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1.0 Test Drive Meme

1.0 Test Drive Meme

Welcome to Well! Characters arrive the same way every month. Your character arrives with only a handful of memories, clad in old west style clothes of your choosing, with no items from home.

Anyone is free to play on the TDM, but you need an invite to apply. Feel free to use these prompts, and interact with the arrival or locations. NPCs are around, but only say a certain set of phrases. TDMs can be considered game canon.

Applications open on January 20th, and the game opens on February 1st. Invites are available for members of the mods' plurk lists.

Put on your dancing shoes
Content warning: Alcohol, intoxication, altered mental state

Something’s happening at the Cactus Pad Saloon. It’s lit up bright against the growing night, and music spills out onto the street. Seems like a fun time that you should check out. In fact, it’s hard not to check it out: the closer you get, the stronger the urge to join the fun. If you’ve been spending a lot of time alone, you’ll feel even more compelled to come get a drink.

The bartender serves up anything you can think of: from whiskey to apple juice to blood, if that’s your preference. She doesn’t blink an eye, no matter what’s ordered. The funny thing is, no matter what you order, once you take a sip, the world feels a little easier to deal with, your worries seem to melt away. You’re flush with sudden confidence.

If you strike up a conversation with the person next to you, conversation flows like you’re talking to an old friend. You feel a sense of kinship, deep and meaningful, good or bad, that bonds you together.

The old record player is playing a fun ditty, and the longer you stick around, the more you’re tempted to join, or start, the dancing. Whether you’re a great dancer or you have two left feet, you find that you feel capable of dancing like no one’s watching. No one knows you here, after all. You barely know yourself, so why not draw a partner into the fray? A party’s better together!

If you end up staying there til closing time, the bartender kicks you out with a gruff “come back tomorrow,” leaving you to stumble home with your new best friend. What was their name again?


Sand trap
Content warning: Quick sand, potential drowning in sand

You step through a door into a room you didn’t mean to enter. You were trying to head into the saloon, or your hotel room, or the bathroom, and instead you’re here: in a small, tight, windowless room in a white-washed building. The air here is old, stale, and thick. Hazy gold light bounces off the walls, but you can’t tell where it’s coming from, since there’s no visible ceiling. The walls just stretch up and up into bright nothingness.

Someone else is there, too, coming through an identical door on the opposite wall. Both doors snap shut, and won’t open again, no matter how hard you try. They won’t even break.

This might not be so bad, except that a sound starts to fill the space: sand, trickling down the walls. It’s just a dusting to start. It comes sprinkling down above, seeping through the cracks in the door. The longer you stand there, the faster it comes: sand flows down the walls in massive torrents, building up on the floor, shifting and thick, trapping you in place.

The only way out is up. When you look again at the walls, you’ll notice it: about 10 feet up the wall hangs a flimsy rope ladder, half-hidden by the waterfall of sand. You’ll have to work together to even reach it, or maybe let the ever-growing pile of shifting, slippery sand lift you up? Be careful, because even if you manage to reach the rope, you both have to get out of here, and the longer you’re here, the faster and harder the sand falls. The ladder seems to go on forever, tens of feet up an endless wall. The better you work together, the closer the top seems. No matter how well you collaborate, they're at least 50 feet high.

When you’ve fought your way through the sand and reached the top of the ladder, you finally see it: the sand is coming in through the open windows of a steeple. You can’t see where it’s from, not really. You can’t see much of anything, but it’s clear: the only way out is, well, out. You have to jump, trusting that yourself and your companion will be safe.

Once free, you land together outside of one of the buildings or rooms you were trying to enter, like nothing happened at all. It’s a calm day, after all.

Memories of the living
Content warning: Cemetery, contemplating mortality

Dusk settles purple over Wellstone. Early stars are out, the moon is thin, and you find yourself inexplicably drawn to the graveyard. You can resist, but the more days you do, the harder it gets. The graveyard is calling to you in a voice you can’t hear.

While it seems small before you enter, once you start walking through the crumbling graves, it seems to stretch endlessly. You pass elaborate dust-covered crypts carved with strange angels; bleached wooden crosses overgrown with cacti; a crumbling old well, long gone dry; worn-down headstones jut at odd angles. Some graves have old offerings on them, brightly colored beads or candles or framed photos, sun-bleached beyond recognition.

