March Test Drive

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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

[boywhowaited]

Train Station

[The city's train station has been subject to some odd arrivals, and while not certainly not the strangest, the young man clad in Roman Centurion garb is still a rather anachronistic sight.

A few steps from the door he shakes his head, as if coming out of a daze. His eyes then go wide and he turns around, thumping his hands on the closing train doors.]

No! No no no no no!

[He chases the train down the platform, but soon it is pulling away off into the distance.]

No. Not again!

[notgonnastay]

[Rose stands off near the doors to the station, watching him banging his hands against the train doors. She just lets him go on for a minute before the train pulls away and then steps inside.]

Hey. Ain't gonna be able to get back that way, it's a one-way train.

[boywhowaited]

[At first, Rory doesn't seem to hear her, letting out an anguished cry as the train pulls away. He glowers as the train vanishes off in the distance and then turns to face Rose. He doesn't mean to focus his anger on her, but it's bubbling too close to the surface right now.]

No. I have to go back. I can't be stuck here.

[notgonnastay]

[She holds her hands up to show she's unarmed. Really, the Doctor is better at this than her. Rose isn't even sure why she came to the station today.]

S'not that easy. The people who brought us here, they ain't gonna let us go. Not any time soon. S'alright though, got a bunch of people workin' at finding a way.

[boywhowaited]

[All things considered, it's probably for the best that the Doctor didn't show up. He's the one person that Rory is not in the mood to see right now.]

And the people who are keeping us here. Do they have a name? [He pauses for a moment and then lowers his voice.] Are they even people?

[notgonnastay]

[Only a certain one. One of the other two would have been just as useful.]

I know a couple'a their names. One is Temper and another is Dil, I think. Not sure what they are. Aliens, maybe?

Argh, sorry I've been so slow on this ><

[boywhowaited]

If they could bring me here from home like this, aliens seems reasonable.

[Temper and Dil though. Not very alien sounding names.]

What do they look like? Human? You haven't seen anything that looks like a pepperpot with a plunger and an eggbeater attached to it, have you?

It's okay <33

[notgonnastay]

I think they look human-ish but I haven't really gotten a look at 'em. There are other people that have though, they can tell you.

[Wait what?]

You mean a Dalek? No, there are none here. Not that we've seen.

[boywhowaited]

[Rory's eyebrow raises as she recognizes what he's talking about. She looks and sounds like she's from the same time and England he's from but...does she know the Doctor too?

Good. Not something I want to run into again. Is there anyone around here that calls himself The Doctor? He has a blue police box and wears a bowtie.

[notgonnastay]

Don't think anybody does. At least, nobody that knows about 'em. As for the Doctor, you're in luck. There are three of them here, including the one with the bowtie.

[He knows about the Doctor, the Daleks and the police box so-]

The TARDIS is parked by the police station. I'll show ya.

[boywhowaited]

[Rory looks as if he's heard the most horrifying thing he's ever heard in his life.]

THREE of him. I'm surprised this city is still standing.

You know what it's called though? Do you travel with the Doctor as well?

[notgonnastay]

Yeah, three. They're not so bad, work together surprisingly well. Would'a thought they'd irritate each other, argue over how to do things.

[She grins.]

I do, yeah. Rose Tyler, nice t'meet you.

[calmbefore]

Not again?

[It's a strange phrasing, for all that he's very aware that no one ever seems to be able to get back on the train afterwards, much less has actually been aware of how that got on the train in the first place.

On the other hand, he's not so much as batting an eye at the fact that it looks like a Roman Centurion has just stepped off the train.]

Does this happen to you often, then?

[boywhowaited]

[Rory whirls around as he hears the voice behind him. His eyes narrow. Is he the one who brought him here? No, it doesn't seem like it but...there's something about him that just makes him angry on principle.]

More often than I'd like. I don't suppose you've seen a man wearing a bow tie and a blue police box around here, have you?

[calmbefore]

[Nope, definitely not the person in charge of bringing people here. If he had been, he probably wouldn't have bothered to show up at all, given what he's seen of people's reactions to showing up here when they hadn't been meaning to.]

I have, actually. Both him and the TARDIS. I can take you there, if you wanted to see if he's actually around?

