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.

Comments

Hope you don't mind another potential applicant? ^^

[warriorsaint]

All right, that's enough.

[This is not your lucky day, Mr. Franklin, as Officer Sheng happens to be patrolling this particular parking lot, and she is about the last person you want to catch you red-handed. Tall, imposing and severe, she strides across the lot with the cool purpose of someone who knows that she can chase down her target if he tries to bolt. She catches him in the beam of her flashlight and scowls at the scene.]

Something tells me that this isn't your car.

don't mind at all!

[knightmaking]

[ Oops.

That was... to be entirely expected, to be quite honest! He knew he should have stuck to residential streets! ]

Aha, ah. [ He twists around a bit so he can look at her from over his shoulder. Just put the biggest smile ever on and maybe this will turn out alright! ] Good evening, Officer! Oh, no, no, it is! It's just a little broken right now, you see. I'm sure I'll have this all sorted out in no time!

[warriorsaint]

[Sheng Xiaoyun is unimpressed, which is saying little: she rarely is. Troublemakers who try to charm her tend only to wind up in deeper trouble. Face blank, she looks this particular troublemaker up and down. Harmless, she estimates, except for the obvious matter of property damage and theft.]

Do you have papers for it? Let's see them. [If he comes clean, she might even be inclined to make this easier for him.]

[knightmaking]

Well, that would be a problem, you see...

[ He isn't going to let the considerable lack of actually being able to prove this is his car stop him from trying. He isn't about to stand up all the way, either, because heaven forbid he leave his tools out of easy reach!

So, he just keeps on awkwardly watching her, half-turned. This is going to get uncomfortable soon. ]

I'm actually a little locked out at the moment and those happen to be in the glove department.

[warriorsaint]

[She is quite all right with uncomfortable - he's supposed to be on the spot, considering that she had just caught him in the act. But Xiaoyun is nothing if not fair. On the very slim chance that this is the man's car after all, she is willing to be patient. She wishes he didn't smile at her like this, though. The smilers are always the worst.]

I see. [Her voice is curt, straightforward and unconvinced.] All right, sir, you seem to have the tools to get the door open. Please do that while I wait. If everything is in order, then I apologize and hope you understand that a beat cop always has to expect the worst.

[She keeps a blankly cold look throughout this candid explanation. He still has a way out.]

And if not, then I am going to charge you with carjacking and property damage. The sergeant on duty tonight is a car enthusiast.

[Nothing if not fair.]