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pollere ([personal profile] pollere) wrote in [community profile] polleo2019-08-09 08:49 am

tdm

tdm.
prompts.


Welcome to the Test Drive Meme for Pollere! Reserves will open on Saturday, August 24th at 12PM EST. As a reminder, this is a capped game at 20 players. You must be on Mod Coco’s timeline to play in this game. Below are some prompts to help you get a general feel for the game and its setting, but feel free to come up with whatever you’d like!

Please be sure to refer to the FAQ for setting guidelines and drop any questions you may have there, or contact one of the mods at [plurk.com profile] pollere/PM!

Training
You’ve been given a brand new power, known in this world as a Semblance. You’ve been briefed on what a Semblance is: A physical manifestation of your abilities, mixed with one of your personality traits. Maybe you see the correlation, maybe you don’t. Either way, there are training dummies set up for you to practice on. Burn them down, cut them in half -- they’ll magically put themselves back together and restore themselves back to normal after you’ve given things a go. Of course, there’s always the option to ask one of your fellow Remnants to spar with you, too.

Grimm Hunting
It’s nighttime and the Grimm are awake and active, prowling around either individually or in packs. They’re prowling around the village and the only thing keeping them from pouncing on you and the others are the fireposts set up along the perimeter. Still, you can hear them growling in the distance. It’s unsettling. Maybe you’re content to spend the rest of the night like this...or maybe you want to do something about it.

The choice is yours, Remnant.

Should you choose to hunt some Grimm, whether it be for Grimm bones or so you can sleep a little easier tonight, you'll find that they're relentless in their attacks, swiping and clawing and biting at you with everything they've got. Whether there's one of them or several, it might be unwise to fight them alone.

R&R
There’s a campfire set up for The Remnants, and you’re all settled in for the night, even with Grimm lurking in the background. The fire, at least, wards them away, keeping them at a distance despite their prowling around. Maybe now is a good time to get to know your fellow teammates. How about a campfire story? Or Truth or Dare? Not sure how well your fellow Remnants will take the latter, but hey, it might be worth a go!

Exploration
You venture outside of the small town you’re in after you spot a small cave in the distance. It’s easy to miss, what with the vines hanging over the entrance and evergreen moss growing on the walls. Rumor has it that there’s some sort of treasure inside, and whether it’s greed or curiosity or both, you’re drawn to it. You want to see what has yet to be discovered. It’s a good thing you have a buddy with you to explore, because who knows what lurks inside? Dust? Gold? Or...another Grimm?

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littlenightmare: (She's cool and all but if she eats my)

r&r

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-11 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[If things were ready to go for all of them, Six has a suspicion that they'd be having a lot easier time doing, well. All sorts of stuff. Her life would certainly be easier if she'd had food readily on hand. Or maybe it wouldn't have helped at all.]

[Either way, food? She's up for it. Literally, as a tiny figure in a raincoat that's maybe the height of a barbie doll struggles up onto the surface that Eimi is using to clean the fish. Even the figure's face can't properly be seen from underneath her enormous hood, but it's clear where her attention is.]

[She's so hungry right now, she'd totally eat fish raw.]
momingstar: Dismissing concerns. (well dw lets you rename things)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-12 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Now, you know you have to wait until it's done.

[Eimi keeps an eye on Six, even if this fish-cleaning isn't going great.]

Improperly-prepared food could cause you all kinds of problems.
littlenightmare: (And then god smiled down upon me)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-13 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Six is pretty sure that there is no greater problem than eating food and getting trapped in a literal rat cage, but she's willing to admit that Eimi has a point here. That doesn't stop her from pulling herself up, grunting with exertion, until she's standing on the fish preparing surface. A child's bare feet, no matter how tiny, probably aren't supposed to be here... no matter how unhygienic everything is to start with.]

[She is here for a good cause, however. Six hasn't spoken yet, and she doesn't plan to, but she does sweep out a hand towards what Eimi is doing with an almost eager lean forward. Being as tiny as she is, cleaning a fish might be a difficult endeavor for her... but she's willing to give it a shot.]
momingstar: Smiling and waxing nostalgic. (but i can't find "shoujo mother" songs)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-14 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, all right! Well, you can start on a fresh one. Here.

[Eimi lays out some more newspaper (so that's why she grabbed that from the recycle) and sets down an entire raw fish. She offers Six a spoon.]

