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]

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?

[the90s]

[You are the worst childhood friend. Josuke tries to play it off cool with a casual shrug.]

He knows so much about my family and stuff and I don't know much about him is all. He's not the most talkative, you know? It'd be kind of awkward to just go up and ask him.

[He is like 30 and you are like a teenager??? And not related to him.]

[lapidarius]

Getting responses out of him is still like pulling teeth, huh? Sorry, I know he's hard to deal with.

[Kakyoin shrugged; some things never changed, apparently.]

His mother's name is Holly Kujo--she's very kind and compassionate. His grandfather Joseph is...well, he's a little immature, but reliable when it counts.

[okay hang on]

Wait, why would Jotaro know about your family?

[the90s]

[So close... Dodging around all these questions might not be better than Jotaro's knowing stare comparatively in all honesty. He does perk up at the Joseph mention even though it's kind of weird to hear that from someone else. He pulls a face like he can't believe even teenagers felt that way about him.]

Oh, well! He's keeping an eye on all the Stand users in town for SPW. There was sort of a big incident and there's a lot of us around and all. [Not completely a lie??? He's building himself a foundation of sand.]

[lapidarius]

...An incident?

[That would be about when Josuke was doomed, because he now faced Noriaki 'Team Crusaders' Mom When Avdol Isn't Around' Kakyoin.]

What kind of trouble did Jotaro get into this time.

[the90s]

[It's a good thing that Josuke doesn't care about keeping secrets as long as it has nothing to do with his familiar relationships. Let's talk about murders, kids.]

It's kind of a long story. There was a murderer with a Stand hiding out in town, that's why he showed up in the first place, and it just spiraled out of control from there. Like, three separate guys were running around shooting people and making more Stand users to try and run Mr. Jotaro out of town. It was nuts.

[A shrug!] Eventually we beat up all the bad guys though and locked up the arrows though. So everything ended up more or less fine.

[lapidarius]

...great.

[oh my god you get killed by one vampire and suddenly your best friend is hunting serial killers]

I've heard about those arrows before, actually. Just in passing.

[the90s]

[Stuff like that happens, man. He's surprised about the arrows though, considering Jotaro seemed surprised by them at first in the... past future.]

Really? They're totally crazy, yeah? I was the only Stand user in the entire town and then bam! suddenly all my friends have them. Even the owner of my bud's favorite restaurant has a Stand.

[lapidarius]

[thanks for the heads up, bruno]

Really? Honestly, I don't think I ran into anything to do with the arrows myself, but I had the exact same thing happen to me otherwise. I've had Hierophant my whole life, but I didn't meet any other Stand users until...well, until I met Jotaro. Then they were just all over the place.

[mostly trying to kill them, but never mind]

How long have you had yours?