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rubycity_ooc2016-11-05 09:40 am
rubycitymods) wrote in rubycity_ooc2016-11-05 09:40 am
NOVEMBER 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!
B;
Possibly not that particular microraptor. She hasn't gotten close enough to study them (yet). But she's definitely seen the damn things darting around, moving so fast even she felt her heart jump in fear. The first time, one had been skulking outside her lab, scratching gently at the door's entrance. She'd opened it with a shout, and it'd run off, fleeing towards its master. She'd been too stunned to give chase, but that only lasted for so long. Then she'd closed her lab door and begun making plans. There'd been no moment of disbelief, because that would be wasting time. Her eyes are good, and she's not in the habit of distrusting herself.
But so: she'd been out on the street when the dinosaur had stolen a hunk of meat. Steak, if she's any judge, but then again, she's keeping a healthy distance between herself and the raptor. She's armed with a baseball bat, but she's got no illusions on who would come out the victor in a fight.
The dinosaur eventually leads her to the beach, but more importantly: it leads her to a man. Brando, that's his name, isn't it? Yes. The man with the horse. Rosalind lowers her baseball bat and takes a few deliberate steps forward. Her heart pounds too hard in her chest, her breath coming just a touch too quickly, but her blue eyes are cold and steady.]
Does she normally take on properties from her meals?
[She calls it over the ocean's roar, and nods down towards the one raptor standing out from her cohorts.]
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[The contradiction she's wearing is interesting. The water's too noisy for Diego to hear her heartbeat distinctly, but his vision's sharp enough that he can see the subtle rises and fall of her chest. They're coming in quick successions. It could be that she's a little out of breath trying to keep up with his microraptor as she raced back over here, but Rosalind doesn't look particularly flushed and there are no small tremors of muscles that would suggest she had to push herself to keep up. And yet even when her breathing gives every indication of a rapidly beating, fearful heart, her eyes remain unmoved by her body's responses. She keeps a clear mind to ask a question.]
[It's the only reason he's willing to give an answer to the question. People rarely interest him. Their behaviors are painfully predictable, but when some of them show a little more promise than others, it's occasionally worth the second or two of inspection.]
She hasn't eaten yet. [He gives a small shrug of his shoulder, the microraptor hopping back down to the sand.] Why else would I send this little one out on its own to fetch meat?
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[A beat, and then she follows that thought to its logical conclusion:]
A person makes a far larger meal than a bit of steak.
[Her breathing goes a touch faster at that. Even she can't talk about being eaten without feeling a spike of fear. But still Rosalind takes a deliberate step forward, her posture as nonthreatening as she can make it.]
So if it isn't what she eats . . . how is it she's taken on the kelpie's properties?
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She hasn't "taken on" anything.
[He watches her closely to observe the potential grinding gears as she perhaps begins to puzzle out for herself what the truth of the matter is.]
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You revived one of the kelpies?