NOV. TEST DRIVE

[missleadingquestions]

Sorry to be late this time!



G'day, Ruby City!

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: 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. Bad 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

[alwayskidnapped]

My, you are not only beautiful, but brave and intelligent too!

[ Yeah, Ruby is DEFINITELY Maria reincarnate. She half wishes her sister were here right now to meet Ruby, her husband as well -- she's certain they'd both adore her. ]

[ruby_roses]

[Her face turns about the same shade as her cloak at that.]

N-naw, I'm not that good looking. I mean, Yang has always been the pretty one...

[swordprincess]

[Karla blinks at him. Isn't it obvious what she's running from?]

Ah...nothing, really. I was trying to get out of the rain...

Cathedral... IDEK

[fairbrook]

[As a woman of the Church, it's needless to say Integra frequented the cathedral. While sitting in one of the pews, she looks up from her (read: heavily annotated) bible, at the sound of footsteps, to see a rather distressed woman.

While she isn't necessarily one for chatting with strangers, it's not beneath her to help another so obviously grieved.]

Madam, are you alright?

[She chooses not to remove herself from her spot quite yet, as she has no intention of scarring her. She also takes into account her manner of dress, pinning her from somewhere in the 1800s, perhaps? Interesting.]

[alwayskidnapped]

No, no, my dear. You're very lovely! Have you a suitor~? I'm certain all of the young men must chase after you relentlessly!

[ Yesss. Tell big sister Annette all about your boyfriends and love interests. ]

:D

[alwayskidnapped]

[ Annette practically jumps out of her skin at the sound of another voice. She'd been in such a hurry she hadn't really paid attention to who else was occupying the Cathedral. She whirls around and blinks at the other woman, before flashing her a small, but shaky smile. ]

Oh, hello! Erm, yes, I... am as well as can be expected, I suppose. This... this is all very new to me, you see. Forgive me if I am disturbing you. I do not mean to intrude.

[ruby_roses]

[Annette, if Ruby had been drinking something, it'd be ALL OVER you by now.]

M-me!? No... they're always more interested in Yang. Besides, I'm two years younger than everyone at school so... that hasn't really been a... thing.

[alwayskidnapped]

[ How fortunate she is that Ruby wasn't drinking anything, then. Not that it would have made Annette mad or anything, at least. ]

Age does not matter! How old are you~? Why, I was married by the time I was nineteen... but that is what is considered normal where I am from.

[fairbrook]

[Disturbing her? No. It's just that trained heightened sense of hearing and reflexes to react on a moment's notice. Pay it no mind.]

I see.

[She readjusts her glasses, lips curling into a tiny smile of her own.]

No, of course not. Are you in need of any help, per chance?

[Her ulterior motives to spy on a certain priest aside, she was on the city's welcoming committee, and didn't particularly mind helping the newcomers.]

[alwayskidnapped]

[ She finally allows her hand to drop from the cross at her throat, looking a little relieved. She's learned over the years not to be as trusting as she once was; being married to Richter has taught her a LOT of things, but... well, this woman does seem trustworthy, and she DOES need help, so why not? ]

I am! I'm afraid I'm a bit... lost about all of... this. [ She gestures with her hands; meaning, naturally, the city in general. ] I've no idea how I even got here. Other than on that... thing. A 'train', I believe someone called it. I've never seen such a thing before, nor did I know something like it existed. I have been in search of my sister and husband, but I fear they did not arrive with me... tell me, my lady, have you been captured here, too?

[singinghuntress]

[After a few moments she gets ahold of herself, lets him go and takes a step back with a slightly sheepish smile.]

You vere here before, zeveral months ago. Or at least, a version of you vas. Regardless, I am very happy to see you if you had not guessed.

Le Cafe Anglais, Bad Weather

[no_armistice]

[In spite of his nationality, November didn't visit the cafe often. He preferred coffee, usually, when it came to caffeine, and found watching the clientele at The Black Stallion to be generally more interesting. But it would be a pleasant enough place to have a bite to eat while waiting out the rain.

Or, actually, more notable than that.] Misaki?

[carminejackal]

[One never really knows, sometimes it isn't the most obvious thing. He merely gives a small nod of acknowledgment. Besides, with the way she had been gasping for air, she must have been running rather hard...or she was really out of shape.]

Ah. Have you been in the city long?

[He's only just arrived himself. If she's a resident of this place, perhaps he could press her for a few answers the posters hadn't answered. Then again, she could be like him. New and utterly clueless about their current situation.]

[mute_mutt]

[Better not to question it. He wasn't one to dwell on pointless thing like "other selves". He types into his device.]

I require whatever information you have.

[ruby_roses]

[There's a bit of a look of horror on Ruby's face at the prospect of getting married at 19.]

I-I'm only fifteen! I'm nowhere near ready for something like that! I have enough trouble just talking to boys...

I HAD TO UPLOAD AT LEAST ONE

[foundherstars]

[She almost pulls her gun. She does stand up fast enough to knock her chair over backwards, ram the table, and send tea sloshing over it and her napkin.

Her hand stays on her weapon, thumb on the safety strap's quick release.

If she didn't think she was dreaming before, didn't think this was something Gate-related, she knows it has to be now. She's in the grip of a Contractor. Something. Because there is no way November 11 is standing next to her table addressing her casually as though he's not the memory of a bloodstain next to the street.

Quietly, shocked:] How... [And then she sheds the tone and straightens, pulling her gun and keeping it pointed downward, for the time being, but prepped to raise and shoot.] Who are you?

[swordprincess]

No...I've just arrived.

[She's just not used to the cold, as she stands there, wet and shivering.]

[singinghuntress]

[Good because she's not all to sure she understands it herself. Rip glances down at her watch and nods, even giving him a little salute before relaxing and continuing to smile.]

I haf quite a bit to tell you zhen. Zhe Major iz here, und zo is Hellsing. Both zhe head und zhat voman's two vampires are here.

[She hesitates for a moment, the smile slipping off her features as she reflexively glances around as if she suspected a certain vampire to leap out of the shadows if she were to talk more about him.]

...Zhere are alzo ozhers here as vell from ozher vorlds.

[mute_mutt]

Why are we in this place? Who is responsible? What do they gain from this?

[singinghuntress]

I don't know zhe answer to any of zhose. A few of our captors showed up a few months back und hell broke loose.

Ozhervise, ve do not zee zhem.

[Shrugs.]

Az for zhis place, it iz called Ruby City. It's... semi-peaceful here.

[alwayskidnapped]

Oh~? Mm, I suppose my husband and I were just meant to be. We grew up together, although I must admit we did not always get along.

[ ...She remembers shoving Richter into mud and bushes and beating up on him. A lot. To the point where Juste had had to step in on more than one occasion to separate them... ]

...But obviously that changed somewhere along the line. I do wish he were here right now. We have already been separated for nearly three years... he had just returned home to me when I arrived here.

[mute_mutt]

I can see no other cities in the distance, only wilderness. Are we isolated?

[singinghuntress]

Az far as I can tell, yes. I haf yet to encounter anyzhing that looks like anozher town or village during my hunting. Zhere is not a hint of ruins und if zhere are any, I just haf not found zhem yet.

[mute_mutt]

Did you come here after your defeat? How long ago?

[singinghuntress]

....I showed up moments after I died. Zeveral months ago.