October Test Drive!

[rubycitymods]

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!

Comments

[lapidarius]

You could say that. [HE SAW THAT, JOSUKE. He saw that and he's not really sure whether to be offended or not. Don't be all like that with his weird tentacle shit, bro.]

My name is Noriaki Kakyoin, incidentally. And this-

[Right on cue, Hierophant returned and pulled itself back into a human shape, handing Josuke his slightly sewer-moistened wallet.]

-is my Stand, Hierophant Green.

[the90s]

[He can hardly handle turtles he sure as hell ain't dealing with your frog Stand, dude. He doesn't mean anything personal by it.

Especially since Kakyoin actually carried through with getting the wallet back without trying to kill him. So. Pretty much all suspicion is pushed to the side since he is so damn happy to just get his stuff back. He'll even show off a bit in return.]

Thanks, man! Name's Josuke Higashikata and this is my Stand Crazy Diamond.

[He flashes a stupid smile and summons the huge pink heart man. And instantly punches the wallet in his hand and some left over metal jutting out the side of the hole. And, of course, the wallet crunches and pops back to life good as new for both of them to see.

The metal grate whizzing past between them to jam itself back into the street like nothing happened is probably more eye catching though.]

[lapidarius]

It's a pleasure to-- [holy shit what did you just do.] -meet...you...?

[WHY IS EVERY STAND HE SEES MORE BONKERS THAN THE LAST.]

How the hell did you do that?

[the90s]

[Josuke is practically preening. Yeah, his Stand is super cool. Just look at how cool it is. He's lowkey posing with Crazy Diamond as he speaks.]

Nice to meetcha too. Crazy Diamond here can fix pretty much anything it punches. Comes in pretty handy.

[lapidarius]

That's amazing! [Despite his valiant attempt to stay as composed as ever, Kakyoin couldn't help but show just a little of the sudden enthusiasm he felt.]

Can you do it again? I wasn't watching closely enough the first time.

[the90s]

[Oh, well, if Kakyoin insists.]

Sure, why not? Anything you want fixed?

[Because he could just punch down this random storefront and fix it but he doesn't really want to destroy things he doesn't have to. One of the reasons he fixed the road up in the first place.]

[lapidarius]

... [A little hesitantly, he took off his sunglasses--that was really all he had on hand at the moment--and held them out to Josuke. As important as they were, he did want to see that ability a second time. Besides, if something went wrong then a pair of sunglasses would be easy enough to replace.]

Go ahead--I don't know if it matters how something gets damaged, so you should do it just to be sure.

[the90s]

[So... You know who doesn't really have much tact because he grew up with the ability to heal anything at anytime? Josuke. At the sight of those scars, he didn't even realize the shades could have been hiding something like that, he instantly cocks and eyebrow and casually throws this out there.]

Are your eyes okay? I can heal those too.

[lapidarius]

What--

[Strictly speaking, Kakyoin wasn't really self-conscious about the scars on his face--he wore sunglasses because his eyes were sensitive to sunlight. And to avoid questions like that, which immediately threw him off guard.]

Oh, I...they're fine, thanks. I think I might prefer to leave that alone for now.

[While fixing his eyes would solve quite a few problems, Kakyoin wasn't so sure he liked the idea of anything left over from Egypt just disappearing like that, no matter how negative it was.]

[the90s]

[Unaware just how awkward that question was Josuke just sort of shrugs. Whatever you want, man! So he takes the sunglasses instead. And just starts to snap off pieces with Crazy D and fixing them soon after as he talks. He even pops out one lens to shatter it. All at a height that Kakyoin can see clearly.]

If that's what you want but the offer's always open. I don't mind fixing people up, no matter what the reason.

[There's a pretty genuine smile to go along with that. Even though he can't understand leaving yourself hurt but whatever.]

[lapidarius]

I appreciate it, just-...

[Whatever he was about to say trailed off into silence as he watched Josuke break and repair his sunglasses, fascinated. Crazy Diamond itself looked...honestly, it was vaguely reminiscent of The World physically, but maybe that was just Kakyoin's own imagination. It didn't exactly look like the white mage type, and that just made the whole process that much more interesting to him. Eventually, he did manage to find his voice again, though it was quiet and genuinely amazed.]

...I've never seen anything quite like that before, Higashikata. A Stand that can fix things and heal people...? That's fantastic.

