APRIL 2015

[thecanopycrew]

Uncertain if this is a game for you? Curious to see how your character would act in it? Testing the waters? Then take them on this Home Tree Test Drive! directions ❀ Don't forget to read the Introduction , our Rules and the F.A.Q ❀ Post with your character with their name and canon in the subject line. ❀ Use the prompt(s) given here or make up your own! ❀ Both prose and comment spam format are welcome. ❀ Tag around! Make friends. Don't be afraid to discuss OOCly while tagging. ❀ The Test Drive Meme can be used for your application's first person sample. ❀ This meme is is considered as OOC and not part of the game's canon. prompt Night of the Fireflies! It is late at night after you have gained your wings, and the tree is surprisingly dark. All the fireflies have gathered outside, flying around the tree in a display of glittering stars. It is almost as if they little critters are dancing with joy to see the new friends joining the Tree. On the first floor's branch, the glow worms have settled, illuminating the whole bark like a shining band of Christmas lights - and they, too, are reveling in the joy of new adventurers. Explore how your new gem works, try put your leaf clothes and join the critters in their dance - or simply watch them imitate the starts in the sky. It's a nice night to meet new friends. Just bring a squirrel fur or two, it's still cold outside.

Night Gem Wing Inspiration ❀ Day Gem Wing Inspiration

Comments

[2wei]

Eh..?

[There was a strange look on Illya's face, her bright red eyes widening in sheer surprise. Why was he thanking her? She hadn't done anything worthy of such thanks, and she could feel her heart pounding loudly in her chest as her cheeks flared up.

With a shake of her head, she manages to speak up, her voice low and slightly nervous at first]

No, you don't need to thank me, onii-chan! I... [The words were caught in her throat. He was different after all, so she couldn't say them. She feels like she's about to cry-- his words seemed to hurt her, somehow. Was it because he said it in the past tense? Because she was dead in his world? Even so, she just smiles in return; it's a soft, innocent, childlike smile that's almost infectious.] I didn't really do anything, really.

[onlypath]

[he calmly shook his head, that soft smile that he likely wouldn't see again in his own world being committed to his memory. he would press onwards with no regrets. it was sad, but he would take this sadness with him. he wouldn't regret it, but he had to learn from it. if he doubted himself, he didn't have what it took to make things right in the future.

this path wasn't wrong- it never would be wrong. even if it was impossible, it was smiles like hers and the end that were so beautiful that he couldn't help but ask himself, "why should I stop?" borrowed or not, it was his means in life, through others he would owe it to himself in the end. moving back until he was in front of her again, he dropped to the ground with a satisfied sigh, ready to move on]

Is there anyone else that you know here, Illya?

[2wei]

[When he asks the question, she shakes her head quickly in response. There wasn't anybody that she knew... or rather, people from her own world here.]

Everyone's from a different world. What about you, onii-chan?

[onlypath]

No one yet. To be honest, you're the first person I've seen. So there's people from all sorts of different realities...

[was there another version of him out there? hey-!]

Maybe your Shirou is here somewhere!

[2wei]

You think so?

[There's a trace of doubt in her expression, but she then realizes--]

Ah, but if we look for him, I can't show him my magic! [Priorities.]

[onlypath]

Eh? Why not?

[2wei]

B-- Because! Onii-chan doesn't know about magic, and, and!

[SCREECHING TO A HALT] It's... kind of embarrassing to make him see me in this.

[Not that it's not embarrassing now]

[onlypath]

What? I never knew about anything about magic or what you do in your world?

[yes, yes, Illya. we all know that you're the next big loli thing in the world of magical girls but leave it to Emiya Shirou to forget about that kinda detail]

[2wei]

Nothing. [Good going, Emiya Shirou.]

I didn't know about magic until recently, too.

[onlypath]

Oh... Well...how are we going to explain me if I come face to face with him?

[2wei]

...

[Oh, right] Th-- There's that rumor about how there's always another person that looks exactly like you in the world!

[onlypath]

I heard about that... But I probably sound the same as him too. You look and sound just like the Illya from my world.

[2wei]

Then... we'll figure something out! Ruby! [Her Kaleidostick's just been chilling out for the most part, watching them panic and have their emotional stuff done, but once it's called, it just laughs before suggesting that maybe they could dye Shirou's hair.]

Wha-- we can't do that! Maybe if we just do something, we can get out of this problem!

[onlypath]

[is it bad that the first thing Shirou thinks when Ruby suggests dying his hair that it be white? unlike her Shirou, that was something he'd probably have to deal with after constant use of his magecraft]

Or we could just...you know...tell him if we see him. It's gonna be hard to explain fairy wings and living in a tree in the first place.

[2wei]

... I guess we can do that. [But now she's worried that she might have two big brothers worrying for her safety because she has magic.]

[onlypath]

[it sounded like he had such a normal life in her world... did the disaster that befell Fuyuki in his time never occur?]

Hopefully we won't have to worry about that though, and we can go home somehow.

[2wei]

Yeah! [Eyes brimming with determination, Illya clenches her hands into tight, balled fists, smiling brightly as she swings her hands over her head.]

Maybe we can find a way to go home... and a reason why we're here.

[onlypath]

Yeah, that's another thing too... I wouldn't mind finding out just where we are and why we're here in the first place.

[was it some kind of Reality Marble? he couldn't tell...but one shouldn't have been able to influence him and her like this, could it? he didn't know enough about them, only about his own]

[2wei]

It seems to be another world, I think. [Way to state the obvious.]

Maybe we could try flying up and see if we find anything.

[onlypath]

Good idea. Do you want me to follow you or follow me?

[or they could just...y'know, fly side by side. but 'big brother' Shirou wants to be protective]

[2wei]

It... would probably be better if I followed you, onii-chan. Because you're still not used to those wings.

[onlypath]

Alright. I'll do my best not to fall, Illya. [and with that, he beats his wings a little faster now as he tries to take the lead. it seems to be working out for him now as he looks past his shoulder to the young Einzbern girl]

[2wei]

Right! [With a rather confident nod of her head, she starts to hover as well right behind him; she's personally not having problems with flying, seeing as she's rather used to it. And Ruby's, well.. Ruby's in good hands as it follows alongside Illya.]

Be careful, onii-chan. Do you see anything up ahead?

[onlypath]

[as the two flew higher up, the redhead did his best to try not and look down. if he dropped his gem now it'd be all over for him. that was the dangerous part. his flight pattern was a slight bit wobbly, but he didn't stop moving at least]

There's a lot of lights up ahead... It looks like it's coming from outside.

[2wei]

A lot of lights..? [Blinking curiously, her lips pursing into a small circle as she goes faster, flying beside him now to confirm what he says.]

Ah, you're right-! Do you think we can actually fly all the way up there?