TEST DRIVE MEME.

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Test Drive Meme

Prompts Arrival: So you've just arrived in Nyoi-Cho. Congratulations! You must be so excited about having your wish granted. Or maybe you're upset that the result wasn't quite what you expected? If that's the case, then that's too bad! There are no take backs and no redoes, so you're stuck with what you have! Maybe you should have been more careful about how you worded that wish... Oh well. There's no use in dwelling on it. You're a magi now, and that means adjusting to a whole new lifestyle! Maybe one of the townspeople can help you out. Only... they're acting a bit strangely, aren't they? They're all too happy to show you around, but there's something unsettling about the way they're behaving. Almost cheerfully dissonant. Any questions about the history of the town are met with blank stares and brief silence, before they plaster a smile onto their faces and change the subject. Any attempts to tell them about your duties as a magi or anything else that relates to the magical will get similar reactions. Isn't there anyone normal here that you can talk to at all? Home Improvement: The houses that the magi are given access to really are something, aren't they? There's almost no limit to what they can do! Why don't you create the house of your dreams, or maybe recreate and relive your favorite childhood scenes? Invite some spectators over to marvel! A Corrupted Soul Gem: You neglected to take care of your soul gem, and now you don't feel quite yourself anymore. You feel like you're losing your sense of self - all you seem to be able to focus on is your old regrets and past failures. What's happening to you? A Day in the Life: Everyday hero by day, magician by night! You've got a busy day ahead of you and no time to waste! Maybe it's school, or maybe it's work, maybe it's both! Being magical doesn't make you exempt from paying those shopping bills! May Day: Uh-oh. This magical girl stuff looked easier on TV. You're in some serious trouble! Or maybe you see someone else who is! It's time to pull up your socks and show them what you have. Be the hero you've always wanted to be, or give in and be that damsel in distress. There's no shame in needing a little help now and then. A Successful Mission: Congratulations! You met up with your first Nightmare, and you fought valiantly. You even mastered that tricky power of yours! What sort of power did you get? Is it a useful one, or is it not so useful? Maybe you've mastered it beautifully, and now you're showing off to all of your friends. Maybe you're having a hard time keeping it under wraps, and now you're wreaking havoc across the town without meaning to! A Dreadful Nightmare: You had an absolutely horrid day. As you drift off to sleep, your mind dwells on all the injustices you've had to endure. In response, your bed swallows you up, and your room shifts into a horrific Nightmarescape. What sort of Nightmare are you? What kind of Nightmarescape do you create? Hopefully your fellow magi can stop you before you cause too much damage! Wildcard: Feel free to use any information from the FAQ or the World Info page to make your own prompt!

Comments

[salutations]

I meant the second but should I be worried about the first? I mean, I've always had a few adoring male fans, but...

[storyofarebel]

[Actually... She blinks.]

You're... not afraid of me? ... I thought I'd at least get a gasp.

[wounds]

I'm not interested in you. Just what you're doing.

[cyclicalconcept]

Why would I be scared of you? Just because your mama's the Evil Queen?

[She tilts her head.]

That's silly, though! Your mama's your mama.

[rakuyo]

[Maria should probably be more off put by the 4 foot tall pigeon flirting with her, but she doesn't even notice. The flirting part. Not the pigeon part, she's a head of that.]

If we remain diligent in our cause, the spread should not overwhelm us. [She'd offer to shake a hand, but that's not how feathers work. That would be ridiculous.]

I am Maria, of the Hunter's Workshop. Do beings such as you have given names?

[storyofarebel]

[Madoka... maybe this is the Grinch story instead, because her heart feels three times its size.]

I... well... Th-thank you. I mean it.

[cyclicalconcept]

You're welcome--

[Smiling, Madoka nods. Then, the school bell rings. Well, no so much ring as pitifully warble off-key because the bell is so worn the brass has actually thinned out from where it's struck.

Well, one more item to add to the fix list.]

Ah--we're going to be late for class...!

[She turns her heel to run.]

I-I'll see you at lunch!!

[storyofarebel]

Oh, I totally forgot - ! Yeah, I'll see you later! Thank you, Madoka!

[She runs, but also makes sure to wave!]

[salutations]

Wow, I see you're the type to bluntly shoot people down. That's admirable, it its own way.

