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Test Drive Meme #3


Test Drive Meme #3
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Arrival



Part 1


You arrive in an unknown space, dressed in white clothes (player choice what kind of clothes, as long as they cover everything). Whatever was happening to you before no longer happens. It's like everything was put on a pause and you were transferred away from the situation without you realizing it happened.

The space that you find yourself in is one of these four options:

An empty landscape filled with snow and ice, almost like a blank canvas.
A field with cherry blossom trees and spring flowers.
A sunny beach near an ocean that seems never ending.
A quiet forest with falling autumn leaves.

All of the spaces seem to continue endlessly. No matter where or how far you walk it almost seems like you're not moving at all. There are no animals here - just those who happened to wake up there at the same time, in the same place. Everyone is wearing the same kind of plain, white clothes.

Despite the possible rollercoaster of emotions you might be feeling, the place somehow feels familiar. Like somehow you belong there.

And it looks like you're not alone.


Part 2


After half an hour has passed the surroundings change as everyone is teleported into a room with all the other new arrivals, no matter what space they woke up in. It's a large place with plenty of seats to sit in and beverages to enjoy. Medical attention is offered to those who need it and the doctors here are very prepared for any challenging situations.

Here, in this room, everyone gets an answer to where they are and why. A hologram of a man appears at the center of the room, waiting to be heard. He brings a message on behalf of the leaders of Ellipsa.


The Message [ Click to Expand ]

Hello, my name is Olwen. I'm one of the leaders of Ellipsa as it currently is. I'm also one of the four who summoned you here.

Our world is in trouble and we need your help. I apologize for tearing you away from your world and forcing you to come here but I hope you understand. The magic we used doesn't let us ask in advance, nor does it let us choose who we bring here.

This world is composed of four Seasonal Segments. All of them represent one of the seasons. They were the places we used to get our resources from, but now they're dangerous places no one should go into unless they have the power to fight back. All of them have their own sets of powerful monsters and natural catastrophes.

We used to have plenty of people here who could control the powers of the four Seasons. We called them Seasonal Power Holders. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy you can read about later, we lost almost all of them. Now only four of us remain and the world is in chaos. We have done our best to protect the world, but we need more power holders to do that.

That's where you come in.

All of you have been assigned to one of the seasons. Whatever space you were in just now is what season you represent. You will learn different skills based on the season and those skills are going to help you save this world.

These powers don't interfere with your own natural powers. They use a new energy that has formed inside of you. It's harmless to your health, but it's vital to your seasonal powers. Your own powers should still work, even if the dark energy outside the city might interfere with them.

Unfortunately bringing you here wasn't as simple as it sounds. We couldn't do anything about how to keep you anchored to this world other than making a simple spell that helps with it. That is, you need to touch someone else who is not from this world ideally at least once a day. It will help you stay in control of your powers and boost your magical energy. If you don't, the consequences aren't very good. But as long as you hold someone's hand or give someone a handshake, you should be fine.

That's all I have to say about the situation. The staff of the Research Center will give you more information about housing and other necessary things. I will, however, promise that you will be sent home once the situation becomes better. That's the least we can do.


The hologram can be viewed in private in a separate room later, should someone wish to look at it again. For now, the staff of the Research Center hands everyone their new smartphones with their small flower lucky charms (the flower is anything the player decides). They're also told that the building next door is where everyone can find a room assigned to them with some of their belongings there and possibly even any animal companions. Those concerned about their mount-sizes companions are welcomed to the stables downstairs to see if their friends are there. The mounts are allowed to stay there until you find a place more suitable for them.

In the Arrival's hall there are also several stands with information pamphlets.

First type of stand is for the local Guilds and about the benefits or joining one.

Second type of stands is for the Welcoming Committee that aim to show otherworlders what the world is like and help guide people in the beginning of the journey and helps in getting settled into the new world. They even have people to help if you're unfamiliar with the new phones.

Third type of the stands is for The In Touch Support Group that is led by the Otherwordly Ambassador, Kamisato Ayato. The pamphlets have contact information for businesses looking to help Otherworlders. They also focus more on the lore of the World and what they have discovered so far, as well as a guide on what to think about when preparing to venture out to the Segments.

Once you get your smartphone and necessary information, you're urged to go out and find your apartment. After that whatever you want to do is up to you.

