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[memesmemes]

{The Road Trip Meme!!} It's that time of the year again! You decided to take a road trip! Either to your friends, relative, or perhaps an event, but oh, my goodness, what will happen along the way? • Post with your character name/fandom/options preferences. • Use RNG to pick your possible scenario - or just go with what you'd like most. • Reply to other people's tags. Use RNG, mix and match, or just wing it! • Enjoy! Situations: 1. BREAK DOWN Oh, snap, your car decided to break down out in the middle of nowhere. WHAT DO? Is that Leatherface? Will this be "Children of the Corn"? 2. TRUCK STOP You've stopped at a gas station. They're out of gas, snacks and the bathrooms are out of order. Wat do. (Zombie attack optional.) 3. HITCHHIKERS? Is this even a good idea? Why is their backpack leaking suspicious substances? Go wild. 4. WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST HIT? Dude, I hear deer mess up cars... or I think that was a deer. 5. DON'T MAKE ME TURN THIS CAR AROUND! Alas, you're the parent or the disgruntled friend who has had it up to here with all the fighting in the back. 6. OMG, I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS LANDMARK! No, no, and no. You tell that person that they're going to be driven around and they're going to like it. 7. THE GREAT ESCAPE Either dinosaurs or the mothman is chasing you. Don't stop now. 8. MAKE OUT~ You're now parked in one of the make-out points in this town. Did you know? Well, that's up to you, as is what you do next. 9. WE'RE SO LOST The map blew away when you were stupid enough to open the windows earlier. You know that old stereotype about how men never ask for directions but women will? Time to see if you're going to prove it right or not. Try not to fight over it too much, driving partners. 10. BUT OFFICER... Those flashing lights in your rearview mirror? Definitely not just for decoration. Relationship (optional): 1. BUSINESS PARTNERS: The jet was undergoing some heavy repairs, so you have to drive to that big meeting. 2. BFFS/ROOMIES: On your last hurrah before you join the 'real world.' 3. NEWLYWEDS: You're a young couple on your honeymoon! Hope this doesn't ruin your relationship. 4. SIBLINGS: Whether this is a trip to reconnect or to fix things or to just deepen your bond as epic sibs is up to you. 5. PARENT & CHILD: It's like a family vacation for the two of you. try not to get on each other's nerves too much? (taken from memeonic & arspaulina @ lj)

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[petrichorian]

"My powers of observation are not that lacking." He replied, though he sounded more amused than offended, "We've been traveling together for this long, and will do so for a while yet. I would be able to pick you out of a crowd."

At least, he thought that he would, as he hadn't yet seen that the others were identical he wouldn't really know for sure.

[adamos]

I'm not sure... [He touches a couple of flowers as he speaks, not looking up at Thor, but seeming more focused on the ground. He looks rather thoughtful.]

Us golems look exactly the same... We have the same eyes, the same hair and the same clothes... Even our creator can't really tell us apart.

[petrichorian]

"How strange." He shook his head, clarifying, "Not that you're the same, though that is strange as well, but that your creator wouldn't want to be able to tell one from the other." Which was the only reason he could think of for doing something like that. It was something he couldn't quite wrap his mind around.

So instead of puzzling over it further he just nodded towards the flowers, "Has anyone taught you how to plait them?"

[adamos]

It's not really that strange. We were created for a very specific purpose... Being able to tell us apart isn't that important. I don't think he likes us that much, anyway.

[Sometimes Adamo gets the feeling that Michael doesn't dislike him quite as much as he dislikes the other, but that's a whole other story all together.

He glances up at the other at the question and then shakes his head.]

Taking them out of the earth when they're growing so well seems cruel somehow... So I don't really want to learn...

[Pause.] Though I wouldn't mind if the flowers were bought, since those are already dying... But as it is, these ones are living brilliantly. Picking them would be wrong.

[petrichorian]

Thor smiled as he crouched beside the other, running his own hands through the flowers and starting to weave them together where they grew, fingers moving more deftly than one would think him capable of from his size, "Plaiting them without plucking them is something we learn on Asgard, usually as children, though there's an art to it, and for certain celebrations there are whole fields of flowers woven and braided into intricate designs."

He shook his head as he continued, "I never took the time to learn the more complicated ones, I always had more important things to do, but I can still show you the basic patterns."

[adamos]

Ohhh...! [He definitely has his attention now. Adamo watches what he's doing with great interest.]

Please do! [It looked pretty. He would definitely like to learn, since it didn't seem to harm the flowers at all, which was a concern of his.]

How do I do it?

[petrichorian]

"Here. If you've ever braided hair, it's easiest to think of it that way. You use the same sort of pattern." He nudged his hands under Adamo's, "Follow what I do."

Mostly it was a case of finding flowers that were close enough together to work their stems together, without breaking them and without bruising the petals, which was the harder part, especially with the thin blue petals they were working with.

[adamos]

I haven't ever braided anyone's hair...

[Adamos generally didn't care, and he doesn't think Michael would ever let him near his hair, so it's kind of difficult for him to do so or have done so.]

Okay.

[He focuses then, following Thor's lead. He's the "expert" of the two after all.]

[petrichorian]

Once he'd gone through the motions a few times with his charge's hands atop his own he slipped his hands away with a nod, "Go on. That cluster." He gestured, "And the next." Another point. The garland so far was a gently looping thing, not quite a spiral and not really a circle, but that was much the point as far as Thor knew.

[adamos]

Yes, sir! [Adamo chimes in pleasantly, before moving to work on the cluster Thor gestured toward, working a tad slowly, but surely none the less. He just doesn't want to mess up, a focused look on his face, concentrated on what he's doing.]

Am I doing it right?

[petrichorian]

Thor sat back on his heels to watch, perfectly at ease just sitting in a sparse field by the side of the road in what was essentially the middle of nowhere.

There was an easy smile at the question, nodding once, "Aye, seems it. Better than I generally manage, certainly."