You may have been walking for five minutes or fifty, but when you look around, you can’t see to find the exit. You hear howling, and see the flicker of lights from behind the graves, but you can never find their source, no matter how much you look. No matter how long you spend in the graveyard, the sun never seems to sink lower in the sky. An oppressive sense of being watched grows to the point that you whip around, expecting to find someone there until—

You do. You find each other. Others drawn here to the graveyard, walking among the crumbling stones, will end up by the same headstones. Exploring together eases the watchful feeling just a little, but it won’t help you get out. No, you’re looking for something. The exit? No, you’re sure there’s something more important than that.

If you follow your impulses, you may just find it: a gravestone, weathered, old, with a familiar name on it: yours. Your date of birth can be visible, but the date of death is too weathered to read. You may find an offering there, something small and meaningful to you, a small shiny coin or some bright beads.

Once you find your grave, when you look up, you’ll see the exit. You’re really not that far from it, after all, the rusted iron arch barely a stone's throw feet away. Your companion won’t see it yet. You can make a dash for it, get out of this awful place, or help your companion find their own gravestone. When your companion finds their stone, they will also be able to see the exit. Exiting together will alleviate the impulse to come back to this place. Leaving alone will only draw you back, making it more difficult to find your grave again.

You can take the offerings left on your grave if you want, but the sense of being watched will only grow greater until you’re compelled to return them, and leave another offering of your own.

hedonistic: (pic#11567955)

Shuusei Kagari | Psycho-Pass

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-08 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
i. wel(l)come wagon

[It is, Kagari would say, a fairly "meta" state of affairs to wander into the lobby of hotel with no real memories but being somehow aware the fact that wandering into an unknown place with no memories and no idea how you got there is something that happens in movies and anime all the time.

He probably has a ~mysterious and ~tragic past, and probably can do a bunch of cool shit that he doesn't even know about. Probably he won't learn any of it until some life threatening danger comes for him, but this is only the opening act, right...? He hasn't even met the rest of his ensemble yet! The first person he meets is probably gonna become his best friend, though. He's excited. For some reason, he feels like he's never had one of those.

At any rate, he can't find his new best friend and/or ragtag band of misfits if he just hangs around here. He needs to wander around, with purpose, and look suitably cool and mysterious.

(He looks absolutely neither. He has the look of a scruffy gremlin who's a nerd but will absolutely fight you if provoked. U WANNA FUCKIN GO, MATE, HE'S READY)

Unfortunately leaning against walls and counters gazing Intently off into the desert distance doesn't seem to be drawing much attention. Eventually, someone will cross his path and he just won't be able to contain himself anymore, and he'll sulk at you:]


Man, what's a mysterious amnesiac wandering around somewhere he doesn't belong gotta do to get noticed around here??

[Someone has been too busy trying to reenact the plot of movies he somehow knows but doesn't remember having actually watched that he's failed to notice everyone's in the same boat.]

ii. dance dance revolution

[Something, in the back of his mind, finds this somehow more jarring than the loss of his memories. Like -- there's something about this that's wrong, like he isn't allowed to be here but moreso why is anyone here? Aren't they worried? (Worried about what?) Nobody just ... does these things, anymore. You know, because you do them, because it doesn't matter.

(What does that mean?)

He keeps picking at that thought, like a scab, and before he knows it, there's blood dripping down his nose.]


Ugh--this is stupid.

[Who cares, anyway. Who cares if he feels fucking weird, who cares if he doesn't remember why. There's booze right there, and alcohol's always felt great, he's pretty sure. He grunts, wipes the blood on his sleeve, and then grabs the nearest drink before downing it in one go. Sorry if it was yours, bro.]

Wanna dance?

iii. memories of the living

[....Huh. That sure is his name, huh. Kagari finds himself, oddly, unfazed by the notion that he's dead, even though there's a weird sensation at the back of his mind that scoffs at the idea that anyone would ever have made a headstone for him of all people, let alone left an offering.

