Test Drive 007

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Test Drive Meme

Considering apping to the City of Sin, but unsure of who to bring or if they'll fit? Feel free to give the setting a test drive here! These are a perfect way of getting your playing sample done for the application.

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→ Comment with the character you'd like to test drive in the setting, with name and canon in the subject line
→ Choose a scenario, or create your own
→ Tag around

Possible Scenarios 01. A New Arrival: Hello, New Person! You seem to have found yourself on a sidewalk in the City of Sin with nothing but the clothes on your back and a stomach chruning feeling of being displaced. Thankfully, the streets are full of people - Watch out that you don't get mugged! 02. Demonic Presences: You were just minding your own business, weren't you? But that's always when bad things seem to happen, and the City of Sin isn't really that friendly. Whatever bar or street you're hanging out in suddenly go dim, filing the area with an unnerving feeling as the shadows on the walls jump out into reality. We suggest you phone a friend for help, or maybe try running? 03. Party Hard: You've been invited to a massive, elegant party at the Tower that spills out it's doors in welcome, by someone who calls themselves the Emperor. Obviously that's weird, but maybe you can get some free drinks and food out of it! This place might not be so bad. 04. Prominence: The City of Sin influences it's population on a weekly basis. Too bad you came right smack dab in the middle of a heavy Prominence. Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, or Pride. Choose your choice of sin and be wicked. 05. Trouble: Not everyone is sunshine and roses here. Some people are violent and cruel, raised in the sludge of a sinful city. And they like to pick on people they think can't fight back. Are you that person? Or are you the Hero who can't stand to watch? Worse yet, could you be the person doing the instigating? Villian. 06. Carnival: The City has carnivals or festivals now and then; you're lucky to catch one! With it's open booths filled with cork gun games and funnel cakes, how can someone not have any fun! Go win your darling a stuffed animal, or meet someone new on the spinning cup ride. You might even see someone you know being talked into sitting in the Dunk Tank. 07. Wild Card: Choose your own adventure in the game's setting!

Comments

[first_summers]

After everything Buffy had been through the past few years, it was nice to know she could still turn a few heads and make guys do a double-take. It made her feel a bit less like a freak, and think that maybe one day she could have a life that might pass for normal if you squinted out of your left eye.

Slipping her hand into his, she tried really hard to keep her handshake firm but not bruising - sometimes her strength got away from her, especially since she'd been spending so much time around the Minis before her kidnapping.

"Buffy," she offered with a smile. "And don't worry, it's only obvious because I'm new too. Fresh off the kidnapping boat and ready to meet some of my fellow victims." She paused for a moment, then cringed almost sheepishly. "Sorry, I'm not really all that good at hiding my opinions about this place." Which probably wasn't a good thing, considering who was throwing the party.

[takesallthestupid]

....Well. Bucky's eyebrows rose in surprise at her words. He honestly hadn't considered the fact that some of these people had lives left outside of the City, and he said as much. "Never really thought of it like that. I was... Well, I knew there wasn't gonna be anything else for me, after what happened just before I... landed here. It sure was a surprise, 'cause last I knew, I was in the Swiss Alps, with no civilization whatsoever, and then I was just... in a room. A very nice, hideously decorated room, but still."

He still didn't really know much about the City, or its inhabitants, but it sounded like Buffy did. Which was interesting, since it also sounded like she'd arrived at about the same time he had. "Sounds like you're the lady to talk to for information. I've mostly just been wandering around, trying to get the hang of all this again."

[first_summers]

Buffy was mad as hell that some mystical whatsit had decided to pluck her out of her life and drop her wherever this was, but it was really on principle more than anything. Her life before the City had been... Well. It wasn't the best. So she didn't exactly miss it, but she felt that she should. Her friends were back there, and Dawn, and despite what had happened during those last days in Sunnydale, she should still be there for them. Right?

"Figuring out weird stuff is kinda what I do," she said with a bit of a shrug. "Or try to, anyway. The people around here aren't very chatty." Nor were the demons, unfortunately.

[takesallthestupid]

Bucky tilted his head in a sort of eh gesture. "I find the best way to get information, is to not go looking for it. At least not obviously. Eventually you can pick at the pieces until you can get a better picture." Honey attracted more flies than vinegar, too, and Buffy seemed like the kinda person who didn't care who knew her opinions - which would scare off anyone who might otherwise be willing to share a tidbit of information.

He sure wasn't gonna tell her that, though. Least not right now, when they'd just met. "Maybe... it's that they're chatty, they're just not sayin' what you wanna hear?" he said gently in admonishment, keeping it light and hoping she wouldn't take offense. He'd met several pretty friendly, chatty people. They hadn't really told him anything about the City, but he was still picking up on how things worked, and he was pretty sure most of these people weren't... well, weren't from the same time as him, which was really weird to think about.

[first_summers]

Going the slow route for gathering information had never been Buffy's forte. Even after what was probably a thousand hours of research buried in old musty books and poring over Willow's internet search results, she still preferred going out and doing 'interviews' with the usual suspects and sources. Of course, all of that had been back when she'd had suspects and sources, and books to reference, and people to help her... all of which were pretty scarce in the here and now.

"You're probably right," she acknowledged with a frustrated sigh, taking a sip of the champagne-like drink that was really too tasty for her own good. "I'm just not used to having to do things this way, you know? Back home, I could work the local bars and nesting grounds, beat up a few guys, and have them all singing before I had to get Dawnie up for school." Her tone was a bit mopey and downtrodden, and she looked a bit like the kid who no one wanted to play with during recess.