Test Drive #3

[pathemamods]

ARRIVAL: Your character wakes up in a temple completely naked except for the collar around their neck. Near the spot they wake up is a pile of clothing that is NOT what your character was wearing before they woke up. When they unfold the clothing they will find it's a toga and that there's a pair of sandals under it. Too bad, that's all there is.

The sound of bells soon fills the temple, drowning out the noise of chatter and panic, drawing your attention to the statue in the center of the temple before a loud, booming voice fills your head:

Welcome, Honored Guests. I trust you’ve found everything easily enough. You may consider your Toga a token of my generosity and I trust the footwear will be more than sufficient; Now I’m certain that you all have many questions, so perhaps you’ll permit me to explain. I, Eros, Son of Ares and Aphrodite, God of Love and Sexual Desire, have brought you to Pathema for a very simple purpose. I offer you sanctuary from the trials and tribulations of your all too dreary existences and in return, I ask only one thing of you. Your devotion. I have seen how reluctant you creatures can be when it comes to matters of the flesh, and so I have ensured that all of you shall have the proper encouragement. Surely you must be aware by now that each of you have been fitted with a collar. I wouldn’t try and remove them if I were you. Your petty magics, or force, will do little more than cause them to tighten I’m afraid. Over a period of fourteen days, your collars will tighten. I’m told it’s a terribly uncomfortable experience and I wouldn’t suggest you push your limits but you mortals are rather a stubborn lot. Still, never let it be said that I didn’t try to warn you. Now if at the end of those fourteen days, you have still refused to show your devotion to your God? You will simply cease to exist. Oh, come now. I am not a cruel and capricious God. You’ll be permitted to return to your previous state of existence, for the mere price of something that you hold dear. A memory of those trivial times from before you were brought to your new home Ah, yes. I do believe I have your attention now, don’t I? But of course, how can you, mere peasants, show your God how much you adore him? I should think the answer is very simple, don’t you? I am the God of Sexual Desire after all.

SUMMER SOLSTICE: At night, bondfires are lit on the beach, and tables of food from your world are displayed alongside food from foreign places. Music is played all night long, and dancers pull strangers to join them, while the fire breathers put on a show for all to see. At midnight, fireworks light up the night skies before the party rages on until the sun comes up.

Blankets are available all over the beach, some giving more privacy than others...



MONSOON SEASON: It's raining season on the island, but like anything else here, this is no regular rain...

One moment the sky is blue and the sun warm, and one second later, dark grey clouds spill their content on the island residents. Sometimes it comes down as a light mist, and other times in such a manner that anyone running underneath is from head to toe in seconds. Sometimes, thunder rages on, and hail comes down from the sky instead of rain.

Spaces to hide oneself are sparse, and you may have to share your protected corner with someone else...



NETWORK: Everyone is provided with a communication device that gives them access to an island-wide network. These can be used for so many things! Send pictures of the drunk guy at the bar, your boobs or whatever you want!!



WILDCARD: There are forests, mountains, marketplaces, all sorts of places to go and explore on the island. Ideas for settings can be found on the locations pages!






**TDM threads can be used as your sample in your application! It can also be considered in game canon if it is agreed on by all characters involved in said threads.



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steve rogers | mcu

[bearstheshield]

Monsoon Season:

Steve has been trying to make his way to the housing he's been assigned for the better part of an hour now but the rain is heavy enough to impede his progress so that he's relegated to ducking into alcoves and under eaves when it gets too much to endure and he ventures back out when it breaks for a moment or two.

He's still in his toga from the temple and Old Glory doesn't look so fine when it's plastered to rain-soaked skin. Water is dripping from his eyelashes when he dips into the next alcove to wait out a cloudburst but this time, unlike the last few, he's not alone.

"Sorry, I didn't realize this one was already occupied."

***

NETWORK:

Does anyone have a better way of tying these togas? I'm not doing so great with mine.

Network

[scepterschild]

If you go to your given home there are clothes you'd normally where there.

Re: Network

[bearstheshield]

I'm just trying to get decent enough to make it there.

Network

[scepterschild]

Wear it like a towel.

Re: Network

[bearstheshield]

Just around my waist? I mean,
I'm tall, Wanda, but I'm not that tall.

Network

[scepterschild]

You can fold it. You don't have to use all of it.
Just enough to keep you covered behind finding clothing.

Re: Network

[bearstheshield]

Right. I definitely missed sheet-dressing in school. Do you promise there's other clothes I can get and I'm not stuck with just this? Because I don't know if I can manage the toga look for too long.

Network

[scepterschild]

[Wanda isn't going to mention school since she never had that chance.]

