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TEST DRIVE MEME ⚔️️ I
![]() Premise ⚔️️ Rules ⚔️️ FAQ ⚔️️ Taken ⚔️️ Reserves ⚔️️ Apply ⚔️️ Locations ⚔️️ Bestiary ![]() A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival
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. You'll definitely see other new arrivals plopping in. If you can't swim, a red-headed woman known only as the Lady of the Lake will drag you to the shore if she doesn't spot someone else near you helping so no one ends up drowning. She's a little busy casting directive magic to make sure everyone lands safely and playing lifeguard, so if anyone attempts to talk to her, she'll tell them to head up to 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, but if you do fall, be prepared for a mysterious sand hand to reach out of the side of the cliffs to catch you. The hand will pat you atop the head twice before retreating back into the wall. This is the Cliff Beast; despite the name, he is quite friendly. B ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot
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, ![]() C ⦿ The Red Spring
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. 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. ![]() A ⦿ Get Fresh
B ⦿ Be Merry
C ⦿ Eat Well
Have a seat, meet a new neighbor, find a roommate, maybe a new or old friend? Talk to the person to your left, your right, across from you. Mingle, enjoy the food, the music, it shouldn’t be long before the information promised is provided. Till then take your fill and get to know your fellow travelers. ![]() You've been here a few days now and have gotten a chance to settle in, find a place to stay, and Camelot's citizens have decided that you've been here long enough to start living your life again. Well, your new life. A group of citizens have decided to give everyone their first quest. "Hear ye, hear ye!" a man in chain mail with a tablet with his statement typed up on it declares to a crowd from atop a pedestal. There are two other citizens around him with phones to post the video to AOL later to make sure the word gets heard ye all around. "Those with magic, we beseech thee! Findeth us a grail most holy hidden in the depths of the Brocéliande! This holy grail is known to grant thine wishes three, a most noble quest for noble souls! Great reward will come to those who find it and proclaim at least one of their wishes to find the great Excalibur for King Arthur!" This is the first you've heard about King Arthur, and it seems curious that he hasn't yet shown his face around town. It also seems strange that this guy is speaking like he's stepped out of a bad period piece, and probably should be the clue that this is more or less an attempt to haze some of the newcomers by sending them into the forest... but no one is telling newcomers this. It's better to get them out there and start praciticing, after all. A ⦿ Lost, and Lost, and Lost Again
Which is what makes it peculiar when you keep passing the exact same locations over and over again, as if you've been traveling in circles or reaching the end of the map in a video game and coming out the other end. You're stuck in a space loop. The only way out is to successfully find the one difference in each loop five times in a row and collect it. Maybe it's a strange frog, a crystal that wasn't there before, a small wooden step that doesn't lead anywhere, or some other singular item, you've got to find what stands out... pick the wrong item, and you'll have to start your five count over again, and again, and again... B ⦿ Grail, and Grail, and Grail Again!?
C ⦿ A Quest Completeish
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"Okay, thanks mysterious hand!"
She should be freaking out by now, and really, a part of her was. One second ago she was snuggled into her sleeping bag wondering how she was going to get home, the next thing she knows, she is definitely NOT in the boiling Isles or home, instead she's gasping and doggy paddling her way out of the water and staring out into a strange new world.
In other words, deja vu, she was the new girl in a strange world. Again. she was scared, sure, but she's a very different Luz Noceda than the one that first stumbled into a strange new world. There was a LOT to see, and scared as she was, all of these strange new folk were new and mysterious to her. She couldn't help but want to talk to them and find out what was happening. At least, to her delight, Owlbert was with her! She was so stunned to find this out she fell off the cliff she was clambering up, and was luckily brought right back up.
"Ok, Owlbert. We can do this. Don't need to ask a million questions, no freaking out this time! It's you and me and...all these other people, brought for some strange new purpose! Yeah! We can do this, probably!"
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Luz didn't know about anyone else, but she sure didn't want to make a bad impression. She already had a chance to take a look at some of the people that showed up and, frankly, she probably was one of the least impressive looking of them. She could have sworn she was looking at some people straight out of an anime. There were actual animal people here. ANIMAL PEOPLE! And here she was, doofy little Luz with her cat hoodie (luckily she hadn't seen any cat people, didn't want to mistakenly insult anyone there) and they had said something about learning magic here.
"Did Eda send me here to try and get me a better education Owlbert?" She inquired of her little companion, who seemed to indicate he was as mystified as she was. "No, huh? So they're probably not lying about being brought here for missions?"
Ok then, totally making sure she was washing her hair then. No way that salt water was good settling there.
FLIM FLAMMED!
"Argh! I knew it was too good to be true!"
Ok, so she didn't know that, which was annoying, but now she was dirty, had straw sticking out of her hair, had scuffed up knees and her hands were scratched up. All she had was a little money and a noodle strainer. If you come upon the tired girl, you'll see her little familiar nuzzling her sympathetically as she grumbled about false promises and warm beans.
