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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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Felt like it anyway. Comes from living on top of a Hellmouth.

I'm trying to figure that out but only got the mouth part [ Don't think the 'hell' part was ever covered in school. ]

Basically it's a place where the line between dimensions is thin, and in this case there's a really really bad and evil place close to Earth. So the evil energy leaks out and makes things all wiggy and more likely to go wrong or strange.

[Look, he's guessing this...whoever this is is pretty innocent. He's not explaining Hell in detail to them.]

oh that's tartarus

no pony ever goes there for sightseeing! especially not with cerberus there, the cutie!

[ Now she wonders how he's doing. He must get lonely there. ]

[Well, that was not what he was expecting. And again with the 'pony' thing.]

Can't imagine why someone wouldn't want to sightsee in a Hell dimension. So many new things they'd see after all.

[It's sarcasm. But somehow he's expecting it to go over this person's head.]

[ Sar-what now? ]

nah, nothing new there. we went to make sure all the big baddies of all time were still there. spoiler alert: we got trapped there too for a bit.

[ Yep, she got trapped in Hell. 2 out of 5 stars. ]

Look, I don't mean to be rude. No, wait. I do. Are you off your rocker or something?

well yeah. I couldn't bring it with me.

[ Now she misses it. Way to go. Hope you're happy! ]

I meant, are you starkers? Mad? Nuts? do I need to break it down further?

yes please!

[ She doesn't understand at all! ]

Are you crazy? All this talk about pony-whatsit, and Cerberus being cute? And treating Hell like a vacation spot. Are you a demon?

nope! not crazy! just an earth pony from a rock farm!

but don't go to tartarus. you won't come out if you have no magic. [ Been there. Done that. Didn't get a T-shirt. ] if you're supposed to be there then...go ahead and visit!

[ Did a pony tell Spike to go to hell if he so pleases? Probably. ]

....you mean a horse? Are you a bloody horse that talks? Did we meet already?

[Because that is the important thing to figure out, rather than the other stuff.]

not a horse. a PONY. my blood is on the inside, so maybe I'm a bloody pony, too

[ She had to finagle the device into making sure that 'PONY' part was in big letters. Such a smart little Leaf! ]

pretty sure I just got here. unless you're a pony, too? are you from ponyville or yakyakistan?

[Spike is staring at his device in disbelief. Several blinks go buy, before he's typing again.]

What's the difference? I'm not a...a pony. Or a horse. I'm a vampire.

horses are big! ponies are small!

[ Duh! ]

oh, a vampire! so what's your favorite fruit? lemme guess...apples

Aren't ponies just little horses then? Like...kid horses? ...Not really a fruit type over here. Do like things spicy-hot though. Or a good onion flower. Oh, and sometimes I'll add something to blood to give it a little texture.

[What even is this conversation? Clearly, Spike was going mad. Or it was the bloody fae's fault. Somehow. That was most likely.]

oh, an onion flower? that sounds nice! can I get one here?

how do you add things to blood for texture? sounds like oatmeal.

[ She didn't know blood could even have texture! ]

Probably. I don't mean the flower of the plant either, it's this thing they do when cooking an onion where it's fried, but looks like it has petals coming off it. Delicious. Blood on its own is all thick and viscous like, yeah? And best at near or about human body-temperature. So sometimes, when you have it in a bowl or cup, you just add the crushed up wheatabix, or Burba weed. The weed also makes it nice and hot and spicy.

I suppose it's not unlike oatmeal, but also not quite that thick. Still drinkable.

[How are they even HAVING this conversation? Spike is still not entirely sure he's not gone starkers himself. Definitely blaming the fae.]

yeah, I figured you meant the onion part. lets find some together soon!

[ As she's reading, Pinkie nods slowly and rubs her chin in wonder. She's learning so much! ]

do you like mega hot melt your tongue spicy or hey my food flavor is enhanced but it won't burn a whole in my stomach?

Both. Most normal food kind of tastes bland to me now, though I do still eat to keep up the habit. Don't get anything from it but enjoyment.

if you always eat spicy food then of course everything else is bland! it's literally the spice of life!

[ That must be the reason for 'normal food' tasting like nothing. And ironic that spiciness gives his food enjoyment. ]

I don't always eat spicy food. I didn't when I was alive, anyways. Would've been an improvement, believe me. Being a vampire is what makes normal food taste bland. It's why I need the spice to make it palatable.

wait you're dead?? huh...never met anypony dead before! nice to meet you! i'm pinkie!

[ There's different types of vampires out in the world! Crazy! ]

maybe that's why the vampire bats made so many apples mushy. they probably needed spiciness! [ Wait 'til Twilight and Applejack hear about this! ]

[And we're back on the what? What even is going on?]

Yeah, that's what a vampire is. The 'undead' and all that. What did you think it was? ...and I'm Spike.

You're perfect as her! I love it.

;; thank you!

I did not know I needed these interactions!

you know what? neigh-ther did I :D

Ouch, the pun-ishment

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Spike is a bad guy, making Pinkie all upset. ^_^ (I am so sorry for him)

don't worry, she'll uno reverse him soon :D

Okay!

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Yes. Good!

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/cackles with glee at this whole thread

I'm having the BEST time!!

so'm I.

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