fellmemes | Test Drive #1

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Test Drive #1

Welcome to the August test drive—our first in

fellden! We're so excited to have you with us.

A few things of note:

✦ Test drive threads can be considered game-canon if you choose. They're essentially in a shared dreamscape and take place between your character leaving their world, and arriving in the audience hall with their faction leader.
✦ Reserves are open and will continue to be until 11:59 PM UTC on Tuesday, August 20th; they are not necessary to apply! They're valid for the first four days of the application cycle.
✦ Applications will open at 12:01 AM UTC on the 21st, and remain open until 11:59 PM UTC on the 27th. The IC & OOC intro logs will be posted two days later.
✦ Questions? We have a FAQ that's chock full of good information! If they are test drive specific, we have a top level thread below that allows for OOC questions to be posted.
✦ The network is available to use! No matter where your character is, their compass either arrived on their person or available in the Gods Wood. Please feel free to include a network post in your top-levels! Once opened, the compass will display instructions on use, such as using voice-commands to activate it. (Apologies for missing including this on the initial test drive!)

All set?

Perfect! Welcome to Fellden.

AS THE MOON RISES.
You’ll find yourself just outside the Temple doors, which will be locked if you try to open them. A little rude, keeping you out after bringing you all this way. The thing is, you can hear a lot of commotion in the distance, and smoke rising from the center of a district; you may want to check that out. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire!

Except the smoke is not at all something to be concerned over. Instead, people are gathered near a large bonfire in the decorated city square, drinking and carousing, singing songs of celebration; Moon saviors have arrived! War winners! The residents of the city laugh and sing and dance in pairs throughout the square, grateful for those who have come to aid them. Their merriment doesn’t dwindle as the sun begins to set on the horizon, twin moons rising in its place.

When you (and other new arrivals) are finally noticed by the revelers, do not expect to be left alone! Flower crowns will be deposited upon your heads, food and drink placed into your hands, while live musicians play loud enough for the dead to hear. You’ll be invited to dance, to drinking games, and offered food and flowers and other items of value. Some may cry when they look into your face, thanking you for becoming their champions during this long and exhaustive war.

Hopefully you’re here to enjoy the festivities. Sneaking off is just fine, too, but don’t expect to be let go of quietly; the people of the Moon Temple are so happy to see you! Enjoy the celebration while it lasts long into the night.

THE SETTING STARS.
Unlike the Temple, your arrival to the Court of Stars is met with a rather somber greeting, however expressions are relieved, despite any emotional guard that may be up.

A gathering of knights, weary from a skirmish along the border they're returning from, pat you on the back and lead you through an open air courtyard. All the gathered people of the Emperor's Court look up from their tasks, giving the passing Otherworlders a knowing nod. There's gratitude in their eyes, but that's all the welcome you'll receive: your presence is appreciated, but growing an attachment is another heartache for those that care so deeply for their faction fellows. The silence is broken when a high-ranking member of the guard gives the proclamation: "Our heroes have arrived! Court defenders, world travelers! Help has come from the far lands to aid us in our battles for our Emperor, for all of Fellden!"

From there, the few knights that have not yet departed will lead you through the Court's castle, a brief tour of the most important areas (dining hall, housing wing, guard barracks, and the throne room) is given before they instruct you to rest, because the real excitement begins when the sun falls behind the horizon.

Left to drift, you can explore the castle, or venture out to the surrounding city as it prepares for the celebration the Starfolk have in store for the returned soldiers and, now, the new arrivals. You'll be invited to the party that spreads across the entire Court city, drawn into large circle dances, and will find that the locals become more at ease and welcoming the longer you spend with them.

WELCOME TO THE GODS WOOD.
Between one blink and the next, your eyesight has seemingly been stolen from you. Or, perhaps it’s more likely that something is covering your eyes? Yes, that’s definitely a blindfold tied around the back of your head, although quite the mystery as to how it came to be there. You vaguely remember a wolf that may or may not have spoken to you, but the blindfold is certainly a new addition to the situation.

Once removed, you’ll find yourself in the thick of the woods, with no path or directional indicators in sight. The moon is obscured by the tree line, and the stars above do nothing to light your path; seems like removing the blindfold wasn’t as helpful as you may have thought. As your eyes adjust to the darkness, it’s obvious that you are not alone in this; other people are removing their blindfolds just as you are, staring blearily into the dark of the forest with a similar lack of understanding to how they came to be here.

Thankfully, you’ll find some nearby travel packs with self-lighting torches, a few rations, and your faction-provided communicator. The compass, unfortunately, remains broken, which means you’ll have to find your way out of the woods without it. Hopefully your sense of direction is passable!

Whether you team up with others, or go your separate way is entirely up to you, but you must find your way out, and the fog rolling in is not going to be of any assistance. This is a Dropping, and the Gods Wood is not kind to loiterers.

