TEST DRIVE MEME ⚔️️ 9

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{ QUICK NAV } Premise ⚔️️ Rules ⚔️️ FAQ ⚔️️ Taken ⚔️️ Reserves ⚔️️ Apply ⚔️️ Locations ⚔️️ Bestiary ⚔️️ Top-Levels Only ⚔️️ SUMMARY: New arrivals drop into the lake and have to climb up a cliff to the Rent a Ride, where they are given their device and some headphones and can retrieve their personal materials. There is a small earthquake during this (shaking, some things may fall off of shelves, but no structural damage) that upsets the normal arrival creatures, limiting cliff-falling rescues and sliming the water. They travel to Camelot, which is a multiple day journey, so they stop at the Red Springs along the way and stay at an inn there. A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival KERPLUNK, SPLASH! Regardless of what you were in the middle of, you and your familiar have been magically pulled into the world of Avalon just above the Bay's waters. After a brief plunge into the Bay, the rush of water filling your ears and soaking up into every creak and crevice of your body, you may need to cough to clear your airways when you rise above the surface. It's still chilly, but not enough that you can't manage on your own. The Lady of the Lake is swimming around under the water, helping to rescue any wayward travelers who look like they're struggling in the water. This month's helpers are giant pillow jellies, a species of jellyfish that is capable of ballooning itself at the surface to create bouncy pads for characters to hop across to the shore, should they choose or not be able to swim. They come in a variety of bioluminescent colors, but do not seem to be very talkative even to animal magic users. Those who try may find themselves being ignored, even if they hear the jellies talking amongst themselves about this and that. In the middle of the new arrivals, there is a small earthquake that shakes the island and makes the waters choppy. The jellyfish are startled and release a glow-in-the-dark slime that may dye your characters' hair and skin until they can get a proper bath. The Lady of the Lake seems disquieted by the earthquake, but there isn't much to be done about it where they are now besides make sure that everyone is outside of the water as quickly as possible. If anyone tries to ask the Lady of the Lake for directions, she will direct you to Archimedes at the Rent-a-Ride. The shores themselves are littered with new arrivals complaining their way up a staircase carved into the walls of the White Cliffs. There is no railing, so be careful, as the earthquake has scared the cliff beast into hiding, meaning for July's arrivals, there is no safety net. They may need some serious help if a fall occurs! *Reminder: Your character's familiar may or may not be with your character in their initial plunge. If the familiar isn't partial to water, it may meet your character on the beach or sit atop their head while they swim. Or if they are, they might splash about and swim alongside your character. Familiars have different personalities and body specs and we leave those up to the players. B ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot Once everyone is wrangled up to the top of the White Cliffs, the handsome owner of the Rent-a-Ride, Archimedes, will distribute smart phones, sunscreen, a pair of sunglasses, and a pair of ear buds and tell them to "Check the Shit Box." The "Shit Box" refers to wardrobe more formally known as the Wardrobe of Finding, a hammerspace-like wardrobe that opens to each person's items and pets when the person touches the handle. It was enchanted by Merlin to prevent people from having to fish their waterlogged possessions and pets out of the water with them. From there, Archimedes directs everyone to settle in groups into modernized carriages pulled by horses and gives them a basic explanation of why and how they've been brought to Avalon: The rest of the universe is frozen in time and your character has been brought here by a familiar that was able to bond with them. They'll have to learn magic to help save their own world from destruction, but first they've got to get them to Camelot. It is here that you have the first opportunity to decide who they will be in their new home. You'll have about an hour to wander around here, meet and greet, and pet the horses before it's time to go. These carriages use fae technology that combats weight, so your character will be able to get in regardless of whether they're light as a feather or weigh two tons. The carts have air conditioning when it's hot, heating when it's cold, and a mystical shield to protect from bugs. There is also a mini-bar that pops out of the console with nip bottles. Characters can use their smartphones to connect to Camelot's internet service, avalononline (AOL), to chat with other characters, watch dumb videos, learn about the world, contact Camelot Support (they'll answer any questions they can for you, from how to use a smart phone to where to find quests and resources to learn more about your magic). Be careful if you decide to use your phones while in the caravan-- if you don't use those earbuds and start forcing everyone to listen to your nonsense, Archimedes may make you walk. C ⦿ The Red Spring The journey from the White Cliffs to the City of Camelot is a long one, and the first evening you arrive you'll end up spending at the Red Spring, a booming resort town. Because of the volume of new arrivals and vacationers, inn rooms are assigned two-to-a-room. The rooms have two twin beds, a bathroom, a mini-fridge and microwave, and a TV equipped with a couple of entertaining