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TEST DRIVE.

TEST DRIVE.
	LOG #1: PLACEBO. Congratulations! You've passed your interview. After successfully walking through the rather fancy and posh Welcome Door from the Doorman's Hallway, you've now found yourself in a section of PLACEBO. When you step out into PLACEBO, the first thing you'll notice is that you're feeling very warm. Don't look up, though; the sun's a little too bright at the moment and needs an adjustment from the Architect, so it's highly recommended you grab an umbrella, hat, or a pair of sunglasses. The second thing you'll notice is that it's bustling with activity. The town centre has people dressed in various clothing and styles walking around who greet you with a quick wave and a friendly "Hi." These are the people of PLACEBO. Most of them are nice. Right now, they have no opinion of you. If you ask these people any questions, they'll be as helpful as they can be, but they don't have all the answers. Some of them will do their best to assist you while others… won't. Nevermind the cold shoulder. Did you see the hot dog stand offering free hotdogs? Grab some food (it's delicious), go explore, perhaps get a nice pair of shoes? If you put your hand in your pocket (don't have pockets? you do now!), you'll find a little business card in it that has your new address on it. This business card is made of thick plastic and is unbreakable and does not burn. If you lose it, a cat will bring it back to you. This is your temporary key card. This might also be a good time to test out your new power. Just be careful of the cats—there's plenty of them running around town, sitting in trees, on tables, and sleeping in chairs. You don't want to make a wrong first impression. LOG #2: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE. cw mentions: drug use, dangerous animals. Welcome to Jumanji, better known as Earth-95. After Michael briefs everyone in on this mission, you walk through a door covered in vines with leaves poking through the thin gaps between door and hinge. You step foot into a beautiful jungle. Everyone starts in the same area—a thick canopy of trees, bushes and still vines—before wandering off in all directions. It's humid. The leaves around you are damp from a recent rain. The grass beneath your feet is ankle-high and thick and vines from trees slither out like long, unwieldy snakes at the pace of a sloth moving across the road. Remember how Michael said something about appropriate footwear? He was right about one thing: Van Pelt isn't here. It seems like the intrepid explorers of S.P.E.I.R. have been dropped off on Earth-95 before Van Pelt's time. Curious. You'll still need the weapons you brought in your backpacks—and if you didn't bring a backpack, you'll carry them in your hands or pockets. The jungle isn't safe for anyone. Watch out for the alligators in the water, the monkeys in the trees, and did we mention the snakes slithering through the grass? Try not to be bitten by any insects. Their bites have very intense hallucinogenic properties that can last from an hour to half a day if you're not careful. The jungle is also the home to many flourishing ripe fruits. Remember when Michael said not to come on an empty stomach? He really meant that. Eating the fruits of the jungle will lead to a few (and perhaps unwanted) side effects… Red berries: Roses are red, violets are blue, have you ever felt what someone else is feeling, too? After eating a red berry, you'll find yourself forming an empathetic bond with one or more people. You can feel their feelings. Gross. Purple berries: This is your NSFW option. It's getting hot in here, so get Nelly with it. Banana: Do you feel compelled to act on your urges and to say what you think? Bananas make characters more susceptible to being honest. How honest they are is up to you. Red apples: They're just deliciously sweet, beautiful big red apples. There's nothing wrong with them. Except for the fact you can suddenly hear what everyone's thinking. But don't let that distract you from the mission at hand. The fate of Jumanji (or Earth-95) is at stake here. Find the ruby red jewel and return it to the earth. Sounds simple, right? If you want your character to find the ruby red jewel, note that there are many of them out there. They look like a glass pomegranate and are the size of the Rock's palm and are found all throughout the jungle—in trees, ants nests, wasp nests, buried half in the dirt, in the mouths of giant hippos… All you have to do is bury it in some dirt. Super simple when you think about it… NETWORK #1: A/S/L. Did you check your other pocket? Or perhaps your bag? You'll find a very slim looking iPhone that instantly activates once you look at it. This phone will connect to you the wider S.P.E.I.R. network. It's fully encrypted, only requires a little charge every now and then, and has a few cat photos already in the album. You can't delete those. Why would you? The phone has a changeable username and a little profile picture of you. It's your best picture. No, you can't change this photo. How about you say hi on the network? Reach out to your fellow S.P.E.I.R. comrades? Pose an interesting, thought-provoking ice-breaker? Maybe you just want to show a picture of a cat (who doesn't—they're so cute!). @michael Did you know your universe is considered to be 104% perfect if Beyonce exists on it? Discuss. OOC. 'Sup. Welcome to SPEIR where cats rule and that's okay. This is serving as an interest check. SPEIR, as you guys know, is intended to be a chill gpsl. It's not meant to be hardcore like a game, but it is intended to be active—like when your cat awakens and chooses to play with you for 30 minutes and then promptly goes back to sleep. Hopefully the tdm has given you an idea of what the tone is going to be like for SPEIR whenever it opens. Please make sure you mark for any NSFW content. Most importantly, have fun!

