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 Successful Mission: Congratulations! You met up with your first Witch, and you fought valiantly. For your efforts, you've been awarded a grief seed - and with it, access to a brand 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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SANDY NO--

[mechabadass]

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DOES NOT COMPUTE. ERROR, RESTARTING...

Sandy yes!

[justoutrunyou]

[ While he has that little meltdown, the sand is going to groan and start to slide off him and into the pile which is now rising off the ground into a more humanish shape.]

Sorry! I'm sorry I just...new powers...I got a little carried away...

[Out of the sand a concerned face forms going from grit to skin. The entire process is taking a few minutes but she's focusing on the top down.]

[mechabadass]

RESTART CONFIRMED.

...'M OK, YOU JUST EXPLODED IS ALL...

[justoutrunyou]

Wouldn't be the first time.

[Can you taste the bitterness in that mumbled confession? Because it's pretty damn bitter. But she's moving on]

Anyway it's these powers, I got my dads powers but none of the control so...sometimes I fall apart...you were like...wrong place wrong time.

[She's managed to pull together her upper body now though her arms still look gritty. Her lower body is basically a pillar of sand though]

[mechabadass]

...GEEZ, AND I THOUGHT ROBOTIZATION STANK!

[justoutrunyou]

Robo-what now?

[Shes running her hands along her arms trying to smooth them out. Eventually she has arms again and she bends over to work on her legs which are finally starting to form.]

[mechabadass]

ROBOTIZATION. BEING TURNED INTO A ROBOT.

[justoutrunyou]

[Sandy goes very pale at that and her skin stiffens going from something soft to more stonelike in appearance.]

So like...normal living creatures made robots?

[That feels ominously familiar. Similar to something she's seen happen in her last world]

[mechabadass]

YUP! AND IT'S AS PLEASANT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

[i.e. I HAVE NO FREE WILL AND MY BODY IS FORCIBLY CHANGING AND I MUST SCREAM]

[justoutrunyou]

[Welp so much for looking like a normal human. The fear has her going stiff as a statue now, her hair and clothes and skin all taking on the color and consistency of granite. ]

So...you...went through that?

[She shudders as much as stone can]

How did you escape it?

[mechabadass]

[A shrug, to try and make it nbd.]

CALL ME CRAZY, BUT I WENT THROUGH IT ON PURPOSE. I HAD WAYS TO KEEP MY MIND INTACT, THOUGH.

[justoutrunyou]

[ Another long disbelieving stare]

You're crazy. Absolutely insane.

[Stepping closer looking a little wild eye'd and desperate]

But you have to tell me how you did it!

[mechabadass]

[Woah woah WOAH what]

WELL I WOULDN'T SAY I'M THAT NUTS.

I MEAN, SURE, I'LL TELL YOU, BUT WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOU'RE NOT FROM MOBIUS, ARE YOU?

[justoutrunyou]

[Not exactly something she wants to go into detail on but she needs to know, time to buck up and plow ahead. She's good at that.]

Not...not like robots but...they mess with peoples brains to make them behave like robots. I don't know exactly how...there are knives and needles and videos and pain, so much pain! And they can break anyone! I've seen them do it to some of the strongest most wild free spirits I ever met. All that was left of them was like...this whimpering husk. Couldn't resist a command, couldn't look anyone in the eye. Couldn't communicate...

[She was shaking just from that short description and her hands were balled up into little stone fists.]

[mechabadass]

HEY, HEY, ITS OK! IT'S OK, YOU'RE ,I>NOT THERE ANYMORE, RIGHT NOW...

[He does to take her shoulders.]

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF MY SOLUTION WOULD WORK FOR YOU, BUT I UNDERSTAND HOW SCARY THAT IS. EVEN WITH MY STRATEGY, I COULD DEFINITELY FEEL WHAT WAS HAPPENING, TRYING TO OVERTAKE MY WILL. I GET IT. A LITTLE, AT LEAST.

THE WAY I OVERCAME IT WAS SOMETHING CALLED A NEURO OVERRIDER. WELL, MORE LIKE A DOZEN NEURO OVERRIDERS, WHICH MERGED WITH ME WHEN I WAS ROBOTICIZED SO MY FREE WILL COULD BE PRESERVED. BUT THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR THAT, AND THE DUDE WHO MADE THEM ISN'T HERE.

[justoutrunyou]

[Having him say that he understood her fear helped a little but the ultimate explination wasn't nearly as helpful as she hoped. For all the things Sandy had learned in the training center, computers and robotics were not offered. Nor had she ever taken to it in her free time. There was a limit of understanding her mind had for things and it was mostly full of survival techniques and combat.]

OK...ok but...that means it's not impossible just...difficult. We just need to get the biggest brains we can find to work on it...

[She's got a far away look in her eyes, she's not here but back in District 13 trying to sort out who she would take this information to. Her stone softens and she's back to flesh and blood once more.]

But it won't do me any good here...so I guess if I ever make it back there to set things right maybe then...

[A heavy sigh and her shoulders slumped looking suddenly exhausted. That was an emotional sucker punch she hadn't been expecting today]

Sorry for being weird.

[mechabadass]

EH, NO WORRIES. I'VE MET WEIRDER.

NAME'S SONIC, BY THE BY.

[justoutrunyou]

Sandy.

[She hesitates for a moment because this is probably a rude question but...well inquiring minds gotta know]

Do you regret it? Getting yourself all...tin plated and stuff?

[mechabadass]

WELL, CAN'T LIE!

IT COULD HAVE GONE BETTER.

[HE'S NOT BITTER. NOPE. NOT AT ALL.]

BUT I'D RATHER LIVE WITH THAT THAN THE ALTERNATIVE.

[justoutrunyou]

So getting put like this...it worked out in the end? You stopped the bad guys?

[Because it may not always be as simple as good guys and bad guys, but it was awfully nice when it was.]

[mechabadass]

YEAH, I DID!

[The most dangerous one, at least!]

[justoutrunyou]

Then that's what's important.

[ And given the chance if she had to make that sort of sacrifice to end the Capitol once and for all...well she hopes she'll have the courage for it. For now she's going to turn and head off. The day is still young and she needs more practice, clearly.]

[mechabadass]

[HI BYE???]

UH. LATER?

[justoutrunyou]

[ She is extremely embarrassed that she got so riled up and she doesn't want to linger and feel more awkward, sorry metal boy but at least you made a good first impression? Ish?]

[mechabadass]

[WELL YEAH, HE'S GOT TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. She won't be screaming about how he's sleeper that's going to try and take over the world for Blubber Butt.

IN THE MEANTIME he's just going to excuse himself too, later]