NOVEMBER TEST DRIVE

[rubycitymods]

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!

Comments

[callbacks]

Fair.

[Dave rocks on his feet some more, watching Kirei as he gives a little more time to picking his words. He seems uneasy and wary again, but also, oddly accepting of that. Welcoming, even.]

I'm from... a future, I guess? A possible one. Or maybe an alternate timeline, I'm not sure, where some shit happened to both of us and now we're occasional cross-dimensional coworkers.

[blackmass]

[That smile turned a little fixed as Dave spoke, as though Kirei kept that as his default expression while he simply had no idea what to think of this. It was true that it sounded as though he knew some Kotomine Kirei in some universe, but he was still saying things that didn't quite process to this Kirei himself.]

Cross-dimensional coworkers. [But that aside, what.] Doing what sort of work, exactly?

[callbacks]

Ummmm. [Well, this is awkward.] I'm not sure I got clearance to tell you that, 'cause you're. Pretty clearly not employed by my employers, currently.

[His skin's prickling again. He rubs his arms and stamps his foot to warm himself.]

It's cool stuff. Fun stuff.

[blackmass]

Is that right.

[oh you are just adorable. be warned dave, he can sense Traumatized Teenager from miles away.]

Then surely you can at least inform me what sort of circumstances led to this highly unlikely result.

[callbacks]

...

You won't believe me.

[Dave's accepted a lot of bullshit in his eighteen years of life, and even he recognizes that the DRRP timeline is a lot bullshit.]

Kinda starts out like this, though? You know, with the suddenly train, except somewhere else.

[blackmass]

I can believe quite a lot, Dave Strider.

[Says the man who spent ten years of his life with the literal, actual, genuine Gilgamesh living with him drinking all his wine.]

Travel between universes isn't unheard of where I come from. I'm familiar with the concept.

[callbacks]

Okay, cool. Then, our world-hopping boss friends hired you with a bunch of others first to do a thing in another world. And some shit got royally fucked but eventually turned out... Well, "okay" isn't the word, but.

[He shrugs expressively.]

And then the shit majestic happened again to my group under somewhat different circumstances and after y'all picked us up in the aftermath, some of us were like, okay, let's never do that again and front-flipped onto the bandwagon. The... transuniversal "fuck shit, get money" bandwagon.

[blackmass]

...You're very good at saying both too much and nothing at all.

[that's almost legitimate praise!]

[callbacks]

[And Dave thrives on knockoff praise like some kind of herbicide-resistant attention weed! Hooray!]

It's a skill I cultivate in all aspects of my life.

[But he settles down a little.]

Look, uh. The most I can say about it is it's a job that suits your particular expertises, yeah? That should tell you enough about it, I think.

[Why did Hope's Army need so many assassins.]

[blackmass]

My 'particular expertises' could mean a lot.

[mostly murder]

I find it quite interesting that you seem to know exactly what that might entail.

[callbacks]

[He points his thumb at himself.]

Coworkers.

[Like that explains everything.]

I hear stuff around the water cooler.

[blackmass]

I suppose if I'm associating with someone named Schuldig of all things, I've rather lost all right to secrecy on that front. How annoying.

[callbacks]

Yeah. And I mean, like, among our class you've reached meme-tier status, so of course we hear stuff. Sorry. It's not like I can un-know it.

[blackmass]

[this is giving him a headache]

If this gets back to the Eighth Sacrament, I imagine I'll be in quite a lot of trouble. [Beat.] ...On second thought, a breach in security is the least of what they might be concerned with in regards to my recent activity.

[no shit, kirei.]

[callbacks]

[They might have some questions, maybe, yeah.]

Yeah, don't worry about it. You moved into Schuldig's universe anyway, so I'm pretty sure they're not looped in.