Test Drive

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Welcome to Medietas! Are you interested in joining the game? Do you have an old muse you want to dust off? Are you looking for a place to voice test a brand new character and would like to do so in our little island setting? Well, you've come to the right place!

You all know what to do but if you don’t, just follow the instructions and HAVE FUN!

How To Play:

→ Comment with the character you’d like to test drive. Don’t forget to add their name and canon in the subject line.
→ Choose a scenario, or start your own!
→ Tag around!

Possible Scenarios:

1. New Arrival: You have just arrived on the island of Medietas, in the city of Aerilon via a floating boat with people you may or may not know. Of course, you can't help wondering what the heck is going on here, or how you even got on the boat in the first place. But as soon as the vessel docks you are greeted by some lovely locals who offer you a map and a communications device before leaving you to your own. You probably have questions and there seems to be a number of people there already who may or may not have those answers. Talk to them! Or, get on the network and introduce yourself!

2. Getting Settled: So, you've arrived, but now there's five islands you should get yourself acquainted with. Meet your starter home neighbors! Start your new job! Check out the market on Aerilon. Or, attend one of the many block parties!

3. Lost!: Somehow you got yourself turned around and confused and getting back to where you want to be is looking impossible.

4. Wild Card: Got something else in mind and want to create your own scenario? Go for it!

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[ofortuna]

Know who might enjoy the music? Anyone else. Diva however is not entertained. One would think waking up in a strange land from death would help a person put things perspective but there was another primary concern. Where was Saya? Where were her children? It's good for her that Hagi is here because he seems to always be around her dear sister.

She strolls right up to him and grabs him by his jacket. "Where did they go?" She's expecting him to fully understand what she means. There were very, very few people she could be asking him about. She's even trying to ask nicely and without violence. The dirty glare wasn't helping her cause of attempting to play nice.

[le_chevalier]

Haji's cello nearly slipped from his hands when she grabbed his jacket. He let her yank his clothes as she felt like doing. Could he really stop Diva from doing whatever she wanted? His heart sped up though knowing it was really and truly her, but he had seen her die... No one stays dead.

He didn't seem very moved aside from his speed heart rate. Moving a leg back to pull the case close enough to lay the cello down without yanking himself free. "Their at school." Simple words but with such meaning. His first day there and already he let someone shuffle the twins off to a school. He had walked with them before ending here.

[ofortuna]

Her fist curls into a tighter ball. No, no that wasn't acceptable! That wasn't by her side. That wasn't her cradling them in her arms. None of it. She huffs indignantly as if it was going to have any effect. If it didn't work all of her own chevalier's she didn't really expect it to work on Saya's. That didn't mean she was going to give up on it.

"Take me there!" In a gesture of good faith she lets go and crosses her arms over her chest. It's the least threatening gesture she can manage to think of at the moment even if she does want to throw him. "I need to see them." It was her right as their mother.

[le_chevalier]

Haji took just a second to smooth his jacket back down. You can wait madame. Your not HIS Queen. The years of pain were not easily forgotten. But Saya had shown love for this woman in her last moments, and he had grown fond of the girls. "They have much changed since... you last saw them." He spoke as always lacking emotion, his worlds lacked the bite they once had, before Vietnam.

Closing the case he lifted it. "Rules." He spoke the word not yet leading the way, simply lifting the case over his shoulder. "There are rules."

[ofortuna]

She taps her foot in annoyance. Why did he have to be so stubborn? Ugh, he's the worst. The absolute worst. If looks alone could kill a person the mixture of frustration and annoyance makes it hard for her to try and keep calm around him. "Those don't matter." She's matter of the fact about it despite the fact she hasn't run off yet. At the least it's a sign of her having some trust in him or something close to it.

"They're my children. Not yours. I have every right to see them!" Diva and patience does not last very long. The slight fidgeting she's starting to pick up is her inability to wait. All she needs in the world is her family and she needs them now.

