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 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.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< By everyone you mean....? > He meant the Andalites right? Not the humans? Ax was having a hard time fathoming Prince Jake being okay with breaking secrecy, even after the war was won. Never knew when there might be a band of Yeerks hiding in plain sight.

[bluetailedhawk]

<Oh, I mean everyone,> he replies dryly, fluttering his wings. <There was so much chaos at the end, the only way to really explain what had happened was to go public.>

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

There was no avoiding that he was shocked. < And Prince Jake thought that explaining it was a good idea? >

[bluetailedhawk]

<Yeah. The whole thing got blown open, Ax. There was no hiding it. It was tell the story ourselves, or let the politicians spin it how they wanted,> and that wasn't likely to end well at all. <Jake made the right call.> That time. There's no small amount of bitterness in his voice.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

He considered then gave a small nod. < And now that it is all over? >

[bluetailedhawk]

<I don’t know,> he admits quietly. <I didn’t really stick around after. I was too angry and too hurt.>

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Tobais? > What had happened to make Tobais too angry and hurt to stay with the other Animorphs? Because he had left? Or had something else happened?

[bluetailedhawk]

God. He knows he's not supposed to say anything. He knows not to fuck with the timeline, but... this is Ax.

He tucks his head under a wing, 'preening' some of his feathers. <Jake sent Rachel on a suicide mission. She didn't make it.>

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

He stumbled back a bit, even with four legs. Stunned. He tried to think of something to say but for a moment had no words. His stalk eyes lowered in respect, his arms were shaking. Rachel? Dead? Rachel? And Prince Jake sent her on that mission? had he known...? The way Tobais said it, he wasn't sure. And being unsure rocked his core.

[bluetailedhawk]

After a moment, Tobias picks his head back up. <I can't forgive him, Ax.> he says quietly, settling his wings against his side.

[ax_esgarrouth_isthill]

< Maybe... maybe that is why we were brought here then. So that I can learn what I need to to save her... > His thought-speech was quiet, he was still shocked.

[bluetailedhawk]

<I don't know how. There are some things you just can't talk him out of.> He's not bitter, not at all.