Part 3


The building next door is where everyone can find their new apartments. As you enter, you're told by a friendly native that for the first two months you can live anywhere rent-free and five meals a day are paid for you. After that they get a monthly payment that helps with some of their living expenses, but otherwise they have to have a job to support themselves.

All of the apartments are comfortable, two bedroom apartments with all necessary utilities. They are also completely soundproof. Sometimes the magic system, however, does glitch and you might find yourself rooming with a stranger. This is not the intention and the staff will immediately prepare you your own room if you ask them. But maybe having a roommate isn't all that bad?





Party in the Underground




Part 1


The center of Nightwake never sleeps and there's always something happening, but today there's a lot of excitement in the air all around the center and every district! Locals and those who want to help them (for 100 Moon Coins or a gift card of their choosing), are walking to everyone to offer colorful fliers along with free vending machine tokens. There's also colorful advertisement on billboards and posters everywhere around the city advertising all sorts of things like items, clothes, drinks and more.

Local businesses, stores and restaurants are also going pretty crazy with their celebrations of anyone walking in being their 50th, 100th or whatever customer of the day and the prize among other things are gift cards and more free vending machine tokens but they aren't even for that same shop or restaurant? They also offer people to spin all kinds of different prize wheels, spin roulettes, buying a certain amount of things from them, and taking part in eating and drinking competitions for a surprise prize. Someone even put these surprise prizes into the Gacha Restaurant's randomizer, so for a week, you can choose it as a total surprise there too. (The surprises can be even more vending machine tokens and silly things like cute keychains or a 5-in-1 avocado tool as some examples.)

You can't find any of these shops, restaurants and other places, that they are advertising, in the whole city. The locals, posters and billboards will tell you where you can find them. There's a new entrance in every district, where locals welcome everyone to the grand opening of the Underground Mall!

Some may even drop into a sudden hole in the ground on their way and fall (or slide) somewhere far away. Don't worry, there will be very soft and huge pillows for landing in your destination.


Part 2


The Underground Mall's upper floors give the vibe of a joyous mall with several restaurants and shops you won't see on the surface. The mall is definitely a must visit place for those who appreciate different fashion and exciting food choices. The party from the surface continues down here with various sales around the area. A good day for shopping!

For those who like games, there's a futuristic VR Arcade for you! This Arcade focuses on games that are played with VR goggles on. Even your regular DDR machine will now take you to dance in different environments and feel like you're dancing for your life or for an actual audience.

There are all sorts of vending machines lined up in their own, huge corner. You can find the usual ones with all sorts of different snacks, food and drinks, but there are also some with cake, cookies, mayonnaise, cream, flowers, engagement rings and other less usual but normal things. Nothing here is randomized, unless you choose the random option from the machine, otherwise you get exactly what you want. So pick your favorites or try something new, that sounds more or less good! You can find a machine that turns moon coins on your phone into vending machine tokens (or you can pay straight with your phone).

And, yes, you can find vending machines full of snacks and drinks all around the area too.

Then there's also an area for ufo catchers with all kinds of prizes like pokemon plushies and lots of other plushies, items themed to different season, plushies and other items themed to any fauna and flora from all around Ellipsa, puzzles, food themed items etc etc.

Moving inside the mall is done by escalators and elevators, but there are also regular stairs for those who prefer them.

The fastest way of traveling from floor to floor in the mall is by quick teleport nodes. You choose a floor you want to go to from the list of choices, much like an elevator and then you're transported into that floor's node within seconds. Unfortunately, they're still working out on the bugs in the system, so you may end up in the wrong place - including places that aren't on the list of choices.

Part 3


There's also a Poké Ball Vending Machine, so anyone who recognizes poké balls may have some idea what they could get here. The vending machine somehow has enough balls for everyone in Ellipsa but everyone can only buy one ball! The balls don't have names in them and no one can see through them, so even those, who know Pokémon will NOT know what they'll be getting from this vending machine as it is entirely randomized!

Are you ready to get your first Pokémon? What about being ready to see how you two get along? Everyone, who plays this vending machine, gets either a Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Eevee, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Chespin, Fennekin, Froakie, Rowlet, Litten, Poplio, Grookey, Scorbunny, Sobble, Spirigatito, Fuecoco or Quaxly.

(And yes, ICly it is entirely randomized but OOCly you can decide which one you want your character to get... Of course you can rng the result too. More about Pokémon guidelines in the OOC Tips of this TDM.)






