Test Drive Meme - May

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Spring is here, and the campus as fully sprung to life. As school life marches ever on, all the signs of winter have retreated, as the days grew warmer, one could feel titter-pated, but even during this time of year, it isn’t all flowers and sunshine.


A. Spring’s is here, life is skittles
The sun is starting to stay out longer, and the air is filled with bird song, flowers, and pollen. Several cherry trees on the campus itself is starting to blossom, making a romantic picnic spot, or for the Japanese students to have a little home away from home. Many professors also are starting to hold their classes outdoors to enjoy the sun - unless they're vampires.

Just check for mushroom rings before you lay the tablecloth down.

B. What’s bugging you?
As the chill winter surrenders to spring, the Wooly Bugs started to swarm the mountains chasing the receding cold, and has descended upon Daybreak academy once again. Wild ones are extremely docile and will even submit to be sheared, which faculty will pay students to assist with as Wooly Bug wool are excellent materials for magical clothing.

The adorable little creatures will cling to fridges, iceboxes, and any anyone who underdressed for the weather, sapping away the chill. While they are good for warming up, if they’re left unchecked, a person can get swarmed and succumb to heat stroke.

C. Walpurgis Night
Among the magically aware, even the most hidebound of mages bow down to the traditions of Walpurgis Night, when magic flows strongly and fires burn in celebration all throughout the night, with the last of winter being chased off by the flames.

A local coven has always extended an invitation to staff and students into the forests surrounding Soliel to join them in celebrations, plenty of drinks for those of age, with merriment involving familiars and mischievous spirits abound. It’s become a tradition to try to find the first tree in bloom, or to try to fly a broom - careful though, some of the flying brooms are endowed with prankish spells to add some mischief to the party.

D. IRIS NETWORK
Hey everyone! What is Spring to you? What do you look at and say, “Ah, spring is here!” For me, it’s sneezing until my nose falls off before I hand out flowers all over campus so everyone can enjoy them!

Well I wasn’t being literal about my nose falling off, I forgot this place can be weird. Anyways, What’s Spring to you?

-Lily W. Horticulture Club President

code bases by tricklet

Comments

i. bug out

[salomage]

[A large number of Wooly Bugs surrounding a cooler isn't too strange, but they'd quickly sap the cold from it and move on. They seem to be instead focused on the cat. Salomão hasn't seen this sort of behavior in the creatures before, and if they're going in search of a warm-blooded entity, there's likely a problem. Either there's been a shift in the behavior of the Wooly Bugs as a whole, or the cat is cold.

His conclusion is the cat is not a cat. However, the last thing he expects it to be is a thin young woman. He'd suspect she's a fey, only weren't they also warm like humans?]

No. I'm wondering why they went after a cat. You're a vampire?

[It's barely a question. He says it like he knows. Why else would she be cold enough to attract the legion she has?]

[tsuns]

( Bugs aren't anything Kanata thinks about usually, outside of the occasional roach that crawls into his dorm room. Most bugs aren't so...cute, though. One lands on him and the warmth isn't even what he's initially interested in, it's the softness he feels when he moves to take it off of his shoulder. What the fuck...who said bugs could be cute?

Despite full well knowing that cats that are people and people that are cats are both things that exist, the sudden shift from one to the other gets to Kanata every time. Can't people shift with some sort of warning like he does?? It's like a whole event, there's build up and such.

It causes him to jump, at first only cataloging the cat in his mind as something to pet eventually, but now there's a chick there out of nowhere, asking him...what now? )

What? Share it? Ain't there enough of these to go around...? ( They're actually floating around everywhere at a second glance; get your own cute bug, ma'am. )

[grief]

What kind of candy? Why didn't you get any?

Also fuck allergies.

[grief]

Yeah I don't know why I'm looking at some community college discussion credit post on our network. At least @ the grad students if that's what you're going for.

But now that I know why there are flowers everywhere, Lily is going to find some slugs in her shoes.

[walkingwithaghost]

[Already, Paige doesn't like the way he says it. Half dismissive and half like it isn't even a question; like he knows anything about her. But she doesn't even a miss a beat, putting on a smile and offering no signs of the immediate irritation she feels. It's easier that way, for one, and she can't afford to be making enemies before she's really established herself here, for another.]

Close-ish. I am dead, but I'm a ghost, not a vampire.

