TEST DRIVE MEME FEB 2012

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Test Drive Meme

For the reserves period between December 16, 2011 to February 15, 2012.
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This meme is here to let prospective characters mingle ICly with the characters already in the game and each other. It helps us introduce various scenarios that you're likely to encounter in Soul Campaign and the different places used in the game. Hopefully, this helps you figure out if the game is really suited to your needs or not -- otherwise, just have fun!

The scenarios for this cycle are:
1. Shibusen has run out of free residential units! You are now stuck in one of their dorms with three other people. There's no privacy at all!
2. You find yourself trapped in the Holocaust mall during a blizzard. It's not as nice as you might think when there's a kishin egg or two prowling about.
3. There's a disease spreading that gives any meister or weapon who doesn't have a partner boils on their faces. You have exactly three hours before it reaches you -- time to make use of partner activities to get one. Please indicate if you're a meister or a weapon on your subject header.
4. It's mission time! You're suddenly thrown into a mission with a stranger (or several strangers). Do you flee or fight? (Current mission board is here.)
5. Your character was brought into Shibusen with a big problem. It seems that the BREW thought it would be funny if guys were girls and girls were guys. You have to race up the Shibusen steps to get the antidote, but you have to drink it with one or more people. Apparently, BREW likes company?

Just choose any one randomly, or make up your own, we don't mind! To make things simpler, please follow this subject line:

[CHARACTER NAME | CANON or FANDOM CHARACTER IS FROM | MEISTER OR WEAPON | SCENARIO# (or indicate if it's a new scenario)]

For example: [SPIRIT ALBARN | SOUL EATER | WEAPON | #1]

For OOC discussions and generally just chatting around, please head over here (for DW) and here (for LJ). For the LJ mirror of this post, please see over here.

Here's the Soul Campaign Navigation Page for all the other information you need.

As an extra note, you may add your TD threads to your application although it is not a requirement to do so and will not count towards activity checks. Please place it under the Notes section if you do.

Comments

[i_am_legend]

[He was careful in his hand shaking so as not to strain his wrist or aggravate his healing skin. He was suppose to take things easy according to the doctor, but there was nothing wrong with a polite hand shake. Besides, he could tell a lot about a man with a hand shake.

Nodding his head at the introductions, he paused at the name 'Wild Tiger'. Where had he heard that before? He didn't quite remember where, and he was silently ashamed to think that it was probably because he hadn't been sober enough. Names and faces tended to blur after all.]

I don't quite understand it myself, but before I arrived here, I was dead. [He had never been a man to be dishonest.] Son, life isn't fair, but we live with what we have and appreciate it for all it's worth. Some of us need the second chance anyway.

[His eyebrows drew together in confusion at the mention of judge from them both. He hoped this wasn't a case of mistaken identity.] Judge?

[sentiments]

I wasn't blaming you, old man. [And Kotetsu's little outburst brought out Barnaby's attitude. He tried to remain calm and just ignore any possible agitation that could be caused by his partner, instead choosing to focus on the Legend--or Mr. Petrov standing in front of him.

It was odd, knowing an old hero's real name besides just the title that had been given to him. As one without a title, just that infuriating nickname, Barnaby was slowly starting to see where those old fashioned thoughts of Kotetsu's came into play. But the titles were just that. He wouldn't have too much difficulty adjusting to the man's proper name. And as the old ex-hero spoke on second chances and moving on, it just sparked the curiosity that led to his death to begin with. No one really knew; the records on it were missing, from Barnaby's research. From what it sounded... it seemed good to have the past put very far behind him.] Second chances are always a good thing, even if it's here.

[So the BREW could also bring people back from death... Barnaby's mind was slowly turning around this bit of information when he caught that last outburst from Kotetsu. Judge. Right.]

Mr. Petrov, do you by chance happen to know a man named Yuri Petrov? He's a judge and works for HeroTV presiding over some of the cases involving heroes.

[They... do look similar...]

[wildest]

[He'd been about to fall into another confused tirade of reactions until Legend's response shut him up completely. Kotetsu just stood there, wide-eyed and a little stiff as he watched Barnaby continue his conversation with Le-- Mr. Petrov, feeling more and more awkward by the second. Why? He wasn't really sure actually. He just knew he felt... weird.

Those words, they'd done something. Given him some type of reaction. It was like a weird sort of shock. Nothing much really, just a slight jolt of emotion. An odd clench of his heart. Something he hadn't felt in a while, but it was a familiar reaction. This had happened before. Many times.