It's weird, that near-certainty. He wonders why. Maybe he was a shitty person. Someone who wouldn't be worth remembering. Who knows. He stares at it dispassionately some moments longer before he catches footsteps nearby, and looks up.]


You think maybe we're in hell?
Edited 2023-01-08 03:52 (UTC)
prayererror: (illuminates "i know")

i

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-08 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
[--Huh. Dimos is just trying to get to the dining room so he can taste test the drinks available for lunch (because it's important to taste test foods for humans, he knows). He looks perfectly at home in what little Western ensemble they've jammed him in, apart from the bandages, but-- there's a definite air of confusion, even with his face covered, when Kagari sulks away at him.

??????? Bro........He doesn't know about entertainment, what the fuck is this language.
]

If you desire attention, then you would do best to find a place where others gather. Perhaps the bar, or the dining room at meal times. I am going that way right now, if you wish to scout the area first?

[Bro...Goddamn it, at least come with the robot chaperone to eat stale biscuits or something.]
hedonistic: (pic#12465988)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-08 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kagari opens his mouth, then closes his mouth. He opens it again. The bandages are cool and edgy on their own but that tinny metallic voice tips it over the edge. Kagari stares at him, eyes wide. Maybe he really is living the plot of a movie.]

Dude hold up a sec. Are you a robot?

[The best kind of sidekick...!!]
prayererror: (let's sing a pretty song)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-08 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I am a clockwork man.

[So...Yes! He's effectively a robot, and also a fantastic sidekick. ...For all that he remembers how much of his life went into being one, but hey: amnesiacs gotta stick together. Besides, Dimos has been stuck with the instinct to protect, even without any apparent cause, so he trots in closer and puts a heavy, gloved hand on Kagari's shoulder.

...Support. Reassurance. These are good things.
]

If you require my assistance, say the word.
hedonistic: (pic#12466012)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-09 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, you mean like gears and stuff? Steampunk?

[how does he even know that word]

That's cool as shit.

[The moment Dimos places his hand on Kagari's shoulder, though, he freezes. He experiences an unusual sort of dissonance, here. On the one hand, his instincts tell him, yes, this is how the plot should go. Robot sidekicks always wanna help out the humans they meet, right? They're super loyal and dedicated and such.

...On the other, it's -- wrong? That's wrong, he's not supposed to -- people don't just offer themselves to help him. He's nobody. He's trash.

(l̩͢a҉̠ưg̷͙̝̰̜̜̰̝h̝͓̦ͅa̰̮̹̫͚̤͘ͅb̩̲̳̤̭̰̥͢l͔̺̱̺̖͝e̥͚̤̙̣͙̙ ̵̺̟͇t̝͚̖̺̭̖̺o̟͘ ̙͟t͎̭͎̫h̫͔͔͓̘i̵̦͙͔͈̜̺n͉͘k͏̙̟͓ ͔̼͈͓̘̱ỳ͇̺̤̝ͅo̭̖̻̺̱̮̕u̢ ̮̗͕̘c̵̖̰͍̜͙͈͍o͉ṳ̹̤̪̠̱͜l̥̮̘̞̣̩͇d͉͈̘̙ ̣̘̤̝̙̤̹e̢͔̲̜v͇̟̦̺͚̫̘e̛͍͍͔r͍̙̘ ̘̩͔͖̯̗b̪͙̲̰̳̣̰͝e̵̫̝͖̙̟̤ ͖̳̝̙t̳̙͎͞h͉e̪͖͇ ̤̫͎̥̙͙pr̦̼̩͝o̜̱̦̤̯̬t̞͈̟̩a̞̬̗͙͙g̪̙̰o̗̬͉̖͈͉͞n̘̞̜̖͘i̴̹̫͓ͅs̥͉̭͖̜͘t̯̖̩̞̼̺͍͟ ̸̟̟͓̜͚̭)


Kagari clutches at his head, suddenly shaking. Something pushes at the edges of his thoughts and is blocked forcibly, before he can reach it. A thin trickle of blood drips from his nose before he finds himself forced to let it go.]


Why? Didn't you say you've got somewhere to be?
Edited 2023-01-09 03:54 (UTC)
prayererror: (where the truth isn't the real thing)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-09 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[This is the second fucking time a human's leaked at him in the lobby. What the fuck's this. He'd barely gotten the bloodstains out of his bandages from the first time, wrung them clean until the water had run clear, and-- they'll just have to suffice again.

