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Test Drive Meme #4


Test Drive Meme #4
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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?





My Fair(y) Lady




Part 1


Over the course of one night, fairies have decorated various trees all over the districts with special fairy lights. It's the 200th birth anniversary of the Fairy Queen coming up, so the lights are up for the duration of the celebration. The queen herself may be currently missing, but the fairies have not lost hope in finding her one day, hiding from the Darkness somewhere.

The lights are beautiful and in various different colors. Some even change colors occasionally. They seem very harmless, but some of the lights have been altered with mischievous fairy magic. Touching a tree affected by the magic will make characters act like a dere.

Just a light touch is all it takes. Even a falling leaf from the tree can trigger its effect. Suddenly you're acting just like a (player chosen) dere. Some trees also have an additional effect on making the character like the person who touched the tree at the same time, either in a temporary romantic way or a completely platonic manner, making the 'dere-effect' manifest in its full glory.

The effect usually lasts for an hour or two, but in rare cases the effect has been known to last for the rest of the day. No one really knows why that happens, it just does.

Part 2


All of the districts now have an aesthetically appropriate party going on, with food and drink for anyone to try. As long as it's normal-sized, it's safe to eat. All of the districts also have small hanging platforms that look like stages or treehouses for the fairies to hang out and dance in. They're mostly visible for the duration of the celebration.

Those who want to help the fairies celebrate are asked to make miniature furniture for the hanging party spots. This also includes making cups and plates from leaves. Those that help the fairies with this will have the chance to receive genuine fairy wings on their back for the rest of the week (or for the rest of the month, if you ask nicely). These wings enable them to be able fly short distances (across a normal sized street, for example).

However those who are mean to fairies in any way will instead get a pig tail and ears, with a possible pig snout for the same amount of time. The effect can be reversed by apologizing to the fairies in earnest.

Part 3


There are several ways to party and some fairies are more mischievous than others. They have taken upon themselves to do fairy pranks. They're all very harmless and silly and they don't want to actually hurt anyone. Just have a little fun.

Some examples include: hair braided into small braids, a glitter bomb exploding on characters, items teleporting from one person to another and people being tricked into eating fairy food (makes random, small fairy wings appear on random parts of their body that fades in a few hours).





Foraging for Trouble




Part 1

During the dark of the night another magical thing has happened. The fairies claim that it has nothing to do with their magic if asked, but they're sure it's a miracle produced by the celebrations itself.

A large variety of mushrooms and forest berries have grown all over the districts, no matter what climate they have. Scientists (and fairy helpers) have determined that all of them are safe to eat and have decided to challenge anyone to gather these nutritious and tasty treats the earth has offered them.

Most of the mushrooms are quite normal, in both taste and how they look. There's one particular glowing mushroom that causes hallucinations, but no poisonous ones have been detected. Among the berries there are some interesting ones that have magical effects; wild strawberries make people burst into song, wild blueberries make people poetic and lingonberries appear to cause an increase in philosophical thoughts.

Upon later investigation, it seems the berries were, in fact, a fairy prank. But the mushrooms they haven't touched.

Part 2


During the evening of the third day the mushrooms appeared, some chosen people get a message straight into their minds. Its telling them repeatedly to go to the Mushroom Sanctuary, slowly trying to gain control over the characters' bodies and mind. It seems some of the mushrooms were actually fae mushrooms, a dangerous mind controlling mushroom that is near impossible to detect before it's too late.

Should characters fall victims to the fae mushroom they will start making their way to the Mushroom Sanctuary in the Autumn Segment. They will do whatever it takes to continue making their way there, including fighting anyone who tries to stop them or even hitching someone's vehicle of choice to get there faster. All they have to say is "I need to go. I'm needed."

The only way to stop the mushroom's effect is to find translucent cordyceps, native to Autumn Segment, and make them eat them somehow.

Part 3



Click on the image or here to make the map bigger.


Uninterrupted, those affected by the fae mushrooms, native or otherworldly, will make their way into their destination. The Mushroom Sanctuary is home to many peculiar mushrooms, big and small. It's light up by the glowing ones, making it look quite beautiful during the night. But no one is here to do sightseeing.

Instead, inside two of the biggest mushrooms, there are two stairways into the underground. After leaving all of their items, except their clothing, inside a third giant mushroom, the affected walk down these stairs and end up in an underground area. Once they get inside, the fae mushroom effect fades into a faint voice at the back of their mind, letting the people take in where they are.

