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Test Drive Meme
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— Reply with a character you wish to test in the game's setting.
— Feel free to use one of the prompts below or make one of your own!
— Tag around! This is a panfandom RP, so don't hesitate to tag both castmates and non-castmates.
— Most importantly, have fun!
1/ Welcome To The World Of Crystallis!
You have seen reality shatter and collapse around you, in the depths of the void you found a Crystal and now you are in the city of Aqures Ixen, surrounded by Moogles and people as lost and confused as you are. On the bright side, everyone thinks you're a legendary Hero! On the downside, they expect you to save the world. Maybe their expectations are a bit too much. Thankfully, you're not abandoned to your fate as a Moogle explains to you everything you need to know. It's probably time to get to know your companions in misfortune. Besides, it seems this has occurred very often this past year-- Maybe the characters who have been here for longer than you may help.
2/ Do You Like Your New Life?
No? Well, either way, you better get used to it, to your new powers, to your new house, to the ball of fur that follows your every steps—Who knows, maybe you'll even make some friends here. Besides, even if everyone expects you to save the world, fighting isn't the only way to do so. Maybe you could open a shop to help and properly equip your friends who are actually eager to fight. Maybe you could try and gather people who think it is possible to negotiate with the Calamity, you could even participate in the research on the Crystals— Or you could make sure your house is the prettiest of them all in Aqures Ixen. Anything is possible!
3/ Neighborhood Woes...
The government of Aqures Ixen is sorry, but there are too many of you Heroes of Light. Hence why there are no free houses left in district dedicated to housing you. This may also be why you're not alone in the house that was given to you. Hopefully you're not living with a mad villain plotting to take over the world and hopefully your neighbor isn't a singer who doesn't know how to sing. On the bright side, you may have be living with someone very cool and maybe an artist of great talent lives next door! It's just not likely.
4/ Crystallis De Chocobo
Upon arrival, your Moogle gave you a map of Crystallis. This world may be a bit big for you to explore, so why not go to the Chocobo Farm and ask for a Chocobo? These big birds can't fly, but they're much more efficient than horses when it comes to travelling. Maybe it's your first time riding a Chocobo; it might be a good idea to have someone with you in case something goes wrong. Or maybe the old man at the farm didn't have any Chocobos left and gave you some Chocobo Lure© so you can go and capture your own. You can find details on Chocobo Capture here.
5/ A Thing Called Mognet
Hopefully you weren't used to Internet and cellphones back home. Otherwise, you might be a tiny bit confused when your Moogle returns to you with a stack of letters. Or maybe someone else's Moogle is coming to you with a voice message it learnt by heart and is now going to recite it to you with a lot of Kupo. That's how the "network" works here.
6/ A Thing Called Strike
In spite of how old-fashioned it is, Mognet is very useful and odds are that you may have become dependent on it. Hopefully not, because one local tradition seems to be Mognet Strikes. Nobody knows any more whether the Moogles have legitimate reasons to go on strike or if they are just lazy. But today, Mognet is down, and to get information you have no choice but going to the public board in the third district or in taverns.
7/ I Believe I Can fly~
You are on an Airship! Airships regularly depart from Aqures Ixen and stop by most major cities in the world, so they're the perfect means of transportation for you to go and explore this world. You can also borrow the Heroes of Light's official Airship, the Enterprise and some characters even have their own airship! You can go anywhere in a matter of hours — One can only hope you don’t have motion sickness.
8/ Exploration
Enough expository banter. Now is the time to explore. Maybe rather than spending most of your time in Aqures Ixen, you'd rather spend it living in Balicea, or betting on Chocobo Races in Trano Golsaucia. Or maybe you'd rather go and explore the ancient ruins that may hold some precious information in the continent of ruins. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere!
9/ Random Encounter
You were minding your own business walking around, and suddenly monsters attacked you! Time to put to use the skills you've learned with your Jobs! Alternatively, maybe this encounter isn't random at all, and you have been sent on a mission to kick some imperial asses in the war confronting the Heran Empire and the Republic of Esdham. Good luck!
10/ Getting Jobs Is Hard
It all started when you asked Cid to give you a new Job. What could and should have been a formality, quickly turned into a trial. All you wanted was a Job, and here you are in the wild, hunting for a Malboro Vine. Or maybe you are in some ancient and decrepit ruins looking for an artifact. Or yet again, maybe he simply asked you to assist him to clean the laboratory. Getting new Jobs is not easy. Consider yourself happy though, at least you don't have to do that alone.
