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Test Drive Meme #2 - Overflow

TDM #2 OVERFLOW


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TDM #2 - March/April 2025
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🦋 The Party

You wake up at a party.

You're not sure how, exactly, you got here. You may have just been walking in the woods or at a meeting for work or doing any other normal activity for you. But you know you weren't supposed to be at this party, you're fairly certain.

Anyone you ask about it will say the party is for you. You and the others also waking up and looking confused. Further questions will lead to the partygoers insisting you have something to eat. You're starving and others are eating the food without repercussion, so you figure there's no harm in a bite. You finish your portion.

It's a garden party at the crack of dawn, with the sun still in its early stages of climbing through the yonder, casting a good mix of pastel hues of blue, pink, and beige on everything. Heralding the first day of spring, the Ruler of the Spring Court has found it fitting to arrange this gathering where guests can feel the blades of grass touching their ankles, as well as the rich soil beneath their feet. Flowers of all kinds surround the party as if they were carefully curated. With spring as the "dawn of seasons," which marks a transition from winter's latency to the resurgence of life everywhere, the Ruler of the Dawn Court has also seen it fit to host aspects of this party during the one time of the year that dawn occurs the whole day. Tall candles and torches grace the outskirts of the garden party, providing warmth and an orange glow everywhere. Not one flame goes out even with the occasional wind, the Duchess always makes sure of this.

There are also freshly picked blossoms and branches with leaves on every table accenting the festive spread of food and drinks. This time, a lot of the food prepared for the Adopted guests are familiar to them with a little bit of a twist. Burgers might come in small packages and in toothpicks, while hotdogs in buns are also diminutive. Cookies look delectable but they have a flowery flavor to them, as if eating freshly picked daisies or daffodils. Fruits that may have been present in an Adopted's home, such as pineapples and watermelons, have seeds in odd places. Picking this selection of food is an attempt to be more welcoming and to appease the lovely guests the fae have invited.

As the party winds down and everyone's eaten, a tall, stately woman stands up and speaks. You feel her voice more than hear it.

I am the Lawspeaker of the Fae, elected by Seelie and Unseelie alike, and you are all, now, subjects of Faerie. You cannot leave this realm once you have eaten our food, and even if you could, there is no saying how much time has passed back where you're from. Your loved ones are likely dead, your problems have likely played out. We require assistance in various matters, and each of you has been chosen for your talent and skill. You will be adopted by one of the Seelie or Unseelie Courts based on your strengths and personality. Your Court will decide what to do with you from there.

As suddenly as she stood, she sits back down.


🦋 Chance at a Dance

A party is not complete without dancing, of course, and while during the last gathering held for the Adopted, different fae danced to music exclusively for them around a glowing tree, this time they are insisting their guests to join in.

This is a party for you, after all.

If the prodding of the different fae hosts won't convince you, perhaps the music will. They play easily recognizable tunes that their wonderful guests must have heard before. These melodies have certain unique effects to their mortal attendees, which are as follows:

  • Upbeat Music: You will believe that you and your dance partner have been friends forever and have known each other a long time.
  • Romantic Music: You will become amorous and flirtatious towards your dance partner.
  • Slow Music: You will develop some tension with your dance partner. It may be negative or sexual; completely up to you.
  • Quiet Music: You will assume your dance partner is a threat and try to fight them.


🦋 Flower Power

At the Spring King's behest, every Adopted should wear a flower corsage or boutonnière to the gathering. After all, this is to celebrate the coming of spring and what better way to do that than to honor everything in bloom.

The thing is, though, the King of Spring, while amorous and friendly, also has a penchant for playing with mortals' memories, if not also affect their desires and despairs.

