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Test Drive Meme #2

TDM #2 - March/April 2025
🦋 Introduction

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🦋 The Party

You wake up at a party.

You're not sure how, exactly, you got here. You may have just been walking in the woods or at a meeting for work or doing any other normal activity for you. But you know you weren't supposed to be at this party, you're fairly certain.

Anyone you ask about it will say the party is for you. You and the others also waking up and looking confused. Further questions will lead to the partygoers insisting you have something to eat. You're starving and others are eating the food without repercussion, so you figure there's no harm in a bite. You finish your portion.

It's a garden party at the crack of dawn, with the sun still in its early stages of climbing through the yonder, casting a good mix of pastel hues of blue, pink, and beige on everything. Heralding the first day of spring, the Ruler of the Spring Court has found it fitting to arrange this gathering where guests can feel the blades of grass touching their ankles, as well as the rich soil beneath their feet. Flowers of all kinds surround the party as if they were carefully curated. With spring as the "dawn of seasons," which marks a transition from winter's latency to the resurgence of life everywhere, the Ruler of the Dawn Court has also seen it fit to host aspects of this party during the one time of the year that dawn occurs the whole day. Tall candles and torches grace the outskirts of the garden party, providing warmth and an orange glow everywhere. Not one flame goes out even with the occasional wind, the Duchess always makes sure of this.

There are also freshly picked blossoms and branches with leaves on every table accenting the festive spread of food and drinks. This time, a lot of the food prepared for the Adopted guests are familiar to them with a little bit of a twist. Burgers might come in small packages and in toothpicks, while hotdogs in buns are also diminutive. Cookies look delectable but they have a flowery flavor to them, as if eating freshly picked daisies or daffodils. Fruits that may have been present in an Adopted's home, such as pineapples and watermelons, have seeds in odd places. Picking this selection of food is an attempt to be more welcoming and to appease the lovely guests the fae have invited.

As the party winds down and everyone's eaten, a tall, stately woman stands up and speaks. You feel her voice more than hear it.

I am the Lawspeaker of the Fae, elected by Seelie and Unseelie alike, and you are all, now, subjects of Faerie. You cannot leave this realm once you have eaten our food, and even if you could, there is no saying how much time has passed back where you're from. Your loved ones are likely dead, your problems have likely played out. We require assistance in various matters, and each of you has been chosen for your talent and skill. You will be adopted by one of the Seelie or Unseelie Courts based on your strengths and personality. Your Court will decide what to do with you from there.

As suddenly as she stood, she sits back down.


🦋 Chance at a Dance

A party is not complete without dancing, of course, and while during the last gathering held for the Adopted, different fae danced to music exclusively for them around a glowing tree, this time they are insisting their guests to join in.

This is a party for you, after all.

If the prodding of the different fae hosts won't convince you, perhaps the music will. They play easily recognizable tunes that their wonderful guests must have heard before. These melodies have certain unique effects to their mortal attendees, which are as follows:

  • Upbeat Music: You will believe that you and your dance partner have been friends forever and have known each other a long time.
  • Romantic Music: You will become amorous and flirtatious towards your dance partner.
  • Slow Music: You will develop some tension with your dance partner. It may be negative or sexual; completely up to you.
  • Quiet Music: You will assume your dance partner is a threat and try to fight them.


🦋 Flower Power

At the Spring King's behest, every Adopted should wear a flower corsage or boutonnière to the gathering. After all, this is to celebrate the coming of spring and what better way to do that than to honor everything in bloom.

The thing is, though, the King of Spring, while amorous and friendly, also has a penchant for playing with mortals' memories, if not also affect their desires and despairs.

So, mischievous as he is, he made sure to enchant the different flowers present in every corsage and boutonnière for the party with the effects below:

  • Rose: You will recall a horrific trauma
  • Carnation: You will see a vision of your future, whether it's good or bad
  • Orchid: You will remember a time you lost someone
  • Chrysanthemum: You will believe someone among the Adopted is your soulmate
  • Dahlia: You will believe you betrayed someone important to you, whether you actually did or not

It is perhaps a good thing that no one but the Adopted are allowed to see these visions and memories, but everyone who wears a corsage or boutonnière will be able to see each other's memories and visions when in close enough physical proximity to the vision-haver, for better or for worse.


