nonotagain | 01. Test Drive Meme

TEST DRIVE MEME

Thinking about joining Iterum? Unsure of who to bring or if they'll even fit the setting? Posting here offers you the chance to find out how they'll do while getting the sample for done for their application.

→ Comment down below with the character you'd like to test drive in the setting. Don't forget to add their name and canon in the subject line.
→ Choose a scenario or create your own, and tag around!
→ Test drives will be posted regularly in the months of March, June, September, and December.
→ Threads in the test drive are NOT eligible to use for activity checks, however, you can make them game canon if you wish and both you and your scene partner agree.

Possible Scenarios
Please note that all characters will initially arrive in their assigned housing; they are free to explore the City to their heart's content after that!

01. Arriving: You're pretty sure you knew where you were before you closed your eyes. But somewhere between then and now, you discover that you're definitely not there. In fact, the setting is so unfamiliar to you that it's bordering on unnerving and questions start to stack. Have you been abducted? Did you get drunk and pass out somewhere and not remember? Whatever the case, you need some answers. Or maybe this is familiar and the only thing that doesn't make sense is the layer of dust on everything around you which obviously means some time has passed. How much? No one seems to know. What you do know is that sitting around and waiting for answers is likely not going to happen.

So, you set out and hope to run into someone in the City that looks like they may be in a similar situation. Or, at the very least a person that might be able to provide some explanation. Veteran Chosen, make sure you warn the new people about the Shadows and advise them to steer clear of dark alleys and things that go bump in the night.

02. Party, party!: Now that you've arrived and hopefully settled, it's time to unwind. Inside your welcome basket is an invitation from the Duchess, who has decided to celebrate the growing population of the City with a massive "Welcome to the City" party in the Tower District. Wine spills free, and drugs abound, this is the kinda party that caters to all! The wicked and debauched demons and the good and decent who, if not careful, might end up tainted and corrupted at some point, like everyone else. Even if it's only for one night, why not cut loose and forget about whatever is pressing on your mind?

Nothing to wear? Check your closet, we're sure you'll find something suitable to wear.

03. Prominence: Everyone knows that the City sometimes influences its population on a monthly basis. Unfortunately, you arrived right in the middle of a heavy Prominence. Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, or Pride: choose your sin and get wicked. You'll find it's hard to avoid being sinful, almost as if your basic instincts are taking over.

04. Run!: A lot can go wrong in the City; demon attacks, muggings or there's even danger of being plucked from the streets and forced to partake in the Coliseum's version of Fight Club (if you know, you know). There are plenty of unsavoury types that all Chosen must be aware of. They rule the night, and once the sun goes down it becomes the Sinning Hour. Demons and monsters and humans capable of inciting just as much fear, if not more, come out to play. Mind yourself. It's hardly a tea party out there.

05. Network: Broadcast a video, voice or text message to anyone in your phone's directory. All Chosen have a device that they can use to communicate. Those that are returning will find their phone as it was, though without any contact that was previously in the City that is not currently. For the newly Chosen, a device will be supplied in your welcome basket and will match the type of telecommunications that was being used at the time of their exit.

06. Wild Card: Choose your own adventure in the game's multiple settings!

n a v i g a t i o n

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Skywalker

[Two can play that game. Not that Sam actually cares, like, at all. But she might as well point out the ridiculousness.]

Anakin or Luke?

[which is to say he's calling bullshit]

Luke
Like, you have no idea how much Luke

Well, my boy, you're certainly as terrible a liar as Luke.

What lie?
"Skywalker" has been my handle for a long time
Did you fly too close to the sun or something?

That was Icarus.

Daedalus was the one who created the Labyrinth. Among other things.

Daedalus flew too
Don't mess with me
AP World Lit :)

You're the one who put the caveat of 'too close to the sun' in there.

[and while, yes, Daedalus flew, too, it wasn't his wings that melted]

I think we're getting off topic here
Einstein-Rosen bridges? Multiverse? Potential megaverse?

Right. Yes.

[he's a sucker for a good debate -- or a ridiculous one, which is probably more on par with what that was. but anyway]

Where were we?

[beyond the obvious that she already mentioned]

Long story short, this isn't my first rodeo.

[was that it?]

OK, so you've been sucked into another dimension before
Assuming that's true...
Patterns seem like the first place to start, right?

Which is why I'd asked if you'd been anywhere else before here.

[trying to find a pattern was his first thought, too]

Beyond that, there's nothing I've seen so far that reads as a pattern.

Use your own experience
What's this shithole have in common with your last shithole?

Beyond snatching people from all walks of life?

[presumably, anyway. his sample size is a little limited, but it stands to reason]

Nothing that I can think of. The last place I was barely understood the concept of needing to sleep or eat.

[the Void was -- a fledgling whatever the hell it actually was. when they first arrived, it didn't understand exhaustion or hunger, pain or pleasure. it barely understood how buildings fit together or how plants or animals worked, everything that showed up a weird amalgamation of things -- the cats with wings, for example, or the fact that the Merlaut, a hotel in his world, was an apartment complex past the lobby on the inside. it reacted to them. it learned from them. by the time he left, he'd managed to influence it enough to recreate pieces of Chicago, untainted, like the L]

[ ... never mind the fact that the Void didn't understand the concept of electrical power, so it didn't do anything, much to his annoyance]

Well. That's some fuckery

Yes and no.

Sometimes, sleep is just the thing you need. But on the other hand, imagine all you could accomplish if you didn't ever feel tired.

[Yeah, she's imagined it. And kind of started to live it. But not going there.]

I was thinking more about eating
Sensual joys are so hard to find

[he'd be jealous. so much time, so many things he could learn if he didn't have to sleep]

Well, you'll be happy to know it eventually figured it out.

Mostly.

It was a little less clear on the concept of food.

We served lava punch at a party.

[it was ... weirdly spicy??]

That sounds like comic book shit
Or a video game.

I'll be honest, I spent a lot of time wondering whether the whole thing wasn't some kind of simulation.

Great. So we're in the Mattrix
Do I at least get to know Kung-fu?

[only if he can fix his leg, like he was planning on trying to before he was pulled here]

Were.

I was.

Maybe.

I'm pretty certain this is a little more real.

Figures.

There are worse things.

Worse than reality?
Not many things

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