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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It doesn't have to make sense. This is a dream, obviously, and I am the master of my own mind. This occasion is somewhat similar to our festivities on the equinox.

[He closes his eyes]

That is not a castle, it is Tamlin's manor.

[Opens them. Frowns.]

Fine. Tamlin is playing the fiddle in the band. Obviously. Come with me.

[he turns on his heel, heading towards the music]
((OOC: wanna dance? maybe to upbeat? or just follow him to see that the fiddle player is not in fact tamlin?))

[Ren isn't the kind of guy to get into an argument with someone who's clearly coping with something- and especially someone who's coping badly- but he is the sort of person to gently support them when it's obvious they're hurtling at 90 miles per hour towards their own destruction. So he just shrugs in response, and follows into step.]

Alright. I think the band is up front by the ruler's table. You said you'd recognize him, so you can show me.

[In the meantime, he's also keeping his eye out for Narciso, who he happens to be avoiding. The last thing this guy needs is the actual fae king around here messing with him at a time like this.]

[Lucien weaves his way in and around the crowd, waiting to see Tamlin, playing his fiddle, probably smiling in the self satisfied way when he gets to make music. He can even pick out the fiddle in the sound, and lets himself fully believe that he can sense his High Lord's presence. The music pauses and so does the fae as he reaches the little stage.]

Tam? Tamlin?

[Lucien slowly looks back and forth. The fae on the fiddle is a kappa that narrows its eyes on him]

[Ren follows, quiet but watching, eyes going between the man's face and where he's looking towards the band. Based on his initial reaction, it's... not what he was expecting. Ren keeps his face neutral, just raising an eyebrow a little bit between the two looks.]

That... isn't who you were expecting, then?

Does that look-

[The band starts into some upbeat music, and Lucien whirls, gesturing somewhat rudely at the fiddle-playing kappa. The kappa rolls its beady eyes]

Like Tamlin to you? Maybe you need to get better spectacles, my friend.

[He grins and tumbles into step with the dancers, pulling the human along with him by the elbow.]

[The music changes, and everything seems to shift, like a clock's hands ticking to the next hour. If Ren is talented at anything, it's slipping into the next step without needing preamble, so Lucien moves and so does he with a knowing smirk.]

Maybe you need to stop leading me on, then. I'm the one who followed you.

[But it's obvious he's joking, that familiar sort of grin making the teasing friendly.]

But I'm happy to help, no matter if the issue is your fault or not.

Test Drive Meme #2

he is so stupid, your honor

he is and i love him. and either option works for continuing!!

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rolled a d4 for music and got a 1!

hell yeah