🦋 GEIS

You feel a vibration in your pocket sometime after the Lawspeaker addresses everyone. When you search for the source, you will pull out your Leaf, the device the Fae use to stay in touch with each other. Anyone who's used a smart phone will easily recognize how it works.

Greetings, Adopted. This is your Lawspeaker.

Tell us all of a time you gave someone a gift. Perhaps a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates. Was it appreciated or not? A reward might await the most meaningful gift given.



🦋 Link to Overflow Post




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idkmybffspandex: (i just bought a limosine)

[personal profile] idkmybffspandex 2025-03-17 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Omigod, Bruce? [ Meanwhile she hasn't seen him not green in- Well, years. ] You look so different from this angle. [ Shorter than her, she means.

She sidles up to him, gives him a gentle nudge with her elbow, though it's probably a bit harder than she means for it to be. ]
Needed to lie low? Didn't want people mistaking you for an orc?

[ She chuckles, but stops herself short. ] No, but seriously- What is going on? Is this an Avengers thing? [ A beat. ] Did you seriously, actually drag me into an Avengers thing? [ On some level, she's pretty flattered, on the other... ] C'mon, I have a trial tomorrow.
wizard_dresden: ([neu] - 004)

[personal profile] wizard_dresden 2025-03-17 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'll bet.

Are you from the fae side of the street or is this more in line with some of the other, I guess we can call them 'super' people around here?

[this place seems to be a nexus for - everything - so it's difficult to pin down where someone may be from. i mean, i meant a hell imp, so, anything's game here.]


[ooc: also... having to curb all of his stupid comic book and nerd knowledge b/c hey, guess what, the Marvel universe exists in his world! yay.... :/]
savingthrows: (026)

[personal profile] savingthrows 2025-03-17 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Eleven startles - it's not a big flinch, she doesn't even pull back. She just jumps a little bit, eyes going wide, the beginnings of a shocked 'no' on her mouth when Laura cuts herself. But then...

She knits herself back together again, just like that. Like the wound was never even there.

Eleven sucks in a quick breath, then she reaches for Laura's arm. Touches it, drags her fingertips over where the cuts were and are no longer. Through the blood. Then her fingers reach for the hand with the claws - careful if they are still out, more eager if they're retracted by now. She wants to inspect, wants to see. ]


You heal. You don't die.

[ She looks back up at Laura. This is different. Different from Kali putting images into her mind, different from Eleven spying and breaking things.

Eleven is a gun. Laura is a knife.
Eleven is a gaping wound. Laura is a cut that closes. ]


Do you hurt?
idkmybffspandex: (party in france)

[personal profile] idkmybffspandex 2025-03-17 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh is this like, "What If Jen Walters Lived In New Jersey?" and you're under the Scarlet Witch's thrall or something? [ But she gets herself in a chair, sitting.

Haha this is really weird and creepy actually. That stupid Time Heist Bruce was always talking about actually sounded a lot more disturbing than fun now. ]
in_her_shadow: (you can do all i couldn't do)

flower power

[personal profile] in_her_shadow 2025-03-17 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lena's had her own share of flower disasters, and frankly, is in no mood to repeat them. So when she spots them on a dog (having not heard him speak earlier), her expression softens. Geez, the Fae are messed up - putting that magic on a DOG? Would even Magica sink so low?

She glances around, trying to make sure nobody sees her being this soft, before gently approached Dug and kneeling down with her hands out. ]


Easy there, big guy. Let me get that off you.
vintagecaptain: (Default)

[personal profile] vintagecaptain 2025-03-17 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Technology serves a purpose just like magic. That's how Steve sees it. And he's not denying the goading. He only shrugs. Sometimes the best way to get Tony to talk about what he's working on is to tell him he can't pull it off.

It was worth a shot.

