rubycity_ooc | 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!

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[Fortunately, Elena isn't the sort of person who wallows in self-pity enough to think of her situation as pathetic. Not that she doesn't feel like she's bordering on helpless, constantly drifting pass terrified, and finding herself paralyzed, but she doesn't sit around feeling sorry for herself for it. Partially because as has already been mentioned, she's not that sort of person, but also because she can't sit still. Not for very long.]

[She keeps thinking about it. Those first few drops of human blood that completed the transition. It was enough to do that much for her, but it wasn't enough to satisfy her appetite. Part of her is terrified that there could never be enough to satisfy her appetite. She tries not to think about that part too much. It's easier to do that, but that's because the overwhelming thought of feeding, of blood, is too loud for anything else to really push its way through most of the time. It has her fidgeting when she manages to sit down on the ratty couch in the apartment she's holed herself up in for the day. It has her resisting the urge to pull at her hair while she massages her temples. It sends her pacing up and down the single hallway in this tiny one bedroom apartment over and over and over and over again.]

[But it also has her thinking of a ring she saw in a shop on the outskirts of town the night before.]

[Elena doesn't know if it the ring's enchanted or not. If it's not... Well, she might get lucky. She might be able to find someone who can enchant it. If it is enchanted though, there's two possibilities. Either it's not enchanted for her and it will have been a complete and utter waste of time. The other possibility is that it is for her and she's all set.]

[Honestly, Elena isn't sure which would really be the ideal outcome.]

[On the one hand, having a ring that works would keep her from going stir-crazy. On the other, that could put other people at risk.]

[In the end, she tosses herself back down on the couch, scooping up her watch.]

i could use some help
i'm stuck inside right now and need something to do
could someone bring me something to write with and in??

i'll owe you one

What's that I hear?
(Metaphorically? Because this is text?)
A fair someone is in need of help? Or maybe not fair, because again I can't see you?
I'm gonna chance it and say A FAIR SOMEONE is in need of a hero right now!
And don't worry! No request is too small for someone in need of assistance!
(owing me one is nice though don't forget that)

So a pen and a notebook! Or parchment! Some of the people here are old fashioned, so, y'know, gotta ask.

[Well, this is a lot more of an enthusiastic response than she was expecting. Not that she had any semblance of a baseline in terms of how helpful people are willing to be here, but she certainly didn't anticipate this much.]

a pen and notebook would be fine
but i'll settle for anything as long as i can write with it

[ FINGERSNAPS AND POINTS even though she can't see him and he can't see her and this is all text and he is out at the café having done that publically and loudly. ]

YOU GOT IT
Tell me where you're at and the Wulf will get the job done!

i'm in the apartment building on the south end of town
4b
you can just leave it outside the door

i cant come outside til the sun sets but i can, like, text you and stuff
i can't sleep

i'd appreciate that :)

[Any company that she can't eat is probably the best possible company she can have right now.]

y can't you sleep?

idk i guess my sleep scheules fucked?
it was night when i left but day when i got here so i guess my body still cant decide when it wants to sleep
or whatever

why can't you go outside?

i dont feel well

[It's not entirely a lie?]

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