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

...I guess I'm going to be relying on you to help me get the lay of the land, as usual.

[Isn't that right, Tourguide-kun.]

How are your eyes...? They haven't started hurting you again here?

Yeah--I can do that.

[He seemed to get a handle on his own uncertainty quickly, managing to recover and sound a little more normal.]

My eyes are fine. They haven't hurt at all since I got here.

[Everything else was another story, but 'everything else' wasn't what he was asked about yet.]

[...No relying on the Speedwagon Foundation here; what a sobering thought. It was sort of strange, how he'd barely even registered the organization's existence more than fifty days ago, and yet in the preceding seven weeks he'd come to take the foundation's presence as a given and a reliable constant.

There was no way their reach extended to a place like this. That wasn't very comforting.]

Good. And you're okay besides that?

[...If Kakyoin decided to dodge that one, he couldn't really blame him; he'd done as much himself, but it was worth putting out there.]

...Yeah. I'm okay.

[It wasn't dodging the question as far as Kakyoin was concerned--he really didn't have it in him to do that right now. He'd answered honestly: it wasn't a fatal injury anymore, and the occasional pain hadn't yet gotten worse than an inconvenience. 'Okay' was a good enough summary.]

[Even if he couldn't look Jotaro in the eye when he said it.]

I'll be fine.

...I'll be here now.

[Apparently. He still hadn't really made sense of it yet, having no real opportunity to just sit and absorb it all, but that seemed to be the natural conclusion and forty-nine days alone had probably been brutal on Kakyoin in ways he couldn't possibly yet comprehend.

...Maybe that was something. If they had to be stuck like this, so much the better that they at least be stuck together.

...

Kakyoin was alive here. It still didn't seem real.

Apparently it was.]

I guess there must be a hotel or something?

Kind of--I mean, this place isn't exactly strict about where anyone ends up living. I'm pretty sure the general idea is as long as nobody's already there, it's more or less fair game.

[well about that whole 'alone' thing...]

I've been living at a school for combat training, with a few other people. They aren't Stand users like us, but...they can definitely be trusted, at least.

[...what the fuck you tragic-backstoried loser don't just go making a bunch of friends behind his back when he leaves you alone for five minutes ~~or fifty days whatever~~]

...You're sure? Who are they?

[THEY WERE AGGRESSIVELY FRIENDLY AND THEY CAN SEE HIEROPHANT HE HAD NO CHANCE.]

I wouldn't say that if I wasn't sure--you're going to need to trust me on this, Jotaro. I know I've made...mistakes, as far as befriending people goes, but this is different. We're going to have to rely on some of the others stuck in this city as well as each other.

Their names are Diarmuid, Ishimaru, and Afonso--I'll have to introduce you later. They've been exceptionally kind in the time that I've been here, so try not to be too suspicious of them.

[GOD YOU'LL JUST GO BEFRIENDING ANYONE WHO CAN SEE HIEROPHANT WON'T Y— wait yes that's literally your deal isn't it]

...I wasn't talking about that.

[Holy shit he knew exactly what Kakyoin was referring to and he really...really hadn't meant it like that, but the fact that Kakyoin had arrived at that conclusion at all, even incorrectly, still stung in unexpectedly pointed ways.]

That's not what I meant.

[that's literally exactly his deal.]

...Sorry. I didn't think that was what you were trying to say, just...I wanted to make sure it was clear this isn't me just blindly trusting anyone.

You're not the one I'd worry about for something like that.

[...we traveled with Polnareff...]

They don't know about Hierophant?

They know. I haven't told them everything, obviously, but that's the other thing that's weird about this place.

[and here's the real screwy shit:]

Everyone here can see Hierophant. At least, everyone I've talked to. I'd assume that extends to Star Platinum, and probably any other Stand. I thought it was...'weird' is an understatement, but Diarmuid mentioned abilities like ours can end up altered in minor ways upon coming here.

...I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse.

[So everyone could probably see Star Platinum; that was...strange. But on the other hand, pretty much everyone he'd encountered in the past fifty days could see Star Platinum, too, so it wasn't like it was all that unusual, either.

Presumably Diarmuid and Ishimaru and Afonso weren't going to be trying to kill them, though. They hadn't yet, and still wouldn't, if they knew what was good for them.

...Oh, right, Kakyoin'd said not to be suspicious. Right.]

Can he still do...everything, though? His abilities haven't been taken away or anything?

He's fine. I would know if anything had changed, and I made sure to check that I still had my full range and abilities.

[Well. Aside from the one we don't talk about.]

As far as I've been able to tell, that's the only change.

[He cursed softly under his breath, momentarily forgetting that being told all of his abilities were still likely available to him wasn't exactly the sort of thing he was supposed to be agitated about —

But it meant that he'd have to test them to be sure. All of them.

Great.]

Okay. Right. I guess I'll have to do the same, when I can.

[Something was very odd about all this, and Kakyoin had a bad feeling he shouldn't question it just yet.]

...Yeah. We can figure it out later.

August Test Drive!

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