MARCH/APR TEST DRIVE

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MARCH TEST DRIVE

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A.SPRING FLOWERS INTRO - GARDEN

[Things are starting to warm up in the garden! Slowly and gently, things have begun to defrost. The saturated pink flowers from February have given way to gentle speckles of clover and bright flushes of green, knocking away the winter frost. Daffodils in bright yellow and white greet garden visitors.

Your local cherubs and imps have noticed that getting people to meet each other can be hard. Perhaps people just aren't as social in the worlds they come from! Surely, everyone's just too frozen stiff from the winter weather to break the ice!

Not to worry. They've got a solution! Visitors to the Garden this month will find a nametag affixed to their clothing again, but this time the nametag is here to do the work for you. When another person approaches or even just passes by, the nametag happily speaks up and describes a fun, short fact about its wearer!

Most of these facts are correct… but there's no telling whether or not they're anything you actually want to share. After all, it's not like the cherubs— or the nametags— asked.

B. IN LIKE A LION - PRIDE RING

It's Game Day in the Pride Ring— which is every day, of course. If you've taken the elevator down to floor one today you're inevitably swept up in the crowds, each eager to participate in and cheer for the public Obstacle Course Race.

You're slapped together with a partner and made to wait in line with them as pairs catapult themselves over platforms, jump through rings of fire, climb rocky crags, and swing over pools of steaming water to try and ring a buzzer. Pairs that make it to their destination get a sinful prize— two bottles of a prized hell drink that gives its drinker an ego trip the same way an energy drink would give you a buzz, and a shiny gold-colored badge with their name on it.

The only catch? Both competitors have to make it through to the end for either to receive a prize.

Maybe you're waiting in line, or perhaps you're going through with your partner— or maybe you've just gotta try and book it before anyone catches you. If you won, why not try enjoying that drink together?

C. OUT LIKE A LAMB - HUMILITY RING

[Those who found their way to the peaceful Humility ring are subject to a much less stressful experience. A cherub has organized a small scavenger hunt in hopes of getting folks to explore more of the ring— you know, if they don't mind. It isn't much, but they just hope you'll take advantage of all they have to offer, after all.

The tasks include:

• taking a selfie with someone in a bookshop


• sharing a coffee with a new friend at a coffee shop with an animal on the sign


• trading a handmade gift with a denizen from heaven or hell


• wearing a pair of lion ears

…and other such cozy things. Really, it's a relaxing place to be.

Oddly enough, the place seems a bit more fortunate during the month, too. You might end up getting doubles of anything you obtain in the Humility ring— all the more reason to share with a friend!]


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OOC NOTES:
-This TDM is open to all! You do NOT need to join the comm to play in it!
-This will be the TDM for March/April, but you're free to use old ones if you prefer, or make your own prompts!
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Kvothe | The Kingkiller Chronicles

[enshaedn]

[ arrival ]

[ It was bad enough waking up in some strange place with what certainly feel like curled, gnarled goat horns attached to his head. But this? ]

Blackened— goddamned— [ VERY AGGRAVATED NOISE

Kvothe is wrestling with his nametag. It won’t shut UP, which is wild enough, but it knows things about him. Should you approach him in his pretty obvious distress he’ll look beleaguered and say: ]

Ignore it.

Kvothe is a classic Renaissance polymath!

[ GRIT. ] Ignore it. [ A deep breath as he composes himself. ] Did you also just arrive?

[ like a lion ]

This is ridiculous.

[ More sighing. He’s stuck in line, not really wanting to be here but also loathe to miss any opportunities for more information. If you’re looking for a partner he’s game; if you ARE his partner, he’ll favor you with a smile. ]

Feeling up to it?

[parillegal]

[Kvothe is now talking to a cat. And she isn't even the only cat here.]

A polymath...

[She has no idea what that word means!.]

Oh! I mean, no, not really. But you did, right?

[enshaedn]

[ Wings…

If Kvothe at all notes her frankly extraordinary appearance he does not voice it, nor the three million (approx.) questions that give rise in him. Instead he smiles politely for her. ]

I did, and I must admit it’s not an experience I’m much enjoying. These are… new, [ he taps his horns with some consternation, then gives her a canny look. ]

Would I be right in guessing you also had a different appearance before?

Like a Lion

[supersaver]

[Man, she didn't mean to come down here, the Pride Ring was...kinda awful, actually. Ochako really didn't like the vibe in the slightest, probably because prideful people tended to tick her off, if they were arrogant and obnoxious. However, she practically did a double-take at the obstacle course, and her competitive side was vibrating at the opportunity to not only get in some impressive physical and quirk training this way, but to also WIN. Does she know what the prize is or even need or want it?? Not particularly, no, but she can't turn away from showing her all and going Plus Ultra anyway.

