ariel_ooc | Test Drive Meme: The Overflow

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CITY OF ARIEL: THE TEST DRIVE
THE OVERFLOW

Since the last post is fast approaching 3k comments and getting laggy for some of our players, we have decided to go ahead and stick up the overflow post. Please continue your threads or start new ones here if you'd like. To make this easier on those continuing threads from the last meme, here's a handy form:

Please remember to let your thread partners know you've bumped your threads over here as well! We started the meme early to give you plenty of room to do just that.

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With the City of Ariel grand opening only a month away, we are holding our first ever test drive meme. Tag in and see how your character would settle in the game. You're a fresh face in the city, newly processed, and arriving at a bustling time. The city is expanding and you are greeted first in the re-education center by your helpful counselors and then directed out of the building to a large festival.

Be puzzled, make friends, have sex, or whatever you want! There are no restrictions on thread types played out here.

Your first awareness that something has gone wrong comes during a groggy moment of semi-lucidity when you look around yourself and find that -- instead of wherever you remember being last -- you're in a chair, in a room with a man you don't recognize. He's sitting behind a desk whistling to himself and sorting paperwork. The whole atmosphere might remind you of a high school guidance counselor's office, only with far more comfortable chairs.

When your head clears enough to speak and you ask him where you are, he smiles brightly and says, "Welcome to the City of Ariel."

You were brought to Ariel during a very special time! There's a large festival going on celebrating the new expansions to the city and everything is decked out for it. Everything is bustling and vibrant in the city today because of the celebrations. There are decorations up, food vendors set up all along the streets, kissing booths, games, and just about anything else you can imagine an event like this would have!

The people of Ariel are out and about as well, some are in vibrant costumes and others are just checking out the sights. Some of the more exhibitionist types are even having a little more fun out in public than you may be used to seeing back home.

As soon as the grogginess from your arrival passes, you are allowed to leave the re-education center and see it all for yourself. Upon exiting, you are even handed beads of various colors, several of each so you don't worry about running out.

Each color has a special meaning listed below:

pink - toys
blue - oral
yellow - watersports
green - age play
lavender - crossdressing
orange - multiples
grey - bondage
white - hands (mutual masturbation, fingering, handjob)
red - blood
black - wildcard

These are to aid you in making a connection with others. Show your interest in others and tell them exactly what you would like to do with them by sharing the beads.

If you would rather take a different approach, feel free to walk around the festival and see what (or who) catches your eye. The point is to relax and get settled in your new home.

TAG IN
- Post your character's name, canon, and preferences.
- Set up an opener in your comment or leave it blank.
- Tag around and have fun!

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[Premise]
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[F.A.Q.]
[Locations]
[Local Citizens (NPC)]
[Taken]
[Wanted]
[Reserves]
[Application]
[Main]
[Logs]
[OOC]

Please note that all CR in this meme can be carried over when the game starts between characters that are accepted into the game.

Threads can also count towards third and first person samples on the application, just provide links.

Take a look at our OOC Meet and Greet post! Meet. Greet. Make friends. Have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[John prepared himself to offer a hand to Sherlock, but the man had jumped back onto his feet before John realized anything was wrong in the first place.

But something was wrong, John could read behind the emotional void of Sherlock's behaviour to something else. Most people overplayed their happiness when they wanted to hide their uneasiness; Sherlock overplayed his stoicism. John knew that Sherlock worried about something, and he only needed that to start worrying as well. He ran through a list of possible problems in his mind.

Realistically, their situation could make Sherlock uneasy like this. But when John recalled the situation with Irene Adler, he'd seemed more awkward , disapproving, and sarcastic when presented with sexual situations. Not nervous. He supposed it could be the fact that someone had kidnapped them and sent them somewhere that definitely was not-London. Something seemed off about that theory but John settled with it; after all, what else would bother Sherlock so much here?

He tilted his head upwards to meet Sherlock's eyes on a more equal level, and flattened his mouth before retorting.]

Yeah, well, I was about to, actually, but then you moved so fast that I didn't have time to.

[He stopped and tapped his foot, as though Sherlock tested his patience. John managed to keep a straight face for only a few moments before a new, very geniune and affectionate smile spread across his face. Gratitude that Sherlock stood here, in front of him, filled him and he couldn't help but express it. He needed this wonderful, intolerable man to help him make sense of things, and with him, John could feel safe in a strange, new world.]

I'm really glad I managed to find you. I don't really know what I'd do if I couldn't- I'd be so lost without you. This is-[He glanced around them, briefly watching the booth of more people with their tongues down each others throat than he could count, and then another couple going at it not too far away from them. John apparently could tune out moaning and other noises that accompanied fucking a lot more than he would ever predict. He swallowed, and then looked back towards Sherlock.]

This isn't like anything I understand, and 'orientation' didn't really clarify a lot. But I think I'll be able to manage. How about you?

Edited (typo) 2012-10-18 01:37 (UTC)

Test Drive Meme: The Overflow

Now you know how John feels when his flatmate doesn't understand or relate to his feelings. HA.