TEST DRIVE FRICK YEAH

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TEST DRIVE MEME


WHAT THE FUCK TO DO:

► STEP 1; Post a comment with a character that's not in HH as if they're already in the setting or alternative version, post character who is in HH. Scenarios if you need them!
► STEP 2; Tag around and get a feel for your characters, whether or not you're voice testing or planning to actually app them in!
► STEP 3; Post this all over your plurk and get people to get their big asses in here and force them to app or face the consequences. Oh, and I guess have fun. I suppose that's important, too.

taken from ineuphony

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[halftimesoldier]

[Marco looks over, watching as the waves wash over her feet. It looks safe, and though he knows it's water, he wants to be careful. She seems easy about this, despite her stillness. Annie was always one of the most quiet in the group, so he is not unsettled.

Reassured by her demeanor, Marco steps forward, wading in until the waves are lapping at his shins and darkening the legs of his uniform. He sighs, almost relieved that nothing has jumped out to attack yet in the few hours he's been in this place. There are a lot of unfamiliar faces, but most overwhelming is the sense of calm that has sunken in. The way the waves caress his feet in tepid lulls has him convinced that maybe... he could be dead right now, and that it's alright.

Marco stoops, scooping up water in his hands. It trickles over the edges and between his fingers, but he doesn't seem to mind as he raises it to his lips to take a long drink. It's interrupted quickly as his nose wrinkles, hands opening and shaking the drops off at his sides as he splutters in disgust.]

[pronounced]

[ Annie watches Marco interacting with the water with a silent interest. She's constantly looking out for the one thing that proves that what she's looking at isn't real. Things would be easier if they weren't all real... However, much to her displeasure, the longer she watches the more she realizes that there isn't anything. It seems like everything before is real.

His reaction after he drinks the water is comical even though she doesn't show it. Pushing back a lock of her bangs, she crouches down to stick a finger into the water and brings it back to her face to taste it.

Salty.

Well, that would explain his reaction and the smell in the wind. Shame though, all this water and none of it is drinkable. ]

[halftimesoldier]

Do you think it's all like this?

[He's quiet, not even certain if his own doubt should be voiced. Surely, not all the water here is salt. That would be terrible, and how could they get their hands on fresh water? Marco backs up a little, just until the water is clear while it washes up. Maybe the salt explains why it was so murky...

Something climbs over his foot and he jumps back, surprised. Then it's gone. Okay, there's a lot he's not seeing, and he is trying not to be afraid. It's beautiful, but obviously very alien to them.]

All salty, all the way out there...

[He wants to swim, but he's scared. Marco will only go out if she does... to uh, make sure she's safe. It's much more water than he's used to, moving very quickly up to the beach. It may be consistent, but he wonders why it's doing that. Is something making these waves? There's horror and a little confusion in his eyes as he sits in the shallow waves, foam clinging to the sides of his legs as the water falls back.]

[pronounced]

There are other people here, so there's bound to be water we can drink.

[ She stands up and looks towards inland. It's the obvious answer, unless the people here are able to drink such salty water and live - but the chances are that are definitely slim.

Her eyes go back to Marco and she stares at him then to the water - his eagerness to go for a dip in deeper waters is apparent. There's no way that she'll go diving into the water. She doesn't know how to swim and it'd be suicide to try. Though as his look darkens, she decides to purpose a distraction of sorts. ]

Why are you here?

[halftimesoldier]

Yeah, but if you went out far enough... [Probably not. It just looks like the same water going out for miles.

Marco looks up at her, giving a nervous smile. She doesn't seem interested in going much further, but then, this is new.]

Huh? I don't know, really. Maybe for the same reason you did. I just wound up here...

[Unless she means in this place in general and not in the middle of a mission. That.. he doesn't really have an answer for. If she isn't going to venture out further, maybe he should. Marco just can't muster up the courage to wander out further. He could probably swim if he tried, but it wouldn't be out very far, and he isn't tempted to try against any waves.]

[pronounced]

[ Annie could probably start waxing poetic about whether or not dead people know that they're dead but that sort of thinking isn't going to do her any good in the near future. She looks harder at the water as if she was searching for something...perhaps an answer. ]

I doubt we're here for the same reason... [ Her tone is soft and there's a brief pause. She definitely does not want to go into further detail on that. The fact that she's even continuing to say anything is a mystery to her. ]

If you want to swim then go for it. The water looks safe enough.

