THE SECOND HBH TEST DRIVE MEME!

[halfbloodhillmods]

The Test Drive Meme
A chance to test out character voices in an in-game setting before playing with them!

Who: Campers from all pantheons!
What: It's your free time! Grab some lunch or do one of your favorite activities at camp!
When: Mid-June, around lunchtime.
Where: Camp grounds.

This meme is open to anyone thinking of checking out the game, whether you've apped in or not! Feel free to tag in under one of the prompts or create your own thread. Have fun! :)

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THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS

[halfbloodhillmods]

[Eat as many as you want, as long as there are enough for the Delphi Strawberry Service to send out to the markets. New Yorkers gotta eat!]

[afallenstar]

[ Casually lurking about the place eating strawberries by herself. Everyone needs to wind down, right? ]

[angeliaforos]

[Sorry, Anna. Gabriel's going to use the fields for the opposite of the intended purpose and is beaning you in the back of the head with strawberries.]

[tryingitall]

[Secretly--or maybe not as secretly as he'd like to think--Balthazar is a lover of gardens. Any kind of flowering or fruiting plant is energizing. He's not actually eating much, as he sits among the berries, head tilted as if he's listening to them grow. Still, his fingertips are stained pink. He hasn't been idle, either.]

WOW HE'S A TINY

[angeliaforos]

[Balthazar's younger than Anna, so Gabriel doesn't tease him nearly as much.

Instead, he just comes around and drops a pile of strawberries he's been carrying in the fold of his shirt into his cousin's lap.]

'Sup?

That is his Babynatural face. C:

[tryingitall]

The sky. [That's not a funny joke, Balthazar.

He grins up at Gabe anyway, and picks up one of the berries in his lap, looking it over thoughtfully before nibbling the very end.]

What're you doing out here? [He asks between bites.]

HES MY CUTE BABY

[angeliaforos]

[Gabe's just going to stick his tongue out at you, Balth.

He shrugs, popping another strawberry into his mouth and talking around the fruit.]

Dunno. It's my free period. I come and go as I please. What're you doing out here, litle man?

[shaman]

[Yun loves plants and animals and nature in general, so it's not really surprising that the strawberry fields have become one of her favorite places to hang out. She's surrounded by life here, flourishing and growing and producing delicious fruit. It's inspiring.

Should you venture out to the fields, you might find a tiny daughter of Apollo lying flat on her back, mindless of the fact that her clothes are filthy, with a bundle of strawberries beside her. Her eyes are closed, but she doesn't sleep. She's just happy to be out here, happy to be alive.]

[poetofthefall]

[Jehan loves the fields almost as much as his sister. There's so much life growing here, and the blossoms the plants create before they come to bear fruits are gorgeous. The entire patch of land is just breathtaking.

He's walking amongst some of the plants, breathing in the sweet scent, arms outstretched, when he notices Yun a few feet down. He's never had a particularly loud voice, ordinarily, but he calls out to her as best as he can.]

Hello, Yun!

[shaman]

[Her eyes flutter open at the sound of Jehan's voice, and a bright smile tugs at her mouth as she pushes herself to her feet.]

Hello, brother Jehan! Isn't it a lovely day? [But every day is lovely, she thinks. It's a blessing to be here, in this beautiful place, with the family she never knew she had. She pops a berry in her mouth, humming happily as she quickly chews and swallows.] The plants must think so, too.

[poetofthefall]

Oh, absolutely!

[Yun is absolutely darling. Prouvaire would be lying if he said she hadn't been the muse for at least a few of his poems.]

I'm sure they do. Their energy is simply infectious.

[necromancies]

[Chloe isn't paying attention to where she's going when she runs into the fields. Since discovering her abilities, she's tried to do her best to either shoo spirits away or ignore them, but sometimes they're just so aggressive that she really doesn't know what else to do.

So today she runs. And trips over Yun's strawberry bundle, narrowly avoiding the girl.

And she falls on her face in a truly spectacular moment.

Oops.]

[shaman]

[Yun doesn't even bat an eye at this; she'd had a feeling Chloe would run into her sooner or later.

She's strangely calm as she lifts her head, pushing herself up to lean on her elbows, and frowns at the other girl.]

Are you all right, Chloe? You really need to watch where you're going...

[kissmyass]

[ Ben doesn't often make it into the fields, but it's a slow day and his training and responsibilities are taken care of for the moment, so a walk seems like it wouldn't hurt. Besides, he remembers these strawberries being absolutely delicious.

About ten minutes in, he spots a little pile of daughter of Apollo flopped down between the plants and Ben smiles a little. Yun's always so bright and cheery - a good kid to be around. Plucking a strawberry off a nearby plant, he tosses it over to bonk her in the forehead. Hey you. ]

[shaman]

[Yun wrinkles her nose when the strawberry hits her head, but she smiles regardless. She doesn't need to open her eyes to know who it is; that's part foresight, part simply knowing Ben fairly well.]

Hello, Ben. Done for the day?

Meetra Surik (Knights of the Old Republic) | Daughter of Athena

[forcebonds]

[The solitude of the strawberry fields appeals to Meetra, who often comes here. These days, the Athena Cabin seems to be a little bit more crowded than she usually likes. But it's not just that it's quiet and peaceful; she's kind of a huge fan of the strawberries as well. She sits on the ground in a meditative position, occasionally reaching out for a berry and eating it as she soaks up atmosphere. There's a worn out book next to her, but she's not really in the mood to read at the moment.]

