Test Drive 20 (August & September)

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→ Holds and applications are always open. Holds are required for all applications.

→ Choose one of the scenarios below or make up your own. Feel free to try multiple scenarios.

→ Write LOGS or TEXT prompts, or both.

→ THERE ARE ONLY THREE RULES FOR THE TDM:

1. It has to take place in the 6I universe.
2. It cannot be the character's arrival into the game.
3. Please only test new characters who do not have a version in the game. Our cast list is here.

→ TDM threads cannot be used to meet AC, but if the character is accepted into the game and both players agree, you may keep the CR.

→ Character want ads are here.

Prompts

Happy anniversary, villagers! Buckle up!

1. HEAT WAVE - Poor you. All you were trying to do was get yourself a little something to eat from the kitchen at the inn. Maybe you cooked it up yourself (The inn does, after all, have an electric stove — FANCY!), or maybe you just grabbed some leftovers. By accident or on purpose, you ended up with way more RED SALT in there than you maybe should have, and this is no ordinary seasoning. Whether you like things eye-wateringly spicy or not, it's August, you're sweating buckets, and it's only getting worse.


2. SKUNK DRUNK - Isn't that just the way? You're out and about, minding your own business, and you get sprayed by a BROWN SKUNK. The good news? It doesn't stink like a normal skunk. The also possibly good news, depending on who you ask? You're now in for about 5 hours of being very, very friendly. (Just remember to keep the test drive PG!)


3. BRAIN CANDY - Whether you made it to the anniversary party or not, you've gotten your hands on a piece of leftover candy from the big bash. Careful, though, these treats are more than meets the eye: Whatever COLOR it was, you've now taken on the associated personality traits. (Not the power, just the traits.) At least it only lasts 10 minutes.


4. WILDCARD - Choose your own adventure. Maybe play powers roulette.

Texts

All characters are fitted with a smart watch-like device on their left wrist, which they can use to send text messages to other villagers.

- Texts may only be 140 characters long
- No video or voice, text only
- Display names may be changed by characters on the fly, but anyone can tap to see someone's real full name

Please list your CHARACTER NAME, CANON & PROMPT in your SUBJECT LINE.

Comments

[notsoangry]

Bruce started to stare, but then he stopped staring, which meant he looked away to the rest of the room which he wondered if it was even more noticeable than when he was staring. It just seemed very rude. The Hulk hated when people stared at him. They were connected enough to share glimpses like that of each other. This was not expected, but it also was not beyond the realm of understandable, so he slowly nodded in greeting, still sucking in air whenever possible.

"Yes," he whispered, and paused before taking the offered plant. He knew, he knew, not to just swallow what strangers gave you. Bruce didn't know this creature. But it also was rude to ignore something that seemed genuine, and he hovered in uncertainty. "Thank you." A pause. "I'm Bruce."

[houmaprotector]

"Alec." He gestures, "I'm a Doctor. You can trust me."

He frowns, "...A plant doctor. Not a people doctor. Hence. The sage." he frowns, "Or I could tell you a bad joke. What kind of plants do you give to King Tut?"

He pauses, "Crysanthumummies."

Buried deep beneath the moss and lichen and peat that made up his body was a hoard of dad jokes.

[notsoangry]

Bruce half-smiled. "I'm a doctor too." And he usually knew better than to trust any doctors to be honest, but here he was. As far as he could tell none of the inhabitants of this place was actively aggressive or dangerous. It was the rest of the situation that was. He was the opposite of trusting ordinarily. "Sometimes a people doctor." He'd been one out of necessity in places who needed one, and he had plenty of the education leading up to it, but no real license.

He chuckled at the joke, although it wasn't easy through the strain. "Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? It went OK." Bruce used to collect them specifically to make Betty laugh. She had a great laugh. The corniest jokes the better.

[houmaprotector]

When Alec laughs it sounds like an earthquake. He can't help it. He laughs now, "Why do chemists like nitrates? They're cheaper then day rates?"

He crouches, "Chew this. It's used in menopause medication. I'll get you milk if you need it."

[notsoangry]

When Bruce laughs it's quiet, more a huff than anything else, because he doesn't do it often. It felt wrong and rare. "I'm fine, thank you. I really should be less sensitive than this." He lost a lot of things. Tolerance to spice was one of them. "It's just been awhile." And making rash decisions like trying something new was a bad idea.

"So a plant doctor. There must be a lot of flora around to study."

[houmaprotector]

"Why? Human bodies are difficult. How you should be isn't something to be ashamed of."

He snorts, "Trust me. There were days when I would have killed for indigestion. Or an upset stomach. Or anything like that."

None of which he has. He's made his peace with that now, "Some of it's more useful then others. Some of it's unusual but the way I'm wired...I want to...to get inside it's head so to speak."

[notsoangry]

Oh boy, Bruce really isn't sure how to approach the concept of human bodies or their difficulty, because what a can of worms. His body is his own for the first time in over a decade. What that meant, he is still trying to decide. He had no idea what kind of system the creature in front of him was the owner of. Any questions he has on that front are very, very intrusive, and they'd only recently met.

"And can you? Get into it? Any clues for the unsuspecting here about where it came from?"

[houmaprotector]

"No." To say he's upset is an understatement, "Plants can talk to other plants, just like animals talking to animals. I should be able to. Hell. I should be able to..."

He shakes his head, "Forget it. Are you feeling any better? You sure you don't want any sage?"