September Test Drive!

[rubycitymods]

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 Beach: You can almost forget you're trapped, in a place like this...

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. The Forest: Not a great place to be caught alone, but are you alone?

8. Wildcard: Pick anything from our list!


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

Near the Obelisk, Just Got Here....

[calledmevermin]

[ That sure is a raccoon standing there by the obelisk, freaking out a little. Why? Because that's a big flarkin' ruby and holy shimolies he's bet that's gonna be worth a freakin' fortune in units! ]

[ Now, if he could only get it off planet. Scurrying too and fro, he's caught up in both amazement and greed: That thing's awesome! That things incredible! Thank thing is going to pay his retirement into a pleasure planet where nobody's gonna ask stupid questions or call him names and everybody's gonna call him Mr. Rocket, by God! The're gonna call him sir! Sir! Him! ]

[ Once the paroxysms of joy and avarice pass, he's going to calm down, sit at the base of the obelisk and pull some measurements. Gotta figure out what sort of ship he's gonna need, the explosives to get it loose, that sort of thing. ]

[slashupontheinternet]

[Rubies aren't Loki's first priority, but he does notice a raccoon scurrying around talking to itself. It's a thing you tend to notice]

Hey there.

[personalmuscle]

There were lots of things wrong with being a potted plant. One of those things was the lack of mobility. When Groot was a more than a little sapling, he could grow tall and regenerate and move. But now as a sapling he was stuck in this pot and only able to move his arms. Of course he always went where Rocket went so things weren't that bad. There was no Groot without Rocket and vice versa. The two were nearly inseparable even now that he was immobilized for the time being.

Well, they were mostly inseparable. Rocket had gone off to examine the large ruby that was going to give them plenty of units to live like kings for the rest of their lives. Of course, Groot was left to catch the rays of the sun now that the weather had cleared up some. However, he was still alone and feeling a little useless.

He pushed himself against the soil of his pot in a futile attempt to uproot himself. It doesn't work and he attempts to regenerate some vines, but a small leaf or two only pop out from his head. Exhausted, he gave a sigh and sunk into the soil, feeling completely useless.

"I am Groot..."

[slashupontheinternet]

Loki heard the words before he saw the plant, and looked around for the source before uncloaking himself and bending to pick up the pot.

"Hey..." He blinked, thinking for a moment. "I know who you are." He paused. "Wait, don't say it--!"

[jilbax]

It's probably a good thing Jilbax decided to walk instead of fly for the moment, or he never would have noticed the little potted plant sitting there. If that had been all he wouldn't have given a shit, but on second look he realized it was moving.

"... The hell?"

Curious, he squatted next to the plant to inspect it. Hope you don't mind a three-foot-tall weirdo poking at your face, Groot.

Peter Pan / Disney

[nevergrewup]

[So this wasn't Neverland. Peter frowned, hopping off the train - or well "hopping" if one could call jumping and then floating a few inches off the ground hopping. He keeps floating, looking left and right before spinning around when the train leaves.]

Huh. [Always one to shrug things off Peter does... Well exactly that. He shrugs before looking around spotting a sign that says Ruby City. He's never heard of that place before and he's poked around all the stars.

This sounds like an adventure if he's ever heard one. So without a second thought the boy is flying through the sky, making a beeline for the clock tower. He wonders if there are any pirates around...]

[former_spy_brat]

[The clock tower it so happened was a rather good place to get a view of the city, and while siting rather precariously on the ornate arch stretching above the clock face, Danny is taking advantage of the view before daylight disappeared completely. A small oil lantern floats just beside him, lighting up the paper on his lap as a bit of charcoal sketches out the outline of the buildings, and the landscape past what used to be the city walls.

As the sun disappears and the stars begin to come out, it becomes too hard to see well enough to continue sketching, and he's just about the snuff out the lantern and leave, when a figure becomes visible flying toward the clock tower.]

IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO PICK A DISNEY CHARACTER

[conversationist]

[It seems that once again, Jane is stuck in a train station, in between destinations as she waits for the train to arrive at some point. It's only been an hour, surely one has to come along. At least that's how it works at all the other stations she's even been to. Jane's used to travelling; she does it nearly constantly due to her father's work. You see all sorts when you travel, really, from circus workers to schoolchildren to "seafaring profiteers" (as if the pretty language fools anyone at all).

The one thing you do not see, however, is floating boys.]

You! You there! Stop that...well, whatever it is you're doing, right now!

[She's too Victorian for this crap.]

minako arisato (female protag) | persona 3 portable

[quaesitum]

[ train station/just walked in ]

... Huh. That's pretty familiar.

[ stepping off of a train into a weird situation that can't really be explained by anything that approaches "normal"? no problem. actually, she seems a little more surprised by her own clothes than the place she's suddenly found herself in. who the heck gave her clothes? and her school uniform, no less?? that's pretty kind. waking up in an unfamiliar place naked would have been a disaster. ]

Well, at least I'm wearing something! I guess my uniform makes sense, since it was the last thing—

[ she pauses, and her expression becomes a little more sombre. the last thing she was wearing, before... right, weird situations would have been just fine at any point earlier in her life, but this is absolutely different to that. she's supposed to be dead, after all. it's not like she wouldn't be happy to be alive again, it's just that she didn't get any warning of this, and the Great Seal... ]

... Hmm. I don't see Theo or a door to the Velvet Room anywhere... [ she raises her voice to the other people around the station. ] Excuse me! Could I get some help, please?

Maria Robotnik | Sonic Universe

[hopeforhumanity]

[Train Station/video]

[Maria looks small and is very quiet. And a bit unsure of herself. She's looking around curiously, eyes full of wonder as if she's never seen anything like this before. For a moment, she doesn't even realize she's not on ARK anymore and there's no one she knows here.

And then it suddenly seems to dawn on her and the watch records it.]

Grandfather? Shadow?

[She steps back just as the train departs and turns around, startled. Suddenly looking like a very lonely twelve year old girl.]

[The beach]

[She's never seen a beach before. Well, she's seen pictures and videos but that's the extent of it. The sound of the ocean is so much prettier than she ever imagined and the sand squidges between her toes and makes her giggle...

Until that giggle turns into a cough but she isn't letting that stop her from enjoying herself.]

[Wildcard]

[Have at!]

Train station

[ivegotthemasterplan]

[he can't believe what he's seeing. Someone he only knew from a distance in his childhood, and then only as a memory in the decades that followed, now stood in front of him. And in that moment, Ivo can't think about the fact that he's not where he's supposed to be, and just stares.

When he finally speaks, his voice cracks]

M-Maria? Maria Robotnik?

Mukuro Ikusaba | Dangan Ronpa | Train Station, New Arrival.

[dead_eyed_wolf]

She woke with her heart in her throat, jerking upright as though she could somehow twist away from the spears piercing through every part of her--

--but there was no blood, no pain, no screaming classmates and laughing bears, and she-- where was she?

Slowly she took in her surroundings, trying to calm her racing heartbeat and shallow breathing. A train, empty, surreal-- was this the afterlife? Was it all some joke? Was Junko waiting somewhere to spring out, laughing, teeth flashing in that familiar predatory grin, fooled you, Muku-nee, you're so stupid, you're so gullible--

But this didn't seem her style, and it would be too hard to fake this. She swallowed thickly as it came to a stop, releasing her into a city she'd never seen before, a city that was obviously untouched by the Tragedy. It had to be some kind of purgatory, it had to be, because she'd died, right, she'd been killed by--

She took another shallow breath, leaning against the nearest wall, pressing a trembling wolf-branded hand to her face.

Well hai there

[pocketmobster]

After the city had rearranged itself and moved him and Nanami from their admittedly cramped apartment into House 8, due north of the Obelisk, it wasn't strictly necessary for Kuzuryuu to swing west on his way back from a snack run. But hope--or something a little less of a four-letter word--sprang eternal. Or maybe it was habit, at this point. He always veered past the train station on his way back to his place, just to see if anyone he knew had finally arrived.