He retracts his hand and starts unwinding the bandages around his wrists.
]

I did. However, it is not of any importance, compared to your wellbeing right now. Stay still, and then we will find you somewhere to sit and recuperate.

[Whether it hurts or not, losing blood is a bad sign. At least there's no gushing from the ears this time, so he just wads up one ball of gauze and moves to wipe away that trickle.] Do not tip your head back, and do not think too hard. You have stressed your...

Your systems. For want of a better word.
hedonistic: (pic#12466044)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-09 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[This is, evidently, the wrong move. Kagari takes a step back before the man can reach him with those bandages, wiping his nose on his sleeve instead.

He looks faintly stricken, and Kagari doesn't even really know why he should feel like this, but he knows what the clockwork man is saying is wrong. If he knew the truth, he wouldn't want to help Kagari, he'd keep his distance like everyone else.

(The truth? What the fuck's the truth? What does that mean--)

Kagari grits his teeth, feeling frustrated. This is what he wanted, right? To start off some wild adventure with a robot sidekick? Why does it make him feel so awful?]


You don't even know me, man. I don't even know me. What if I'm some ... crazy serial killer or something, then my well-being wouldn't be worth jack shit.
prayererror: (before the swaying flowers at its base)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-09 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Even Dimos can read that kind of signal. He stays put this time, winding the bandages between his hands to keep them busy. Best to not make this distress worse by pushing the matter.]

I do not.

I do not know myself. But I know that I want to help, and if that is all I've been left with, then I will hold onto it.

And...If you try killing, I think that I may be able to restrain you.
[He shrugs. It's cocky, pre-programmed with swagger he doesn't think he has.] If you do not desire help, however, I will leave you be.
hedonistic: (pic#11971744)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-09 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh.

It makes an awful lot of sense, suddenly. What a shitty thing to be left with, he finds himself thinking, suddenly. He'll suffer, like that. With it comes a bloom of sudden protectiveness on his own side, ironically enough.]


Nah, you should keep an eye on me. [he manages to bring back his grin, though it's faint.] Y'know, in case I'm a serial killer.

[That feels more correct, somehow. The way of the world sliding back into place. The man's kindness feels more acceptable if they're not on the same level.]

C'mon, clockman, let's go on a dining adventure.
prayererror: (a monster that's accumulated)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-09 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[The smile's tiny, but it's...It's enough for him. It's an effort, and Dimos treasures that. He also treasures the joke, recognises it as that and recognises the weird curling whirling feeling in his ribcage as amusement, and so lets out the softest little 'hah'.

His first ever laugh, and he doesn't even realise.
]

Order heard--

Mm. Let's go.
[The blood doesn't seem to keep coming, and...There has to be something to drink in the dining room, anyway. So he motions loosely towards where the food smells are coming from, before trotting onward. Let no man keep him from chewing on stale biscuits!]

...If you are a serial killer, can I ask what the reasoning is behind killing in such a manner? I have never understood why, outside war, someone would do that sort of thing. It is cruel, unnecessary. If you can explain, then I will be even closer by your side, to watch you.
hedonistic: (pic#12465994)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-09 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a strange question to ask a person who doesn't remember anything about himself, and yet, he does think about it. There's nothing but blankness, of course, but there's the shape of something just to the left of it -- something he can't quite get his hands around. Even so, the landscape of it feels too-familiar under his fingertips, like something that had been part of his very skin before ... before.

He shakes his head, if a little gingerly.]


I think I might have just been like, a shitty person? Like...I don't know how to explain it. There's always been something wrong with me, I'm pretty sure.

[But it's weird. As though he never knew how to explain it, actually. Just that it was true.]
prayererror: (before the swaying flowers at its base)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-09 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
['Something wrong with me'...Yeah, Dimos feels that ring true somehow. Something's wrong with him too, maybe. Why did he even mention war just now, for one? Why is he so damn confident in his ability to restrain a human? He just...Knows that he can defend himself and others, but the why and how is...