Welcome to Our Dark Side




The third part of the TDM is under this details cut as it has Content Warnings, including Cursed things, Organized Crime, Illegal Activities, Monster Forms/Body Horror, Attempted Murder, Experimenting on People

The Third Part of the TDM [ Click to Expand ]
Part 1

The lowest levels of the mall are only accessible by random quick teleport nodes around the mall (if you know you know is the motto with these). You can run into them on accident (they're usually hidden, but with so much traffic, the hiding place becomes visible) and they sometimes immediately just teleport people without any warning. The arrival can be in various places. A random shady hallway, in the middle of the floor, in a shady establishment and so on.

Anything that seems shady can be found from these floors. Even the local diners here are very weird and likely have illegal things on the menu. Clothing stores sell all kinds of clothes fit for thieves and assassins and the amount of weapons shops here is twice the amount than on the surface. Rumor has it there are also people trying to summon the devil somewhere around here, but that's still just a rumor.

One of the teleport node locations can take you to the front of a cursed vending machine corner. At first they look like ordinary vending machines, but upon closer inspection one may notice they are anything but ordinary.

The food vending machines are full of different "eatable" bugs with half-hearted warnings that they may or may not be poisonous (they didn't really check before putting them in the packaging), Mystery Food boxes (includes some very suspicious foods that don't look edible, but are actually alright in taste? But may contain some side effects like growing mushrooms out of your hair if you eat the mushroom ones), ones that is labeled Energy Drinks but all of them look more like creepy potions (they provide energy but at the cost of poisoning someone for 24 hours) and hyper realistic cakes that look like various body parts (the cake part is intentionally written in small print).

Other vending machines have various shark eggs (hatching them will provide a magical shark with little hands and legs that invades the first watery surface it finds and bites whoever comes too close - it does not belong as a pet, but one may try to tame one), Mystery Boxes (with anything from highly cursed jewelry to books that suck your soul if written into) and Cheat Slips (it's said these slips will let you master a skill immediately, but all it does is cause one's powers to go berserk for 2 hours).




Part 2


The lowest levels are also a place for a large Casino. While they do exist on the surface, this one is a little different.

The Casino (named just that, "The Casino") is divided into four different sections; All of them are dominated by an organized crime group. This is the only area of the underground they work together in peace and sometimes come to relax. They don't cause trouble for each other here, but they definitely can try to cause trouble for everyone who is visiting the place.

Losing in this Casino can mean being taken to the back rooms by whichever group's area you ended up losing in. They will offer to let you go if you can pay off your debt you made in the Casino, but they have other options of compensation.

Name: Diamonds
Game Area: Card Games (Poker, Black Jack, Craps)
Compensation: They will send characters on a criminal quest to either steal or sabotage something or even smuggle a (cursed) item into important places.

Name: Spades
Game Area: Roulette
Compensation: They will attempt to kill the character that lost in the quietness of the backrooms.

Name: Clubs
Game Area: Pool, Darts
Compensation: They will just make characters clean their casino area.

Name: Hearts
Game Area: Slot Games
Compensation: They will drag characters into experiments in a different facility.

You may also end up taken to the back rooms for getting caught cheating, although it may also end up in a congratulatory meeting for an impressive sleight of hand instead or an invitation to join one of the groups. How would you feel about a life of crime?




Part 3


Those caught in Hearts Group's Experiments will be subjected to series of tests. Mostly they're to check the characters' physical condition before proceeding. Once the tests are concluded, the character will be given a medicine (either via shot or a pill). This medicine will not show any signs of working for a while and characters are let go afterwards.

The same medicine can, however, later be consumed by anyone else in various foods and drinks (free samples, some restaurants, even some grocery store items), even in the higher levels of the Mall. The experiments were the final test before distributing the medicine secretly to the public. So your character may accidentally end up getting the medicine in other ways.

What are the medicine? Monster Form activators. They will awaken a monster form inside a character that will trigger under one of the (player) selected conditions: strong emotional reaction, full moon, near death situation or bleeding.

The form can be returned from by calming down and focusing on their sense of self, but there's a chance to go berserk, making this difficult. If characters go berserk, their powers will be a lot stronger, but they won't know who's a friend and who's a foe. Their form may also be a lot scarier than it normally is. They will likely only want to cause destruction around them or want to feed on humans.



