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rubycity_ooc2015-08-30 07:49 pm
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September 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. EVENTS - 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!
wendigo more like wendi-YOOOOOOO
Honestly, he could probably do without ever fighting a wendigo ever, and ordinarily even if he saw one like this while picking his way through the park on his way toward the beach, he'd do something reasonably sensible like remaining still and letting it go about its business as opposed to making the first move or potentially taking an action that might draw its attention. So really, that's what he's entirely tempted to do now — just ignore it, find another way around, and don't harass the wendigo because shit like that never ends well.
The problem sets in when the sound of someone's voice in the tree draws both his attention and the wendigo's, and it suddenly occurs to him that there's someone up there, presumably treed, and —
...Yeah, no. That's not something he can just walk away from or take lightly.
So he shifts a little closer, appraising the distance that currently stands between the climbing wendigo and the atrociously-dressed sucker it's apparently treed, and briskly contemplates two possible solutions. One involves a struggle with a monster. The other involves a struggle with his memories.]
...
[Silently calling on Star Platinum, he shoves off and leaps into the air on Stand-enhanced legs, making a quick leap from a nearby tree into the branches of the one that the passerby is in, tensed and ready just in case the guy panics and starts to fall out of the tree on accident.]
get out with that
What the hell do you think you're doing!? If this is your idea of a rescue, you just almost made me fall you stupid fucki-- [Wait.] --Jotaro?
[No, that can't be. He's wearing a school uniform for starters, instead of a modified lab coat. For another, he looks considerably younger. But... Rohan narrows his gaze, leaning a little closer as his eyes are more or less boring holes into Jotaro's. Hope you aren't feeling sensitive about your personal space today, buddy.]
never
...But by the same token, this guy doesn't seem aggressive so much as just affronted; his natural inclination was to assume (correctly) that this is a rescue, so whatever he thinks is going on here, he doesn't seem to assume it's antagonistic...
Okay. Giorno and Mista are from the future. Jonathan's from a century in the past. It's entirely possible this is someone he knows...at some point, even if it's not yet.
But this really isn't the time to be sitting around contemplating that at length, with a climbing wendigo still below and thus a very pressing problem that should really get resolved before he gets engrossed in anything tangential.]
...You know who I am?
[His one concession to the dissonance going on between them, and to some extent an affirmation that the mystery guy does in fact have the right person. Hell, maybe if he says yes, it'll get the guy to settle down, and avoid any further mishaps that may come from falling out of the tr— WOW HELLO SO MUCH FOR THAT PERSONAL BUBBLE.]
Hang on to me, if you think you're going to fall. It'll be simpler just to avoid that thing, rather than provoking it.
f i n e, you can stay
[But he does look down again.]
Right. Provoking it, [he says flatly, letting his opinion that that was just an incredibly stupid thing to say aloud well-known. He brings his gaze back up to Jotaro again.] How old are you? 18? 19?
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30.][He must be younger than Rohan is now, which is a weirdly and greatly unsettling thought actually. Jotaro's remaining calm, sure. Nothing ever seems to ruffle Jotaro's feathers. He's also fairly in control of the situation despite the climbing wendigo down below and Rohan's attitude. These are both things that Rohan recognizes and trusts immediately. But he doesn't have the years of experience behind him. He's still just a goddamn kid and Rohan's being expected to put his life in his hands right now and--he looks back down at the wendigo. On second thought, maybe it's a little easier to toss his trust blindly into Jotaro anyway regardless of age. Rohan shifts a little closer, grabbing hold onto Jotaro's arm.]
[He does shoot him a warning look though.]
You tell anybody about this, especially that fucker Josuke, and I swear I will make your life hell, Jotaro.
8D
[THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE WORRYING ABOUT RIGHT NOW]
Okay. It's probably hunting by smell, because what it wants is to eat you.
[He says, matter-of-factly, and shifts a little to give Rohan a better angle to hold on even as he keeps his eyes fixed on the wendigo below.]
Did you see which way it came at you from?
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[What he almost does is instead snap about having no idea where it came from. He was far more concerned about getting away than worrying about that. But then, that should be fairly easy to figure out, shouldn't it? Predators tend to move their prey in a very particular manner by pushing and forcing them to run in a particular direction. Rohan closes his mouth, brow furrowing carefully in thought. Eventually he points.]
That way. [But just because he didn't snap then doesn't mean he's not still worked up or aggravated here. Rohan stops pointing.] I'm not sure why that would matter. It's clearly right underneath us. I don't know why you're not just pummeling the hell out of it by now anyway. It's not like you're dumber than it or too slow. At very least, you could be figuring out some way to get us out of this tree.
