rubycity_ooc | April Test Drive

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April 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!

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[That sounded like The Majors plan. The more she listened, the more she wished she could have been there to witness London burn and the screams of the humans while they were being slaughtered by her fellow soldiers.

Rip started to pout a little, not exactly the response one would think appropriate for hearing a story like this.

Then he got to the part about a vampire with illusion. That was definitely Zorin's work and it sounds like her fellow officer did a number on the enemy... even if one of their Zepplins suffered.]

I vouldn't say I am put off by your appearance, only... zhat I am sorry I had to miss zhe real fun vhen everything got undervay.

[A city that looked half in ruins, people not certain of what to do and a lack of a plan, it was all pretty simple and ordinary. There didn’t seem to be any grand scheme or no masterful war in the work that Schrodinger knew of, and so for now the cat boy simply sat on the edge of the Obelisk singing. Or perhaps it was on the edge of the platform at the train station, even the park and coffe shop, the catboy simply appeared in each singing.]

Es zittern die morschen Knochen,
Der Welt vor dem großen Krieg,
Wir haben den Schrecken gebrochen,
Für uns war's ein großer Sieg.

Wir werden weiter marschieren
Wenn alles in Scherben fällt,
Denn heute da hört uns Deutschland
Und morgen die ganze Welt.

(The rotten bones are trembling,
Of the World before the great War.
We have smashed this terror,
For us a great victory.

We will continue to march,
Even if everything shatters;
Because today Germany hears us,
And tomorrow the whole World.)

I see. Well the fun really got underway when they made their way into the building. We were all dead meat, there was no way for men to beat monsters able to move fast enough to dodge the very bullets we were shooting. Luckily Seras was there to save our asses, while we tried our best to simply slow the fuckers down she tore through their ranks. Coming to save our asses while we were holed up in a corner ready to die like dogs.

[Pip took another long drag from his cigarette, the wound on his side, even though it was gone it still hurt. The shrapnel might have been gone the memory was not.]

Though it turned out that I had to save her ass when that bitch got in her head. In the end though Seras returned the favor and put her when she belonged, a bloody smear along the side of the wall.

It was no place for such a sweet girl, though if it was somewhere you wished to be I doubt you are quite the sweet innocent girl she was.

[Rip was greeted with a familiar voice when she woke up that evening. There was no doubt in her mind who it was~. And the song was just so catchy as she started humming.

The huntress set out to find the all to familiar catboy knowing she didn't have to go far. In fact, finding him was the easy part and when she did, she was already humming the tune and looking rather amused to see him.]

[Rip was visibly enjoying the story right up until he got to the part where the little blonde limey bitch managed to take out Zorin. Well, at least her fellow officer managed to cause some heavy damage and decimate their forces.

Surely the Hellsing Organization would crumble with losses like that~.]

Sweet und innocent are in zhe eyes of zhe beholder. To zome, I am~. To ozhers I am a nightmare. Zough, I am sad to hear zhat Zorin died. She vas fun to serve along vith.

{The beach is indeed inviting and Aragorn visits it when he wishes time to himself. Her figure is undeniable, however, and his peace is soon transformed into joy. Smile bright, he slides down a small hill of sand and runs to her side. She will have to cope with having a pair of strong arms around her waist without much warning - though her Elvish senses should have told her of his approach long before he touched her.}

Arwen...

Edited 2015-04-05 04:45 (UTC)

[His ears twitch as he hears a familiar hum approach, still lying nonchalantly where he had decided to appear. He'll finish up the next few stanzas before looking over and grinning.]

Hallo Rip Van Winkle. You look quite lively.

[She finishes the last few notes as he approaches and smirks slightly.]

Do I~? I suppose I have this place to thank for that. Especially after I dutifully carried out my part of the plan.

So tell me Schrodinger, how goes the war~? Did we cause as much destruction as The Major hoped?

Ja you did, zhe major was quite impressed. Far more than they ver with Zorin.

[That had been a rather interesting spectacle to watch, it was certainly worth traveling all the distance to deliver a message to her for going against the major's orders.]

Everything vent just as heir major planned. That turn coat, Alucard, even the Fraulein played their parts perfectly. He had his victory over his greatest rival and zhe city was in complete ruins.

I am glad Zhe Major vas happy vith my performance~.

[It did make the ordeal she had to go through all that more worth it now that she knew she played her part just like he wanted. Even if it was a constant source of nightmares.]

Oh how I vish I could haf zeen it! London burning... blood running in zhe streets! I bet zhe screams of zhe dying amongst gunfire vas as beautiful az zhe finest opera.

[It would have been glorious! She pouted at having missed it. But, her part had been... vital in the beginning.]

Zo, vat happened vith Zorin?

[Pip couldn't help but go slightly slack jawed for a moment before gritting his teeth. Damn his luck.]

I see so the two of you were a pair, seems like it would have been a rather awful distraction. I suppose this place really is Hell then.