...it was the reaction of listening to your (former) idol say something so impressive, so heartfelt and genuine and true to everything you ever believed in, so cool, that he could just completely forget about everything he'd been upset and confused about just seconds ago. Some things you just don't grow out of, and this feeling he had was a genuine fanboy moment. Kotetsu ran a hand through his hair, ruffled it about a little, rubbed his face and finally stepped away from the spot he'd been stuck in since Legend arrived, awkwardly passing by the two quickly and mumbling distractedly.]

I... need to... water... be back.

[i_am_legend]

[Legend looked between the two men, noting the reaction from the brunette and letting the man pass without incident. He suspected that he had said something that might have hit close to home, but he knew better than to pressure a man to talk in a situation like this. He was hoping for a peaceful time for as long as it was necessary to stay here.

It was also obvious that both men knew each other quite well. They had possibly worked around one another before coming here? He suspected that if they knew who Yuri was, they had close dealings with HeroTV and possibly the Justice Bureau.

At the mention of Yuri, he smiled in the way only a proud father could, making certain the other was still in ear-shot as he said,] Yes, Yuri is my son. It's nice to know that people know of his accomplishments. You know my Yuri well?

[Some of which he was only just finding out himself.]

[sentiments]

[Sometimes Barnaby had no idea what was going on in his partner's head. This, unfortunately, was one of those days, so he just left Kotetsu to his own devices and chose to instead focus on the ex-hero before him. It was just so peculiar, having a legendary hero speaking of second chances.

There were definitely things happening behind the scenes that were not taught in that class...

But as the conversation drifted towards Yuri, Barnaby found himself surprised at the man's smile. His son? That... that was definitely new.]

You're his father?

[Well, he didn't speak of his personal life at all. They weren't that close, but... it was odd. He could definitely see a resemblance; it was faint, but it was there.] We're not too close, unfortunately, but I've gotten to speak to him a lot more since we're here. But that is surprising. I wouldn't have guessed.

[wildest]

[The two of you continue having your discussion, Kotetsu is going to be in the bathroom for a while with Deep Conflicted Feelings.]

[i_am_legend]

[He glanced over when it seemed that they were being left alone for the time being. Did that man really go to the bathroom to do... whatever it was that he was doing in there?]

Is your friend going to be alright?

[Well, he figured that this man knew more about the goings on in Yuri's life than he currently did. It was tedious remembering a son at half the age of the one that appeared before him.]

I doubt anyone knows that I had a family at all. I had to protect them after all. [He happened to do a poor job at the end of his life.] He's much older than I remember, but he seems to be a fine listener.

[sentiments]

[Barnaby had to fight the urge to shake his head.] He'll be fine. He's... Well, I've gotten used to him.

[He just grew on Barnaby, like a fungus he couldn't get rid of. But whatever, this was a nicer thing, getting to speak to an older, admirable hero was always a nice thing.]

Families are a well-kept secret, it seems like. [After all, Kotetsu kept his a secret as well. It must have just been a heroes thing to do... Old-fashioned, but understandable. He nodded with a smile.] He is. Quite respectable and he keeps himself informed on the comings and goings. I've only gotten to speak to him more often here, but he wasted no time in getting prepared in this world. A lot better than my partner and I, that's for sure. Is he your only son? Or did you have other children?

[wildest]

[After a long and heated internal debate, Kotetsu eventually decided that locking himself in the bathroom for however long Legend would be in their room was probably not the best thing to do. Thus once he decided he was settled down enough he finally opened the door and walked out, though it was still obvious that as soon as he saw the two he was at a loss on what to actually do now. Maybe he'd just listen. That'd be good enough, especially since they were apparently discussing Legend's family. He had a son.

He'd been talking to Legend's son this whole time and he didn't know oh god okay yeah he can't handle this yet. Forcing a smile, Kotetsu weakly pointed over to their tiny couch in their tiny living room.]

You two keep going, I'm just gonna sit over there for a while! --ah, not that you need to keep standing, that's pretty rude of me to say! Wow, sorry about that! You should really sit! B-both of you!

[Without waiting a single moment Kotetsu actually walked over to Barnaby and attempted to drag him over to the couch.]

[i_am_legend]

[Legend turned his head a bit when the door to the bathroom was opened up again. He was still diligently listening to what the blonde man had to say, and he was more than fine with answering questions that he knew the answers to.

Of course, the brunette still looked to be on the verge of some kind of mental break-down. He wasn't in the condition to be doing much more than sitting on mentally deranged people, but he was hefty enough to pull it off if necessary.

He watched as the two went to the couch, perfectly willing to stay standing. He had been laying around for the last while anyway, and it wasn't good on his back at his age to be laying down for long periods of time.]

