Writing Meme/Character Game

elisabeth_ist 2020-08-28 03:25:16 UTC #1

Anybody remember these things from, like, 2008? I recently found a bunch of them -- they're quite fun to fill out with your own characters. I'll post some particularly good questions below, in case anyone wants to play this game!

DIRECTIONS, PART 1: Choose ten of your characters and assign each of them a number from one through ten. (They don't all have to be from the same story.)

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9.
10.

DIRECTIONS, PART 2: Use the numbers that you've assigned to your characters to fill out whichever prompts below seem like fun.

7 becomes 1's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?
3 and 5 get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?
6, 9, and 10 must help an orphanage full of small and depressed children have a merry Christmas. Who does what, knowing that at the very least the kids will be expecting a visit from Santa?
4 is deathly ill, and 2 must attempt to nurse them back to health. How does this go?
9 kidnaps 8, and 7 and 4 must team up in order to rescue 8. What happens next?
3 is stranded in a desert. Who would they rather be stranded with: 1, 5, or 8?
2 challenges 9 to a no-holds-barred duel. Who wins and why?
6 and 10 go on their first date. Where do they go, and what do they do?
7, 5, and 9 are in the car while 3 is driving. They near a McDonald's. Who demands to stop there? How does 3 respond?
1, 4, and 10 are staying the night in a haunted house. How do they respond?

elisabeth_ist 2020-08-28 04:04:36 UTC #2

Example (I had so much fun with this...)

Rose
Andrew
Mrs. Robeson
Topher
Gwyn
Tory
Hannah
Diana
Harry
Tom

Hannah becomes Rose's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?

Oh, Christ. Hannah lords it over Rose for all that she is worth, of course. She makes sure that she has a big desk and a fancy plaque on her door and she does things like force Rose to fetch paperclips for her, all with a massive smile on her face. Rose mostly rolls her eyes a lot.

Mrs. Robeson and Gwyn get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?

Er... these two don't get along terribly well, due to their mutual friendship with the same person and their strong disagreement about how certain things should be handled. So I think it would be a lot of passive-aggressive wishing. Mrs. Robeson would wish that Gwyn would grow a backbone. Gwyn would wish that Mrs. Robeson would mind her own business. It would take them a certain amount of time to stop sniping and agree on anything.

Ultimately, though, I think they could agree to wish Gwyn's eidolon away. And then they're both werewolves -- would they wish their lycanthropy away, too? Gwyn would want to. Mrs. Robeson, though... I don't think she would, as she's accomplished so much and has fought so hard for so long. I guess she'd probably let Gwyn make the wish, but she'd think less of him for it.

As for the third wish... it would have to be Mrs. Robeson's, as a lot of effort has now gone to make Gwyn happy. She'd probably wish for a trip to Paris for her and her wife; maybe a nice restaurant dinner while they're there. Nothing overly complicated.

Tory, Harry, and Tom must help an orphanage full of small and depressed children have a merry Christmas. Who does what, knowing that at the very least the kids will be expecting a visit from Santa?

Honestly, this bunch would be awesome at this. Tom's Santa; there doesn't even need to be a discussion about that. He does the beard, the suit, the laugh -- he's putting in 110%, and the kids love it. Tory and Harry are there in a more pastoral sense. Tory's crafting Christmas presents for everybody and giving away favorite novels she thinks the kids might like; she also attempts to adopt all of them. Harry takes time to sit down with each kid individually, listening to what they have to say and making them feel special. They all definitely get invited back.

Topher is deathly ill, and Andrew must attempt to nurse him back to health. How does this go?

This would be a weird situation that would only happen under very unexpected circumstances, and both Topher and Andrew would be deeply unsettled by it. Topher would be resentful that this was happening to him (what did he do to deserve this as well as everything else?!), and Andrew would be absolutely terrified that he'd screw something up and murder him by mistake. To say nothing of the full moon -- what happens when you're caring for a sick person who's about to turn into a werewolf for eight hours? Andrew would read a lot of books, and do a lot of Googling, and do even more panicking.

Harry kidnaps Diana, and Hannah and Topher must team up in order to rescue her. What happens next?

Oh, they wouldn't. They absolutely wouldn't. If Harry (the sensible bean that he is!) is actually kidnapping somebody, he's got a very good reason for it. If that person is Diana, then he's doing it under moral obligation and Hannah and Topher wouldn't dream of messing with it. Harry'd be their hero.

Mrs. Robeson is stranded in a desert. Who would they rather be stranded with: Rose, Gwyn, or Diana?

This would actually be a tricky one for Mrs. Robeson, because her first-instinct answer would be "Who would be most interesting to be stranded with?", not "Who could I stand to be around for a long time?" Rose is her best friend, so that seems like the obvious answer -- they'd work well together. However, you certainly can't deny that Diana's interesting. Mrs. Robeson is a reporter. She's got some questions to ask her. And being stranded in a desert gives you have a lot of time to talk.

