Tag Someone New

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THE TAG SOMEONE NEW MEME

How It Works

Sometimes, memes can be awkward. There's always that feeling that, if you don't know the person behind the curtain, you'll be intruding somehow. Don't worry. We've all been there. Still, it's nice to have that little reassurance that hey, it's cool. We're all in this together and we just want to play. That's where this meme comes in! The point here is to play with someone you've never played with before, OR play with a character/canon you're unfamiliar with. The prompts provided include mundane activities, chance meetings, platonic fluff, romance/smut, fighting, and crack. This is pretty much the granddaddy of meme variety, so there should be something for just about everyone. INSTRUCTIONS - Comment with you character(s). In the subject field, put all the info that's relevant + any preferences. - Reply to others. Remember, the goal is to play with new people! - The initial set of prompts is in this post. The subsequent sets are linked GoogleDocs. - Use the RNG to get your prompts. - Have fun!

1. The story starts when...

These prompts are all-purpose. 1. The story starts when your character tells the truth. 2. The story starts when your character hitchhikes. 3. The story starts when your character tries to pick up a reward. 4. The story starts when your character misses his/her train. 5. The story starts when your character tells a secret. 6. The story starts when your character tries to stop a robbery. 7. The story starts when your character agrees to a dare. 8. The story starts when your character answers a newspaper ad. 9. The story starts when your character tries to cover something up. 10. The story starts when your character recognizes someone who doesn't want to be recognized. 11. The story starts when your character moves into a new home. 12. The story starts when your character is reunited with an old friend. 13. The story starts when your character tries to help a lost child. 14. The story starts when your character decides s/he wants revenge. 15. The story starts when your character accepts a new job. 16. The story starts when your character goes to the hospital for help. 17. The story starts when your character bluffs through something. 18. The story starts when your character finds the car won't start. 19. The story starts when your character inherits an object. 20. The story starts when your character walks out on a partner. 21. The story starts when your character wakes up in the wrong bed. 22. The story starts when your character goes on a blind date.

2. Fluff

These prompts are all platonic and fluffy.

3. Romance/Smut

These prompts are romance and smut-related.

4. Fighting

These prompts have to do with fightan'.

5. Crack

These prompts are cracky and include things like animal parts and genderswap.

Get the code for this meme [here].

FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT:
<table width="400" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5"> <tr><td height="88" background="" STYLE="background-repeat: no-repeat;"><center><font size="6" color="4796D3" face="century gothic"><b>THE TAG SOMEONE NEW</b> <font size="6" face="century gothic" color="D8EA86"><b>MEME</b></font></font></center></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="4796D3"><font color="AAC9E7"><b>How It Works</b></font> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="F4F2EA">Sometimes, memes can be awkward. There's always that feeling that, if you don't know the person behind the curtain, you'll be intruding somehow. Don't worry. We've all been there. Still, it's nice to have that little reassurance that hey, it's cool. We're all in this together and we just want to play. That's where this meme comes in! The point here is to <b>play with someone you've never played with before, OR play with a character/canon you're unfamiliar with</b>. The prompts provided include mundane activities, chance meetings, platonic fluff, romance/smut, fighting, and crack. This is pretty much the granddaddy of meme variety, so there should be something for just about everyone. <b>INSTRUCTIONS</b> - Comment with you character(s). In the subject field, put all the info that's relevant + any preferences. - Reply to others. Remember, the goal is to play with new people! - The initial set of prompts is in this post. The subsequent sets are linked GoogleDocs. - Use the <a href="http://www.random.org">RNG</a> to get your prompts. - Have fun! <center><lj-cut text="I've got the magic in me"></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="D8EA86"><font color="888651"><b>1. The story starts when...</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="F4F2EA">These prompts are all-purpose. <b>1.</b> The story starts when your character tells the truth. <b>2.</b> The story starts when your character hitchhikes. <b>3.</b> The story starts when your character tries to pick up a reward. <b>4.</b> The story starts when your character misses his/her train. <b>5.</b> The story starts when your character tells a secret. <b>6.</b> The story starts when your character tries to stop a robbery. <b>7.</b> The story starts when your character agrees to a dare. <b>8.</b> The story starts when your character answers a newspaper ad. <b>9.</b> The story starts when your character tries to cover something up. <b>10.</b> The story starts when your character recognizes someone who doesn't want to be recognized. <b>11.</b> The story starts when your character moves into a new home. <b>12.</b> The story starts when your character is reunited with an old friend. <b>13.</b> The story starts when your character tries to help a lost child. <b>14.</b> The story starts when your character decides s/he wants revenge. <b>15.</b> The story starts when your character accepts a new job. <b>16.</b> The story starts when your character goes to the hospital for help. <b>17.</b> The story starts when your character bluffs through something. <b>18.</b> The story starts when your character finds the car won't start. <b>19.</b> The story starts when your character inherits an object. <b>20.</b> The story starts when your character walks out on a partner. <b>21.</b> The story starts when your character wakes up in the wrong bed. <b>22.</b> The story starts when your character goes on a blind date. </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="4796D3"><font color="AAC9E7"><b>2. Fluff</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="F4F2EA">These <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1IQkvGEnyo7Ss5-_rg1cL_fGPfSXekBEZMgDjjVyGcDA">prompts</a> are all platonic and fluffy.</td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="D8EA86"><font color="888651"><b>3. Romance/Smut</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="F4F2EA">These <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1oVQmCyHYwqWlJaX26rNRKuBNtuDRLxPRA4UdCuIomXE">prompts</a> are romance and smut-related.</td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="4796D3"><font color="AAC9E7"><b>4. Fighting</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="F4F2EA">These <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1e3VbSK7FXmf54qy5cZoLVaVfnZFISZUh1MrCl--RT2I">prompts</a> have to do with fightan'.</td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="D8EA86"><font color="888651"><b>5. Crack</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="F4F2EA">These <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1uGPLnbI6zCtOqiLbmvhnCLvZs4rr0TNbyjEcELha9N4">prompts</a> are cracky and include things like animal parts and genderswap.</td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="" height="20"><p align="right"><small>Get the code for this meme [<a href="http://skirtedjustice.livejournal.com/1087.html">here</a>].</small></td></tr> </table>