[Or, you know, Rohan could also be doing that last part himself instead of criticizing the rescue operation since he's the one who climbed up here in the first place.]
But no. Let's just have a chat. I should have brought some tea. Maybe a few snacks. Do you think it'd take sugar?
[Rohan rolls his eyes with an aggravated, put-upon sigh.]
You know, I was about to take back what I said earlier, but this really is shitty rescue attempt if staring at it and asking me asinine questions is the best you're going to come up with.
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[Okay. Despite all the complaining, there was actually some useful information concealed in what Rohan had said, amid all the ranting. Whatever direction the wendigo came from, that's obviously not the direction they want to go in when they bail. Even avoiding the worst-case scenario that there might be others in that direction, and this one is just the means of flushing the pack's prey out, the direction it came from is the direction where the wendigo has the advantage, knowing the terrain better than they do.
So. The opposite direction it is.]
...All right, listen. In a second, you're going to blink, and we're gonna be someplace other than up here in these branches. And I'm gonna be running like hell, so don't make me trip from kicking and screaming, understand?
[Little does he know that Rohan, having met him in the future, will probably understand exactly what he intends to do, even if he's not saying it outright.]
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What?! [Rohan starts shaking his head, his grip on Jotaro tightening reflexively.] Ooooh no, no, no, no! No! There's no way you can stop time, get both of us out of this tree, and far enough away from that thing so that it won't chase us! You're good, Jotaro, I'll give you that, [a very rare compliment from Kishibe Rohan!!!] but not even you can pull that off in two seconds.
Figure. Something. Else. Out.
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[...Well. That's credibility if he's ever heard it, because he's pretty certain that everyone even remotely aware of the fact that he's capable of stopping time is either dead or one of his allies (or in some cases, both, but let's not dwell on that right now), and he can't imagine making it known to someone who's not a friend. So no, no ditching Rohan in the tree and leaving him to fend for himself.
The "two seconds" bit is what hangs him up, though. Why only two? Does Rohan really think he'd stop it after that short a time, with so much time at his disposal left unused?
...
Or — no, he'd sounded perplexed about his age, too. Had his ability to control it faded with age, maybe? Now there was a sobering thought.]
...All right. Then I guess that leaves me no choice; I'll have to rely on "that" — the fighting strategy passed down through the Joestar family for half a century.
[He closes his eyes, flexes all of the muscles that Rohan is currently clinging to, and — threetwooneTOKI YO TOMARE —
...And with time summarily frozen, the wendigo paralyzed, and his full five seconds beginning to tick down, he wastes no time (pun intended) in snatching Rohan up, leaping from the branch with a Star Platinum-augmented kick, and hauling ass back toward the entrance to the park.]
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[Rohan stops short as he comes to realize a few things. First, Jotaro is no longer right in front of him, nor is he holding on his arm. Second, he is actually currently in Jotaro's arms. Third, they are no longer in a tree. Last but not least, there is no wendigo. Each of these items filter into Rohan's mind at a quick pace once he is able to shake off the shock at the abrupt changes.]
[
$20, I bet you can guess how he's going to handle this.]You-- Jotaro-- I can't believe-- How did--
[He's too angry with both Jotaro doing this without Rohan's consent (this being stopping time and carrying him, especially like this) and the fact he has no idea how in the hell Jotaro just managed to stop time long enough to get away. There are certainly hypotheses floating around in his head for the latter, but he's actually angrier about the former right now as it's the most blatant offense to his dignity and pride.]
[He's somewhere between wanting to slap or strangle Jotaro, but decides it's in his best interest to not give into either one of those particular impulses. Instead, he starts squirming and trying to push Jotaro away.]
Put me down!
[The gratitude might come. Eventually. Maybe.]
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[What a pain this guy is. How on earth did they end up acquaintances, and why in the hell does he put up with him? That'll have to be the next thing he attempts to get to the bottom of.
In the meantime, he has Star Platinum check behind them just to make sure that their head start means there are currently no impending wendigos, and once things seem to be clear he returns Rohan to his feet, somewhat more roughly than he really needs to.
Who even squirms and shoves against a guy trying to keep you from getting cannibalized? This guy, apparently.]
Apparently I'm better than you thought. So how about telling me how [...w...e...?] we know each other.
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You came to Morioh looking for Higashikata Josuke a few months ago. And before you ask the stupid question of who he is again, he's your uncle. Mr. Joestar apparently made the colossal mistake of having an affair sixteen years ago.