So, mischievous as he is, he made sure to enchant the different flowers present in every corsage and boutonnière for the party with the effects below:

  • Rose: You will recall a horrific trauma
  • Carnation: You will see a vision of your future, whether it's good or bad
  • Orchid: You will remember a time you lost someone
  • Chrysanthemum: You will believe someone among the Adopted is your soulmate
  • Dahlia: You will believe you betrayed someone important to you, whether you actually did or not

It is perhaps a good thing that no one but the Adopted are allowed to see these visions and memories, but everyone who wears a corsage or boutonnière will be able to see each other's memories and visions when in close enough physical proximity to the vision-haver, for better or for worse.


🦋 GEIS

You feel a vibration in your pocket sometime after the Lawspeaker addresses everyone. When you search for the source, you will pull out your Leaf, the device the Fae use to stay in touch with each other. Anyone who's used a smart phone will easily recognize how it works.

Greetings, Adopted. This is your Lawspeaker.

Tell us all of a time you gave someone a gift. Perhaps a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates. Was it appreciated or not? A reward might await the most meaningful gift given.



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waterfawn: (need some encouragement?;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-04-14 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
As far as I know, no? The ones I met didn't seem to recognize Bauble at all and I've never seen it with wings.

[The fairies in Prydain just looked like very small humans with wings, quick to get angry and run off in the middle of an adventure, but still helpful in their own ways.]

We escaped as quickly as we could! The guards weren't always around and Bauble knows how to navigate well enough. I'm also good at running, so we traveled through the hallways and ducked into shadows where we needed to. I met Taran as we were climbing out of one of the lower parts; but we surprised each other at first. Or at least I surprised him.

[She laughed a little as she remembered it. Eilonwy hadn't been expecting to run into anyone, but she'd been glad to see another human, so things had started to run their course.]

That's when I learned that he'd been captured along with his pig.
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-04-15 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
I see.


[He didn't really. A glowing ball that talked with telepathy? He didn't have any idea what that might be.

Harry continued to listen, watching Eilonwy tell her story with an indulgent smile. She really was a cute kid. And so open! It was nothing like spending time with the miniVKs back home. But he liked it.]



So ye met Taran an Hen Wen was it? The pig? Then wha?
waterfawn: (talking again; no we both helped;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-04-16 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It's hard to explain correctly, but if Bauble was here then I could show you easily enough.

[It was easy to recall the adventure as a whole considering how recent it was, and Eilonwy was proud of everyone for surviving everything that had happened.]

The pig was actually still missing, but Taran mentioned her as we went through the castle! We almost were caught a few times, so we had to move very slowly and I lost track of Taran in a burial room for fallen soldiers. He returned with a sword and..

[Eilonwy trailed off and frowned a little.] And I asked if he'd taken it from one of the bodies, which Taran confirmed. I suppose I can understand it because he didn't have a weapon, but. [She sighed.] But we kept moving and once we were near a large main room, we found a bard chained to the wall yelling for help.
umas_second: (pic#17755216)

[personal profile] umas_second 2025-04-17 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Weel, if it shows up, I'll take ye up on tha.


[Harry studied her, curious why Eilonwy seemed bothered by Taran taking the sword.]


Why's it bother ye tha Taran took the sword? If it was jus wi' a skeleton, no one was usin it.
waterfawn: (careful steps;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-04-18 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
That's true, but my understanding is that it'd been buried with the soldier to honor them. But the burial chamber did look abandoned.

[Eilonwy still hadn't felt right with Taran simply taking the sword, even if she couldn't fully explain why.]
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-04-19 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[AKs really were a different breed. If Harry had been in a dungeon with no weapon, he'd have swiped every one they walked past and then some! Actually, he'd have taken the sword no matter what. Harry leaned closer, an understanding smile on his face.]


So the two o'ye were lookin for a way oot an th'pig, aye? Wha then?
waterfawn: (following the bauble)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-04-22 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Eilonwy wasn't against weapons at all, and if she'd thought to grab one then she might have done so, but while everything was happening her focus was just getting out of the castle. She exhaled and refocused on telling the next part of the adventure.] We made it from that room into another-- not a dungeon, because it wasn't underground. Taran and I had to duck in and out of shadows to avoid guards as we approached it.

