( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 6

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THE TEST DRIVE




Like it or not, you've been dragged from your world into the sanctum. It's a pretty nice city, all things considered--sci-fi, high-tech, glamourous.... Except, of course, for the giant dome encircling it, and the threat of glitching, contaminated zombies at your door. Looks like humanity's built itself a fortress that looks suspiciously like a cage, too. Toss in the odd memory blanks and the everpresent logo of Bifrons incorporated and it's enough to make someone paranoid.

The object of this meme is to get people familiar with the world of the Sanctum, and to try to see if their characters would fit in a sci-fi utopia such as this. Here are your options:
1. Intro: Waking Up. Make your intro post, folks. You wake up in a strange place, and get a strange transmission to go with it. There's a pair of glasses connected to some sort of communications network, but otherwise not much else in the room with you. What are you going to do? 

2. Environmental Glitching. You know the story of Noah? No? Now you're living it.  Sealed portions of the districts are overfilling with water, flooding streets, fields, and select city blocks. Do you climb up to get to safety, shut off the water, or find a way to break down the barrier to the next sector over? 

3. Genetic Altering. What it says on the tin. Except...it's not quite gone right, has it? Are you supposed to spit acid when you hiccup?  Are your insides acid resistant? No? Oh dear.  Warped experiments gone wrong, your augmentation has twisted around on you for horrific or hilarious results.

4. Memory Glitch. No one knows your face. You don't exist on the network. In fact...you're not all that certain you are who you think you are anyway. Haven't you always lived here?  

5. Military Training. Everyone's got to start somewhere. You're training the green folks, maybe you're one of the newcomers yourself. Maybe you haven't even touched a gun before in your life. Either way, you'd better start now.

6. Outside the Dome You're out and about without an armed escort, suited up against the atmosphere and dysthropes.  It's supposed to be a green sector in this run down shell of what used to be a suburb, right? Nothing could possibly go wrong

7. Wildcard. Choose your own adventure or create a cocktail from the presented options! The choice is YOURS.

Comments

[earls_pawn]

[Nor was he expecting a reply, so he'd simply tucked the communicator away for later inspection. He'd been given a direct order, and he was not the sort of butler to ignore such plain words.

For once Ciel makes it easy to be found, he's not even in any immediate danger. And given Sebastian's current...challenge, that's a good thing. Still, he looks over the young lord, checking and noting with some criticism the state of dress. With a quiet little sigh he simply steps up and sets about straightening everything.

He was a Phantomhive butler. Even here. And he'll continue to play that part.

Whatever would Ciel do without him?]

[sweetlies]

Took you long enough. [Ciel sighs at the sight of the butler, forcing back any signs that he's actually pleased to see Sebastian. In their position though, the demon probably already knows.

He can't help the faintest of huffs at his clothes being readjusted but it's better that they be fixed and he make a better impression on those they meet. Thank god his message had been purely audio rather than a recording. Ciel would have been appalled if anyone had seen him in a disheveled state.]

Have you learned anything more than that message we were left?

[Honestly? He'd be pretty lost without Sebastian. Imagine him trying to dress himself every day.]

[earls_pawn]

Yes, young master. I was delayed. [Of course he knows. Silly boy is helpless without him. He just keeps working until Ciel is back to rights. Sebastian would be a poor butler if he'd let the young earl go out and about as he'd been.

The question has him sigh, lips turning down in an annoyed frown.]

Not at this time, I'm afraid. I arrived moments before your message.

[And his usual methods of quick information are kind of absent. Not that he's going to outright say so right there. Anyone could overhear.]

[sweetlies]

[He would object that he isn't completely helpless. He's sure he'd have managed without Sebastian somehow. Maybe not particularly well but he'd have managed at least.]

Then you've no better idea than I have about these things on our backs. [How irritating. And he's unarmed as well which, considering the message he'd found, was disadvantageous.] My gun wasn't with my belongings.

[earls_pawn]

[Yes. Not completely. Your buttons just happened to not match up, lord. And that's not even mentioning the state of your socks, shoes and tie.

Or other unmentionable in polite society things.

He's a polite demon, okay? When it suits him.

Sebastian stands and dusts himself off. How do you human. :/]

We will just have to arm ourselves. [And that's annoying. Yes. Very annoying.]

Shall we?

[sweetlies]

[It's not that bad! Maybe. Okay, it kind of was but look, it's hard. A few mismatched buttons and his tie are easy to mess up on. Although maybe they should have stepped back into the room Ciel had woken up in to fix his clothing, just in case someone passed while he's being tidied up.]

Hopefully it won't be too difficult to find proper weapons here. With those things out there though, I can't see why they'd make it difficult.

[He takes a moment to shift about in his clothes once they're fixed, getting comfortable before nodding.]

Let's go. No sense standing around here.

[earls_pawn]

[Easy to mess up, easy to fix. And Ciel could have stayed in his room and let Sebastian come to him. So the fault there wasn't entirely the demon's. Technicalities, right?

He makes a sound of agreement and steps back with bow to let Ciel lead the way. As if either of them knew where anything was.]

Of course.

[sweetlies]

[And be forced to wait until Sebastian just happened to find the right door? No, he's not all that patient. The quicker he had Sebastian at his side, he figured, the better.

And even if neither of them knew where they were going, they would learn a bit by simply wandering. So that's what they might as well do.]

[earls_pawn]

[It wouldn't have taken him that much longer to find him. Human now or not, Sebastian's resolved to maintain being the best butler he could be. He'd even learned these skills just for this contract.

Ciel, feel special. You made him a good butler.

Sebastian follows just behind and to the right of his master, keeping an eye out for anything useful that Ciel might miss for lack of experience, or lack of sight.]

[sweetlies]

[Oh, he does. He feels very special. Sort of. He feels as special as he can for someone who's contracted with a demon. There's no regrets about making the contract though.

Once they're outside, Ciel stops and looks around. Beyond this point, he really has no idea where to go. This place isn't as easy to navigate, he's sure, as London. It certainly looks nothing like it.]

We should find somewhere to gather information. Or someone.