EVERYONE GET IN THE CAR, it's TEST DRIVE TIME!

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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.

reposted from the lessor who reposted it from ineuphony, you get the picture. posted with mod permission!

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[limitstorm]

[ dream?

riku tenses at the word, slowly slipping his hands right back to his sides. ]

How did you know about the dream worlds?

[theotherpromise]

[...okay. roxas is more confused than ever.]

You met with me, didn't you? When Sora was asleep. Why wouldn't I know about them?

[limitstorm]

So it was really you.

[ his arms cross. ]

I didn't know if it was just a shadow of you or not.

[theotherpromise]

[roxas shakes his head. and that's his only answer.]

So this is a real world, all on its own?

[limitstorm]

As real as [ both of us are.

riku turns his head away slightly. ] real could be.

So somehow... you have your own body here. [ he looks the blond up and down, and then his shoulders relax, a smile coming to his face. ] You must be happy.

[theotherpromise]

[roxas's face falls a little more. he lifts his hands, as if he hadn't really gotten a chance to look at his palms before.]

Maybe. Not really. When I got here, I figured something must've gone wrong. I went looking around for what could've happened, but I didn't find anything.

[he lifts his head.] I have my own body, but what about Xehanort? What about the Thirteen Darknesses and Seven Lights? I can't have my own body. I belong with Sora.

[limitstorm]

Without a Keyblade, I can't find the way out of this place. Even if I did have it, I might not even have the power.

[ because all of his senses are sealed off, like they're in a little box. riku rubs his lower lip with a bent knuckle, trying to think. ]

I don't know about Xehanort--or about the Darknesses and Lights. Whatever's going on, we won't know unless we get out. It's a first priority. Worrying about anything else but that'll just stress you out until you can't think of anything but that.

[ he turns back to roxas. ]

You got assigned a family, right?

[theotherpromise]

[roxas deflates.]

Yeah. It sounds like you did too. And I can't summon my Keyblades or find a way out either.

You really think we just shouldn't worry about it?

[limitstorm]

That's not what I said.

[ riku shakes his head to emphasize that. ]

Just don't make it your top priority. If you're locked in a room, you don't think about what you left behind two rooms down the hall--you focus on getting out. That's what we have to do.

[theotherpromise]

Right. [he nods, eyes lowering in thought. roxas had left following orders behind when he had left the organization. that didn't mean he wouldn't take direction from riku when offered--especially when said direction was right. this riku seemed to be the crowned master he remembered seeing in yen sid's tower, anyway. he lifts his head back to him.]

Have you found any-

[but, oh, the crosswalk is open again. roxas turns his head towards it, and suddenly he remembers. he holds up a finger to riku.]

Hold on. [he jogs himself to where he had almost been hit, quickly dodging others as he plucks up the broken pieces of lacrosse stick from the pavement. then he jogs back to riku, though his eyes are on the splintered pieces of equipment in his hands. he exhales.]

Better this than me, I guess.

[limitstorm]

[ riku's brows raise and he turns his head to watch roxas, very much ready to start pulling him away if need be. he doesn't trust a car to not run over him, at this point. when he's back, he tilts his head at what was once roxas' lacrosse stick before exhaling. ]

Lacrosse, right? [ he rights his head and looks at roxas plainly. ] Suits you.

[theotherpromise]

[he lifts his eyes back to riku, brows knotted.

lacrosse is a brutal game, if the bandage on his cheek says anything. his eyes narrow, just slightly.]

Suits me? Like how?

[limitstorm]

[ riku blinks at him, obviously not having expected that as an answer. he outstretches a hand, gesturing to his hands. ]

You're ambidextrous.

[ a known fact, not a question. ]

It must be a good one-up on your game if you can use both hands and not get too tired.

[theotherpromise]

[he blinks at riku's open palms. ...oh.

he passes the broken pieces into one hand, raising his free fingers to scratch the bristles of hair at the back of his neck.]

Yeah. The coach told me he noticed that. He said he's never had to deal with someone ambidextrous playing on his team before. It makes things harder and easier.

What are you doing?

[maybe they shouldn't just keep talking on the edge of the sidewalk.]

[limitstorm]

[ the question makes him tilt his head back, and then turn half-around to glance in the distance. ]

Right now, painting houses. I'm not in sports yet--haven't decided which one... I'm in the chess club and matheletes, though.

[ he shrugs. ]

[theotherpromise]

[roxas's eyes trace his gaze, blinking. but when riku answers, he glances back at him. there's a barely-there smile.]

So you're a nerd. [he means it in jest. roxas's sense of humor has developed with the friends he's made--whether or not making friends was his choice. when he arrived, he was more than convinced this was a simulation. when he woke up the second day, he knew he wasn't getting out of it. he may as well make friends while he looks for answers.

he looks back out to where riku has been staring.] What's out there?

[limitstorm]

[ riku both blushes and bristles at roxas' frank reply, even if it is in jest. he ends up lowering his head slightly. ]

And you're a jock.

[ riku turns halfway again, giving a light shrug. ]

Next assignment. It's a one-story house. I'll probably just paint it yellow.

[theotherpromise]

[roxas turns his eyes down to his uniform.

it's grass and dirt-stained anyway. he looks back to riku.]

Need some help? I wanna ask you some more things.

[limitstorm]

[ oop.

does he look spooked? he totally doesn't. ]

Uh, well...

[theotherpromise]

It's just if you've found anything when it comes to getting out of here. If you haven't, I can go.

[limitstorm]

[ he visibly relaxes, but looks... downcast. ]

I'm sorry. I haven't--I've been trying to get in contact with the lessor, but... nothing so far.

[theotherpromise]

Don't be. [sorry, that is. riku did just save his life, after all--and right after he got it back, too.] That just means we try and find other ways to get out.

Who is the lessor, anyway?

[limitstorm]

No idea. The guy won't tell anyone his name--I haven't even found where he lives.

[ and it's a pain. he rubs his forehead. ]

Try to take a few days off of school and you get dragged back by a truant officer. It's hard to find time.

[theotherpromise]

But we get weekends off, right?

[limitstorm]

[ riku shrugs a shoulder. ]

We do. And I have chores to do, and houses to paint. [ he exhales, afterwards, rubbing his forehead.

just like home. what a prison. ]