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TEST DRIVE MEME

TEST DRIVE MEME



Welcome to Ryslig's test drive meme! If you're considering apping here, this is where you can try your characters out in the game's setting. A few things to note: The State of the Game Discussion produced a lot of great suggestions and we now have a post for Plot Suggestions and Monster Questions. The NETWORK VOTE results are in and PRIVATE MESSAGING will be added some time in November. Lots of people have asked good questions on the FAQ, so do take a look. You can only app ONE character per round so choose wisely. Reserve and application dates have been announced. Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample! Sample scenarios: SCENARIO ONE: You've just been released from the hospital in Vandare and no one really seems to know what to do with you. The locals offer polite advice but don't seem to want to spend a lot of time with you. You and the other new arrivals stick out like sore thumbs, so perhaps one will spot you wandering about town. SCENARIO TWO: You've become hopelessly lost in Lager Woods. Paths don't seem to lead where you remember them leading, and you feel as if you're going around in circles. Childlike giggling can be heard from no direction in particular. Suddenly, you stumble upon another character, who seems to be just as lost as you! Perhaps you can find a way out together. SCENARIO THREE: The time has come and you've found yourself becoming a monster. Is the change instant, or gradual? Are you familiar enough with monsters to know what's happening, or is it a complete shock? NOTE: Feel free to pick any monster type for this prompt, but note that you may not get the same one in game.

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"It is. It doesn't seem possible but..." Here they are. This is actually something that's happening, and it's something Archer doesn't have control over. That's probably what's scaring him the most about the whole thing - the fact that he can't control it and he has no idea what's going to happen.

He hates it. He hates every moment of it. This isn't fair, this shouldn't be happening to them. He wants to say that it could be worse, that they're doing alright so far. But he does. Mostly because of the fact that it could be worse, which means it's going to. How are they going to get through this?

"...but it's happening anyway. To us."

"I know." There's no avoiding it, as much as he'd like to. Archer folds his arms for a moment before moving to run a hand back through his hair. He looks agitated but he's doing a good job of keeping his voice even.

"The only thing we can do now is wait and see what happens. We'll have to deal with whatever changes occur."

"Yeah," he says, nervously. "If we... if we stick together, we'll be okay. Won't we?" He needs the reassurance from Archer. This isn't okay, he shouldn't have to be so dependent on the other man, but he is. Archer has to be calm because if he's not, then Kimbley is going to start panicking.

This isn't a situation Archer ever would have been prepared for, but he can tell that Kimbley is about to start panicking if he doesn't hear the answer he wants. Archer normally wouldn't temper his words any and while he's not interested in stating his actual opinion (they're both screwed) because he doesn't want it to be voiced aloud, he normally doesn't stop to consider how his words will effect people.

"I'm not going to leave you and you're not going to leave me, so we don't need to worry about that portion of it. We'll be just fine, Kimbley; we always manage somehow."

It's the best he can do, but he can't quite manage to shift his expression any.

They're really screwed. What the hell is going to happen to them? Staying here isn't a good thing, but there's also nowhere else for them to go now. They could hide away and try to become recluses, sure, and maybe that would work for a while, but it's not a permanent solution.

"I'll continue to follow you wherever you go." It's more than likely a pointless thing to say. Kimbley isn't a soldier anymore. Archer isn't a soldier anymore so he can't be Kimbley's commanding officer, but he needs that little bit of normalcy.

It's as good of a promise as he can offer.

Perhaps Archer should be more worried about Kimbley's loyalty. He saw how easy it was to get Kimbley to join him and betray Greed, but that doesn't even cross Archer's mind. Kimbley isn't going to betray him - at least, that's what he thinks - so there's no reason to dwell on it.

He offers the alchemist (former alchemist) a smirk, though it's weak.

"I'm glad to hear that. I'll continue to look out for both of us." That's what he did as Kimbley's commanding officer, and he needs that bit of normalcy as well.

Hopefully that will never come back to bite Archer, because Kimbley's loyalties have always been pretty flimsy even before Greed. It goes without saying that he was in prison in the first place because he murdered his commanding officer...

At the same time betraying Archer would leave him with nothing, so Kimbley doesn't particularly have the reason nor motivation to try anything like that. "Yeah," he says, nodding to himself. "Yeah."

"Don't panic. It's not like you." He knows how serious this is if it's making Kimbley worry, but he doesn't want to acknowledge it. Normally Archer is the first person to focus on everything that could possibly go wrong, but he can't wrap his head around everything that's happening. For now he'll try to keep Kimbley sane, because as soon as he starts losing it, he's going to need Kimbley there to help him.

