Test Drive Meme #1

[proximods]

The sun is shining and the weather is nice and toasty. Overly toasty one might argue, even. It's a great day to be laying around at the beach, so it's a good thing that that's where you've found yourself today, whether you'd made plans to be there or not. Bathing suit and sunscreen ready, you're going to get your tanning time on.

But with heat comes the expected side effects for a place like Proxima Gamma. While the cool water can sometimes slow the effects, the heated beaches and freshly popped flowers seem to have made getting close to someone else just seem like a really great idea. You can try to fight off the side effects much as you want, but the scientists like to believe everyone has a breaking point.

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[bryces_pup]

Oh no, not the island. That much I've gathered is impossible, at the moment.

[Her tone is dry, hiding the acidity in her thoughts and the urge to want to smash something. While she's come to understand that leaving the island is not feasible, it still doesn't sit well with her. Accepting defeat was not something she did easily, or lightly.]

I was referring to this particular beach I suddenly woke up on. Sunbathing is well and good but I'm not particularly in the mood.

[automechanic]

[Winry had been enjoying the sun, taking a break from worrying, but she understood that not everyone here would be able to relax at all.]

Well, I understanding completely where you are coming from. I think the town is south of here, through some woods.

[She looked around, before finding a little road.] That way, I believe.

[bryces_pup]

[Her head turns in the direction Winry's pointing and she nods.]

I see. Thank you very much...?

[Pausing, to hear Winry's name. She figures she should at least know her name, right?]

[automechanic]

Oh, right. I'm Winry. Winry Rockbell. And you are..?

[Her smile is warm at the introduction, always one to be a friendly sort.]

[bryces_pup]

[She pauses for a moment, unsure as to how honest she should be here. Her married name is pretty well known, where she's from, and it might attract the wrong kind of attention. On the other hand... she's far from home, and so far, she's met no one from Thedas here.

In the end, she throws caution to the wind.]

Riona Theirin. Pleased to make your acquaintance, despite the circumstances. Though I suppose the setting could be worse.