rubycity_ooc | [AUGUST] 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

All right, well. That's certainly insane. Don't do that.

And to forestall any unnecessary awkwardness, be advised that mentioning the greater good in any capacity will lead this conversation in unhappy directions, so please don't do that either.

It's hardly for the greater good. But if a solution is to be found, it's not going to be through sitting around and doing nothing.

Besides, from what we've seen, the effects are hardly lethal. They appear to have some severe form of depression; infection doesn't mean death.

The infection has only been underway for a few days. You're working on the assumption that it won't get any worse. That assumption is flawed.

Possibly. But if that's the case, will waiting and doing nothing solve anything?

Of course it won't.

Then what do you propose?

I'd propose seeking out only unkillable participants.

Do you know of any?

Yes.

[u gotta ask nice tho]

[GIRL...]

Are you going to disclose that information?

With an assurance that vulnerable participants won't be used, yes. I will.

Cruelty is hardly my intention. I give you my word, for whatever that's worth.

Your word is worth a great deal, up until the point when you prove to me it isn't.

[Which would be another less than fun conversation. But anyway.]

Me, then.

[Oh. That's . . . either flattering or deeply suspicious, but either way, she files that for later.]

Does immortal mean impervious to harm, or simply unable to die?

Yes. Apparently.

[She still isn't entirely certain whether all of those rules apply here, but it doesn't entirely matter. Not that she doesn't have a very strong desire for self-preservation, but she's pretty sure the universe really does not want her to be dead. For lots of reasons. Those family ties probably have something to do with it.]

I'll have to take your standards before we begin. Blood pressure, heart rate, height, weight, things of that nature.

I'll weather this hardship somehow, I'm sure.

Are you available now?

I wouldn't have offered if I wasn't. Where?

The obelisk. We won't do it there, but it's an obvious landmark to meet.

Fine. Don't be late.

[bye........ off she goes]

[JOKE'S ON YOU SUSAN SHE'S ALREADY THERE. Does she even have an apartment? Yes, of course she does, because where else is she going to put her lab stuff?

And a bed, I guess, but mostly the lab.

Rosalind waits patiently, posture ramrod straight, mouth pursed in a familiar stern way. Her gaze isn't particularly friendly, but nor is it unfriendly: simply cool, detached and ready to work.

There's a spark of interest, though, as she sees Susan. Oh. She's a woman. That's . . . interesting.]

Dr. Lutece.

[She offers a hand.]

[Well, at least they're on the level with respect to posture and vaguely disapproving expression. Hers could be more than vaguely disapproving if she wanted it to, but she's opting to go with minimum hostility to start with. She's been told she's mildly intimidating, anyway, but who cares? Not her. At all.]

[On the plus side, she hasn't been accidentally wedged into the more gothic side of her metaphysical wardrobe since she arrived here. She's just wearing black. Sensible black. What a sensible and ordinary woman she is. Goodness.]

[And hands are shaken. Her handshake is firm and decisive, but short, like she's got better things to do with her time, thanks.]

Susan Sto-Helit.

[Which is an absurd surname at this point. There are no Sto Plains here, and anyway, again: who cares? Not her.]

Well?

[There's something in that tone that appeals to Rosalind. It's sensible and brisk, and leaves no room for nonsense. She can appreciate a tone like that.

Rosalind nods her head in a come along gesture and leads the way towards her lab. Apartment. Whatever.]

Tell me more about the nature of your immortality.

[Lord. What is the least stupid way she can explain this . . . At least walking gives her a moment to think.]

It's genetic. [Technicallyish.] First properly documented in my teens. Well, I say properly documented, but I don't have the documents here. [Because they are still at her grandfather's house in Elsewhere, and they're less documents and more an autobiography, but.] It doesn't turn off, as far as I can tell. It just is.

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