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theflaws ([personal profile] theflaws) wrote in [community profile] flawedmemes2016-06-07 01:28 pm
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TEST DRIVE MEME



TEST DRIVE MEME
PREMISE PLOT ARRIVAL SETTING NAVIGATION

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 player characters, the Flaws, are welcomed as curiosities. From the lively, bustling markets of colorful Vairaya to the grimly efficient and stately mountain strongholds of Draichurith, your characters will find a wide variety of cultures and races to interact with and investigate. They could be seeking empoyment, answers to the mystery of their arrival, or a quiet place to drink away their worries.

03. WILDCARD!
smolelf: (flirty smirk)

→ vairaya, day

[personal profile] smolelf 2016-06-23 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[The human has more than six inches over him, but that's not what draws Gianni's attention, nor his surprisingly gentle voice, gravelly though it may be. No, what catches Gianni's attention is what appears to be a piece of armor under hidden underneath the man's clothes, shown with a brief glint of light caught through a gap in glove and sleeve.

His bright blue eyes turn keep and he looks up at the man who apparently feels the need to conceal his protection. He wants to ask about it, but first thing first; he was asked a question.]


Yes, actually. Towns in the Free Marches have markets like this all over. I quite enjoyed them whenever we stopped to trade.

[He grins broadly, having found in all his time as Inquisitor that open-faced friendship offered quickly will earn you a lot of information about the person you're speaking to even in just their reaction to it. He offers his hand for a shake.]

Gianni Lavellan, of the Inquisition. Though I suppose that affiliation means little in an entirely different world.
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[personal profile] redactions 2016-06-23 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Inquisition is not an organisation that inspires a lot of friendliness from an Irish Catholic. But you can tell a lot about a person in a few seconds, pointy ears or not. Gianni makes eye contact, the smile reaches his eyes and crinkles the skin around them. To summon deep-set happiness with such ease is either a truth or a very, very convincing lie. James is inclined to believe the latter, always. ]

[ But no one here knows the words, or HYDRA. ]

James.

[ He shakes the offered hand, a little stiffly, offers no last name and certainly no affiliation. Barnes is easier when he's a soldier first, but his first name is his own. ]

[ Like an afterthought, he adds, ]

Nice to meet you.
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[personal profile] smolelf 2016-06-24 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You as well, James.

[He dials it back just a little, learning quickly through the other man's reaction that he's a wary sort. No surname, stiff handshake, calculating eyes like he's trying to figure out what the short elf's game is. A soldier, then? He's seen that look in Cullen's eyes more than once, threat assessment clearly the only thing marching across his mind.

Good to know.

Still casually, Gianni turns back to the stall's proprietor and exchanges a few small coins for a bright pink fruit the size of a fist. It is actually what he'd come to this stall for, before being asked that casual question.]


I take it you're not from here either?
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[personal profile] redactions 2016-06-24 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Everyone wants something. Even if it's just to be friendly — James is weary. A beachhead, a target, this is what the hands and body know and remember as they move. Steve is a close but murky second. ]

[ The hyperawareness is a function of himself as much as it is an effect of trauma. ]

No. Neither are you.

[ He has asked around and overheard. There's no such place as the Free Marches, locally. ]
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[personal profile] smolelf 2016-06-25 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Gianni nods encouragingly, electing not to point out that since he said 'either' that quite obviously included him in the foreigner grouping, even if he hadn't known the Free Marches weren't a place on this world. He'd clearly thrown James off with being... what, friendly?]

No, and Elves from Thedas don't bite either, if that's what you're worried about.

[A gentle jibe, following by a legitimate softening of his expression, almost sheepish.]

We are all on the same side here, or at least I'd like to think so. Not so much us and them, I hate to think of things that way, but those of us from outside this world should probably at least be acquainted. There could be things that effect us as a group.
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[personal profile] redactions 2016-06-25 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe it wasn't the real intention, but a corner of his mouth twitches. ]

How do I know? I've never been to Thedas.

[ A beat, and more slyly, ]

I hope you're not venomous.
smolelf: (sunlight smile)

[personal profile] smolelf 2016-06-25 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Not all the time.

[He winks conspiratorially. He is a rogue after all, and even if he prefers speed to stealth he does know a fair bit about the poisons and venom he can outfit his weapons with. Generally he doesn't use them, though. A quick death is a mercy on the battlefield; no need for anyone, even enemies, to suffer.]

Are there many venomous Elves where you come from?

[Is that why you wear armor under your clothes?]
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[personal profile] redactions 2016-06-25 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that I know of.

[ There is a process of disarmament. Often, people do it without thinking: a smile here, the right joke there, the flow of conversation. There is only one flaw in this premise: James was never made for that end. What good is a fist that opens so easily? ]

How about you? I don't see any fangs.
smolelf: (wide eyes)

[personal profile] smolelf 2016-06-25 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Not so much. Snakes, wyverns, that sort of thing, but not us as far as I know. Honestly I think that would make kissing rather difficult.

[He tilts his head for a moment, dwelling on the thought and the logistics therein, then shakes his head and leaves off the topic, tossing the fruit he'd purchased up and then catching it out of the air.]

You should try one of these, by the way. They're delicious.