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rubycity_ooc2014-03-30 06:57 pm
rubycitymods) wrote in rubycity_ooc2014-03-30 06:57 pm
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A new Month, a new Test drive! Happy Early April.
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:
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!
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Ok now he was paying more attention. His eyes flash with interest. Woah, what was that motion?
Is there consequences here? Shit, it's Hanna, there's probly consequences. Rule-sucking douche did lock him out of the bar. The place was seeming less and less like punishment though. Maybe it wasn't punishment. Maybe it was a place to cool off. Well who had time to cool off when you had shit to do!? His fucking Dad was out there and probably had SOMETHING to do with Lee's death.
But how do you break a spell like that? Well.. if he's going to be here for a while... And breaking from his mental tangent again he places one hand in his pocket and pores over the nails of his other (his 'non-chalant pose'), giving her a toothy simper.
"Yup. That's my name. Great, huh? People say it's exotic. There's a lot about me that's exotic, yanno?"
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Take the bait, Veser. Tell her all your secrets. It's not like she's going to memorise them and totally use them against you later, or anything.
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"So, what's your story? You a human lie detector like that Phoenix dude?" So smooth.
Of course she's not going to. In his imaginationland (completely unsuspiciously carrying characters he's never played before), who would do a thing like that!
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"No, no, he's not a lie detector, that's just the magatama I gave him-- you mean you're like half seal-mermaid? That's what selkies are, right?" That, of course, is way more important right now.
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"Seal-mermaid!? Babe, when you say it like that, it sounds totally lame! Seal PEOPLE, fuck you very much." He's not offended. He really isn't. How casually he curses is probably well noticed by now. "The hell's a mangatamama It give you magic abilities or some shit? That's pretty cool. You guys make those?"
Wait.. "Is that why you're dressed like that when ya come from L.A.? You make like.. fuckin' magic?"
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"Aaand no. I mean, it's like magic, but I'm actually really bad at magic tricks. I just don't get them! I channel ghosts instead. I'm a medium! The magatama just helps me concentrate my spiritual energy-- and I guess it can help see lies and do other stuff, too."
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He's about to make a comment about how she shouldn't worry because not all Japanese people don't need to be magic or have action sequences follow them around, but for once he holds his tongue. What if she curses him or something?
"Huh. 'Like' magic's cool too," he tells her, making quotes with his fingers. A medium? "So you like, talk to fuckin' ghosts!? That's SWEET. There any here right now? Can ya see them if they don't wanna be seen?"
Imaginationland just hit home. So what next? Lee's gonna show up and talk to her, tell me he's alright in limbo and who killed him? Not fuckin' cool, Hanna.
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"Nah, the ghosts in this city... they don't say anything that makes any sense," she explains. "I don't really know what's wrong with them. Back home I couldn't see them, but the spiritual energy here is a lot stronger."
It feels like static electricity on her skin, but after nine months in the city, she barely notices it.
"None of the ghosts are ever of people who come here, anyway."
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"Mmmmmaybe it's the atmosphere. So. Tell me 'bout this joint. If it screws with the spirits, it screw with people too?" Huh. "Ever get ghosts you know?" He turns his head at an odd upward angle with that question.
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"Once," she mumbles, "but it wasn't really a ghost. It was a ghost or something pretending to be someone else. Someone who isn't dead in my world."
She crosses her arms, wanting to very quickly get off the topic-- especially since the ghost illusion had been Morgan Fey.
"But other things happen, too. There were monsters-- and something called 'heartless', which I guess is a kind of monster too? It sounds like something from a really old video game. But I've heard there are dragons, too, and there's someone here who's a pony who talks. A unicorn? Something like that."
..Which, well, in 2019, Kingdom Hearts kind of will be old.
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titslips." Smoooooth.Heartless? Before he can care to stop himself, he cuts her off at 'pony'. "Hah! That shit IS from some oldass video game. Some shit with Disney actually growin' a pair and makin' something kinda bad-ass. This fag from some backwater island gets warped into Disney movies and like, has to stop some asshole from doing something and anyway it all plays out like a Goth Metal song if you like replace all the death with 'losing your heart'."
"What kinda dragons...?"
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But before Veser can push the thought about dragons, Maya blurts what she's been thinking for a while.
"You talk like you're trying too hard," she mentions, completely unashamed. "Are you mad about something? Or are you just having a bad day? Or do kids just talk like that where you come from?"
Still no shame. She's not sorry.
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"Uhhhh, how about all of the above!? You wanna ask what my cup size is while we're getting all personal here?"
He releases a puff of air from his nose and narrows his eyes at her.
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...Partially because she tends to forget she no longer has a vampire girl at her beck and call to protect her.
"I'm just saying, you don't have to talk like that," she comments, putting on a smirk and even stepping closer. She's pretty sure that even with those teeth, Veser's all bark and no bite. "Pretty girls don't really like it when boys are all rude, you know? Maybe you should try being a little nicer. I mean, I bet you can talk like a gentleman."
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A gentleman? Anyone can talk flowery and call themselves a fucking gentleman! But who wants to?
He wasn't about to go into why he spoke like that, about it being his awful defense mechanism or the crushing loneliness he sometimes felt from his continued use of it. She was still a stranger after all.
...but she's got him on that one.
"Maybe I'll talk how I fuckin' want. If you're lookin' for a gentleman, you've got the wrong guy, babe," he says, craning his head down menacingly. That's how you woo a lady!
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And if she has to get evidence, she's... sure she can find some, some way.
"I mean, you like video games, too! And only cool kids like stuff like that." Because that logic totally makes sense.
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Games. Yea.
"I am pretty cool, I know. Wouldn't be so... anyway yea. Games." Shoving his hands in his pockets, he looks anywhere but her.
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Instead of talking, though, she just leans to the side he's looking toward, as though trying to intercept his line of vision.
Sorry, Veser, you really shouldn't hit on girls who are absolute little shits.
"Come on, I didn't say anything that bad."
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There's no way he can turn his head any farther not for lack of trying. So there's nothing left to do but look right back at his offending associate.
"Nah, it's not you. Fuckin'. Anyway, don't we have someshit more important to talk about?" Like yanno... all those other subjects two people talk about.
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After a moment spent thinking to herself, Maya clasps her hands together again.
"I've got it! I know what'll cheer you up." Before waiting for a yes or no, Maya grabs Veser's arm by the sleeve. "Come on, the City's burger joint's awesome. And the food here's free, too."
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The clapping startles him, and his hands almost make it as far as his shoulders before he realizes it was just a clap. When Veser's arm is grabbed, he's almost pulled over but catches his balance and steadies into a trot.
"Jesus hell! Some freakin' warning next time!?" It's been a while since I ate, huh? Shit I didn't even realize I was fuckin' starving." Guess we're friends now?? "So uh, you abscond with every guy you meet?"
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"Your hoodie's really cool, by the way," she adds, looking at the hoodie as opposed to where she's going. It's cool. She's totally memorised most of the way.
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"It's a sweet hoodie. Yanno there's probly room for two in it."
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"I dunno, that might look pretty silly," she tells him, pulling at the purple jacket of her kimono. "Besides, mine's a uniform. 30% cooler, at least. And you'll figure out where everything is in no time!"
People usually have to stick around quite a while, after all.
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"So's the food here good? 'Cause I never had weird spirit dream food or whatever shit they got here.."
And he may just be here for quite a while as far as he could tell.
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