test drive meme

[titansno]

Test Drive Meme!

Scenarios:
> The Park. Man, what a nice day out. Why not enjoy it? I'm sure -- shit, yep, there's some echo monsters.
> The Mall. Exactly what it says on the tin! Dodge the hordes of teenage mallrats or take part, whichever suits your tastes.
> Rainy Day. Agh, it's fucking awful out. And is it raining those vermilion things?? Now you've got an Echo to contend with on top of everything else. Find some shelter, quick!
> PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. HOW FUN
> Arts and Crafts Fair. All the kitschy fun you can imagine.
> Wild Card! Make up your own.

Comments

[ghostly_heiress]

[snickers.] The dangers of showing off, right?

You're pretty calm, huh?

[icy_heavens]

Pretty much, yeah. [It's an answer to both questions, really. The calm thing is actually another aspect of him that weirds out a lot of other kids. He doesn't emote. Unless he's annoyed or angry. Which probably doesn't help in the whole getting along with other kids thing. If they think you're always angry, they avoid you.]

[ghostly_heiress]

Must be real popular. All ice cold like that.

[She is not the best at judging what other kids might like or dislike.]

[icy_heavens]

[... There's that furrowed brow again. Is she making fun of him? He can't quite tell; this one could go either way. So that necessitates sarcasm.]

Yeah, right.

[ghostly_heiress]

....was that wrong?

[icy_heavens]

[Blink, blink. She was serious? Really? Wow. Oddly enough, that puts her above most other kids in his eyes.]

... Other kids usually think I'm kind of "creepy". [Audible quotes around that word. He's heard the whispers behind his back, occasional warnings when a new transfer comes in that it's better to avoid him.]

[ghostly_heiress]

[Well, clearly television has lied to her about the aloof being cool.]

Wow. Harsh. Nothing creepy about not being a chatterbox.

[icy_heavens]

[That only starts being cool when you're a teenager. When you're a kid, it means something is seriously wrong with you. (Clearly, in a couple more years, his popularity will shoot up and he will hate it.)]

Some stupidness about having "scary eyes", too. [That one's because you glare too much, Toushirou. But he shrugs.] But that's their problem and not mine.

[ghostly_heiress]

[Poor, poor Toushirou. So many ladies will be after you.]

Hmmm. Don't really see it.

Kids have problems with weird things.

[icy_heavens]

[His life will be hell. He never asked for all this attention!]

Kids are idiots. [Could you sound more like a grumpy old man, Toushirou?]

[ghostly_heiress]

They can't be that bad.

[icy_heavens]

[He lifts an eyebrow at this. How do you not know this? How are you not annoying and yet not know other kids are idiots?]

... You haven't really spent that much time around other kids, have you?

[ghostly_heiress]

[Erk.]

... [Nggggh, it's more trouble if I lie, I can't back it up.] Homeschooled. Dad doesn't have much faith in the education system. That obvious?

[icy_heavens]

[He doesn't have any particular thoughts on the education system as a whole. Then again, he is twelve.]

Kind of, yeah.

[ghostly_heiress]

[She has some thoughts herself. If only because she had way too much free time and was encouraged to think of things thirteen years old shouldn't think.]

Oh. [She blushes a bit, embarrassed. Ugh, no, she can't be silent, he might make comment on the embarrassment and it'll be awkward. And the conversation had been going REALLY WELL and she doesn't want that.]

Well, always room for improvement, right? Perfection needs practice!