rubycity_ooc | March 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 - 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

....Yeah, she managed to confuse the poor Elf now. What is a cell phone.

SMOOTHLY IGNORING THIS.

He'll reach out with a gloved hand and flip it open, then press the button that activates the network and turns it around so she can look at the insides, then points a finger of his free hand at the buttons on the side. "This turns it on, this off; these enable you to read, hear only, or hear and see those whom you are conversing with."

She'll just watch and follow along. It could text, make a call, and even video chat, that was pretty cool though it seemed like it would be really expensive and you'd use up a lot of minutes really fast.

"Where are the buttons to dial their number though?"

Because a message broadcast to everyone would be kind of embarrassing if just looking for someone, and she already felt a little nervous getting lost in the first place.

"I could just call mom or dad to pick me up."

"Lest they are here, you will not reach them." There is a painful stab, hidden well through the practice of decades, at the mention of parents - his own mother (and father, but he can really do without the man that tried to kill him and killed his mother instead) is not here nor will she answer, and with what he has heard about his own future, he doubts that she would wish contact with him again (even though he hopes for it). No person who is not within the boundary of this city's lands can be contacted through any means which have been found."

Well that causes her to lose a little hope, "But how am I supposed to know who's here? If I can't call mom and dad, what about Hitome-sensei? Or Soubi-san?"

Those were really the only other two adults that she knew well enough that she would have been alright with calling. Would she just have to try their numbers and see if the call was able to go through?

"Is there someone who has a list of everyone?"

"Address the network through one of the aforementioned options and ask for them. If there is a list, it has been kept from me, and may not be according to the current status of the residency, besides."

He opens his locket and picks through the entries on the network until he finds one that shows someone who just arrived, and then plays it for her.

Pity is a thing that he has never really learned, nor learned how to deal with, so he tries to solve her trouble pragmatically instead of comforting her.

"Oh, alright."

Watching the feed Yuiko was trying to think of what she would say, it looked like there were a lot of adults and that there weren't very many kids. And everyone was wearing weird clothes. She fidgets a little wondering who she should ask for when she makes the post.

"Have you been here long?"

Edited (Sorry hit enter too soon.) 2015-03-17 01:20 (UTC)

"A number of weeks; there are many who have been here much longer."

He shuts the locket and offers it back to her.

"Huh, but what about school or work? If you miss that many days wouldn't you get in trouble?"

Because not being truant or getting in trouble are the important things right? Taking it back she looks out the window, wondering how long it was to the beach. She'd wait until she was in one spot before making the broadcast that way if there was anyone she'd at least be able to tell them where she was.

"Fear not, for you will be taken whence you were taken from, to the place and time of your departure, as you leave this place." He doesn't have to understand what she means by "school" to be able to reply this. Even though he does wonder a bit... "Or fear, if the place was ill." He'd really rather return somewhere else or not at all, but judging by what his relatives from the future have told him, he will be returned.

March Test Drive!

uwu yes most adult very ancient (his auntie is like 7000+)

That is older than everything.

Older than sun and moon in his world :3

Then how did they keep track of the days and years?

Two trees that took turns shining brighter and dimmer, but eventually a spider monster ate them

Sure it wasn't just a really freaky beaver?

Maybe, and the historians decided that a beaver wasn't evil looking enough

I don't know, beavers can be pretty evil looking. They even have the sharp teeth thing down.

But imagine forests crawling with evil beavers because that monster has evil kidlets....