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flawedmemes2016-08-09 10:27 am
theflaws) wrote in flawedmemes2016-08-09 10:27 am
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TEST DRIVE MEME
| TEST DRIVE MEME |
01. ARRIVING IN PELEA
A cold wind singing down from the white-capped mountains which hang blue-black in the distance stirs your cheek, the tall grass all around you. A bough creaks as the wind makes it tremble, and the dappled shadows drift over you, leaves rustling. As you blink awake, you hear the quiet hiss of water over stones. You are not where you once were!
You and a large group of strangers are blinking awake, pulling yourselves up off the dirt, grass, and rubble near a small wooded stream. There is no evidence of civilization in sight, and as you exchange stories you realize that you must decide what to do.
Will you head past the trees and towards the mountains? Deeper into the forest? Stay put and wait for help to arrive? You might even try to meet everyone else, and either convince them to band together... or head their separate ways.
02. CITY SLICKER
There are many cities throughout the world of Pelea, and in most of them player characters, the Flaws, are welcomed as curiosities. Whether they're among the passionate, oft thought as hot-headed, but hospitable folk of the Banner or the noble and haughty people of the Empire, your characters will find a wide variety of cultures, races and simply people to interact with and investigate. They could be seeking employment, answers to the mystery of their arrival or other folk like themselves, or a quiet place to drink away their worries.
03. WILDCARD!
A cold wind singing down from the white-capped mountains which hang blue-black in the distance stirs your cheek, the tall grass all around you. A bough creaks as the wind makes it tremble, and the dappled shadows drift over you, leaves rustling. As you blink awake, you hear the quiet hiss of water over stones. You are not where you once were!
You and a large group of strangers are blinking awake, pulling yourselves up off the dirt, grass, and rubble near a small wooded stream. There is no evidence of civilization in sight, and as you exchange stories you realize that you must decide what to do.
Will you head past the trees and towards the mountains? Deeper into the forest? Stay put and wait for help to arrive? You might even try to meet everyone else, and either convince them to band together... or head their separate ways.
02. CITY SLICKER
There are many cities throughout the world of Pelea, and in most of them player characters, the Flaws, are welcomed as curiosities. Whether they're among the passionate, oft thought as hot-headed, but hospitable folk of the Banner or the noble and haughty people of the Empire, your characters will find a wide variety of cultures, races and simply people to interact with and investigate. They could be seeking employment, answers to the mystery of their arrival or other folk like themselves, or a quiet place to drink away their worries.
03. WILDCARD!
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As long as you don’t use ‘em on me, it’s not any of my business.
But, you know. Maybe keep a better eye on your stuff if you’re packin’?
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I know, that was my bad. There’s nothing about this that isn’t alien to me and I’m still kind of floundering.
Thanks again for stepping in. I'm Charlie.
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[ And that had been a blow, finding his blasters and jets and even his mask rendered into little more than fancy paperweights. The worst shock had been desperately hitting play on his well-worn Walkman and receiving little more than a pleasant click in response.
So, yeah. Peter is really fucking unhappy, and doing poorly at keeping a lid on it. ]
Name’s Peter Quill. People call me Star-Lord.
[ No. No, they really don’t. Mostly, they call him “Space Lord” or “Star Prince” or “Get back here with that, you little prick,” but it never hurts to dream. ]
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[ He really misses his music. It would have at least been grounding in this sort of situation. Something familiar to keep close, but right now he just has to settle for the familiar feeling of keeping his phone in his pocket.
The codename garners a raised eyebrow from him. ]
Why? Is that like a call sign? Like “Maverick”?
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[ Actually, he used it for a long time as an outlaw name, like “Billy the Kid” or “Calamity Jane,” but considering he’s, like, half-reformed and just thwarted one attempted theft today, he decides to keep that little fact to himself in favor of a slightly more interesting topic: ]
… You had music on your phone?
[ ????
because Peter is imagining an old rotary phone ]
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[ Charlie’s gaze narrows a bit. So far Peter has been keeping up with their conversation pretty well, and that that of all things should throw him is a little strange to Charlie. ]
Is that weird to you?
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[ Kind of a whole lot. Where would… the music… even go………
He starts saying something else, but frowns a little at the people moving past them. ]
Maybe we should have this conversation somewhere else.
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Good plan. Lead the way.
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It’s not too difficult, at least, to orient himself toward the closest tavern or to divest a distracted, wealthy-looking passerby of his coin purse, both of which he does with practiced ease. It’s even easier to convince the bartender to give them two tankards of whatever he has on tap, because Peter learned from a young age that the clinking of coin is a near universal language, and money can turn away even the most curious of gazes.
It belatedly occurs to him that Charlie might wonder why Peter is in possession of the local currency, and that the guy may not appreciate casual acts of larceny, so with the mug halfway to his lips, he says wryly, ] You didn’t see me do that, by the way.
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How Peter chooses to survive in this place isn't any business of his, though, and the guy did help him out. Charlie is willing to overlook it.
Brightly, ] See what?
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How’d that guy get you out of your jacket, anyway?
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[ He shrugs. ] I was looking to trade my clothes for something a little more... local. I took it off and he snatched it.
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[ He's like 90% joking. ]
Guessin’ that means you just popped up here, too, then?
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[ He's joking right back. Even if Peter is a criminal, he's a helpful one. Cute, too, which is a definite bonus. ]
Yeah. One minute I was minding my own business, and the next I'm in Narnia- only without the whimsy.
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Peter learned from a pretty young age to never assume someone’s Terran, no matter how much they look it, and given that he was currently in Middle-earth, he figured this would be more of the same. Right now, though, he looks at Charlie like he’s speaking in another language. ]
I—
[ He sets down his tankard with a dull thunk. ]
… What?
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Charlie blinks, surprised. ] "What" what? Was that too much? Nobody's gotten any of my references so far, but I guess I just kind of assumed, what with the whole "dude" thing and all.
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I— no, I just— I didn't think you were—
[ A pause, as he regathers his thoughts, and now he really looks at Charlie, like he's seeing him in a completely new light. ]
You're Terran? Like, from Earth, I mean.
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I am, but I can't say I've heard the word "Terran" before.
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[ He laughs a little, and while he's not done being pissed at the universe for this latest curveball, he at least brightens just a hair. ]
Sorry, I just— I haven't been home in a while. Kinda surprised to meet anyone here who knows what The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is, I mean.
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I'd been traveling abroad for a while before I got here, is what I mean.
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I keep telling myself that I'm gonna travel more. This isn't what I had in mind.