Andrew challenges Harry to a no-holds-barred duel. Who wins and why?

Well, this would certainly never happen. The two of them are some of the even-tempered characters in the entire book. They're also both huge nerds (albeit in different subjects). Unless it's a duel of knowledge, they're not getting anywhere near a fight.

Tory and Tom go on their first date. Where do they go, and what do they do?

The age difference here is too huge to allow this to happen. It'd be more of a hanging-out/mentorship date in which Tom is a bad influence and Tory lets him be. They'd probably go to a cool brunch place or something like that -- somewhere Tom goes regularly and which gives Tory a good opportunity for people-watching.

Hannah, Gwyn, and Harry are in the car while Mrs. Robeson is driving. They near a McDonald's. Who demands to stop there? How does Mrs. Robeson respond?

Hannah is high-key "MCDONALDS, MCDONALDS!", while Harry is low-key "We have food at home." Except he's not going to stop her, because he secretly wouldn't mind a McFlurry himself. Gwyn sits back and watches the action; then, when Mrs. Robeson gives in, he orders an enormous meal and a black coffee and consumes it quietly in the backseat. And yes, Mrs. Robeson definitely gives in. She doesn't show it, but she was very like Hannah when she herself was young.

Rose, Topher, and Tom are staying the night in a haunted house. How do they respond?

Rose is mostly concerned; she has experience with supernatural creatures, and she thinks she knows what to do if they run into a bona fide ghost at any point, but the research is split on a few things... well, she tells herself, she'll project confidence until she can convince herself that she feels it.

Topher, of course, launches hard into "why me?!" mode, and is one of the only people in history to be glum and resigned and sarcastic about running away from angry spirits. Tom's just ready to bash any and all ghosts he sees with his trusty metal water bottle. Those things can come in handy.

kmlangleyauthor 2020-08-28 04:46:53 UTC #3

Omg I want to do this but my WiFi isn’t working and my hotspot may or may not be maxed out so I’m doing everything on my phone right now and I don’t think that’s going to work but I’ll come back to this! (Assuming my extremely faulty memory doesn’t fail me ) This seriously looks hilarious

Wocalich 2020-08-28 05:01:21 UTC #4

1.Bilana
2.Psetha
3.Blağo
4.Kohıpş
5.Sana
6.Suzu
7.Genka
8.Chino
9.Himiko
10.Daichi

Prompt:
4. 4 is deathly ill, and 2 must attempt to nurse them back to health. How does this go?
Okay, this will be fun

Kohıpş and Psetha would both sulk all the way through it.
Kohıpş: You don't have to do this. Don't you hate me?
Psetha : squeezes out a drenched rag
Psetha: slaps it on Kohıpş's forehead
Kohıpş: Wha-
Psetha: Please shut up.

alliascompany 2020-08-28 05:53:58 UTC #5

Mago
2.Mimo
Asa
Felix
5.Delphine
6.Timoteo
Dolly
Dominique
Evan
Annika

Prompts
1: Dolly becomes Mago's boss for a week.

This would probably take in the form of putting on an act for the circus. Mago would probably want to do a lot of scary imagery and tricks while Dolly keeps shooting her down saying maybe aim for something more comedic. Mago would probably be frustrated but will have to go along since Dolly is the head clown/boss' wife/ her surrogate mother.

2:Asa and Delphine get three wishes. They must both agree on what to wish one before recieving the benefits.

There would be a good chance of making no wishes. Because every time Asa would make a suggestion, Delphine would end up getting a vision if how the wish could go wrong, which would end up Asa giving up in despair.

3:Timoteo, Evan and Annika helps an orphanage have a merry Christmas. Who does what?
Timoteo would gladly play the part as Santa. Evan would cheer up the kids by having his dogs perform tricks while dressed up as reindeer. Annika would be dressed as an elf, carrying a big bag of gifts for the kids.

4: Felix is deathly ill and Mimo must attempt to nurse him back to health. How does it go?

Mimo would have a hard time, especially since Felix is usually already grumpy and doesn't like him much. But he'd try his very best to make Felix feel better. Felix would be very annoyed the whole time, maybe even snapping at Mimo from time to time, but would secretly appreciate the effort. Maybe even make him rethink his whole, "hates people " thing.

Evan kidnaps Domnique and Dolly and Felix has to rescue her.

Would take a lot for Evan to kidnap anyone, but if he did, Dolly would probably drag Felix, asking him to track down him and Dominique. Dolly would appeal to Evan's humanity, and Evan being an empath would know how genuine she's being and how much she cares for him. And if that didn't work, Felix would turn into a tiger and chase him, maybe even fight off Evan's dogs while Dolly freed Dominique.