[By which he means having an affair that resulted in that particular child. He doesn't really give two flying fucks about the morality of having an affair nor does he understand why an outside party (i.e. anybody not Mr. Joestar's wife) would be offended by it.]
[Most people would probably be kind enough to pause there and let all of that sink in, but not Rohan. For starters, he's in a mood right now and feeling spiteful enough to not allow for any processing of information. For another, he finds explaining things like this tedious and a waste of time. But he might as well explain because it's either that or be pelted with a number of questions. Not that his explanation probably won't earn him more questions.]
As I understand, you stayed initially due to concerns about an Arrow being used to create Stand users. Our paths crossed shortly after that, but before any of us were made aware of a serial killer and Stand user by the name of Yoshikage Kira. You stayed until he was dealt with and then left with your grandfather.
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[WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK, JIJI
No, seriously, if there is one apparent and glaring error in the explanation that Rohan's just given, it is clearly the fact that he seems to think that Jiji is still alive at the end of things, when Jotaro's pretty sure that between himself and Grandma Suzie, there wouldn't be anything left of Jiji at the other end of "so I had an affair and it resulted in a sixteen-year-old child".
COLOSSAL MISTAKE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, IS WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE]
...So we're friends. You and me.
[He doesn't know, actually, but it's a reasonable enough guess — and even if he's wrong, Rohan's already struck him as a disagreeable enough person to jump on the attempt to confirm just how wrong he is, which means he'll still get an answer out of it either way.
While he's doing that, it'll free up Jotaro to process the rest of it for himself — an uncle, an arrow that can create Stand users (is that how Dio developed his powers the way he did?), a serial killer that needed to be dealt with.
...It really never ends, does it.]
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Close enough.
[Which is to say that Rohan doesn't particularly keep friends. Acquaintances. People he can tolerate. Individuals he respects. A few here and there he can trust and at least vaguely rely upon. But he's not one for friends per se. He's also not sure Jotaro really keeps friends either. He seems the sort of person who drifts from one group of people to the next as necessarily, leaving a lasting impression, but not any roots or connections. It suits Rohan just fine, but it'd probably bother some.]
[He's wondering now if maybe he was different then when he was younger. If he did keep friends, unlike Rohan who has almost always been this way without exception. Huh.]
I am the great mangaka Kishibe Rohan, although judging by your age I have yet to publish anything as far as you're concerned.
[He considers Jotaro with a tip of his head again. The year Jotaro is from, Rohan must be... What? 10? Certainly not much older. Interesting now that he finds himself in the position of being older between the two of them. Unsettling as well.]
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[Well, it's hard to take him seriously if he's going to be going around insisting that his name ought to be prefixed with "the great" all the time, but even amidst his now unsettlingly-high tolerance for weird shit in his life, there's still a tiny fragment of him that is normal enough and kid enough to be a little bit hype about the notion of meeting an actual mangaka. Not enough to be a complete idiot about it, certainly, but that's kind of cool. You've got to be pretty good to get published, right? That's...kind of neat.
YEAH, HE READS JUMP SOMETIMES, HE'S GOT TO STAY UP ON HIS COOL PROTAGONISTS SO HE CAN GET INSPIRED TO THINK OF ALL THOSE GREAT ONE-LINERS HE DELIVERS TO ASSHOLES AT A CRITICAL MOMENT
...but he will never tell anyone that so
and anyway, at least Rohan's not kicking and yelling anymore, so this is progress.]
I guess I haven't...done any of the shit you remember yet. Probably makes it kind of weird for you.
[...]
You've seen me use Star Platinum before. You knew what I was going to do. ...And that was your Stand I saw in the tree, right? The little kid thing in the wide-brimmed hat?
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Of course I've seen Star Platinum before, although you seem far more adept with your abilities than I've ever seen you. Disappointing. [He sniffs haughtily.] I've always expected better out of you, but it seems you've let yourself go over the years.
At any rate, I've seen Star Platinum more times than you've seen Heaven's Door. My Stand requires more strategy than just punching your way through a problem.
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[Pictured: someone who is maybe a little defensive about the implication of being reduced to simply the team punchy guy. He has a passionate soul too, okay.]
So what does it do? Your Stand. It wouldn't work on the wendigo?
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Heaven's Door opens the true heart of a person to me allowing me to place them in my control. [Excuse him, he looks rather smug about this.] I don't know if it would have worked or not with that thing. It works on regular animals like cats and dogs easy enough, but it may have been too simpleminded.