video games and a few free movies. If you don't want to relax in the room, try taking a dip in the spring for another chance to meet your fellow travelers. The waters have restorative properties that help horses and travelers recover quickly when drunk. It is known to relieve stress, improve energy levels, and mildly accelerate healing. It may be a little chilly when you get out though, so make sure you don't slip rushing back indoors when you get out! The springs are also home to a large training grounds just outside town limits, where there are teachers who will teach basic magic safety and help you discover what kind of magic you have together with other new arrivals. Try target practice, obstacle courses, meditation circles, and other ways to try to figure out just what you can do... if you didn't already have an accidental discovery on the ride there. SUMMARY: Camelot throws a carnival to combat the warming up weather featuring "cool" foods and contests, Queen Elphame sent gifts of aquatic mounts to practice in gratitude for the offering and peacemaking with Celliwig, and the clean-up for the carnival goes haywire as cleaning implements magically seek to clean everything. Thankfully, not every minute of Avalon is adventure and trials and rituals. There are moments of respite, and moments to have fun. This July, for example, locals have decided to invite everyone to what they're calling the "Cool Down Carnival"! A ⦿ Cool Carnival, Bruh Vendors of all kinds have taken to selling cooling goods throughout the carnival grounds. Shaved ice, frozen yogurt, gelato, ice cream, iced tea and boba drinks are everywhere, and each and every vendor is vying for the attention of customers. Whether it's coupons for free snacks if they fill out a punch card for all three days of the carnival, or trying out their new, more magical recipes of frozen slush that make you temporarily behave like a penguin and try belly-sliding down a slip-n-slide that's been set up to occupy the unfortunate victims of that slush (It wears off, don't worry.) Perhaps most notably is the Margaritaville Pair Challenge. If you and an acquaintance can down a giant schooner of frozen margarita in less than a minute together, you'll both get a free happy hour item once a day for the next month from the restaurant and they'll do you a solid and teach you (Recipe) Hangover Moveover, a recipe that instantly cures hangovers. The brain freeze caused by downing that much frozen drink is yours to deal with, unfortunately... B ⦿ Surf New Turf In the evening, the fae folk of the carnival crew lead the way to uproot the party off toward the docks near Camelot. The Elphame Traders came back this past month with good tidings from Queen Elphame, who was impressed both with the gift of a ship and the winning over of Celliwig's people. To this end, a second ship was sent with the Elphame Traders to provide a means of transportation to the faery Kingdom of Elphame without passing through the Forest of the Felled: aquatic mounts. However, they aren't exactly easy for anyone who isn't an animal mage and will require practice before anyone can set out. You'll need at least one person to steer and one person to act as a combatant, as the lake north of the arrival point is more than a little treacherous but that will be a journey for another day. (Maybe the 20th? Stuff seems to coincidentally always happen around then, huh... Weird.) For now, the fae who stayed behind from the Elphame Traders this month are sticking around to help you find a partner and an aquatic mount that gets along with the two of you. Most of the creatures who have agreed to be mounts are hanging out alongside he beach near the old docks, so you can go around and check out the different kinds of available mounts: Alpacapies: Cousin to the much more violent water horse fae the Kelpies, Alpacapies have been mistaken for baby loch ness monsters on more than one occasion given their penchant for sitting with just their hump and long neck above the waterline. They can be ridden in the water and tend to bond with people who are polite to them upon greeting. They will assist in combat by spitting water at their enemies or kicking with front legs, but they may shake you off if they need to deep dive to gain speed for an attack. They do not have back legs, only a dolphin-like fin. For some reason, they're really impossible to take photographs of. Mossatees: You're familiar with the mossatee already. A special breed of manatee that grows flowers and moss on its back like a miniature garden. They blossom in the spring, and their backs can be very comfortable. They're a little clumsy and tend to run into things, both accidentally and on purpose, so it may be a bit of a derpy ride if you and your partner choose a mossatee. They also just had a lot of children, so part of riding with them will mean protecting their young on the journey. They're not good in combat and will prioritize defense. Deinosuchus: A Cretaceous crocodile that gets up to about 10 meters long. It's huge and carnivorous and very well could eat you if you piss it off. It is fast, but has to take a lot of breaks. It will also terrorize in a fight. The fae recommend bringing it a goat or some other similarly sized meal to get it on your side if you want to go for this one. This pack is the only one left, transported by fairies to Avalon long, long ago, so you'd better not let them down. Once you've found a mount that seems right, try to practice balancing on its back. They don't much like saddles so that may be a challenge, but if you hold onto your partner it might be easier! Once you're