rubycity_ooc | August 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

"Ever truly connecting with each other", huh...

[God, there's a really sick irony in that statement, isn't there. They never did truly connect with each other, right up until Dio drank Joestar blood and that ugly scar across his throat abruptly went away...]

...Well, when I saw him crumble to dust before my very eyes, I didn't feel anything like that.

[SPEAKING OF...FINDING OUT THAT HE'D ENCOUNTERED DIO...

Thank you for being a dramatic loser as always, Jotaro.]

[Jonathan nearly chokes on his own spit.]

Pardon me?!

[So you're telling him...Dio survives their encounter as well, despite Jonathan's best efforts, but he goes on to have a line of descendants in spite of that, and then they risk their lives fighting Dio over a century later, and win?]

I...well, that's...

I might need to ask about all this at a later date. This is all a bit much for an introduction.

[Still, he holds out his hand to Jotaro to shake. He can't be improper about this - besides, he needs to focus on simpler things.]

Do they do this differently where you're from, or is it about the same?

[It's a good damn thing he's getting post-Crusade Jotaro, too, because there is a lot of shit that he still is categorically not here for, but manful hand-clasping and bro support? Yeah, he's here for that.

...That's what you do when you look back on a long period of shitshow and trauma and tell yourself, "We had a lot of fun, didn't we."

So he takes it, shaking deliberately and without hesitation.]

I barely know anything about you. So...maybe you should just talk. For a while.

Right. If we're going to be here for a while, let's talk.

[Jonathan sighs, far from exasperated with Jotaro, but just...a little overwhelmed. He puts his tuxedo coat back on and begins to walk forward, motioning for Jotaro to follow.]

Do you like animals?

[...oh no

oh no, what the hell kind of question was that, what kind of person just randomly asked something like "do you like animals" as a conversational topic, when you could pick anything in the world to talk about and yet you default directly to — ]

...Sort of.

[dammit.]

Aquatic animals are pretty interesting.

[DAMMIT]

Aquatic animals, like whales and fish? They're all very nice in their own right! Do you have a specific one that you find you like most all?

[The chance to learn more about his own flesh and blood isn't one he'd pass up for the world, and it's comforting in a time like this.]

They don't live in rivers or oceans, but I enjoy dogs quite a bit, myself.

Dogs, huh. I wonder if even you could've liked a mutt like Iggy.

[Pros: a legitimate member of the team who actually fought and died for Polnareff and conducted himself with honor in pretty much all of his final battles.

Cons: still a little shit who likes to fart on people's faces.]

...I don't know if I really like just one. It's more like...they can do so many things that humans can't do, because they've evolved that way. They're so different from people, but that's how they are.

A starfish can regrow a severed limb, so something like that is possible in the world, even if it's not something a human can do naturally. There are turtles that don't age; if they're not killed by predators or an accident, they'll just keep living, forever. Dolphins only sleep with half of their brain at a time, and leave the other half conscious to keep breathing.

...That all exists in the world, already. In animals. ...It's a lot to think about.

[translation: LOOK AT THIS GIGANTIC NERDLORD.]

[Mention of a dog aside (who he absolutely would have loved unconditionally), Jotaro's speech about marine life fascinates him. It's not just that many of the things he's saying have yet to be discovered in his own time, it's that he's so invested in learning about what the world has in store. It's heartwarming, in a way, reminding him of why he took up his own profession.]

I can see that this is something you care deeply about. You're still young, but you ought to make it into a career.

[He's not exactly sure what career, since this is far from his area of expertise, but it's a suggestion he'll give anyway.]

I've had other stuff on my mind lately. That hasn't exactly been something I've thought a lot about.

[Still, he's fiddling with the brim of his hat, and that's certainly something, isn't it.]

I guess it'd be okay, though. For something to do.

I cannot blame you for that, to be quite honest.

[Truth be told, when he went on his quest to defeat Dio, other people were always on his mind, but not so much other things, like rebuilding his home or continuing on his career. All there was...was destroying Dio, and returning to Erina.]

Just "okay", however? I know if I ever got the chance to work with dogs for a living, I'd be over the moon. Maybe that's just your personality.

[AKA, he still misses Danny, and AKA, he's slowly catching on to the fact that his double great-grandson is trying to act way too cool in front of everyone.]

[SHUT UP, DOUBLE GRANDPA, HE'S DEFINITELY THE COOLEST GUY AROUND, LOOK AT HOW INCREDIBLY COOL HE IS, DON'T TALK SHIT.]

I don't think just working with aquatic animals is something that's likely to happen, at this point. The chance of having that kind of quiet life got ruined recently, even if it were something I wanted.

[He stuffs his hands back into his pockets, averting his eyes.]

There's this group that does a lot of work making the world a better place. There's probably a job waiting for me with them; they give special priority to people from our family.

...I guess maybe I owe it to them, anyway, for fixing my friend's eyes when he could've gone blind.

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