11/ The World Is Subject To Unrelenting Pain and Suffering…
This is why you should play a game. After all, there are things a lot more important than saving the world: Blitzball is one of them. Triple Triad is another. Why don't you take a break and do something different for once; anyone wanting to play Blitzball is given a special potion allowing them to breath underwater, whereas someone who wants to play Triple Triad should have no difficulties finding veterans more than happy to get rid of their low level cards.
12/ Events Of The Past
Missed an event you would have liked to participate in? The Test Drive Meme is the perfect place to play this event without being restricted by the game's chronology! Maybe you would have liked to be lost and attacked from all sides in the creepy Magitek Research Facility or maybe you'd have liked to celebrate the Christmas of Crystallis. Yet again, maybe you would have preferred to regain your true powers and subsequently be on your path to death, as in The Night of the Thirteen Moogles or chase ghosts for a living. Or how about reliving some of your Worst Memories or fighting in A War for future of the world?
13/ Wild Card
Don't like the options offered here? Go crazy and choose what you want to do in this world!
You have seen reality shatter and collapse around you, in the depths of the void you found a Crystal and now you are in the city of Aqures Ixen, surrounded by Moogles and people as lost and confused as you are. On the bright side, everyone thinks you're a legendary Hero! On the downside, they expect you to save the world. Maybe their expectations are a bit too much. Thankfully, you're not abandoned to your fate as a Moogle explains to you everything you need to know. It's probably time to get to know your companions in misfortune. Besides, it seems this has occurred very often this past year-- Maybe the characters who have been here for longer than you may help.
2/ Do You Like Your New Life?
No? Well, either way, you better get used to it, to your new powers, to your new house, to the ball of fur that follows your every steps—Who knows, maybe you'll even make some friends here. Besides, even if everyone expects you to save the world, fighting isn't the only way to do so. Maybe you could open a shop to help and properly equip your friends who are actually eager to fight. Maybe you could try and gather people who think it is possible to negotiate with the Calamity, you could even participate in the research on the Crystals— Or you could make sure your house is the prettiest of them all in Aqures Ixen. Anything is possible!
3/ Neighborhood Woes...
The government of Aqures Ixen is sorry, but there are too many of you Heroes of Light. Hence why there are no free houses left in district dedicated to housing you. This may also be why you're not alone in the house that was given to you. Hopefully you're not living with a mad villain plotting to take over the world and hopefully your neighbor isn't a singer who doesn't know how to sing. On the bright side, you may have be living with someone very cool and maybe an artist of great talent lives next door! It's just not likely.
4/ Crystallis De Chocobo
Upon arrival, your Moogle gave you a map of Crystallis. This world may be a bit big for you to explore, so why not go to the Chocobo Farm and ask for a Chocobo? These big birds can't fly, but they're much more efficient than horses when it comes to travelling. Maybe it's your first time riding a Chocobo; it might be a good idea to have someone with you in case something goes wrong. Or maybe the old man at the farm didn't have any Chocobos left and gave you some Chocobo Lure© so you can go and capture your own. You can find details on Chocobo Capture here.
5/ A Thing Called Mognet
Hopefully you weren't used to Internet and cellphones back home. Otherwise, you might be a tiny bit confused when your Moogle returns to you with a stack of letters. Or maybe someone else's Moogle is coming to you with a voice message it learnt by heart and is now going to recite it to you with a lot of Kupo. That's how the "network" works here.
6/ A Thing Called Strike
In spite of how old-fashioned it is, Mognet is very useful and odds are that you may have become dependent on it. Hopefully not, because one local tradition seems to be Mognet Strikes. Nobody knows any more whether the Moogles have legitimate reasons to go on strike or if they are just lazy. But today, Mognet is down, and to get information you have no choice but going to the public board in the third district or in taverns.
7/ I Believe I Can fly~
You are on an Airship! Airships regularly depart from Aqures Ixen and stop by most major cities in the world, so they're the perfect means of transportation for you to go and explore this world. You can also borrow the Heroes of Light's official Airship, the Enterprise and some characters even have their own airship! You can go anywhere in a matter of hours — One can only hope you don’t have motion sickness.
8/ Exploration
Enough expository banter. Now is the time to explore. Maybe rather than spending most of your time in Aqures Ixen, you'd rather spend it living in Balicea, or betting on Chocobo Races in Trano Golsaucia. Or maybe you'd rather go and explore the ancient ruins that may hold some precious information in the continent of ruins. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere!
