July - August 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!

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Comments

Network

[nightyorb]

[Boober went through all that effort to put a nice post together for the network and Riz is just going to completely disregard it. In fact, he honestly hasn't heard a thing of what Boober said -- just enough to notice the familiar voice and way of speaking.

And of course, the picture isn't quite right. He doesn't look the same. He looks younger -- like if Boober had a younger brother. Which, for all Riz knows, he does. He doesn't remember Boober talking much about his family.

Riz's face is a mixture of emotions, too many to pin it down to a single thing -- there is confusion and irritation (not with Boober, just with this world and all its antics), there's waning joy (It's Boober!) and rising disappointment (oh, no, it isn't.), there is way too much he is feeling all at once and he doesn't like it.]

... Bo-- Boober?

[soupguy]

[Boober stammers a little, as he mentally goes over what he'd just said. His name hadn't been part of that, had it? That wasn't the best way to be sociable, but that mistake isn't his main concern right now.]

Yeah, that's my name. Boober Fraggle. [He leans in closer to the 'Gear, trying to find something familiar in the other's face. But he just doesn't recognize this person.] How did you know that...?

[nightyorb]

[Allow Riz to counter that with a question of his own -- even if he knows the answer already.]

You don't... you don't recognise me?

[Honestly, he isn't even sure why he is asking! It's clear Boober doesn't. It's a stupid thing to ask.]

[soupguy]

No, I don't.

[Oh this is so awkward for Boober and he doesn't even truly realize what's happening.]

I spent the last few weeks here pretty stressed, I'm sorry.

[nightyorb]

It's not your fault.

[Cause it isn't. If it is anyone's fault, it's the fault of this world.]

Did you... did you remember this place at all?

[Was it just Riz he had forgotten or everything here?]

[soupguy]

No... I don't see how I could. I'm not supposed to be here, and I've never been here before.

[Except this person knew his name, and seemingly expected Boober to be familiar with this place; with him. Something's amiss here, and it's making him uneasy.]

What's going on?

[nightyorb]

[For a moment Riz just scrubs his hands over his face, pressing his palms hard to his eyes. This... this sucks. This world sucks. It's just not fair. He wants to go home. He wants to see his mom and his friend and just not deal with this place anymore.]

You were here before. This place does that sometimes. It brings people here twice, but the second time they don't remember being here at all. It's extremely fucking shitty.

We... we were friends before. Well, I think we were friends at least. I'm not always good at telling when people are my friend, but we talked a bunch, at least.

[soupguy]

[Boober tugs down the brim of his hat, feeling uncomfortable in his helplessness here. The idea of a friend forgetting who you are entirely sounds too awful to stand... But he can't just lie and pretend to know this guy. ...Right? Right, no, that would be stupid.]

That's awful... Look, if I talked to you a bunch, I'm sure we were friends. I don't talk a lot to people unless I care about them...care about them a-a lot! I'm just not comfortable getting close to most people, so...

I don't know if that helps, or makes it worse, or what. But there you go.

[nightyorb]

Sorry for dumping this stuff on you. This world... it sucks. It sucks balls, man.

[Riz, no. You are going to teach the fraggle to curse.]

You look younger than you did before. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Oh. I guess that means I should tell you my name again, huh? I'm Riz Gukgak. Licens-- no, I guess, currently back to unlicensed private investigator.