March 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:

• 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 - None at the moment, but feel free to look through our event tag!
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like any of these ideas? Feel free to come up with your own!

Comments

[notjames]

[When he'd said to himself that he wished to see someone from home, he didn't mean Gold. Rumpelstiltskin was second only to Regina on his list of people that he wanted to greet him anywhere.

But, a familiar face is a familiar face, especially in a strange world.

And he could really use a beer right now.]

What kind of tavern is serve yourself?

[magicsprice]

The sort that exist in strange cities that kidnap people? [Not serious. That was a quip.] This city doesn't seem to have any natives, so it falls to those brought here to run things. I'm guessing that no one is currently interested in manning this particular place. Thus the lack of help. [And excuse him as he moves to head behind the counter where all the bottles are, looking for the one he wanted.]

[notjames]

[Don't worry. He's totally taking that as a joke.]

This is worse than Storybrooke then. At least there, we were the natives, for what that was worth.

You seem comfortable here. Why is that?

[magicsprice]

In ways, it certainly is worse than Storybrooke. Storybrooke doesn't have creatures who would as soon make a meal of you as look at you living within the park after all. [He's actually serious on that one, dead serious given he's fought his share of those monsters.] Because I've been here for little over a year now. [Ah, there's the bottle he was looking for. He pulls it down and goes in search of a tumbler to use now.]

[notjames]

No, Storybrooke might now, but there were a few dangerous creatures that would eat us back in the Enchanted Forest. A few of them were made by people we both know.

[How many cursed people had Gold, Regina and Maleficent made over the years? David wasn't sure there was an actual tally anymore.]

A year? That doesn't make any sense. I just saw you yesterday.

[magicsprice]

[Yeah, he's not going to touch that statement, too much potential for it to get into a mud-slinging match and he'd rather not ruin his mood with that.]

That's the funny thing about this place. People are capable of coming here from various different points in time. When you arrive, time is frozen back where you come from. When you return, it picks right back up where you left off. I've experienced it twice, that going back and returning bit.

[And he locates the tumblers he'd been looking for, he picks one of them up and heads back around to the public area of the counter. David may notice the lack of cane, not to mention the lack of any limp as he walks to set both bottle and glass on the bar top not too far from the prince.]

So humor me, have you been to Neverland yet?

[He opens the bottle as he asks the question, moving to pour a finger of whisky into the glass.]

[notjames]

[But mudslinging's what they do. It's like half in their job descriptions, despite being family now.]

I've heard of worse things. [Part of the joy of being from a land of magic, honestly. This wasn't the most outlandish thing he'd heard.] Do you remember anything that happened to you when you go back home?

[Actually, David does notice the lack of cane and limp, but it's not the first time he's seen Gold like that either. Rumpelstiltskin doesn't always play by the same rules as everyone else, even when working with others.]

No, we were on Hook's ship out of Storybrooke before I wound up here. Which, I'm still not sure how it happened.

[magicsprice]

[Well, now at least he knows what point the man is from timeline was. The same as he when he had originally arrived in this city.]

No, you don't. It's as if you've never departed for this city in the first place. I was on the Jolly Roger when I first was brought here, when I was sent back that first time, I went right back to the second I'd been taken, no memory of ever having left the ship at all.

[He took a small sip at the memory of just when he'd been brought back and turned his mind to the mystery of their being here in the first place.]

Surprised you're not blaming me for that. [He murmured quietly.} Of course if you did, I'd have to set you straight. I'm not responsible, in fact our esteemed hosts are even more powerful than I am. No one really knows how people are ripped from their worlds to be placed upon that train that brings you to the city. We do know that it's a one way trip unless the city decides itself to send you back home.

[But as is obvious, just because one is sent home, doesn't mean they stay home.]