Test Drive - January

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Welcome to the January Test Drive Meme for Phantom Thieves International! Use this post to try out your characters. If you have at least 10 comments in threads with at least two different characters (a thread being 4 or more comments from you), this can be used as the RP Sample for your Application.

Testrun Prompts

I.

For those looking for an evening of marvel or romance, many are drawn to the Descanso Gardens and their Enchanted: Forest of Lights exhibit. The gardens are lit up in beautiful colors with lit paths to accentuate the beautiful scenery.

What brings you here tonight? Are you on a date? Did you get suckered into watching someone’s kids (or have kids of your own) and are trying to get them through something nice without them killing each other or themselves? Or perhaps you are stalking a potential target and trying to hear some of their conversations. The darkened gardens have plenty of places to slip away and converse - or listen - undetected after all.

II.

With Lunar New Year just around the corner, the Asian American Expo is once again returning to LA. This massive event takes place over a huge expanse of 8 exhibition halls, with a wealth of vendors, three entirely different food courts representing a number of Asian cultures within LA, exhibits celebrating anime and manga, there’s something for just about everyone here.

Are you yourself Asian American, or even an immigrant wanting to celebrate your culture? Are you an American Otaku wanting to geek out about the latest anime and manga? Do you really, really like Dim Sum? This Expo is the perfect place for you!

III.

While the temperatures hovered around a brisk, but not too chilly 70s, there are still places in balmy Los Angeles to get a taste of a winter wonderland, artificial as it. In the financial district of the city is the Pershing ice skating rink, where not only one can do a triple axle or circle the ice to the one’s frosty heart’s content, it often host DJ events, disco nights, and even curling - if you want to know what the fuss is all about. Now the question is, how good are you at skating, and how much do you care if others see your skill (or lack therefore of?)

IV.

Filming on location is standby for feature films, but nothing beats the gritty mystique (and the cost savings!) of filming in Los Angeles, and one Dustin Buboire, teenage song sensation has decided to have his film debut on your street, a dream for fans of the would-be actor, but a nightmare for anyone looking for a bit of peace and quiet, what camp do you fall under?

V.

Los Angeles is not a city known to major temperature variances. With summers reaching upwards to 100 degrees and winters hovering around 60 to 70 degrees, it is generally warm, arid and hot. However, it is a desert, and when rains come to the desert, they often come quite hard. So it is that today it is raining, pouring, really, with a flash flood advisory expected to extend for the next few days at least, highly unusual for the area.

And with this torrential rain, that means Mementos is awash in powerful shadows. With the streets awash in water, traffic is more nightmarish than usual, accidents are far more likely and tempers are flaring. In Mementos itself, this translates to an increase in the incessant, distant honking noise that pervades it, and with more shadows, some of whom will begin the battle in a frenzied rage. Unfortunately, a Phantom Thief’s work is never done. Are you in Mementos to train? Change some hearts? Either way, it’s going to be rough going.

VI.

Wildcard! Feel free to make your own prompt.

Comments

[v13]

[Her one red eye flicks over to him, giving him the blankest look ever. Choke on a dick Jin.]

[But leaving now to let this guy get beaten to a pulp wasn't an option, since the Shadows were turning to to look at Nu as well. She might not have been trained to have nice form, but she didn't back down from a fight. Before the Shadows could move her Persona used a curse attack. It might not have knocked them down, but it certainly did a good chunk of damage.]

[icecarnage]

[ If ice isn't going to work, he'll use his blade instead. What was that look for? He was PRACTICALLY giving her good advice, jeez.

... He finds himself curious about the fact she's only got one eye but now is REALLY not the time to care. He'll cut down the Shadow she started on, at least. Hey, that's one down.

What... two more? There can't be that many left. ]

[v13]

[The keyword there is practically. If it comes out as an insult, it no longer counts as good advice! Though something about his attitude, and the way he looked seemed... familiar. Like they had met before. But now wasn't the time to ask about it.]

[She's glad to see the sword Jin has isn't just for show. Having something as backup if your Persona's skills didn't work was important, after all. Which was why she had a rather large supply of throwing knives.]

Next target.

[She chucked one of said knives, hitting the Shadow in the face. Clearly it did not enjoy the feeling because it hissed and started shooting ice of its own at the both of them.]