What would your character do in the above situation?

Gorash lives in a mountain range, so a hike up a mountain isn't a problem for him — just a relaxing walk, really.

Jani lost his girlfriend while lost in the mountains, so he'd tear up on the climb...until he got to the top, and took in the view.

Your character is stuck in traffic.

If there's one thing Heron hates more than being in a car stuck in traffic, it's being in a tram stuck in traffic. Every time it has to brake he falls over, and there's a tiny middle aged woman positioned right underneath his armpit and it's very awkward, because every time it braces she falls into it.

Declan exemplifies the Fighting Irish stereotype every time he's behind the wheel of his '94 Toyota Corolla.

Zehra sings cringy 80s pop out the window, and sees how many weird looks she can get.

Your character has to choose between dying a painful, bloody death within three minutes, unable to say goodbye to those they love, or living forever, but with an excruciating chronic illness

edited 19th May '16 4:24:50 PM by trashconverters

Ketturah would choose to die. Not getting to say goodbye to her husband would suck, but he knows she loves him and she'd hate the idea of being "crippled"

Eyrie would choose to live. She might be able to do some good in the universe, even in massive amounts of pain, and she's not going to abandon someone she cares about.

Someone your character generally respects very deeply is making fun of their hobbies or life choices, and not in a friendly manner

Razios try to see the point on that and play alone for a while, otherwise he respon twice as bad, he is not one to be mock.

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Zehra's biggest Berserk Button is anyone criticizing her for her sex life. She certainly couldn't imagine Heron mocking her for it (and he wouldn't, he sleeps around as much as she does). In fact she'd probably be worried if he did, because it would be very uncharacteristic of him. She'd certainly be pretty offended if either Charlie or Abby criticized her sexuality; she'd almost certainly punch Charlie in his stupid, bearded, hipster face. And she'd probably have strong word with Abby, who seems to like offending people for fun.

Abby has a certain contempt for Declan, for his staunch disapproval of alchemy. Instead of facing the problem, she just resorts to making cruel jibes about his weight.

Your character wakes up one day to find out everyone else speaks Swedish except for them. They are last person left able to speak their native language, what do they do?

edited 19th May '16 10:00:08 PM by trashconverters

Calia/Amber/Melanie/Rae would get their Guardians to mentally transmit information of their native language to other Gifted they meet, and tell them to get their Guardians to spread it on, allowing them to mentally transmit information of said language to the Terran population. The end result would be that the population might be able to get back most of their native language (with a few unlucky Terrans however getting My Skull Runneth Over thanks to influx of an entire language.)

Reaper would download the language data into Procyon, allowing him to relearn it, then tell him to hack all the computers/electronics in the world to use English instead of Swedish. People would then be forced to learn it or... be left out of society. He'd also try to help his friends to relearn English.

Your character gets the chance to see awesome places^note relatively non-dangerous to them around the multiverse.

Caffau becomes mildly disinterested at the prospect, having traveled throughout his own multiverse, his mind has become too numb to be surprised at most crazy situations that could occur. He only considers taking the opportunity when he realizes that it would mean more stories to document, even though in his own opinion, it just adds yet another layer of redundancy to his book.

Ticketmaster is surprised, but at the same time is reluctant to go to other places in the multiverse. The stability of his powers, which activate on touch, relies on the spiritual surrounding of the area. As they were given to him so that he may reap lives, he becomes scared that he may cause unwanted destruction or death. Too uncertain that he might accidentally blow up some of the places he goes to and the people living in them, he refuses the offer, but he gives the excuse that "at best, maybe 5 out of those 10 of those worlds probably don't have their own version of Porcupine Tree."

Isa jumps on the offer, already starting to make detailed plans about what he's going to do, and also unravels sheets of paper from his backpack already containing writings detailing what he will do if he gets the unlikely opportunity of travelling the multiverse. He's willing to see everything, eat everything and learn everything, from culture to language. He knows it's a dream that requires more than 3 lifetimes to fufill, but he doesn't care, he's going to do it anyway. However, his excitement diminishes a tiny bit when he's told that some of these worlds are just alternate versions of his own.

Your character wakes up to discover they have intangibility, what do they do with it?

edited 24th May '16 5:59:52 AM by zaqareemalcolm

Heron is really peeved about this new ability. He can't have sex with anyone if he's intangible, can he? And how is he supposed to hold a glass?

Declan, however, is elated. He no longer needs to worry about getting stuck in the swivel chairs at work.

Your character finally gets their acceptance letter from Hogwarts

edited 24th May '16 9:38:34 PM by trashconverters

Oya dutifully shows the acceptance letter to his master and awaits instructions. If told he can't go, he rips the letter up on the spot and ignores all further letters. If told he can go, he goes. But he'd be secretly freaking out the entire time he's there, seriously.