[Taking out the cigarete Pip tossed it on the ground. Great he was trapped with a freak bitch and here he only had a pistol with no shots left and little more than his good looks.]

I suppose in that case it was a shame you couldn't have been there to join her. Though I'm certain you were given the same hospitality knowing that woman who hired us.

[She wouldn't even say he was that good looking other than for a bedtime snack.]

You could say zhat~. Ve did serve in zhe same unit after all.

[Rip smirked. Imagine her luck at meeting a Hellsing soldier that wasn't some sort of monster. It looks like to day is her lucky day.]

Tch. Of course I vasn't able to join her, I had a different assignment, one more glorious zhan playing vith dolls in zome stuffy old house.

You see, I had a very lovely ship to play vith before zhe Devil destroyed it.

[And her along with it, but she fulfilled her mission and that was... what mattered. More or less, right? She still had a few mixed feelings about the entire ordeal.]

[A bone to keep the dog occupied while the stage was set for the grand performance, it was what Rip's responsibility had been. A small but important part of their plan.]

It was quite amazing, zhe cries and bloodshed as our soldiers sped through the streets. No woman or child spared from their carnage as flesh was torn from bone and bone was ground to powder. Loved ones vatching in horror as zeir family were turned to ghouls.

[And the major conducting all of it.]

Ah, she ignored zhe major's orders and lead several platoons of men in a zeppelin to assault Hellsing headquarters directly. Zhe lost half of them before they could even get on she ground before overrunning it and meeting her end. It vas quite sad how pathetic she looked as she realized her failure. Though zhe major and doctor were far too busy to discipline her themselves, so they let the vampress do it for them.

[Yes well that's probably only because he isn't sporting a pair of breasts and tattoos covering half his face.]

I suppose it wasn't quite what the men imagined when they heard they would be getting a pair of women together in their company. Their fantasy must have been ruined.

[Pip took a quick inventory and stock of what was around. He didn't stand a chance, so if he was going to be torn to shreds he would at least give the bitch a bit of heartburn and make her work for her meal.]

I heard, you must have been quite troublesome for that monster to be so excited to go. I do not pity you in the least, nor would I want to be the one facing that monster.

[If anything happened between her and Zorin, that was between them, not for some perverted Hellsing soldier to find out. Besides, she preferred to be the one with the longest hair when it came to taking others to her bed.]

Hardly~. Especially vhen one of zhose vomen could out shoot every zingle one of them.

[She grinned. Count yourself lucky Rip wasn't out hunting when she happened upon the train station, otherwise he would have to worry about her musket instead of just her fangs. Besides, he probably tasted horrible with all that nicotine in his system.]

I vould say I vas very troublesome. It's not every day I get to shoot down planes und helicopters for target practice.

[At the mentioning of facing the devil, her grin faded into a more serious look.]

He vas zhe devil himself, but I had my duty to fulfill und I did it to zhe best of my abilities. I bet zhe Major vas so proud of my success und zhat.. is all zhat matters.

[Even if she paid with her life for that mission.... even if sh ended up suffering a fate worse than death itself. Rip had her orders.]

[You know he could show you how to actually do something with that mess of tangles if you asked nicely.]

Well from what I saw that must not have been very difficult. They were rather poor shots, the lot of them. They hit their target more often when being blown to bits than when they shot a gun.

Well Sir Integra did say that the lot running that group wasn't the brightest. To send that many in for you to simply pluck from the sky, it was such a waste.

[So that was it was it, even the monster in front of him feared that beast. Just how terrifying must he be.]

Of course, orders from the self-important pompous mad man. To think so little of human lives, and so little of his own men, he is even more terrifying of a monster than Alucard.

[She knew that, but some of the things she endured while keeping that monster dog occupied... at least it had been worth it in the grand scheme of things.]

Such a glorious symphony...Zhe Major must haf been zo proud to conduct it!

[Rip shuddered at the beautiful mental image. She really, really wished she could have seen it! But, hearing about it was just as good.]

Zo impatient... I zuppose she deserved her fate for not listening to Zhe Major like she should haf zhen.

[And she could use his as a leash if she wanted without asking nicely.]

Vell, in zhat ve can agree. Az much fun as shooting zhem down vas, zhey vere poor shots und should haf stopped after I took down the first three vith a single musket shot.

[Rip had every right to fear the beast that slowly and tortuously murdered her on the deck of her own ship. Zamiel was... intense. She felt him coming and his mere aura struck fear into her very core! And if he ever came into the city... Rip didn't want to think about it.

Life was good right now, he didn't need to show up and destroy it. ]

Zhe Major vas a visionary und ve vere happy to carry out his instructions like a finely tuned orchestra. To cause such destruction... to send the masses screaming in zhe streets und slaughter entire families!

Humans fight vars all zhe time, slaughtering und killing one anozher. Vat is wrong vith us vaging out own little var against London~? It can be rebuilt. But what we did to it.. vill live on.