The girl he finds isn't anyone he recognizes, but the posture's all too familiar to him. Hinata, Souda, the princess: they all looked like that when shit got too heavy for them. He's sure he hasn't seen this girl before. And if she's here at the station, she might be new.

He grits his teeth, because no matter how badly he needs to make up for--for, well, every fucking thing he's done till now--acting on it's always going to feel unnatural.

Still. He's a man of his word.

"O-oi. You okay?"

He doesn't get too close. He doesn't want to spook her.

sdr2 spoilers, ahoy!

[entercheats]

As soon as Nanami laid her eyes on the city's most recent newcomer, she immediately stiffened where she stood, not too far away from the station itself. For a long moment, the only thing that she could do was stare at Mukuro quietly and cautiously. Despite there being no risk of interference from her, the Future Foundation had made sure to inform her about the Super High-School Level Soldier, before dispatching her and Usami on their mission; Ikusaba Mukuro, the older sister and partner to Super High-School Level Despair's founder, Enoshima Junko.

Nanami knew everything that there was to know about the mercenary, from how she ran away to join Fenrir at a young age to her gruesome death from her sister's betrayal. As such, that didn't mean she was prepared to actually...speak with the soldier personally. It was a notion that had never came to mind, thus putting her at a loss. With Kuzuryuu being here, however, she couldn't...allow Super High-School Level Despair's influence to take hold on him once more. Enoshima Junko may have been the founder, but so long as she remained a part of the organisation, Ikusaba Mukuro was just as big of a threat.

Sucking in a breath, Nanami stepped forward towards the other, being sure to give a careful amount of distance between them. There's no telling what the soldier may do, and despite being an AI, Nanami isn't physically structured to endure combat - especially from a seasoned fighter. It was better for her to be on her guard before the other could make any type of attack. ...Given the girl's posture, however, she doubted that the other would make a strike anytime soon, but it was better to be prepared anyways.

"You're...Ikusaba Mukuro. Aren't you?" The question was faint, and the unease was evident on her features. "The Super High-School Level Soldier..."

Rose Lalonde l homestuck

[psychobabblery]

[she's in the library, if you actually want to bother talking to her. Good luck getting past the pile of books around her like a fortress. Her question, however, is addressed to the network. That's how things always get done at...well, at home, and it'd seem a shame to stop now.]

TentacleTherapist began pestering RubyCity
So here's a question. You can assume I don't already know the answer, if that puts you marginally more at ease.
No grades or gold stars are on the line. Only never-ending mockery.
But I think you can live with that, just between you and me.
Oh, and everyone else. Can't believe that almost slipped my mind.
How do you tell when information is missing?
More importantly, where would you go to find it?

[mythtakenidentity]

[No bookfort can withstand the wrath of ANGHEL!

Okay, so he tripped and fell over onto it, collapsing half a wall. IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE. He recovers quickly enough and stares at Rose.]

Sage of Hidden Things! Have you discovered the secret of this false tower of knowledge?

ROSE

[crowsicle]

what do you mean when informations missing
like that could even happen
i know everything and am awesome obviously

[psych0p0mps]

good question
absence is a lot harder to prove than presence
i would ask if youve checked the library but
knowing you that is probably a given

Lady || Devil May Cry Anime

[notladyluck]

Train Station in Bad Weather

There was a newcomer standing on the platform, just like any newcomer. And like most, she didn't look thrilled to be here, but unlike most of the others, she had a very large gun on her back. Well, not really a gun, but a rocket launcher and she didn't seem to have any issues with carrying it at all.

She looked rather annoyed as she stepped into the rain. The water didn't bother her that much, but it was going to make her shirt rather transparent if she didn't find cover soon and that was the last thing she wanted.

The Black Stallion Saloon, still bad weather.

Finally, a good place to dry off. Lady was in an even worse mood as she found a corner to prop Kalina Ann in and hope that her shirt wasn't too wet. She didn't need some random idiot getting the wrong idea about her. Like they could with the rocket launcher that she carried. If only she had brought a rain coat with her, but it was in the middle of summer, how could she predict a sudden downpour?

