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pixieledmemes2025-03-15 08:32 am
Test Drive Meme #2
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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.
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.
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.
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.
geis; un: loki
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[ Her too. ]
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but
i don’t wish to give my hand away so early
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🙂↕️
You must be a pretty good gamer.
...Which, speaking of, anything decent on these phones?
I'd love to get access to my Granred Fantasy account.
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seems mostly to be used as a social media replacement
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Boring!
They couldn't even give us one measly gacha game??
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i hope your dps is appropriately stacked
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Also high five on ancient deity usernames.
I used to go by Medjed.
He's a little ghosty guy from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
But Loki's pretty cool too.
[ She has a not-friend who can totally summon that guy! ]
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i am loki. god and goddess of mischief
and i am pretty cool, ty
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Neat.
I'm Akechi's friend.
[ Because as his Persona, obviously Loki would know who that is. ]
Being immortal and stuff.
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and it's? fun??? i don't have much to compare to and while there are things i envy about humanity, i don't believe i would choose it for myself in the end.
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That's fair.
It's good to like what makes you... You.
[ She knows how much it sucks to hate what makes you, you. ]
That's good because it always sounded awesome.
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similarly if the writer is human, they will naturally lean towards writing the human experience but through the lens of fantastical situations
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We're notoriously bad at thinking about how stuff might work for people who aren't human.
There's this one really funny SF short story that I like a lot, about a search engine that gains sentience and tries to help humanity by like, advertising therapists to a guy who's depressed and stuff like that.
And I think that's probably the closest to the truth of what AI would be like.
But everyone always goes for the Beep Boop Must Destroy Humanity 01100100 01101001 01100101 angle.
But wait, back to you: Do you think your magic can match up to our hosts'?
Like a GOD has to be stronger than these glorified Dark Souls bosses, right?
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unfortunately they've limited my magic
like transferring your longterm D&D character to a friend's new campaign and so they knock you down several levels
it's necessary for the story, i suppose. why bring me here if i could simply free everyone with a wave of my hand?
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I guess that makes sense...
Still, lame. I hope they give you your powers back after the tutorial level.
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if you're one of akechi's friends, i imagine your powers are mostly in tact as well.
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uh
well my you.
I was never really that good at the combat stuff, but me and Al Azif can still help!
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[Cause that's scary!]
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I love my Lovecraftian horror tentacles and all, thank you very much.
I bet it surprised the heck outta Akechi when he first saw you looking less...
Stripey.
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or the concept of myself, i suppose
i'll admit the hooves are a cute touch
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Akechi can be a real jerk, but he's definitely got a unique view of the world.
Enough so that he can surprise a god.
Which feels like it's hard to do.
Confirm/deny?
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i will say i was speaking casually when i said he "surprised" me. i would say the actual feeling was closer to amusement
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