[January] 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

[nextlineis]

What do you mean my family's here?

[Because, uh, last he checked? He's the only living Jojo.]

[mylegacy]

Your grandfather.

[Whom he yelled at.]

And some other people you haven't met yet. [He also yelled at them.]

[starmark]

...Shit.

[But that's also apparently his cue to skid to a rapid halt, shoes digging long tracks in the dirt as he pivots and brings out Star Platinum properly, fists already up in preparation.]

Dog size or bigger?!

[nextlineis]

I haven't met yet? [Joseph jerks away from Caesar.] What do you mean yet?

[He's not implying...]

[mylegacy]

[The deadest of eyes.]

[Come on, Jojo. You can get there.]

[nextlineis]

[Joseph skids to a halt a few steps after Jotaro. He opens his mouth to ask what the hell he's doing stopping because they definitely should keep moving, but then he sees a gigantic punchghost pop out and--]

What the hell is that thing!?

[nextlineis]

Caesar! What do you mean yet!?

[No, he doesn't want to.]

[saccades]

[How rude. He is not the blabbermouth, you are the blabbermouth, sir. This has been proven by science that is - fake, because even as he's on his way over with his arms open he's still fucking talking. Goddamnit, Cecil.]

It would have been better if you hadn't tried to explain it, you know. Jokes are better when you don't try to explain them, scientifically speaking. I would've thought you'd know that, all scientists know about the science of jokes, don't they? Maybe you're just flustered, because of the cold.

[And the him.]

[starmark]

DOG SIZE OR BIGGER?!

[Things he 100% does not have time for: this.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, JIJI...]

<3333

[saccades]

Oh, thank you very much, stranger. I have to admit, I was worried . . . sometimes when you're handed an unusual artifact and told to speak into the microphone, things don't go very well! Not very well at all. But sometimes, if you're very lucky, everything turns out fine and someone offers you a sweater! Much preferable to the alternative.

[Ahem.]

Let me see . . . well, there's the obelisk, and the street, which is very lovely and modern, kudos to whoever cleans them, does someone clean them, and a store that says 'Tailor', and a pile of snow shaped sort of like a man, that's novel, and another store - oh! Wait. Tailor. That's you?

[mylegacy]

I mean you had a child, you imbecile. And she seems to have grown up sane, shockingly enough.

[He's not jealous. You're jealous.]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee | 2.4

[lookpastthem]

What? A... Ah-hah.

[Perplexed, Cola's gaze tracks over the sand until he finds what she's so excited about. Not wanting to steal the victory of her catching it for herself, he instead moves to block its escape and chase it back towards her.]

It's called a crab, tumbleweed.

[whatitis]

I wasn't explaining it, I was just giving you the context necessary to understand my next-level humor. I am not flustered. I am cool as an ice cube--which, if you need the context to that, too, is very cold. Very.

I'm cool, is what I'm saying.

[Cool Guy Carlos is trying extra hard to not cry. He's just sweating through his nasolacrimal ducts. A lot. He's definitely not flustered, right...?]

[Blabbermouth.]

woo o/

[lookpastthem]

Of all the questions to be asked, he hadn't expected that one. It confused him at first as he found himself entirely unable to work out what she didn't understand in what he was doing, but he followed her gaze to the chopped wood nearby and (through disbelief) eventually caught on.

"That?" He tipped his head towards it, as if to confirm. "It's firewood."

It wasn't that he couldn't understand the confusion at things that others would deem simple. Living in the Zones he had never seen a large body of water and had at one point found the idea of such things to be out of the realm of his imagination. Not recognising chopped wood, though? That was a new one.

aaaaa 8.1

[rollerbunny]

He heard the music. It sounded so familiar, in more ways than one, that it made him stop in his tracks. But her voice - it's her voice that snaps something awake, even if he hadn't be one of the ones that would hear it every single day - even if he hadn't heard it in so long.

He stares at her, for a long time, just confused and surprised. But a smile soon creeps into his lips, and it doesn't even hit him right away that he might look too different for her to recognize him.

"--sunshine?"

[rule_britannia]

Arthur would find no small amount of amusement (and possibly indignation) at being thought of as some kind of student, but he did have a fondness for Aqua even if she didn't recall a thing.

"I could. It depends on what you want to know."

I love playing with characters that are adults, but still discovering the world like a child anyway.

[greyrei]

"As in wood used for a fire, or is the wood in some way already related to fire?" she asked, walking closer to examine the wood. It didn't look like she expected wood to look at all. Though getting closer, she could see the inside that looked maybe, almost, like wooden tent poles if she squinted and ignored the size. But the outside...

"Trees? Those are trees?" And then as if remembering a lesson she knew but never thought would be practical she said "Wood comes from trees" reminding herself. It wasn't terribly unlike having learned about the ocean as a child, but being startled as an adult the first time you discover water can be salty.

[aquawayfinder]

"Why I'm here instead of where I had been, for one thing," she said. "And where I can treat you to a cup of tea or soda while we talk, as a thank you." Because that is what she would offer one of her students; kids who sometimes tensed and fled in the face of what they thought of as charity. But something earned was different, and she could see to it he ate and drank and get a feel for if he needed more help than that while they spoke. Between the Island and working for Master Xavier, Aqua had developed some mother hen tendencies.

C: C:

[kidjoy]

Crab? [She's parroting absently, attention on grabbing the creature. She pounces on it, not mindful at all of the claws. She manages to catch it around the back legs, the thing struggling to pinch her, and holds it high for him to see with a proud smile.] Thanks! You seen these things before Cherri? It's weird looking.

XD (not wearing his helmet, I presume?)

[kidjoy]

Her hand still lingers between them from trying to grab him, unsure whether to latch on or pull away. There was a familiarity there, something that pinged in the back of her mind. Panic and confusion were overriding it, making her slow to put the voice to a name.

"Yeah?" The endearment was a comfort, at least, a reminder of Dr. D and mornings spent crowed around the radio listening to the Zone reports. She relaxed, just a little, eyes still searching him out for some clue to where she'd heard him before. "You one of the DJs?"

>3<;

[lookpastthem]

Watch your fingers.

[Said gently, absently as he crouches by her and eyes the struggling creature in her hands. He smiles up at her and nods.]

Mm, just here. Seen ones that crawl right outta their homes and go into another one.

it's exciting there's a killjoys cast around

[kidjoy]

Mmm. I can handle it.

[Still, she adjusts her grip accordingly. She glances between him and the claws.]

Whoa. They got all kinds of dotty creatures around here, huh? I wonder if you can even eat these things. Betcha it's better than lizards.

Yesss <3 There are not many of us. I personally have a lot of feelings about CC.

[lookpastthem]

All kinds.

[He brings one finger dangerously close for the crab to try and grab, but not too close.]

Bettin' most things are better than lizards. Not known anyone what could make lizard taste good.

who didn't come out of the comics loving Cherri?

[kidjoy]

I like it.

[She pulls the crab back, just a hair. She doesn't want it to snap him.]

Not the puppy chow. I'd take the lizard anyday over more PowerPup. [A pause. She holds the crab up again.] Any good at cookin' Cherri?

no one with any kind of heart ;3;

[lookpastthem]

Hmm, you've a good point. [Cola still has fond memories of the faces Kobra Kid would make while attempting to eat that stuff. He would have taken lizard any day.]

Maybe I am. You wanna try cooked crab?