There was another person trapped- a bard, older, with a harp hung around his neck. Poor Fflewddur- that's his name, was yelling as loudly as he could. Taran and I worked quickly to free him but more guards were running in. Stone walls are actually very good at bouncing noise.

[Eilonwy idly laces and unlaces her fingers together.] But we're all equally good at running, and we took off as quickly as we could!
umas_second: (pic#17755200)

[personal profile] umas_second 2025-04-27 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Dangerous but brave. Wha then?


[For a kid who'd probably been sheltered and loved all her life, it was impressive. Harry continued to smile at her, encouraging her to keep talking. It sounded like she'd been scared plenty, and getting that out helped people, or so he'd been told.]
waterfawn: (you never asked!; confident;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-04-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[The adventure was fresh enough that Eilonwy could recall it clearly, and talking about her friends was also taking the sting out of the idea that it might be a while before she saw them again. She gave Harry a return smile and then continued,] We ran as fast as we could, with the Horned King's soldiers giving chase and yelling for others to hurry up and try to grab any of us.

[It had been bedlam, and Eilonwy idly tugged at one of her dress sleeves.] We were cornered before the sword Taran picked up activated and lit up like it was on fire! Have you ever seen something like that?
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-04-30 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Harry was a toucher. He tended to hang all over people back home, and he didn't usually stop unless someone told him point-blank it was an issue. For him, it was natural to slide a little closer and rest a hand on Eilonwy's back, rubbing in slow, small circles. It was meant to be comforting, something he'd do for any of the people he actually cared about back home.]


Weel, canny say I've seen a sword glow tha way, no. Seen the barrier flash'n sparkle. Seen magic blasts more'n once. Did it do more'n glow?
waterfawn: (talking again; no we both helped;)

(sorry this is so late!)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-05-05 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Eilonwy wasn't as much of a toucher, but she didn't mind if her friends were. She relaxed slightly and then asked,] Wait, what barrier? [But then he asked about what the sword actually did, and Eilonwy refocused on sharing what happened next.] I don't know if it counts as doing more, but Taran was suddenly able to swing it around and scare the guards off. Even he looked surprised!

But it worked, and when the guards jumped back and yelled in shock, we all kept running- through the gate and into the forest. We didn't stop for what felt like at least an hour. At least until we knew the guards weren't following us, and that the Horned King had given up for the time being.

[She sighed.] We made camp and caught our breath for a while, with Fflewddur playing some music while I mended his clothes. [Eilonwy trailed off, remembering what happened next.] Then there was an argument.
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i will tag forever!

[personal profile] umas_second 2025-05-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[As long as Eilonwy didn't push, he'd keep his own past to himself for the time being. It was better that way. It was also good for her to get any traumas out with someone who could understand, and Harry could understand just about anything.

He knew by the way she was speaking that something bad had happened. It was just a question of how bad, and between who, though he could probably guess.]



Argument? Between Taran an ye?
waterfawn: (not taking that;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-05-08 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[She wouldn't push for information on him. Maybe surface level things, but nothing deeper than that. Eilonwy liked to know about her friends but she also knew that information could show up in various ways. There was no need to pry, so she wouldn't.

Eilonwy took a breath and thought back.] Yes. Fflewddur and I were talking about fear as a whole- with him insisting he wasn't afraid but being understanding about it. Taran pointed out that he wasn't afraid at all and that he got everyone out of the castle.

[She crossed and uncrossed her wrists as she spoke] And I was so tired after everything so I pointed out the sword had done most of the work. Taran insisted it was a warrior's sword, and we were at an impasse. I said that the sword, meant for a warrior or not, was still magical. Taran got offended and snapped that what would a girl know about swords.

