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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!!

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"I'm a graduate student. I'm supposed to be an adult." That's not a point at all, but she's going to argue it anyway. And for that matter, she looks highly suspicious of this 'opportunity that he's talking about. It sets her ill at ease.

So after frowning at him a little more, she takes a few steps back and looks around. There's a cluster of seats nearby, and she sidesteps her way over to those. She sits, keeping her carry-on bag on her lap and hugging it to her chest. She rests her chin on top... and stares at him. Wordlessly, but with determination.

His amusement quickly slips into confusion. She's sitting there. Staring. His head tilts but he can't for the life of him figure out what's going on. Is this the silent treatment? But why stare then?

"Uh... what are you doing?"

He looks at her weird, but she's not phased by that. He can look at her weird all he wants to. He can even make funny faces at her for all she cares. It's not going to distract her from her task at hand.

"I'm watching you."

Now it seems he's the one who must be being punked. He glances around like something else might explain what's happening here. His gaze goes back to her and her stare.

"...Why?"

"Because someone has to."

She can't just leave him to wander around the airport by himself. What if he attacks someone? She can't disprove that Daybreak Academy isn't expecting him, but she wouldn't feel okay if he wasn't in her sights, either.

"You've got to be kidding."

She's clearly not.

A moment passes and then he huffs, eyes rolling. Fine. He looks for a seat nearby, not right at her side but close enough.

"You're ridiculous," He points out.

There's plenty of other seats nearby in the airport. This alcove is basically nothing but seating. People have to wait somewhere, after all.

But she fidgets uncomfortably if he moves to take a seat near her--but not uncomfortably enough to stop watching him. She turns a little in her seat to keep her gaze focused on him. This is how you keep an eye on someone, right?

"It's not ridiculous. I can't let you wander around without supervision. Besides--I'm going to Daybreak as well. So if we show up there and I find out you're lying, then I can deal with you then."

You're not my mother, he almost bites out but the fact may very well be wrong there is enough to shut him up for a moment.

"It's definitely ridiculous. I'm not a toddler for one. Watching me isn't going to stop me, for two. And for three... you're really going to wait until we get all the way back to Daybreak just to decide if you want to shoot me or not?" He lifts a brow at her. Really, it might be that part that's the most ridiculous of all.

"Why bother? Deal with me or don't. Because otherwise, you've got to resign yourself to watching me."

"I know you're not a toddler. Toddlers are cute and not threatening." Two things that he absolutely isn't.

"And last time I checked, I don't have to do things the way you think that I should. If you say that Daybreak wants you, then that's where you're going, and I'm going to make sure of it. No detours. No pit stops. And no fighting along the way."

Which means that she's basically here to make sure that he keeps his hands to himself.

"Is that supposed to be an insult?"

He side-eyes her there-- not that she can see behind the sunglasses. He chose the darkest ones he could on purpose. Instead, she'll see his lifted brow.

"So let me get this straight. You think, for all the same reasons that you can just do whatever you want, that I can't do anything because you say so? Honestly, you should stick to making up stories. Those were way funnier than this." He knows it's not a joke, but that just makes it all the more stupid.

"Daybreak didn't ask for me. I chose to go there. There's nothing to make sure of, there's no pit stops unless I find some good reason to jump out of the plane, and if I have to stay here in this terminal another hour more you're just going to have to deal with it when I fight the airport security over it."

It's her turn to give him a look now. Does he really think that she thinks he's going to listen to her with just words? She's not that naive. Sheesh.

"That's what I'm saying. We're going to Daybreak, and if you try anything along the way, I am going to deal with it. So you had better find something else to entertain yourself with because it's not going to be the airport security that sits you down. It's going to be me."

"I don't think you fully understand what you're up against here," he says, tone a little colder. "The reality is, you can try, but I out match you. If I wanted to, I could level this place flat. But I haven't. You know why? Because I've already decided what I want to do and you have absolutely no power over that."

He leans back in his seat, stretching out like he's going to take a nap. He wonders if she'd even let him.

"Could you just quit it with the hunter talk, blah blah I'll put you down like the rabid dog you are, for ten minutes? It's not like the other quincies are here judging your performance."

TEST DRIVE MEME - AUGUST

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