pixieledmemes | 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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"Make me." Spike shot back, not bothered by the glowing eyes at all. He noted the vision, but couldn't do much more than that right then. Still somewhat lost from his own experience, and then another's thrown at him too? Spike was not feeling charitable.

The fact that Spike wasn't bothered by his glowing eyes made him pause but his own emotions were pretty raw right now too and his eyes sparked brighter with a warning. "Don't tempt me."

"Oooh." Spike murmured, bringing his hands up like claws and mimicking a strike. "So scary." He was clearly mocking Kai. "You wanna go? Let's go then." Bouncing on his feet a bit, not caring that this was probably a bad idea. Glowing eyes didn't scare him though. Not much did, really.

Normally Kai wouldn't give in to Spike's goading so easily, but his emotions fed the wild magic inside him that resented being caged. Bad idea or not, Kai felt himself leaning into his magical instincts and his glowing eyes burned brighter as a faint shadowy wind with the whisper of a flute swirled into being around him.

Kai focused on the whisper of the flute woven into the magical aura around him. Normally he could only resonate with the lingering emotions of the dead with his music, but a part of Kai was dead so he could use this little trick without his flute and resonate with his his own emotions. The shadowy wind around him shifted into a small burst of flames that he shoved Spike away with.

His eyes flickered with a panicked spark when he remembered where they were, and he quickly dismissed his flames. "Last warning. Leave."

Okay, that was a neat trick. But Spike was not intimidated actually. The flames came extremely close to him, and all he really did was blink. "Starting to think you're all talk." He challenged with a sneer.

Kai glanced around, his glowing eyes flickering violently as he was at war with the two sides of himself. Spike was not helping. His lack of a real reaction made him want to push him further with his magic, even if he knew he shouldn't. His scoff was a bit strained as he tried to hold back. "Or maybe you're not worth the risk."

"Oh I can make it worth the risk." Spike shot back, before moving quickly. Closer to the other with a step or two, and lashing out with a punch. Spike was very much not all talk.

Kai took Spike's punch with a smirk. His magic made him feel like a ghost, and the pain quickly faded like a fleeting memory. It was replaced by rush of anger and excitement that resonated with his magic, making his glowing eyes burn brighter.

"Heh, if you wanted a fight all you had to do is ask." Kai taunted as he retaliated with a punch of his own.

Test Drive Meme #2

Re: Vision

the snail returns! also I only have one icon with Kai's grey hair orz

Shh, I love the snail that is you.

<3

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I thought I replied to this one orz, sorry it's so late

shh, I love you even if you're late.

<3