OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME

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➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!

NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR TEST-DRIVE JOURNEY?
CHECK OUT ALL THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN:

JOHTO | KANTO | SEVII ISLANDS

Feel free to make various prompts in multiple locations!

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[lioness_rampant]

[ By the time Shiro's feet touch the ground, she's already running for him. She very nearly tackles him, but he's large enough to absorb the impact of her slight body. ]

It's so good to see you.

[ Her voice is stilted, holding back her emotions. Swablu is flapping around, and it comes to land on Shiro's head, puffing out happily. ]

[shiro2hero]

[It's always amazing -- he knows perfectly well Allura could throw him across a room, but he can always lift her, in return. It's like a perfect balance. And so it's nothing, no effort, to wrap her up and hold on tightly.]

[It's not a dream.]

[This is really happening.]

You too. You... everyone's going to be glad to see you.

[lioness_rampant]

[ She holds on tight for a moment (though not enough to hurt him--she could never do that). When she pulls back, there are tears welling in the corners of her eyes, but she's smiling up at him. ]

Let me look at you.

[ Her voice is gentle as she takes in the sight of him, with his tan and his colorful hair peeking out from under the cap he's wearing. This is not the Shiro she saw last, whose soul she'd pulled from the astral plane, whose arm she'd built and powered with the gem from her tiara, who had hugged her one last time and told her she never needed to thank him for anything again. ]

Thank you for coming to get me. Where are you living now? What's the last thing you remember from... from before?

[shiro2hero]

[He blinks, surprised at what he sees. The others always said things... worked out. That everything was okay. It was all he'd needed to know. But --]

Like I said. Three years... [He'll pull off his helmet enough to let the rest of that ridiculous hair fluff shake out. A streak in it for each Lion, the rest its usual black and grey. Under the flight jacket, a shirt covered in Staryu print. His cheeks faintly pink.]

[And the arm is... definitely attached. No floating white hand here.]

Always. No matter where. [He'd come for her.] We found a little house out on an island here. Our friend Armin found it... and we just ended up taking it over.

The last thing I remember... we were getting Slav off the prison station.

[lioness_rampant]

Slav! But that was... [ It was such a long time ago. He has no idea the kind of suffering that awaits him if he returns, and she finds herself gladdened, relieved that he'll never have to. He's been spared. She wipes her eyes, figuring he'll want a little more information. ] That was a long time ago, for me.

[ She hugs him abruptly a second time for good measure, forehead pressed into his shoulder. Her little tiara is missing the chalcedony-blue stone that had once decorated the center, but apart from that there aren't any visible signs of change in the princess.

Eventually she pulls back again, somewhat self-consciously, and Swablu lands on her shoulder again. ]

Does your mount need to rest? That must have been a taxing journey. We could sit and talk, perhaps? You could tell me about your time here in this world, and what your life is like now. I want to hear all about it.

[shiro2hero]

Yeah... yeah, I figured. It's the same for the others.

[He's used to it by now. Used to being the one behind. And just accepts it. So hopefully, the calm acceptance in his voice will reassure her to a degree. He lifts his left hand, brushing the back of it over her face.]

[Or he tries to. Because she's suddenly hugging him. And all he can do is hug her back, tightly. One hand smoothing down her hair. It's okay - whatever is wrong, it's okay. He's got her.]

[As long as she needs it.]

She will, probably. Ah - right. This is Skarmory. [The Pokemon clacks her metal beak, trilling something that sounds more like a raptor than a bird.] We're happy to talk.