[walkingwithaghost]

[Paige blinks a couple of times as her brain computes what he's saying. It takes her a hot second to figure out that he's misheard her, or at least misunderstood her intentions. She's only kind of sharing her bounty. Honestly she could shear them herself, yeah, but she'd be here all day. And Paige isn't about that manual labor life. Instead, she intends to get someone else to shear the lot of them and schmooze her way into splitting the profits.]

Oh, no. Shear. I'm asking if you want to shear one, for it's wool.

[walkingwithaghost]

Have you ever had those little chocolate-coated marshmallow things? Those were my favorite, but basically anything chocolate, I miss. My auntie Beth sends a box from Germany every year.

I can't actually eat anything any more, though. Major downside of being a ghost.

[salomage]

Slugs in her shoes are a bit juvenile.
What do you think of these following her around for a while?

[salomage]

A ghost?

[Ghosts are one thing he's not studied. They weren't important enough to fit into his limited class slots. Salomão sort of considered them temporary, a step in the process of necromancy, given no thought to those of them who may not have bodies to return to, or can't move on.]

Alright, then. I've not met a ghost before. How does the cat thing work?

[Much like Paige, he's trying to avoid making enemies or getting off on the wrong foot, a recent transfer himself.]

C

[arcadianvampire]

[Alucard's comment brought a knowing smirk to the face of his counterpart, similarly revealing telling vampiric fangs.]

Don't tell me you're not enjoying a walk in spooky forest in the middle of the night, Alucard. It rather feels like a rather appropriate way to celebrate the holiday.

[Still, his red eyes looked over to him, taking in Alucard's demeanor a little more studiously.]

You seem quite tense. Something on your mind?

[transfusionem]

You've succeeded so far, but maybe not so much at speaking like a person from this time which is fine for keeping everything open and honest.

[fistsofchange]

Honestly, you could probably be tougher on them than you are, I think.

[steelguarded]

Well sure, but I gotta work 'em up to it.

[grief]

I don't care what age range it's in as long as it makes me feel better and makes them feel slimy.

But I like your style. Go big or go home :)

Do you know where to find some? If not give me a couple hours.

[grief]

Oh yeah that explains that.

I'd say I'd probably drop dead if I couldn't eat anymore but in this case it's kind of redundant oops. In a couple ways. Let's just say I wouldn't trade my runny nose for not being able to enjoy chocolate anymore.

Also you say "sends" and I don't know if that means she's still doing it and doesn't know you're dead, but if that's the case then I'd like the address so those sweets don't go to waste.

[tsuns]

( Oh, okay...that makes so much more sense. Kanata lifts up one of the bugs to see it wriggling around, squishy and vulnerable...nah, fam. )

Is that kind of stuff ours to take? Who knows if it hurts or not...imagine someone coming up to you and just takin' your hair to cover their ass with.

( This is said while he's wearing clothes but...you know what, whatever. )

[salomage]

Not specifically, no. This book only has vague connotations to an Outlands territory called Ztrauq.
It appears their slime trails are slightly acidic. They may do too much damage.

nigredo | xenosaga

[omission]

► SPRING HAS SPRUNG

[ Spring has, indeed, sprung! The campus is quite gorgeous. And while Nigredo does enjoy walking around the massive grounds --it isn't hard to find him in any of the public spaces, the curious little thing that he his-- and it's definitely a lot more free range than he's used to, where you'll find Nigredo the most is the Root of Yggdrasil, with a few starter pots, and some easy plants for beginners.

...and quite obviously not the slightest clue as to what he's really supposed to be doing. Particularly considering he was fairly certain he'd been alone. But should you approach: ] I've read a couple of reference books. This can't be too hard. Plants go into the pot, soil, water...

[ Yeah, the problem? Nigredo's anxiety about it unfortunately keeps killing the poor plants. They wilt and rot at his touch, he's come to find out after the last several tries from the day before. So don't mind him scowling and fussing. ]

► WALPURGIS NIGHT

[ It's said that curiosity is what killed the cat. Walpurgis Night is obvious quite the affair, and at first Nigredo steers clear of it. (In truth, it's because his cautious of so many people he doesn't know, and nervous about crowds, about something happening.) It's quite loud, there's no real reason for him to go anyways. Going just because? Complete nonsense! Right?

...right?