Jo is frigging thrilled and shows everybody, whether she's supposed to or not. And by "shows" I mean "gloats". But don't get too mad, she's mostly just happy.

Your character has been stuck in a traffic jam for the last three hours. It's hot. The car next to them is blaring rap music obnoxiously loud, and the baby in the car behind is crying loud enough to wake the dead. What do they do?

Billiards warps to a time where cars don't exist, walks to where she needs to go, and then comes back to the present. And, if she's feeling snippish, she'll leave her car blasting the Mamma Mia! soundtrack on infinite repeat.

The Detective slowly begins to zone out until he's just staring at the road ahead of him, as cars honk behind him. He doesn't exactly do well under pressure.

The Bird calmly exits the car and asks the young man to turn down his music. Failing that, she speeds up time for herself, "passing through" the traffic jam, all the while muttering about humanity and its many unfortunate flaws.

...come to think of it, none of these people could possibly have driver's licenses, so they may well be the cause of the traffic jam, to begin with...

Your character has been dealt an abysmal hand in a game of poker. They have enough money to play, the only potential obstacle is their ability to bluff.

Declan doesn't see the point in gambling when he already has enough bad habits to sustain him for a while, like his overeating and his occasionally swearing in front of his as yet uncorrupted daughter

Heron doesn't have enough bad habits. Zehra'll have a fit when she finds out how much money he lost, but that won't stop him. It's okay, though. She'll win it back. Her poker skills rival even Fran Katzenjammer's, and her bluffing skills are great.

Abby plays simply because she knows her father will hate it if she does. She's a terrible bluff, and she loses a lot, but it's Declan's money, so she's not complaining. Declan is though.

Your character is walking in the woods. There's no one around and their phone is dead. Out of the corner of their eye, they spot him. Shia Labeouf.

edited 28th May '16 2:35:10 AM by trashconverters

Thorn pulls out whatever weapons he has on him and gets ready to fight until he figures out Shia's intentions.

Mirri stops and calls out a greeting, keeping her weapons handy in case he's a threat, but not acting overly aggressive.

Your character is going garage saleing. What are they looking for? Will they find it? What else will they end up buying instead?

If for some reason Actual Cannibal Shia La Beouf tries going after the mechanical AU!Reaper, he'd immediately attempt to cut the cannibal's head off.

Dandelion/Snowdrop/Moonflower: See Actual Cannibal Snail LaBeouf try to chase them at a rate of 1cm a second! Utterly terrifying!

AU!Reaper would probably buy some handheld gaming devices, and maybe stuff like umbrellas, signals, or makeshift tents for his friends (which is what he's probably looking for), or even a radio , but not any kind of furniture or stuff to decorate a house with. He and his friends are kinda on the run, you see...

Your character somehow finds themselves in the middle of a prohibited/no trespassing area.

Gwion is probably there after ignoring the "Authorised Personnel Only" signs and circumventing whatever barriers were in his way as part of an Urban Exploration run and will be aware that being caught is a likelihood.

Therefore he's quite prepared to bluff his way through the situation and spin whatever line of bullshit he figures they will buy.

If need be, he can produce perfectly genuine and valid licences revealing himself to be a security guard or Private Investigator as part of his cover story.

Same

Heron would try to find out why entry was prohibited.

Norma would create another secret torture chamber underneath. Why? Because she can.

Your character is now the protagonist of a Brit Com

The Detective would fit in quite well, really being partially inspired by Basil Fawlty in the earliest days of his conception ahahahahaha...... oh dear. He is already short, unattractive, and unlucky, after all. The show would focus on his dead-end job as an insurance claims investigator actually real detective and his confusion over the fads that the kids these days are into.

In a similar vein, your character is now the protagonist of a Magical Girl anime.

I'll try, but I've only ever watched one...

Simon actually would still be the main character, but not a magical girl. Instead, he'd be a reporter or journalist, trying to figure out how young girls keep on showing up in the most improbable of situations, all while humorously avoiding accusations of pedophilia.

Boris would end up going the Mami route, complete with ass-loads of guns. However, he would porbably end up exploiting the magical powers he gets to his fullest advantage, as he is a Combat Pragmatist.

Julia would be the Flat-Earth Atheist trying to reconcile the occurences with the Catholic faith. She might make a few monsters disapear in a puff of logic, insane troll or otherwise.

Mary would probably either fill the role of a Madoka or...

Post-Sacrifice Mary ...a Homura. Minus the homoerotic overtones. I think she might have done some form of devil-killing in her backstory, so it fits pretty well.

Nearly forgot a scenario!

