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T E S T D R I V E M E M E

Welcome to Medietas and our first ever Test Drive Meme! As we approach the grand opening of the game on April 1st, we thought we’d kick things off with a little something that will get you all interacting in the new setting! And it’s one less sample you have to worry about on your application if you’re considering our little game here.

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’ve just arrived on the island of Medietas, in the city of Aerilon via a … floating boat, with people you may or may not know? You can’t help but ponder what’s going on here, but the vessel seems to be approaching a harbor and when it docks, some lovely locals are standing in wait to greet you. After that they hand you a map and communications device and invite you to find your accommodations and explore.

2. Party, party!: On the evening of your first night in the city, a party is being thrown on Aerilon in honor of your arrival. Eat, mingle, dance, meet the other new arrivals! The locals put on quite the celebration!

3. Go Exploring!: There's plenty of places to explore, be it in your designated housing area, or on one of the adjoining community islands! Hike the mountains in Eurus. Sit on the beaches of Imber with a cocktail, or go swimming. Adventure in the forests of Mundus. Be careful though! Every area has it's dangers.

4. The Bells Are Ringing!: And that means a islands wide warning that something dangerous is approaching! But where the heck are they coming from? Nevermind that, the caretakers rally the children and the senior citizens while Scykal, Imber's local sea monster, emerges from the large body of water on the island. Interesting. He hasn't been spotted in a long time. Help the locals defeat him!

5. Wild Card!: Choose your own scenario!

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That gets a little bit of a blush out of him, and a visibly embarrassed smile.

In response, Steve hesitates, reaches up to scratch the back of his head in a nervous gesture...then finally holds up two fingers, watching her to gauge how quickly she catches on.

"Two. The Second World War?" Her eyes dart from his fingers to his face while she tries to process what he is saying. Then she can't help but look wary because, for her, there is only one way a person can be that old but look as young as he does. She stiffens, starting to take a step back after stopping.

She had figured that she would run into a vampire or two but she hadn't expected it this quickly.

The reaction confuses him at first, but when he remembers the vampires he puts it together and raises a hand in silent reassurance.

"Hey hey hey--I'm human." he replies. "I may be a science experiment, but I'm human. There was an accident during the War, my plane went down somewhere in the Antarctic. The serum they gave me cranked up my metabolism, add the freezing temperatures to that and I survived a lotta years in a big damn block of ice, okay? I don't drink blood, I love the sun--hell, I'm Irish. You'll find me in Church every damn Sunday, lighting a candle for my mom and dad."

Abby stops again as he quickly moves to explain himself and to reassure her that he isn't a vampire. She won't apologize for her reaction though. It had made sense to make the leap she did but she does look relieved to hear that he is human.

"Wow, that must have sucked." She murmurs as they start to walk again. "When did you thaw out?"

"Seventy years later." he admits, relaxing when she visibly lets her guard down. Falling back into step beside her, his hands slip into his pockets again as he watches an errant pebble skitter as it connects with the toe of his boot. He focuses on kicking the pebble along the path as they walk and he talks.

"Slept through the turn of the century, bunch of presidents...hemlines skyrocketing." He huffs a little with grim laughter at that and a little shake of his head. "Can't say I mind that one too much. Or the...public conversation about guys and gals that, uh--prefer their own. Glad I woke up to find all that 'don't ask, don't tell' garbage done with. I knew a few boys in basic that might have even lived to see the day they could get hitched. Hope so, anyway."

Abby tried to imagine what that must have been like for him. To sleep through seventy years of the world changing while you stayed the same. It probably didn't sound that long but she knew how quickly things could change in just a handful of years, so the idea of seventy years seemed almost daunting.

"So how bad was the culture shock when you got back?" She asked, glancing down as he kicked a couple more pebbles down the road. She kicked one too, sending it bouncing down the path and ricocheting over one of his. It sent them both scattering a bit.

"Pretty bad in some ways...less in others." Steve admits with a little smile, watching as she starts kicking at her own pebble. When he catches up with his, he takes aim and kicks so his pebble collides with hers, scattering it a little off course in a silent, casual game as they walk.

"It's a little crazy, the things most folks think would throw me off." he admits, rubbing the back of his neck and gesturing a little as he talks. "In my world, they were using me to sell war bonds and the like before I finally got a combat position, so...the biggest thing is people caring what I have to say on things that are just common sense, y'know? Political shit like homosexuals, women's rights, race--suffice to say, from what I gather about the present? There's too much stupid for one public consciousness, but for the most part people are still decent. The rest? I'm just enjoying myself, catching up on all the pop culture--say, do you listen to any of that, uh, rock and roll music? I've been listening to a lot of it--pretty amazing, right?"

(TBC IN ARRIVAL THREAD!!!)

TDM!

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