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[ pfft. he instantly sees her bluff. ]

You wouldn't dare do that. Then you'd be all by yourself, and your company can be quite... [ his face pinches as he goes through his bank of adjectives that best describe rebekah. he ensures to take his time in thinking, suspecting the delay will irritate her. ] annoying.

[ he laughs, expecting her to either shove him or rush off in a tizzy. ]

( she doesn't rush off but she does shove him, uncaring if he stumbles or trips or ends up ass first in the mud and the muck. )

It's so kind of you to notice, Kol. Tell me, do you, Niklaus and Elijah pay such close attention to my life because you don't have one of your own?

( she taps her chin thoughtfully. )

Or is it because I'm a woman and you think I need to be protected?

[ he scrunches up his face. ] Don't insult me, Rebekah. Do you forget I'm the brother who stood behind you and encouraged you to pursue your dreams despite them being centuries too early?

[ he has half a mind to shove her into a mud pit for thinking he's on the same level as klaus "i own you" mikaelson. ]

I have a life and I wish to return to her as soon as possible. You can't complain about me caring about my sister.

( dammit, he's right. she doesn't want to admit that he's right but he is. rebekah sighs and moves closer, curling her arm around his and dropping her head on his shoulder. )

I apologize, Kol. I really don't mind you caring about me. I'm just used to that caring taking the form of invasions of privacy, manipulating those I care about and occasionally killing them.

( she sighs and squeezes his arm. )

You're not the one who does that, though. I recognize that, I promise.

[ that takes him by surprise, but kol quickly adapts and leans into her. there's no reason why he can't—he doesn't believe she's lying to him and he doubts she'd earn anything from doing so. ]

I may be the better looking Elijah, but I'm not like him.

[ he doesn't insert sticks up his butt, for one! ]

But I can promise you I won't be daggering you or trying to manipulate you. It's a little dull, don't you think?

It does get tiresome and I, for one, am tired of losing good shirts to Niklaus deciding to shove a dagger in my chest.

( she didn't much like the fact that it put her to sleep until someone decided to pull the dagger out either but she knows that kol knows that.

she sighs. )

What are we supposed to do in a place like this, do you think?

[ he purses his lips. ] Save things?

[ while he did listen to the entire pitch and asked questions that seemed to only make michael beam happily, he honestly has no idea what a "multiverse" is. sci-fi isn't exactly his genre. ]

Hopefully, that bloke doesn't invite Nik. [ he sighs, annoyed. ] Can you imagine? I would willingly get bitten by a snake.

Save things? I did that a year ago. I think I'm done for awhile.

( he doesn't want to go around saving people that doesn't know. she barely wants to save some of the people that she does know.

sighing, she shakes her head to show her dislike for that particular sentiment. )

See, the better solution would be to have the snake bite Niklaus but that would be a waste of a good snakebite.

And offensive to the snake.

[ if kol was given the option of saving his brother or a rock from a burning building, he would go to great lengths to save the rock. as much as he loves nik, he thinks it's justified to let him burn.
karma is kol's alternative name. ]

Is it so wrong to want to save someone else? [ he lets out a sigh, rolling his shoulders. something uncomfortable presses down against him. he's not sure what it is, but he doesn't like its unfamiliarity.

(it's his conscience.) ]

It's not wrong. I just don't know if I want to play hero for people that I don't know.

( she would save kol, of course, but anyone else? she doesn't know if she would actually do it or not. is it so wrong to want to make sure your own life continues on? )

You're a regular good Samaritan, Kol. You might have to teach me so I don't stand by when someone needs saving.