6: Asa is stranded on a deserted island. Who would she rather be stranded with, Mago, Delphine, or Dominique?

Asa is pretty good friends with Delphine so probably her. Second would be Dominique. He flying skills could be helpful. Definitely not Mago though. They'd drive each other crazy.

7: Mimo challenges Evan to a no-holds-barred duel. Who wins and why?

This would be intense seeing how they're best friends. I'm more inclined to say Mimo since he's more athletic.

8: Delphine and Annika go on their first date. Where would they go what do they do?

(Cheating here because Timoteo is married and Annika is underaged.) Probably to the movies and a nice dinner. I'd imagine it'd go pretty well too. Evan would be heartbroken and jealous though XD.

9: Dolly, Delphine, and Evan are in the car while Asa ** is driving. They near McDonald's. Who demands to stop and how does **Asa respond?

Out of the three, Evan most likely. Asa would snap at him for demanding and Evan would apologize.

10: Mago, Felix, and Annika are staying the night at a haunted house. How do they respond.

Mago would not be okay XD. She's terrified of ghosts. Would stick to Annika the whole time. Annika would try to act tough, but be nervous. Felix would try to be apathetic but still wary.

Realized I didn't have to do all ten. Oh well, had fun writing these out XD.

SignedA 2020-08-28 09:52:54 UTC #6

Cleyton
Mia
Dan
Autumn
Yntchéonne
Elsa
A
Rose
Cata
Dr.Perché

Ah, this one is good! I will say that it is impossible for that to happen, since they live in two different universes. And even this they managed to meet, during my crossover stories, one is an amateur author who publishes his works on the web, and the other is one of the warriors whose mission is to protect his clan.

Hahaha ! It might be fun. At first, Yntchéonne wouldn't care to know that he can make a wish, unlike Dan who would like to wish the most bizarre things that can come to his mind. But since they have to agree on the same wishes, Dan will beg Yntchéonne to play along, which he will get by moaning in the latter's ears.

And in the end, against all expectations, he will ask his two best friends that she is the wish that is dearest to them. And they will answer him:

Yntchéonne: "See my parents again."

Cleyton: "Punish whoever killed my heart brother."

And their wishes, to them all will be raised, because Dan has always wanted one thing: "that those around him are always happy".

Awesome ! I really do not know where to start ... Already, the children will have the most gigantic Christmas of their life, and even have private fencing lessons, thanks to Elsa. Because being part of a noble Yrcanorian family, she has the means to and should be used to participating in charitable works.

As for the other two fellows, of course the doctor will not hesitate, from the moment he arrives in the orphanage, to put on the costume of Santa Claus and tell his anecdotes all as delirious as him, all this to prove his thesis on the existence of perched.

As for Cata, well ... it seems the party would have ended in the hospital, because someone would have done a science experiment that would have gone wrong. I wonder who could have done that?

Cata (speaks into his dictaphone): note, no longer used nitroglicerin to modify in the composition of fireworks.

Simple, she panics ! But her little brother comes to shave her and help her heal Autumn. And this one being an expert in traditional medicine, tries to guide them as best as possible to know how to make a medicine manufactured to treat her.

They don't do anything. In fact, Cata is probably going to make a mistake that will backfire, or at worst cause Rose a little scratch. And then this one is really not the type to let it be. And is much more athletic than Cata. Hahaha !

Easy ! With Yntchéonne, he's the friend he's closest to.

Mia, because she fights much more in her story than Cata in hers. Must say that it helps to deal with a plot formed by a large technology company, involved in the disappearance of many people.

No way ! No, but are you okay ? Elsa is in love with Yntchéonne but she will have it very late in their story that he is her childhood sweetheart.

Hmm ... for once, I dry it. I do not know. Maybe something like this:

A - You haven't you? Oh hold a McDonald's? Let's go ?

Cata - Yeah why not!

Dan and Yntchéonne - What is a Makdonalede ?

And yeah, there isn't that where they come from.

Cleyton: calm and try to find a logical reason for what is going on.

Autumn: not impressed at all.

Dr. Perché: Happy to witness a phenomenon concerning pole vaulting for the second time in his life.

That's all, I never thought I could answer all the questions. But I succeeded!

ps: some characters are being written so their current personality may well change in their final version.

MorganaMevil 2020-08-28 15:11:56 UTC #7

Malia
Reese

7 becomes 1's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?

