assguardians | DECEMBER TEST DRIVE

THE TEST DRIVE MEME

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• This is open to everyone! Also, test drivers can tag other test drivers. :)
• Make up your own scenario or have them walk into all the doors or leave it blank for others to do it for you!

Reserves are here, and open on November 24th at 12:01AM CST.

Application information (including the list of pending apps) is here,
and they open on December 1st at 12:01AM CST.

OPTIONAL SCENARIO: After your character receives his or her bracelet and the run-down from the faceless maids in the castle, they walk out to find the city blanketed with snow and in the middle of what seems to be a snowball war organized by the Native children! Be careful on your way to your Welcome House: snowballs are flying, and these groups of giggling kids don't seem to care who gets caught in the crossfire.

Make sure to have fun, and as always, feel free to hit the mods or players up with any questions you might have! ♥

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Pfffth...! [On the upside, snow didn't taste that bad. On the downside, it was starting to seep through most of her clothes. ... this really wasn't what she expected when they told her she'd been pretty much abducted. Also, seriously, where had that second one even come from?]

Wow, I walked right into that...

[Still, she crouched down and got ready for the next round.]

[Tris was getting to see Samantha in a somewhat rare event: A good mood. She did smile, but she tended to have an acrid edge to most of her interactions, even with people she liked. However, snow was fun. She used her tail to swish some from a nearby bank and give herself some extra space while she packed her own snowball.]

Yep. You new here?

[It was sort of obvious. Most of the ones who'd been here a while were in heavier coats.]

[Tris was trying very hard not to get hung up on the tail. But that was definitely, undeniably a tail. And it was obviously really another bodypart. And. ... well she'd never seen anything like it. But instead of staring, she focused on her snowball, because if she were to start thinking about how strange one thing was, she probably wouldn be able to stop until her head exploded. So, her response was a little delayed.]

... Yeah. Sure is some welcome here.

[Not said without humor, though. In a way, it was nice to see children having fun - and not just children either.]

Heh, it's been a loooot worse, trust me. Dragon could be attacking.

[She caught the look, but the girl wasn't freaking out, so she wouldn't bring it up just yet. she packed and threw on the fly, snickering a little as her hood pulled back, horns very visible.]

[It was probably a good thing Tris had never seen any pictures of devils or demons, back home. Nobody had explained to her the thing with the horns and the tail, but for now, she mostly wanted to keep it together and at least pretend to take all the strangeness in stride, until she actually managed.]

Dr- !

[Oh crap, snowball. This time, she managed to dodge in time. She'd left hers lying there as she got out the way, but gathered up a handful and threw that, anyway, not sure it'd make it very far.]

...dragon? Are you serious?

[She laughed at that look and raised her hands.]

Tell you what. Truce before you get soaked, since you're not dressed for this. Tea, and I'll tell you about the time I helped throw a dragon at a giant.

[She's actually not bullshitting her here, though Conan did all the heavy lifting. Ironic, considering his size.]

[... this really is just getting crazier and crazier. Uhm. At some point she'll need someplace quiet to digest all this. But now doesn't seem like the time.]

...Deal. I don't want the first thing I do here to be catching a cold.

Again, it could be a LOT worse. [She laughed and motioned for her to follow, heading straight for the big road between Sigyn and Loki and hanging a right. It was obvious she knew where she was going, and not far at all to a small looking shop set off the road in Loki. The sign in front said 'A Pinch of Sage.']

I bet.

[Tris followed, noting the way they were taking, and the way the buildings were a different color here. She saw no signs she was not supposed to be here, which was kind of what she expected. Or a marked difference between the people in the different districts - but no. Children playing in the snow. People going on about their day. It would be a long one for her, she could tell, if she didn't wake up anytime soon. "A Pinch of Sage" wasn't a name she could make much sense of, but she didn't give it much thought, simply followed and observed, still ready to bolt at the first sign of trouble that was more serious than snowballs.]

[Loki was a lower class neighborhood than Sigyn. It had a very cramped, blue-collar look to it, but Pinch was in sight of the hospital, so it was still a safe area. no hoodlums, no trouble makers.

She led the way up the steps and opened up. The smells within assailed Tris with the odor of sage, thyme, garlic and other pungent herbs. It was a small shop, just a counter and a single table with a pair of chairs. On the other side of the counter, herbs hung in bushels down, potions, medicines and drugs of all varieties were lining the shelves. Several of them wouldn't have been legal in a lot of worlds.

A chalkboard was on one side, listing prices of potions and quite openly 'Poisons' on it. However, it was definitely warm.]

Make yourself comfortable. I'll fix cocoa.

[It was nothing like any place she'd ever seen before. With the crowdedness of it, the only places it even vaguely reminded her of were the tattoo parlors she'd seen, except, all the different smells...

Frankly, she was having a hard time to decide what to stare at first.

Never mind she didn't even know what cocoa is.]

Okay.

[She figured it wasn't one of the poisons. Besides, it wasn't as if she absolutely had to drink it. Push came to shove, she'd just stay here until her hands stopped stinging and then leave, but for now she sat down.]

This place is yours?

[As she worked, the smell of chocolate floated into the air along with the other odors that saturated the air around them. Samantha looked around and nodded.]

Yeah. I sell herbal cures, medicines and potions mostly. That sort of thing.

[Chocolate. That was a smell Tris recognized, at least, even if it mixed strangely with the aroma of herbs thick in the air.]

And poisons.

[Apparently. No question or even wariness about it.]

Yep, and drugs too. But if you're looking to kill someone with a poison, a bottle of bleach works just as well. These are more like mini curses in a bottle. Useful tricks, but don't bank on them to kill. That's what a knife's for.

[Nope, not even batting an eyelash. she didn't think too much about talking about them anymore.]

[Curses? ...the more she heard the more she wasn't sure this wasn't a dream after all, somehow. Drily, ]

Do people poison each other a lot around here?

Heh, not that often. Honestly, we've got a lot of people who fight nicely here. I've never bee like that. We're in a war. Winning, in general, is the goal.

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