced to serve life in prison for a crime he certainly did commit to being sanctioned by the Elven High Council, he's not cautious anymore about who knows his name.]

[taffing]

[He nods and makes a low sound of amusement.]

"Lusiphur" huh? Never heard a name like that before.

[lusiphur]

[The expression on his face shows that he has no idea what this stranger thinks is amusing]

It's not a common name where I'm from. [He made it up himself.] It's nice not to be recognized for a change.

[taffing]

[Garrett's eyes ferret about the room, looking for anything of value.]

Got a bit of a reputation, do you?

[lusiphur]

Only among the people who pay me and the people who stand in my way. But the second kind don't last long.

[and he's modest, too]

My guess is you don't have much of one since you don't have a real name.