"It's not like me," he repeats, like it's a foreign language.

It's not like him. He doesn't worry. He never once expressed worry his entire time in the Second. He never cared that he was to be executed for his crimes of killing his commanding officers. He hadn't been worried for a moment as he sat on the floor of the Fifth waiting to die, either. None of it bothered him. It has always been his policy to face death head on. But this is different. Dying is completely different than having his humanity forcibly stripped from him.

"It isn't," Archer's words are forceful, like he has to remind Kimbley of this. "I've never known you to worry. You weren't even concerned when I pointed a gun at your head." The less said about their first meeting the better in all honesty, but it's a valid point. If Kimbley wasn't concerned about that, then why be so worried about this?

Of course Archer knows why; it's the same reason he's so concerned, but he doesn't voice that thought. Kimbley needs him to act like everything will be okay and that's exactly what Archer will do. And people think he's awful to his subordinates...!

"But that was different," he says before he can stop himself. "I didn't care what happened. I don't care about things like that, you should know me well enough to understand that." He doesn't sound angry, at least.

"Maybe it's a dream. Some shared dream we're having that we'll wake up from."

"You really need to be more concerned about the possibility of dying." Archer would have shot him if he hadn't agreed. There would have been no reason to let Kimbley escape otherwise. The idea that Kimbley is okay with dying has never sat well with him, but now isn't the time to deal with that.

"I suppose that's not as strange as being spirited away to this place with no escape." It's still a ridiculous thought though.

He sighs. "Why? I've told you my thoughts on the matter before, Archer. They're not going to change." It'll take more than this for him to regard his life as anything special. "Don't misunderstand me. It's not like I want to die. I'd rather stay alive, I just don't see the point in fighting it."

Kimbley shakes his head. He tried! "This is something that shouldn't be happening either way."

There are plenty of things he could say in response to that, but Archer decides not to pursue it. It's just going to frustrate both of them.

"I know. The only thing we can do right now is deal with it. Perhaps someone will find a way to undo all this eventually."

The last thing they need to do right now is fight. "This is a disease, isn't it? There must be an antidote. Some way to stop it before it gets any worse."

"I'm not sure if it's a disease. I can't think of what else it could be, but most diseases don't have such a wide variety of effects like this. Besides, what kind of disease could do this?" He once again gestures at the fangs.

Kimbley shrugs. "Remember when we first arrived here? We were injured. Maybe we were attacked by something. Fell into the water." He didn't know how else to explain the missing memories. How did he go from Amestris to this place without noticing? He'd been in the desert.

"Alchemy could do this, but my alchemy doesn't work here."

"I suppose it's possible..." Archer shakes his head. "There's no sense in trying to figure out what it is. We have other things to concern ourselves with. I'm going to take care of that." The basic necessities will help them far more than figuring out what's causing all this right now.

"What choice do we have?" he asks, his voice low. He doesn't want to deal with it, he doesn't want to think about it, but Archer already looks different than he used to. It's not enough to make Kimbley afraid or wary because he trusts Archer, but it is a reminder of what they're up against.

"I've already said it, but I'll say it again. I'll follow you wherever you go." It wasn't even out of a soldier's obligation, not entirely. This is what he wants to do. He joined Archer because he had wanted to return to the military to begin with, but there had been more to that. Archer had intrigued him then with that smug smile and his 'pleased to meet you' with a gun pointed at his chest.

Beyond that, they were friends. "I'm not going to sit back and let you do all the work."

"I know you will." It isn't ego that prompts Archer to say it, but rather a deep sense of trust. Kimbley won't betray him. Kimbley will follow whatever commands he gives. That's just the way things are in Archer's mind.

"I know you won't; there's no reason to keep you hidden from the people here. They don't know anything about you." As long as they don't find out about Kimbley's past, everything should be just fine.

"We'll fix this," he says, because he doesn't know what else to say. "Somehow." The odds are stacked against them in a way he's not comfortable with, but is that new, really? The fight with Alphonse not long ago was a reminder about how much time had passed for him in prison. He's not as strong as he used to be, he'll probably never be as strong as he used to be. If anything, he should be grateful he finally has the full motion of his hands back.

"Of course we will." He doesn't know whether he believes that or not, but right now it needs to be said. "Are you coming or not? I need to finish these errands." The subject change is abrupt, but he doesn't want to dwell on this any longer.

"Coming with you?" he looks startled for a moment, like he didn't think the question really needed to be asked, and probably because he'd forgotten that Archer still had errands to run. "Of course. Right behind you."

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