MonsterDescriptionPowers
AlraunePlant monsters with a humanoid shape. They may have changes as simple as flowers growing in their hair or have complex body modifications such as roots for legs and long vines as hands.Pollen with status effects like sleep/poison/paralysis, control over plants, poisonous kisses, etc
GargoyleMonstrous humanoid winged creatures with horns on their head and stony hides.Super strength, tough skin, flight
HarpyHuman-bird hybrids. Anything part can be replaced with bird bodyparts, although the most common configuration is arms turned to wings and legs into talons.Flight, sonic scream, hypnotizing voice, ability to whip up whirlwinds
KelpieAquatic horses with a man made of seaweed and algae, covered in a sticky fur that makes it nearly impossible to get off if one is to ride them. Some may get a fish tail when underwater, although when out of water they have legs like any horse.Water breathing, illusions
LichUndead humanoids, they may look skeletal or simply corpselike.Raising the dead (into zombies/skeletons), necrotic touch
ManticoreBeastlike creatures with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion or dragon. They vary greatly, some sporting horns on their heads, or resembling a Chimera or Sphinx.Super strength, flight if wings.
MinotaurAnimalistic monsters with the head of a bull and the body of a human, although some variations exist in which there are different animal heads. Some sport hooves and a tail in place of legs. Super strength, overall size, super defense.
TaurThis refers to any number of creatures with a humanoid upper body and a lower body that resembles a non-anthropomorphic animal in the same sort of style as a centaur. This category includes things like Arachne and Naga, and other variations of such monsters.Varies depending on animal the taur is based on
WerecreaturesMonstrous, bipedal animals, the transformation of which is often (but not always) triggered by the full moon. Common variants are wolves and bears, although they can be about any animal. The Pooka would be one of the variations in the werecreature category.Depends on the animal the form is based on, but usually super strong/fast etc



This effect can either be permanent or temporary, depending on how the players want it. Temporary can be up to just one transformation under the conditions or several.






OOC TIPS


- Ask your questions related to the TDM here.

- The TDM is available only to friends of the mods and their friends. If you want to play in the TDM, please leave a note here to inform us who invited you over. We will get to you as soon as possible.

- Test Drive is open for current characters to make a top level as well. New characters can add TDM (or "New" or anything else) on their subject line to indicate they're new!

- Current characters cannot access the starting area again to meet new arrivals. They can, however, be at the Research Center when the newbies are teleported in.

- The TDM is game canon so anything in the TDM can happen for your character(s) in the game as well.

- Remember to add Content Warnings wherever needed!

- Smut is not allowed on the TDM. You can play situations leading to it, but if the thread is turning into smut, please move it to a private space such a post in your character's journal, or a locked post in the game's log community if you decide to app!

- Pokémon Guidelines:
• Anything mindblowing crazy that the pokedex has to offer for any of the evolutions doesn't carry over to Seasons. They're closer to anime variants where people can get flamethrower at their face and live (we still do not recommend getting a flamethrower at face)
• Pokémon gain experience points much slower, even if they battle one another.
• You may be able to find a vending machine with weird stones mixed in for stone evolutions. Strange.
• All start at level 5.
• More Pokémon may appear later in the game but for now it's just the ones mentioned.
More on all the available Pokémon here!

- Check Locations: City to find more areas to explore inside the city. Every place in the districts are open. The Underground Mall has been added to the locations page at the very end of it.

- Similarly, Locations: Segments is useful for outdoors adventures. You can find monsters to encounter on Beastiary.

- Minor NPCs page has been updated with the criminal organizations.

- FAQ has information on characters' smartphones as well as general things about the world that might be handy.

- Feel free to check and use out Questboard for additional prompts.



code bases by tricklet
sangreine: happy (quiet time)

Arrival Part 3

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-07-17 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Saya's no longer hauling herself to the Research Center every day, but she still has been hanging around the perimeter, call it force of habit. Really she's hoping if she stares at the building enough something will become clear to her. Silly, but dying makes one do silly things sometimes. And it does give her a fair chance to catch anyone wearing arrival clothes and offer some help, which is a wonderful distraction. Anyone who isn't going to look at her with pain is a plus right now. ]