[Eilonwy's hands stopped moving and she took a deep breath to steady herself.]
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-05-13 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Harry rubbed her back again. It was about what he'd expected to hear. Their ages made it easy to guess what was said and done. Some things really were universal. He smiled at her.]


Fightin wi' a friend's no' a good thing, aye? Would it help tae say boys his age're too stupid tae do more'n breathe an be idiots? I should know. I was one.
waterfawn: (hesitant;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-05-21 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Eilonwy shakes her head and returns the smile briefly before she replies,] It isn't a good thing, I agree. But that does help a little bit. Once I'd left to calm down, I had some time to collect myself. Taran found me a while later, and I'd been crying about.. Well, just about what he'd said, honestly. Not that everything else wasn't upsetting it's just..

[The comments about being ignorant based on her being a girl had stung the hardest.] It's just that we were both unkind. I pointed out that we would all need to work together and Taran apologized for what he'd said. We all got some rest once we were back at camp.
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-05-25 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
There, ye see? Boys're all pretty stupid, even on their good days. Feelins're hard, especially at tha age. They . . . get too big. Ye canny see past 'em tae th'other side. Ye know yer hurtin someone, but ye say things anyway. Takes a big man tae apologize though. Taran did good.


[So did Eilonwy by forgiving him. Thirteen was a really tough age. Harry wasn't so far away from it he couldn't remember. Multiply that by being a VK on the Isle and it was sometimes a miracle he was still alive. He stroked Elionwy's hair with another smile.]


Then wha happened?
waterfawn: (following the bauble)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-06-01 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
They are hard- At the moment, before we apologized, I was just very hurt and said the first thing that sprang to mind.

[Which was really the nature of arguing as a whole. But she was glad they'd made amends. Eilonwy didn't want to think about how different the adventure would have been if she and Taran hadn't been speaking to each other during it.]

After we got some rest at camp, we kept traveling the next morning. Taran was looking for signs of Hen Wen, and I was keeping an ear out for things in general. There was rustling near a set of bushes and a wood troll rushed out of them and dove at Taran suddenly, calling him master and asking for food.

[She giggled at the memory.] It was very cute, but very surprising; and Taran didn't look happy at all to see Gurgi.
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-06-01 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
A wood troll? Wha's a wood troll?


[Eilonwy's story wasn't one of the ones that got talked about very often, not least because she was a grown-up now with a fairly quiet kingdom. Harry was pretty sure she'd married Taran and had kids, but he hadn't spent enough time in Auradon to find out before waking up at the party. A lot of the details of her story were fuzzy for him. Besides, it gave him a chance to let her elaborate on a friend.]
waterfawn: (laughing;)

[personal profile] waterfawn 2025-06-07 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
It's- well, the one I met, at least, it looks more like a dog. About this high- [Eilonwy holds up one of her hands to roughly mark the height of a figure that would come to ones knees] and covered in fur. He can stand on his hind legs and use his front legs as hands.

[It didn't feel right to call them "paws", even if Gurgi did remind her of a dog first and a troll second. While Harry's details on the adventure are fuzzy, Eilonwy's are sharp in contrast. It had, for all intents and purposes, happened at least a few hours before she'd came to at the party.] His name is Gurgi, and he's very energetic. A lot of moving around like he's trying to win a race, and sometimes he talks very quickly.
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[personal profile] umas_second 2025-06-08 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh right! The little hairball that followed Taran around. Didn't he die or sacrifice himself or something? Harry thought he vaguely remembered a Gurgi being fairly highly placed among the sidekicks. Although school for a VK was mostly the three P's, plotting, poison and pillaging, they did learn about the importance of sidekicks and had to be familiar enough with most of them they could spot potential offspring. Assuming they ever got off the Isle, it could be the difference between success and failure.

Sidekicks had a way of ruining all a villain's evil plans and rallying a despond Hero at the last moment. Irritating as hell.]



Gurgi. I see. So he joined th'group as well?