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TEST DRIVE MEME #5
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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[Damon's a total team player. See how helpful he is? Ignore the bottle in his hand that's half finished. It's not like he's drunk or anything. But broody people draw his attention since he was currently getting his brood on full-scale, then... he had company.
Though, it's hard to stay broody when you're drunk, something he was well aware of, which was why he was currently headed towards inebriation. Richard should join him.]
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[Richard the Lionheart, skilled warrior, brilliant commander, ruthless knight, and music critic. He looks torn between wanting to berate the musician or take the man's lute and begin playing it himself.
Instead he focuses on the wine, gesturing to the man's half empty bottle. He won't let himself get drunk -with the other man or anyone- and risk letting his guard down, but he can try for something a bit more friendly than sullen restlessness.]
Have you actually managed to find something decent to drink or are you merely desperate?
[Well, he did try.]
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[The bottle is sloshing its contents as Damon lifts it to take another drink, he who is not so brilliant a commander and is a very ruthless not-knight, licks his lips before answering the king of old.]
It's not bourbon, but... It's better than wine in a box. Or gin. I have no idea how people drink that. They had something stronger the last time and I'm keeping an eye out for that. If you see a bottle with bark wrapped around the lower half and a wax seal, let me know. That's the good stuff.
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[And, hey, if it is Richard won't judge. He's a fan of it himself, even if his family's predisposition towards violence and rages doesn't mix well with it. But he only drinks to that extent when he is comfortable and here he's anything but.]
I would drink to enjoy it, but so far all the wine that I have had here tastes like piss.
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[He chuckles, finding himself incredibly amusing before he waggles the bottle.]
Fortunately for me, this isn't a piss vintage. Fairy wine is... enh. It's not as good as what I'm used to. And it's certainly not bourbon.
[Which he had to clarify again was the only thing worth drinking.]
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[He shrugs, a wine critic as well as a music critic. In fact, he's simply a connoisseur of all of the finer things that he can get his hands on. And, as a medieval prince, he was used to very fine things indeed.]
There is nothing particularly wonderful about their wines. Especially not when compared to the wines from my Aquitaine.
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[If he wanted fine things, the man clearly had to have a damn bottle of bourbon. Or at least a glass.]
Aquitaine... Huh. You don't sound French. But then again, you have no idea what bourbon is, so really, I have no idea what you've been smoking.
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[It's as close as he will come to confirming the whole 'French or not' thing. Being only a few hundred years away from vikings definitions can be a little tricky.]
Plantagenet. [There. That's clarification.]
I have never heard of whiskey.
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Your loss. Whiskey is a man's drink. Gentleman's, depending on who you ask. Bourbon is the best of the bunch, but that's merely my humble opinion.
[Not like he hadn't had more than a century to test that theory.]
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A very humble opinion indeed. What is your name? And what is your land, this land of whiskey and bourbon?
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Damon Salvatore and I hail from the land of the colonies. The United States of A.
[He was pretty certain at this point that this guy wouldn't have a clue what that meant, but he was also buzzed enough not to care.]
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But, Italian or not, it's only polite that Richard give his own name in return.]
I am Richard, son of Henry the king, last in Chinon before this place.
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What does he do? He laughs.]
King Richard the Lionheart? Really? How the hell did you get dragged here? And in this court. I'm shocked.
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[It's a distinction that has to be made, but the man's acknowledging him as a king is a good sign. Knowing that he beat Henry and his brothers in the end is always an extremely encouraging thought.]
Is it so amusing then that I should be here?
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[Another swig. Of course it was hilarious. There was a king of England here. All they needed was that round-table guy and his wizard to round it out.]
Though, I'm not sure if it's funnier that you're here or that you're in this court.
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[Lies. He also dislikes the decor, the food, the wine, and most of the company. But someone raised in one of the most glittering, refined courts in Europe is apt to be so picky about such things.]
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Stick around. You'll figure it out soon enough.
Spoiler alert - we're the bad guys.
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Is that all?
[Richard has heard the songs of his thirst for war and the trail of fresh blood he where'er he goes. He remembers the accusations of extreme cruelty after he subdued his territories as a teenager. He read the chronicles after he and his brothers declared war against their own father.
They are the devil's own brood.
'Bad' is hardly the worst thing he has been called.]
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[Damon's been called quite a bit himself, and all of it's true. He does what he wants when he wants and maybe he sticks around to squirm out of the consequences.]
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I will return home eventually. [The fact that he is continually referred to as King Richard confirms that for him.] Until that time there is a war and battles to fight and win. At least I'll keep myself busy.
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I prefer to save my whole battle mode for things that are actually important to me. Like getting home. Or having a good time.
[Because fun was always on his list of 'reasons why this was a good thing to do.]
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[The rest of the statement is left uncommented upon. It's probably best left unsaid that one of Richard's preferred ways to have a good time is to participate in a good battle. Most people who spend any decent amount of time around him, or who just happen to see the way his eyes light up at a crossbow or a siege engine, figure it out for themselves.]
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[Richard and Damon should go paint the town red sometime. Richard can chop their heads off and Damon can enjoy a better vintage.]