Yes, Yuri is my only child. I personally only had time for one child, but Yuri was always a blessing to our family. What do you two do for a living in Sternbild?

[sentiments]

[Oh, right. Sitting. Barnaby had long returned to doing what he always did when Kotetsu was acting strange (ignoring him, of course) when the older hero had finally returned from his moment of panic in the bathroom. Unamused as always, he just gave him a fairly deadpan look, up until the point where he found himself dragged to the couch.

He told himself that he was only going along with it because Kotetsu seemed so distressed and sat next to him on the couch. There was still enough room for the third, but the eldest ex-hero looked quite satisfied standing there... Barnaby actually found himself somewhat starstruck while looking at him from this angle.

That was seriously Mr. Legend, in their little apartment on some other world. Wow.]

Ahh, I see. [So the judge was an only child? Mental note, just in case that came in handy in the future.] Oh. We're heroes. The first hero team, actually, since we both have the same power with the same time limitation.

[wildest]

[Once he'd managed to get the two of them seated he'd almost been about to insist that the third former-hero join them but just as Barnaby had been struck a little at the sight of such an important figure in their presence, Kotetsu couldn't seem to find the right words to urge Legend to sit and so he simply gave up.]

M-me too, I get that! I mean I have a kid of my own-- a girl! She's not as old as yours but she's still the only one I got and that was always more than enough for me, I mean, since being a hero gets so busy and all, it got really tough-- not saying that it was like that for you, I'm sure you were able to handle it really well! And you must be really proud of the judge-- Y-Yuri! Your son! We don't talk to him a lot-- or well, I talk to him a little more but not that much but he seems like a really impressive guy! You must be really happy about that! But yeah--! Me and Bunny are a hero team! Well I started off on my own at first but then he suddenly popped up as a new guy and we got paired up together and it turned out great! Absolutely no problem! I-I'm sure you'd be a way better judge of that of course, what with your experience and all--!

[Obviously lying about their perfect little tag team duo but he's not going to go and tell his questionable idol about how bad of a hero team they were in the beginning. Also, Kotetsu's so busy babbling that he pretty much completely misses the part Barnaby mentions about "same time limitation". Good job at missing that bullet Bunny.]

[i_am_legend]

[He had no problem with things as they were, though he could go for a drink right about now. Fortunately, he was strictly off the stuff given that his skin wasn't fully healed and apparently he couldn't risk thinning his blood. Besides, these two were rather entertaining.]

Hero team? [He contemplated that for a moment.] HeroTV and the CEOs will always think of something else, it seems. At least nothing changes. You two must be NEXT then?

[He couldn't help but smile at the rambling, stuttered speech about having children, and he really wondered about that man. He hadn't had to deal with awestruck people in a long time, and he found himself pleased with it. It brought up good feelings in him.]

So you have a daughter? What's her name, and how does she like you serving the city in such a way, hmm? [May as well attempt to calm the man down.] No problems? I would have thought working with someone else rather difficult; heroes have always been promoted in my day as single entities. It's probably good for some team-work.

[sentiments]

[It sounded like HeroTV hadn't changed much; anything for publicity. And as the subject turned into 'everything Kotetsu could ramble about in under two minutes', Barnaby found himself slowly turning his head to give his partner a fairly blank look. No problems? None at all?

Was he just putting on a good face before his hero? Or did he truly see no problem in all of their failed moments and lack of teamwork. Well, he figured he could play along. So he just turned back to the Legend with a polite little smile.

Yes, Mr. Petrov, it's difficult; ridiculously so.]

It's still somewhat promoted as working alone. He and I still compete for points, despite being a team. I think, since we were the first, they're still experimenting with the idea.

[wildest]

Both NEXT, yup! W-well since I'm kinda up there with my years I sorta try to let Bunny handle things on his own sometimes. It's good for him, learning from your elders! And he's a good learner! The whole thing was a great idea!

[Well things worked out eventually so it's not like he's completely lying... Kotetsu lets Barnaby handle discussing most of the stuff about HeroTV and their work before swooping in again to handle the questions directed at him. You can practically see hearts and flowers floating around his head right.]

Oh--! I forgot I didn't come here with my old phone otherwise I'd show you pictures! Her name's Kaede and she's ten now and just the cutest, smartest, most precious little girl in the whole world~! She's definitely proud of me and what I do as a hero! She even told me I was cool and I thought I was almost gonna die, it was too much for me! Aah, I couldn't be a happier papa~!

[Talking to his long-time idol about his beloved daughter. This is just a recipe for disaster. Someone please stop him otherwise he's going to keep fawning all day.]