[le_chevalier]

"They have been raised by Saya's brother. They don't even remember you or Saya." He delivered the cold news as easily as anyone might read sports scores. "Come." he spoke turning to start to walk. "I tell you this because you should know before you see them. They know of you, nothing bad." Though he didn't say it there was a pause, a silence 'but they should'

He moved to lead them quietly to towards White Willow, he knew he shouldn't turn his back on her, but something demanded he trust her. Maybe it was Nathan's words of how she wanted a family. Those girls were hers... but they were also Saya's.

[ofortuna]

There's a sting. One that reminds her of the familiar sensation of being alone. No that wasn't right. Her children were supposed to know her. She was supposed to raise them. They were supposed to know all about her. All about Saya. Her precious little girls...might not even know her when she sees them. Her arms slowly fall to her side as she falls in step behind Hagi.

"They're still mine." They were her hopes and dreams. Even if she might be a stranger to them she had to see them, hold them in her arms. "I have to see them. No matter what." Even if that meant trusting Saya's chevalier. Even if it meant she could be walking into a trap of some kind. Her children mattered more then anything else.

[le_chevalier]

Haji may have meant for it to sting but mostly it was a warning. Despite their history Saya showed remorse when Diva died, Saya would want this. Even if his very gut instincts screamed no, he so rarely went against Saya's wishes.

"I said nothing against that. But, they are also Saya's family. I have only started to see them the past six months. They are six years old I believe." he's wrong, their five, but he never intended to be alone with them. "It is on the next island, its a bit of a walk." He warned, since he was sure like her sister she gets bored easily.

[ofortuna]

She furrows her brows. Instantly she picks up her step and walks right alongside him. Normally she'd rather throw Hagi into the ocean before walking alongside him but this was for her children. Diva could handle dealing with him for a while longer. "All of you had better not let anything happen to my children." Not that there was much that could endanger them. She feared for them. She feared that humans would find out they weren't human. She feared for them being singled out and left alone.

"What do they know about being a Chiropteran? They must know they're different from humans." She hoped they did. On the other hand being different from humans is what made her so sad in her youth. Maybe it was better if they didn't know. She wasn't sure and she hated the feeling of uncertainty.

[le_chevalier]

While she picked up her stride he slowed, not a lot but a simple courtesy to keep the queen from having to speed up to much. The same thing he would do for her sister. It's not his fault he has such long legs. "Diva." He spoke the name Saya gave her in one word, it was nearly indignant, his time after the met had been good for him, a bit of his old sass was returning. The tone of her name was more important than the word itself, his tone said 'stop being ridiculous' without uttering the words. Her babies would be well protected in the Chevalier's hands.

"They know what I have taught them, and that they must never touch one another's blood. Though I am not sure if the potency starts so young it is best to train them on it small. This is not our world Diva, there may be no Chiropteran's outside of us and them." The peaceful life Saya wished for might be able to happen here.

[ofortuna]

She huffs, clearly not impressed with his tone. She might have sassed him back but she kept the image of seeing her daughters in her mind. It did wonders to keep her closer to level-headed then she may have ever been normally. She could keep herself together, keep from lashing out if it meant that she was going to see them.

"Never? That's stupid." Okay maybe not sassing him was too hard. "If they never do what'll happen if someone tries to hurt them?" Aside from the fact she'll rip them limb from limb. That was probably safe to go unsaid. "They'll need chevaliars someday. Did you tell them that?" Need was subjective but she did genuinely like most of hers. Saya clearly had some weird feelings for Hagi even if she didn't understand it.

[le_chevalier]

"Each others blood, the fact it is dangerous to one another. So one of them does not kill the other by accident." He shifted his eyes down at her, more feeling like he has to explain his reasoning, but they are her children and even if he didn't really enjoy being near his master's daughter he was certain he would have to play nice to carry on Saya's wishes. "They are little right now, if someone tries to hurt them isn't that what we exist for? To protect the next generation?" Those were Riku's kids to.