settled, try racing against another pair or going through a Survivor-esque obstacle course with your mounts. C ⦿ Clean Up Chaos As people head out for the second day of practice with their mounts or recover from a crazy carnival experience, things around town... seem a little off. It seems like someone tried some experimental magic after competing in the Margaritaville challenge feeling particularly benevolent. All around Camelot, cleaning utensils have taken on a life of their own. Brooms are sweeping customers right out of restaurants, sponges are scrubbing up dishes and chasing down patrons for the most public sponge baths of their life, and the local woodland creatures are assisting in picking up and taking away anything that touches the floor that ought not to be there. Some are even hopping up on residents to do their hair! Whatever the source is, the only solution is to either destroy or scare the cleaning supplies off to the woods before they take over the whole town! A little magic should help, so why not test out the magic you've been working on since arriving in Avalon? SUMMARY: The earthquake busted some of the Land of Rot wards and zombies are attacking Camelot's farmland. Save the farm, restore the wards, fight a giant worm, and then find a mysterious marsh before getting transported back home just as mysteriously. The earthquake on arrival day was a little frightening, but ultimately didn't seem to cause too much trouble around New Camelot. That is, until a few days later when the farmlands seem to be under attack.. by the undead!? It seems like the wards surrounding the Lands of Rot were disrupted by the earthquake near Camelot's northeast farmland. ' A ⦿ The Farming Dead Step one is to fight the hoard of zombies spilling out into the farm and stop them before they contaminate Camelot's food source. Use whatever means you can to dispense of the undead, keeping the following in mind: death mages are going to be the most effective combatants against the undead, but anyone can follow the basic rules of zombies to clear a path. Loud noises attract their attention, they shamble during the day and can move more quickly during the night, they don't feel pain so if you hurt the they won't be deterred-- you have to kill them, and always double-tap if you aren't sure. Just be careful not to set them on fire. Flaming zombies can spread fires to buildings and other surroundings and are just generally worse than regular zombies! Once the zombies are cleared out, farmworkers will bring out gifts of fresh lemonade and some extra mixed herb seeds they gathered throughout the year. They're still good, please take them as a thanks for helping save the farm! B ⦿ Of Wards and Worms After searching the perimeter of the Land of Rot, sources have found that the wards were damaged on the west side, so the zombies haven't fully penetrated any areas but the farm. Pair up with another person to draw the attention of the zombies away from wards while the other person resets the wards. While doing this, you'll find the earth is rumbling again-- a little heavier this time since you're much closer than back in the Bay of Avalon. Rather suddenly, a huge sinkhole opens up in the desert landscape of the Land of Rot nearby... and out leaps a thousand-toothed worm, flying through the air and diving back toward the ground teeth-first... with your character right in its target location! Maybe you're lucky and get out of the way only to get knocked down by another huge tremor, or maybe you've just been swallowed whole by a giant worm and really, really need to find a way out for you and your partner! Maybe you'll find something interesting while you think... Is that a broken boat in here? Hopefully you find your way out (or.. if you don't, you find someone to resurrect you, but that would really suck if you just arrived!) C ⦿ Wake Me Up Before You're Go-Gone First zombies, then a giant worm... today's been exhausting! And now you're.. somewhere in the middle of the Land of Rot and you seem to have run into some kind of marsh that you don't remember passing on your way in. The water itself is murky and the only creatures around seem to be bugs, bats, snakes, and frogs. Everything seems sickly, rotting, and is pretty awfully stinky. But none of it is quite as terrifying as when you and whoever you wandered into the Land with stumble upon what appears to be some kind of old hag. What happens next? Who knows. She screams and both you and whoever you're with pass out and wake up snuggling in an inn room. You were definitely in that marsh though, because your pants are still sopping from trudging through it... Well, enjoy the panic, maybe interrogate your neighbors, and try to find out where in the Land of Rot you were! It sure doesn't seem to be on the map... What a mystery! MOD NOTES: • All test drive prompts are open to anyone in the game at any time to create your own logs with, but this post should have top-levels by potential new characters only. Current characters may reply to any threads, but should not top-level comment on this post. • If your application is accepted, you may accept TDM threads as game canon as long as both players consent. Characters may begin threading as soon as their journal is accepted to the communities. •If nothing here tickles your fancy, try one of this month's Quests for your TDM prompt. • The first "Arrival" prompts are present on every TDM, but contain seasonal tweaks for flavor. All other prompts will change monthly. • Questions about this TDM's content? Comment here! If you have a question about the game at-large, please head over to the FAQ.

