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. ]

[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]

[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.

[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--!"

[personalmuscle]

Oh, someone was here. Groot had no idea who this person was but they approached him and-oh, he was also being picked up. Another unfortunate side effect of being temporarily confined to a pot. He tilted his head at the individual (a Xandarian? A Terran?). He had no idea who they were but then again, he couldn't remember every single individual he had met.

"I am Groot!" He said rather proudly.

Now how did this person know him?

[calledmevermin]

[ Rocket stops; tilting his head. His ears prick up, his head tilts. Does he go aggressive, warn this talking monkey off his ruby, or play it cool? He'll go cool. ]

Yeah, uh. Hey. S'up.

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...]

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?

[hopeforhumanity]

[She turns quickly, eyes big but she calms after a moment. He looks a lot like her grandfather. Especially the mustache. She fiddles shyly with her skirt, wrings her fingers together and stares at her shoes for a moment before looking back to him.]

Yes?

[ivegotthemasterplan]

... ah-ah... well, erm...

[he struggles to find the words before clearing his throat]

I-it's me. Your cousin. Ivo...?

[hopeforhumanity]

[She just stares for a moment.]

Ivo?

[But. Her cousin is a kid. Younger than her. Not too much younger, they talk often enough but he's definitely not an adult.]

You're all grown up... [But there's a little smile.] Your mustache looks like grandfathers.

[slashupontheinternet]

Not much, really. [He cocks his head. Talking raccoon, huh? Well, that narrows things down a bit] By any chance, are you a Guardian of the Galaxy?

[slashupontheinternet]

"Of course you are," Loki said, rolling his eyes slightly. "I thought you were taller. I'm Loki, of Asgard."

[calledmevermin]

[ Rocket hooks his thumbs in his belt, eyeing Loki with new appreciation. ]

Who's askin', horn head?

[slashupontheinternet]

[He isn't shocked by the antagonism. If this is who he thinks it is, that's just par for the course. He also isn't surprised rocket doesn't immediately know him. Loki knows of Rocket because he keeps tabs on the Avengers, not because he's associated with the Guardians personally.]

I'm Loki of Asgard, fluffball.

[ivegotthemasterplan]

[he frowns deeply]

Yes... I get that quite a lot.

Maria... I. This may sound strange and difficult to grap, but I'm your cousin... from the future.

[hopeforhumanity]

[It is a little difficult, actually. But with all the technology and advances already made on ARK, it isn't impossible for her to believe him.]

How'd you do that? [Because he obviously did that, right?]

[calledmevermin]

Asgard? [ He narrows his eyes a little, sniffing at him. ] Bit outta town, arencha?

[ivegotthemasterplan]

I didn't... I have no idea what it is that brought us here.

[hopeforhumanity]

We'll have to find out then. After all, something like that could be useful. Or dangerous.

[And she wouldn't want to see something like that in the wrongs hands, not realizing there likely isn't anything like that in the city.]

The train already left though, so I guess we can't check that.

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.

[dead_eyed_wolf]

The voice was so familiar, and yet... wrong... too young, too concerned. She looked up anyway, wide-eyed and wordless. She knew him, she knew him, that was Kuzuryuu. Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, SHSL Yakuza. SHSL Despair. But this-- he was younger than her, now, and-- an eyepatch? She couldn't help but stare, uncomprehending, she was already barely functioning and now this, of all things...

"Kuzuryuu," she murmured, as though maybe if she spoke the illusion would shatter and she'd find herself in a place that made sense again. "Where... what is this?" Had he died, too? That didn't explain the age, it didn't explain much of anything, but...