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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

Simon Illyan | Vorkosigan Saga | I

[powersexelephants]

It does look familiar. Too bad that doesn't mean anything.

Simon looks down at the book inexplicably in his hand--imagine that, a real Time of Isolation-style book, paper and a leather binding--and tries to remember what he was going to do with it or even why he has it in the first place. He draws a blank. This is unfortunately an all too common experience these days.

Take a mental step back. Look around. He still remembers some things just fine. It's an unfortunate fact that most of those things are from Ezar's reign or earlier.

And this? Definitely not any of the rooms of palace. Ezar didn't do interior decorating this. Yes, it's all ostentatious enough, but it lacks that particular...Barayaran-ness, for want of a more descriptive word. Maybe Gregor...? He's still a boy--no. Yes? No. No, he's fairly certain Gregor is a man grown, and Gregor, too, has tastes that wouldn't match this. Particularly not this number of mirrors.

So why is this familiar? Where the hell is he? He's more annoyed than worried. Exasperated. Exasperated is an excellent word for it. And of course, whatever the situation, if it's strange, it-- "I don't know how, but this must be Vorkosigan's doing," he mutters.

That, he definitely remembers.

Simon Illyan | Vorkosigan Saga | I

[abelmedic]

There is a man standing in the hall outside the clinic. He looks out of sorts, which is hardly new in Wonderland. He is also, inexplicably, holding a book - holding it like someone holds a glass they have no intention of drinking from.

Months ago, Maxine wouldn't have hesitated before striding up to him. But she's seen enough of the dangers of this place that she elects instead to linger in the doorway of the clinic, long white coat hanging at an angle as she leans out to watch, and calling over once he's made no worrying moves.

"Hey. Are you all right?"

Simon Illyan | Vorkosigan Saga | I

[powersexelephants]

He doesn't know her. Right? Simon wracks his brain as best he can and... no. He doesn't recognize her, at all. There's not even that vague feeling of familiarity he gets so often these days, where if he just pulls that string long enough it will ravel into a shape he knows for certain. The short term memory is the real problem. The long-term memory is just... rusty. In need of exercises.

"I seem to be in one piece," he says. "That's better than the alternative."

He takes another glance around. "Do you know where we are?"

[abelmedic]

At least the mystery man has a sense humor she can get behind. Keeping in one piece does make everyone's lives easier. Hers included.

"It's called Wonderland." She steps forward, offering her hand. "I'm Dr. Myers. You just got here, I'm guessing?"

[powersexelephants]

Wonderland. That stirs up another feeling of familiarity. "Isn't that from... A story? Or perhaps an opera." It's been so long since he's been to theater, it really could be anything.

Automatically, he shakes her hand. It's a common enough gesture, something so deeply embedded in culture that it survived the time of isolation without so much as a twitch. "I'm not entirely certain," he admits. "Though if you don't recognize me, you might be right."

[abelmedic]

Oh, to once more live in a world where the mental status exam was easy. But the days of 'year, month, and date' are long gone. The days of 'country and town' all but forgotten.

"Mmmmnope. Can't say I've seen you before." And depending where he's from, even the unfamiliarity with the name Wonderland might be completely reasonable. Well.