TDM - Somewhere, beyond the sea~

[bathymetric]

THE UNKNOWN SEAS TDM

Hello and welcome to the Test Drive Meme for Unknown Seas! Welcome to the bottom of the whole ocean, kids. Use this as a space to freely test characters or character options in something close to the setting! Standard format applies, drop your character name and canon in the subject line

The facility is pretty simple, even if there isn't an exact map yet. There are a number of various windowless rooms and common areas in clusters connected by long glass corridors built in the bottom of the sea. If you look up you can see more tunnels above, but they're darkened completely. Here's some prompts! The kids love prompts, right?

1. Arise from the depths (of sleep)

You wake up in a very functional and simple bed in a very functional and simple room. It's definitely not, however, where you went to sleep. Did you even go to sleep? That's pretty alarming. Also potentially alarming is the window in the wall above the writing desk you've been given - that's uh. That's water out there, buddy. You're underwater. Well-lit underwater, but underwater. You should probably look around or maybe outside - who knows, maybe other people are around here? Or maybe you want to try to demand to speak to a manager.

2. Killing time

Between bursts of violent murder, there aren't exactly a bunch of scheduled activities in this place. So there's a need to fill the time somehow... what are you doing to kill time? I know most everyone interested is a murdergame vet of some kind, so feel free to add in whatever standard murdergame rooms you like to fill the space! There's all kinds of things here. Maybe there's a theater, or an art room, or... an aquarium, for ultimate levels of nonsense?

3. Motive time!

The Professor has announced a new motive for murder! Maybe you've been given an envelope with your deepest darkest secret, maybe you're being offered a great deal of money... maybe he's giving the kitchen staff a week off! There's all kinds of things he could do.

4. Material goods???

There's a vending machine in the hallway, with no... buttons for selection or anything, which is weird. All you can do is drop the coins you sometimes get into the coin slot and hope! It might drop all kinds of things - it's regains, you know the drill.

5. Down where it's wetter, down where someone's deader...

There's been a murder! Get out there and investigate, or like... don't. I'm not your dad. Maybe you want to shield some poor teenager from a grisly murder? Or maybe the investigation is over and you want to chat about the grisly murder over some relaxing tea from the kitchen. You do you!

6. Other

Or maybe there's something not on here that you want to do! This TDM is for you, live your dreams!

Comments

[magician_t]

...

I know what fish are.

[lightsmith]

Then what'd you ask for?

[She finally turned from the window, green eyes with slit pupils confused enough to indicate that she wasn't being sarcastic in asking that.]

[magician_t]

You have no idea what I'm talking about?!

[He points at her tail]

That! Don't play dumb.

[lightsmith]

[She turned around, assuming he was pointing at something behind her...nope, just a few barnacles on the other side of the wall.]

...?

[Looking back at him, she tilted her head briefly to indicate she was totally lost here.]

[magician_t]

[I am so sorry.

If she doesn't move outta the way he is gonna yank on it]

[lightsmith]

[don't apologize yet, because if he goes for her tail she will move to grab his arm and attempt to throw him to the floor]

[we have fun here!]

[magician_t]

[He's abnormally tall for a human, and in good shape. But he's not a close combat fighter, so it's not hard to throw him.]

Argh!

[lightsmith]

The hell was that for?!

[To her credit, she didn't push the advantage; letting go of his arm and folding her own. Her voice had changed somewhat in her surprise, accent thickening to something rough and casual.]

S'like you ain't never seen a Miqo'te before or somethin'!

[magician_t]

[He's never been chucked like that by anyone not his brother or parents. It's impressive.]

What the fuck is a Mi-coyote...

[He's too winded to get up a good yell]

[lightsmith]

Mi-qo-te. Mystel, dependin' on where you came from. But it's seemin' like this ain't the First, and it's lookin' like we ain't on the Source, neither.

[Probably double impressive, where Scintilla was maybe 5'4". Unarmed combat wasn't her thing, but swing around a gunblade enough and you learned a thing or two about leverage. She cleared her throat, straightening up and finding her composure. When she spoke again, the accent had lessened and her words were more pronounced.]

We're pretty ordinary, where I'm from. Maybe not as common as Hyur like you, but we're hardly what one would call an unusual sight.

[magician_t]

[WHile Ruenti has nearly a foot on her- all the more embarrassing.

All the flustered anger is draining out of him though as she talks. All these words he doesn't know but his brain is already filling in possible meanings from context.

Hyur were human- or at least 'people that don't have animal ears and a tail' The Source is where she's from, perhaps a country or city?

Also she's-]

I've already heard it, you don't have to bother hiding that you're from the country.

[lightsmith]

I ain't from the country, I'm from Limsa Lominsa. [GEEZ. But the accent came back, a little less extreme without the surprise and irritation fueling it.]

...Name's Scintilla Caminus.

[magician_t]

[he sits up fully, sliding a hand in his pocket to pull out a pair of glasses. Once they're on he seems to be... examining her? At least not getting handsy again but very clearly not knowing and/or caring that it's rude]

Ruenti Salvatore. But I guess that name will mean as little to you as Limsa Lominsa does to me.

[lightsmith]

Gotta tell ya the truth, you're the first person in a good long while to not jump out their damn skin when I gave my name. So I'm guessin' we got some weird inter-dimensional thing goin' on.


...Again.

[magician_t]

Funny, I was about to say the same thing.

[The skin jumping, not the dimensional stuff. He stands, dusting himself off]

What do you mean by that- 'inter-dimensional'?

[lightsmith]

Alright, listen real careful 'cause this is all gonna sound like I'm out of my damn mind. Last person I tried to explain it to was probably 'boutta kick my ass.

The world's made of one Source, and thirteen shards. All of 'em are their own individual worlds--realities, I guess you could say, 'cause it's a real pain to travel between 'em and no normal folks on one know about the others. I'm guessin' this is...a really weird one I've ended up on, but I got no clue how I did it.


...Don't think this one's G'raha's fault, least not this time.

1/2

[magician_t]

...you're right you do sound out of your mind.

[magician_t]

But I'm not so dense to deny what's right in front of me. A cat-like creature, a household under the sea- other worlds doesn't seem that extreme in comparison.

1/2

[lightsmith]

...Well. That makes it easier, then.

[She'd probably been called worse than crazy, and it was kind of nuts.]

[lightsmith]

--Th' fuck you mean 'creature'?!

[magician_t]

[He shrugs]

You, obviously.

[lightsmith]

First of all, I'm a person- [She jabbed a finger into his chest, nails just a bit longer and sharper than most humans' would be.] -and second, I said my name's Scintilla, smartass.

[magician_t]

[He rolls his eyes]

Well, clearly. I wouldn't talk to an animal. That word you used, Hyur... where I'm from that's all there are when it comes to people.

[lightsmith]

...Seriously?

[Sounds fake.]

They ain't that common. There's Miqo'te like me, Roegadyn, and Lalafells--that's most of what you'd see around where I come from. Then out a lil' further there's Elezen and Au Ra, too. Occasional Roegadyn and Viera, but they're way more common in the First.

You tellin' me your shard's got none of that?

[magician_t]

None of the names sound familiar, no. And I'm an educated man so it's not ignorance.

[He looks FASCINATED though]

Tell me, how are they different from 'Hyur'? Can they interbreed? What magic do they specialize in?