[MEME] Let's Talk RC (CR Testdrive)

[missleadingquestions]

I don't really have a fitting picture for this.

G'day, Ruby City! It's time for a meme for both testdrivers and denizens.

Been itching to test out some CR but haven't had the posts to do it? Thinking of apping a character but not sure they'll fit in the city walls?

Have no fear, a meme for you is here.

Directions:

• Post with your character with their name and canon on top!


• Choose a location and prompt or wait for someone else to tag.


• If you'd like, leave contact info for people to get in contact for plotting and other such shenans.


• Tag around! Make friends. Don't be afraid to chat OOC while tagging.

Locations:

1. Train Station: New arrival, or waiting to welcome people? Either way, the train comes in, but you still can't ride it out.


2. Cathedral: Looking for redemption? Just doing a little sight-seeing? Or just getting a little shelter?


3. The Clocktower: You can see the whole city from here!


4. The Black Stallion Saloon: You were told the burgers were great here-- but maybe you just came for the beer.


5. The Library: You came to do a little research, but it looks like all of the information's just out of your reach. Though, you can always find a way to pass the time here.


6. The Coffee Joint: Run by James Potter and Lukas, a lovely place to have a chat and a bite to eat.


7. Le Cafe Anglais: A Parisian-British fusion that's as charming as it sounds and serves the best tea around.

Scenarios

1. Just walked in: You intended to get here, and you made your way in; but now someone's caught your eye and you'd like to have a chat.


2. Been here all day: You've been sitting around minding the time. Maybe you didn't notice them at first or maybe you were just working up the courage to talk-- either way, they know you're here and you know it too.


3. Inclimate weather: You're here because you've gotten rained in. This wasn't your choice, but at least it's dry-- right?


4. Wild card: Got something better in mind? Well screw these prompts, try it out yourself!

Have fun, guys!

Comments

[oathshackledbird]

Call me your Servant again and I will return the favor you so unhesitatingly gave me.

[Diarmuid's voice is calm, but the edge to it is so sharp it could cut with the slightest contact. Pair that with the way his killing intent suddenly rises and there is little doubt that is it probably for the best that there is so much space between them right now. Had Diarmuid obeyed the order Kayneth had given him before and moved closer, he might not have been able to resist striking out at the man.]

Apparently this place can draw people from different points in the timeline. Lets just say that at the point I came from you made it very clear you no longer wanted me as your Servant.

[His eyes narrow at Kayneth and his voice becomes harsher.]

So let me make this clear to you. I will never bow my head to you again. Do you understand?

[tenured]

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[Kayneth hasn't had the best day, and he's not in the most rational frame of mind, to say the least. He has the sense not to move any closer to the Servant, but not the sense to remove himself from the vicinity. His manner remains brusque, but inwardly, he's confused and frustrated, and not a little afraid, though he does his best to keep these feelings suppressed. He simply doesn't understand what's happening, neither here, nor back in his world. How could things have come to such a point?]

I have done no such thing, and I fail to see why I would willingly sacrifice my greatest advantage in the War. That would be madness.

[Not that Diarmuid was the Servant he'd really wanted, but--details. Without a Servant, he wouldn't even be a Master, so how could he hope to win?]

So, I see. This is your betrayal. I can't say I'm particularly surprised.

*flails* Such a magnificent b*stard he is...

[oathshackledbird]

My betrayal?

[The words are a low rage filled hiss. The tone might actually sound familiar if Kayneth had been from the same time that Diarmuid was, but he's not. Still, only a fool would not realize how dangerous the tone is. Diarmuid himself actually takes a few angry steps forward before he is able to check himself and stop his advance. Barely.]

You have no right to speak of betrayal when it was you who order me to kill myself in the middle of honorable battle instead of calling me to aid you! I did nothing but serve you loyally and your method of repayment for that loyalty was death. The only betrayer in this room is you!

I'll take that as a compliment, haha

[tenured]

[At this, Kayneth steps back, but he doesn't back down.]

I have betrayed no one!

[And this is, as far as he's concerned, absolutely true.]

Please, why would I do that? [He can't fathom Diarmuid's words. The very idea makes him uncomfortable. Ordering his Servant to kill himself would sacrifice the last of his chances, and he cannot accept that he would be defeated. How could that happen?] It's absurd. [Yes, he'll think of it as absurd. He can't accept that it might be true.]

If I did do such a thing, which I did not, I must have had a good reason! How can I know what happened, or what you did? If I'm even willing to believe that in the first place. From where I'm standing, you're the only traitor here. And now, what, you'll strike me down? When I cannot stand against you? Such loyalty.

It is definitely a compliment! My muse is raging...

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid's eyes narrow to mere slits.]

As usual you do not understand anything about me. That loyalty you mock is the only thing that is keeping me from cutting you down where you stand. I am not you. I refuse to strike at one who has no way of fighting back against me. It proves nothing.

[He pauses here and closes his eyes attempting to push back his rage. There is still anger in his eyes once he reopens them, but it is an improvement over the rage. Marginally.]

If you cannot believe me, there is a version of the Saber from our war here. Ask her. Unless you would call the King of Knights a liar as well.

I am glad to hear it.

[tenured]

I see no loyalty here. I see only a Servant who has abandoned his Master. For one who's so fond of talking about loyalty, you seem to have very little understanding of it yourself!

If I strike out against someone, it is only with the purpose of winning.

Yes, because I'm in the habit of asking enemy Servants for their perspectives on the War. That would make so much sense. I'm not concerned with the King of Knights, I'm concerned with you. I suppose you can marginally be considered a knight.

[oathshackledbird]

Just as you see no loyalty here, I see no master. You have never been a master. Instead, you are a spoiled man playing as being a magus and attempting to control that which you have no right to control!

[Anger flashes in Diarmuid's narrowed eyes.]

You speak of fighting so hard in the war--of never giving up--and yet you never trusted me enough to use my skills fully! I know I was not who you wanted. I am not Rider, but if you had for even a moment given me a chance maybe we could have ended the war in some other way than in a sea of our own blood!

[Of course, he has no idea what happened to Kayneth and Sola-Ui after his death, but before that they had all spilled a great deal of blood even Sola-Ui who he vaguely remembers seeing as he died. She...had not looked well.]