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Re: 2 - The story starts when your character hitchhikes

[meimeiriver]

[OOC: Yes, yes they will]

River was doing her usual wander around the ship while the rest of the crew was handling some job or other and needed her out of the way. Normally not having Simon's full attention bothered River a little bit but today something else caught her attention. She moves through the storage room humming softy to herself.

"Where are you," she singsonged, "I know you're here...come out and say hello."

[mapsincolor]

The smallest one is following. It's not clear how. No one should be able to hear the skittering. It's faint, a ghost noise lost in the whirr of engines, the bellows of one male at another. Humans simply don't have that level of detection.

Still, she's following. Almost sniffing around, like a

(Dog.

Good Dog.)

From the ceiling, there's a brief flash of twin orbs.

[meimeiriver]

River looks up a calm smile in place. "Hello," she says to the orbs, "who are you and how did you get here?"

[mapsincolor]

The orbs narrow, blinking several times. Then they tilt, as if considering.

"...Stitch."

They vanish, and the skittering continues deeper into the ship.

[meimeiriver]

River giggles softly and gives chase, she knows the ship better then Mal at this point and can guess where the creature is headed by sound alone. "Come back Stitch I won't hurt you."

[mapsincolor]

Stitch does not pay much attention to the reassurances. She is

humantinygirl

and unlikely to be physically capable of harm. Still, she's pursuing, and that's... weird. He concentrates on speed, staying silent until there's a growl - not from him, but his stomach.

Shoot.

[meimeiriver]

River smiles and pulls a biscut out of her dress pocket holding it out. "I have food," she says simply.

[mapsincolor]

There's a deep sniff, a thud. Quiet. Then Stitch edges into the light, all of his arms and antennaes at full bristle.

This is the part most people jump, yell whatisthat. Hopefully the tinyhuman will drop the biscuit.

It's not the best plan. He's hungry.

[meimeiriver]

River kneels and creeps forward still holding out the biscuit cooing softly. "Oh aren't you pretty," she says in delight.

[mapsincolor]

That earns a head tilt. (Pretty - attractive, appealing, possessing beauty) - Okay, clearly his translator is malfunctioning!

"Eh?"

[meimeiriver]

River giggles. "You are pretty," she says brightly, "pretty...it's a good word....a nice word. Don't people say nice words to you?"

[mapsincolor]

Stitch eases in a little closer. The giggling is familiar, at least - warm, happy, like...

.. like someone else.

He shakes his head at the question.

"People not say 'pretty.' People say 'Eeeeeeeeeek!'"

[meimeiriver]

"I'm not like most people, I'm broken....I think scary things are pretty," River says softly.

[mapsincolor]

Stitch's ears shift at that, the way she says 'broken.' He mutters, "Little... and broken..."

Then -

"You scared?"

She's certainly not acting afraid. He takes a few steps closer, eyes fixing on the food again.

[meimeiriver]

"No," River says firmly, "no I'm not scared of you. I like you just like you are. Little and broken."

[mapsincolor]

"Huh."

He considers her for a moment. Then -

"Why? Stitch could... be bad. Stitch could be breaking ship."

Because really, he's a strange creature running around in her home. (there's no questions it's hers, from the way she moves, walks, even sits still - she belongs here) Who knows what he could be up to?

[meimeiriver]

River thinks about this, the response is an easy one but it's putting it into words that the creature can understand that she's having a problem with. "I was bad once too," she finally says, "I hurt people, but the crew of this ship doesn't care about that. They like me anyway, they are my family."

[mapsincolor]

Stitch brightens at that, a bit.

"Ohana."

The girl might not understand this word exactly. But the way he rolls it out, the longing in it, will probably get the meaning across.

[meimeiriver]

River knew a lot but obscure Earth languages were more Simon's subject then hers. Still the word meant something to the creature and she nodded, "Family," she repeated, "we could be your family too since you lost yours."

[mapsincolor]

"Lost."

How did she know that? How?!

Family - He had one. He knows he did. But when he tries to think of them, there's only pain.

He clutches at his head with all four arms.

[meimeiriver]

River reaches out her hand. "Oh...did someone make you forget...."

[mapsincolor]

"Dunno... maybe...Acth esh bala..."

The words are starting to get mixed up again.

He senses the hand coming toward him, but it's not moving fast enough to register as 'threat.'

[meimeiriver]

"I don't like it when people hurt animals or other creatures," River says, "it's mean and wrong. I will never hurt you like that I promise."

[mapsincolor]

Stitch gives a little huffing chuckle at that. He can take direct hits from semi-trucks - It's unlikely this tinyhuman (okay, she's nice, maybe shouldn't keep calling her that) could do much damage.

But someone did.

He leans forward into the hand, letting her scratch if she wants.

"...Okay."

Then -

"What's your name?"

[meimeiriver]

River does scratch behind the ears nice and gentle so as not to spook her new friend. "River...my name is River...what should I call you?"