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Test Drive Meme | #36

TEST DRIVE MEME - TU SHANSHU EDITION!

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Haggling Over Something in the Marketplace!
Maybe someone else saw the exact same shiny thing you did at the exact same moment! However shall this be resolved? Remember: blood is extremely hard to scrub off of turtle shell!
Dramatic Chase Sequence!
You're running away from something! It could be anything, from a rampaging kirin to a gaggle of overly enthusiastic children! One way or another, you can't stop, and much like a katamari ball, you feel obligated to grab everyone in your path along the way to keep them out of danger! Or perhaps you're more the sort to try and knock them into it as a distraction...?
Where There's A Will, There's A...?
The Life and Dreaming Planes have been merged, and sometimes what starts out as wishful thinking becomes lured into reality. That slick new motorcycle or pile of kingly treasure you were just daydreaming about? Surprise! It's just appeared in front of you. Though, it may only stay for a short while before it disappears again, so make it count. Hopefully you're not the type to daydream about terrible things befalling people you don't like...
SECRET UNDERCOVER MODE ACTIVATE!
The three major kedan families all have their own agendas, and you've chosen to entangle yourselves with one (or more!) of them. Are you hoping to shift the balance of power? Gain some favours? Perhaps you're on a mission to bring a criminal to justice, or maybe you just want to get the cream of the crop from the black market. Maybe you haven't been hired by them at all, but are using their name for your own goals... as long as no one discovers the lie!
Wait... you want my what now?!
The kedan are a curious folk, and the Foreigners are entertainment in conveniently arriving packages, especially when they come along with unique items that the kedan might not have seen before. Maybe it's your cellphone... or maybe it's your knickers! How badly do you want to keep your stuff from some overeager native shapeshifters who want to buy, bribe, or burglarize it right off your person?
Sea prunes, get your sea prunes right here!
Life in Keeliai can take a little getting used to: the chickens have scales, the cows have feathers, and the fruits come in more colour and pattern combinations than your average tye-dye shirt. Not to mention that meal you just ordered from the food vendor? Has arrived on the plate, and you're pretty sure you just saw it move.
Everybody needs a little darkness...
The Great Enemy may have been defeated over two years ago, and people are even willing to speak Malicant's name aloud now, but there remains a taint in the city never fully purged. Those who consider Malicant a dark god whose end was unjust are the cultists of Keeliai, and they aren't always so easy to identify as one might think. Sometimes their presence is felt in the growing urge to give into one's darker instincts, especially in such a foreign place...
Illicit substances, anyone?
Every city has its vices, and Keeliai is no different. Perhaps you actively sought it out, or perhaps an opportunistic dealer saw you as a potential customer needing a free sample, but you're now in possession of a packet of Lucid, an emotion-enhancing drug. Interested in finding out what happens when you crush that colourful crystal and ingest it?
Incoming!
Tu Vishan's latest landfall stop has brought an unwelcome problem to its residents: enormous, toothy creatures who look more like pterosaurs than most people are comfortable with! With a twenty-foot wingspan, these aren't exactly harmless local wildlife, and they have a nasty habit of swooping down on targets both Foreigner and kedan! How are you going to fend them off, or help someone who might have been injured by the latest dive bombing??
WILDCARD!
Go nuts. Suddenly your character is fighting dragons! Good God, they've found the Millennium Falcon drifting in the ocean! Do you really feel the need to polish every paving stone in the Earth Sector? Anything goes!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Bread is only food.

[She doesn't understand his great interest in bread or cakes but food to her is just fuel and a way to keep surviving. She's never eaten anything worth getting excited over.]

You really don't have to make me anything. I don't have any way to pay you for doing it.

Bread is... oh my god, that desert did you no good at all in life's simple pleasures. Just—trust me on this one? Let me bake you the cake.

[ He waves off the concern. ]

Please, it's what friends do. If we're friends. If not, it's what stupid people do when they want to be nice.

[She's not sure that having the man that shares the same face as the man that tried harming her is a good idea. But his personality reminds her so much of Finn that it's difficult to turn away or tell him no. So she stays with him and gives him an amused look.]

I'm not used to having friends.

[But she's not telling him that they aren't. Just that she's horrible at being one.]

I can help you make the cake though, if I'm going to be trusting you.

Hey, that's fine. Who am I to judge? Although you'll probably want more friends than just me.

[ He gets it, surprisingly enough. He's a good friend, but terrible at communicating and it's cost him more than his fair share of friendships. ]

Sure, that would be great. I wasn't going to make you, but it does make the end product taste better.

Were you just expecting me to stand and watch you?

[That's funny enough to make her look like she's offended enough to try hitting him.]

That's what most people do.

[ He's looking at her warily, like he's ready to bat away any attempts or just sidestep it entirely, but he isn't exactly apologetic. ]

[She raises her hand like she's actually going to hit him. She doesn't though, and ends up giving his back a gentle push instead. It's a way to motivate him to move faster.]

I'm not most people. I like learning how to do new things.

[If she's going to be here for any length of time, she might as well learn how.]

