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

[ a - i only have one prompt for this im gomen ]

[Wamuu has seen plenty of death in his long, long life. It doesn't bother him, although he is far from numb in his experiences. Each death at his hands had a purpose, whether to serve his goals or the goals of his Lords. It was simply just how it was.

So it isn't a surprise, or it shouldn't be, that he has discovered the wild Thestrals roaming along the park. Their morbid appearances don't bother him in the slightest, nor would the fact that only those who have witnessed death can see them if he knew it.

With an apple in hand he feeds it to a thestral, stroking its muzzle as it chews happily on the treat. A few more loiter around nosing at the grass and glancing obviously towards the small bag of apples near Wamuu's feet.]

[Caesar doesn't mind the thestrals. They're a little weird-looking, but they don't bother him - he's definitely seen weirder. Even though he knows what they mean, it's not as though he's in any kind of denial. Quite the opposite.]

[What is weird is watching the guy who killed you feed them apples. That's weird as shit. He freezes as soon as he comes across this particular clearing in the park, looking sort of blank and panicked.]

[Um.]

[It isn't surprising to him to see Caesar here. After all, it made sense. They were both dead and seeing this was the afterlife (it couldn't be anything else because he very much remembers dying) it wasn't too hard to believe he'd see the young man here as well.

So while Caesar seems to be working through internal panic Wamuu is completely calm. He looks over to where the other stands stock-still, a deer trapped in the headlights, before leaning down to pluck an apple from the bag.

Wamuu holds it out to him, expression unchanged.]

If you continue like that you'll startle them.

[On some level, it shouldn't be so surprising that priorities after death change. Monsters seek out horses to play with, and he . . . well, he doesn't have any priorities, does he? He exists, inexplicably, therefore he continues on. But that's all.]

[It's troubling all the same, for a lot of reasons - not least of which because here is the most salient reminder of his own failure, in the flesh, handing him an apple.]

[Forgive him if he hesitates another moment.]

Like what?

[And then he does take it, although he looks at it like he's never seen an apple before.]

A spooked beast. [Honestly, Caesar.]

[The apple taken from him Wamuu turns back to the thestral now licking at his palm after finishing the last of its own apple. Wamuu watches it quietly as another, much younger, thestral comes sniffing over in Caesar's direction. Specifically in the apple's direction.]

[Okay, you know what, mister? That will not stand. He absolutely will not tolerate being sassed at by a Vampiric Murderer.]

[. . . But he has to look at this thestral baby for a while first, because it looks so hungry. Do thestrals even get hungry? Like, he can see their bones and shit, how do they digest.]

I am not a spooked beast.

[He holds his hand out, watching the foal with mild concern.]

[Well. He's not internally screaming at least. But on the topic of death, dead things usually stay dead.]

[Granted, that rule doesn't seem to apply much around here, but this is the first time Joseph's been confronted by someone he killed. Sure, things were on pretty damn good terms with Wamuu in the end--all things considered--but it's still not a good feeling to see him alive and walking around. Feeding...weird...horse...things.]

[God, these aren't some kind of weird vampire horses, are they? BECAUSE JOSEPH IS REALLY OVER VAMPIRE HORSES.]

[Joseph will just clear his throat. Loudly.]

[After his own defeat he went to his grave believing Lord Kars would soon send Joseph and his gaggle after him. After all, even the idea of Kars losing to anyone was just out of the question. It just couldn't happen.

But he did like Joseph. For a human he was filled with an honorable spirit that Wamuu admired and respected and to say he was defeated at his hands was not so terrible.

He doesn't waver his gentle affections to the thestral when Joseph clears his throat, but he does look up slightly.]

Joseph Joestar.

Wamuu.

[Now that's established, Joseph shifts his weight back onto one hip and rests a fist there.]

Didn't think I was going to be seeing you again anytime soon. The hell are you doing here?

[He raises an eyebrow questioningly at that.]

I don't believe I had much of a choice in the matter regarding where I was sent to after my death. Not many do.

I know that, [Joseph says with a frown.]

[But hey, at least that confirms that Wamuu knows he's dead. Which...okay, Joseph wasn't testing him in the least bit and just assumed, and it doesn't do anything in particular to alleviate the awkwardness of the situation either.]

But you know not all of us are dead around here. And technically speaking, neither are you right now.

[ It can be left up to debate how or why Wednesday is able to see the Thestrals, although she's undoubtedly unperturbed by them. They are, after all, strange and unusual - just like her. ]

[ And just like that, it's hardly a surprise that a child of her nature would find her way through the park at such a late hour, unarmed and holding nothing more than a headless doll; however what seems natural to her has always seemed odd to others. For example: she doesn't seem surprised to see an adult feeding the large animals instead of running from them. ]

[ He has an unnatural air about them anyway. ]

Is that what they eat?

[January] Test Drive

wamuu | jjba SIGHS also every prompt is taken after sundown

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