GENERAL RP MEME

[raptorbox]

Want to play something out with one of my characters? Well here's a place for that! Basically any kind of thread is welcome here, gen, action, AU, game setting, etc - preferably staying PG-13 at most.

Prose and brackets are both welcome; the prompts below are for kickstarting ideas if you want, but you definitely don't have to stick to them!

Let me know if you start a thread here, since I have it set not to email me.


ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Fight for honor → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honor.
⑬ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑭ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑮ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑯ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑰ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑱ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.
⑲ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑳ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.

GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.

CRACK
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.

Comments

GEN 9? I guess. Troll Fight

[fanghunt]

Killing is...gross. There really isn't any other way to put it, really. It's a horrible thing for anyone to ever want to do, even worse for someone who doesn't want to do it. Klaus had just finished enduring another one of those unfortunate episodes that some monsters experience fairly regularly. His hands were clean and it had been a few hours, but regardless, it still leaves him pretty shaken up on the inside. He's been living here for a while now, but the whole hunting issue has never been even remotely easy - he isn't sure what's more unsettling, the fact that a former protector of the populace back home was now killing people on a pretty routine basis, or the fact that there was a part of him that relished it.

However, another more welcome part of Klaus's killing routine is taking a long walk. Alone, usually as far away from the scene of the crime as he can pull himself. Tonight's destination is the cemetery, which is one spot that Klaus finds oddly comforting in this new reality of his. The headstones embody a reverence that he himself frequently feels after the deed is done - these are humans...people with families. Spouses and children, perhaps, friends, enemies. These people were respected after their deaths. Properly mourned. It's hard to put into words, but graveyards have an odd, serene energy to them, and on a clear night like this, it's the best place for a man to clear his head and get away for a while.

So here he is - a frankly enormous troll, obviously tired, wandering aimlessly among the stones, occasionally stopping to read the engravings or pay respects. It still feels like there's a swarm of bees buzzing about inside his skull, but at least out here it's fairly quiet.

Crunch.

His ears prick, and he pauses, staring out over the solemn field.

Crunch.

There it is again. Whatever "it" is. He's noticed at this point that he's not alone, and that this probably isn't just some animal that's wandered in. Curiosity gets the better of him; he makes his way between the graves, approaching the source of the sound - which appears to be a pale figure, hunched in front of one specific grave. Klaus doesn't have to get too close to notice the stones on this stranger's backside. Another troll. He clears his throat, the sound decidedly a little more raspy than normal, before stepping a little closer.

"Excuse my nosiness, but....what are you doing?"

[onegreeneye]

It's not until Klaus speaks up that Ginko even realizes he's there, and for a moment he wonders if he might be getting a little sloppy at keeping track of his surroundings. At least this guy doesn't sound hostile, so when Ginko flinches it's only from an instant's surprise before he turns around, his ears flicking slightly forward. The fact that it's another troll probably shouldn't be much of a relief, either, but the fact is, he considers that better than being caught by a well-meaning but misguided human, trying to look out for the dignity of those already dead.

"It's no trouble - I'm just... well. It's about what it looks like." There isn't much else to be said. He lifts the shovel in his hand slightly, the corner of his mouth twisting into a slight grimace. Gravedigging is never pleasant work, as preferable as it may be to the alternative. "Been needing to restock on meat."

[fanghunt]

His immediate first response is simply a distracted "Hm." He knows that there are definitely some around here who have alternatives to killing, but this is definitely his first time to see one of these methods and, despite the morbidity of the situation, he can't help being a little intrigued. He opens his mouth to ask another question, hesitates, and changes his mind. This man is obviously busy exhuming whoever this unlucky human used to be - that idea bothers Klaus a little bit, but considering the circumstances he certainly can't blame him.

He debates leaving this man to his work, but somehow it seems rude to ask such a blunt question and then just leave. Besides, something about this stranger fascinates him. Not to mention this is his first real encounter with another troll.

"Would you like some help with this?" Klaus gestures to the grave. He knows how heavy a corpse can be, and there's a chance that some extra labor might help him further clear his head. "It doesn't look like you have an extra shovel on you, but I could assist with some lifting," he offers. "If you need it, that is."

[onegreeneye]

Ginko shakes his head, waving Klaus off. "No, thanks - I've got it."

Under different circumstances, he might accept the offer; some help could certainly make things go faster, after all. Tonight, though, he just isn't in a particularly sociable mood. He can be polite, but he'd really rather just get this body out of the ground and go home.

Besides, he's never been a fan of having people watching him dig up graves if it isn't totally necessary.

[fanghunt]

"Are you sure?" He moves a little closer, concern and determination mixing in his expression. Maybe it's the white hair and fur, but something tells Klaus that this is a situation where he can use his strength for something good, rather than for its...intended purposes. Besides, the more he thinks about it, the more he find himself longing for some kind of physical exertion to help him unwind, and the repetition of digging sounds especially nice at the moment.

It's at this point that two pieces suddenly come together in his head. A white-furred troll with one green eye...he's definitely heard about this guy.

"You're Ginko, correct?" As if in an attempt to answer his own question, Klaus leans even closer to stare at his face, as if a closer look would confirm or deny this conclusion.

[onegreeneye]

"Yes, I'm pretty sure." He leans back a little, forcing himself to keep from scowling too much. He just wants to dig up a dead body alone in the middle of the night in peace, okay.

Okay, and now he can't help taking a slightly startled step back. It takes him a momet to process the question, but... well, he's not sure if this guy having heard of him is a good thing or a bad one. He hopes it's good, but around here he can never be sure.

"Uh-- yes, that's me." His expression reflects his uncertainty pretty clearly.

[fanghunt]

As soon as the words leave Ginko's mouth, Klaus has made up his mind. He doesn't know terribly much about him as an individual, but he does know that Ginko is a caretaker, not to mention someone who has a pretty full load to deal with. There is no way that Klaus is going to let anyone literally work himself into the ground.

He straightens up, perhaps a little too quickly for someone of his stature. The wooziness induced by the fact that inertia isn't strong enough to move his blood and his head at the same speed only lasts a brief moment, but it's just enough to send him toppling into the grave, his landing punctuated by the dreadful sound of wood buckling.

Great job, Klaus. Now you're the one who's literally in the ground.

[onegreeneye]

Oh for the love of--

So from Ginko's point of view, this guy asked to help him, insisted on helping him, got in his personal space, and then abruptly fell into a goddamn grave. The troll jumps back a little with a startled, gravelly sound that almost drowns out the sound of the casket breaking.

When he recovers from his surprise, he leans over the grave uncertainly, concern and vague frustration mixing on his face. "...Are you alright?"