Test Drive Meme!

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Test Drive Meme

That's right! A test drive meme! This meme serves several purpsoes!

- Test drive a new muse! -- If you are considering apping a new character to Ruby City, you can comment with them here to try their voice out. Others (currently played characters and other potential characters) can respond. The same deal as usual. Post ICly. Your character can be newly arrived, or you can treat the thread as though they've been in the city for a long while. It's up to you!

- Test drive DreamWidth! -- We realize DreamWidth is new, so feel free to jump in, even with your current RC characters to start a thread and get accustomed to how DreamWidth feels to RP on. But please remember, any interaction from this meme will not count towards in-game CR. What happens in memes stays in memes.

- Stop the withdrawal! -- We anticipate that the move will slow down posting between our announcement of moving and the opening of the DreamWidth communities. So if you need your fix of your RC characters, toss 'em here for fun and games.

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[pureblooded_incest]

[ooc: Let's break this meme in, huh? This is Tracy <3]

Huh..? Kaname?

[Yuki looks around the train station, confused. Especially when she picks up the watch and looks between it and a small case she found laying with it.]

Blood tablets?

[renaissancerevenge]

[For most of the trip, Ezio was out cold, but on the last few miles of the journey, he had woken up, paranoid that this was some Templar trick, some sort of trap, and then almost panicked when he could not find a way off of whatever this device was. It didn't seem like anything Leonardo would invent (because he probably could, given the chance and design). Ezio practically leaped through the train's opening doors to get to something he knew - solid terra firma. Getting his footing and making certain his hood was up, the assassino kept his guard up as he observed his surroundings. Quiet, run down buildings. Possibly a town ransacked by the templars? The bastardi seemed rather ruthless on anyone they encountered when it came to trying to get what they wanted. It made Ezio both angry and sick.

After a moment and a few cautious steps, he finally decided to call out, voice heavy with the Italian accent.] Hello? Is there anyone there?

[imperialdecrescendo]

Yaya new journal name...I've never used DW with before so I'm dipping my toes into unknown waters here...~

I mat test drive a character here later.

Cesare Borgia/Borgia

[purgatoryismyhell]

[It had been the most unpleasant journey of Cesare's life, counting both the journey to surrender himself willingly to the Colonna's non-existant mercy and the journey to Sicily as the French king's hostage. He frowned in displeasure. He spent far more time as a hostage that he could have cared for, yet neither of these dreadful journeys could compare to the journey he had just had in the giant metal carriage.

He had obviously been kidnapped, he surmised as he wandered around the train station, cardinal's robes flapping around him. He was trying to make sense of the odd place and discern its function, yet he was no closer to an answer as he had been the moment he finally escaped the metal contraption. This was the strangest kidnapping he had ever heard of, a pointless tomfoolery of the likes he would have normally only thought Juan capable of.]

Shao Jun | Assassin's Creed Embers

[concubine_made_assassin]

[The train ride had been both exciting and nerve wracking for the young assassin. More nerve wracking then anything and the shaking had made her sick. So when the train finally came to a stop, she stumbled out and to the far corner of the station and emptied the contents of her stomach. She suddenly regretted eating her fill when Sophia had asked her to stay in the villa.]

If I never have to ride that thing again, it will be too soon.

With how Embers played out, this should be interesting.

[renaissancerevenge]

[Ezio had gotten off of the mechanical marvel not long after Shao had, and stood a bit to the side as she emptied her stomach. He had not seen her on the train... Looking at the thing behind him, still smoking and steaming from the journey, he saw there were large containers that looked the same linked to the front engine. Maybe she had been in a different one? Nevermind that.]

Perdonatemi, but are you alright?

Oh yes, definitely

[concubine_made_assassin]

[Shao coughed hard, trying to get the taste out of her mouth before turning towards the man. His voice was... a little familiar but she couldn't quite place it. He was so young and she was sure she hadn't met him before.]

I believe I will be, I apologize that you had to see that.

