testdrive | welcome to the new age.

[geistnet]

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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open post yo

[bloodsinger]

Just as the stone passes zooming through the surface, a head emerges from the water; a head followed by a neck and shoulders, of course. No floating heads on the lake for now. Sophie blinks as she looks around for the shore. She finds it moments later, just as she finds the person that threw the rock. It's some guy she doesn't recognize. Does she stay in the water? It's not that she minds stepping out of the lake on a swimsuit, but...well, there's a dude at the shore.

"Are you going to throw more stones, or can I get out now?" Better be sure, right?

[fumed]

Uh...

This is. Unexpected. Anri was pretty sure there wasn't anyone in the lake before he started throwing stones, at least not that he could have seen. Frowning slightly and also flushing a little because... well. Throwing rocks at girls isn't nice, he steps back further on the shore, dropping the stone he was about to palm the weight of.

"No, I just. You can get out. Y'know." So I can throw more rocks. Yes. "Any time now."

[bloodsinger]

She can hold her breath for quite a while, apparently. #justbladianthings

Sophie smiles a smile that can't be seen from all the way there, and starts swimming towards the shore. Moments later, Anri will most likely have a front sit view at Sophie in a two piece black swimsuit (not a bikini, alright? this thing she's wearing has some resemblance to modesty. Some.) Most people's first impression either goes to 'damn she's ripped/fit/muscular' or 'damn she's hot', not that Sophie cares, and the way she steps out of the water makes it clear she's not trying to show off; she's actually taking little steps as she wraps her arms around her chest, stopping briefly in front of him to mouth a "Hi" before moving to the side and removing a bag well hidden under a bush and some rocks.

A towel comes out and she starts drying herself. "Sorry about that, by the way," she says without turning to look at him, although judging by her tone, she's getting more embarrassed by the second.

[fumed]

"That's... okay," Anri mumbles, working his lip between his teeth somewhat and stepping a little to the side to give her some space as she towels herself dry. "What were you doing? I don't even think I saw you go in..." He'd been at the lake for a while already. It was weird, just someone coming straight up and out of the water without so much as batting an eyelash.

He'd say everyone here was weird, but he knows he's just as odd now.

[bloodsinger]

By now she has wrapped one towel around her and is using a smaller one to dry her hair. "Well...I got bored of swimming in a pool, and I heard someone mention the lake, so." Sophie shrugs, clearly indicating she did not think this through. Why is her face getting so hot anyway? She can't remember the last time she was this embarrassed.

"C-can you turn around for a moment please?"

[fumed]

"Sure...! Yeah..." Anri doesn't say anything to that, just folding his arms over his chest loosely and turning a bit so that his back is facing her. The only way he'd be able to look is if he went and turned himself about face so that's that. He turns his head up towards the light of the sun, squinting briefly into it before coming down to look at his boots.

"Sorry."

[bloodsinger]

The next few minutes are a mixture of sounds that can be easily identified as someone clumsily trying to change her clothes as quickly as possible. It's not like she can run around on a wet swimsuit, okay? Having to change with a guy there, even if he's looking away, makes the whole thing a whole new level of awkward.

"D-don't apologize!" She stammers as she wrestles with her sweatpants for a moment. "Let's just say we're even and pretend this never happened. You can turn around now." By then she's already pulling her shirt down, but Sophie is going to grab her jacket and put that on too. Layers, all the layers.

"I'm Sophie by the way. Well, Sophia but nobody calls me that- just Sophie, okay?"

How do people talk again?

[fumed]

Anri turns around slowly, as if unsure if she's ready for him to do so even if she's said he's alright. He even seems hesitant to look directly at her until she introduces herself. And at that, he just offers her a smile, barely teeth, but not shy. Just relieved, maybe. Yes. Relieved.

"Sophie... cool. I'm Anri." He nods over at the lake. "No, but really. What was going on in there? How did you...?" Stay down there for so long.

[bloodsinger]

Sophie stares at the lake for a moment. "I've always been good at physical stuff? Staying underwater is a matter of controlling your body and knowing how to let air go to the best way, so..."

She just shrugs. "One of the things that came with me becoming a Bladian was the enhanced physic, so I wanted to try that out." And another shrug for good measure.