Zhe Major vas a saint compared to that hellish beast zhat Hellsing voman kept chained to her side.

1-1

[Morgana's reading the posters, a carefully neutral expression on her face. Another nightmare, perhaps, or this could simply be the product of some sort of illusion. Even so, this architecture is nothing she even remotely recognizes. And this "watch" - how curious. She's seen clocks before, but nothing this small.]

[With no pockets or bag to place it in, Morgana holds on to it for now, unconsciously fidgeting with it as she takes in the rest of her surroundings.]

Someone certainly has a vivid imagination.

5-3

[Just her luck. Of course it starts pouring rain before Morgana's gotten her bearings and she does have to dash around a bit before she finds shelter. By the time she reaches the clocktower, her silks are soaked and her shoes are making this awful squelching sound when she takes a step.]

[She doesn't try the stairs yet - right now Morgana's main concern is wringing water from her hair and clothes. By the looks of things, that's probably going to take her a while.]

((ooc note: canon point is mid-S2))

You're right people wage wars all the time over pointless reasons, they either kill for what they believe in or are killed for what the other guy believes in. But the problem is what happened in London was not war, it was a slaughter. Innocent women and children who had no part of your conflict, those who had never seen the hell of a battle field, you drug all of them into it.

It's almost a shame I won't get to see the rest of you go up in flames, or see just how those political pigs will cover it all up. Probably claim it was some terrorist attack or something.

[At calling the major a saint Pip couldn't help but to laugh.]

A saint, I don't think any of us on either side would even know the meaning of such a word. No it was a fight between demons, devils, monsters and dogs.

Edited 2015-04-06 00:55 (UTC)

Ja, ja, delivering the message to her for the major was the last time that I had to go running around. She cried out quite a lot and underestimated that monster Seras Victorias. Zhe may turn out to be quite a worth adversary as well for heir major.

[It was just a shadow of the monster that Alucard was, but there was certainly a potential there. Far different from the fangless beast he had seen the first time he interrupted their secret meeting.]

But zhat is pointless now, since zhe beast is gone and zhe major won.

[Option 7-5]
"Weird holes" didn't particularly inspire a desire to investigate unless you somehow managed to tumble your way into them. At that point you didn't really have much of a choice in the matter as Archie was quick to figure out.

Leaning against a wall, he hissed as he gingerly applied weight to his right foot, biting the inside of his cheek to suppress the urge to scream.

Pongo whined, looking at his human pet worriedly. He needed to get help, but he didn't want to lose Archie either.

"I'm okay, boy. I...ah!" He slid down the wall to the ground, clutching at his injured ankle. "Okay. Maybe not as okay as I thought."

It felt like a bad sprain. Hopefully his self-diagnosis was right.

[Option 2-3]
A walk on the beach with his dog had seemed like such a good idea before now. Then the storm had come up out of nowhere and it'd started pouring.

At least Archie had his lucky umbrella with him. He tried holding it out over Pongo, but the Dalmatian had gleefully bounced around in the wet sand, leaping into each puddle he could find.

"You're getting a bath when we get home," Archie scolded with a smile.

1-1
[Hopefully no one really cared much about the sign out the train station, because as soon as stepped off the train it was one of the first things that Zero took her anger out on. There was a loud reverberating echo as he foot met the wood, splintering it all the way down though somehow it managed to hold together.]

Just what kind of shit is this?!? I don't have time for these kind of games. And if this is supposed to be a vacation they could have at least picked a better location than this dump.

8-4
[Well if she was stuck in this hell-hole she might as well take a look around. Zero didn't have any worries about what she might run across or who the hell was here at the moment. All she wanted was to see where she could find a place to stay and get something to eat. The clicks of the wedges against stone shouldn't have been hard to miss, but then the intoner garb she had on might be just enough of a distraction. Either way she isn't exactly watching where she's going either, so a run in is inevitable.]

Henry was out walking his own Dalmatian on the beach today. He didn't let Mister Spots off the lead just yet, he was still a puppy and Henry was having more trouble than he'd like to admit training him. The weather didn't seem to bother either of them and Henry could try transporting them both home with a bit of magic if things got too hairy.

But then he saw another Dalmatian, an adult. A familiar adult Dalmatian and a familiar voice to go along with it. Henry ran to catch up with Archie, Mister Spots running along beside him as the boy grinned.

"Archie! Pongo!"

Dalmatians were rambunctious dogs as a general rule. Henry had only been allowed to handle after Pongo had already been trained and was less likely to take the child out for a drag. (All bets were off when anyone else other than Archie held the leash.) It was no wonder that the pup would be a bit rowdy.

Pongo barked, tail wagging, as Archie looked to Henry.

"Henry!" The psychiatrist grinned widely at the boy. "And who's with you, huh?"

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Schrodinger | Hellsing Ultimate

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Morgana | Merlin

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Dr. Archie Hopper aka Jiminy Cricket | Once Upon a Time

Zero | Drakengard 3

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