"I appreciate that you assume I could take over anything you are working on. That's very flattering." Steve's good with technology but he's not Tony Stark good.
in_her_shadow: (who can say if i've)

geis - un;featherweighsfan

[personal profile] in_her_shadow 2025-03-17 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
how do you lose a revenge

was it underneath the couch cushions
microbrobotics: (don't you wish you were smart like me)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2025-03-17 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, d'you know what triggers it? That'd be a good start.
microbrobotics: (to the future [suit])

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2025-03-17 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well.

[ He shrugs his shoulders, sharp. ]

It'd be easier if they left me outta their plans to blow up the whole city and remake it in their image.
in_her_shadow: (we must learn)

[personal profile] in_her_shadow 2025-03-17 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nearby, trying to ignore all this madness and get back to the dorms, is a duck. Because really, Jen's life could always use more weirdness.

As for Lena, when she spots someone green and tall in the corner of her eye, she visibly flinches in fear, frozen... before letting out a sigh of relief. Not Magica. Still not Magica. Second time this has happened. ]


Sheesh... is this place going to bring someone like that for every party...?
talkingdog: (this is some weird shit brah)

[personal profile] talkingdog 2025-03-17 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Dug tiiiiilts his head. This does not compute. ]

You are a bird. You do not have a collar like mine. But you are speaking human. How?
foraride: (06)

[personal profile] foraride 2025-03-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hadn't really been expecting an answer to the question, but when Kiriya glances over at the speaker it's with an easy grin and not so much as a blink at her outfit. Once you've spent enough time around sentient video game characters, nothing really phases you anymore. ]

Never know. Could try something new and unexpected.

[ Especially when the pitch is 'we've trapped you here and you should help us' but, you know. Who is Kiriya to criticize other people's recruitment tactics. ]

You deal with a lot of kidnappings?
in_her_shadow: (but i know i'm who i am today)

geis

[personal profile] in_her_shadow 2025-03-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do they bother bringing people who have no idea how to use tech?

[ So quips a nearby young teen... duck. She's scrolling her own tablet, not bothering to look up. ]
silent_sacrifice: Genesis Rhapsodos from Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core (Default)

[personal profile] silent_sacrifice 2025-03-17 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes, that had been a bit of a disaster. Genesis heaves a heavy sigh, but holds back an old stand by line of 'you're never going to meet a nice girl to take home to your mother'. Because, well, he knew she was gone.]

You know you could pick it up if you tried harder. Fist fighting is a dance after all.
foraride: (03)

[personal profile] foraride 2025-03-17 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Fae isn't a word that immediately strikes as familiar, but Kiriya is a lot more interested in the armored figure suddenly catching his attention anyway. There's something about it that rings against a memory he can't quite place, but he'll just tuck that thought away to the back of his head for now. ]

I mean at least they're feeding us. [ Sort of. There's a pause before Kiriya tips his head almost curiously. ] We expecting a fight?

[ Whatever else about that suit, it's definitely announcing 'battle-ready'. ]
ironypoisoned: (cuz i'm just american trash)

[personal profile] ironypoisoned 2025-03-17 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks," he says taking the napkin. "For this and the advice." Tony does not sound like he appreciates the tip in the slightest, actually. He's usually quite a bit better at his usage of this, actually! He's getting a handle on it, everything's fine!

"Can't believe they got you too," he muses. "I think it's officially a Fairy World reunion now." Yay Tony gets to see his friends again, boo it's while they're all kidnapped by the worst folkloric creature of them all. He can't keep his eyeroll to himself. God he hates this fucking place.
slowmotionbuscrash: (003)

[personal profile] slowmotionbuscrash 2025-03-17 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Tommy looks confused, mouth slightly open at the suggestion that he's lost his vest, and looks back over his shoulder towards the tables. "I had a vest. I took it off. Somewhere. I'll get it back later. Maybe it wouldn't feel confined if I lost the shirt instead."

The flowers, Tommy won't be commenting on. He didn't put them in his hair, but he doesn't hate them either. They simply exist, unless he gets complimented on them. Then they'll be his idea. "OK, I get that the cape lets you go wings out, but it's not like they're going to let you fly off."

