souljammed | July / August Test Drive

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! As if in response to your masterful victory, you feel as though you've unlocked a new power. 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!

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[She blinks at the unusual coloring.]

Huh...your Soul Gem...

Hm? What 'bout it?

You have two colors in your Soul Gems...

Oh. That.

I assumed cause I was gonna be pink or navy, but Rataoskr always had red.

Or this is actually my soul and that's cause Zelos and I did stupid soul mingling shit. Which....well, at least this doesn't fuck with my head as much as cruxis. So yay on that.

Zelos? Who's Zelos?

One of my teammate's on Ratatoskr.

We're kind of a bad decision train half the time though. Especially with soul magic shit.

...I've never heard of that place before, actually!

Its a team, not a place. The place was Kyriakos. It had a lotta teams with fancy names.

Its kind of like here. A multidimensional nexus, and you show up cause you need something.

Though Estelle was more too trusting of others motives which made her less prepared for bullshit and less 'you just made a deal with the devil and he's in charge.'

...have ya heard a lot from Rose? [Was that just a prompting question or because Madoka knows it sounds off from home?]

....Oh, um. Is that in the Adirondacks? I know that's where she comes from.

Edited 2016-07-19 20:35 (UTC)

Adirondacks? What's....

[She's thinking, frowning to herself.] That's....the mountain range in New York, right? I think it is...

No, no, it's not at Earth at all. It's actually only a fragment of a whole other universe, and it's place was hella unstable, I couldn't get it's location in the void at all. Shit was a pain in the ass.

Rose was never in Kyriakos. It was....after all the shenanigans we had in our...groups?

Mm, that's exactly where it is, in New York.

...

Are you hungry? I can make you something to eat or get you something...

So she is probs from there, yeah.

...

If you're hungry, I could eat.

Well, I was on my way home to make dinner...if you want I can make spaghetti!

Spaghetti? Sure, sounds good. Love pasta.

Mm, do you like sausage or sauce with it, or anything like that with t?

I will eat literally anything. Everything not seafood or pumpkin is fuckin' amazing. Especially anything that goes into non meat sauces.

Edited 2016-07-21 19:05 (UTC)

All right, then! I can make a non-meat sauce! Let's go, I'm right here...

[Raising her hand up, her ring glows in tandem with a door two houses down.]

Woo! Veggies or milk products! [These are very important food items.]

[Gonna skip on over to the glowing house.]

[Welcome to Madoka's house! The inside is really nice. A two-story place that looks very upper-class and sophisticated, with lots of glass windows, a little garden, stainless steel appliances, the works.]

Ok, papa isn't, um, 'here', so I can cook.

[She looks around curiously, gosh, this place is nice, kind of like her hou-]

[That's a fucking garden.]

[IMMEDIATELY GRAVITATING TO THE GARDEN, looking at it in wonder.]

Your father is here too? Lucky, all sorts of fam is around.

...A-actually, that's an illusion of my papa.

[To demonstrate, Madoka focuses on her papa, who promptly vanishes, only to come back a few seconds later.]

He and mama and Tatsuya can only exist in this house...

Edited 2016-07-24 05:21 (UTC)

[Paaaaaause and looks at Madoka. And there's concern.]

You, um. Don't forget they're illusions. Right?

No, I don't. I just let them appear because...they help to keep me grounded. Let me remember the people back home, you know?

Edited 2016-07-26 03:30 (UTC)

Ooooh, okay. Yeah, I can get that. Just, y'know, wanted to check.

Ah, no, I understand! It would be worrisome if I forgot they weren't really here, after all...

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