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♦ Test Drive Meme ♦

♥ This meme is a chance for new players and/or new characters to try out their voices in Wonderland's setting, and mingle with entranceway's current player base. ♥ Get started with one of the prompts below, or reply to other people's top-level comments. Both prose and comment spam format is allowed and welcome. ♥ Creating top-level comments is reserved for new characters who are not currently in Wonderland, as well as for new Mirrors that haven't been played yet. ♥ Please note that any threads written for this meme are not part of entranceway's game canon. They do not count towards current players' AC requirements, and cannot be used as samples for any new applications. ♥ Have a look at our Navigation to find any information about Wonderland you might need, or head to the Input & Inquiries page for further questions. If you've made up your mind about joining, go ahead and put in your Application, or a Reserve.

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

[ourpriorities]

[Ellie isn't the only one wandering through the trees armed to the teeth, and her voice piercing the air causes Janine to freeze in place, shotgun lowered to about waist-height-- not quite ready to fire, but close enough that it can be should things take a wrong turn.

Things often seemed to take a wrong turn these days.

She doesn't reveal herself immediately, at least not visibly, but her voice is calm and even, accent crisp and sounding just a little weary as she weighs in. She doesn't know this girl from Adam, but shouting at their captors is bound to get them nowhere fast.]

Perhaps you should keep your voice down. Assuming they don't already know exactly where we are, it's likely in our best interest not to alert them.

[She lowers her gun so that it's hanging at her side, safety on as she appears from behind a tree, having been waiting with her back pressed up against the trunk when she'd heard footsteps running in her direction.]

Even if they do know, we'd do well to keep our heads. Are you injured?

[backpacking]

Sorry that I freaked out after waking up in the middle of freaking nowhere. Jeez.

[ Ellie eyes the other woman, suspicious, but no longer... well, manic. She has her knife close enough in case the stranger tries anything, but she doesn't get the hunter vibe from this one. Even if she does have a gun. ]

Nah. You?

[ Might as well return the sentiment, for whatever it was worth. ]

[ourpriorities]

It's understandable, I only suggest exercising caution.

[There's no telling who or what those responsible might be, or how they intend to engage should they choose to at all, but Janine is rigidly on guard. There's too much about this place that she can't quite process; her only hope of keeping her head on straight is to compartmentalize and refuse to let herself panic, to stay calm and dismiss what appears to be impossible for the time being.

At one time, she would have said a zombie apocalypse was impossible, but she'd been proven wrong. That had certainly opened the door to a possible belief in a great many other things.]

I'm fine.

[She doesn't move any closer, but looks past the girl and towards the mansion, frowning.]

Nothing about this place seems even remotely practical. [A pause.] Janine De Luca. May I ask your name?

[backpacking]

Trust me, I'm all about caution.

[ Just... she hadn't been, in that moment. Ellie takes a deep breath, still watching the woman like a hawk, but... calming, just a touch. ]

Ellie. [ First names will do just fine, she thinks. ] Guess you just got dragged here, too?