Plus, so many of these challenges would be trivialized by her quirk. So!! When the little angel with rabbity legs, a fuzzy tail, and brown, lop ears is chosen as his partner, she is already doing some stretches to loosen up, hopping from one foot to the other excitedly.]

YEAH!! This is gonna be super duper easy! You don't mind being thrown, do you?

[THOSE SURE ARE THE WORDS COMING OUT OF HER MOUTH...]

[enshaedn]

[ It's not often Kvothe is lost for words, but he gapes at her in the wake of her offer. He huffs a surprised laugh. ]

If we want to win? I guess not. Throw me how, might I ask?

Queen Beelzebub | Helluva Boss

[immaimmaimmabee]

[Garden]
[Flowers are blooming. And where there are flowers, there are bees, and where there's bees... there is honey.]

Hell yeah, never been able to party it up in a garden like this.

[Not her usual digs, but Bee's quick to go with the flow. She's practically buzzing as she conjures a tall glass of something colourful as the imps and cherubs finish fiddling with that nametag on her shirt.]

Yeah, yeah. Hospitality's my bread and butter. Don't gotta explain to me the rules-

Beelzebub is the deadly sin of gluttony!

Well that's just common fuckin fact. If you're gonna start spewing info about me to the world, you'd better start giving out the really juicy bits.

[Obnoxiously long sip dot wav]

[Pride Ring]
[Whoop, you've been partnered with a powerful sin. Good luck for you, right? Except Bee is looking less enthused than usual, as she waits in line for the games to begin.]

This ring opens up but I can't head back to Gluttony? Psh, talk about playing un-favorites.

[Humility Ring]
[Conversely, Bee's feeling awkward here. Humility? This whole concept was outside her wheelhouse. Gluttony was about living in excess, to excess.

How can she spread the good times in these conditions?]

Hey, hey! Full-sized mocha latte with aaaall the fixings, for you and your mother******* pleasure.

[Cherubs scatter from her path, leaving the Sin disgruntled and holding a lot of different treats others aren't accepting.]

[begaydocrimes]

Oh wow, that sounds really good.

[Mae hops into line. She's not really a coffee person, but those overly sweet mochas sound pretty good right now.]

Gotta get a ton of whip cream too!

busts in

[immaimmaimmabee]

Oh now we're talking! Allow me-

[Just a swirl of her finger and there's a heaping helping of whip cream on top of that sucker. And, miraculously, it doesn't fall over when she hands it to Mae.]

Help yourself and then some, girlypop.

Humility

[admonish]

[ If Lucifer and Ozzie can show up, he shouldn't have been surprised to hear her voice. Instead of walking up immediately he observes her for a moment, making a face when he sees her fail. Normally this would be where he walked away and let someone else handle it, but he is here.

A hand extends beside her to accept her gift and he doesn't say anything immediately. Normal people had a difficult time telling him and Lucifer apart, but a Sin? Surely (he thinks) she has spent enough time with him to tell. Finally: ]

No matter what you offer them, they won't take it. Hello, Beelzebub.

[immaimmaimmabee]

[In general, it was strange not seeing the influence of Sins in the rings, or being restrained to just a few places, for that matter. It was the kind of rules and regulations Bee had long, long abandoned. Guess it was only natural these stuck-up winners preferred the opposite of her desires.

Speaking of--] Oh f***ing ***** f***! [She doesn't so much jump back as she buzzes. Hands flailing to catch her colourful concoctions.] Luci-- wait, no... Michael? Wow, man, it's been eons. Haven't seen hide or hair of you since.

[...]

Honestly? I can't remember the last time we spoke.

Pride

[kuchisake_shojo]

...I wanna go to Gluttony with you.

[ Runa doesn't belong here she's a perfectly slightly below-average level of athleticism, who doesn't get anything out of her changes here. ]

[immaimmaimmabee]

Everyone should, babygirl! I'm a real party animal if you get my meaning.

[Like she's a literal... well, yeah. She's not exactly an athletic person either. Unless you count the weeks-long ragers.]

Oh yeah, you totally look like you have a taste for that action.

Lydia Deetz | Beetlejuice the Musical

[iwasinvisible]

[I] SPRING FLOWERS;

[Lydia can feel the tell-tale signs of a headache beginning to form behind the furrow of her brows.

Here she is, standing amidst a riot of flowers like the biggest sore thumb in the world. Arms crossed she's got her gaze on those daffodils, a frown on her lips. She's already been kind of caught up on things ... or as far as Abe and Lucy explain anything.

Which that's a whole other thing altogether and one she refuses to think on right now while she circles around the whole issue of, y'know --]

Dead. I'm dead? I'm dead.