[ She just finished showing someone to their starter apartment when she spots someone who clearly is at least not a typical human, which makes them someone she would like to say hello to. Inhumans like herself are oddly rare even here. Whatever interdimensional politics is going on, someone has their thumb on the scale. (Not that you'd know she's inhuman by looking at her, unless you make particular note of her red eyes and the fact that she's almost unnaturally pretty, or make note of the fact that the katana she carries is huge and heavy for her petite frame, or have some way to sense auras or the like.) ]

[ Too bad she's never heard the name MK. "Noodle Boy" would have been immediately familiar, though. ]


You're looking for someone? [ She doesn't see the companion monkey initially or she'd probably steer clear for the poor thing's own comfort. ] If you'd like some help, I don't mind. [ Her smile and bearing is warm enough. ]


[ OOC: Animals are typically scared of Saya since she's an apex predator (vampire) but it's totally your call how the monkey pet reacts if they're around, I have no idea how normal of a monkey we're talking about, so! ]
retirementsnotsopeachy: (Default)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Give him about ten seconds to not be off-put by the outburst, listen to what Red Son's actually saying, then be confused and finally just grin and pat his shoulder. But did you expect anything less from him.]

Did you have a bad run at the vending machines? Food nightmares are a bad deal. We already beat Azure, remember? Besides, the kid knew enough about the scroll to come after me twice.

[He's not ignoring your not-so-hidden desperation, Red Son...he just thinks you might still be recovering. Probably.]
forgingfires: (Smite!)

[personal profile] forgingfires 2023-07-17 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Red Son whacks away his hand. He may be more used to touch now, thanks to certain pushy heroes and this place's touch requirements, but it doesn't mean he's letting just anyone touch him.]

[...even if that little bit of contact was trying to push through the rage as something pleasant.]

[Uuuugh, this is why he was trying to get out of his own head!]

What are you on about, like I would eat from a vending machine, I-

[A pause.]

Beat...Azure?
retirementsnotsopeachy: (Here comes Monkey King!)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Wukong pauses, hand about to knock on the door in front of him. He looks over at her, quickly picking up all of those details. He figures she must be some kind of demon though. The monkey on his shoulder isn't happy about her presence, ducking down to peer suspiciously over Wukong's shoulder. He isn't bothered by her at all though and greets her with a wide, friendly grin.]

Yeah, actually. I'm looking for a kid. About so high- [He indicates a little shorter than himself. His hands might ping her for where he's from, no distinct fingers or thumbs.] -dark hair, red bandana, not the best attention span? You seen anyone like that?
retirementsnotsopeachy: (Well that's just uncalled for.)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
You're really missing out then.

[Well that response was expected. Red Son's never been the most touchy feely person. Neither is his father. Shame, that little bit of contact was nice, even though his usually not that touchy with most people anymore either. Wukong shrugs, both hands moving to his hip.]

Yeah, Azure's gone, the Jade Emperor's power is sealed, the scroll's been returned...you can't really have forgotten.

[It's not painful at all remembering what happened to Azure. Nope.]
sangreine: happy :: neutral (carefully now)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-07-17 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Some might call her a demon, sure. She wouldn't quibble about the definition exactly, she's met demons and none of them have been so bad. Then again Saya does have a non-judgmental streak about fifty miles wide when it comes to everyone except herself. ]

Ah -- sorry for upsetting your friend. Animals don't like me very much. [ She puts her sword down and raises her hands, palms out, so the little monkey can possibly get the sense that she's not going to try anything. It's worth a shot; she hates upsetting animals. ]

Sorry, I haven't. And if MK is his full name, I haven't heard that around either. Does he go by anything else?
forgingfires: (You dare touch me)

[personal profile] forgingfires 2023-07-17 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Now, Red Son is smart. He's good at gathering information. He had questions and he hunted down the answers. He knows time between worlds can get weird. He knows people may not necessarily be the same point in the timeline.]

[In theory, it could be that Azura Lion has been beaten either because those months passed back home or a time line difference.]

[Unfortunately, this is also coming from Sun Wukong so even if it could in THEORY be true, its very hard for Red Son to just accept his word. The Noodle Boy, Mei, even the Pig Man, sure. But Sun Wukong? That was a whole other story.]

I haven't forgotten anything.

I remember being sucked in when this place took me.

What do you remember?
retirementsnotsopeachy: (pic#16534805)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, it's fine. All my monkeys are a bit shy around people they don't know. He'll warm up, especially if you happen to have a bribe.

[While he thinks on her question, the monkey shifts around on his shoulder without taking its eyes off of her.]

