LET'S [test] DRIVING

[cava]

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. Here's a few options, all stolen shamelessly from previous iterations.

> The Park. Man, what a nice day out. Why not enjoy it? I'm sure -- shit, yep, there's some echo monsters or whatever they're called.
> 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!
> Arts and Crafts Fair. WILL THE KITSCH OVERWHELM YOU


or make up your own whatever this is basic and just for the purposes of getting a new test drive up.

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[dead_wife]

I cannot argue that.

[ There was a time when price didn't matter to her either, but now it does. Still, her fiance asked that she wear something nice for their dinner date, so she's looking around. It's hard to find something that fits, when she's the size of a twelve-year-old girl.]

What do you do for a living, if I might ask?

[nishikikouji_tohri]

I see I must work on my brand image! Perhaps it's just not so well known in Locke. No matter.

[business card! It's... fancy. It's really fancy! Imprinted gold lettering, imprinted black scrollwork frame around that, the edges are made to be able to fold down so that it doesn't have to lie flat on a surface, it's propped up like a picture frame.]

Nishikikouji Tohri, my dear. Artistic inventor, renaissance man, head of Golden Feather LLC. [He's contracted by the military to develop experimental systems, but this version doesn't see the need to mention that everywhere.] New in the area, obviously.

[dead_wife]

[She makes a point of reading his business card politely before placing it in her purse.]

How very impressive. Lilly Oaks, it's an honor to meet you.

[All she does is sell flowers at a little shop, she hasn't really considered the use of business cards before.]

I hope you find the city to your liking. Have you managed to settle in comfortably?

[nishikikouji_tohri]

[He doesn't say 'of course it is', but somehow it comes across in his smile.]

It's not much of it very artistic. I can't say I think much of some of the neighbors. That Thunder Corps, hmph. But, a jewel shines brighter in a dull box.

[dead_wife]

[Thunder Corps...? Perhaps Lilly's a little too sheltered, she's not familiar with them.]

I, ah... Yes, that is true. What does your company do?