+ ENTRANCEWAY TEST DRIVE MEME +

[vitaelamorte]

Has this ever happened to you?!

The theory is beautiful but the practice is ehhhh, the spirit is willing but the flesh needs canon revision, the muse is new and the task is daunting, and people on plurk were like OMG GO APPLY but you were like eehhhhhhhhhhh again and entranceway, what is it with this weird game and questionable run-on sentences in its memes is there no law is there no order is there no country for old men or young men or a bigger animanga cast WILL I LIVE UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS AND THE EXPECTATIONS SOCIETY PLACES UPON ME WHY ARE YOU STILL TYPING LOOK I JUST WANT TO PLAY A FEW THREADS AND SEE HOW THAT CHARACTER WORKS OUT IN THIS GAME oh wait you just want to play a few threads and see how that character works out in this game this game of wonderful Wonderlands well then

THEN STEP RIGHT UP AND SEIZE OPPORTUNITY BY THE--



--uhhhh, beard. Beard! I meant beard. Seize... seize it by the... beard and come meet your fellow cast and players at the... family-friendly, wholesome and healthy, entirely safe for work

♥ ENTRANCEWAY
TEST DRIVE MEME ♥

►► Test your shiniest and brand newest muses! Bring an old voice and try Wonderland's setting and population on for size! See how that Mirror personality fits your character! Post a top level comment, tag into other people's starters, enjoy yourself!

►► Thread out your character's arrival, have them act the long-established resident, let our past events inspire your scene, or write up literally any Wonderland-based scenario you feel like threading out!

►► If you want to take it a step further, check out our NAVIGATION for all the game info you'll need, and our INPUT & INQUIRIES page for any missing pieces. If that's got you convinced, the pages for RESERVES and APPLICATIONS are right there for you!

►► Please only note that any threads made as part of the test drive meme are not game canon, and cannot be used for the activity check OR as samples for any future applications. Thank you for understanding!

AND THAT IS ALL, NOW GO GRAB 'EM AND HAVE FUN!

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

Every time. [It's not a question, but she repeats it, as though she has to process that information. So she's been here before.]

All right, Fitz. Do you mind if I ask what we're attempting? Just to keep us all on the same page.

[hypoxic]

This would be our third round of introductions, yes. I hope it isn't thoroughly unsettling.

[Even though he knows it must be.]

"We" might require a bit more of an antecedent. I'm sure that your question is a bit of a larger scale than simply my attempts to sidestep a request from my girlfriend.

[outstandingbalance]

[It is unsettling, but in a way Natasha can tag and set aside to process later. For the moment, she ignores the way the hairs on the back of her next stand up. Convincingly pretending it's not uncomfortable is about as good as she can offer just now.]

Honestly, I don't care if you're trying to get out of your workout—if she's you girlfriend, though I feel like I should warn you, she's going to find out.

[hypoxic]

She usually does. She's quite clever.

[He says it with a small smile. He doesn't hate being discovered.]

[outstandingbalance]

Another engineer?

[By which she means, another SHIELD agent. Which raises other question, but they're questions she's willing to delay in favor of getting the basic lay of things here.]

[hypoxic]

Oh, absolutely not. [It's an important distinction to make.]

She's biochem.

[outstandingbalance]

I see. [That's the confirmation she was looking for.] And is it both of your scientific opinion that we've been spirited away to Wonderland?

[She has to be allowed to ask this at least once.]

[hypoxic]

[Oh, is she that new?]

I won't bore you with the intricacies of multidimensional theory, but it's more likely that this is a dimension parallel to ours. It's probably not accessible by any conventional means of travel, thus leaving us with the challenge of finding an accessible means home. It calls itself Wonderland, but it could possibly be a chassis over a different shell.

[outstandingbalance]

[She is very new, and the people she's interacted with seem to have largely been either new themselves or tight lipped.]

Thank you for your consideration, but I don't bore easily.

[His answer is far, far from reassuring. And it doesn't give her much of an idea how her skills could be useful.]

[hypoxic]

Then I could complicate matters further and let you know that there's a mirror dimension structurally identical to this one. The only portal I've managed to open away from here only manages to lead there instead.

[outstandingbalance]

You know for a fact it's another dimension? [Dimensional vagaries aren't in Natasha's wheelhouse, but it seems worth clarifying. She's heard... very little about this. But nothing that described the mirror space in these terms. It seems worth clarifying.]

[hypoxic]

Confirmation is a bit thin all round, when it comes to something like this, unfortunately. Most of the population is satisfied to just fall it magic and be done with it.

[outstandingbalance]

Magic isn't in my job description.

[Or it wasn't, and she prefers it that way. Sometimes she doesn't get a choice in that, though, which events of the past couple of years have made very clear.

Still, she'd rather it weren't magic.]

[hypoxic]

Well magic tends to be bloody rubbish, so I'd agree with you there. Unfortunately, it seems to have wormed its way into the agreement whether we like it or not.

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha sighs through her nose, lips compressing in a thin line. So they're confirmed for magic.]

I'll take that into advisement. [Even if it puts a damper on her personal usefulness. Doesn't matter. Natasha will just have to be better. It's not like she's not already used to having to keep up with people who have powers she doesn't.] It sounds like you're speaking from experience.

[hypoxic]

I've been here for a bit over a year, Ma'am. We've tried a number of escape options thus far.

[The corners of his mouth tremble at that; he takes each failure personally.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha nods; not exactly the information she was angling for, but worth having. The fact he brings it up says as much as his expression about his feelings on the matter.]

I'm sure you have. Probably every option you've come across so far.

[hypoxic]

[He bites the inside of his cheek at that.]

You ought to speak with the Captain about that. He's been here longer than almost anyone.

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha doesn't show any sign of surprise that Steve is here, but she doesn't show any sign she knew he was already either. Her reaction to that information is carefully neutral.]

Rogers and I haven't had the chance to compare notes.