January & February Test Drive Meme

[thewakemods]

It's that time again!

→ Comment with a new character you'd like to test out in the game's setting. (put character/canon in subject line pls!)
→ You don't have to be in the game to comment! HI NEW PEOPLE LET US ENABLE YOU.
→ Tag around with new and old characters.
→ App all those characters
→ ???
→ PROFIT!

**NOTICE** - For new series and recent updates/occurrences to existing ones, please mark as SPOILERS if you must refer to such, but please use your own discretion in general.

PROMPTS
Prompt A: Chinese New Year Storm - It's the Year of the Rat and the city is celebrating the holiday. Many different activities and food for everyone. You can even adopt a pet mouse if you want. Children can get red envelopes filled with a small amount of whatever currency their world uses. Have fun!

Prompt B: Cupid War Storm - A war has broken out between cupids and dark cupids, fighting to either spread love (Cupids) or hatred (Dark Cupids). The cupids are the ones with white wings and love arrows, while the Dark Cupids are the ones with black wings and dark rose-ended arrows. Is your character one of the cupids or is the poor person stuck in the crossfire of the war?

Prompt C: Wildcard - Is your character trying to learn bending? Posting on the network about something on their mind? Or is your character just first Awakening? Either way, have a go at it.

Comments

[bluetailedhawk]

That. Was not a comforting thought. Tobias screams from the sky, what would be a perfectly normal bird sound to anyone else, and takes a quick soar around the general area, before swooping back down and landing on a branch overhead.

<Well, there's a city with some kind of festival going on. For some reason they're selling lots of rodents. Nothing too suspicious on first glance, just a bunch of people celebrating.> He doesn't sound bitter at all.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< At least we can both have something to eat then. What do the locals look like? > What planet were they even on?

[bluetailedhawk]

<It looks like an alien market out of the movies. Mostly humanoid, but some of the animals are clearly more intelligent.> It was weird, and disconcerting. Like they'd been pulled into a sci fi movie. In fact, he isn't sure that isn't what happened.

He wishes he could morph, take on a form that would maybe blend in a little better. He didn't want to be mistaken for a pest. <Surprisingly, I don't think you'll be all that out of place in the crowd.>

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Unless they're controllers. Is this like the Iskoort? > Not an experience he wanted to repeat.

[bluetailedhawk]

Tobias considers that for a long moment. <I suppose it could be, but there are no obvious signs of it,> he replies, turning his gaze towards the city. <I did see some species I recognized but... from TV and movies, not real life.> It was weird. Even by their standards.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Are they young and restless? > he wondered. < Or are they from these messages? > Still his favorite programing. Of course, if there were movies, there was the chance of chocolate and popcorn. Salt and grease and sweet. Someone might be trying again to morph....

[bluetailedhawk]

<Neither,> Tobias replies. <Well, maybe these messages, if they were ads for movies or other TV shows. Like Star Trek,> he suggests. Very helpfully.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Like that first movie Jake and Marco tried to take me to with the very fake ships? > Where he first discovered that humans inexplicably keep food on the floor despite being unable to eat with their feet.

[bluetailedhawk]

<Yeah, just like that,> Tobias agreed. He watches a rodent, shifting his wings open a little, forgetting for a second that Ax was right there.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Is there human food? >

[bluetailedhawk]

<Neither of us can morph,> Tobias reminds. Yes, yes there is human food. Lots of greasy, salty, sugary human food.

Maybe even cinnamon buns.

He shuffles his wings restlessly.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Perhaps figuring out how to morph should become a priority.... > A thought occurred to him. < The Sario Rip! >

[bluetailedhawk]

That gets an unhappy groan. <But wouldn't we have both come from the same point in time? And wouldn't we still be on earth?> And didn't it require a massive explosion?

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< No, no. that's not what I meant. > It was frustrating. Tobais was his shorm, was actually related to him, and was a friend as well as a brother in combat. But he was still limited by both the human and hawk brains. No fault of his own, but still frustrating. < We said that this wasn't the Ellimist, because we're from different times, and wasn't a Sario Rip for the same reason. But when Prince Jake experienced the rip he remembered everything after. He didn't have access to the DNA, but he had the memories. When we first encountered the Ellimist he claimed not to be influencing us, but he kept showing us things we wouldn't have seen otherwise so we could change the future. Maybe that is why we are from different times. Maybe there is something that I need to tell Prince Jake that you know because you are ahead. >

And that likely meant one thing. < How long after the communication was it when the fleet arrived? >

[bluetailedhawk]

Tobias considers that in silence, considers everything that happened between the night Ax came from, and the end of the war. Eventually, he turns his gaze to his uncle once more. <Longer than we would've liked, but not too late.> Not too late for all of them, anyway. Just one. <I can't think of anything useful to tell you, none of our moves seemed to come from nowhere, especially after that point,> the beginning of the end of the war.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< It is possible that is because in the timeline you are from we did not meet like this in this place, off set in time. >

[bluetailedhawk]

He shifts uncomfortably. <Maybe... but we won. I wouldn't want to jeopardize that,> even if it meant saving Rachel.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Won? It is fully over then? > He knew it, knew that once the Andalites showed up it would be swiftly over. < Then why.... unless.... > Oh that was an unpleasant thought. < Is this so you can say goodbye, my friend? Do I not make it? >

[bluetailedhawk]

Tobias nods. <Can't go chasing after a blade ship if you're dead, can you?> he asks. <I do miss you, but not because you're dead. Not that I've heard about, anyway.>

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Wait... if the war is over and won... why am I chasing a blade ship? > A hole in the story. Maybe this was a trap after all!

[bluetailedhawk]

<That was all that escaped from the final battle on earth,> he explains. Sorry, Ax, no holes here. <I think if you’d caught them, someone would’ve told the Hork Bajir,> who would’ve passed it on to him.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

He gave himself a moment to process that and consider, looking for other holes. < If that is the case, why are you not with me? > Because Tobais would be, right?

[bluetailedhawk]

<It was an Andalite mission, not an Animorphs one,> he replies, though his voice is a bit quieter now. <And I wasn't really in any state to join you, anyway. The final battle was... rough.> All their battles had been, but this time it had been worse. So much worse.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

His main eyes were saddened a bit. Both at the reminder of how his people were, and about how bad Tobais sounded. < But you are better now? > He shifted slightly closer to his friend.

[bluetailedhawk]

<I'm with you, aren't I?> he replies, his tone a little warmer now. <Yeah, I'm doing better, Ax-man. I think I just needed some space. It really doesn't help that everyone knew who we were by the end.> Tobias had never been very social, and becoming famous had been the worst. Especially as a nothlit.