rubycity_ooc | [January] 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Rei stepped off the train, looking around her, frowning slightly. This... wasn't even remotely where she was trying to go. Ruby City? She had no clue where that was. Or why she was suddenly alone.

After spending most of her life alone, it bothered her that being on her own now felt weird. Still, she had done it before, she could do it again.

Checking that her weapons were in place, she headed off to explore this Ruby City, and to figure out where she could get a flight back home.

As a general rule, the city wasn't where most people were intending to go. For Cola, it had been an unexpected reprieve from the inevitable result of being fatally shot in the back.

He was outside of the house he occupied, taking a moment from chopping wood when she walked by. Now, there was someone he didn't recognise...

She felt like she was being watched. She didn't know if that was part of the Force or not, but she trusted enough that she turned to look. No harm is she was wrong, and could save her life if she was right.

She saw the man watching her chopping... something. She still had not seen enough trees to connect them to the wooden structures she knew, and this stage was neither tree nor structure, so it did confuse her for a moment. On Jakku she knew what everything and everyone was. Ever since she met Finn and BB-8, she felt like she was a child again, like she knew nothing again. Some moments that was to be treasured. Sometimes... it as just an annoyance.

She walked closer to him. "What is that?" she asked. She might have forgotten to be polite. Right. Manners are a thing other than just not getting yourself killed. Oh well.

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.

"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.

"Used for a fire," he confirmed, though in a way he supposed it was both. This was just becoming more and more puzzling - what kind of place didn't have something as simple as firewood?

"Guess they're trees. Cut up trees." Cola rubbed the back of his neck. "Don't have trees where you're from?"

"I have seen some, recently, but there are no trees on Jakku." There was a lot on that she knew of, heard of, but that didn't actually exist on Jakku. It seemed like she was seeing more and more new things with every passing day. "Well, small spindly things, here and there I've been told, but none where I grew up. We built our own shade, if we could, or stayed in the lee of wreckage." Or in the belly of it.

That was something that he could sympathise with. Not so many trees in the Zones either, and even less after the Analog Wars. He smiled and picked up a piece of firewood, making a small motion as if to toss it to her before gently doing just that.

"Sounds harsh." And familiar. "Things are more comfortable here."

Pulling her staff over one shoulder, she caught it easily, and turned it over in her hands to examine it. "How so?"

[January] Test Drive

Rei - Star Wars - May have spoilers, will try to limit - 1.1

I have seen it o/

Awesome then I can use the canon point I wanted!

woo o/

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

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