[wounds]

I don't see a reason to have you thinking something incorrect. We'll have less misunderstandings this way.

[salutations]

[Don't question the world of Hatoful Boyfriend, where pigeon wings are capable of holding hands, linking arms, and wielding semi-automatic weaponry.]

Indeed we do. [he lets the casual birdist microaggression slide like water off a duck's back (which, ironically, is also a casual birdist microaggresion)] My name is Yuuya Sakazaki. Given name, family name, although you're welcome to call me what you like, Maria.

[salutations]

Life thrives on misunderstandings, in a sense.

Still, in respect of your desire I will concede: my behavior is perhaps a little strange.

[wounds]

It's better to be direct. The less misunderstandings the better.[Unless it's a misunderstanding in his favor then they're fine.]

It is strange. Are you going to keep trying this?

[salutations]

Probably not.

There's really nothing for me to get out of it, after all. Even if they were to learn a few tricks, we'd hardly see any of them become nationally-recognized mathematicians or world-renown pathologists.

[wounds]

[What on earth is this weirdo saying?]

Are you used to that? Is that normal where you're from? Are you a bird scientist?

[drubbings]

They're not a talkative bunch are they. I certainly noticed they didn't seem surprised to see me.

[ Terezi has mostly given up quizzing the local humans after they gave one or two vapid lines. There was nothing of interest there. She has a feeling that the real answers came from Kyubey, but she hasn't seen hide nor hair of the creature since her arrival. This would call for an investigation! ]

Because last time I saw Karkat he was being boiled alive. You both--

[ She pauses, letting the silence become awkward. What was there to say on that matter. That her ass got kicked by a deranged juggalo and she needed her friends to bail her out. In the end it cost them both their lives. Terezi feels a strong sense of shame surrounding the whole thing. She shouldn't have stopped, she should have torn him to ribbons. ]

I never got to thank you. For what you did. You were able to stop him-- Gamzee. I couldn't do it.

[ Her shoulder slump forward a bit and her blind gaze shifts to the ground. She hopes Kanaya will understand. ]

[salutations]

Oh, I'm hardly a scientist. [he is a bird, tho] Anyways, yes, in the world I came from we had plenty of prestigious birds.

[wounds]

Nationally-recognized mathematician birds? There's a world like that? Were there humans there or was it just birds?

[salutations]

Before today I couldn't have imagined a different world. There are still humans, just far fewer than birds.

Most have been wiped out, either by disease or war.

[wounds]

You world sounds strange, but that's probably because I've never experienced it myself.

What kind of disease was it, that it wiped out such a huge majority?

[chainsawstick]

I talked to Dave about how the degree to which they are untalkative. I likened them to the cohorts but I believe he had differing opinions.

[ Had she mentioned Dave's here? No? Well, he's here, and now it's been said and there's no taking it back. There's also the other not-Dave, but Kanaya doesn't know much about him.

Besides, there's not much to say about Dave at the moment given just how quickly things seem to turn as Terezi mentions the whole mess that Kanaya just recently escaped. Or maybe she didn't escape it at all, it's hard to say, seeing how she's apparently dead. Or alive/dead. Some combination maybe. ]

You really don't have to thank me. I just did what anyone would have done. He had to be put down. I blame myself for not being able to have done it earlier, instead messing around with Rose the entire length of our trip in an attempt at flushed cross species entanglement that left no one satisfied.

[ Though as much as Kanaya is the type to blame herself, she is also the type to worry about others. And seeing Terezi lowering her head like that makes Kanaya shift her weight uncomfortably from one side to the other. She wants so badly to tell her to forget it or not to worry.. but there's barely been a day where she doesn't regret having lost the Matriorb, or any number of other mistakes she herself has made. ]

[salutations]

Sumatran Influenza- a bird flu, if you would. Humanity ended up pushed to the brink of extinction. [yet, he seems entirely calm about it, like reciting facts from the history books]

[wounds]

You don't seem worried about it. Were... Are you immune?

[salutations]

It was a bit before my time. I was hatched long after that initial pandemic, so I can't say I ever worried about that. The birds trying to say we can't coexist are far more worrying, I'd say!

[... wait, some part of what he just said did not match.]

[wounds]

You were hatched? People aren't hatched they're born-[A sharp gasp and a confused look]

Are you supposed to be a bird?