She glanced around as she walked up to the bar and sat down. "Whatever beer you have," she said to the bartender, not really caring about food at the moment. She needed a drink and a lot of information and not really in that order.

screeching???? Black Stallion

[stylish_hunter]

Weather never bothered Dante. He was as at home in a downpour, a blizzard, or scorching desert, it didn't really matter. Of course a good nighttime downpour could really set the mood, and when you valued a dramatic entrance as much as Dante did some good mood weather could make all the difference.

Of course tonight he wasn't particularly interested in flashy, that was just a happy coincidence that the wind picked up an thunder boomed somewhere off in the distance when he swooped his way into the Saloon like he owned the place. That was until he spotted a remarkably familiar figure sitting at the counter.

One he wasn't certain he'd ever see again.

Not one to go getting all mushy about, well, anything, he settled on claiming the stool beside her and acting like this was all absolutely normal and nothing was weird about any of this at all.

"It's about time you showed up."

Usagi Tsukino | Sailor Moon | Black Stallion | Been here an hour

[moonrabbitgirl]

[Have you had a rough day? Have you been through some nasty battles? Are you here in the Black Stallion because you want to sit down, relax and forget all your troubles so you can enjoy a good burger?

Unfortunately, you can’t. Because while you are busy about to eat your burger or are munching away on it, a young girl is standing right behind you, peering over your shoulder and eyeing your food and licking her lips. She means well but it might come off as kinda creepy.

Feed the poor, starving girl? Or tell her to push off and get her own?]

[psych0p0mps]

[Burgers are a great invention, not gonna lie. Aradia is juuuust about to bite into hers when she notices someone behind her, staring.

She stares back, for enough seconds that it's funny.]

... Hello.

Oh my god Sailor Moon.

[airshipcaptain]

[Afonso had come to the Black Stallion simply because he didn't feel like cooking. Plus the hamburgers were really good in his opinion, not that he'd eaten them often before coming to Ruby City. He was about to take a bit when he felt eyes on the back of his head. Slowly he turned his head, raising an eyebrow at the girl.]

Um, can I help you miss?

Catarina Amanto | OC | Train Station | Just got here

[divinitysoiled]

[Most new arrivals would snap out of their reverie soon after setting foot in Ruby City. This woman didn't seem to notice at first, lost in her own thoughts as she strode away from the train. She reached for a piece of paper in her pocket, finally looking around with a frown. Well, something wasn't what she expected to see. She whipped her head around, her movements wary, almost like an animal knowing it was in a dangerous place. Then she visibly calmed, tapping the paper against her lips.]

This again... I rather dislike sorcerers like this.

(also OC :3)

[jilbax]

[Jilbax snapped out of his reverie considerably sooner, but his reaction was considerably less subdued. He certainly didn't panic, though. Of course not. A badass like him would never panic. Not in a million (he totally panicked at first).

He'd gone into his air form as soon as it was clear he had no one to shout at, but now someone else was stepping off the train, and he couldn't help but overhear her. Also he was actively eavesdropping. So at first, his voice seems to come out of thin air -]

Again?

[- before a three-foot-tall wind sprite forms out of the air nearby.]

Lady, don't tell me you get fucking train kidnapped on a regular basis.

Jilbax | OC | Library, been here all day

[jilbax]

[Jilbax is the kind of person who can be plopped into a brave new world and get bored immediately. So naturally, he's decided to do some trolling. And what better place to troll than at the library? Okay, it's like shooting fish in a barrel, but even that's better than doing nothing.

Though he's invisible in his air form (except to those who can detect his soul floating around), he's clearly up to no good. That book you left open? Uh-oh, a breeze just flipped all the pages! That pile of materials waiting to go back? Oh no, it seems to have loudly fallen over!! Those loose papers you were writing on? Hope you like Fifty-Two-Card Pickup!!!

There may also be some quiet snickering coming from an indeterminate location. Some asshole is enjoying this.]