MARCH 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 very first 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 Welcome to the Faerie Feast! After your have gained your wings, you are met by a feast on the second floor with all that the forest can offer you. Tables and chairs are set up everywhere along the walkway between the houses, allowing the new visitors to meet and greet - or try to hide in the corners and eat berries all by themselves. Try your new wings to be the first to grab those delicious crumbs of walnut bread? Or say hi to your party lights, courtesy of some excited glow worms and flies that just want to be your best friends. Explore how your new gem works, try put your leaf clothes or decide to head further into the tree, seeing just what kind of place your have stumbled into. Maybe you will even get a glimpse of those hairy legs on the fourth floor?

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hello!

[millionyearsentence]

[ Bread, huh. She's heard that before, mentioned by one of the Citizens as something only the higher class could enjoy. This place must be overflowing with resources, if they could afford to give bread to everyone. ]

What's it made of?

hi eon!

[swanning]

[ Wh...at is bread made off, really?? Surprise shows on her face, but softens into mild curiosity. ]

Flour, egg, milk, and sometimes with other ingredients... Have you never had bread before?

[ She breaks off a small piece off the end of hers, offering it out. ] Here, you can try it. ...And your [ more handsome ] friend, if he wants a little too.

[millionyearsentence]

[ She has no idea what half of those things are. They're probably things that existed before her era - when the Earth was still bountiful and there was enough to go around. Did she travel back in time, then? That'd be interesting...

If Simeon showed up to take her back, she'll have to tell this to everyone. Beatrice, Matthias, and Julien - they need to know. ]

Thanks.

[ Wyrden takes the small morsel and inspects it closely, noting its hollow structure. It looks a lot like the meshwork of Abductor innards... though Beatrice would be the better judge of that.

She pops it into her mouth, and her expression brightens immediately. ]

Wow! It's... amazing!

[ After (presumably) years of eating pure compounds, the flavour's almost indescribable to her. Ramiel just watches silently. ]

[swanning]

[ Watching out of the corner of her eye, she pretends to be busy, breaking and holding out a piece of bread towards the actually really quiet boy. He reminds her of a guard, always watching... The thought unnerves her a little, but the fact he's only focused on the other girl gives her relief, so she manages to smile in spite of his impassive face, in spite of getting seemingly nothing.

About to open her mouth to say something to Ramiel, Merri turns back at the girl's exclamation. ]

Hehe... You can't bake without love! [ She says this, but she's a bad baker (and she didn't make these bread). ] There's more on the table, so please help yourself!

[millionyearsentence]

[ To call Ramiel a guard would not be inaccurate. The exception would be that he is technically guarding others from Wyrden herself, as opposed to the contrary.

The young woman nods, though her visage returns somewhat to its neutral state. She knows what Merri is talking about - doing things with love made them better - but it's a saying that doesn't really apply to her Panopticon anymore. Everyone did things in order to survive. Most did not have time to spare for anything more than that. ]

We don't have to pay or anything? Are you sure?

[ For once, Ramiel's gaze diverts from her, and he moves to inspect the bread. His voice is smooth, but evidently synthetic. ]

Total nutrient composition: 71 percent carbohydrates, 17 percent fats, 12 percent protein. Trace minerals detected, significant amounts of sodium and potassium. Advise concurrent water intake.

[ Wyrden nods, looking slightly more relaxed now. ] Thanks, Ramiel. It's safe.

1/2

[swanning]

[ Merri jumps, eyes wide at the strange voice. Just what...?? What was that voice, what were those words? Coming from a world without robots or machines, the word synthetic means nothing to her.

...She's definitely dropping this Ramiel from her list of suitable boyfriends list though. ]

I don't see a shopkeeper around to pay to... It should be alright.

[ AND IF THERE'S ONE... well, she can part with a bangle. And right, names, in the middle of doubletaking at everything this girl and her guard's saying, she's forgotten. ]

[swanning]

My name's Merri! May I ask your names?

[millionyearsentence]

[ It's evident that Merri hasn't seen robots before - but then again, quite a few people here haven't. It must be rare.

Nice to see that the food here isn't charged, though it comes as a bit alien to her. Even if it was, she could work it off - just like how she always did. ]

That's good, then. I'll take one. [ Just one, for now. If it wasn't nutritionally sufficient, she could come back for more once other people took their share. ]

Nice to meet you, Merri. [ She nods respectfully, noting the lack of a surname or a callsign. ] I'm Wryden, and this is Ramiel. He's my android partner, so he doesn't talk much.

[ No use giving her call-sign in an area without signal. And she's also learned the value of not telling strangers the true nature of Accessories - best to just keep it vague to avoid questions. ]