Testrun Meme - March & April

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TESTRUN MEME

1) With spring fast approaching, Pokémon contests have become more prevalent, and stages have been cropping up all over Union. An open mic competition is being held in the park, and a trio of Jigglypuffs can be found taking the stage. Needless to say, they probably won't be a fan favorite...

2) Refuge has opened its gates to the people of Union, Caldera and Citadel, in the most hospitable way they feel possible: A party. Some have come to explore the expansive underground city, but mostly, word has spread about how Refuge's brews are on point. They don't seem to discriminate on age, either.

3) The great tree in Citadel is blooming a myriad of colors. The people are celebrating with a great festival among the various tribes that call Citadel and the surrounding area its home. This involves flower arranging, lots of meat, and, of course, a tournament to prove one's meddle in battle.

4) The city of Caldera is starting a major production project and they need workers. The forges are constantly going day and night and the pay's good, but it's hot, hard work that'll leave you tired and achy to say the least.

5) Wildcard! Come up with a prompt!

Comments

fili | tolkien - the hobbit

[bornofstone]

3

[A party is all well and good, but there's work to be done in order for everything to go just right. That's where you'll find Fili and his pokemon, struggling to arrange flowers. It's not going too well, but he's trying, tongue poking out the corner of his mouth.

He waves someone down and shows them an arrangement.] How does that look to you?

4

[It's nice to be back home, but Fili doesn't have enough time to socialize. He's working full days, double or even triple shifts on the forges. He's grown up near these fires, so it isn't as hard for him as for some of the others that have come in to help, so he does what he can to offer a hand to the new folks.

He takes his supper after his shift, slumping against a wall and slurping down a watery soup like he hasn't eaten in years. Should someone like to join him, he'll greet them with a friendly smile.]

4

[youngestone]

[Here, Fee, have your brother flopping down next to you with steak-on-a-stick]

You owe me.

[bornofstone]

More like you owe me one less.

[He raises an eyebrow.] Is that for me or are you eating both of those?

[youngestone]

Why would I say you owe me if I'm not going to share?

[bornofstone]

[Fili takes it then, nudging Kili with his shoulder.]

Thanks.

[youngestone]

Welcome.

[He starts going to town on his steak, manners forgotten]

Ma wants you home before dark this time. Think she's still worried about when we have to leave for Union again.

[bornofstone]

[Manners really don't matter when you've been working in a mine or on a forge all day. Fili couldn't care less.]

I can't. I'm taking another shift in two hours. I was going to grab some shut-eye and get started again.

[youngestone]

Fee, you've worked nonstop since we got home, and we're only home for a little while! Even Thorin's taken breaks!

[3] slides in

[expertonshutters]

[Hayato was a photographer, but given that photos were still entirely in grey scale, he didn't so much have an eye for color as much as he had an eye for composition. He pauses, considering the flowers for a moment.]

Looks pretty good. Maybe throw in a few blues?

[You know, this guy looked really familiar. Had they met? Hm.]

yaaay hi!

[bornofstone]

[Fili looks at the arrangement critically. His shinx points out a few flowers in particular and he slides them in, tilting his head at an angle.]

...I'm no good at this.

[expertonshutters]

[He shrugs.]

With any art, it takes practice. I'm no good at this sort of thing either, to be honest.

[He squints at him, though.]

This is going to sound weird but have we met?

[bornofstone]

[Fili frowns.] I don't believe so. Maybe you've met my brother, Kili?

[darer]

[Thorin is going to just slump down on the floor nearby. He's not used to factory work, but it's no better or worse than military drills. Besides, if home needs help, what else is he going to do but be there? Well, that, and be a little proud that this goes for his family as well.]

I hear they're working you to death.

[He doesn't sound like he's concerned, and he certainly looks like he's been working as hard.]

[bornofstone]

[Fili smiles tiredly at his uncle, slurping noisily at his soup and wiping soot from his brow. His hair is standing on end even worse than normal, his braids messy and falling out.]

It isn't so bad. [He shrugs.] I don't have kids to come home to like some of the others, so I've been trading shifts.

[Not trading so much as taking, but...]

[darer]

It's not trading if you let nobody take yours.

[Did he have to ask around to hear about that? No, he just knows his nephew, and frankly, he's been doing the same thing, and his tone doesn't make it an admonishment.]

[bornofstone]

[That makes Fili chuckle.] No, I suppose not.

[A pause] Kili says Ma is mad I'm working instead of spending time with her.

[darer]

She misses you.

[Not exactly angry. But what can he tell him except the truth?]

[bornofstone]

[He nods quietly. That much is obvious.]

I don't know if I can leave her again, Uncle.

[darer]

Do you think staying for her sake would make her happy?

[It's his life. He can do what he wants with it, but Thorin knows that Dís wants him to live for himself, too, not only for others. Still, it's a question.]

[betterthanwu]

[Kuvira pauses and looks over the blooms with a critical eye.]

Depends. What effect are you going for?

[bornofstone]

[Fili looks baffled at the question, glancing at his shinx before back at the stranger.]

I have no idea.

[betterthanwu]

[She's Calderan, but hadn't stood out there.] My mentor believes arrangements have a statement to them. Honestly I never picked up on that, myself.

Try cutting the stems at different lengths. That will stagger where the flowers are.

[bornofstone]

[Fili considers a moment, then shrugs and tries that.] I don't know anything about flowers, but this needed to be done.

[betterthanwu]

To add color?

[she kind of wants to take them from him and do it herself. Kuvira's Ralts peers around her leg at the Shinx, cautiously hopeful.]

[bornofstone]

Isn't there enough color around here? [He gestures around vaguely.]