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Test Drive Meme #2
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Seras Victoria | Hellsing
[Seras was completely confused to find herself at a party, she couldn't recall the last time that she'd attended a party and there certainly had never been a party where it was meant for her. She didn't want to be rude either, but well the food wasn't exactly something that she was all that interested in. At the same time she didn't want to be rude either.]
I'm sorry but I don't think I can have much of any of this. Maybe just something to drink?
A chance to dance
[While there were a lot of people dancing, Seras was more than happy to just stand off to the side and watch the others. She didn't know anything about what was going on, and was a complete fish out of water. The shadows making up her left arm seemed to move with the music though as she subconsciously followed along with the tempo.]
Geis
I haven't really given anyone anything all that special as a gift. I haven't really received that many either though.
I did buy the captain lunch one time, does that count as a gift?
geis; un: 🌹 rosebud
Oh no! Well, that will not do. I'll be sure to make you something lovely!
( A beat. )
What's your name?
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Seras Victoria. What's yours?
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We all deserve to have kindness extended to us in our lives.
And that aside, I enjoy sewing.
Odette Stewart.
Though, my friends call me Odie.
It's a pleasure to meet you!
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(Like waking up at a strange party and then finding out she couldn't leave. And without any sign of her master or Sir Integra.)
That's a pretty name. It's nice to meet you as well.
Dance
"Want to join the fun? It's not hard." Bleach blonde hair, dressed in all black with combat boots and a leather trench coat. The British accent was lower-class, London, but it was friendly. With a slight edge to it, like he was daring her to do something.
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Seras herself had a noticeable cockney accent of the east end. Still looking at the crowd and then back at the person asking her she debated a minute. Hearing Pip's voice encouraging her, Come on Mignonette, have a little fun. It's a party afterall. Finally with a nod she figured it wouldn't hurt.
"It does look fun. Alrigh', maybe jus' one."
Do you have a music preference?
Dealer's choice.
"Seras, Seras Victoria."
At the glance to her arm, she lifted it just a little.
"It is, and it comes in handy for all sorts of things."
Upbeat it is then.
"I'd say 's a pleasure, but with the circumstances we're in." With a low chuckle, but Spike offers his hand anyway to pull her further onto the floor. "I'm Spike."
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She'd certainly had stranger dreams, especially since she had changed. But then this did feel awfully real, and she wasn't able to see through it no matter how hard she tried.
Taking the offered hand she stepped out a bit closer to where everyone else was dancing.
"Hopefully it hasn't been too long though, or Sir Integra will yell for sure. I mean Master just returned, so if I were to go missing it's like we just traded off."
Okay to ping her as vampire?
[OOC: I've been out of Hellsing long enough to not remember how they tell other vamps. Spike has no soul though, if that's detectable. Otherwise he looks human unless the game face comes out. He IS slightly cooler than a normal human to the touch though. No heartbeat or need to breathe either.]
Feel free
It wasn't like she was all that important, not compared to Sir Integra, and she wasn't anywhere near as powerful as Alucard. But if she was kid napped, then she'd surly find a way back, or someone would come for her, they wouldn't just leave her there. Right? She could feel his eyes on her though, and just laughed nervously.
"I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding. We'll get it all sorted out."
[ooc: She does still have the marks on her neck, and of course there is her arm. Also as a fully awakened vampire her eyes are red. Other than that there's the fangs, but other than that she might seem human.]
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Spike knew he wasn't likely to get answers to those questions.
"Why do the fae do anything? Because that's who's behind this. You've been kidnapped by the fae, just like the rest of us." They were now apart of the crowd but with enough space to move. Spike didn't try for proper position, just swayed slightly to the beat and encouraged her to move too.
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Vampires, werewolves, regenerators and holy relics had certainly opened Seras's eyes to the possibility. And she'd had thirty years since she herself had been turned and introduced to the reality of what was once just myths. So it wasn't that she found it entirely impossible, just not something she would have expected.
"It doesn't really feel much like a kid napping. But I guess they are supposed to be tricky."
Seras followed suit with Spike moving in time with the music, but not doing anything too flashy or impressive with her dancing. It wasn't something she really did that often, and it felt a little strange to do in uniform.
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Both were just kind of moving to the beat, focusing more on the conversation it seemed. "It doesn't feel like a kidnapping because of the party atmosphere, but that's what it is."
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Definitely not the kind of thing she would want to be around, she'd have to look into that and well hopefully it really hasn't been a hundred years or something before she can get back.
"The music is pretty good."
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Because even this much was about her limit to knowing how to dance, something formal or slow, she wouldn't stand a chance.
"They sound kind of like jerks."
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"Why would ballroom give you trouble? I mean, other than the arm maybe." Time for a topic switch. "Actually, the waltz was pretty fast for its time. Not that slow stuff you see now."
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She laughs a little nervously, she wasn't really sure if that was something she should do but it would probably feel good. At the question her cheeks grew a little darker, curious she could still do that being dead, and twiddled her fingers a little.
"Ah well, I never learned, I've have ever been to a dance like that or anything."
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"So, first I'm not sure what we do about your arm. Usually it goes up along my own to my shoulder. We join my left and your right out a bit to the side. Like so." He's just going to step into her space, and put their hands in position. "My arm goes around your lower back and waist, and that's how you lead a person. Don't worry too much about your feet; just follow me and keep the beat." As his arm slid around her waist. Spike tilted his head for a moment, then proceeded to lead her in a 'proper' dance. Albeit to upbeat music.
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She was caught off guard a bit, the shadows of her arm shifting and turning a bit, but gradually reforming to mostly resemble an actual arm. Seras barely had time to really process what was going on when she started, still trying to get the position properly down.
"W-we're so close."
What if she stepped on his foot, or stepped the wrong way?
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They were close, but as long as she relaxed she'd do fine. Follow his lead.
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They were close enough there's no way anyone would be able to even think about getting between them. Absolutely no way was there any personal space when you were this close with someone, you could see everything, smell it, if she had a heartbeat it would have been racing.
"The 1800s, you were alive that long ago?"
Despite doing so a bit clumsily at first, she managed to follow without it looking too out of place. But it was far from a graceful dance.
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