9/ Random Encounter
You were minding your own business walking around, and suddenly monsters attacked you! Time to put to use the skills you've learned with your Jobs! Alternatively, maybe this encounter isn't random at all, and you have been sent on a mission to kick some imperial asses in the war confronting the Heran Empire and the Republic of Esdham. Good luck!
10/ Getting Jobs Is Hard
It all started when you asked Cid to give you a new Job. What could and should have been a formality, quickly turned into a trial. All you wanted was a Job, and here you are in the wild, hunting for a Malboro Vine. Or maybe you are in some ancient and decrepit ruins looking for an artifact. Or yet again, maybe he simply asked you to assist him to clean the laboratory. Getting new Jobs is not easy. Consider yourself happy though, at least you don't have to do that alone.
11/ The World Is Subject To Unrelenting Pain and Suffering…
This is why you should play a game. After all, there are things a lot more important than saving the world: Blitzball is one of them. Triple Triad is another. Why don't you take a break and do something different for once; anyone wanting to play Blitzball is given a special potion allowing them to breath underwater, whereas someone who wants to play Triple Triad should have no difficulties finding veterans more than happy to get rid of their low level cards.
12/ Events Of The Past
Missed an event you would have liked to participate in? The Test Drive Meme is the perfect place to play this event without being restricted by the game's chronology! Maybe you would have liked to be lost and attacked from all sides in the creepy Magitek Research Facility or maybe you'd have liked to celebrate the Christmas of Crystallis. Yet again, maybe you would have preferred to regain your true powers and subsequently be on your path to death, as in The Night of the Thirteen Moogles or chase ghosts for a living. Or how about reliving some of your Worst Memories or fighting in A War for future of the world?
13/ Wild Card
Don't like the options offered here? Go crazy and choose what you want to do in this world!
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Qrow Branwen | RWBY
[One thing that can be said about Qrow Branwen is that he's a terrific fighter. He barely even seemed to need time adjusting to his new Jobs. Every day he's out clearing out monsters, battling ruffians and all sorts of things.
What can't be said about him is... that he's a good rommate. From the walking in at all hours of the night drunk as a skunk, bouncing off the walls, to the terrible mess he leaves in his wake, empty liquor bottles just everywhere, it's a nightmare. Today he at least seems to have his shit mostly together. He's sitting at the couch with a map of the world open in front of him, a steaming mug of coffee next to it... along with an open flask. We also say mostly because well... he's sitting there in a towel. Just a towel.]
9.
[It's a bandit attack! The small village is in danger, in the process of being ransacked by brigands. Maybe not only humans but monsters as well. Oh, will nobody hear the cries of the people and come to their aid?!
... Somebody will.]
Hey-hey, don't... don't worry, everybody! The Heroes of Light're... they're here!
[The chaos stops in an instant, all eyes turning to the tall gangly man staggering out into the middle of the road. His sword is still on his back, instead carrying a half-empty bottle of amber liquid and his steps are the too-steady, too-measured lurches of a man who'd had more than a few. He stops where he is, swaying, and points to the bad guys.]
Beware, you villains, for now you--you... uhh.... [He seems to forget what he was going to say, blinking as if just realizing he's still carrying his booze and takes another couple of gulps from it before zeroing in on his foes again] ... now you're gonna get it.
13
[Run into Qrow anywhere else. Out exploring, at the weapons shop, the bar. Anywhere and anything!]
#3 of course
buttcrack of dawn. Given her early bedtime and early awakening, once almost has to wonder if she ever looks less than pristine in her white leather vest and grey trousers, sporting the look of the Red Mage, but in white.][Always in perfect, spotless white.]
[She's already checked the quest board as she normally does, purchased a few potions to keep on hand in case she's ever deprived of her magic, finished the laundry, practiced her summoning spells, and bought the groceries.]
[Her high-heeled boots click neatly as she turns down the walk leading to the house she's been assigned (with that poor excuse of a man), ascends the short steps, and nudges open the door with a bump of her hip.]
[And there he is, unsurprisingly indecent. She narrows her eyes coolly.]
People are going to think our world lacks the sophistication of pants if you keep this up. Dress yourself.
[Her chin remains lifted as she sweeps past him and into the kitchen to set down her grocery bags so she can put things away.]
no subject
It's been a hell of a morning.
But now his attention is focused on whatever he's doing with the map. So much so that he doesn't even look up when Winter comes barreling in and scolds him for his current state.]