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itaru chigasaki | a3! | elemental/technomancy; fairy familiar

[rateup]

i. arrival

a. [ itaru's a little lost and dazed at first when he fell upon the lake, but it doesn't take him long to realize the situation he's found himself in. despite the earthquake that shook this curious world just then he kept ooh-ing and ahh-ing along the way, and he doesn't care if he forgot how to act like his age right now. like, who can even resist? he may be cringe, but he's finally free.

but what finally made him go over the moon is meeting his fated familiar. gwen almost acts like the imaginary itaru's grew up with when he was a lonely little kid, although a little more naggy and looking a lot less like izumi when he had that crazy ass dream a while back, but she's delighted to meet itaru nonetheless. still wanting to make sure that he's not hallucinating about his imaginary friend, itaru turns to anyone who'd approach this pair and ask: ]

Hey. You can see her too, right?

[ "hey!!" fairy!izumi, er, gwen pouts while hovering in the air, giggling to herself a moment later. yeah, yeah, she can let him have this. ]

b. [ he has so many questions to ask, so many sights to see. itaru may be an introvert through and through, but this time he's willing to make some small talk outside of his usual salaryman persona back home. so once the carriage is full and is en route to their next destination, he somehow manages to tears his eyes away from the amazing view of the landscape to strike up a conversation with a fellow wayward soul with an all-too charming smile-- ]

Is this your first time in an isekai too?

[ NOT THAT ICEBREAKER ]

ii. cool-down carnival

a. [ just because itaru's elated to be here doesn't meant that his social battery has changed for the better. donning a pair of shades and headphones, he plants himself on one of the tables with a giant umbrella on it and... fiddles with his phone. he bought some boba with him and gwen so that they won't die from the heat, but he's going to keep to himself for a while.

he won't be talking much unless someone approaches him for a little chat, but. well. it is getting hot and all, and most of the covered seats in the area might be taken except his. he won't mind sharing tables with a total stranger for a while. ]

b. I told you, I already took a bath today!!

[ or at least that's what itaru thinks as to why soapy sponges are suddenly chasing him down?! gwen's doing her best in keeping up with him as he runs, yelling at him to "use your magic already!!"

...somehow he forgot that he can do that now in the midst of all this excitement, lmao. so he skids to a stop and turns around, a hand positioned over his right eye in that quintessential chuunibyou pose. he hasn't gotten quite the hang of his powers just yet, but it can't be that hard, right? he's literally got the power of all 3485735 elements and anime on his side. can't go wrong with that. ]

Oh turbulent winds, heed my call!

[ he points at the sentient cleaning materials, and a great gust of wind comes forth to blow them away --

only for the sponges to hit a nearby rando that might be your character right on their face. whoops. ]

wildcard

[ come at me scrublord, im ripped. feel free to PM me or send a PP my way at romanticizes if you want something a little more personalized, tho! ]

ii.b;

[cooperatively]

[There's been quite a lot of commotion, what with all the cleaning supplies running rampant, that it would take a lot to catch their attention. Striking a ridiculous pose and... Calling upon the wind? is, somehow, enough to do that.