Anyway. It's starting to hurt, like a ramping up static between his ears. Time to move on.
]

Is there something wrong with you now?

Now is what matters. Now is the only thing that matters. Now is what kills you or makes you thrive, especially for humans. If we have nothing left to us, then you may change what you were, I believe.


[Dining room! Dining room...The sandwiches and various kinds of tea are already out, so he veers towards the jugs of iced tea first.] Here. This appears to be tea, albeit cold. Time to discover if you find it enjoyable or not.
hedonistic: (pic#10783547)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-09 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
Probably.

[Casual, even though he doesn't think he wants to murder anyone. There's just ... a strange certainty without even trying to sort through the wreckage of his mind that he's intrinsically broken, somehow. Born wrong.]

I mean, there's gotta be a reason I don't remember, right? Maybe someone thought it'd be better if I just kinda...disappeared. Y'know?

[Who knows, maybe they were right. But he's still alive right now, and he doesn't regret that. Whoever it was should've erased him better. Spite is a useful emotion he's currently rediscovering, here.

He accepts the iced tea with a nod. There appear to be straws nearby, and though it's deeply unnecessary he sticks one into his cup and blows bubbles with it while he sips. At least he can be excused for not acting his age if he doesn't remember what it is, right.]


Anything but oats is cool, honestly.

[...why did he say that. what does he have against oats. it is a mystery dot jpg.]

Can you have any, clockdude?
prayererror: ("that's a lie!" i shout)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-10 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
If you think that you do not remember, and therefore this is a marker of why you have something wrong with you, at least you are not alone.

[He fixes Kagari with a stare, even as he pours himself a glass of tea. He's not sure what's worse as a concept; one man, so direly in need of being 'erased' that others got dragged into it, or that they all don't remember for no apparent reason at all.

Ah well. Time to start unwinding the bandages over his mouth so he can actually drink. Kagari can say whatever he likes about what he feels about himself, but Dimos is only judging on what he knows of each person he meets.
]

I do not believe it to be common, for oats to be served on sandwiches or in tea. You should be able to enjoy what is out right now. As for me, I cannot 'eat'.

But I am checking for poisons. I have not detected any before, that my database has records of...Thus far, the food and drink has been safe.


[It's so, so fucking ingrained in him, even if he can't remember why or how, that he's just. He's doing it.]
hedonistic: (pic#11568171)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-11 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Fucked up together, huh? I kinda like the sound of that.

[It feels...familiar, somehow. Some kind of--fucked up kinship. It sounds right.

On the other hand, it doesn't sound quite right that this guy can't eat. Like it makes sense, and yet, sounds lazy on the part of the engineer, as though a mechanical stomach is the sort of thing that's eminently possible. He huffs a little, as though indignant on his behalf.]


Man, that sucks. We don't have to stick around, you know. Can't be fun hanging around watching everyone else eat.

[Both the iced tea and the straw are abandoned just like that as Kagari hops out of his chair. This calls for a different, non-dining adventure, clearly. Even without his memories, the instinct to be loyal to his own comes naturally, and he's already decided the clockwork man counts.]

Oh yeah, I'm Kagari, by the way. [A beat] Kagari Shuusei is the whole thing, I think, but I feel like I used the surname more? Or maybe it's just people preferred calling me by it. Either way works.
prayererror: (let's give praise lalilalalulala)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-11 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It...

Is not fun, no. I do not enjoy it. Watching others do things that I cannot. I believe it is jealousy.


[His eyes dim for a moment as he rubs his index fingers over the glass in thought about exactly why that is, but-- the order's been given, and Kagari's on the move. For how little they've known each other, Dimos can at least tell that being lonely isn't beneficial to either one of them, and...

Well.

Kagari: designated One Of His, now. So the clockwork man discards his tea, to grow warm and sweat onto the tablecloth, and turns on his heel.
] If it makes you feel more at ease, then I will only use your surname. Kagari, I am Dimos. This is-- it is not only my name, but it is the only name I have. It will do.

...Where do you wish to go, if not to recuperate here? You should at least drink, to replenish your lost blood.
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[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-11 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jealousy...