Your character is invited to a big party. What do they do if and when they arrive?

edited 3rd Jun '16 6:10:21 AM by madprophet

Celina would mainly slink into the background, as she doesn't do particularly well in big parties. She'd be hit on by a number of guys, but she doesn't care one way or another.

Terry would do his best to leave with a girl, but would comically fail to do so.

Ivan is banned from the party based on what he did in the school year, but he breaks into the party, picking fights with whomever he comes across.

Kari is the one holding the party, and only invited the Celina and Terry because her family told her so. She doesn't make it easy for them though.

Lisa as a celebrity is the life of the party, to Kari's chargin. All of the girls and guys come toward her and chat her up, and being The Tease, she has fun leading them all to do things for her.

Your character is in charge of a celebrity's security detail. The celebrity in question, however is an unbearable jerk who bullies all whom work under him

Samuel is pretty easygoing so he ignores it. At some point he gets fed up and puts him into place with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech. But, he keeps it one-on-one, and pulls it off with Tranquil Fury.

Reg tells him upfront (after he realizes what kind of a person he is) that he will not stand for his attitude. If it continues, he requests to quit.

Your character's best friend/partner is diagnosed with a deadly disease that will take them in a year. What does your character do?

edited 11th Jun '16 7:41:25 PM by electronic-tragedy

Soren does his best to find a way to cure his wife, but ultimately spends as much time as he can with her, tending to her every need and making as many memories as possible until the time comes.

Eska hasn't been close to any actual for years (being exiled from your own society will do that to you) but if one of the animals she's semi-tamed of the years falls ill, she'd initially refuse to believe it. They can't really be sick, it has to be a mistake. Once she eventually accepted it, she'd more or less carry on as normal, trying to let it have a normal life as long as she could. Once it was in enough pain that she couldn't deal with it with herbs and rest, she'd sadly put it out of its misery and arrange a proper burial.

Misha (name wip) would withdraw. Not because he doesn't want to help, but because he feels like he can't do anything and that anything he did do would just hurt his father. This probably isn't helped by their somewhat rocky relationship history. Instead, he'd throw himself into some sort of massive quest to find a cure until just before his father actually dies, at which point he'd rush home and let all of his feelings out in a huge stream.

Your character is in a store minding their own buisness when a stranger starts commenting on some aspect of their appearance they're particularly insecure or sensitive about- their height, weight, a scar or birthmark, the way they dress. How does your character respond?

Arpeggio would probably say something snarky and to the detriment of the other person's appearance because she thinks she's perfect. Or she'd ignore the person entirely. You don't get to be a Chthonic Priest by taking every little hit the world throws at you.

Penny would probably give the person a nasty look or cry, depending on how bad the comment is and how sensitive she's feeling.

Your character has a tire blowout on the interstate and has somewhere to be in an hour.

Coyote Bongwater attempts to MacGuyver a solution by applying duct tape and then filling the tire with Revelade.

When the cops inevitably show up to arrest him for possession and distribution of controlled substances, he gets them all stoned until they let him use one of their cars.

Your character has been traveling through previously-unexplored wilderness, and stumbled upon a primitive tribe of hippies. The hippies, stoned out of their goddamned minds as they are, promptly attempt to proclaim your character as their God. How does your character react?

Caleb Armitage shrugs it, joins them in their celebration, then next morning he leaves without a word to look for another job to do in his long route to where adventure may call, because he wants to be a better man, like his grandpa wanted.

Your character, regardless of age and gender, becomes a magical girl.

Young!Edelweiss would gladly accept it, thanks to being a female magic user, and her love for cute stuff/doing what is right (at least in her morality)

Adult!Edelweiss would definitely be ok with it considering that she loves cute stuff, and being a Magical Girl is. Plus, beating up bad guys (at least in her morality).

Young!Alesia already is a Magical Girl who fights against monsters on her world.

Adult!Alesia would be reminded of her younger self. She'd be somewhat reluctant, considering that her younger self was brainwashed into thinking and acting like she was a Magical Girl, but at the same time accepting as she's doing the right thing by defeating evil (at least in her morality).

Your character has to make friends with somebody that has Blue-and-Orange Morality.

edited 19th Jun '16 10:13:15 PM by ironcommando

Aya would be extremely intimidated. She is only twelve when the story ends, after all, and would have trouble understanding something so radically different from what she knows. But she'd relax after a while and just be herself.

Leth wouldn't have much issue with the idea, since he's already managed to befriend an eldritch abomination from another dimension. He'd start by trying to figure out what it considered a threat and not doing that, possibly using his powers to figure out what it valued.

Your character is gifted- or cursed- to be reincarnated over and over again with the person they care about most, always as Star-Crossed Lovers (or whatever the platonic equivalent is)