Start by using that to scrape the scales off. It is a little gross, but that's just how we clean a fish!
littlenightmare: She left me an I'm-sorry-for-punching-you-in-the-face cake. (She left a cookie on my porch.)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-14 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Spoons are almost as big as Six is... but then again, so were keys, or toy monkeys. She accepts the tool with a huff and a grunt, needing a moment to adjust it so that she's holding it a little more near to the spoon part. It's not the most elegant look, but Six gave up looking elegant a long time ago.]

[She's a tiny thing in a raincoat with no shoes. Nothing about her says 'elegance' and she's accepted that.]

[With her grip a little more certain, she does her best to dig into the scales and drag the spoon the opposite way. It's a little too deep, and she pauses as she realizes she's digging up the actual fish along.]
momingstar: Wise words. (if you are reading this i love you)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-14 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Be careful! That's why we use something dull like a spoon, so we won't end up cutting the fish alongside it. Do you need a little help?
littlenightmare: (I just fell asleep at my computer)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-14 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah. That makes sense. Six nods thoughtfully. She's just learning all sorts of things about food preparation today. Carefully pulling the spoon back and making sure to not slip on anything, she hugs the spoon tighter to herself and wobbles closer to where Eimi is working.]

[She'll watch a little more first, and hopefully get a better idea of it.]
momingstar: Shocked stare. (so i'm not too worried)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-14 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[And Eimi's much further along with her fish, cleaning out the insides already, but she gives a reassuring smile.]

It must be difficult if you're so small, right? What do you normally do?
littlenightmare: (sassybird) (Quick I need to know all the foods)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-16 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[The answer is a simple point to her mouth, where she snaps down with her teeth. Six has only really helped with the end result... or avoided becoming the end result. The preparation is definitely a new one for her. Sure, she's technically gone in a kitchen where chefs were working... but Six had never really stopped to take in what The Chefs were doing. It hadn't seemed important at the time.]

[Shows what she knows.]

[Since it's clear that watching won't be much help, she goes back over to the fish she was given responsibility over, and carefully places the spoon against the scales again. This time, she keeps looking up over to Eimi as she gently presses down, keeping an eye out for when it might be too much.]
momingstar: Fangirling. (fun for everyone!)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-16 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Good, good. Just don't make a mess now. I suppose a lot of people wouldn't have done this sort of thing regularly.
littlenightmare: (And then god smiled down upon me)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-16 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Definitely not Six, at least. Now that she has a little more guidance and an idea of what to do, she feels a bit more confident as she begins to scrape the scales off. It'll take a little while, considering her size, but not impossible.]

[In the meanwhile, once she's gotten rid of a good chunk of scales, Six takes a moment to catch her breath and points over to Eimi. Six might not do it a lot, but clearly this woman is more than used to it.]
momingstar: Hugging and embarrassing her child. (i was going to do normal keywords)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-16 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, good job! Are you asking me to take care of the rest of it?

[She says while... cutting off the head of her own fish okay that's kind of gross but that's how fish??? no wonder nobody else wants to do this.]
littlenightmare: (I'm basically cruising around)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-19 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[And yet someone's gotta. Six at least prefers Eimi to the other chefs she knows.]

[Hastily, Six shakes her head at the question and seems to flounder for a moment. She's mostly just listened in on conversations, been talked tot. Actually.... Participating in one is more difficult than she was really considered. After a second, she gets back to descaling the fish while pondering over this.]

[Who knew words were so hard?]

[After a bit more descaling, she opens her mouth and tries to just... form a word, but it's like her mouth has forgotten what to do. All that comes out is a kind of clumsy rasp, a stutter of a noise from the back of her throat, and she frowns a little. Excuse her as she takes a moment to start shoving the scales out of the way.]
momingstar: Wise words. (if you are reading this i love you)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-19 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... okay, so you need space for something? Or are you asking what to do next after all your scales are off the fish?
littlenightmare: (I just fell asleep at my computer)

[personal profile] littlenightmare 2019-08-19 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[A shake of her head... that soon transitions into a nod of her head. Maybe she'll have to stick with yes and no questions for now.... Work up to more complex stuff in a bit. Carefully putting down the spoon, she picks up a scale instead. Or, well, a couple of scales, whatever.]
momingstar: Looking confused. (are there any other ideas?)

[personal profile] momingstar 2019-08-19 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, okay! Well, you do have to descale both sides. Here, let me turn it over.

[She flips Six's fish over to the other side.]

And after you're done, you cut the bottom open, but you need to be very careful with that. If you end up cutting too deep, it could leak and contaminate the rest.