[halftimesoldier]

Then why are you here, Annie?

[He inhales deeply, mentally preparing himself to wade out further. Marco has to keep reminding himself that it's just water, but every step in further than Annie herself has gone is a little nerve-wracking. What if the sand under his feet starts to slope down? He feels around with his toes, moving out until the water is up to his waist, then smiling back at Annie in an oddly reassuring attempt to convince her to swim with him.]

[pronounced]

I don't really know.

[ It's an honest answer and the only one that he'll be getting. She's hoping that Marco will be too distracted with the water to dig further into that question. The less she has to say the better things will be for her.

And not to be a direct response to the look he's giving her, she slowly rolls up her pant legs before she moves a little further out into the surf. Her feet to her shins are now completely submerged at all times, regardless of the waves. ]

[halftimesoldier]

Maybe we're both dead.

[He doesn't mean it to sound depressing. If this is the afterlife, it's very calm. And there are no titans, so he feels safe and secure. Running was the last thing he remembers of his home world. Marco is quiet as he wades out further, letting the waves pick him up softly and knock him back while the tips of his toes scrape at the sand below. He's floating very easily, kicking his feet so he stays that way.]

It's nice out here! [A welcome to her. He feels less horrified and now a little like he does when wearing his maneuvering gear... weightless and suspended above the ground. Huh, wonder if he can swim in a direction. Marco kicks his feet out, sputters, splashes clumsily, panics, then manages to get knocked back by another wave. Luckily, it only results in another mouth full of salt water that he coughs out.]

i laughed and then cried and then laughed some more at this comment...

[pronounced]

[ His response gets a strange look out of her. Does that mean he knows? And if he knows, then how can he act like this? It doesn't make any sense and she retreats from the water.

How could someone say such a thing and then still be carefree floating in the ocean seemingly without a care in the world..? It was perplexing. She ignores all of his comments about the ocean because this is more interesting to her. ]

And then that's it? You're okay with that?

oh the feels~

[halftimesoldier]

Huh? [Marco glances back over his shoulder at her, bobbing in the water for a moment proudly as he forgets about what he's trying to do and simply does it. Treading water isn't so bad, but he isn't used to it. His legs are a little tired, so he waves his arms out, then to his sides, scooping the water so he can move back toward the beach.]

Well, I'm not okay with dying or being dead. [And he walks out so he can stand next to her. Marco gives her a thoughtful look.]

But if I were or not... Nothing I do now can change that. And I don't think someone like you would die so easily, Annie! [And he laughs, seeming as carefree as he had while floating in the water.]

So maybe this is just a dream...

[pronounced]

[ And Annie doesn't really know how to respond to any of this. her earlier thought that he knew he was dead was wrong - it was just a thought that he may be dead. ]

Normal people aren't typically okay with dying or being dead. [ There's a slight pause after she's done saying this. ]

I never imagined you dying either. [ But that didn't change things now did it? how unfortunate that these things came to light. Unconsciously, Annie decides to wade out deeper into the water ignoring the waves hitting her body until it starts to reach her neck.

...if this was all a dream then what should she do to wake up from it? ]

[halftimesoldier]

[Even if he said he wasn't okay with it, he is ready to. Marco thinks that being able to accept something like that will make him stronger. Death is inevitable in a battle like the one they fight. So... at least if this is the afterlife, there is company and warmth, and he feels almost like humanity can win... even if he won't be able to see it.]

I think you're just trying to be nice, Annie. I could imagine it... [Marco isn't certain he'll be able to make it, but he is certain he will do his best... Annie, on the other hand... she doesn't share a lot, but he's seen her fight. She's good, and he always feels like he's a nervous wreck.]

[pronounced]

I wasn't trying to be...

[ Nice.

There's that word again and it makes Annie flinch for just a bit. She doesn't know why people have it in them to keep calling her that. She isn't nice at all... If only he knew. The others knew now and she highly doubts any of them would even try to call her a good person.

Taking a deep breath, she dunks her head under the water and tries to stay down there as long as she can before going back up. Ocean water is really different than river and lake water.

When she finally resurfaces, she slowly makes her way back towards shallower waters. ]

I think we all can imagine ourselves dying in some way.