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the ROAD TRIP meme
You know who likes a good road trip? Everyone likes a good road trip! So aren't you glad you get to go on one now? Of course you are.

How it works:
1. Post with your character, with their name | canon and any preferences in the subject line
2. Someone else tags you. Congratulations, those characters are now on a road trip together! To where? Who cares! We only care about the journey here
3. Go to the RNG and get a random number between 1 and 15 to pick your scenario, or combine numbers or make up your own
4. ???
5. ROAD TRIP STYLED PROFIT!

Scenarios:
1: LOST You should have made a left toin at Albuquerque, or maybe you've been holding the map upside down this whole time! Whatever it is, you're hopelessly LOST. Will you make it back on the path to your destination, or will you find a new adventure? ~~Try not to open any hatches.~~

2: Tourist Trap Okay, you're all for seeing the sights, but World's Biggest Doorstopper? World's Smallest Chicken? World's Noisiest Whistle? Do we really have to stophere, too?

3: Car Trouble Maybe you got a flat tire. Maybe your engine's stalled. Or maybe you just overestimated how far you could get on a half tank of gas. Either way, you're broke down on the side of the road and the nearest station is miles away; better get behind it and push!

4: Bad Weather Driving in the rain? No problem. Driving in torrential downpours or a blinding blizzard? Big problem! Better find a way to get out of the storm fast!

5: When Ya Gotta Go... Didn't I tell you to go before we left? Well, even if you did, maybe you shouldn't have had that 44 ounce Super Big Gulp, because there's not another rest stop for miles. Maybe you can find an empty bottle in the back...

6: Road Delays Stuck in traffic? Stuck at road construction? Stuck in a funeral procession? Bridge out? Whatever it is, it's blocking your way. Do you wait patiently, or maybe find your own way around it.

7: Smokey and the Bandit Oh no, those blue lights behind you can't be good. Maybe you should just pull over and accept your speeding ticket like a decent citizen. Or, maybe you should floor it. High speed chase anyone?

8: Night Driving You decided to drive through the night, and now it's one AM and you're all out of coffee. Wake up a friend and make them help you stay awake; falling asleep at the wheel is dangerous!

9: Ghost Town Boy, this town sure is quiet. And... kind of creepy. Oh God, did something in those corn rows just move? I hear banjo music; DRIVE FASTER!

10: Roadkill Good going, you hit an animal. I sure hope you feel good about yourself. Now you've killed the poor- oh, it's still moving? What do we do now!?
10a: The I Know What You Did Last Summer Edition That animal you hit was a little more human than you care for... oh dear...

11: ROAD RAGE That jerk cut me off! How dare he!? I'll make him pay! Or maybe you cut off a less-than-friendly driver of your own, and now he's after you...

12: Carjacked Awww, that was a good lunch. ...Wait, I know this is where we parked... Dude, where's the car!?!?

13: Hitchhiking Who said you needed a car for a road trip? Stick that thumb out and catch a ride where you're going. Maybe you and a buddy are chillin' with the pigs in a trailer, or maybe that nice looking hitchhiker you picked up down the road is not as nice as you thought...

14: Fantasy Car Roads? Where you're going, you don't need roads. If you're in Doc's DeLorean, anyway. Or maybe the car is really Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Or a spy car. Or the Batmobile. Or a Transformer! Whatever it is, this car is NOT normal.

15: Are We There Yet? Roller's choice! Pick your favorite option, or two, or three, or just roll with whatever feels right!

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[ Her standards are a lot lower than they were a week ago--you have to have that 'I think your brains sound delicious, actually' stare going on before it counts as creepy, anymore.

It does, however, point out exactly why it was such a bad idea to let him drive. Keeping your eyes on the road is kind of a thing, as it turns out.

Either way, she has no problem driving. Or being stared at.

She does have a little bit of a problem with the silence, though. If he's gonna hang out with her, he's gonna have to work on his conversational skills.

So, seemingly out of the blue her head tilts back against the head-rest and she asks: ]

If you could go anywhere right now, where would it be?

[ She glances his way at that, gauging his reaction. There are so many things wrong with this question, she knows. Does he even remember places outside of the city? ...Then again, does she? It's been so long. Not to mention the fact that none of those places would even exist at this point, anyway. ]

[He twitches a little when she looks at him so suddenly, like a self-conscious boy when the object of his affections finally glances his way --

Oh, wait. That's exactly what's happening here.

-- and, of course, he jerks his head, suddenly very interested in a hula dancing figurine on the dash. It's funny and cute for all of two seconds before he's sneaking a peek back over Julie's way. He doesn't remember anything -- just patches of memories from the, ah, food he's consumed. Fields, trees, rivers. Nothing solid. Even so, he's got an answer already. Except...

How do you make 'anywhere's fine as long as you're with me' sound not-corny?]

...hnn.

[He shrugs.]

[ She may or may not be taking back the 'fine being stared at'. Not because it creeps her out, but because she literally has no idea how to react to someone paying her this much undivided attention. It's awkward, but kind of in a good way, if that even makes any kind of rational sense.

Once his attention flicks to the hula girl on the dash, she suppresses an affectionate grin, reaching out a hand to tug the girl's shoulder with a finger. Not hard, just enough to send it bobbling all the more frantically, and she really really shouldn't be comparing his reaction to a cat with a laser pointer right now, what is wrong with her?

And then he's looking her way again, and their eyes meet for a second before hers flick back to the road up ahead. As much as he stares, it seems to make him nervous when she stares right back.

'Hnn,' he says. What a fantastically noncommittal answer, doubled with a did you really just-- ]

Hey, c'mon. What'd I tell you about the shrugging? [ Yes, R, this is most definitely a lecture. But it's an affectionate one, if that helps things any. ]

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yours isn't so terrible, yourself. i was shocked this wasn't taken, though, tbh

It's perfect

they both are, after that tag. ahaha