The most impressive thing is this guys complete lack of actual ability. They can't even get mad about the sponge that's currently making its way down their face.]

Wow.

[Give them a moment to peel the sponge away from their mouth and toss it over to the next poor, unfortunate soul.]

I don't know which one of us should be more embarrassed.

[rateup]

[ itaru looks totally embarrassed, though it's not because of the cringe he just did. he's more apologetic at practically throw a wet sponge at a stranger's face than anything. ]

Ah, sorry about that. I'm still trying to get the hang of it. Maybe I shoulda used water magic instead...?

[ stupid. gwen, meanwhile, is bowing for itaru's sake. she's so sorry u_u ]

[cooperatively]

[Must be nice, to not have that level of self-awareness... They can almost appreciate it. Would probably appreciate it more if they weren't wiping soapy water off their face with their sleeve.]

It's fine.

[Is it, though.]

But I feel like water magic would've gotten you even more collateral. Unless you're saying you have better control over water and decided to go with calling on the winds anyways...

[They feel kind of sorry for that little fairy... At least their familiar isn't here to watch this unfold.]

ii.b i'm coming for you.

[straightseam]

( splat.

yuki's familiar has a good laugh as the sponges smack and subsequently flops off of yuki's face; yuki, on the other hand, isn't as amused. this isn't even tempered by the fact it's a familiar face from home. any other time he Might be happy, just a little tiny bit, to have on around. right now? not really. his familiar trots after him as he closes the distance between them, its extra long tail swinging high in the air like a pole. )

Hey, Cringe Lord, watch where you're throwing those! ( wow, new yuki nickname... just for here... aren't you lucky? hmm, yuki's mad but he's not really looking at itaru except to make sure he's going in the right direction... why not? well... itaru can see he's googling how much healing magic can the human body take.

okay he isn't going to actually kill him, probably, maybe. it was only his face; he would've been way more pissed if any of it had gotten on his clothes. ) What's with that crappy line of yours, anyway. No one told me I had to say something that embarrassing to use any spells.

runs towards

[rateup]

[ geh. he sure unlocked some achievements for that, only to be berated by a fifteen year old. itaru should be used to this by now, and yet... and yet.

he pales at yuki's threatening google searching as he tries to get his shit together. keyword: tries. because in all his years of playing videogames, one of the rarest times healing can actually injure is when your chara is inflicted with the Zombified status or something similar to that nature - but he's not gonna tell yuki that. pretty sure someone like him wouldn't want to have zombie powers anyway, tbh. ]

I get it, I get it. Need to get some practice in. My bad.

[ he has more affinity with water, like lancelot, but with all the elements at the tips of his fingers of course he wants to try them all. ]

I mean, you're technically not required? But why wouldn't you want to.

[ yeah yuki why wouldn't you ]

opens arms.......

[straightseam]

( yuki bargaining away an ear or something to give itaru the zombie status just to heal him to death..... imagine. )

Because it's embarrassing as hell and I'm not a six year old.

( he's an extremely mature fifteen year old. )

Ugh... Are you gonna act like this the whole time we're here?

ii-a!

[arf]

[ Taichi had spotted Itaru a few minutes ago actually and, for once, had managed to contain his excitement at seeing someone from home.

But really only because Itaru looked so relaxed with his headphones and sunglasses on that he couldn't help but buy two cans of ice-cold cola, condensation coating the outside by the time he makes it back to Itaru, and press both of them to the back of Itaru's neck to surprise him. ]

I-taru-san!

[rateup]

[ THE YELL HE JUST LET OUT

itaru almost falls from the chair at the literal chill that crawled up his back. he still jumps out of his seat though, turning around to find a grinning taichi and sighing in relief. ]

T-Taichi... What the hell's that for? I could've sworn I aged 30 years from that.

[ don't mind the grousing, he's actually pretty happy to see the guy. fellow isekai-er!! ]

[arf]

[ Taichi can't help but chuckle. He's so happy to see so many people from his world all of a sudden, it's got him in an even more playful mood than normal.]

Let me make it up to you with free cola!