They are surrounded by native mushroom people, who are now identified as Mushroom Fae (mushroom at max height of 1 meter/3'3 feet that have arms, legs and faces, as well as now revealed fairy wings). Everyone here has been brought here to work for the fae in order to build their Underground Kingdom. Food and other necessities like sleeping area have been provided, as well as a bathing area since they know how some humans are particular about their hygiene. Work includes digging tunnels, carrying away dirt, carrying the building material down, putting up support pillars and even building stone walls.

Animosity towards the Mushroom Fae and any attempts to attack them will trigger the Fae Mushroom control again, making the person essentially an obedient doll again. But the Mushroom Fae promise that after a few days (or a week, depending on how fast they work) they'll be released again. They just need a little bit of raw power to help with their project and this was the best way they could come up with.

Rescuing the workers is always an option, but those controlled by the Fae Mushroom will attack people who try to rescue them unless the spell is undo for them.

Part 4


After the people have been rescued from the Mushroom Sanctuary, the fairies living inside the city will make an announcement that they have nothing to do with the Mushroom Fae. In fact, they had no idea they had survived the Darkness and transformed into regular looking sentient mushrooms.

As an apology for not realizing this sooner they will offer free delivery services for the rest of the year, meaning anyone can call upon a fairy to teleport an item (a non-sentient one) from place A to place B at anytime. The fairies may be invisible but usually always hear a plea even if further away.




OOC TIPS


- Lore Related: In Ellipsa fairy and fae, while similar creatures, are different species; fairy are generally nice and fun-loving creatures who do harmless pranks while fae are usually very suspicious and may even cause harm to achieve their goals.

- Map Related: The flowers and trees are all fae made things that give light to the underground space. They're otherwise not harmful. There are plenty of places to sit down and tables to eat at (food will be basic vegetable or meat stew with mushrooms, depending on if characters eat meat or not). The bathing area has water orbs that acts as shower heads, but also big public baths that are mixed gender.

- 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 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.

- 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!

- Check Locations: City to find more areas to explore inside the city. Every place in the districts are open.

- Similarly, Locations: Segments is useful for outdoors adventures.

- You can find monsters to encounter on Beastiary.

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



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mayoninofukucho: (Mission Complete)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-08-19 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He musters a somewhat weary smile.]

Whom do I have to thank for the advice? My name's Hijikata.
houndofmanchester: (Perhaps I've made a mistake)

[personal profile] houndofmanchester 2023-08-19 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, I suppose I've already admitted that Gawain is a title and not my True Name. Very well, there's no harm in saying it anymore. I am the Black Dog Barghest, the Storm Eating Beast, a Servant of the Saber class.
mayoninofukucho: (Well-Rested for Once)

RIP my short-term memory... thanks for the save! 😅

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-08-19 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hijikata definitely didn't just experience a mun fuck-up might have taken Gawain at face value before - if he didn't happen to have tackled a quest involving King Arthur's original knights, back when he was on Avalon. And for a fairy (and a woman, at that) to share the name of one of them... it just struck him as odd.]

That's one hell of a title. Why do they call you those things?

[He covertly looks at her head... no extra ears, as far as he can see. Still, with him being a swordsman and a weredog the two of them have some things in common!]
houndofmanchester: (Unacceptable.)

[personal profile] houndofmanchester 2023-08-19 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
While I may appear to look like a human, make no mistake. I am a fairy of the Fang Clan, with the beastial nature that implies. In life I had command over the lesser Black Dogs that roamed Fairy Britain, and held the power to transform humans into them. I will not say I did not use it, but I never did so without reason.

As for the title of Storm Eating Beast... I can consume lightning, and I grow monstrous in both appearance and mind when I do. It is a form I have only taken once, and I have no intention to do so again.
mayoninofukucho: (Routine)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-08-20 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Given how things have been going for Hijikata, he has no trouble imagining that, had he ever ended up in Fairy Britain, he might just have caused enough offence to end up as one of those dogs. That last part, meanwhile, uncomfortably reminds him again of what happened to Medusa because of him.]

I hope there'll be no cause for you to have to do that again.

...

What's your assigned season, say? Mine's summer.

