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testdrive | welcome to the new age.

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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It might be that she's actually pretty tired (something she keeps forgetting) but Sophie chuckles at that. The fact she then imagines a pair of magic panties doesn't help to keep that smirk down.

She regains her serious face a moment later though. "So I just hold to a thing and mind my business. I can do that."

"Good. If you're aiming to start at Balamb, you're going to need to wrap all of your personal business up by the end of the month. I guess that includes getting used to how we do things down here."

(It's ready. ETA: after you finish your cigarette.)

You know me so well, love.

"Falner's Cerberus Division will help you with whatever you need, and they'll do the government paperwork for you. I think your ID card with this base and all of the other things that'll mark you as one of Balamb's students will be ready by tomorrow." He eyes her curiously. "Do you want to live on the Estate, or do you want to stay outside?"

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"Won't take that long on my end. Whether my company makes it alive after removing all its rotten bits is beyond me anyway." She considers letting a few people know she's alive, but she's actually enjoying being dead to the world, oddly enough.

"Inside, if possible? I don't think I'm mentally ready to step into the world for the time being. And you guys work fast."

"It is. You can either go with the free dormitory room you're going to get by merit of joining Class 001, or we can get a permit for you to live in the West District. You'll have to buy a place there, though, or shell out the cash to make your own."

If he knew what Sophie was thinking about the merits of being dead to the world for a time period of their choosing, he'd agree with her completely. It was kind of like an extended vacation, wasn't it? Only slightly more fucked up.

"Fucked up", though, was "normal" where they were.

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"Can I buy property later on? If that's the case I would prefer to stick with the dorms for the time being." She didn't say why, but Sophie doesn't want to be alone, not until she feels like she can function on her own again. That might take a bit of time.

"Funny, I'm tired but the last thing I want to do is sleep. Do we need to discuss anything else?"

"No, we don't. If you need the company, though, I've got all night."

Hikaru meant that too. He wasn't just trying to be nice and doing his job. Their stories were similar, in a way, and Hikaru had a special issue with people who thought that they could fuck around with others in the name of their cause and get away with it.

Sophie leaned back, sighing. "I keep hearing whispers in my head. I know it's my Bloodsinger, but it's getting a bit tiring that I can't even tell what is trying to say, or even if it sounds male or female. They do have genders, right? And names."

It's a long shot, but maybe Hikaru can do something about it.

He was familiar with that feeling, although now it was one that came between him and Brother Death. He and Sumire have not been joined together for over fifty years.

"They do, technically speaking. Would you like me to check and see if I can talk to it myself? We're still waiting on the relic that you're going to need to carry around anyway."

After thinking about it for a moment, Sophie nods. "Okay, but what does that mean? Is this thing going to possess me? I don't think I need to remind you that I already went through one of those Rapture things, and it wasn't easy on anyone." Specially her, but that was an understatement.

"Anyway, go on."

"Would you like to be awake while I talk to it? Because, if you do, it might hurt."

He's not going to mention, just yet, the fact that if she had been any average Bladian, she would not have gotten affected at all. They've covered a lot of ground today, and Sophie wasn't exactly at her best at the moment.

Sophie's face changes to one of worry. "But if I'm not awake I won't be able to listen to it myself." But maybe Hikaru can make it more cooperative. Choices, choices.

She nods at last. "Okay, how do we do it then? I can't just sleep on command."

"Since I'm going to reach into your Pattern and have a little chat with your new companion, I'll need to hold my hand, close your eyes, and try to block out everything around you."

He's already moving the things that the two of you have been eating and drinking away so that he can shift closer.

"You might black out; you might not. If you black out, I'll tell you how it went."

After that, he's holding his hand out towards Sophie's.

ooc: As per the rules of the game, please copypasta the entire roll plus its result on the subject line of your next tag! You'll have to get a certain number of successes, which I'll reveal to you after we've determined whether you passed or failed. :0

Sophie swallowed and moved closer. "Here goes nothing I guess." Reaching out, she holds Hikaru's hand.

And at first, there's a wrenching sensation, similar to what it might feel like if you found yourself strapped into a rollercoaster right on the brink of going down a dangerously sharp track - only it's both physical and metaphysical, like something dark and heavy and terrible just ripped your soul out of your body.

The blackout is likely instantaneous: a good thing, because if it had taken any longer, the level of agony that Sophie would have experienced might have been beyond compare.

It'll feel like a moment. In actuality, when Sophie comes to, thirty minutes had passed. Hikaru's sitting back on the bench, going through another cigarette; his expression might be difficult to read. The servants have cleared out everything from the bench except for a box and a necklace with a stone that glows like a hard, tiny star.

No, she didn't fall off. Her companion for the evening is much nicer than people give him credit for.

ooc: if you like, before you make your tag, you can ping me on chat for a Wits + Empathy roll versus Hikaru's Wits + Subterfuge. o3o

Yeah, that was a trip, only that it wasn't. One moment they are holding hands and she's starting to get all sorts of self-conscious and the next she's... well, feeling like someone kicked her on the head and now she's coming back feeling slightly sore.

There is no possible way she actually pays attention to Hikaru for the first couple of minutes; the feeling of having her body hijacked settles in a moment later and she's too freaked out to make sense of anything for a moment. The passage of time registers a moment later; she can feel it in the air, so to speak. She looks to the necklace, grimacing because she knows what that is and she's not one for jewelry, and then back at Hikaru.