[ Well, free for Itaru. Taichi has a bank account! 🤯 He holds one of the cans out to him. ]

ii. b

[revile]

[ Sakyo is simply walking through the carnival, sipping at a nice cold refreshing beer, minding his own business when the next thing he knows he hears a loud SPLAT and something large and wet seems to land against his face. Well, more accurately, his glasses. Everything goes dark until the sponge suddenly begins to wipe at his face to get him squeaky clean.

Oh, wrong move. Sakyo snatches it up and gathers up his dark magic to curse the thing into a bone dryness, and the moisture in the sponge disappears as it shrivels up, hand clenching it tighter, like he wishes he could crush it into dust. ]

Who the fuck threw that?

[ Who was it? Who did that? He's going to commit murder. ]

[rateup]

[ oh god oh fuck, itaru's gone and done it now. who would've thought this world would bring in sakyo of all people?! though he muses that maybe avalon saw the appeal in yakuza and that is why they summoned him--

no, wait, no time for that. if itaru doesn't act fast, sakyo's gonna suck the lifeforce out of him like what he did with that sponge just now, and not just with neverending lectures of stonks and energy management. he looks around, finds a nearby tree, and hides behind it. sure, the trunk is a little too thin to accomodate his twinky bod, but with so many people at the carnival and the cleaning-related ruckus going around, sakyo should't be able to spot him, right? right?????

gwen's just going to hover there and let out a huge sigh however, she's so tired of his bs ]

[revile]

[ Lucky for Itaru he's allowed a few seconds of freedom, seeing as Sakyo has to wipe his glasses clean first after letting the shriveled remains of the sponge drop to the ground. A broom goes on by to sweep it aside, but doesn't dare mess with Sakyo.

Sakyo takes a moment to squint and watch the broom before he puts his glasses on. ]

The hell's even going on around here? Someone's magic go haywire or something?

[ Finally he starts looking around, but he can't see anyone outwardly suspicious, just a bunch of people getting haggled by... brooms and sponges and buckets and mops. It's everywhere. How's he supposed to find the culprit like this? ]

i a!

[currysseur]

( Izumi doesn't need to be here, technically. everyone passes through the inn eventually, but she wants to be here. Juza turned up when she didn't expect it, so maybe other Mankai members will too?

it's good to know she's proven right when she catches sight of Itaru's familiar face, along with... is that a fairy? )

Yep! ( this must be Itaru's familiar, huh? she didn't think about them being humanoid, even at such a small size. her own familiar, Miho the lioness, stands at her side, watching Itaru with just a touch of caution. sure, Izumi seems to trust him, but she also trusts that blond jerk who kept yelling at her... ) She must be your familiar, Itaru-san.

( and speaking of, it would be rude not to speak to the familiar, right? ) Nice to meet you. I'm Izumi Tachibana.

[rateup]

Ah, Director--

[ on one hand, itaru's elated to see izumi here! if a little surprised... maybe this is all a dream after all, because this isn't the first time the director appeared in one of his theater-induced dreams. the fact that he'd once dreamed that she became gwen herself and accompanied him throughout the day just like this doesn't help either. so it's a litte uncanny to see her and gwen together like this.

not that he'd admit it to her right now. it's a long story. gwen, however, is unaware of itaru's ruminations as she gives a little curtsy and holds out both her hands for a handshake! just a single finger will do. ]

It's kind of a relief that everyone can see her now. Looks like Gwen's taken a liking to you already. [ haha, yeah........ ] Anyway, what's up? Did anyone else get summoned here?

IIb

[saxsongs]

[Ah, what a day to get sponges into his face. Ren sighs and drags them off his face with kinetic magic.]

To whom should I return these?

[He asks continuing to push the sponges back towards sender.]

[rateup]

[ eh? itaru certainly didn't expect that, and now the sponge gets flung back to his face, scrubbing at his poor hair with sudsy soap. ]

H-Hey! It was an accident! I said I already took a bath!

i-b; ah itaru... a familiar face from my pokespe days..