Did you get those cookies I asked for?
no subject
[She replies mildly, but firmly. Maybe if he actually cleans up after himself, she'll reward him with cookies. But that's after, not before. If he wants cookies, he can use his own money. She reaches up to stash away a bundle of dried pasta. She's pretty sure there's a lesser chance of him eating her food if she buys things that can only be eaten when prepared in a dish instead of consumable on its own.]
Perhaps you should dress yourself and go to the bakery to get them.
no subject
Not that he expected cookies anyway but he heaves a disappointed sigh anyway and leans back on the couch, draping one arm over the back of it while lifting his coffee in his other hand. No, there's no shame here, why do you ask?]
You're just not a team player, that's your problem. [He takes a sip from his mug and gives it an approving look. Just the right amount of irished-up.] I don't know how we're gonna make this work.
no subject
Since when were we a team?
[Since never, that's when. And if he doesn't get some clothes on soon, she's going to go into his room, retrieve some trousers, and throw them at his head.]
[Once the groceries are put away, she returns to linger in the archway between kitchen and living room, arms folded stiffly.]
Make what work?
[He's got something he's studying with keen interest, she noticed. She's curious, but she's not going within ten feet of him while he's playing towel warrior.]
no subject
How can you say that? I'm hurt, really.
[Another sip of his coffee with a satisfied 'aah' and shrugs.]
Oh, you know, this whole situation. Us. I mean, I'm not too thrilled with sharing a house with a military crony but I'm doing my best here.
[Her curiosity has not gone unnoticed but he's apparently in a shitheel mood today and he's gonna wait until she asks about it.]
no subject
[She tells him so crisply, barely lowering her lashes to add a further chill to her condescending stare.]
Oh? What a coincidence. I'm not thrilled about sharing my quarters with a half-naked drunk.
[Speaking of which, she's marching off to their room. First she's going to kick his dirty clothes onto his side of the room, then pick up a pair of pants...daintily...because she doesn't know where these pants have been. Down the stairs she goes, and hucks the pants at the back of Qrow's head.]
Dress yourself. There are others who live here who don't share my patience.
no subject
[Is his parting shot as she storms off. By the time she returns he's back to studying his map, but not too intently that he doesn't reach back to catch the pants before the point of impact. Like an infuriating jackhat.]
Now that's a scary thought.
[But since he's got 'em anyway, might as well put his pants on. At least he has the slight measure of decorum to do so under the towel instead of kicking it off first.]
Now I'm half-naked.
no subject
This is not acceptable, I'll have you know. But at least it's passable.
[Enough that she'll get off his case, anyway. Her poor standards have taken such a beating ever since she got assigned to this house.]
[When she returns to the living room, she has a cup of tea, undoctored. It's the one relaxing thing she feels she has any control over.]
Have you accepted a new mission?
no subject
Hey, it's my house too.
[He smirks a bit at her but turns his attention back to his maps and charts.]
Yep. Looks like a real doors too. You might actually luck out and never see me come home again.
no subject
[Winter sips from her tea, unsmiling. Despite the barb, she does seem mildly interested in the mission. Like it or not, their goals are the same.]
What are the parameters?
no subject
[He knows she doesn't mean it... probably. He lifts his mug again, taking another sip.]
Why? You looking for a little more money to spend on noodles?
no subject
If you intended to take on this mission alone, you wouldn't be reviewing documents out in the open. I have skills that you do not. What does the mission require?
#9 Because Why Not?
[And there's your wonderful little Ruby, Crescent Rose in hand, Zwei at her side, seemingly oblivious to the fact that her dear Drunkle Qrow is just drunk off his nut right now. She just looks so gosh-darn happy to be fighting alongside her uncle right now!]
And we're gonna beat your butts!
no subject
Don't want Ruby seeing him too trashed after all. He tilts his head a little bit, rolling his eyes as the bandit leader decides to go into some tirade about this or that or whaaaatever. As he starts, he reaches over and pats the back of his hand against Ruby's shoulder.]
Hey, kid, ten gil says I get the leader before you do.
[... That gets the huge bandit to stop his speech with a "Wait, what?"]
no subject
You're on! Just don't get too reckless!
[They both don't have Aura nor Semblances. Their jobs should more than handle things, though. She drops into a ready position]
On three?
[Oh, so much fun!]
no subject
Hey, that's my line.
[He chuckles a bit right back, rolling his shoulder to loosen up.]
One...
[He reaches back over his shoulder, grasping his sword.]
Two...