Test Drive Meme: The Overflow

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PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR THREADS OVER AT THE LATEST OVERFLOW POST, THANK YOU.

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: <small>(<a href="THREAD URL HERE">Continued from here.</a>) between <user name="CHARACTER 1"> & <user name="CHARACTER 2"></small> Response here! 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. ◆◆◆◆ 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.
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[bursting]

[ Iron grip or otherwise, Setsuna had admired his hands earlier for a reason. They're nice, soft, such a stark contrast to the hardened edges of his personality, all but dulled now by this closeness, this serenity that's settled upon them both.

Setsuna welcomes further contact, surprised by Lelouch's eagerness for it and also not considering how utterly exhausted he looked, nudging his face into those silky strands of hair and catching his breath at last. Unlike Lelouch, sex isn't something that drains him utterly. He's already coherent again after a few minutes, though he will continue to lounge with his partner, and comfortably at that.

And even if he did happen to be mewling, Setsuna would've just found it endearing. So there. ]

Are you alright?

[ Is of course the first question that comes to mind; he knows it's his first sexual experience, and he just wants to make sure he isn't traumatized or similar. It can be hard to tell just by looking. ]

[kingside]

[Does it count as eagerness if he's essentially inert? After all, he's hot, sticky, and the victim of slowly creeping embarrassment; "eagerness" for physical contact doesn't quite compute. The same could be said of Setsuna's eventual question, even if it is the most relevant right now. Is he all right? The frantic need to attach himself to the other man's leg (like a dog, his brain supplies helpfully) seems to have passed, but again, that could merely be his exhaustion talking. So...]

Can I get back to you on that?

[He asks it dully, voice muffled by his chosen perch. Any second now, the full extent of what the hell just happened is going to sink in, and if he's lucky, he'll be unconscious when it does. Attempting conversation sort of undermines that.]

[bursting]

[ Then undermine away he'll continue to do, as Lelouch is simply too interesting to leave alone for long. He won't embrace him, as part of him inexplicably would like to, but he will leave room for him to scoot off, recover his dignity, should he so choose. Just don't expect him to help you off, because he's still a bit of dead weight himself, and even though sexually he's been satisfied, you still feel rather nice pressed up against him like that. ]

That's fine.

[ Welcome to the wonderful world of dealing with people who aren't complete assholes, Lelouch, shaky first impressions aside. Take your time, he's got plenty of it and he's not a man to rush, anyway, at least not off the battlefield. Hope you don't mind him petting you a little, though. Above the belt, he promises, he's just idling away here as his thoughts drift. ]

[kingside]

[While Lelouch certainly appreciates Setsuna's attitude as well as the fact that he's free to move as he pleases, the petting is somewhat more problematic. This can't possibly be the time for that, he's sure of it, and while he does tolerate the treatment for a remarkable almost-minute, all bets are off after that.

He begins pushing himself away on protesting arms, flopping more or less bonelessly onto his side and then his back beside the other man (lucky that the tray has apparently fallen to the floor, there's actually room now) and struggling to think of something to say that isn't incredibly stupid.]

Look, Setsuna...

[A good start, but he's distracted by the mess in his pants and-- dear god, had that actually happened? How is he supposed to-- and why did--

He tries pushing himself up into a seated position, then falls back again. Were his limbs always this heavy? More importantly--]

I-- that is, you do understand that was only to...

[bursting]

[ The question that isn't, the words that aren't, the sentence that trails off, just throws Setsuna for a loop. He's not offended by Lelouch nudging away, or at least trying and failing miserably to, and honestly isn't sure what he's getting at otherwise, cocking his head.

Though he has to agree that the, ahem, problems made in their respective pants were unfortunate. Nobody ever said foresight was his strong suit. ]

To what?

[ And as if he doesn't care about the answer to that at all: ]

Be careful. Don't fall off.

[kingside]

I'm not going to fall off.

[He thinks, at least, and the drugs have to be wearing off because otherwise he wouldn't be feeling quite this mortified right now. He had... with someone he'd only just met, he'd--]

Because of that tea. That's all. It isn't going to happen again.