It doesn't last long. Curiosity gets the better of him, and Nigredo finds himself investigating. It isn't so bad, actually. It seems... nice. People are laughing. Having a good time. Nothing bad is going on and-- and are those... flying brooms...? Nigredo hovers, indecisive about it for a while. So feel free to either catch him then, or (if you're so inclined) try not to get too upset about a kid on a broom plowing into you. At least it wasn't at a very fast speed? ]

► WILDCARD

[ none of these your style? make up you own! or feel free to PM me, hmu on discord at jove#9767, or over on fragtrap to set something up. ]

Metallia | The Witch and The Hundred Knight

[witchdomination]

Gathering Ingredients: Part I

[Oh she's checking for mushroom rings, alright, but it's not to avoid them. Dressed in a white blouse with a navy blue vest and dark gray skirt, Metallia is carrying a small sack in her hand, which is currently untied. For the past half hour or so she's been plucking the mushrooms right out of the ground and been stuffing them into her sack.]

I can't believe they have all these grade A ingredients just...lying around and nobody but me's paying them any mind. How fucking stupid can you be?

[She's...actually saying all this out loud to herself, though not enough to hear her unless you're somewhat close by. As if that wasn't enough to draw attention to herself, the hat she's wearing might as well be a UFO on her head. It's a large, witch hat, with a long crown that ends in a rainbow tip. If you look at it from the front, it also looks like there's a face on it with a single eye and sharp fangs. Weird. Probably not harmful, though.]

Gathering Ingredients Part II

[Okay. So. Apparently Metallia is not good at shaving these things. For whatever reason, they seem terrified of her. Might have something to do with the fact that she is not...exactly what you call "gentle". So she'll be lurking in the shadows (possibly quite literally) watching others who happen to be more successful than her. Once she's found someone who looks the part, she'll walk up to them.]

So, hypothetical question. Let's say I want that wool you've collected. What would I have to do or give you to get it?

[...first glance might not make this girl seem like the most trustworthy person around, what with the shark teeth and the creepy hat, but at least you know she's a student here.]

Walpurgis Night

[For a portion of the night, Metallia can be around just...having fun. Partying it up and actually being surprisingly social. This place still seems so weird to her, but it beats being cooped up in her swamp for all eternity. Plus there's just something about this night that makes her feel so alive. It's to be expected, considering her status as a witch, but also there's quite notably strong aura emanating from her throughout the night. Partially from her, but also from the green jewel attached to the ring she's wearing. Almost like it's concentrated magic...

One can hardly call themselves a witch if they're not at least a little mischievous. Pranks are always a fun way to pass the time and she's far from the only one to be messing around tonight. Scanning the area, she finds someone who might be easy to trick, and walks up to them with two brooms in hand.]

You ever fly a broom before?

[shockingblue]

[Gunvolt had made time to come out to this party, just to get the experience of encountering what it was like to see a bunch of Witches and fellow students celebrating. Expand his horizons a bit, and maybe learn a thing or two about witches while he was here. Though he'd learned a lot more about magic since coming to Daybreak, there was still a lot to learn when it came to the people who practiced it more directly.

So the boy's demeanor made him an easy mark, given he seemed to be impressed with much of what was going on, or at least watched it with rapt attention. So when Metallia approached him and asked him the question, he shook his head.]

No, never. [He noticed that she was holding two brooms, one in each hand. Given that other people looked like they were learning, it didn't take a genius to figure out what she was getting at.] ...Would you teach me how?

[witchdomination]

[Metallia's eyes blink a few times. She's obviously more than a little confused after hearing his response, even though she tries to immediately catch herself. She thought that everyone here would be able to perform such a basic feat considering this is a school where you learn magic. Then again, it's not like she knows a lot about this school or even much of the world outside her swamp.

Hmm.]

Uh...sure? Who better to teach you than an actual witch, after all!

[The swamp witch extends her hand out to Gunvolt and loosens her grip, making it easy to take the broom from her.]

C

[witchdomination]

Looks like you could you a hand.

[Enter one student with an obviously large witch hat and the most amused of grins on her face.]

How about I make you a deal? I'll get all these bugs off you, if you agree to sheer a few for me.

[steelguarded]

I mean, I'd probably just do it for you if you asked but sure, that works for me. Let's see what you've got!

[witchdomination]

[Blink. Blink. Well...that went better than expected.]

Uh...okay.

[Putting her hands together, she cracks her fingers, then raises her hand, with her palm facing downward, and casts a spell. A small pillar of ice, about a foot wide and three feet tall, forms on the ground underneath her hand. An icy mist radiates off of it, attracting the bugs and pulling them away from Snow. Metallia then takes a few steps back as they start to swarm the small pillar.]

There! Piece of cake.

[steelguarded]

Huh. Y'know, I shoulda done that myself. Anyway, thanks. Got some shears? How much of the wool do you need?