Testrun Meme August Edition

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TESTRUN MEME

1. A troupe of Gigas soldiers is getting close to Union, you don't know why they're here but you definitely don't like it. Do you engage? Approach?

2. Your Pokemon just evolved! Unfortunately, it's gotten a bit of a big head because of it and it's not working with you anymore. What do you do?

3. A group of Union and Caldera supply lines has sent out an SOS in the desert. It's the middle of summer and the desert is perilous but they need your help!

4. A new cavern has been opened up under the old city, there may be interesting new items or information down there! What are you doing?

5. Wildcard! Come up with your own prompt!

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Robin | Fire Emblem: Awakening

[formulator]

[ 1 ]

[ Robin's gazing down on the soldiers from her spot in a tower near the city's wall. Gigas troops approaching.

She scanned the recent announcements made over the warp band. There didn't seem to be anything announced about it. What was this about?

She closes the warp band communications, closes the tome she had been going over, and looks down to her deerling and eevee. ] We need more information. [ Then, specifically to any people she's with- ] I'll head down there to try and parley with them. If things look like they're going bad, warn the rest of the city.


[ 4 ]

[ Robin's making her way down into the cavern, obviously. She seems to be having an easy enough time making her way down there, despite the rocky terrain. Her eevee and deerling seem to be keeping up as well.

She wants to beat the rush of researchers and explorers who are sure to bombard the place, being so close to home. If there's no information to be found, she wants to see it with her own eyes.

However, she gets the impression that she's not alone. The purple eyes on her robes shine for a moment as she gazes around. ] Is anyone there?


[ 5 ]

[ Make up your own scenario!

For now, just know that Robin's lost most of her memories from before waking up in the Shrine outside of the city, that she's a tactician, and that she's a Dark/Dragon type. ]

4

[yay_danger]

[...there's a movement in the shadows, and then Tharja steps out into the open.]

Robin.

[heh heh. Are you becoming attuned to her aura, Robin? ]

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[ At first, there's relief. Because it's not an enemy, it's not something threatening, it's not even somebody who's going to compete over any information she finds. And then, immediately following that relief, she begins to sweat. Because it's Tharja. And she hadn't even breathed a word of this trip to anyone. ]

Tharja. What a... coincidence... meeting you here.

[yay_danger]

[Tharja's smile widens in a way that probably bodes ill for anybody else but Robin.]

Yes. "Coincidence" is a nice way of putting it.

[as opposed to relentless stalking, maybe.]

[formulator]

....It might just be better for my mental health to think of it that way.

[ Ahahaha... ha..... haaaa.....

Anyway- ] Would you like to accompany me then?

[yay_danger]

[Robin, just having Tharja around is usually bad for anybody's health, mental and/or physical.]

Of course. I'll accompany you anywhere, Robin.

[and psh, as if you needed to ask. As if she wouldn't have followed anyway.]

[formulator]

[ All true, but one, Robin is polite, and two, it's better for her health to have Tharja within sight than hiding out of it. ]

I'm glad I have somebody around I can count on.

[ She begins to move, then, heading deeper into the cavern. Her eevee takes a spot riding on her shoulder while her deerling seems to be sending a distrustful glare towards Tharja. ]

[yay_danger]

[at those words, Tharja hugs her Shuppet a little closer to herself and is suddenly glad that Robin has turned around.

She falls into her usual place just behind Robin, keeping one eye out for danger and the other on the tactician.

Shuppet glares balefully at the Deerling, eyes glowing a bit.]

[formulator]

[ Robin pauses for a moment as a dark shape slithers across the cavern ahead. She readies her tome and sword, trying to discern the shape. ]

It looks like there's something up ahead. Be careful.

[ ...Meanwhile, her Deerling turned her glare towards the Shuppet instead of Tharja. Deerling no, keep an eye out for an enemy... ]

4

[demystifying]

Yes.

[There is certainly a researcher beating the rush, already at work by sitting against the cavern wall ahead, taking notes in a large, messy book that is full of words and miscellaneous attachments. A Litwick sits on her shoulder, providing enough light for writing and a Houndour standing guard, glaring at Robin with daggers in it's eyes.

