TEST RUN MEME!

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Welcome to the Test Run meme! Post characters you intend to play with their name and canon in the subject line. If you like, you can also include whether they're Players, Reapers or RG. Participation in the meme may be used as the sample post in the application. Please assume the game is taking place in whatever type of scenery you like. We encourage you to make up your own scenarios in this meme, but here are some generic ideas:

Players
1. You've discovered you can't fight the Noise on your own! Get out there and forge a pact with someone! After that, kick some ass!

2. You're looking for clues for the mission. Fire up your player pin and scan some RGer's minds, or see if you can find a Reaper that's willing to spill the beans.

3. Your timer is gone - you did it! Celebrate your victory and another day of survival. Why not visit some of the game-sanctioned stores and reward yourself? You're visible in any building with the Reaper Decal!

Reapers
1. Today you're on duty. Set up walls throughout the city and challenge Players to meet your conditions, or just sic your Noise and be done with them!

2. Your usual duty as a Reaper has gotten a little stale. Why not liven things up with some Reaper Sports? Challenge your fellow Players and Reapers to hide and seek, tag, or even a player hunt - for a wager of course! Or maybe the bet is over, and the winner is ready to collect?

3. No one said a Reaper has to be all work and no play. The Players completed the mission for today, so now you're free to live it up! As long as you don't go outside the permanent barriers, of course. If you're hanging out with RGers, you may have to make an excuse or two.

RGers

1. Play tourist. Since this is a test meme, the sights you see are whatever you like! Go out and have fun with your friends. Alternatively, assume that the world you're transported to is terribly dangerous, and try to survive!

2. You're wondering why you were given this Ouija board when you arrived. Try it out - maybe you'll find some answers?

3. You can't seem to shake this negative attitude, and it's only getting worse. You've been possessed by Noise! Try not to go crazy! (Or don't - isn't that part of the fun?)

Comments

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts | Player, 1 is easy yes? | ohgod so late orz

[shardsofmemory]

[Yup, this fighting Noise thing sure is a lot like fighting Heartless except apparently about 3000 times harder when he tries to do it alone.

Roxas has no idea what's going on as he slides back into a wall to try and avoid a hit, panting harshly. He could take solo missions against Heartless, what's the difference?

The difference, of course, is everything: he doesn't have his Keyblades or any of his spells, only a couple pins and his own battle experience. So while he's taken out quite a few of them, Roxas is still floundering and could really use some help. Crap.

Feel free to come laugh at him or help him, you know, which ever. or pick a different scenario entirely I DON'T CARE~]

TAGS EVERYONE IN THIS MEME CANT BE TAMED

[poppetstrings]

[It looks like you're having problems here, Roxas!

Luckily, you have friends on the other side, even if you don't realize it yourself.

Xion erases the noise surrounding him, hoping to give him a small reprieve. She's watched other players fight them, so she has a fair idea of how hard it can be, especially on ones own.]

[shardsofmemory]

[Problems is kind of an understatement, Xion.

He startles when the noise all disappear, eyes going wide-- his hand jerks up reflexively in front of himself, reaching for a Keyblade that isn't there] ....what? Where'd they... all go?

[He's experienced this kind of weird world-changing-around-him-with-no-explanation before, so there's more than a little wariness as he looks around to try and figure out what that was]

[poppetstrings]

Are you alright?

[She can understand Roxas being in this place if she is, and maybe, she's hoping that he might remember her.

She knows he won't, that it's a foolish wish, but still. It never hurt anyone to hope.]

[shardsofmemory]

[Oh, there she is-- he whirls toward her, relaxing a little bit to know there's at least a person behind the sudden and random disappearances.

And, let's be honest here, after Twilight Town Roxas is kind of used to girls appearing out of nowhere to help him out.] Um-- yeah. I'm okay. Were you the one who...?

[poppetstrings]

Yeah. I got rid of them for you.

[It doesn't look like he remembers.]

[shardsofmemory]

[Blink. He has no idea who she is, but... she's wearing an Organization coat. That itself is enough to raise his suspicion a little-- after all, the last person wearing it who he didn't know kind of attacked and subdued him after helping out.

Forgive him his wariness, Xion.] .....thanks. What's with the coat? [Blunt Roxas is blunt]

[poppetstrings]

... It's the only thing I own. I guess I should invest in a bigger wardrobe, huh?

[shardsofmemory]

[It's-- the only thing she owns? Like he used to be, in the Organization, but then...

...maybe it just looks similar. He shakes his head.] But that doesn't make any sense...

[Glancing back up at her, he takes a breath, letting some of his guard drop a little] There's a lot of shops around here. You're a... Reaper, right? [Glancing at those wings of yours, Xion]

[WARNING FOR POTENTIAL KH3D SPOILERS]

[homnomhearts]

[Sora is processing exactly two things about this entire scenario:

1. There's a whole lot of noise attacking that guy over there.
2. He looks like he could probably use some help.

He's completely missing exactly who "that guy over there" happens to be--in his defense, he's more concerned about the noise that are about to be chewing on his face--so he's rushing over to help without really understanding what he's doing at all.]

Hey--you ready? We can take 'em together.

[shardsofmemory]

[Roxas, to his credit, does not react as strongly as he could in this situation. After all, this is the guy he just gave up everything for, who, for all intents and purposes, should definitely not be existing in the same space as him, even in a weird world like this. Besides, he's supposed to be alive! That was what Roxas was trying to ensure, wasn't it?

But they're still being attacked by a ton of Noise, and now is not the time for quasi-existential crises involving facetwins no matter how much Roxas wants to ask him how the heck he ended up here.