"I have not, I had hoped to wait until they were a little older to tell them that." He admitted. "I suppose that choice is now yours, if you wish it."

[ofortuna]

She hums quietly as if she's seriously considering him and his words. She was half paying attention. Hagi was being civil and she could give him that but he was far from interesting. At least Nathan was always very fun to be around. "What about now? Whose making sure they aren't hurt right now?" There's an edge in her voice, protective more than accusatory. Even if she isn't sure where they're going she picks up the pace.

"I'll tell them, about what it's like." That way they could decide. She would still help have final choice over the matter. Clearly she couldn't let an unworthy person try to protect her children. "They can decide what they want then."

[le_chevalier]

"I was told the school is protected by magical means, nothing can harm the children and their are trained people to keep all of them safe within the walls. I asked these questions and many more before I choose to leave them there for the few hours they are meant to be there." It was like telling Saya why she had to act more ladylike. For once aside from looks he could see why they were twins... but considering how Amshel treated HIM he has no doubts that prick was worse to Diva from what he knew... but he just couldn't pity her.

"Do keep in mind, Diva, they have grown up in the sun and loved. Unlike Saya or you at that age, they know the world and its people. Kai assured to that." Assured they never lacked love. Something Joel, as much as Haji respected the dead man, failed to do for any of them in truth. "As you wish." He muttered his normal phrase usually spoken to her sister.

[ofortuna]

"That's not either of us!" There's the protest. The instant flare up in anger and protection. It wasn't the same. It wasn't her. It wasn't as if she had her own chevalier to look after them. Hagi wasn't the same. It wasn't enough. "They're meant to be with family!" To be with her.

That was the straw. She comes to a stop and snaps her attention fully on him with a sharp glare. Whatever anger was on the surface is to cover up old wounds. The pain and reality of it. She hated being reminded of it, all of those times she spent alone. "What do you and some human know?!" Her anger might have sounded like rage if her voice didn't crack. "I'll find them myself!" With that she's dashing off, using her speed to try and get away. She'd find them. They were her children she knew she could get to that island. That she was going to make sure they're loved and cared for.

[le_chevalier]

Haji stopped as she started to go on her tirade. "Nankurunaisa." The word still felt so heavy on his tounge. The motto of the Miyagusuku family the phrase. "Saya went to a school as well." He spoke calmly as he walked her head off, rolling his eyes once she was a few steps away and he quickened his pace to walk with her anyway.

"Diva. Stop, please." He asked in a tone that barley masked his own annoyance. "Saya trusted those humans, you trust Saya's feelings do you not?" He asked moving almost perfectly in pace. Mostly becuase he knew he goofed but he wouldn't be able to keep up with her for long, he's not been feeding right still. He had half a mind to bash her with the cello case but, he knew Saya would not approve. He hated to admit the tiny twins had wormed their way into his heart. He worried how they would react to seeing an older version of them without someone they knew close by.

[ofortuna]

She scowls, determined to keep picking up a little more step with each step. AS angry as she was it all came from the same old problems. The same old wounds that only cause her pain. "No!" What she was protesting that he said she wasn't even completely sure. What she did know that at the moment she didn't want to concede that he may be right or that she was upset.

"I need to know myself. Not what you say. Not what Saya believes." A sliver of peace. She could have that as soon as she saw them well.

[le_chevalier]

"Diva. Calm down, please. You will scare them if you see them in a rage. Did I not say I would take you to them? We have never, and will never see eye to eye, but for the sake of your children, please calm yourself and I will take you to them. Let me help you this once for their sake." This time he didn't hide the nearly pleading tone. He rarely asked for what he wanted but the girls were so innocent and Diva's rage... well Diva's rage was not something the girls needed to see.

[ofortuna]

"You can't help!" Yet she slows to a stop, shoulders slumped and her anger getting too mixed in with being upset. She shakes her head. No, no that wasn't right. She can't afford to he upset. She's seeing her children. She needs to be happy. She is happy they're alive and okay. Diva can't shake off her past and how much it digs at her heart. Even if she couldn't control all of her feelings there was one thing she could do. Not let him see it. "Go ahead." He can take the lead. She can figure out how to gather herself up without help like she had to before.