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“Well, it is an interesting experience so far: being transported into a new strange world,” Harry tells the young girl, “How are you doing so far?”
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"Well, not wild about all the integrated tech, if I'm perfectly honest. The robot is cool, don't get me wrong, but they brought him here. This place is a cross between fantasy and technology, and its not even in the cool steampunk way? I mean, what the heck?"
She shrugged. "It could be worse though? I mean, this IS technically the second time I've been brought to a world different from my own."
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Rose squeaks up happily while he fixes her fur after the towel drying left her fur to look like she has escaped from a drying machine. She then jumps up and down excitedly in joy before climbing up to Harry’s left shoulder.
“Well in my world, normal tech could get destroyed when exposed to magic, although my friend’s dad likes to mess with them out of fun and curiosity. So it is really refreshing to see technology and magic not conflicting for once if you ask me,” he sheepishly admits to her.
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Granted, the fusion of tech and fantasy was a little derivative, but what could you do? You didn't exactly have a say in the matter.
"Aw, your little familiar is so cyute! I guess that is a good point though. It makes way more sense for them to coexist, even if magic is far more unpredictable."
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Oh, she notices how cute Rose is, not to mention her adorable little squeaks. He is surely going to get brownie points for that alone, that he chuckles at the thought.
“I see that Rose has caught your attention, she is a Pygmy Puff by the way: my friend’s older brothers had started bredding them two years ago and his little sister had one as well,” he replies.
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Luz, being a fan of books and nerd things, was well acquainted with the tropes.
"Pygmy Puff? Ai, Que Lindo! They're so adorable! They're from your world though, right? So that's got to be your familiar."
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“Couldn’t argue with that, I saw some of us during the journey coming to Camelot and some hails from species or worlds I never heard of before,” he adds in, “Hopefully we can let the locals see that we mean no harm to them.”
“You’re definitely right, she is my familiar,” Harry answers as he scoops Rose up with his hands and directs her towards Luz, “By the way, do you want to pet her? Don’t worry, she won’t bite you.”
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Even Luz had something like that. Certainly she couldn't talk about what happened to Eda anytime soon.
"I think the locals might have their own hands full, probably. No, thanks! I don't want to make Owlbert here jealous! It took some time to win over his trust!"
Owlbert hooted in reply, seemingly agreeing.
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Was the older man heading over to her wearing a bright pink shirt? Yes, yes he was. "Nice of the lake to lend us a hand. At least I think so. Water you think?" he asked.
He had a guitar hanging off his back by a broad strap and his familiar, a giant pink winged Jackalope was using its antlers as a drying rack for still more clothing. Quite a bit of it was pink.
Gah, the pink text! It hurts usss!
AWESOME.
"Hey, I like the cut of your jibe, good sir! Just taking my time and, well, adjusting! Mine telling us whooo you are?"
Owlbert just looked nonplussed. Clearly he was channeling Eda right now.
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Here Luz fumbled for her paper and pen, but they all fell out of her bag, and she scrambled for it quickly, to try and scrawl the glyph.
"-No, wait, I have this-ICE of you to-rrgh, no ink, seriously- ah, well, nice to meet you Donovan. I'm Luz Noceda!"
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Owlbert hopped onto her shoulder and gave her a quick peck.
"Aw, thanks Owlbert, you're sweet. So have you been here long, Donovan sir?"
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"You seem to be a master of both! I'm guessing, anyway. I'm still trying to wrap my head around this whole new fantasy/technology angle they have going here. Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria, that sort of thing."
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There was a girl also washing up where they had been led. She was in a painfully pink jumpsuit. The colour had been described by people she knew as a curse that once you see it it was burned into your retinas. The white shirt she wore under the partially open top didn't help much. Neither did the white hip pouch. On her other hip was what looked like two weighted wooden juggling clubs.
The girl finished washing her face, then looked up at the mirror, eyes determined. "Alright, Kyoko," she said, seemingly unaware that anyone else was there. "We're in the fairy world and we're here to help people. So mission number one... find Corn!" And then she started squeeing, holding onto the edge of the sink as she did a happy wiggle like a cat about to get a treat. She was... certainly an odd one.
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"Um, corn? Fairy world? You sure you're in the right place, uh, Kyoko?"
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Again with the corn. "Is that...currency in your world?"
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"I mean, I just got here, I could GET that power! We don't know!"
Great blurting that out.
"Corn. You seem pretty fixated on it."
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She blinked a few times, then grinned. "Not it, him. Corn is a fairy. His father is the king of fairy land. When were little he visited me for a while, since his wings were broken and he couldn't go home. Now I get to visit him. I can't wait to see him fly again! He's the most amazing fairy ever!" Have the shining eyes of her utter adoration.
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"Maybe? I think it depends on what you get. Although...I don't think whoever is in charge here is letting us go home. Not for awhile, anyway. I think they want us to complete some purpose. That's how these kinds of things usually go, after all."
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What could I possibly be referencing ;)
I actually do not know
It was a Christmas Story reference, when the dogs devour the father's turkey!
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My wife loves it so...seen it a few times lol
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