[dependably]

[ hopefully itaru won't find himself in another predicament of being chased around by a group of older women. ]

[ within the carriage, the Mercenary has made himself as comfortable as he can get in a corner off to himself. his green cloak having his hoodie pulled over his head as usual and could almost come off as sleeping. not that he can, not with how tense he is with his guard up.

his spirit-like eagle familiar is perched nearby and raises its head just as Naib does to peek at the other man when he's addressed. which earns a few blinks, followed by a confused furrowed brow and finally opens his mouth. ]

Dunno about any ise.. kai. [ the word sounds unusual on his tongue. he shrugs just as the eagle ruffles its feathers beside him. ] Isn't this just a fancy carriage? Guess you can say it's a first.

[ cause itaru is clearly talking about what they're in. no idea why he called the carriage an "isekai" but, whatever!! ]

perks up!! zetsu i am so sorry for inflicting nerdery on your chara per usual...

[rateup]

[ let's hope not, although you never really know in avalon. maybe he's just doomed to attracting gilfs no matter what world he finds himself in.

but! moving on! ​]

Oh, this is kinda my first time in a carriage this fancy too. I mean like, getting whisked away in a new world and all. It's a famous genre in my world back home.

[ way too famous... but he won't elaborate on that. there are some weird-looking people around who are in the same lost position as him, so he's kinda assuming that this isn't their first time in this rodeo for most of them. ]

i - b!

[nefilim]

[Anastasia is Irritated. She got dunked in some lake so her wings got all heavy and gross, her powers are all gone and now she has to save some random world or whatever. At least her little fox familiar is cute, so there's one perk to all this. But she would really rather Not.

Once on the carriage she had kept herself huddled up with her (now dry) wings wrapped firmly around her, eyes focused on the passing scenery before Itaru catches her attention. She glances over at him as she scowls, going over his words to make sure she heard him right before squinting a little.]

Wha... The hell is an isekai?

[rateup]

Oh, so you don't get that term... That's my bad.

[ shouldn't have used japanese in a setting that's a interdimensional melting pot. but even then itaru shouldn't just throw otaku terms around like that and expect someone to understand what he's getting at... ]

What I mean is - is this your first time getting whisked away in a different world? 'Cause this is my first and I don't know what to expect.

ii-b!! here i am bc i cannot resist itaru....

[partymagician]

[ Gee, thanks for hitting him right in the face! Fai has to wipe off a few suds that managed to get right under his nose, but he laughs it off with no problem.

Actually, that performance was worth applause. So, Fai claps his hands a couple of times. ]

Hyuu, not bad! You really sold that spell!

thank u.... i miss fai so much it's unreal

[rateup]

Really? I didn't think that'd warrant an applause...

[ what an odd reaction. but he'll take it over getting berated by his own actors, so he flashes an impish grin while scratching the back of his head. ]

Still, sorry about that. I'm still getting the hang of 'em.

i-a - don't mind me coming in 10 days later....

[irritated]

[Hikaru isn't one for socializing either. He'd spent most of his life only ever really talking to his twin and even if he's gotten better at that, actually has friends, he's not very outgoing. Right now, he's only at this carnival for his instagram, taking pictures for his account because his followers eat this stuff up.

But there aren't a lot of places to sit but this guy doesn't look like he'll be bothering Hikaru so it's fine. They can ignore each other as Hikaru works on choosing which pictures to upload. Perfect.

However, his familiar has other plans. Yoshiha, the very embodiment of everything people assumed about kitsune, decides she's bored of this and wants to bother Hikaru. How does she do that? By jumping up onto the table and bumping the boba off of the table and onto Itaru's lap. Not that Hikaru notices, too busy with his photos. He's learned to just tune her out because whatever she gets up to isn't really his problem anyway and she thrives on attention so he's learned not to give it to her. She's just sitting there now, grinning, and very proud of herself.]

it's aight ill be here till this month's event tbh

[rateup]

[ HOW RUDE??? super rude. poor gwen was caught in the onslaught somehow and she's received the worst of the damage, her super petite figure dripping in matcha milk tea. itaru also jumped from his seat from shock, his lap just as drenched, but he blinks and watches his sprite fairy familiar confront the kitsune by hovering up all over her face and starts scolding at her for this incident in very high-pitched squeaks. ]

Hey, Gwen--

[ normally he should intervene but you know what? she's gonna let her have it. he spots hikaru not too far away and waves at him (and at the camera, hellooooo) ]

Oi, is this familiar yours...?