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♦ Test Drive Meme ♦

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P r o m p t s

I. Second Time's The Charm This... this looks awfully familiar, and... familiar in an awful way. Look around all you like, it won't change, it won't go away. You are in Wonderland. No, worse: You're back in Wonderland. Just when everything was nice and comfortable at home, or-- or wasn't it? Maybe you're happy to be here again. Hey, no judgement, free room and board is nothing to scoff at! Blessing or curse, that's really up to you; all you know for sure is that, apparently, you're here to stay. II. What will you children do next? It's time for another wonderful event in Wonderland! For its duration characters will suddenly find themselves ten years older or younger. This can be physically, mentally, or both, i.e., if your character is 20 years old right now, they may become 10 physically but still have the mind and memories of their 20-year-old self, or they may revert to the mentality of their 10-year-old self and lose all the memories they have of being older. Characters over 200 years old may even age by a century, as a decade isn't that long for them. III. Through The Looking-Glass What an extraordinary day! All of Wonderland's mirrors-- just the things, not the capital Mirrors, not the ones like you --are suddenly shattered! Shards on the floor as far as the eye can see, and empty frames that are just begging to be stepped through! Oh, but you should really stay on your side unless the Queen of Hearts orders it otherwise. Or should you? Who's to say she wouldn't want you to investigate? Go ahead, go on, explore the real side for a change! Or... stay put right where you are, and see who comes to visit. It's really up to you. IV. Wildcard Play out your character's arrival. Celebrate their anniversary. Choose a different event to experience. Do anything and everything you like!

Comments

[backpacking]

Hey, I've saved your ass with this thing a few times. It's not a toothpick.

[ She scrunches up her face distastefully, pacing back and forth with her hands on her hips. ]

So, we were both kidnapped by we don't know who and now we're in we don't know where.

[ Ellie admits a groan, stopping in her tracks. ]

"House?" Did you even see that place? It's more like that hotel. The place is huge. And it's probably their base, so we should just get out of here while they're not shooting at us, right?

[ Why stake out the mansion if they didn't have to? ]

[jurare]

[ As much as Joel would love to chalk that up to dumb luck or even beginners luck he knows he can't. She did good. She'd saved his tail a time or two and he won't forget that. Everything they've been through? They're family now. She's that last little shred of his humanity he's got left and he plans on clinging to it for all it's worth. He ain't giving her up that easy.

Joel just smiles as she paces. Hands on her hips. He looks like an amused father at this point. Watching his child emulate everything he's ever done. Right down to the logic and reasoning she's trying to do. ]

Yeah. It's a bit big. [ Joel shakes his head. ] We don't even know what the hell's going on. Place could just be abandoned. We ain't gonna know unless we go ahead and look. Sides I ain't sleepin' on rocks with you tonight.

[backpacking]

Yeah, but-- [ Ellie groans, exasperated, but knows better than to argue. "What you say goes." That wasn't exactly true, but she did trust his judgment; it'd (mostly) kept them from harm thus far. ]

... Alright. Lead the way. [ She gestures vaguely toward the place, defeated.

Once they start moving she keeps on guard, ears perked for any little sound. ]

So... You don't seem fazed at all to be in a totally different place. Get kidnapped a lot in your, uh... career?

[jurare]

[ Joel looks back at her and gives her a look before he can catch himself. One that pretty much confirms that what he says goes in these situations. He may not always know what the hell is happening, but he sure as hell knows how to run and run far.

He's quiet as he starts to lead them out of the woods and towards the mansion. His eyes take in the exterior looking for signs of wear, but it seems it's been kept up with. Strange. Most people don't really care that much. He's concerned now. ]

More like I done a few kidnappings if I'm bein' honest.

[ He can't be honest about what happened before, but he won't lie about these things anymore. If she wants to know he'll tell her. ]

Mostly I'm just as lost as you. I'm just better at controllin' myself.

[backpacking]

... Right. [ She remembers their first real encounter with the hunters, that Joel had known immediately that the man wasn't hurt. She remembers the bodies they'd come across, looted, murdered. ] Anyway...

[ Ellie thumbs at the hilt of her knife, squinting ahead at the building. ]

Shut up! I was freaked out, okay? And... with pretty good reason. [ Beat. ] Whoa...

[ Ahead loomed the gardens, bright and vibrant and clearly attended to. The girl let her mouth fall open in surprise, moving cautiously toward the hedges and flowers. ]

D'you think someone, like... actually lives here? Like, lives here lives here?

[jurare]

[ He's not proud of some of the stuff he's done to stay alive and fed, but this world ain't perfect no more. Never was really. Survivors did what they had to though. Pushed their bodies to the limit. Did things they never would have done otherwise. ]

Thought you was gonna just start wearin' a target on your back with how loud you were.

[ Making them a huge target.

Joel's just as stunned by the garden as she is. He's seen fine gardens before. Old enough to remember everything before the world went to shit. Never like this though. ]

Suppose so. All that landscapin' usually means folks're inside. Stay close alright?

[backpacking]

Yeah, well, I could handle it. Only thing I guess I have to worry about is old geezers sneaking up on me.

[ She sticks her tongue out at him, defiant. ... But, she's quickly distracted by the gardens, ones fraught with birds and bugs. A tiny, white butterfly lands on a nearby bench and she crouches, awed. ]

Whoa. This place is... different than what I expected.

[ To say the least. She sticks out a finger to the bug, but it flies away in a flutter of wings. Ellie gets to her feet again, glancing toward the mansion. ]

Maybe they're not so bad, if they care enough to take care of some plants.