The woman talks yet she never looks up to Robin or stop writing.]

I presume you are here to investigate the most recent discovery as well?

[formulator]

[ Robin heads over to the researcher, nodding as she does. Not that she probably even notices, buried in the book as she is. ] I see I'm not the only one.

[ She doesn't show any fear to the Houndour, although Eevee's crawled into the hood of her cloak, and her Deerling seems to be keeping her own distance. ]

I was hoping to beat the rush of people coming down here.

4— no actually 1

[shippujinrai]

[The other woman in the tower stands in the shadows, impassive. She says not a word in response, but she does turn her piercing yellow eyes straight at Robin, giving a look that to those familiar with her would read "Are you serious?"

She's all for gathering intel before picking a fight, but simply walking up to them and asking nicely? Ridiculous. Trying to reason with Gigas' forces is a fool's errand as far as Kikyo is concerned.]

1 it is then

[formulator]

[ ...Yeah, Robin notices that look. She can translate it fairly well, too. ]

What's that look for?

...Don't worry, this is hardly the first time I've done this.

[shippujinrai]

[Again, Kikyo says nothing, only maintaining her cool stare for a few more seconds. Then, however, her form begins to waver and shift, until her appearance has changed entirely into that of a nondescript teenager. She shrugs and takes a breath.]

You'rethetacticianhere,notme.Butattheveryleastallowmetoaccompanyyou,ifyoumustputyourselfinharm'sway.

[formulator]

[ Robin gives a small nod. ] I'd appreciate the backup.

[ She starts to head down, knowing Kikyo will follow. ] Once I can get a better look, I can assess what level of threat they pose, and hopefully their general intent. But let me do that talking....

.....That shouldn't be problem, right? [ Ahaha, she has jokes. ]

[shippujinrai]

[And of course, follow she does, right until that rather poor attempt at humor, which causes her to immediately freeze in place. Wow, Robin, really?]

.....

[Disguised or not, Konoe is not even going to dignify that with a response. Instead, she settles for throwing the most intensely reproachful glare she can muster the strategist's way before shifting to her Zorua form. Might as well let the soldiers think Robin's on her own...]

[formulator]

.... I thought it was pretty good.

[ Okay, enough grumbling Robin. For real. There's a group of grunts out there.

Deep breath.

She glances down to her ninja-slash-zorua companion. Ready? ]

[shippujinrai]

[She nods with as much dignity as an adorable little fox pup can possibly have. When you are.]

4

[master_tactician]

Oh good, you came. Little help?

[Robin is affixed to a giant web. Oh look, is that an Ariados bearing down on him?]

[formulator]

[ Oh, okay. So it's... other-Robin. Well, good to know she's not alone, but where is-



Oh. ]

How did you get yourself into this mess!?

[ Of course, Ariados is a bug and poison dual-type, and Robin didn't have any attacks that could help with that, but she can at least bring down its web.

She pulls her Levin sword out and begins to hack the web apart, hopefully getting other-Robin free in the process. ]

[master_tactician]

[Robin manages to free one of his arms and starts hacking with his own Levin Sword]

I may not have been watching where I was going. Exactly.

[formulator]

[ Other-Robin no... ] I really think you need to be paying more attention...

[ Aaaand that Ariados doesn't seem too pleased. Hopefully other-Robin can finish getting himself out, so she takes a few swipes at the bug-type Pokémon to keep it at bay. ] And you! Shoo!

5.

[aerial_ace]

[Catching Robin from behind, especially with her cloak on, it was easy to mistake her for him. And that was exactly what Cordelia did. The question of when he got another Eevee never crossed her mind--he already had eight of them, so what stopped him from number 9. Had she been paying better attention, she would notice the difference in gait, or slight difference in height.

But, instead of getting close enough to make that observation, Cordelia called out, hand raised in greeting.]

Robin, there you are!

1/2

[formulator]

[ Robin pauses in mid-stride. Somebody had been looking for her? That was odd.

Her Eevee was the first to turn, but Robin was a second behind her. ]

[formulator]

[ Robin turned, pulling down the hood of her cloak as she did. ]

Ah, hello?