[le_chevalier]

Haji nodded but said nothing, he knew she was right he couldn't help. He never really was very good at what he is meant to do, at least in his mind. At least since he ran from Saya in Vietnam. He stayed silent and moved quietly to start walking. The cello case still on his back as he did so. He wished in that moment that Saya or even Kai was there. Someone to help Diva, they had never seen eye to eye... how could he help her and the girls? Still he lead them quietly nearing the large building surrounded by small cabins. It looked welcoming. "Kanade and Hibiki Otonashi" He spoke without looking back. "Hibiki has your eyes, while Kanade has Sayas." He wasn't sure how she would take it, but she had died before they could be named and if she had names for them Kai and Saya had no way of knowing.

[ofortuna]

She follows wordlessly, only wiping her eyes once on the rest of the walk. It was difficult to pretend that she didn't want to take out her anger on him. She did. Diva considered it for a split second. She stops and waits behind him, peeking around him with barely contained excitement. Whatever was upsetting her before didn't matter now. "I bet they're beautiful." As if she had any doubt on that. While she wouldn't say it, they managed to not give her girls ridiculous names.

[le_chevalier]

"Yes, they are. Wait here, I'll go get them and bring them out. It will give you time to decide what you would like to say, and save us any questions asked by the head mistress." He spoke, still he didn't like the idea but it was her right. He looked back to her. "I give my word I will return in just a moment with your children." He knew she must have fear but this way seemed best, it gave her a moment to prepare and him a moment to be sure the surprise would be lovely.

He kept walking for the gate, quietly passing the through whatever security there was since he was designated guardian by the world. He would be gone five minutes at most before slowly making his way out the two small girls trailing behind him their hair was cut like Saya's, and both were hanging onto his sleeves as he lead them quietly toward them, the girls whispering back and forth as they neared the beautiful woman. For once since the Zoo, Haji looked less dead pan and a little more animated as he spoke kindly to the children. "Never fear, she is your mother. And I am right here should you need me." They had the chevalier wrapped around their little fingers even if he would deny it to his eventual grave.

[ofortuna]

Hagi might give her too much credit. She stays outside waiting but she's nearly bouncing on her heels waiting. Diva could hardly wait. Shortly before they arrive she considers that he was tricking her. She takes a step forward and then she sees them. Her children. Her beautiful children. Safe. Sound.

She collapses on her knees in front of them, tears welling up in her eyes. "Oh little ones. You're more perfect then I dreamed you'd be." Slowly to night frighten them, she reaches out to hold their hands. They were still so small. So fragile. They were absolutely hers, there was no question about that.

[le_chevalier]

"Go on." He spoke softly as they tried to hide behind his legs. "Uncle." The little voices spoke in a shakey worried tone. "I am right here." he reassured as the girls finally let go of him and slowly moved forward each reaching their little cubby hands out to touch Diva's elegant fingers. Their eyes looking into hers like recognizing their own.

Haji gave her the credit because of the babies. The way she calmed when he mentioned not scaring them. It was strange for him to feel moved with Diva so close but as those tiny hands moved up in an almost unison move each cupped a side of their mother's cheek so innocent and curious. "Mama?" Hibiki spoke low, as Kanade looked back to make sure their uncle was truely still their.

[ofortuna]

So tiny and precious. She didn't know what to say to them. She couldn't apologize for not being there. She had no idea that she was going to die. Diva wanted to live. She wanted to live and spend her days with the very children before her.

"That's right, dear." She rests her hands atop each of their heads and gives them a gentle hair ruffle. They were perfect. "You two are the most beautiful little girls I've ever seen!" She blinks away a few tears. "And bigger then I thought you'd be. I was hoping I would get to hold you both in my arms." To carry them, sing for them, there was an infinite list of things she wanted to do for them.