rubycity_ooc | JANUARY TEST DRIVE!

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:

Use an RNG to choose a location and prompt, or wait for someone else to tag.

Post with your character with their name and canon on top!

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 - The place where everyone gets dumped off at. Your first view of Ruby City, complete with informational posters telling you all about where you've ended up.
2. THE BEACH - Lovely year-round, though in the winter months, you're probably not likely to dip your toes in.
3. THE BLACK STALLION - A rather quaint bar. Supposedly, the burgers are great, but you don't see anyone immediately who's willing to serve you. Maybe you're meant to get it yourself.
4. THE OBELISK - The tall monolith in the center of the city marks the gathering place of many events, though right now it seems to be cold and dark.
5. THE CLOCKTOWER - Offering an impressive view of the city, several residents come here to clear their heads, if they don't mind braving the narrow staircase.
6. THE COFFEE JOINT - the front windows are warm and welcoming, and it seems there's always someone friendly enough to fix you a cup when you wander through.
7. THE CATACOMBS - Intrepid, aren't you? Those weird holes may beg exploring, but go too deep and you're going to be in a lot of trouble, considering the viciousness of the creatures held within.
8. THE CITY STREETS - All told, Ruby City is a lovely place, once you get past the fact that several of the buildings look derelict and on the verge of falling down. There's no harm in doing a little sightseeing.
9. THE PARK - You thought it'd be a lovely stroll, but the park is anything but friendly, if those approaching wolf-like creatures are any indication.
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like what we've come up with? Feel like picking your own place? There's a whole host of lovely locations to choose from in the City.

Scenarios

1. NEW ARRIVAL - Step off that train, walk down the street. People usually latch on to newcomers to try and help them out. Even if you look shy, the other residents probably won't be!
2. WATCH TALK - Feeling lost? Disoriented? Don't worry, everyone feels that way on their first day. Fortunately - if the signs at the station are to believed - the watch in your pocket can be used to talk to whoever else might be here.
3. BAD WEATHER - Aw, man. Whether it's snow, or rain, or just plain cold, today was definitely the wrong day to get dumped off in a City in the middle of nowhere.
4. A RUN-IN - Maybe you weren't watching. Maybe they weren't. Either way, you just bumped into someone. Perhaps apologies are in order?
5. HELP, IT HURTS - Clumsy, aren't you? Perhaps wherever the train brought you from wasn't so friendly, or you just tripped and twisted your ankle. Either way, you're in a bit of pain. Hopefully someone will notice your booboos and help patch you up.
6. HUNGRY - It isn't very obvious sometimes that restaurants are what they are, especially in a place like Ruby City. Where can a person go to get a bite to eat around here?
7. MISTAKEN IDENTITY - Hey, there's someone you know! --Or maybe not.
8. BEING FOLLOWED - Maybe you're just being paranoid, or maybe you've got a reason to be afraid. Whatever it is, it feels like there's eyes on you...
9. CURRENT EVENTS - The City is currently overrun with the DESPAIR DISEASE, which means some people are more violent than normal, the overall atmosphere is more dreary than it normally would be, and there's some pretty vicious creatures roaming the streets! Also, there's hardly anything to eat. What a frightening thing!
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like any of these ideas? Feel free to come up with your own!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Lily's mouth forms a thin line when she hears how Harry talks about his aunt and uncle; it doesn't take a genius to read between the lines there.]

I see. Well, I'll be sure to have a few words with your aunt when I get home then.

[Yeah, because talking to your sister about the mistreatment of your future child isn't going to make you seem any more crazy Lily. Good luck with that.]

Well, if they didn't take you dear, who did? Please tell me you didn't have to go to Diagon alone.

[Good luck with that indeed, Mum. Harry doesn't say anything about that but does answer her question.]

Oh, Hagrid took me. Showed me everything on my eleventh birthday. It was the best birthday ever.

Hagrid, the gamekeeper? [She smiled at that; she remembered Hagrid from school, though she couldn't say they were incredibly close. Still, she remembered that he was a kind man, and she couldn't help but feel appreciative of him, even with this future act.] Well, I'm glad you had someone to take you. Diagon can be intimidating and wonderful all at once, and it's easy to get lost.

Tell me about your House, your classes, your friends, please. I want to...to actually know about you. I'll even trade you, question for a question, anything you want to know.

Yeah. He turned up on my birthday, told me I was a wizard, and then later on we went to Diagon Alley together.

[Harry smiled, really happy to have this chance to talk to his mother and not just see her through the Mirror.]

What do you want to know first? I'm in Gryffindor. I'm on the Quidditch team as Seeker. My best friends are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. But I have others too.

[He's not sure what to ask so he doesn't. He just grins.]

[She beams, just feeling so prideful and happy looking at him.]

Gryffindor, well done, same house as...well, as your father and I. [Still weird, calling James a father, but whatever.] Quidditch, already? You can't be more than a first year though, can you? Suppose you're more like James then, unless you've suddenly found a passion for potions. Is school any fun? Well, as much fun as books and studying can be anyway. Are the subjects hard for you, what do you think of magic?

[She likes hearing about his friends, seeing him excited instead of skeptical is comforting in it's own way. She remembers being a first year, new to magic, new to everything and just so ready to start it all.] They sound lovely, I wish I could meet them. Are they in Gryffindor too with you or are they in different houses?

JANUARY TEST DRIVE!

no worries I'm a little slow atm too;;

oh no worries, i'm very slow also

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