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wakingthedead2014-05-20 03:01 pm
geistnet) wrote in wakingthedead2014-05-20 03:01 pm
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testdrive | welcome to the new age.
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testdrive meme.
1. First Day At Falner
You have just arrived at Falner Estate, a sprawling, beautiful, 400-hectare co-located space between Britain, Germany, and the Philippines, and the main base of Netsach. The flora and fauna in the area gives both a sense of familiarity as it looks at first glance like things you’ll find on Earth, and a weird sense of otherworldliness. Given the size of the place, the Estate is less of a compound and more like a town unto itself. The older buildings within the estate are gothic in their construction, and clear throwbacks to 19th Century Europe. The newer facilities, however, sport cutting edge contemporary designs that were clearly inspired by Fourth World architecture and technology.
If you want a better idea on what can be found on the estate, you can refer to this link.
2. A Day On The Job
You are pushing papers at Methuselah, doing research at the Arcanum, or going out on patrol -- whatever it is that you're doing, it's just another day for you as a Hunter of the Vigil.
3. Let's Head Down to Haven
Find yourself itching for a night out on the town? Why not head over to Haven, the classy nightclub that looks like a large, monolithic black building with no visible windows from the outside and the name of the club emblazoned in bold, white letters on one side.
Haven is located in Makati City, and is open to the public (especially the local supernatural community), but you might want to prepare yourself to wait in line for a very, very long time – unless you’re a Hunter, of course.
Falner’s Maenad Division holds office on top of Haven, as does Ordo Daywalker. Some of Haven’s staff also live above the night club.
4. The Awakening
Want to tag out your character's origin story? Set the stage and let's see where things go.
5. Choose Your Own Adventure
If none of the suggested premises hit the mark, feel free to set things up and let's do a tag round.
Instructions for the Testdrive:
1. Specify your chosen scenario number on the subject line.
2. Should you wish to tag with a specific character already established within Waking the Dead, indicate who. The current list of available NPCs can be found over here.
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He welcomes her back with a smile and makes a point to exhale away from where she's eating. He listens when she goes on to tell him about her parents and at the mention of how they believed anything relating to the supernatural was bad, he hides the frown that's settling on his mouth by taking another drag.
It's a reality, that not everyone will be as lucky as he was, with a Deadwalker father who had just been happy to see his son alive and healthy again. Whose first thought at the idea that the wife who had left them all so many years before was coming home, had been to hunt up his best suit so that he could look presentable to the love of his life; someone that Josh clearly took after because Angela Brennan had decided to leave her family for the same reason: she was a Technomancer, staying with them wasn't safe.
He's speaks to her in Spanish when he finally replies: "You never have to worry about asking questions with us, Espie. And I know this is a bit too soon for me to say, but if your parents couldn't see what a gift they had in someone like you -- it's their loss. And I'm sorry for them."
He's switching back to Englush shortly after. "Artisans are incredibly rare. One of the things I used to tease Jill about when we were the new kids on the block was that she was a pretty hot commodity." You'll be able to pick up that he thinks incredibly well of Jillian Andrews. Like a sister to him, that one.
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There was a moment when her smile faltered, her face falling slightly at the weight of the words. She didn't know what the truth was. She had never gone back to ask. All the evidence, though, pointed to her being a disappointment to her family for what she was. 'An abomination in the Lord's eyes' as they would say.
She swallowed hard and looked back at her food, her smile a little softer now.
"Es lo que hay," she answered him. The only answer she really did have for the situation. There was no use dwelling on what was and couldn't be changed. And even if there were answers, she didn't think she wanted them. She had the chance to go home and get answers many times, but had intentionally passed them up.
She was moving forward, instead.
Her smile became a little more genuine as he talked about artisans and what he had called Jill. "She was really nice. I'm glad she was the one that found me. Especially if artisans are so rare."
She ate some of her fruit, talking between grapes. "So, what are you?"
Hi there. owo JOSH YOU CAN TAG IN NOW.
That didn't used to be his "casual" getup, by the way. What was that again, LaRue? "Too many layers"?
And since we're on the topic of Joshua LaRue, it didn't take all that long for Hikaru to pick up the familiar scent of his boyfriend, and the sound of his voice. That kind of happens when you're not quite human, and it most definitely happens when you're not quite human and very in love with somebody.
Please excuse him then, Esperanza, as Hikaru sidles over right at that moment, drapes his arms over Josh's shoulders (he has nice tattoos on his arms, by the way), and greets him, not with words, but with a good, solid kiss on the mouth.
Then the words come.
"Good morning, love." Then he notices Josh's company and smiles. "Hi there. You must be new."
