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!

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[Sofia's pace comes to a halt when her ears caught the sound of a familiar energetic voice. She took a second to register it, and by the time she turned her head towards Ibuki, the young woman already was withing hugging range.]

Oof-

[Sofia laughs wryly once Ibuki wrapped her arms around Sofia's armored self. Good thing it's not actually made of metal, or it would be really cold. Sofia gives Ibuki a pat on the shoulder]

Yes, I am. This is the third time this city took me from my timeline... How long has it been, Ibuki?

Oh man, you remember Ibuki, too! That's a huuuuuuuge relief! That would've been awkward if you didn't!

Three times, huh? This is still Ibuki's first time! It's been... woww, it's been like forever! Since May! And now it's January!! Too long!!

Of course, I can't forget my favorite rock star.

[Sofia wasn't sure what to do after the pat on the shoulder, so she glances around with a puzzled expression and sneaks some pats on Ibuki some more. Not that she minds. She really did miss Ibuki's energetic personality, and she's glad to see her again]

But that is quite a while. So many months have passed by here but it felt like yesterday since I was here last. I don't even see anything that has changed... What happened while I was away? Tell me everything on the way to some shelter. I don't want you to freeze out here.

Oh man, looooooooots happened!

[She releases her hug on Sofia finally, but goes for her hand to drag her along to the nearest shelter]

Ibuki got turned into a little kid, and people kept disappearing but other people appeared, and Ibuki was forced into a crappy wonderland full of crappy stuff, and pokemons showed up but there weren't enough around to catch 'em all, and a big monster flattened Ibuki's house but then a tiny magical girl fixed it!

And Ibuki got married to a landshark and a nurse!!

[...]

[Sofia breathes a quiet sigh of relief once Ibuki lets go of her, but it was cut short when she felt Ibuki's grip on her hand. It may have felt like yesterday since she was in the city last, but Ibuki's enthusiasm was something she's being reacquainted to again. She doesn't mind, despite her furrowed brow and sheepish smile as Ibuki leads her somewhere.

Sofia listened to Ibuki summarize what happened the past few months, not too fazed by all the strange events that took place until Ibuki mentioned getting married, to something that made her frown and lit a brow]

A... landshark? And how did you get married?

[Her instincts as a big sister kicked in when she hears Ibuki getting hitched, and she wasn't sure she'd approve of it so far. Not until she knows more about this nurse and this landshark]

The landshark asked Ibuki to marry him! And then Ibuki said yes and then Ibuki asked the nurse to marry her! She said yes! And then the landshark asked the nurse and she said yes again so now we're all married!

Also, landshark is actually a dude with pointy shark teeth.

Oh. Good. I suppose. As long as you're all happy...

[Sofia's still not sure what to think of it, but she'll just leave it alone. She doesn't really want to get into the politics of what's acceptable and what's not in this city.]

I'd like to meet them someday. I don't think I'll be going anywhere anytime soon, so... I might as well have something to look forward to.

[Hey, you're the one that encouraged her to be in a relationship with Chiaki despite being in one with the aforementioned landshark already before...]

Sure! Ibuki can introduce you and stuff! And Ibuki has a karaoke setup that we can all have fun with, too!!

[She still remembers the karaoke you promised...]

Edited 2016-01-13 01:31 (UTC)

[Sofia's face sours as she sucks her teeth at the mention of the karaoke. She forgot about that, snap. She just remembered she promised that twice]

Oh, right! Yes. Karaoke is fun... But wait, how did you get that? The most advanced item in the city I've seen are batteries. The city-wide powerlines never came to be.

Ibuki asked Chari-chan for a karaoke setup that's powered by magic! And now she has a magic karaoke setup that doesn't need electricity!! Pretty cool, right?

Oh wait, you don't believe in magic...

[Sofia hums thoughtfully, rolling her eyes up to think of how a "magic-powered" karaoke machine would work or be like. But she'll have to wait and see. Ibuki's comment manage to get to her in a way, looking at the young woman, Sofia responds]

Well... That's not entirely true. Not anymore.

[She's still not the one to jump to conclusions and say it's magic until every other possibility is out, but now? Magic may be something she'll finally accept]

I was in my world for more than a year. You could say a lot of things happened.

Ooh! Ibuki gets it! Sofia-chan had some character development! Now you can freely admit you were doing magic things during the fairy tale event!!

[Sofia's eye twitched as she chuckles sheepishly once more. She just had to remember that. While being a queen for a couple of days wasn't a bad thing, it's still one of those things she couldn't explain away. That didn't sit well with her pride much, but oh well. She's more open to the belief now. Like Ibuki said, character development]

Y-You could say that... Yes. I still find it difficult to wrap my head around. But I have to accept that not everything can be explained. For someone who travels to other worlds, I should have learned this truth a lot sooner...

[She sighs]

Very well, let's see this magical karaoke machine you've gotten. I did promise you that we'll do that, right?

[She hopes she's gotten better at singing by now. All those Friday night trips to karaoke bars in the last year with her wife should have given her enough practice. As if fate wanted her to sing the karaoke with Ibuki,,,]

[January] Test Drive

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