January Character Test Drive Meme Post - How About A Nice Drive

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Ahh Hinoto-Ri. City of lights, questionable wards, the 13th Hour and Personas.

SCENARIO 1
Well it's been a hell of a ride so far, but you've not found yourself somehow testing one of Q's vehicles.


'Do try to bring it back in one piece' he said. What are all these buttons again?! Did you read the manual?...

...wait...

...do you even have a driving license?

SCENARIO 2
We hope you arrived in warm clothing because if not you'll sure be in for a surprise!



Hinoto-Ri is covered in snow! First you show up in a strange new place and now you're freezing cold. Maybe it's just a dream? But...you remember the man who said you were here as a special guest...don't you? Is this the city you're supposed to save?

[[OOC - Welcome to the test post! Don't worry too much about Persona stats or your levels here, just come out and make up a scenario about what they are doing. Try out your potentials and interact with the city around you! We'll supply some NPCs once in a while when you least expect it (after all have to test those out too, right?)]]

Comments

[maybe_a_king]

Being ill as a child. [She'd ultimately wound up with pneumonia when Mordred made his daring rescue.... and took a sick child out into a blizzard. yet she isn't going to give him more information on her past than that.]

Who are you? And what makes you so sure you're not mistaken? There are people from many worlds here, sir.

[championofthesun]

[Wow, this just keeps getting more and more strange.]

What makes me so sure? It is a knight's responsibility to know not only his liege, but his relative.

[maybe_a_king]

[Sorry, Gawain, she's been told her entire life to use the cover story of "our family is in a bad situation" and promised she'd be told the truth once she was older. She also knows for a fact that, well, it's impossible for her to have any other family.

Naturally that puts her on alert and she takes a step back, pulling her bokken from where she'd tied it to the basket on the back of her moped.]

I only have one relative: my uncle Mordred. No other family. Now tell me who you are this instant.

[championofthesun]

[...Okay. Commence brain breaking.]

Uncle? Mordred?!

[maybe_a_king]

[SUCCESS! On the mun's part.]

Yes. I'll ask you one last time: Who are you?

[It's about here it clicks that feeling of the hair rising on the back of her neck means one thing, confirmed by the slight ache in her hand where her Command Seals are hidden under her winter gloves.]

You're a Servant, aren't you?

[championofthesun]

No...no, this makes no sense...

[Then it comes to him. It has to be a magic spell. She did, after all, mention the man who brought his king's rule to an end.]

Accursed bast -- pardon?

...You are familiar with the Holy Grail War?

[maybe_a_king]

When I was back home I was Master of the Servant Archer in the Fifth Grail War. And if you dare to call my Uncle what you were about to call him, I will not be held responsible for my actions.

[Even if she knows that:

a. She'd just slap Gawain
b. He could very easily keep her from doing it, and
c. Even if she's very gifted with a sword he outclasses her by far thanks to his Servant status.]

[championofthesun]

Something foul is afoot here...

[This just makes less and less sense. The Holy Grail War began less than five centuries ago. Arturia should be long dead.]

Despite his being an illegitimate child? And yes, I know this as fact, for he is my cousin.

[maybe_a_king]

[And in some versions of the myth, his baby brother.

Arturia puts her hands on her hips and glares at him.]

Where I come from it is still an insult. You would not appreciate me insulting those you hold dear, would you? How many times must I tell you: people are being pulled from many worlds. It's entirely possible I simply look like someone from your realm and my uncle shares your cousin's name. 'Mordred' is a common name in mythology as is the surname 'Pendragon.'

[championofthesun]

But not in conjunction with each other. Your name is Arturia, yes? And your parents, were they Uther and Igraine?

[maybe_a_king]

[For a second, hurt passes through her eyes, before her expression hardens. She takes a step back from him.]

I never knew my parents. Are you done trying to pry into my life? I don't appreciate it from someone who is a perfect stranger to me.

[championofthesun]

...Oh. Yes. I...I apologize.

[Way to get carried away, Gawain.]

You said you wanted to know who I am. I shall tell you. I am Sir Gawain, the son of King Lot and Lady Morgause. I am a Knight of the Round Table.

[maybe_a_king]

[She stares at him.

For a very long time.

Like, really long. It also takes a moment for it to click exactly who he's talking about and when it does, her jaw hangs for a moment before she remembers her manners and shuts it. Of all the people to be mistaken for--!]

....I thought King Arthur was a man. Why would you confuse me for him?

[championofthesun]

...You cannot believe everything that you have read.

[Enough said, in his opinion.]

[maybe_a_king]

I suppose I could grant you that. Still: King Arthur? Forgive me, sir, but I doubt I would be fit to be a king of any sort.

[Feels it in her bones like she knows this for sure, but isn't sure how considering she's never done anything like lead a country or fought a battle. The Holy Grail War, as far as she knows, had been her first true taste of a life or death situation.]

[championofthesun]

My king would have concurred with that sentiment.

[Something he's still unhappy about.]

[maybe_a_king]

Then I suppose you're correct in that we're alike in that regard.

[championofthesun]

Not only that, but you are the spitting image of my king. Forgive me, but I do still believe that something is amiss, though I know not what it is.

[maybe_a_king]

And as I said before: There are people from many worlds here. It's entirely possible we're from entirely different but similar universes. Perhaps I just happen to bear a resemblance to your king, the same as I bear a strong resemblance to Uncle Mordred. I have heard of cases of multiple instances of the same person from different universes arriving here.

[championofthesun]

Then we shall see. I am sure time will tell.