So all he really does is jerk back a little, frowning with a slight, jerking nod] Uh-- yeah. I'm ready. [He has a bunch of sword pins to make up for his distinct and unfortunate lack of a Keyblade, which he chooses to focus on right now instead of Sora over there, whirling back toward the noise with a determined set to his jaw]

[homnomhearts]

[That voice--he's doing a double-take now, apparently unbothered by the predicament they're currently in.] Roxas?

[Ow ow ow he really shouldn't have turned around, those noise-claws hurt, but Roxas is standing right there and what's he even doing here when Sora just saw him inside that--

OH RIGHT. NOISE. ...RIGHT. OKAY.

Sora's tried to replicate his old abilities as best he could, so he's mostly got pins that make fire and thunder and other assorted elemental abilities. He'll be blasting the Noise with those while Roxas takes care of the ones on his end.]

[shardsofmemory]

[Focus, Sora you are a hero you should know how to do this gosh. Roxas doesn't answer until he's taken care of the two larger ones near him, using the wall as a touchpoint. Having Sora at his back is definitely nice; like old joint missions, except with confusing Others who apparently know his name but nope, no, focusing on the noise.

Roxas, for his part, doesn't like magic as much as he likes his actual weapons, so he stuck to physical and healing pins with like, two spells. Once he has the noise down to a manageable level (much easier with Sora taking care of the ones he can't get to) he heads over to help Sora, only talking when he's closer] Yeah. [And that's all he says until the noise are gone]

[homnomhearts]

[Having Roxas at his back is a comfort, too--for Sora, used to having at least two companions at all but the worst of times, doing missions alone has been hard, not to mention lonely. But this? This is reminiscent of fighting with Riku in the World That Never Was. The stakes were high back then, but they were fighting together, and together they could do anything. Fighting with Roxas gives him the same feeling.

And hey, he knows how to do this just fine--look, the smaller ones are gone already! Now there's just that big bear one left, and he can keep it knocked back with the lightning pin until it disappears into nothing.]

Whew. We did it!

[shardsofmemory]

...yeah. [You'll have to forgive him his reluctance, Sora, and his keeping his distance-- who knows, he could get absorbed into Sora all over again in what he thought was his second chance.

Granted, he's been worrying since he got here that without him Sora will just fall asleep again, but there isn't anything he can do about that. The thought, small and cold and slightly more vindictive than Roxas really wants, pops up that maybe it's because he's here and not with Sora that Sora is... dead too. Roxas shifts uncomfortably, meeting blue eyes so much like his own with shoulders tight and mouth set.

None of this solves the mystery of how Sora knows his name, though. Roxas has never been one for holding back] How do you know who I am? You... never met me.

[homnomhearts]

What? Sure I did.

[That... that was Roxas, right? Yeah, no, it had to be, no doubt about it. Even if the other stuff was just made up of things the Organization planted in his head, there's no way Roxas was a part of that. Sora's got the memories to prove it.

Plus, there was the time before that, too, with Namine and Kairi and stuff. And... that other time. He doesn't like thinking about that one as much.]

Don't you remember?

[memorizethefire]

[Sup Roxas here have some fire tearing through the Noise attacking you because hell, that's what Axel does. Not that he notices you or anything, or knows who you are]

Dammit-- [He groans, slapping the pin when the fire sputters and dies, leaving the Noise just more annoyed than before. Now he has a great idea and throws his cell phone at its head]

[shardsofmemory]

[It's that combination of fire and deep, familiar voice that gets his attention. Roxas whirls, wide-eyed, but-- now is not the time. Now is the time to murder the Noise that is now starting to charge Axel, large and lumbering. Roxas pushes off the ground, whirling with his sword pin to just slice through it a couple times, and though it still isn't dead, Roxas is now right next to Axel] Axel!

[memorizethefire]

[Axel just barely glances at him, then does a short double take, eyes narrowing] Ven--? [He shakes his head, tossing his pin in one hand] Whatever. Help me beat these guys.

[shardsofmemory]

[Ven? What? Roxas' face twists in confusion, but Axel is right. This isn't the time for this, no matter the swirling of not understanding and upset in his stomach. Now they have to focus on the Noise] Make a pact with me. We're not strong enough to beat these alone.

[memorizethefire]

A... what? [Axel glances at him, but then shrugs] How d'we do that?

[shardsofmemory]

It just means we're gonna work together and help each other; we'll be stronger if we make it official. [Roxas' tone is curt and short; good thing Axel has no point of comparison because he's very different from how he was during their time together in the Organization. He holds out a hand, meeting green eyes] Take my hand.

[memorizethefire]

[Axel doesn't question it, taking his hand, blinking when he does actually feel a change] Oh-- okay. [Then, of course, the noise is back on then. It was so kind of it to give them that lovely moment. He whirls back at it, pressing his pin, flames erupting around the Noise]

[darkest_fears]

[When Riku spotted Roxas he didn't know how to react at first. He was pretty sure he wasn't dead, and Sora was here, but since Sora was here and apparently now Roxas was here...

What was going on?

In this confusion, however, he at least knows to help - it's practically a reflex by now. He's got a few pins on hand but he still prefers using his signature Dark Firaga, so when a handful of Noise catch flame and then disintegrate maybe you'll recognize it.]

[shardsofmemory]

[Oh he recognizes that alright, but now isn't the time to focus on it. He uses the flaming Noise, the distracted ones, to attack the ones nearby that aren't on fire with Masamune, slashing them again and again with a new ferocity until they're no longer around. Only then does he whirl around hey there, Riku, isn't this a familiar situation?

Roxas is definitely glaring as hard as he can as he charges the Noise Riku is working on]