[Even if this place is geared toward it, even if he's beginning to fear all of the food is drugged, that he won't be so lucky the next time he encounters someone who's interested in him. Setsuna had said he'd look after him, but surely there are some limits, aren't there? And--]

And I never said you could-- that was completely uncalled for, Setsuna!

[bursting]

[ Head. Tilt. What are you getting at, Lelouch? He hadn't even asked for or implied it would happen again (not that he would mind, necessarily), there's kind of a difference between breathing things in the heat of the moment and romantic, desperate longing for, and Setsuna rarely, if ever, dabbles in the latter. Unless your name is Gundam, which it isn't, so again, what are you getting at?

He's just going to stare dumbly at you and wonder if that chip or that tea or that sandwich broke a few pieces of brain matter along the way. ]

Okay.

[ That's about as much of a response he can manage, due to him making no sense, and also as an addendum: ]

Sorry. I asked if you were alright, though...

[kingside]

... Don't look at me like that.

[The order lacks any real ire, but he doesn't especially care as he turns away yet again, his back now facing Setsuna. He would leave if he had the energy or somewhere to go that wouldn't necessitate braving the streets of this place. Compared to that, sharing a bed with a total stranger is infinitely preferable.

He closes his eyes, taking a slow, deep breath, in and out. Never again. Never again, he doesn't care if they triple the dosage. He won't surrender like that ever again.

He hates this place.]

I'm going to sleep. I don't care what you do.

[bursting]

[ Alright, that response was kind of concerning. Very concerning. So sorry, bro, he will be nudging you before you get the chance to knock yourself out, looking... well, concerned. He did ask if you were okay with this. Admittedly while heavily drugged, but that counted for something, right? ]

Lelouch?

[kingside]

[Perhaps he should have amended that statement to "I don't care what you do as long as you don't bother me." It's too late now, though, and while he is perturbed, he's not so childish that he'll ignore an expression of genuine (wait for it) concern.

He does sigh, though.]

What is it, Setsuna?

[bursting]

I really am sorry.

[ If he hurt you, that is. He doesn't think that he did, had tried to make certain that it was alright, but the lines of consent tended to be blurred when adrenaline and aphrodisiac were urging you onward.

He'll shift further away from Lelouch, though, just to make sure the message is clear he's not going to try anything if and when he decides to sleep it off. ]

[kingside]

[Something in Setsuna's tone prompts Lelouch to glance over his shoulder, but even with that glimpse, he's not about to turn back. Words will have to suffice, and while he's never been particularly good with those dealing with this subject, perhaps he can... get through it somehow.]

I felt the drug's effects as well, Setsuna. You needn't apologize for that.

[Besides, it hadn't been like he hadn't... no, not saying that. There are some limits.]

You kept your promise. I was simply unprepared.

[bursting]

[ Alright. He understands, and turns away himself. They're back to back now, with a reasonable distance between them. Setsuna just stares at the wall, not hurt so much as guilty that he may have overstepped himself, even if Lelouch insists otherwise. ]

Should I go?

[kingside]

[He shakes his head minutely, not particularly caring that Setsuna won't see it. He isn't so weak that he needs time alone simply because of-- he'd shouldered far worse in the past, this shouldn't be any different.]

Don't bother. There's no need.

[bursting]

[ Quietly, after a time: ]

You're the sort of person who hates this, aren't you?

[kingside]

[So much for sleep, not that it had been likely that he would get any to begin with.]

The sort of person who hates what?

[bursting]

Getting close to others.

[kingside]

[... Well.]

Is it even necessary for me to answer that?

[bursting]

Isn't not answering an answer in itself?

[ Deep, man. ]

[kingside]

Hence why I asked, but if you like, we can descend into even more pointless question/answer sessions. I'd rather not, though.

[bursting]

Your heart is closed, Lelouch.

[ Shutting his eyes a little. ]

I'm sorry.

[ Not apologizing for himself this time, though. He's apologizing for your sake. ]

[kingside]

[... And what, is that supposed to make him feel better? He doesn't respond, though, doesn't even bother to move save to close his eyes, let his breath steady and slow. This conversation isn't worth his time.]

[bursting]

[ Not at all, Lelouch. Just a simple observation.

And Setsuna will go quiet at that, letting him rest if he wishes. It's not his nature to pry, and will never be. ]