[Is she talking to the flowers? Is it their fault? Who knows. Whoever comes anywhere close to the girl in the dark dress will of course activate her name tag as it practically screams:]

Hi! I'm Lydia Deetz! I have a dead mom!

[Lydia's gaze shoots immediately down to her name tag. She'd seen it but it was just a name tag so ..

Lydia's expression sours more. She'd be more imposing if this upset hadn't made her sprout a comically typical crimson red spaded tail whiplashing wildly behind her as she reaches for the name tag.]

I can introduce myself when I want to.

[II] IN LIKE A LION;

[Lydia might be the moodiest gothic teenager ever but the one thing she does like to do is play with fire -- literally and figuratively. Hey, she'd had a great time pulling pranks with her dead bestie so the idea of an obstacle course despite being tiring sounds kind of fun in a way?

Right now she's turned to her partner in front of those rings of fire, demanding:]

Throw me.

[...]

Through the ring! Throw me through it!

[Should she really look so eager for this?]

[III] WILDCARD;

[Feel free to hit me up with any other prompt you like! I'm open to the humility ring prompts too and anything else you like. PMs are open for your plotting needs.]

Spring Flowers

[bugbeverage]

[ Lydia's plight goes unnoticed at first by the heareafter's resident striped bastard. He is flitting through the garden on his tiny wings with a stack of papers under one arm, a few tacks in his lips, and a hammer in one hand. ]

[ He brushes past Lydia without apology and pauses at a nearby tree to nail up a flyer. It advertises only the BEST AND COOLEST bar in Hell, The Devil's Nest. He has to do this often thanks to those darn sheep redecorating all the time. When he's finished, he turns around and bustles past her again--however this time, his neck twists around with such force that a grisly crack can be heard. He stares at the teen, bug-eyed, and swallows the tacks so that he can speak. ]

YOU!

[iwasinvisible]

[To be fair Lydia doesn't even notice the stripy bastard either. She's too busy trying to pull this name tag off of her without ripping her dress. Does it not have a pin? A hook? Something?

It's the grisly crack of his neck that draws her attention. Look at this weird stripy guy with his wings and -- okay, no. She squints at him as he stares at her. The stripes aren't quite right, the wrong colors and all that but --

He swallows the tacks, yells and Lydia sort of sags in place once he does. She rolls her eyes skyward.]

This really is hell.

spring flowers omg hi

[admonish]

[ Hi! I'm Lydia Deetz! I have a dead mom!

An overworked and never paid angel is observing from off to one side. There are worse things than having a suit-wearing angel waiting for you after hearing you’re dead. As he never puts his wings away, all six of them are out and occasionally shifting behind him.

But the most striking thing about him are his eyes. Intense, and they seem to look through her rather than at her. Still, when he shoots her an apologetic smile, his expression softens some. ]

She’s right, you know. Free will. Hello Lydia, my name is Michael.

[ He treats her just as he would a new soul in Heaven — with care. She looks too young, all he can hope for is that this is another clerical issue and not another life tragically ended far too soon. ]

You just arrived here, didn’t you? I can try to answer any questions that you might have. This may not be my Heaven but I still try to keep an eye out for new arrivals. I would remember someone as spirited as you.

[II] IN LIKE A LION;

[grumpface]

[The first thing Husk does upon being given that order is question his unlife choices that lead him to visit Pride.

The second thing the white-and-gold angelic Husk, complete with halo, is consider the prize: Booze.

But in the end...]

...I ain't gonna watch you burn to ashes, kid.

[His laziness wins out.]

Eponine Thenardier | Les Miserables musical

[alittleinlove]

[Arrival - garden]

]Here among the colorful spring flowers is someone who doesn't belong. A boy -- no, a closer look shows that it's actually a young woman wearing boy's clothes, trousers, a long coat, a cap -- which isn't the unexpected part, but the fact that her shirt is covered in a large blood stain. Perhaps not everyone's death here is a clerical error.

She's attempting to mind her own business, in fact attempting to make her way out of the garden without drawing too much attention to herself. Which is of course not going to happen.

Say hello to Éponine Thénardier! Éponine is hopelessly in love with a boy who will never love her back!

I am not! [she protests. Except that she is.

Wait.]

Who said that?

[Pride ring]

[This is. A bit ridiculous.

Back at home, in the middle of a crowd like this, she'd be picking pockets. Could probably make a good amount doing so, too. Instead she's standing here in line, paired up with someone she doesn't even know, waiting for her turn to act like she's in a circus or something.

But then she perks up when she sees an agility course. She hasn't spent years running from the police for nothing. This is something she knows how to do.]

Don't worry, I've got this.

Garden.

[admonish]

That was—

[ Michael is cut off by his own tag singing a string of truths, which cause him to frown briefly. ]

The Archangel Michael, who will listen to and manage everyone’s problems but his own.