[(gold experience is different and slightly terrifying okay)]

[the90s]

[With a flourish he picks the sunglasses out of his Stand's hands and offers them back to Kakyoin. After having to use it for such serious fights it's kind of nice to just screw around like this.]

Thanks. I never really thought much about it until I met other Stand users. [A chuckle.] I hadn't even thought about naming him until Mr. Jotaro did it for me.

You can call me Josuke, by the way.

[lapidarius]

[Kakyoin took his sunglasses back, halfway to putting them on and forming a response before his train of thought ground to a complete halt and derailed in a fiery explosion.]

Did you just say Jotaro named him? Jotaro Kujo?

[the90s]

[Uh... What? This dude knows Jotaro? Josuke throws his own brand of confusion into the mix.]

Uh, yeah? He came to our town to find me- Well, no not just me. [That sounded kind of conceited, didn't it? He rubs the back of his head.] Do you work with him?

[lapidarius]

Work with-...? [That raised about eight more questions at once.] No--he's my best friend. We go to the same school back in Tokyo.

[the90s]

[It's not funny how fast Josuke zeros in on that. He had assumed they must have been colleagues from the Speed Wagon Foundation because of the Stand but that is so much better.

He leans forwards with a huge grin, like he just found a secret treasure.]

You're childhood friends? No way! What was he like back in the day? Does he have any embarrassing stories?

[lapidarius]

I...n-not really? I'm not really the one to ask about that--hey wait, back up a second!

[Something was not adding up here, and Kakyoin was pretty sure he knew what it was.] 'Back in the day'? What year is it, Higashi--er, Josuke? It's not 1988 for you, is it?

[the90s]

[That's no fun Kakyoin, you definitely have an embarrassing story stored away somewhere!!

It's a good thing Stands are completely crazy and he has dealt with a form of time skipping around before because he catches on pretty quickly. He's completely blown away.]

It's 1999! You seriously from 1988? [Hold up.] So you, like, currently know Mr. Jotaro as a teenager? I can't even imagine it!

[lapidarius]

Yes, I'm entirely serious.

[it is very lucky that they've both seen weirder shit than this.]

He's a year ahead of me in school, and we're roughly the same age give or take a few months.

[the90s]

[Oh my god!! Josuke is taking a second here. As a very complicated expression appears as he tries to picture it. Sure, he always wore the uniform-like jacket but he is just so adult.

Honestly, he has to go back to option number 1: grilling him for information.]

What was he like? I need to know. [With how dramatic he is being it really seems like he needs the info.] Was he still super quiet and mysterious-like? Or was he a total wimp in high school- that would be amazing. Was he already super into fish and stuff?

[lapidarius]

Mysterious is pushing it, but 'quiet and into fish' kind of sounds like Jotaro to me.

[mysterious nothing, he's a giant nerd that thinks he's super cool]

[the90s]

[He's mysterious and magical to a bunch of 16 year olds. He has the strongest Stand!! So cool.]

Okay. Okay. [He brings his hand up to his chin, THINKING.] But the fighting thing. I always felt like he has way too much experience. He even got me the first time we met, his Stand is way unfair. Don' t tell me you guys were like... kings of the school or something?

[Because being a delinquent in a gang was big in the 80s? Josuke doesn't even know.]

[lapidarius]

What--no, it's nothing like that.

[Kakyoin waved his hands defensively, wondering just what kind of delinquent image he was putting forth here. You hotwire one car and carry one switchblade...]

He was always really tough, and so was Star Platinum. Jotaro hasn't had his Stand as long as I have, but I'm pretty sure he hasn't done anything like what you're saying.

We're just...used to fighting in general, I guess.

[the90s]

[Bro! Work with him here! Josuke huffs and let's it drop, although he obviously looks disappointed.]

And here I was thinking you would have some good stories about his sordid past. He knows so much about me and I got nothing on him.

[W a i t. It just hit him that if this is so far back in time, maybe the whole Dio thing that he vaguely remembers hearing about, then no one back then knows he exists. That's a weird thought. But... He gives Kakyoin a Strange look, a mix between curious and uncertainty.]

If you know him so well do you have any stories about his family then? I don't know... Like his mom or gramps or something.

[Smooth as fuck. That's not suspicious at all.]

[lapidarius]

I don't really know much about him from before we met each other, I'm afraid.

[Kakyoin crossed his arms, starting to look confused by this line of questioning.]

Particular stories are a little lacking, but I know them well enough. Why?