Kagari freezes and shakes his head hard, immediately, almost recoiling as if he's accidentally stepped into a minefield. In a sense, he has -- he realizes with almost terrifying clarity that jealousy is an emotion that runs as close to the core of him as anything, and it is dangerous to tread too close to it.

Instead, he quashes it forcibly and presses on:]


Eh, I can drink stuff anytime. If we're gonna go on an adventure, we gotta find something we can both do. What do you think's fun, Di-kun?
prayererror: (love's papier mache body)

[personal profile] prayererror 2023-01-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[???? Sure doesn't look okay over there, buddy. But Dimos can't force anyone to do anything

ok he could, but he doesn't want to. And besides, Kagari's brought up a much more interesting quandary for him to mull over: what does he enjoy? What does he like?
]

...I don't know.

I don't know if I think that anything is enjoyable. Do not prioritise my enjoyment of anything until we know that I am capable of feeling it; it will not do to bank on something that may be impossible. Exploration may be beneficial to us instead.
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[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-12 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, pay no heed to the existential crises behind they curtain and/or shoved under the rug. It's fine. It's all fine.]

Come on, dude, everyone enjoys something. [He feels very sure of this, despite having no basis for it.] We just gotta figure out what it is for you.

[...unfortunately, he's coming up blank on potential activities to do. He scratches at his cheek thoughtfully as though that might trigger something, and then huffs when that fails.]

...I guess we can start with exploring and see if anything exciting shows up on the way.

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arrival

[personal profile] heronpunch 2023-01-21 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Excuse-- are you talking to him?

The blonde gentleman looked up from his bubbling, fizzy drink that had a cherry dropped amidst the ice in the tumbler, as if the fact that a stranger that had all of the poise and elegance of a china doll and the large wings of a predatory bird between his shoulder blades was not at all out of place in the dusty little saloon. The leathers he wore seemed out of place on him-- but, he looked at ease in the attire.

He arched an eyebrow at the stranger... and slurped on his drink. Loudly.]


I don't know,

[He began, in a voice that could only be described as a dagger wrapped in silk.]

Wouldn't you say that none of us belong here? Find another bit if you wanna get noticed.
hedonistic: (pic#11567955)

[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-22 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He's talking to whoever will notice him, okay!!!]

Look, how would I know who belongs and doesn't? I don't remember shit except that in the movies when you show up somewhere and don't remember how you got there, it means going to find a crew of people to figure it out together. For all I know, this could be a place where bird-people are totally normal!

[In truth, he hadn't noticed the wings, and now that he has, he is trying to pretend as though he isn't vaguely fascinated by them. Would he get punched if he tried to pet one? It could be worth finding out.]
Edited 2023-01-22 04:28 (UTC)
heronpunch: (regal)

[personal profile] heronpunch 2023-01-22 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, he would get punched.

Reyson's brows furrowed as he listened to the long winded explanation, and a frown deepened on his face while he puzzled over words like 'movies' that were dropped as if they were absolutely normal.]


I would think, [He began stiffly, in a tone as acerbic and dry as the sand beyond the hotel doors,] That any of us who are conversing like this do not belong here.

Haven't you noticed that the staff all repeats themselves over, and over, and over? It's as if they only have two lines in their script.
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[personal profile] hedonistic 2023-01-22 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He puffs out a cheek, arms crossing over his chest. The sulk is Intensifying]

Yeah, yeah, they're all like NPCs. It's creepy, whatever. But it's not like anyone else has tried to talk to me! You could've been just like them too.
heronpunch: (neutral)

[personal profile] heronpunch 2023-01-22 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes-- because there are so many other birds around here.

[He spread his arms, indicating the utter lack of other winged people in the area.]

I don't know what 'En-Pee-See' is, but I'm certain I don't fit that description.

Instead of waiting for others to approach, have you tried talking to them?
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[personal profile] undiagnosed 2023-02-13 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[archer, who has recently found his own headstone with a few offerings, which he thinks somewhere down deep is a little strange, like kagari he gets the notion he's not someone that people would really miss, or maybe even someone people would be better off without, stops when he's spoken to. puts a hand on his chin, genuinely considering this.

eventually, he just shrugs.]


Or maybe the grave...maker is just getting ahead of his game. If I get an invoice for this I'm gonna kick him in the dick.