Dave Strider (Homestuck) | Son of Janus

[wordtechgodhood]

[Dave is eating strawberries, but not after playing with them first. Holding one in his hand he stares intently at it from behind his shades, and the air about it appears to bubble and bend inwards. The strawberry's colour darkens, the flesh softens and faint bruises blossom over it, followed quickly by grey fuzz indicative of rotting. Before the entire thing can disintegrate over his fingers the process is just as quickly reversed, returning the fruit to its previous, ripe state.

He huffs out a breath, turns it around to examine it, then takes a bite. This process has been distracting him for a while now - feel free to interrupt!]

[shestalkingnonsense]

{Alice s running through the fields alone today. She's racing and spinning and laughing like no one can see her. Which, to her knowledge, no one can, she thought she was alone.

But soon enough she nearly smacks into Dave, falling to one side to avoid hitting him.]

Oh! Hello there! [She waves excitedly] I didn't realize there was anyone here. It's wonderful, isn't it? I rather love the fields!

[Please pardon the enthusiastic eleven year old, Dave. SHe means no harm.]

[wordtechgodhood]

Whoa-!

[Choking on a strawberry? Definitely not cool. That's why he's definitely not doing it.

Definitely not. He lifts one hand in a slightly confused half wave.]

I wouldn't have guessed. You're really takin' 'dance like nobody's watching' to a new level.

Naomi Mikano (OC) - Daughter of Demeter

[serenesuccessor]

[Somewhere hidden among the rows of strawberries is the small form of a thirteen year old Naomi. She's taken to hiding in the fields, curling up and trying her best not to cry since she's arrived at Camp Half-Blood. Trying being the keyword.

Right now she's not all that successful, her face buried into her knees and her skinny shoulders trembling. She really doesn't want to be here. She doesn't want to be a demigod. She wants to be home with her family.

It doesn't help that if she did this back home - hid someplace to cry - Kou would always find her. He would appear, letting out a long suffering sigh before wiping her tears away and picking her up. But her big brother wasn't here now. Naomi was all by herself and the little girl just can't stop crying.]

[wordtechgodhood]

[Oh. Crying girls.

Dave doesn't do well with crying girls. Or.. crying anyone, but especially crying girls. Finding said distressed damsels weeping in strawberry fields isn't generally on his list of things to do, but it seems today the Fates want to have a bit of fun with the sixteen year old Texan.]

Er.

[Fuck, no, don't do that! Turn around and walk the fuck away, idiot, don't let her know you're there.]

.. 'S up.

[Smooth, Strider.]

[serenesuccessor]

[Her head shoots up at the voice, and almost immediately she wiping her eyes with her arm. Trying to hide them.

Still sniffling she blinks up at the teenager standing in front of her. Eyes unmistakably red.]

H-Hi.

[That might not be the answer he wanted, but she's not sure what else to say.]

johnny mason ( american idiot; son of dionysus )

[suburbias]

( He hates this. He hates this so much.

Finding out that he was the son of a Greek god was one thing. Learning that he was finally getting to leave his stupid, boring hometown (yes!) to go to this camp for other kids like him for an indeterminate amount of time (double yes!) was another.

What he wasn't prepared for were the actual... real responsibilities of being at Camp Half-Blood. Like, there's no sprawling on the couch all day with your best friends playing video games for fourteen hours straight and your eyes burning from staring at the screen for too long. There's no wreaking havoc upon unsuspecting 7-Eleven employees just because one of them left their wallet at home and wanted a slurpee. Here, it's all... sword-fighting and honing your skills and all of this crap and all he wants to do is sleep in for once, really.

The absolute last thing he wants to be doing right now is picking strawberries, like he's supposed to. It's his obligation, as a Dionysus kid -- he's not even going to get into how mad that whole thing makes him - the whole actually having a real dad thing. It's whatever.

But he's trying to be on his best behavior. What other choice does he have?

That doesn't mean he can't let out an agitated groan as he picks yet another strawberry. )

[excusing]

[ Heather was so sure Will hated her when she dropped by after completely abandoning the 7-Eleven crew. The whole balance between a social life and the call of duty was nearly beyond her. But then New Rome fell and Heather got a dose of perspective. Will wasn't just upset with her. He was upset because Johnny had apparently left him behind, too. There's no turning back for both of them, not when it's too dangerous to bring that demigod smell so close to the people they care about. All the same, she can't help but feel glad to have a piece of her old Jingletown life here in Long Island.

So, here they are, Greek and Roman bros trying to be responsible amid the sheer crisis that has fallen on everyone here. Days like this are nice, though. No questing, no one getting hurt. ]

I wish I had a camera here to capture this precious moment, J.

[ Heather pops up, seemingly out of nowhere. ]

[suburbias]

Shut up.

( It's kind of funny how easily he's slipped into old habits, like immediately reacting to Heather's teasing without even really being aware that she'd showed up. It's just as if they never left that 7-Eleven parking lot.

... But alas, they did, hence the need for Johnny's sass. He tries not to think about home too much. Not that he misses the place itself -- it's mostly just the whole Will and Tunny thing, seeing as they'd been best friends for practically his entire life. It's feels weird being isolated from them; it feels wrong. But he's glad to have Heather around. Obviously all the other kids here get the whole demigod thing, but... he's not exactly the best at articulating his weirdly sometimes conflicting feelings about Jingletown. She gets it. Thank gods.

He'll scowl a bit down at the strawberry plant below him, straightening up and stretching his arms into the air before letting them flop back at his sides. )

This is literally the most pointless thing I've ever done in my entire life.

... And you know I've done a lot of pointless crap over the years.