His eyes linger on the crown, but shockingly he holds his tongue. Maybe Teddy swiped it off one of the fae nobles.
in_her_shadow: (is made of what)

geis - un;featherweighsfan

[personal profile] in_her_shadow 2025-03-17 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hang on. can this place bring in actual gods/goddesses from legend?

let's not get too panicked here. this lady could just be crazy. yes, let's go with crazy. that's safer. ]


didn't bring a spare apple? would've made the party here way less boring
biwildered: (Lkk7KJb)

Evan Buckley | 911

[personal profile] biwildered 2025-03-17 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
🦋 The Party

(Evan loved a good party. There was so much joy at a good party, and Buck could use some of that right now. He stomach loudly grumbled. He shrugged his shoulders, giving the person next to him a sheepish grin. )

Sorry. I guess I am hungrier than I thought.

(He popped a piece of food into his mouth.)

Have you been here long?

🦋 Chance at a Dance

Buck loves to dance, he loves music in general, but he loves to to move. He thinks it good for his ADHD, being able to get all of his nervous energy out of his system, but he doesn't drop that kernel of information on most people.

He started to sway to the music, letting the melody take a hold of him. He doesn't care what is playing but the louder the better. He will dance with anyone, just ask him. He will dance to anything but quiet.

🦋 Flower Power

(Buck smiled as the orchid was being pinned to his lapel. He looked down at the flower and when he looked up he gasped in Recognition.)

He and Christopher are sitting atop a kiddie-whumpus fire truck, watching the water rage around them. He turned to his psuedo-son, Christopher, telling him to hang on.
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a man in the water, just a hands reach from the truck.


Stay here, Christopher, your Buck is going to try and help that man.

Before he can reach out, another wave from the tsunami hits the truck, pulling Chris into the water in its wake.

CHRISTOPHER!!!!

(He had saved him, right?)

🦋 GEIS

I gave my sister Mother's Day card every year, does that count?

diana_abel: (Dancing - Animated)

ii

[personal profile] diana_abel 2025-03-17 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Diana's totally addicted to the dance floor. She can't seem to get enough of the music, especially the more sensual songs. Diana's always been a sensual creature by nature. The last couple of months have denied her the pleasure of any kind of touch, other than violence.

She needs this.

This music is bringing her back to herself.

And that conviction is so strong, she has a hard time as recognizing it as any kind of external force. It all feels motivated from within. So when she spots the hot guy who looks like he's right out of an Old Spice commercial, she's quickly drawn to him.]
foraride: (06)

[personal profile] foraride 2025-03-17 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The grin stays in place but Kiriya's eyes go blank for half a second before he registers what exactly that question means. So apparently they're sharing now. Awkward. ]

Good question. [ Is he absolutely just breezing past the fact that he obviously recognized it? Yes. When in doubt, avoidance. ] Is that a thing we do here? Visions?

[ No idea why he should be surprised about that, it's not like everything else hasn't been weird as hell so far. And if this place is going to be determined to start spilling his secrets, Kiriya's going to have to find a way to work around that. ]
astronema: (17788458)

[personal profile] astronema 2025-03-17 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm guessing new and unexpected is the lack of physical chains.

[ No doubt there are other, subtler forms of control involved in their place. ]

I do have a bit of a history with them, yes.

[ As a victim and a perpetrator alike, over the course of her career. Astronema glances over again, still fiddling with the locket. ]

And you?

[ He seems pretty casual about the development, after all. ]
in_her_shadow: (they promise caviar)

un; featherweightsfan

[personal profile] in_her_shadow 2025-03-17 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
WHOA

you mean the people who kidnapped us and said we're stuck here forever are BAD GUYS???

gosh i'm so glad they brought a detective here to figure that out
bestials: (31)

[personal profile] bestials 2025-03-17 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The non sequitur catches Hank off guard, and he just stammers silently for a minute before words finally catch up with him. ]

I-I-I don't know?! He still has hair where I'm from. When I'm from, whatever.
ironypoisoned: (oooh are you ready girls)

[personal profile] ironypoisoned 2025-03-17 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tony snickers triumphantly, grabbing Clint's pants off the floor lest they get trampled or kicked somewhere. He holds them out helpfully and relaxes his control. That's enough of that. ] Anyway, as I was saying-