I do promise. Calm down. I can meet you there if you'd like.

Re: Network

[bearstheshield]

If I text you the address, you'll come by and fix this thing? I don't want to ruin my reputation as a role model.

network;

[royalpassport]

You could just wear it around your waist like a towel.

Re: network;

[bearstheshield]

A couple people have recommended that but there's a lot of extra fabric that I'm going to be tripping on.
I kind of sound like Goldilocks, don't I?

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[electro_kinetic]

So rain is kinda....wet. That blindingly obvious statement aside, Noriko being an electrokinetic is not really fond of being plastered with water while outside, and so when a stranger (a huge stranger, by the way) ducks in beside her she understands the impulse.

"You're good. I don't take up that much room." It's true, more or less: Nori tops out at five-four, and isn't the bulkiest of women. "Kinda makes you wonder how half the tropical world dealt with this, don't it?" she asks, hoping belatedly that he knows what the tropics even are.

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[bearstheshield]

"I've never done any real travel south of the equator," Steve admits. He's never really met anyone by literally being smushed in against them in an alcove, either, so today can just be a day of firsts. He gets a good look at the woman sharing his space and realizes she's much shorter than he is.

"So this would be my first experience with this kind of rain. What about you?"

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[electro_kinetic]

"Neither have I," she says. "But I've seen news reports."

Noriko ducks under Steve's arm to be able to see out and feel slightly less trapped, head tilted up to see the guy's face. "I kinda hate rain, though. Like, storms I'm good with. Just rain like this...I just feel soggy."

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[bearstheshield]

"It's not so bad when you're inside," Steve concedes. "But when I'm stuck outside, or marching, or God knows what else? No, it's not the best thing to lift your spirits. Even someone with plenty of determination could get ground down by this."

Steve gives her a little smile. "I'm Steve, by the way. Steve Rogers. I got a little distracted on the introductions."

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[electro_kinetic]

She smiles back. "It's Nori. Properly it's Ashida Noriko, but nobody calls me that anyway."

And she's trying not to chuckle. "Don't be offended, but I got a little distracte when you ducked in here." Big, tall, built guy wearing nothing but a flag? Nori was new here once and knew he was wearing under that what she'd been wearing under her toga--which was nothing--did pique the curiosity. "Nice to meet you, Steve. I'm gonna assume you haven't made it to your house yet?"

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[bearstheshield]

"That would be no," Steve confirms. "Apparently I have one but the downpour sort of impeded my ability to get there."

The street looks like a river right now and he hopes the sewer system manages to drain it faster than it's coming down.

Re: steve rogers | mcu | monsoon season

[electro_kinetic]

"Hey, if it's impeding your progress, I'm sunk," she says. "I mean, look at us. Size difference and all."

[redasrubies]

Occupied, in fact, by someone who's wearing a red cloak (with a hood) over modern clothing. She pulls the hood down and shakes the water off the cloak, trying not to get him any wetter than he already is.

"It's okay. It's hardly the worst thing I've had to share with someone since I've been here."

[bearstheshield]

Steve laughs a little and tries to press back against the brick of the building so that the other woman can have a little more room. Room is a precious commodity in this tiny alcove but he's going to allow her more of it if he can.

"Does it always rain like this or did I just come at an opportune time?"

[redasrubies]

She's been here long enough to have figured out that these alcoves are this small for a reason -- put more than one person in them and the hope is that the close proximity to each other will give them suggestions of more amorous ways to spend their time.

"It definitely does not always rain like this. I think someone ordered it up special for you."

[bearstheshield]

Steve huffs a little and tries to shake his head but that only results in droplets of water splashing down against his collarbone. "Well, they didn't have to give me the housewarming gift. I could have managed without it."

His mouth curves in a bit of a smile and he tips his head toward the woman pressed against him. "I'm Steve, ma'am. Steve Rogers."

[redasrubies]

"Hey, it's more than anyone else got." It's really just one more reason to be impatient to go home.

She smiles a bit sheepishly at him and shakes her head. "It's just Ruby. Ma'am makes me feel old."

[bearstheshield]

"Military. Everyone gets ma'am at one point or another," Steve says, giving her a broad smile before pointedly using her name the next time he addresses her. He remembers, if nothing else.

"So, just Ruby, where are you from? I got here from the middle of...nowhere, strictly speaking, and it looks like I wound up in the middle of more nowhere."

[redasrubies]

"With men like you protecting us, we must be safe." She flirts with everyone, yes. But she's also crammed into a space meant only for one person with him, and she can tell just what sort of shape he's in.

"A little town in Maine I guarantee you've never heard of." Because it's not on any map. Because it only exists due to magic.