+ JANUARY / FEBRUARY TDM +

[vitaelamorte]

JANUARY/FEBRUARY TEST DRIVE MEME
Welcome to the first TDM of 2019!





Prompt A: Serious Event

Everybody in the mansion has lost their heart for a day. This doesn't render them totally emotionless, but any emotion that is not self-involved becomes very, very difficult to express. Characters become selfish and spiteful, caring only for what they want, and not for anyone else's wishes. They will hurt others if it suits them, finding it difficult or too bothersome to decide between right and wrong, and everyone is just that little bit more immature, prone to tantrums and sulking when they don't get their way.

Characters will not be aware that their behavior has changed, but they will feel an aching emptiness inside, like something is missing.

Prompt B: Lighter Event

For this event, characters have turned into an animal that best represents their personality. Sort of like a Patronus from Harry Potter, but they have actually turned into the animal. Whether or not they can talk is up to the player, but they will exhibit all instincts and habits of that animal. Feel free to play that part out or the aftermath of having been, for example, a sloth for 2 days.

Prompt C: ediS rorriM

Use this prompt to test out your mirrors. Are they loyal to the new White Queen or do they think she's too good to be true? Do they long to cross over or spend their days tormenting reals? Are they disturbed by the idea that the Queen is literally black and grey and not in color? Whatever the scenario, know that the Queen is watching, and let that guide you - or not.

Prompt D: Choices

Any scenario goes! Thread out your character's arrival, have them act like a long-established resident, let our past events inspire your scene, or write up literally any Wonderland-based scenario you feel like playing with.

Rules

Test drive memes go up every other month. Please note that ONE (1) TDM thread may be used as long as it is a network post. Minimum 5 sentences. ♥ TDM threads do not count for AC. ♥ The next TDM will be for March/April. ♥ Have fun!



NAVIGATION ♥ RESERVES ♥ APPLICATION ♥ INPUT & INQUIRIES

Comments

[captain_marvel]

I haven't been on Earth since 1995, but it's 2019 for me. There's a lot of ground to cover but it seems like we've got time.

[There's a pause as she considers the space.]

What do you guys do around here?

[outstandingbalance]

That varies. Sometimes it's fighting monsters and facing off against monsters and psychic manifestations of your fears... other times, I've been tending bar.

[Got to fill that free time somehow.]

[captain_marvel]

So there is a bar. Good to know.

[She's been relearning the things she loved on Earth and drinking had been one of them.]

Karaoke?

[outstandingbalance]

Not currently, but it wouldn't be hard to arrange if there was enough demand.

[Natasha let's the conversation go where it will, seeing what Carol puts out.]

Have a go to song?

[captain_marvel]

Still figuring that out.

[As in, she's trying to remember it. But Natasha doesn't have to know that.]

But it's fun. I'd recommend it.

[outstandingbalance]

I'll keep that in mind next time we need to break up the boredom.

[Natasha accepts constructive criticism.]

I notice you still haven't filled out the details of how you know Fury.

[captain_marvel]

I didn't realize you were waiting on them.

[But that's more of a tease than an actual evasion, because she goes right into it:]

I crashed through the roof of a Blockbuster back in '95. SHIELD sent him to check it out and they caught me while I was trying to hot-wire Kree tech through whatever was available at Radio Shack.

[outstandingbalance]

That does sound like 1995.

[It also sounds like a very abridged.]

And Kree are...?

[captain_marvel]

[She exhales slowly, trying to figure out how to phrase this.]

You deal with any aliens while you were working for SHIELD?

[outstandingbalance]

Yeah. [Natasha crosses her arms over her chest. It's amazing how jaded she's become that she doesn't have to pretend to be nonchalant.] An Asguardian opened a portal in the sky over New York and let in a Chitauri army.

[captain_marvel]

Oooh. Oh.

[Wait. And Fury didn't call her for that? If he didn't call her for that then what was he calling her for?]

Okay, so the Kree are kind of like ... The Asgardian version of the Chituari. Violent and controlling but organized and unified. Strategic. It's complicated.

[outstandingbalance]

[Look. The Avengers had it under control.]

Sounds complicated. Guess aliens usually get complicated. It's a big universe.

[captain_marvel]

It is. I actually lived among the Kree for a while until I found out they were brainwashing me to try and get information out of me.

[And then they parted ways post haste.]

The Supreme Intelligence and I had a very large falling out.

[outstandingbalance]

I assume that's who was behind the brainwashing? That will damage a relationship.

[Not exactly shocking, though it does escalate the story considerably.]

[captain_marvel]

It was a group effort, honestly.

[She's not really sure on the details, but it's all connected so she's just going to blame the entire race. Except Lawson.]

[outstandingbalance]

Usually is. [Without much humor.] But you're free now?

[captain_marvel]

Yep. Though that means the Kree are not too happy with me as a result.

[outstandingbalance]

Sounds like a problem. You have that under control?

[captain_marvel]

[bounced over here for ac purposes]