[ That's acceptable. Junior will allow that and moves forward, long legs stretching even more to get them down to the bakery in the wood sector. ]

Everyone says that. Who wants to be the guy who hates fun and new stuff? We'll be there soon.

I used to be afraid of trying new things.

[It's personal information but nothing too much that she feels like she's revealed a weakness. The Rey that existed on Jakku is still there, but she's grown so much in such a short time. That doesn't stop her cheeks from turning red at the admission.]

Then I had to leave home and I learned life is too short to not grasp every opportunity that I can. I suppose that includes making cake.

Hey, look, that's cool. I left home and learned new things, too. Maybe not good things, but new.

[ He shrugs, kind of offers her a smile. He hasn't been back home long enough to really confront the things he's learned or process it all, so he's not going to really talk about it. Still. That's... kind of like making a connection, right? ]

It definitely includes making cake. Maybe croissants. Bagels. No, wait. Pancakes.

I've never had any of those things.

[She gives him a weary look like he's going to try feeding them all to her to fatten her up.]

Is that what you do with your friends? Feed them until they can't move?

I don't want to make people sick.

[ Which is a no. ]

I'm just... trying to introduce new things. I'm a baker, if you hadn't guessed. This is my thing, to share.

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Scavenger.

[She tries to tell him what she is, but she isn't sure if it counts anymore or if it's just something she used to be.]

I'll teach you something in return someday.

[Despite the face issue, he's someone who's quickly become her friend. She's grateful she met him so soon after arriving. When she puts her hand on his shoulder, it's with a gentle touch and is meant to show him that they are indeed allies.]

Scavenger in a desert. Like, a treasure hunter? Or...

[ What does that really mean? ]

Sure, I welcome it. [ His muscles tense up involuntarily for the touch but he relaxes just as fast, mind in control over instinct and he gives her a grin. The height difference just makes it all the better but he isn't going to be rude about it. ] If there's even anything to scavenge around here?

[She holds her head a little higher and moves to take the lead from him even though she has no idea where they're going. She turns to walk backward and gives him a confident look.]

There's always something to scavenge. You just have to know where to look.

You might want to look where your feet are going first.

[ It's funny because he's stopping and stepping aside and putting his hand on a door. The bakery. ]

[She abruptly stops and turns her head to look at the door. Her eyes look from the door to him and she does her very best to look completely unimpressed with his antics.]

I always know exactly where my feet are going.

[She could mutter something about them going to kick his backside but she's nice and waits for him to open the door. Before he has time to move inside she brushes past him and goes first.]

[ Junior just laughs at the cover-up because boy does he remember being that age. It's endearing and he sees nothing wrong with it. He follows her inside and waves to the kedan behind the counter and tilts his head to Rey. ]

I'm making her a cake. An entire cake. We could probably sell the rest afterward, but she's never had a cake before.

[ His kedan coworker looks scandalized. Bakers, man. ]

[Rey is incredibly self-conscious as he speaks to the kedan inside. She shifts from one foot to the other and looks down at the floor. She feels out of place here. A smile is managed anyway, and she lifts her head to look around.]

You'll be able to sell the rest.

[She promises the kedan baker with a mix of kindness and confidence, moving her way over to stand next to Junior.]

I don't need an entire cake.

Exactly why we'll sell it, but you get first pick.

[ He reaches out to take her hand and lead her into the kitchen in the back. He can't really say why; she seems nervous but he isn't trying to lead her there like an errant child. More like point out it's okay? ]

First rule is you wash your hands first. Sink's over there.

[He's now forever cemented in her mind as someone exactly like Finn. What is it with the hand holding? She's more relaxed about it than she was before meeting Finn but she still firmly pulls her hand out of his hold.]

I don't hold hands.

[She goes over to the sink anyway and thoroughly washes her hands. She doesn't want the dirt and grime from the day to get in her very first cake. She finds a clean towel to dry them off and looks over to him.]

What happens next?

[ Hands are important to him for a number of reasons. He doesn't fuss when she pulls away, though, just gives a bit of a startled, blank blink for it. ]

Now we start putting the ingredients together and all the utensils. I like cleaning as I go so we'll get everything out first and once we're totally done with one thing, we'll put it away.

[ He starts by going around, knowing exactly where everything is and how it fits, and also points out where Rey can find the mixing bowls he wants to use for this. ]

[He's organized and efficient. She likes that. She awkwardly follows along after him, going to get the mixing bowls as they are pointed out to her. They're placed along the counter in size order and she moves to look over the ingredients that he's pulled out.]

All of these things would take years worth of parts to get on Jakku.

[Not that she would be able to get any of them at all.]

Jakku? Huh. [ He considers that, still pulling out a few things. ] That's the barter system for you. Everything is worth something somewhere.

[ He points. ] Grab that whisk, would you?

[It's a good thing he pointed out what a whisk was because she really is clueless about working her way around a kitchen. She grabs the tool he points to and instead of handing it over keeps a firm grip on it.]

Tell me how to use it.

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