[ He may look a little intense with his penetrating stare and six wings but as soon as he catches sight of the bloodstained blouse he gives her a small, reassuring smile. ]

A new arrival, then? I imagine that was your nametag. Are you injured or is that blood from an earlier injury, Miss Thénardier? I can find you something suitable to wear if you want to look less conspicuous.

Perhaps something that will help you hide from whomever it is you are trying to avoid? [ There is a hint of amusement there, she is obviously trying to pass herself off as the opposite gender. However, if she does not bring it up, he will not pry further. ] As it already said, my name is Michael and you have nothing to fear from me here. Though I imagine hearing that is of little comfort right now.

Re: Eponine Thenardier | Les Miserables musical

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Love... why?" Skuld asked.

Her own name tag decided to helpfully call out "Meet Skuld, who still hasn't figured out how to beat anyone at Mahjong!"

"HEY!" she protested.

Garden

[faithfulservant]

[Javert was actually there to look at the garden. He always did enjoy looking at all the different plants and flowers and was glad to see things finally warming up. He wore his old uniform out of habit even though he wasn't a police officer here. He had a halo over his head that he was still getting used to. He was thankful he didn't have the wings.

He spotted a familiar figure and was surprised to see her there. H hadn't seen anyone here in a long time from his world. And of course it would be a Thenardier that would arrive here. He frowned, remembering her limp body lined up with the barricade boys.]

Thenardier?

[He quietly greeted. As he approached his name tag tried to speak and he immediately ripped it off and crushed it in his hand.]

Stupid thing.

Catrina Calavera | OC | OTA

[gimmeeyeballs]

Garden

It had been a terrible idea to do that so totally a homework assignment and not a chore for Professor Lich King Juan Maldito as Catrina chewed her name tag a bit in the afterlife. She was feeling rather pissed about the whole thing, especially since Cat died during the rainy season at home trying to summon edible demons as ramen toppings with her familiars before it backfired spectacularly in her face. This aqua blue, most certainly shorter than five feet tall possum looking amphibian with a hand for a tail clearly felt chewing that name tag was the best route possible in dealing with this change emotionally speaking. Cat did stop however when it started speaking out random short facts about herself, not realizing it meant someone was closeby.

”Catrina sleeps with a very ugly plush bird called ‘Plague Bird’ every night! It’s absolutely disgusting to look at.” The name tag is retaliating for the chewing.

“Shit this thing can talk!?” Catrina was shocked by the talking name tag that shares dark secrets apparently.

”Catrina doesn’t know that her brother got Plague Bird from a dumpster outside of a hospital.” The name tag is rather cheery upon stating that awful secret.

In Like a Lion

Not only had Catrina’s familiars had gone down with the ship with their maker, but, they got banished into Tamagotchis for being such awful little monsters in life as Catrina tests the rope for the swing. The Vidas, Catrina’s familiar, those little boogers, had their own coffin shaped Tamagotchis they were banished in, their chain connected to Cat’s belt as she kept tugging at the rope. It had sounded like fun at the time, especially getting a neat drink and golden badge by the end of it with her partner for the race! Downside…Catrina is running with no common sense at the moment as she starts to swing over that steamy water…this was a terrible idea as Catrina and her familiars screech like horrid banshees.

“WALLETS!” Danza screamed from within the periwinkle, coffin shaped Tamagotchi as Catrina is swinging over steamy water in this competition with her partner.

“OH MY GODS DANZA WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT FROM!?” Catrina hollowered, clearly losing focus on the game at hand.

“GUCCI GUCCI!” Screamed Canto from the sea foam colored coffin Tamagotchi, wanting to throttle Danza for distracting Catrina.

“SCIENCE!” Estelle screeched as the steam started fogging up her coral tinted screen.

Garden

[toothaches]

Maurice is nearby taking photos of the garden's beautiful water features with his phone when he hears some Facts being shared. He lifts a wing and looks under it to spy the bright blue girl. Is she...chewing on her name tag? Okay.

"Are you good?" He asks this as kindly as he can.

[kuchisake_shojo]

"Ugly cute is trendy too, you know!" That's what it is, right? Ugly cute and not just nausea-inducing? Runa overhears that name tag, and just has to chip in to downplay the embarrassment... for now.

Garden

[bbbrightside]

"I don't think that's going to stop it. Maybe... you could try leading with a fun fact like that?"

Says the young girl, easily shorter than Catrina herself. Dressed in gothic attire, and yet bearing the visible aesthetics of Heaven; a glowing halo, wings flush to her shoulders. She blinks, and a second pair of eyes suddenly appear and then disappear on her face. The smile is ever-present.

"I bet Plague Bird is lovely."