[Maybe they're seasonmates! He has an inkling that he wouldn't be an adequate training partner for a Heroic Spirit, but he still feels a sense of companionship for his fellow summer power holders.]
houndofmanchester: (That was not my intention...)

[personal profile] houndofmanchester 2023-08-20 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
I've been assigned to Autumn. It seems somewhat unfortunate after having burnt down the Autumn Forest on Her Majesty's orders, but I'll make do.

[Really hoping Oberon never shows up here to take offence...]

It's quite different from the power over flame the mantle of Gawain gives me, so it's been interesting to experiment with it.
mayoninofukucho: (Satisfied)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-08-20 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Autumn powers are pretty great!

[Sure, he mostly says that because he loved manipulating the ground to swallow monster whole back on Avalon, but even so! He wonders about that Autumn Forest incident, but he also feels like he already asked Gawain a shitload of questions in a short time... he should probably give her a break. He really does want to know what her connection with the human knight Gawain, is, though!]

How'd you end up with Gawain's mantle?
houndofmanchester: (Default)

[personal profile] houndofmanchester 2023-08-20 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
It was granted to me by High Queen Morgan. I believe Proper Human History would know her as Morgan le Fay? She used magecraft to overlay Sir Gawain's Spirit Origin onto my Saint Graph, granting me his strength. A power that only works during the day is admittedly more of a hindrance for a beast of the night like myself, but that is partially the point. It suits me more than the mantle of Lancelot or Tristan either way.
mayoninofukucho: (Are you serious?)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-08-20 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Morgan le Fay... he wonders if she's another universe's equivalent of the Morganna he came to know and mistrust. He wouldn't be surprised.]

I've got to say that I'm a bit out of my depth here. I understand that your world's Gawain is a Heroic Spirit too, but for your queen to have given you his powers on top of your own... isn't that cheating?

[Look, he may not be an educated magus or anything, but that seems like foul play!]
houndofmanchester: (Unacceptable.)

[personal profile] houndofmanchester 2023-08-20 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
The name Gawain grants me his strength, yes, but that strength does overwrite my own. It is a seal, not an empowerment. It suppresses much of my power as well as my feral instincts.
Edited 2023-08-20 01:10 (UTC)
mayoninofukucho: (Smoke Break)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-08-20 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Hm... I reckon that balances things out, alright.

[Heroic Spirit lore is so complicated!! Each one he talks to can blow his mind in a different way. He's curious about the abilities of the other knights' mantles - going by what Gawain said, he inferred that at least two other fairy knights underwent the same process as her -, but more importantly he wonders about the overall purpose.]

Why'd your queen go to all those lengths, though? Did you guys have to fight off a threat?

[Honestly, he wouldn't be shocked if it was merely an experiment born from Morgan's whimsy. Fairies will be fickle like that, won't they? (Granted, Gawain does seem very diligent!)]
houndofmanchester: (Unacceptable.)

[personal profile] houndofmanchester 2023-08-20 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, we did. Faerie Britain faced a Calamity every one hundred years, with every thousand bringing a Great Calamity. We were plagued by the Mors as well, cursed beings with poison that would change faeries into more of them with enough exposure. All of which was our punishment for an unforgivable crime.

...May the first six faeries find salvation. May the first six faeries be cursed for all time.
joyfuljulie: ((168))

Julie Joyful | Welcome Home

[personal profile] joyfuljulie 2023-08-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[I] ARRIVAL;
[If someone spots a tiny little blonde looking somewhat befuddled it's because ... well, she is. Befuddled, that is, but she is tiny as well. She gets it, she really does but it's a whole lot of information to take in at once. Seasons, magic, this place needs their help ... she's a little dizzy from it all to be honest.

Julie finds somewhere to sit rather than going onto the Welcoming Committee just yet. She needs to take a breather and just absorb everything -- particularly the phone!

Heck she's so distracted she even plops down right next to whoever else is sitting on this bench, bumping right up into them. She's quick to reach out a hand and place it on their arm before she laughs a draws her hand back.]


I'm sorry about that! Golly all this information has got my mind in a real whirl!

[II] MY FAIR(Y) LADY;
[After the whirlwind that was getting her brain wrapped around this place and settling into her new apartment Julie is more than happy to take a break and enjoy a party! In particular she's absolutely thrilled by the idea of making teeny tiny furniture!

