ɢᴇɪsᴛɴᴇᴛ | ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴠɪᴄᴇ ([personal profile] geistnet) wrote in [community profile] wakingthedead2014-05-20 03:01 pm

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.


artesana: (2.)

Y'ALL ARE SNEAKY AND GREAT

[personal profile] artesana 2014-07-30 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
Whatever pall had been cast on the table before from talking about her parents was entirely gone now. Hikaru had seemed to come out of nowhere to kiss Josh full on the lips with no shame or concern. The kind of thing her mother would decry, but that Espie loved. Especially when Josh grinned like a fool.

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.
icarusalsoflew: (who am i to disagree?)

it's only because we love you. o3o

[personal profile] icarusalsoflew 2014-07-30 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
'Madly in love'? Oh, you can tell that he liked hearing that out loud from the way his eyes light up and from the smile on his face as he sends a Look over at his boyfriend. Who he is still draped on.

"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.
larue: (028 »)

huehuehuehue

[personal profile] larue 2014-07-30 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
"If I said 'yes', would it matter?" He clearly doesn't mind, though, if the arm coming around the younger man's waist is any indicator. This is obviously just the way things go with these two, don't mind them.

"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.
artesana: (7.)

ilu both <33

[personal profile] artesana 2014-07-30 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
This was turning out to be some first day. She hadn't even met the Kaiser yet ( which she seriously hoped wasn't going to be a taxing process, but the word 'Kaiser' was already intimidating... ), but so far she had seen a dragon and met two amazing men and an honest-to-god Angel. Those were real?! She couldn't believe Josh had intimidated her. Especially when she saw him smile like that. He had said he'd been like her once. If she could ever end up with just a fraction of the happiness he had, she knew life would be good.

"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.
icarusalsoflew: (won't you come this way?)

[personal profile] icarusalsoflew 2014-07-30 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
It seemed only too natural for Hikaru to slip right unto Josh's lap and look like he belonged there. He was also going for his cigarettes, and the moment he lit up, he made sure to blow the smoke away from Esperanza. He's about as nice as his boyfriend, at least when it came to something like this.

"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.
Edited 2014-07-30 08:48 (UTC)
larue: (where my dreams are made of gold)

[personal profile] larue 2014-07-30 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Hikaru's getting a kiss on that shoulder for that, before Josh turns back to Espie to say: "It was an eventful year."

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."
artesana: (10.)

[personal profile] artesana 2014-07-30 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
So awhile then. Not forever but good enough.

"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.
icarusalsoflew: (i'm all right // can't you see?)

[personal profile] icarusalsoflew 2014-07-30 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
He was quiet, of course, and focused on working through his cigarette and listening to her speak. Granted, listening for Hikaru also meant sifting through the gradients of emotion in her voice, the way she looked, the gestures (or lack thereof) that she made.

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."
larue: (065 »)

[personal profile] larue 2014-07-30 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Throughout all of that, Josh has taken to leaning his head against Hikaru's arm as he listens to Espie's story. He doesn't have senses like the Blade King does, but he's learned to read people ( and the reactions of those around them ) in his own fashion.

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.