"So, what did I miss?"

He turns to her at that, and - after a quick once over to check how she is - smiles just a bit.

"Well, like the file said, the Singer that you're sharing the attic with is named Sigma. He's angry and he's upset, and surprisingly, it's not because he hates you."

And that IS surprising, given the circumstances. It almost reminds him of how Sumire was, after Arcadia.

"Sigma. Summary of the parts Sigma?" It makes sense, in its own twisted way. All the dead Sophies, and all what made them what they were resided now within her.

Sophie tries to smile, but she doesn't quite manage it. "Then why? I take it it's a good thing he doesn't hate me, but if we're going to share my head, I'd rather know what's going on. He is going to stark speaking eventually, right?"

"He can now, since I've kind of told that if he does anything I am going to do something about him."

That is, at least, within Hikaru's power. Bloodsinger Daddy and all. (Thanks a lot for that, Tala Vega-Tagabigay.)

And right on cue, there's a quiet stirring in Sophie's head.

Forgive me. I was afraid that my touch would hurt you further.

It sounds exhausted, for the lack of a better word. Nothing like the raging, monstrous, bloodstained darkness that had ripped into her when Sophie had thought that she had died.

"Well aren't you the big scary Bladian." Hikaru might notice she's not being completely sarcastic now that she knows him a bit better.

She actually looks around, because seriously, that was unexpected. "Yeah, well, next time I'll be the one to decide that."

And then she turns to Hikaru, looking positively embarrassed. "Don't tell me, I don't need to speak out loud, right?"

That makes Hikaru chuckle. He'll just nod, since you did say not to tell you...

By the way. Hikaru's eyes? They have a soft, fiery glow right around the pupils right now.

(She is... what word would you usually use. 'Cute'?)

"Quite. Can't wait to tell Josh about this."

(Not Yulia?)

"She isn't going to take it well."

In the meantime, Sigma is answering Sophie back, like it did not matter whether she addressed him verbally or telepathically.

Very well, Sophie Morgenstern. I will follow your lead, to the best of my abilities.

And the creature actually sounds like he means it.

Sophie clears her throat. Give her a break, world, she's really bad at this.

"Just Sophie. Look, you saved my life. Saved and/or doomed my life, I don't really know buy I see no point on blaming you. We both got our fair deal of crap to sort through."

All this focused thinking is going to give her a headache. It also makes her feel moderately dumb; now Sophie really wants to pick up a book. "I might be going insane, but let's try to make this work."

Momentarily distracted by Sigma (something that Sophie is pretty sure will become A Thing from now on), it takes Sophie a moment to realize there is something funny going on with Hikaru. "What's wrong with you eyes? Are mine also like that now?" Maybe your average teenager would be excited about the idea but Sophie isn't just in her mid twenties, but she really enjoys what little normalcy she still has. So no, not really sounding too excited.

Yes. I shall tell you everything that I know, but... my own memories are hazy.

Hikaru, in the meantime is blinking. The smile he gives Sophie next is a bit on the sheepish side. The red rings are also gone.

"No, your eyes have absolutely nothing strange about them." He taps the side of his head with one finger. "I've got someone up in my attic too. He's not a Bloodsinger, though."

Later, then. You sound even worse than me. Do you need me to sleep?

Sophie's mouth opens to fire the next question, but she doesn't make a sound. A moment later, she closes it shut and passes a hand over her face. "I could ask you thinks for the rest of the night and it wouldn't be enough." There is something oddly magnetic about him, but Sophie's stubbornness was probably outside the common mortal ranges well before she became a Bladian, so whatever urge to keep pressing the guy, she puts it aside for the time being.

"I am seeing you again." That's not really a question. "And we are gonna have a bunch of weird conversations. I can wait a little longer. You had a necklace for me?"

Yes.

Hikaru is, of course, amused at the fact that it isn't a question. He also isn't bothered by it in the slightest.

"Yeah." He reaches down, and presses it into the center of her palm. "Wear that at all times... don't worry, it'll stop glowing permanently within the next three hours. It's also enchanted to return to you instantly, so you'll never actually lose it." Then he's gesturing towards the box. "That's got three sets of clothes, the keycard to the room that they have for you at the Guest House and a pamphlet on Falner. The Kaiser wanted me to tell you that you've got free reign of the place, and you can tap whoever you like for assistance."

After that, he's bringing out his phone.

"I've got your number already, so I'll text you later so that you can grab mine. Do you want me to drive you to the Guest House, or do you want to find your own way there?"

In a moment, then.

Sophie picks it up and puts it around her neck. She doesn't feel any different, but if it keeps her ridiculously murderous bad karma in line... She picks up the box without opening it. No need, really. "I'll try not to overuse the hot water." Maybe it's because she's so tired that she can allow herself a little humor now.

"I think...that I need to take a walk. Let this all sink in, I don't know. I promise not to run away?"

testdrive | welcome to the new age.

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First dice roll time: roll Resolve + Composure + Blood Potency, please. o3o

Dice pool: 10 --> 10, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2

3 successes. TN was 5.

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Oh yeah, make a Perception roll! That is Wits + Composure.

I am so bad at rolls, this is gonna be a thing: 2 ; 8 ; 6 ; 6 ; 10 ; 7 ; 10

That is still three successes with two rerolls! That's a good roll. o3o

I have my moments :3

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For reference! This Origins thread is worth 6 EXP total for you.