DRAWN TO THE COASTLINE.
Needing an escape from the hectic energy that greeted you in your faction, an empathetic bystander pointed you in the direction of a nearby transport mirror, which you either stepped into without stating a destination, or didn't give one with enough clarity for the mirror to understand. Spitting you out on the beach just outside Kyst, it doesn't seem keen to let you back the way you came; temperamental teleportation magic.

As the largest trade city in all of Fellden, there is no shortage of things to do here! Shopping with what coin was hoisted upon you before your departure, mapping out the city itself to memorize the in's and out's, enjoying a drink on the house at a local tavern where you can get into a mean game of cards with some faction soldiers, or even meeting someone else that seems to have stumbled into this world just as you did. Perhaps you're more keen to the outdoors, rather than the bustle of a large city, wandering away from the city just far enough to find a stretch of pristine beach and inviting crystal clear waters of the ocean; the salty air fills your lungs while the rays of the midday sun are almost blinding against the swath of bright white sand that meets the crashing waves.

Regardless of what you decide to do, or where you end up, you're in the closest thing to No Man's Land you can get; enjoy your time fraternizing with the enemy, make some new friends in this neutral land, or stick with those from your own faction to get a lay of the land.

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MOONRISE
[The doors in front of Sandor don't seem inclined to open no matter how hard he pounds on them, so inevitably after he loses his patience he backs off with a last protesting kick and an irritated growl. The acrid smell of smoke and the sounds of revelry promise something more interesting, however, so he follows them to the center of it, and while he doesnt much care about the carousing, he locates himself a mug of ale and settles to absorbing his surroundings.

Another war. Fan-fucking-tastic. He'd thought he was finally done with that but apparently not, but at least there's food and ale and he can be at peace with that for now, at least.

The flower crown gets met with a scowl and a growl, and a heartfelt knocking of it clear the first few times, but as his mug empties and refills he stops trying. ]

SETTING SUN
[The castle isn't an unfamiliar sight, even if it's a new one; he's spent most of his life in one castle or another, what's one more? All the same, he looks around with practical interest, weighing it against what he knows and paying little mind to the behavior of those who welcome his group. It's a familiar sentiment he finds himself among, comforting in its own way, and easy to settle into. He asks practical questions of their guides, but keeps them to a minimum, and when night falls and the festivities start he's much more willing to join, if only for the excuse to drink, although he keeps his distance from any kind of dancing. ]

Leave it, aye? I'm fine here.

GODS WOOD
[ Woods aren't as strange to him as they might have been, considering all the time he's spent in them over the years, so when he ends up in one the trees aren't the reason for his unease. The talking wolf and blindfold and not having any idea how he got there, on the other hand, absolutely is, but he does his level best not to show it, only picking up a pack from the ground and slinging it over his shoulder after taking stock of what's inside.

So he's got to get out, right? Shouldn't be too hard. He looks around, trying to gauge position, and starts off, seemingly at random. ]

Haven't done enough yet, have they? Got to make us rough it too.

[Sarah meanwhile has let herself be drug into the dancing perhaps somewhat unwillingly at first but she's honestly glad for the distraction by the end. When she does eventually disentangle herself from the circle, she's a good bit breathless from it all. She's not much of a drinker but that much movement has her thirsty so here she is.

She perks her brows a little as the man waves off someone else trying to convince him to dance and then Sarah ends up giving him a vaguely sympathetic smile.]

They're pretty persistent about the dancing.

[ The doubtful grunt is all reflex, protest for the sake of it more than real sincerity. He takes another swing and looks around for someone with a pitcher to refill it, but the girl continues to stand there staring at him, which gets her a little closer scrutiny. ]

And I can be more persistent about refusing them. It's not my party, I'm only here for the ale.

[ Yes, he's got a fresh start here, which means he doesn't have to be a miserable bastard, but he also doesn't really remember how NOT to be a miserable bastard. ]

[There's a big, amused exhale of breath from the woman. Her smile is broad to match the amusement. It doesn't seem to be directed at him though so much as at his words themselves.]

There you go, that's the spirit. We'll defy them until the end.

[Says the woman who until about two minutes or so ago was dancing with the rest.]

[ The smile rankles, not that he can really articulate why, but he lets it go. Sort of. ]

That what you were doing out there? Defying them?

[ He arches a doubtful eyebrow at her, but at least it's closer to teasing this time and a scant bit less harsh. ]

At least he's trying, she has to give him that. She shrugs her shoulders at the question, her smile a little quirks and milder now.

Not really. I'm not serving as a very good example in that regard.

Sandor Clegane | GoT | still undecided about faction

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Aaaaah Sarah <3

d'awww <3

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