TEST DRIVE MEME - AUGUST

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AUGUST TEST DRIVE MEME
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August is the last month of break before the return of school, all over Europe offices are empty as it was peak time for employees to take their well-earned vacation. The weather is still scorching, and brains are melting, but it won’t be long before autumn comes - so enjoy it while you can.


A. Voluntelling

While the Academy pays for all expenses trips to exotic locales for vacation, there is a quiet expectation that when problems arise that students will jump up and take care of the problem wherever it arises, even if it means interrupting a well-earned vacation for a brief time.

This time, a nightclub in the Azores is suffering from the influx of spirits of early portuguese settlers partying in the club and becoming quite rowdy; how do you plan to get them to move along? It's most certainly not a job for a single person, and you don't want to wrack up the long-distance charges for a certain business to get rid of them, so it's all up to you.

B. Lay over

The flights back to Daybreak, while done on privately owned jets are still beholden to mother nature, and a large bank of thunderclouds have grounded the planes for the next several hours, leaving awaiting students and staff to try to find ways to entertain themselves while stranded in the airport. Charge ports are limited, food and airport fantasy books are overpriced and you can’t leave the terminal - how do you even survive?

C. Come Dance all Night
In Soliel, the Azores, Miami - and other parts unknown, fliers for a free concert appear advertising bands one has never heard of, and it soon becomes apparent the fliers are invisible to those not aware of the supernatural.

Going to the listed locations will prove that the adverts were legit, as bands of witches, elves, and more playing strange but extremely enjoyable hybrid music as people mosh in front of the stage, or floating above it. And overpriced vendor food was hawked from popcorn to more exotic fare such as dewdrops (with humans cautioned against partaking it without a handy friend nearby). All in all it's a fun night of music.

D. IRIS NETWORK
This month’s network prompt is a very simple one.

UN: shinyhappyppl

hey every1!!
hows vacation treating u?? did u get some good photos?? u should totally share them!!

Comments

[aibolition]

[He snorts.]

You're a filthy liar, you don't think that of anyone. You have to time these things. It's no fun if you fall flat on the delivery. Besides, I don't see you getting up to do anything.

[badinfluenza]

Mean~

[If he wasn't like this, he'd be boring. If he wasn't like this...then he might know that she wasn't as much of a "filthy liar" as he claimed she was. Sure, she didn't fawn over him or anything, but Lotte had a higher opinion of him than she did of most...people. Enough to think of him as an asset more than a liability most of the time, anyway.]

That's because I only know how to fly a plane once it's already in the air. If I'm going to hijack anything, I have to wait until we're off the ground anyway.

[aibolition]

[If he wasn't like this he'd be a stick in the mud and wouldn't find her half as amusing as he does. Which would be a shame because she's one of the few he can stand.

Ha! That settles it then! We wait until the academy sends off some crazy comic book hero kind of plane, take out the pilots, I get shotgun because I definitely want to see how it goes down

[badinfluenza]

Sure, sure. It's a plan.

[Mental note to be wearing a backpack full of blood that will burst upon their crashing so she can regenerate faster or at least mitigate some of the damage...]

And in exchange, you can help me with some scheme or another.

[aibolition]

[Can't even land a plane. It's a good he's got regenerative abilities of his own.]

I guess I'll help you in exchange. Presuming whatever it is is worth my time.

[badinfluenza]

[She could land the plane, but he said he wants to "see how it goes down" so she'd take that sucker down, my friend. To do otherwise would be cowardice.]

You wouldn't be implying that I'd just waste your time for no good reason, even when there's absolutely no benefit to me, would you?

[aibolition]

[In this hypothetical future, he couldn't even argue that. He'd just have to go down in literal flames and call it fair.]

If it was funny? Absolutely. That's a ton of benefit right there. And I'm not signing a blank cheque for anybody.

[badinfluenza]

[This is why they get along.]

Mmm? But if anyone would be receiving blank checks, it would be us, wouldn't it?

[their aesthetic sort of stands out]

[aibolition]

[He barks a laugh.]

Dork.

[Yes, yes, here they are, a couple of sheet ghosts with creepy eyes.]