By the time anyone sits close to her Julie seems to have more paint on her than the furniture. Her smile is bright though and her laughter comes in a cheery giggle.]


I'm not much of a painter but this is a lot of fun!

[III] FORAGING FOR TROUBLE;
[Now Julie usually isn't one for eating berries found randomly in the forest. She'd lived in the forest with her family after all. When the scientiests say they're safe to eat though she's happy to believe them. Why would a scientiest lie, right? Or in this case get something wrong.

Even with them getting something wrong though Julie doesn't seem to mind really. Instead she's happy to take some poor random soul by the hands as she bursts into any number of songs, generally those from between the 60's and early 70's.

At the moment she's crooning out Daydream Believer, swinging your hands wildly to and fro as she singers her heart out.]


Oh I could hide beneath the wings of a bluebird as she sings~


[IV] WILDCARD;
[Feel free to hit me up with any other prompts that you like. PMs or plurk ([plurk.com profile] goodluckstarfighter) are open for plotting!]
joyfuljulie: ((177))

Julie Joyful | Welcome Home

[personal profile] joyfuljulie 2023-08-20 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
acheat: (Knowledgable)

research center

[personal profile] acheat 2023-08-20 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He'd been listening to the whole welcome wagon speech far better than he'd appear, really, he promises. But the speech isn't nearly as interesting as the massive tiefling woman rapidly approaching him with her arms out wide. Had he been any other hyper paranoid eternally vigilant stab happy little drow, the answer would have been a vehement and potentially mutually painful NO.

Thankfully for everyone involved here however, Jarlaxle had a heavier helping of EQ than the average stabby little drow. That was not a tone nor an expression said 'I'm going to break your twiggy little back' to him.

Also: there's no happier place than between the breasts of a tall lady.
]

How could I possibly say no to that?
bloodwar: (pic#16663109)

[personal profile] bloodwar 2023-08-20 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Brace for impact, little man. ( because here she fucking comes. Karlach scooped him up in her arms and squeezed him close, her body still far warmer than it should be, but not to the point she'd be burning the flesh off his bones. She let out a content titter of a laugh. ) Hoooolly shit, that's good.
acheat: (Default)

[personal profile] acheat 2023-08-20 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh that's toasty. It wasn't too much of a surprise, his eyes worked just fine after all and he saw how her chest glowed. Still, it was quite a thing to actually experience, like waking up nestled next to a dragon's underbelly.

As for Jarlaxle, not that she'd have much trouble picking almost anything up, but the drow was predictably outrageously light. The hug drove the air from his lungs for a moment, but the tiefling's laugh was just too infectious to not respond to. Breathless though it may be, he just had to laugh in return, shifting just enough so that he could keep that stupid feather in his hat from disappearing up her nose.
]

Remind me to call upon you if ever I've need for a heater. You must be heavenly to curl up beside in winter.
bloodwar: (pic#16662625)

[personal profile] bloodwar 2023-08-20 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
( It was a wonder Karlach didn't knock his hat off to begin with, given how insistently she was nuzzling into him. Being bereft of touch for so long was excuse enough to ignore any semblance of propriety - not that she had much to begin with. Her grip did loosen just a little bit to make sure he didn't die in her grasp, but she absolutely did not release the hug entirely. )

If there's one thing this piece of shit engine is good for, it's keeping everyone else warm when it matters. You should have seen the trail I left behind in the segment I woke up in.
acheat: (how many smug icons do you need)

[personal profile] acheat 2023-08-20 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[If she keeps going she just might. Not that he's fighting too hard to keep it on his head, but it's just the principle of the thing! A little more wriggling and... there, now he won't have to worry about accidentally jabbing her with the intricately disguised armory he walked around wearing. He was enjoying himself far too much to want to have it ruined by a poorly stored dagger.]

Ah, winter I'd assume? At least you'd never need to worry about frostbite, and your friends wouldn't need to fear losing you in a storm.

[There, one hand worked free to lightly tap at her collar bone.]

You're as good as a beacon. Engine, did you say? You're a bit too soft and squishy to be a construct, I believe.
bloodwar: (pic#16663142)

[personal profile] bloodwar 2023-08-20 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Ironic, right? ( given her... everything. Karlach snorted out another laugh. )

Can't say I get 'soft and squishy' often, but you're right - I'm not a construct. Just have an infernal engine in my chest thanks to the hells favorite archdevil.
acheat: (eeeehhh....)