[renaissancerevenge]

[There was a little smirk that traced his lips, which had a scar on the right side. A recent looking scar it seemed at that.] Do not worry. I have seen worse.

[Much worse. He thought of how he had done his first assassination a couple of weeks ago. Alberti had deserved it though, and so did many others that Ezio had been learning about since the wrongful deaths of his father and brothers. Only for a moment did Ezio look troubled, but he made sure to keep the subject off of that.]

....Do you know where we are? Or what that is? [The Assassin pointed to the train behind them.]

[concubine_made_assassin]

I wish that I did, but this place and that thing are both foreign to me.

[That scar is very defining, and it draws a confused look from Shao Jun as she looks over what she can see of his face. Master Ezio has a scar like that but this man is far to young. At least his clothes were easily identifiable. At least to her.]

Your robes. They are of the assassins.

[renaissancerevenge]

[Ezio agreed with a nod and looked again at the ruined architecture of what he didn't know he'd be calling home soon. Maybe he could use the thing that brought him here to get back to Florence. He needed to speak with Leonardo again and he didn't have time to be...well, stuck here. Wherever here was.

What she said had him almost stiffen, but he looked at her, a hardening gaze on his face. Was she a Templar? She didn't look like one, but looks could be deceiving...] What do you know of the Assassins?

[concubine_made_assassin]

I know enough.

[Before going on, she plucked the pendant from around her neck and held it for him to see. The symbol of the assassins was clearly emblazoned on it, and she kept it in view only long enough for him to get a clear view of it before tucking it safely away.]

They rescued me, three years ago.

[renaissancerevenge]

[For a moment, he's considering the chances of her being a Templar, one that had followed him on this contraption and was going to make use of this abandoned city. However that thought came to a stop as she held out the pendant...a pendant that had the same marking as his own belt. His father's belt.]

You are an assassina?

[Alright, color Ezio surprised. She was kind of cute and a killer.

[concubine_made_assassin]

I am but I am still learning. I still have much to learn.

[She kept her hood up while talking with him. Out in the open like this, it would be dangerous to do otherwise. Looking around, there seemed to be several empty buildings close by.]

Shall we find somewhere more private?

[broswagonist]

[The train station was probably one of the places Souji frequented the most in town whenever he wasn't either out scavenging or repairing the house he'd built for himself. He knew that he wouldn't be able to get onto the train, heck, never even really caught the thing in time, but still. There was just some strong connection to it and besides that, every now and then he came across a newcomer that was just as lost as he had been when he'd stepped off the train and really, he could sympathize with them so he didn't mind giving a helping hand.

And today was one of those days when he just so happened to come across someone new.] Yeah.

[It was a rather short answer in reply to the question, but it would do as he made his way toward the man, stopping a few feet away, tilting his head though his expression was nearly void of emotion as he observed him, and waited to see what else he would say- He'd rather let him come with a barrage of questions now rather than trying and failing to explain should he just go off without taking another's feelings on the situation into account.]

Let's try this xD

[michelotto]

[Chiaro had been quite confused himself. After he had killed Juan, he had tried to escape the scene on a horse. After all, he had been heavily wounded and that wound only would have made him suspicious - and the suspicion would have been even more on Cesare if his comrade had been wounded right after Juan's death.

He didn't remember a lot, though and he was quite sure he must have blacked out on his journey, but never would he have thought that he would end up in such a strange place in such a strange object.

It didn't take him long to see someone wearing a cardinal's rob. Did somebody of Cesare's enemies follow him? It might be safer not to appear as Michelotto in that case.]

Excuse me, do you know where this is?

[purgatoryismyhell]

[Cesare stiffened at the voice not far behind him. He hadn't noticed te man approaching him and cursed himself for letting someone get so close. How foolish, how careless.

Slowly, he turned around, a slightly pinched expression on his face, though he did his best to try and appear unassuming, a simple man of faith as many others. If his captors wished to play games, he would play them - and play them better.]