#JUSTASPLANNED
He's snapping back to attention though, when the Blade King turns his attention to you. "Hikaru, be nice. Espie, this is Hikaru Shinta." He's not going to mention the part about him being the Blade King of Zangyaku or one of the Malice Kings just yet. Don't want to overwhelm the kid on her first day. "She just arrived this morning. Jill sent her over."
He will, however, teasingly say: "Oh, you better tell Aidan that he's got another fan."
Sorry he's not more sorry, sweetheart. He couldn't resist.
Y'ALL ARE SNEAKY AND GREAT
If ever two people were truly in love, it was the two men in front of her. And she was positively grinning over it.
"Hikaru Shinta, huh?" Espie cast a sideways glance at Josh, teasing him a little bit at his reaction.
"Hi Hikaru. I'm Esperanza, but like Josh said, Espie is better." She's just going to greedily look over his tattoos. "We didn't get to the part where Josh tells me he's madly in love with someone, so thank you for helping us skip ahead to that part."
But Josh somehow managed to get it back on her and her grin looks a little abashed. "Not all of us are used to seeing dragons on our front lawns! All I had were windmills. I'm probably going to be Aidan's fan for life." And maybe their fan for life too now.
it's only because we love you. o3o
"It's a pleasure to meet you. You really should come and see Aidan for yourself sometime... he'd love the company."
Yeah, he is not past kind of talking about Aidan like he is a permanent fixture of Falner and therefore a veritable living tourist spot. Because he kind of is.
"Is this seat taken?" He asked his boyfriend, pointing to Josh's lap.
huehuehuehue
"Don't worry, Espie. I don't think Father Aidan will mind." He really won't. The Voidseeker is big on having company and it's kind of a running jibe that he's got empty nest syndrome since everyone in Netsach count as his children. Josh won't ever say that out loud though, he respects the man too much to tease him. "And if you hang around on the lawn long enough, you'll meet one of my best friends, Rethe. He's an angel."
He really couldn't resist dropping that. The girl is adorable, and Josh is big on the belief that the best way to ease her into her new life is to just talk about things like dragons and angels as givens -- because really, in Netsach, supernatural or deadwalker, functional immortal or not, everyone was just family.
ilu both <33
"Is there a list somewhere of all the supernatural types out there, because at this rate I'm going to think everything exists," she grinned back at Josh.
"So..." her eyes got that mischievous look in them again. "How long have you been together? If I say for always am I close?" She knows she's not, but it's fun to tease Josh. He gets such a silly grin. And Hikaru really looks perfectly at home on Josh's lap. Always isn't that bad of an estimate.
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"A while, actually. Since July '63, I believe? So, that's close enough to 'always', in my opinion."
He glanced over at Josh for confirmation, and didn't seem to notice (or particularly care) that he's been smiling since he came to the table. It's nice, okay, seeing your boyfriend semi-first thing in the morning.
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Met in March, solidified a friendship sometime in April and May, threw a shoe at his wall in July and the rest is history. "And don't worry, sweetheart, there's a list."
He's killing his cigarette and lighting up a second one at that.
"Not sure how much Jill told you, but you'll have to take classes at Balamb to get you up to snuff." The look he sends her way is encouraging. "It's challenging, but worth it."
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"She explained as much as she could, but a lot of it was hard to understand. I think I'm more behind than the others. My family kept me from all of this as much as they could. I didn't even know Artisans were things that existed or what conspiracies really do. Not outside shady rumors," she rolled her eyes. How wrong those rumors she had grown up with were.
It was kind of vindicating to know that they had all been wrong. There was nothing wrong with these people. They weren't abominations ( actually, she couldn't say that for certain. she wasn't god, she couldn't speak for him, but how could anyone look at hikaru and josh and think god didn't love their perfect smiles? ). They were bad people at all. They were good people. Some of the best people she'd met in over a year.
So far. There was always that nagging voice in the back of her mind that said nothing lasted forever. But que será, será. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see.
"But I'm ready for it," she grinned at the both of them. "I want it. As much as I can learn and do, I want all of it." She was tired of hiding from it. She spent her life as a normal human. She did her obligation for years. Now it was time to be free.
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More than a few things made sense now. He's going to have to get her file sometime.
"Then you've come to the right place." His tone went a little soft at that, and something in his eyes might tell Esperanza that there's a lot more under that then he's letting on. "Netsach's kind of all about giving people homes, and making Keepers who understand that best."
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He gives Hikaru's hip a gentle squeeze before he's squaring his gaze back to Espie. "You're only as behind as you think you are." He would know, he'd known nothing when he'd first arrived. Six years a Sin-Eater with zero knowledge beyond what whispers he'd overheard had meant he had a lot to catch up on.
"I'm not saying that it'll be a piece of cake -- but you seem like you've got the drive. That's something." Is there something about the way he's saying that that makes it seem like he knows that from firsthand experience? You bet.