TEST DRIVE MEME #1

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No gimmicky dinosaur setup this time round, since the game is actually rolling now! If you've got a character you want to try out in this setting, make a thread with them on here, and if you don't, see if you can tag other people with your characters.

Test drive threads can be anything you like, in-person or online, just make it clear which one your thread is when you start it. Make sure to put the name of the character and what canon they're from in the subject, so people know who they are and where they come from.

Can I use test drive threads as samples for my app?
Indeed you may, fair stranger

Can I decide a test drive thread is game canon?
Heck yeah you can, provided the person you threaded it with is cool with that too!

Comments

WHO CARES NOT ME

[candycrime]

Gaius is a little surprised when someone gives the leaflet back, and very almost retorts to say there's a trashcan not far away, but it's hard not to recognise someone from his other job when he sees one. He raises an eyebrow and watches him go up the alley, his lollypop stick moving from one side of his mouth to the other before he looks down at the crumpled pink paper.

And that gets a grin out of him. Tucking the rest of the flyers into the front of his apron, he takes said piece of clothing off and stashes it by a dumpster, before following after his potential client.

"Trying to avoid the paparazzi or what, Chuckles?" he says, offering a grin before digging around in his pocket and producing a bonbon which he puts into his mouth. "What can I do for yah?"

[sufferist]

The man ignores the first comment, and proceeds with the obligatory questioning. His hands are covered in black leather gloves, hiding almost all of his skin except for the dull pink around his shades and the bridge of his nose.

"You're a mercenary thief, correct?" he asks.

[candycrime]

Gaius sizes him up. Certainly not someone he's done business with before but that's not a bad thing. It just means he'd have to go through his own questions too. He might be a thief but he's not stupid an certainly isn't going to do any jobs for undercover police or people who never were going to pay him.

He sucks on his bonbon and watches how the stranger holds himself carefully.

"Depends on who's asking."

[sufferist]

"Someone who wishes to remain discreet, obviously," he says. There's something odd about his voice - some kind of accent? Like a soft hiss or buzz from his throat that becomes more obvious the longer he talks. "If you require advanced payment, that can worked out. But I'm afraid who I am is not likely to mean much to you. I'm not from here, and heard of your from a mutual contact."

[candycrime]

"I can see that," he says, looking pointedly at the hooded figure, storing the noises he was making away for later. As long as the guy was paying, Gaius didn't really care if he was human or not. Just as long as he wasn't a cop.

"Mutual contact, huh?" he asks, finishing his bonbon and removing the stick to use it to gesture with. "Okay, I'll bite. What's the gig?"

[sufferist]

He hesitates for a moment, as if sizing up the thief in return. He starts with a simple question.

"Do you know the location of the Trailblazer's hideout, and if not, would you be able to find it?"

[candycrime]

That warrants an eyebrow raise and Gaius pauses, almost like he's trying to pick his words carefully. You never knew how these types would react to certain things.

He snorts and shrugs. "I got my ways," he starts, putting the stick back in his mouth to fiddle with it between his teeth. "But I don't kill nobody. If you want an assassin, I know a guy, but there's no blood on these hands."

[sufferist]

"That won't be necessary," he replies, not at all surprised. "All I require is the location and access to the building. Keys, alternative entrances, whatever you can find. Sound more reasonable?"

[candycrime]

That causes him to pause. On the one hand, if this guy was going to pay him the right price, he'd do it no questions asked. But on the other? The Trailblazers were kids. Who knows what this creep wanted to do with a bunch of kids. He might be a thief, but he's not a monster.

"Hm, gonna need a little more info than that, since I take stuff, not find it. Why d'you want in?"