Let's see...there's Bud, Kid, Monkey Man, Smarty-Kid, Little Man, Monkie Kid...and I think that's about it. No wait, there's also Little Thief, Peasant, and Noodle Boy. But he doesn't actually answer to any of those...
retirementsnotsopeachy: (pic#16534805)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh that's easy. I was on the beach watching you lose a water fight.

[Wukong's also no fool. He plays stupid sometimes, but something's clearly off here. Something he's missing.] Ne Zhe told us all what happened in Heaven after they got me out of the scroll. That's the last thing you remember?
forgingfires: (just a young boy (over 400))

[personal profile] forgingfires 2023-07-17 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
...a water fight.

At the beach.

[Sure, he's not likely deathly allergic to water, but why would he ever?]




[....okay, MAYBE Mei and MK could have convinced him. MAYBE. If he was feeling very charitable that day.]

...yes. He was still fighting when Azura Lion got me with that stupid scroll. [He clenches his fists at his sides, glaring off to the side.]
sangreine: happy (quiet laughter by enlaire)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-07-17 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hmm, bribe... Saya rifles through a pocket and pulls out an apple, which she splits in half with her bare hands and no discernible effort, and offers half of it to the hiding pet. Sorry friend, no bananas (and if she had it would feel too stereotypical to even offer. She knows a little about not being a cliché.) ] That's all I've got, sorry. But it's yours if you want it.

[ She listens to the list of nicknames, impressive in its breadth, offering little more than the vague nod of someone who doesn't recognize any of this, but is listening. Until "Noodle Boy" comes along, which makes her smile -- she covers her mouth to hide her fangs, but her amusement is evident regardless. ]

It doesn't surprise me that he wouldn't answer to "Noodle Boy", but that sounds familiar -- not because I know MK personally or I've seen him. I'm guessing Red Son didn't find you first or you'd have led with that one. From all I know he's the only one here from your world. Sorry.
glidinglight: (ponder)

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-07-17 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Aether and Zhongli and Guizhong won't be negatively impacted, though. Plus, there's research facilities here. We might be able to nullify the effects of your karmic debt on others.
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[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Red Son's here? Well that makes someone.

[The monkey sniffs at the apple and takes it quickly, happily munching as it sits on his shoulder. He taps his chin.]

So it's just us here then...that's one less thing to worry about at least. He must've settled in pretty quickly though.
sangreine: happy :: sad :: comforted (reassurance)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-07-17 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ When bringing up Red Son, you might think a sweet little lady would respond with a scoff about what a little asshole the guy is. But Saya's unduly fond of him, and she has a terrible poker face, so what actually happens to her face is a soft smile, equal parts openly affectionate and quietly remorseful. ]

I'm afraid I've been keeping him a bit busy. But when he hasn't been tinkering with something I need help with, he's been trying to find a way home.

-- Wait, why would there be anything to worry about?
retirementsnotsopeachy: (pic#)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, which was after Princess Iron Fan tried to blow away the volleyball competition.

[This feels like one of those moments where he should try to be reassuring. But trying is the operative word.]

I mean, it's not your fault. Azure was never someone that could be taken head-on. But it's not like you didn't do anything to help.
retirementsnotsopeachy: (Well that's just uncalled for.)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Red Son's helping? Willingly? Are you sure we're talking about the same guy?

[Forgive the skepticism, but Red Son's never been the most charitable person so it's weird to hear. Not the weirdest, just weird. His tail swishes as he tries to play off his answer in the least suspicious way possible.]

No reason. Just, someone at home needs to keep track of monkey business going on, right?
forgingfires: (A spark of something)

[personal profile] forgingfires 2023-07-17 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
....so mother and I were both at the beach.

With you?

[Which is the most unbelievable part. While his parents weren't exactly HAPPY about his continued association with the Noodle Boy via the Dragon Girl, there was a certain level of tolerance.]

[But Wukong....]

[There is a grimace at the help line because]

[Well, what DID he do other than get a bunch of the Celestial Realm's army also pulled into the Scroll of Memory? Not that he feels particularly guilty about it, Azure Lion was a threat to their realm, but he wouldn't say it was help. He doesn't need guilt to feel like a failure.]

I am aware that he is a powerful foe. Its not as if I went to fight him alone, I knew that...aid would be required.

