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

[djbubbles]

Nino sees the tear and starts feeling guilty. Aw man, he didn't mean to make her cry. "N-No it's not like that! I'm sure we'll save the universe and everything will be fine."

Well at least she calmed down. Nino never met Sora so he doesn't know what she's doing. Then it clicks in his head. "Oh right, I should mention that any powers you had back home need to be bended back."

He shows her by bending up a white rose. Being careful not to prick himself with the thorns. "Bending is what everyone here can do, but you gotta practice to use it. You can pretty much create anything and even give yourself powers. The chaos that surrounds Nautilus is what gives us that ability. But as I said, Isis' glass has been slowing it down. Making it harder for new worlds to appear and less people awaken to here."

Does she want the rose?

[dandelion_trainer]

She blinked and then reached out her fingers to gently touch the petals of the rose, too many thoughts in her head all at once. She took a deep breath to sort everything out. "I am willing to learn a new skill, though it will be a bit odd after so long of being a teacher." A small smile. "Or perhaps not. I learned every day I worked with my Dandelions. It has just been years since I have failed to summon my Keyblade. But if I need to learn a new skill to do so, then I will."

Another breath, then she looked up at him, a warm small smile under her mask. "I am sure you will. Or perhaps even that we will. But if this is the future, past the end of the Book, then the world I knew has fallen." And her friends, her Union, they might all be gone...

She shook her head. "I knew that the day would come that the world would fall to the Darkness. We all did. I followed my role and the Light survived. Even if it is threatened again. I just wish... things had gone differently," she said softly, looking down.

[djbubbles]

Nino makes a smile. He was about to say the phrase about learning something new every day but she already beat him to it. "I'm not sure what a Keyblade is, but I'm sure with time, you could learn it."

Man it sounds like things are rough for her. "I'm sorry for your loss. At least you still have their memory in your heart. I'm sure they would want you to live on for them and make the best of things."

He doesn't know what else he can say to try to cheer her up.

[dandelion_trainer]

She nodded. "They are always in my heart, as I have always been in theirs. And who knows," she said with a small smile. "If I am here, perhaps they survived as well. Have you seen any of them? Invi, Aced, Ira, and Gula... they all are dressed like me, in style. Ira;'s mask is a unicorn, Aced is a bear, Invi a snake,. Gula is a large cat with spots. Luxu and our Master dress differently. Long black coats, black boots, pants, gloves. They like to keep their hoods up. I think the Master finds it amusing, and Luxu does it because he does."

[djbubbles]

"It's hard to say if any of them will show up or not. It brings people from different times too, not just worlds. Pretty unpredictable."

And it seems that Alya and anyone else from his world will never show up here again at this point. He's finally accepted that reality and just goes through the motions. Even when the Reality Storms have stopped at this point. Likely due to the slowing of chaos.

If it weren't for Adrien, Spark and Sunset being around, he would have fallen into despair long before now.

[dandelion_trainer]

"Are you alright?" she said, gently. It didn't take any special sense to see he was hurting. She lifter her fingers from the rose to gently touch his face. "I may be new here, but that does not mean I cannot listen if you need to talk."

[djbubbles]

Nino is surprised by that. Oh he must have let his thought wander.

He does his best to force a smile. "Oh no I'm fine. I've been here for years so I'm used to seeing people come and go. Though there isn't many people left here lately. It used to have a lot more people around."

He's had to check to make sure his friends are still here more than once.

I need to find her more icons.

[dandelion_trainer]

She gave a small nod. "Near the end of our World I saw that as well," she said softly. "More going than coming. But those of us who remained held on to hope. And look where that hope has brought me? I am past the very end of the World, able to help save it from falling again. So long as you keep the Light in your heart strong you can do very nearly anything." She gave him a warm smile. The sort that used to always cheer up Invi when she was down.

"And just think, the world after the coming battle will be full of friends you have never even met yet. As this one is for me. See? I've already met you, after all."

[djbubbles]

Well it does seem to be working in the cheering up department as Nino's smile become more relaxed and natural.

"Y-Yeah of course. We gotta keep strong for everyone else." And he knows he can see Alya and everyone again back home. He's already done so before too, even though it was temporary.

[dandelion_trainer]

"And for ourselves," she reminded him with a light chuckle. "You are just as important as your friends. We each of us have our own unique light."

[djbubbles]

"Same as you."

Man this is something he really needed to hear months ago. He's been mostly feeling melancholy since the start of this year, and it hadn't been letting up until now.

He now feels much better.

"Okay so, there's a few places you can stay. There's the welcome houses in each of the four districts, and some empty places you could make your home too. Money isn't an issue here since you can pretty much make anything with bending, so you don't need to worry about that."

[dandelion_trainer]

"Me as well," she agreed with a smile and a nod. Then she listened to the rest of what he had to say.

"Alright, except that I cannot yet do so. I still need to learn." A small smile. "Remember?" she asked, gently teasing.

[djbubbles]

"You don't need to know bending to get food. It's just if you want your powers back, you'll need to practice bending. It's like learning how to ride a bike."

Still, they really should move someone else since they are in the middle of the northern distinct.

"I can show you the market at least."

[dandelion_trainer]

"Alright, though I do wish to learn at once," she told him. She wanted to be of help. She took one last look around, then gave a small start of surprise. She rushed back to where she had started and lifted a rather large and foreboding looking tome from the grass. "What is this doing here?" she asked, surprised. She hadn't been carrying it, she had long since memorized the parts that had yet to happen. She did begin cleaning off grass and largely imagined dew, however. She would never leave any book in the grass like that; but especially not this Book. Her Book of Prophecies. Other that her Chirithy, it was the last physical thing given to her by her Master. And like Chirithy, all the Foretellers had one of their own as well. It was something that bound them together, as did their shared history.

She hugged the large tome to herself. "I don't understand why it is here," she admitted.

[djbubbles]

"No need to rush it--" and then he sees her rushing towards something and goes with her to see what it is.

"That must be acting as your communicator. Everyone has different ways of connecting to the network." he takes out his phone. "I use my phone in my case."

He puts it away. "It's how we're able to communicate at a distance. You should be able to see and sent messages. Either with showing yourself, or writing."

[dandelion_trainer]

"Communicator?" she asked, confused. Then she gave the smallest of laughs. "Something else I need to learn about, I suspect."

Or possibly an attempt to look in her book? Honestly he reminded her so much of Ephemer already. She couldn't help but be drawn to him. But that also meant she had to be cautious. Ephemer was a little too keen to learn more about her Book. But it was because he had a natural curiosity and a desire to help. He thought if he knew more he could be of more aid. But his good heart was exactly why she was forbidden from sharing the contents of the book with him. With any of her Dandelions.