[personal profile] acheat 2023-08-20 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Comparatively, to a machine? You're practically a silk pillow.

Now... that sounds like a story better told over a few drinks, because I can't even begin to imagine how that could happen to anyone without a little bit of alcohol to grease the gears. That's truly some fantastically terrible luck you have.

You'll forgive me for not being entirely on the up and up on who's teacher's pet in Baator, which one is responsible for this hellish marvel?
bloodwar: (pic#16663145)

[personal profile] bloodwar 2023-08-20 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Well I'm not there anymore and I can touch people without burning them, so I'd say my luck ain't as bad as you think. ( minus the tadpole, but even that paled in comparison to the literal hell she faced for a decade in the blood war. )

Zariel. I was her champion.
acheat: (Smuggity)

Jarlaxle Baenre | Forgotten Realms | Summer | OTA

[personal profile] acheat 2023-08-20 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Arrival]
-summer

[Oh. Well. Isn't this picturesque? Very pretty, very nice, very calming. Very boring, where's the door, bye see ya leaving. There was a conspicuous lack of alcohol, wenches, metallic dragons or treasure here so he's got no reason to stick around. By the looks of it he barely even contemplated the sparkling blue waters and gorgeous white sand nor the beautiful sun shining bright and warm in the sky.

Zero of these things tell him what's going on or where he is or why and honestly he was doing stuff prior to now anyway that was way more interesting.
]

-apartments

[This was his now. No actually it was, he checked, he was sure he had the right number, he wasn't going to go too out of his way to make a mess and cause trouble right off the bat. He knows how to be a decent person when it suits him, look at how law abiding he's being.

After fussing with the door for a moment or two (looking for keys? Checking for something else? Hard to tell really) he pushed open the door, and then stopped short, his expression smoothing out to an easy neutral smile that, for the moment... didn't quite reach his eyes.
]

Well. Hello.

[My Fair(y) Lady]

[-One]

[No one told him anything about the trees. He'd seen other people by them, none of them were in the process of burning alive or dying. He'd looked at the tree, and definitely rolled less than what this perception check was asking for because the first person to approach the tree he'd chosen to idly lean against while he enjoyed a quick drink would get an effortlessly charming smile and a greeting far warmer than he'd normally just hand out to a complete stranger.]

A beautiful setup, isn't it? Have you taken a moment to really look at it?

[Just as closely as he was looking at his new friend here.]

[-two]

[A][What, turn down a chance to fly (if only a little bit)? Him? Never, the second he put two and two together he was very keen to become an official certified fairy carpenter. He spared a short thought for what anyone who knew him would think to see him doing what definitely looked like a child's arts and crafts project, and that short thought was "I can fly and you can't".

Shame isn't a word he's well acquainted with and it doesn't look like he's about to digest the meaning of it any time soon as he very, very carefully sets about crafting a leafy dinner set to put atop this funny little twig table.
]

[B][Do the wings match? ... Define your definition of 'match'. He's already a colorful mess to begin with so as far as he's concerned, the powder blue pixie wings he's proudly sporting match perfectly thanks. They've gotten him comfortably up into the thick lower branches of an (unlit this time) tree, let it never be said he doesn't learn some lessons, and for the time being he's more than happy to smugly roost there like a self-assured crow, albeit one with ridiculous powder blue pixie wings.

Actually this is what a winner looks like, thanks. He won, he is winning, and he's going to rub it in as much as he can as he idly tosses a handful of leaves off the branch onto whatever poor schmuck is down there on the ground. Fuck yeah, wings.
]

[WILDCARD]

[Go nuts, he's anywhere you need him to be here.]
acheat: (A moment of thought)

[personal profile] acheat 2023-08-20 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
True! I like the optimism, 'tis far better than wallowing in the pain of the past. You're here and well now, with a warm and comforting embrace and not a devil in sight, I'd have to say that is wildly good luck.

[He gives her a sympathetic wince.]

I see. Say no more of it, I've heard more than enough stories to be sated by the name alone.

[At this point he's comfortably rested his chin on his arm, dangling from hers like an obliging house cat.]

And what shall you do now, that you're free of the Hells and all it might entail? Any plans?
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