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saveournumbers2018-06-16 06:48 pm
ourearth) wrote in saveournumbers2018-06-16 06:48 pm
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Second Test Drive Meme
Welcome to the SoE TDM!
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1. A ghostly apparition
There are many places in Mossgate Council where one may spot ghosts, but the place that yields such sightings most frequently is the ruins at the top of the cliffs. So one beautiful night, you're up there - for a date? To smoke weed? To watch the stars with a bottle of whiskey? - as you suddenly notice something out of the corner of your eye. Perhaps it is a bearded man in a long cloak, or a woman in historical clothes, or something much more outlandish... What do you do?
2. Old ships
A new exhibit at the museum has opened! ...Or rather an old exhibit has reopened after some repairs and an overhaul of the presentation. So now the old pre-Roman-times ship that is the pride of the museum can be visited by the public again, and of course there are all kinds of advertisement around town, and a large sign in the entrance are of the building guiding visitors towards the correct room. The ship sits elevated on a platform in the middle of the room and other items and explanations are placed along the walls. A volunteer guide is always close by to explain more about the ship (if your character is the volunteer guide - just make something up!).
3. Moss Manor gathers
In Moss Manor, there is reason for curiosity, gossip and free drinking. Wait. No. Of course it's just that the village gathers to warmly welcome the new vicar of the local church, and since that church is so important locally, even those who aren't directly related to it show up to say hi.
But while they're there, why not take advantage of the free food and drink and the opportunity to talk to everyone else at the welcome festivity?
4. Water activities
In Folkton, summer has begun. People are boating on the little river, sitting near the water while studying or take an afternoon nap there, older relatives try to keep children from falling into the water or at least not going in without supervision, and occasionally someone is yelling at a dog that just took a leap into the cool waters and splashed them at everyone in the general surroundings. An ice cream van is parked near the river, and some kids play football near the river.
5. The wonderful everyday
Being people living in our regular, modern world, people need to work or study, eat and commute, shop and relax... Just that all those regular, normal tasks can hold unexpected difficulties if you were just sitting at the tills at Tesco's, and this noseless customer suddenly made you remember the day you lost your parents. Or maybe you were getting some exercise, and running down the street you developed superspeed and have no idea how to control it yet...
6. How many times will they have to tell you?
Twice a year, there are guided tours through the tunnels under the cliffs east of Mossgate. Those tunnels, dug into the chalk throughout centuries or perhaps millenia, were built without a general plan, so their layout is an absolute confusing mess. On top of that, there are cave-ins and unsafe areas. It is strictly advised to not stray from your group, as people have been harmed because they got lost in them before. But you just had to get distracted, or perhaps think that it would be more fun to explore on your own, and now you are lost without a blip of signal to call for help with...
7. Fun, fun fun!
At Mossgate's seaside, a Victorian pleasure pier extends about 40 metres into the sea. The platform at the end of the pier holds fairground rides such as a merry-go-round, a small rollercoaster and a helter skelter and along the pier kiosks sell candy floss, rock candy, roasted nuts and other goodies. A small distance down the street, a minigolf site can be found and on the street along the coast there are fish and chips shops, family-friendly arcades and souvenir shops. Maybe you are actually here for the fun, or maybe you just work here or are trying to track down a wayward friend...
8. Wildcard
And, of course, the obligatory do-what-you-want option.
Marian Hawke | Dragon Age series | Gym Instructor/Personal Trainer
1
Marian's come up looking for the ghost more than once, because who could resist? Ruins on top of a cliff, with a grey figure who shows up now and then to Be Spooky (stories about how exactly it manages to accomplish this vary wildly, from what she's gathered)...it's all too fantastically British and quaint for words. 'Quaint' is a description that earns a lot of exasperation out here, but she's used to exasperation, and besides, it is all quaint.
She's never seen the ghost, but she usually has a decent hour or so anyway drinking a beer and looking up at the stars. They're always brighter up here, more than in most places she's been. Less light pollution. Whatever the reason, she'll take it.
It's not unusual for other people to wander up here too, usually teenagers looking for a place to snog, so when she hears an odd noise she turns her head to see what it is. She does tense, because some old instincts die hard even when you're only twenty-odd years old.
4
Marian walks or sometimes jogs near the water's edge, throwing a stick for a young mastiff who's clearly having the time of his life running around, skidding sand all over the place, splashing into the water, getting distracted by any interesting smells or sights in the area, and once in a while retrieving the stick and bringing it back to Marian.
If he's done any of those things to you, she's very sorry and will apologize. The dog isn't sorry at all but will probably lick you. Don't worry, he's friendly. Honest.
5
"Right." Marian lays down on the bench as her companion loads up the weights, getting herself into position, shifting around until she's comfortable. Once they nod, she grips the bar above her chest.
Before beginning the lift, she turns and looks over with a raised eyebrow. "You're ready to spot me? I don't really want a huge indentation the shape of this bar on my face if this turns out to be too much weight. I like my nose the way it is."
5
Marian loves running. She puts on some music, and the world narrows to just pounding the pavement, wind pushing against her, and speed. Houses and landmarks and people pass by in the background, and the path before her is simple and uncomplicated. Just run. Nothing else. The endorphin high when she gets into the zone is better than sex.
Well. Better than most sex. Fewer risky side effects, too.
Still, she's not completely oblivious. When she sees a huddled shape on the ground she slows down a little, frowning, then speeds up to get there, stopping and bending over. "Hey. Hey. You all right there?"
no subject
Still, he's different now, and the darkness makes it easier to sense the world around him. The feeling for life is only sometimes like hearing. The grass and its root systems around him, he can feel them and that topography almost as a kind of pressure, the little animals in it are brighter and warmer. Marian, now, he senses Marian's presence and it's complex and changeable, altering itself constantly, as it does now with sudden tension.
"Easy, champ," he says, raising his left hand in a placatory way. He tends not to do that with his right unless he's making serial killer jokes. Anyway, Sky knows all about the leftovers military service leaves with someone, he's not going to make a big deal of it. "Any meteors yet?"
5
But in that brief moment, Marian might have spotted something. Slitted pupils, eyes reflecting in the dim light.
The child, whose face is now turned away from her again, staring at the ground, shakes her head quickly. "I'm fine." She's not. She's absolutely not. But this is NOT something to tell a random stranger. She needs to get to Ben. Ben will be able to help. Or Sky, or Sadie... her thoughts race. She needs to get to someone. But she's not really close by anyone, and she can hardly take the bus like this, and now there is someone who will ask questions...