[ he bites his tongue. he bites it so hard it might as well bleed. she stood by when he needed saving from nik and elijah and from herself. what he doesn't want to do is isolate the only family member he has here, so he doesn't. he'd been alone for months in the ancestral realm that he doesn't wish to be again. ]

I don't know if I have the time to teach you. [ he reaches his hand out to touch her elbow as the terrain quickly seems to dip. ] I'm incredibly good. It's almost impossible to be as good as me.

It's good to see that you haven't lost your ego but then again, I think nothing could make that go away entirely.

( not death, not being daggered, not being in someone else's body. it's a comfort, really. )

Would you ever admit that anyone was as good as you, Kol? Even if you truly knew they were, would you admit it?

[ he wrinkles his nose as he considers it. there's only one person he knows is far better than him and her name is davina claire. ]

No.

[ for the sake of his ego and for his heart, he doesn't want to mention her name. it's not out of any fear of rebekah's ire; he simply doesn't want his attentive sister to interrogate him. ]

( that's about what she thought so luckily, kol gets to avoid any sisterly interrogation. she just smiles over at him and grips his arm a little tighter. )

Oh, I have missed your confidence, Kol. It makes me feel like we're at home.

( mikaelsons have huge egos and kol would probably battle nik for the top spot. )

Maybe you'll find someone who can give you a run for your money here.

Doubtful.

[ nice and quick and confident. he shrugs and purses his lips, shaking his head at the idea. was her comment meant to be an insult? oops. ]

Have you seen the pickings? There's a man with a beard here that makes him look like a shepherd. No one in their right mind here is more confident than me.

[ he is the most confident person here. bow down. ]

Oh, you sound like you're jealous of his beard, Kol. I'm surprised, you don't look half bad with facial hair.

( he wears it well, actually. )

I like you when you have a beard. It makes you look older than the twelve years old you usually look.

( #siblings. )

[ he narrows his eyes as he looks at her. ]

Is that meant to be insulting? I can be a very mature twelve year old, unlike some people.

[ cue a pointed look at her.

briefly, he thinks of how much he's missed this. he'd spent so much time dead that he missed being able to speak to her so openly… and ridicule her, too, of course. never mind that they are in the middle of a jungle. ]

Oh please, no one is as immature as you.

( except maybe nik when he was throwing a tantrum. those were far too common an occurrence so yes, niklaus acted like a temperamental teenager almost every day of her life that she'd spent undaggered. )

And I was very mature when I was younger. I had to be around you lot. The only girl in a sea of idiot men? I had to grow up quickly.

[ kol lets out a short laugh. ]

Oh, was that not a joke?

[ he grins proudly at her. looping his arm through hers, he tugs her closer and stumbles lightly. ]

Listen here, Rebekah. You may have been the only girl, but you were not forced to grow up quickly. We both know you were doted on and treated like the special sister that you are. [ he pats the back of her hand kindly. ] Let's not get ahead of ourselves and make up stories.

Really? I had to live with you lot and not kill you. That takes patience which is a sign of growing up quickly, Kol.

( but yes, she will admit she did get some special treatment because she was the only girl but still.

she'd gone through a lot of her own absolute hells just like her brothers. )

Are you going to dote on me now too?

Nope.

[ it's a quick and easy answer, and he says it with a big grin, too. that's for nik and elijah to do and for him to be excluded from, remember?

keeping his arm looped withers, he feels his shoes sink into the thick mud. ]

It's far too much work.

Hm.

( rebekah hadn't expected him to agree to that but it had been worth a shot, hadn't it? she squeezes his arm. )

I suppose I still like you despite you refusing to dote on me. Just don't expect me to dote on you either. You're rather high maintenance when you want to be.

What?

[ his face scrunches up in disbelief and offence. he doesn't even pretend to be offended—he is. he's the high maintenance one? has she suddenly gone mad and forgotten nik? ]

I'm not high maintenance. I'm the least high maintenance of the lot of you!

[ technically, finn is, considering he was in a coffin and now… well… hopefully dead. ]

That doesn't preclude you from being high maintenance, Kol.

( all of them were high maintenance, let's be real. maybe finn wasn't at the current time but he could be. )

You can still be high maintenance without achieving Nik's sickeningly high levels of neediness.

[ kol pretends to vomit. ]

Never compare me to that horrible, replaceable brother of ours. I'm hardly as needy as him. I've had my independent days.

[ many of them… before he ended up daggered. isn't it funny that when he decides to be an independent woman.mp3 he ends up in a box? hm.

he huffs and then seemingly gets over it. ]

I'd rather talk of dirt than Nik.

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