[boywhowaited]

[Rory's eyes narrow a bit. There's a small amount of him that hopes that if the Doctor is here then maybe some solution isn't far behind. On the other hand, he has his own responsibilities to watch over, and he has a feeling that the Doctor isn't here because of the Pandorica.]

Is there anyone here with him. Is there someone named Amy Pond? Or a great stone cube? Is the Pandorica here?

[calmbefore]

[There might be solutions, yes. But perhaps not from this version of the Doctor.]

I'm guessing that what the cube is called? The Pandorica? But no, it's not here. And if there's an Amy Pond here I haven't met her yet. Which certainly doesn't mean she isn't here, but I think you might need to ask the Doctor who actually... belongs to the TARDIS that's here, if that makes any sort of sense.

Argh, sorry I've been so slow on this ><

[boywhowaited]

[Rory frowns. Deep down he knows the Doctor wouldn't abandon Amy, but considering the way he acts most of the time it's so hard to read the man.

But mostly he just feels like he's let Amy down for being pulled away from her. The Doctor just happens to be close to the top of the short list of people he thinks could possibly be responsible.

He better not be. And if he is, he better have a damn good reason.]

Please. Take me to the Doctor.

No worries!

[calmbefore]

[He wouldn't abandon anyone, most of the time. Although that might more him than whichever version of him might be involved with this ... Pandorica. Assuming one of him actually is, but it seems like the most reasonable assumption, under the current set of circumstances.

But he'll do his best, at the very least, and he can certainly manage to find the TARDIS. Finding all of his other selves might be harder, but he'll do his best.]

This way, then. Ah, and I don't think I managed to catch your name?

[boywhowaited]

Rory. Rory Williams. Formerly of 20th Century Leadworth, England.

[He takes off his helmet and rolls it in his hands as he looks it over.]

A lot has happened since then.

[calmbefore]

Quite a lot, I'd say. That's hardly the sort of thing I'd expect out of 20th century England. No, if I'm right that's Roman, by the look of it. Centurion, if I'm not mistaken and you seem to be wearing it almost as if you're used to it.

[But well... time travel happens, and he doesn't seem to be too bothered about the idea of someone being taken from the 20th century ending up as a Roman centurion. It's strange, yes, but not entirely out of the ordinary.]

But it's very nice to meet you all the same.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

[Eleven can see from afar that someone arrived on the train again. Just as he's about to call out to the man, how it's pointless to chase the train as it stops for no one, he notices his attire.

No. No this can't be. The Doctor breaks into a run, just to reach the man a little quicker, to find out whether he could possibly be right with his suspicion.

He stops short of the Centurion, who just turns around.]

Rory Pond! It is you!

[Launching himself at the other, the Doctor is laughing happily, so very glad to see his friend. Rory's back is repeatedly patted as Eleven hugs him.]

Rory, the Roman! Hello!

[boywhowaited]

[Rory's eyes go wide as he hears that voice. It can't be.

He sees that face. Of course it's him.]

Doctor...

[Of course he'd be here...and look how happy he is. He has no idea does he? He just up and abandoned Amy again, didn't he?

With full plastic strength he shoves the Doctor back.]

The Pandorica! Amy! Where is she?!

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

[It only strikes the Doctor then and there what the Roman uniform Rory wears really means. The way he wears it and the strength behind the shove. He had forgotten all about it because of how happy he'd been to see Rory.

Utterly surprised, nearly shocked, he stumbles back one or two steps before he reaches out to the other man again, his face serious, concerned.]

Rory. Calm down. It's alright. It's all gonna be fine. Amy is fine.

[A takes a quick breath, not quite giving Rory time to react before he continues.]

I am from your future, Rory. I know what happened to Amy - what will happen to her from your perspective. She will be fine, alive and healthy because you protected her with your life for nearly 2000 years, Rory Williams from Leadworth.

[boywhowaited]

[Rory stops as he hears the Doctor's explanation. His breath catches in his throat and all he can do is stand there, opening and closing his fists as he runs down the math.

This all sounds too fantastic.

But this is the Doctor here. Fantastic doesn't mean anything. He doesn't trust the man, but he trusts him enough to not lie about this.]

Two thousand years...Amy is okay...

[Tears come to his eyes, possibly as plastic as his skin, but still close enough to real. He sniffs and then furrows his brow.]

I need to get back. I can't leave her alone.