I'm sorry, I fear I'm at as much of a loss as you are.

[in_italia]

Let us test the waters together! *highfive*

...And that icon because the "choose random icon" button had a certain liking for it. It went back to it at least five out of seven times. Shiiiiny pretty "choose random icon" button! :3

[imperialdecrescendo]

Woo! I have to use that random icon thing to see what comes up for the lols. I think that DW is...prettier than LJ in a lot of ways. I'm excited to get to use it.

..It liked that one. The icon.

[in_italia]

See, even the coding enjoys antagonizing Lovi. We should have a big party for everyone who dislikes him, we'll put the world records to shame.

See icon for Lovi's reaction.

[michelotto]

Really?

[Chiaro was surprised to hear that. He had hoped - bet, that at least a cardinal would know in which place they were. After all, they were people of high ranking and usually didn't hold back when it came to use their power.

Chiaro laid his hand where his wound was. He could still feel it hurting.]

Did you get lost?

[ex_nohero520]

[It was only his hands moving out to catch the nearest thing that keeps Caleb from falling as he exits the train (or, rather, is forcefully ejected). He glowers after it as it chugs its way slowly away.

Laboriously the man straightens, rubbing a stubbly jaw and grumbling softly. His eyes rake the area around him as his eyebrows draw together in consternation. Where--is this...?] What now, [he sighs, more statement than question. As though that little 'seer' kid before with his ridiculous statements wasn't bad enough, here he winds up kidnapped.

Well, he wouldn't call this kidnapped. No kidnappers are in sight. But nevertheless. Caleb regards the station severely and wishes at once for a glass of scotch.]

[purgatoryismyhell]

[Well, this young cardinal was feeling quite out of his depth.

Last thing he knew before he had woken in the metal carriage had been hiding away in a little niche of the Vatican after he had stabbed his sister's lover right in front of the Pope, after Lucrezia... He hadn't been sorry. He still wasn't sorry. He couldn't even bring himself to feel upset, beyond a vague sense of regret that he shouldn't have sullied a priceless relic by stabbing the traitor with it. Granted, it might be the shock being kidnapped in a mysterious carriage to an unknown and just as mysterius place. He always felt guilty once his mind cleared.

Cesare shook himself out of his thoughts, frowning slightly at the man he presumed to be one of his kidnappers.]

I certainly don't remember going anywhere. Should I have been getting lost?

[His smile gained a sharp edge.] I hope I didn't die in my sleep. I would be hideously disappointed if this turned out to be hell.

[michelotto]

Die in your sleep?

[Okay, that was an uncomfortable thought. But he really didn't remember anything after fleeing from Rome. He might as well have died on his way... no. He hadn't been ready to die yet, he had wanted to stay by Cesare's side to see the world he would create with his own hands.

Chiaro scratched his head a bit and sighed. It seems this conversation wasn't really going anywhere, but he didn't really like that smile.]

It seems you're as clueless as me. I had been mugged, but I don't remember anything past that.

[This lie had to do it for now. It would also explain his wound. It was good he didn't wear anything too precious anymore.]

[purgatoryismyhell]

I... see...

[The anger had been simmering barely under the surface after his fit of fury in front of the Vatican's highest men, that dark beast preying on his soul momentarily lulled by exhaustion, but neither tamed nor gone to sleep.

He could feel it uncurl within him now in the face of such shameless lies, a deception that wasn't even worth the name. He didn't understand the game, he didn't understand the rules, but he knew that he was Cesare Borgia and you didn't play games with him.]

Do you know who I am? [His voice was pleasant enough, calm. Pretending was a game he knew well.]

[michelotto]

[Chiaro shook his head.]

I can only tell that you are a cardinal, by your robes.

[Not one he has met, though. Unexpected young as well and most unfortunately, he would recognize the Cesare he knows pretty fast because there were always demons surrounding him, in one way or the other, unless he was just right beside him.]