But I was unable to contact the Noodle Boy nor the Dragon Girl. With their intent on reforming the Brotherhood, I had thought that perhaps father was not their first stop. The scroll makes anyone's power level rather moot.
sangreine: happy (mm)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-07-17 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Quite willingly. He's done more for me than I can ever repay. [ Including killing her which -- look, it's a long story. ] Not that I wouldn't try if there was ever a chance of it. For now I just try to coax him out of his workshop once in a while.

He did say it was out of pity at first. My situation's a bit extreme. But it's certainly not that anymore. [ Which she's only so confident in saying because he told her so himself. Also it's sort of obvious by this point. ]

Not that you have to tell me your business, but he did tell me a fair few things about his situation back on your home world so it might not be a total shock to me. I even offered to go back with him and help rescue his parents from the scroll they're stuck in. [ If anything conveys how strong Saya is, it's that fact. Red Son wouldn't need the help of anyone weaker than he is. ] But then he certainly hasn't told me everything.

I'm Saya. It's nice to meet someone else from his world.
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[personal profile] nightimmortal 2023-07-17 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yet another who has arrived alone, and seeking someone specific. Runyu dismisses the wistful impulse with ease of familiarity. ]

If they are here, speak their name. It will reach a messaging system specifically for them and they will respond when they check it.

[ Though most don't mind speaking with more than just one person! ]
retirementsnotsopeachy: (Well that's just uncalled for.)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Well, with everyone anyway. Got in some good fishing with DBK too.

[Have fun with that thought, Red Son. Your father peacefully fishing with the monkey who sealed him away.]

Well since he conveniently left me in the scroll, his only other stop would've been Macaque and well...he's Macaque.

But my point is, even without the scroll...or the Jade Emperor's power...Azure was not someone just anyone could take on. I mean, you couldn't take on DBK even in his old age, could you?

[Miiiiight be a bit of a low blow, buuuut DBK is really powerful right?]
retirementsnotsopeachy: (Here comes Monkey King!)

[personal profile] retirementsnotsopeachy 2023-07-17 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, that makes more sense. Have you managed to get him out yet? Because I can give you a hand with that.

[It does seem like she has good intentions. In a likable way even. He smiles, not a cheeky grin or smirk, just an easygoing smile. Honestly, seeing that even someone as prickly as Red Son can grow and make friends...it's nice even if neither of them will admit it out loud.

He has still questions, but it's best to save those for Red Son.
]

You must be pretty strong if he was willing to accept help. And nice to meet you too. You can just call me Monkey King. And I don't know what he might have told you, but for the moment things are fine, so he can relax. Not that he ever does.
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[personal profile] silentjade 2023-07-17 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ He looks over at the other individual and gives him a nod in greeting. As much as he wishes to find his husband, it would be rude to do it right in front of him. ]

I thank you. [ For the information. ] It is an interesting and unusual device.

[ Being able to speak with someone from afar this way. ]
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[personal profile] foundherway 2023-07-17 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ For a moment all Ahsoka can do is stare. Part of her much younger self gets past her barriers to blurt out, too- ]

Senator?

[ She knows she looks much...much older than the last time Padme would have seen her. But also that there can be very little question who she herself is. She frowns with some apology as she gathers herself back together. ]

I believe we are much further from home than either of us have ever been. So far I haven't found a way back except to possibly do as they have asked, to help save their world.
sangreine: happy (caregiver)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-07-17 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ He does have other friends, but she's not exactly that to him. Enjoy asking Red Son about it, the fireworks should be a sight to see. ]

Of course. I'm not easy to say no to when I set my mind on something. [ Her smile is perfectly kind and friendly, one can tell she's not just bragging. ] Not that I'm not endlessly curious what you'd do to give me a hand with it, because I definitely am. [ And now her smile turns ever so slightly mischievous. ]

-- His parents are well, then? That's a relief. I was worried. [ And so she was. She needs no reason to care about someone beyond that they're in danger, but in this case they're also important to someone she cares very much about. Even knowing that they're all "villains" or whatever term one wants to use. ]

I'm quite strong if you ever see me fighting, yes. It's a little more obvious in some of my other forms, but I'm a Chiropteran. The closest word most others are familiar with is "vampire", though I'm not very much like the stories.
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[personal profile] tripletrying 2023-07-17 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. Is that so?

[Rahk's ears swivel back. He doesn't like the way Theo says that...]

If you'd rather not talk about it, I understand.