Lol. 1 is Malia, the assassin, and 7 is Reese, the bad virago-in-training (essentially a bad spy). Ignoring the fact that they are from different stories and different time periods and different places, Reese would be a terrible boss for Malia. This is how the relationship would go:

I could kill her, Malia thought absentmindedly. It wouldn’t be that hard either. The girl was somewhat small, easily distracted, and didn’t seem very well trained in weapons combat.
Oblivious to Malia’s considerations, Reese beamed and walked over to the assassin. “So, how was your first assignment?”
The corner of Malia’s mouth twitches. Assignment. She worked alone. She wasn’t assigned things. She had been a princess at one point—she listened to no one. She pulled the heart out of her bag and tossed it to Reese, throwing it hard enough that it bounced out of the girl’s hands and hit her shirt.
Malia smiled quietly.
Reese squeaked as she realized the blood of a deadman now stained her shirt. She looked down at the organ with blooming confusion. “Y-you killed him? Malia we’ve been over this—you don’t have to kill them. Just bring them in ALIVE.”
Malia scoffed. “That’s not my style. I see a bad man, I kill a bad man. I don’t drag him around like cattle for slaughter. They are wild animals; they deserve to be shot on sight.“ She curled her lips into a cold smile. She was good at that. She scrubbed the world clean of another terrible being that way. Not by collecting them like children’s toys.
Reese frowned, but then tried to turn it into an encouraging smile. “I understand your process, and I value it. How about... you go talk to agency psychologist about your feelings? I think she’d really be able to help you with your feelings.” She added another bright flash of teeth at the end, like she was trying to cover her words with positivity.
Malia scowled. She didn’t know what a “psychologist” was, but she had the distinct feeling she wouldn’t like it.
Killing Reese was becoming more appeasing by the hour.

nathanKmcwilliams 2020-08-28 16:00:14 UTC #8

Hmm. This will be difficult considering a lot of my characters aren't designed to be in any of these situations since my comic is an Battle Shonen with zero 'normal life' situations in it XD
I'll just do my characters in order of appearance from the comic Dragon Sparking.

1 Rip (main character)
2 Erick (antagonist)
3 Frost Giant (aka Frosty, antagonist, monster)
4 Moira (antagonist)
5 Freya (secondary main character, Rip's adopted sister)
6 Vykir (Rip's adopted father)
7 Lurhilde (Rip's adopted mother)
8 Peregrine (side character, exposition machine xD)
9 Loki (current main villain)
10 Jotunna (henchwoman to main villain)

(Work Situation)
Lurhilde tells Rip to do some household chores. He complies with happiness, because he's a good boy xD. He gets his chores done quickly and is praised for it by Lurhilde.

(Three Wishes)
Freya and the Frost Giant somehow have access to wishes. Frosty, being a non-sentient beast, tries to attack Freya. Freya, being very put out because she is missing out on wishes, beats up the Frost Giant in a fit of rage, and leaves him in a pile on the forest floor.

(Merry Christmas...Futurama style.)
Vykir goes to the orphanage, dressed up as Santa Claus. He looks the part because he already has a huge beard and is pretty stocky.
He arrives with presents, only to go inside and see that Loki and Jotunna have kidnapped all of the children. They will only let the children live if Vykir surrenders his life.
Vykir does, and Loki promptly kills him. The children go free and Loki and Jotunna vanish into the night.

(Down with the Sickness)
Moira has fallen ill. She mistakenly asks her partner in mercenary work, Erick to help her. Instead he lets her die and then has her completely cyborgized, and installs a system that allows him to remote control her.
Now he's got a zombified puppet with hypnotic abilities to command at his leisure. Erick feels like life is good.

(Kidnapping)
Loki kidnaps Peregrine and gets away with his crime, as Lurhilde and Moira never met and are unaware of each other.
Loki teleports Peregrine to the bottom of the sea and she drowns.

(Stranded)
The Frost Giant, being a non-sentient monster would rather be stranded with Peregrine, as she is the easiest food source. Rip and Freya are too hard to take down for sustenance.

(The Duel)
Erick easily outwits Loki. First he steals Loki's teleportation ability, then shoots him from multiple directions. Erick is just a better tactiction and has more variation in both his powers and tech.

(The Date)
Would not happen. Vykir is happily married to Lurhilde and wouldn't step out on her. Plus Jotunna is much younger than he is.

(McDonalds)
The McDonalds chain of restaurants do not exist in my universe. Implausible. Does not compute.

(Haunted House)
Rip calmly gets through it all. Unless there's vampires there...in which case he panicks and runs around screaming until he finds a way out.

Moira uses her teleportation device and dips out without a word.

Jotunna sleeps like a baby, completely unafraid of a single thing.

Haha! I did them all, that was pretty fun.

elisabeth_ist 2020-08-28 16:37:53 UTC #9

Please do! I'd love to get your take on it.

elisabeth_ist 2020-08-28 16:38:18 UTC #10

Okay, this genuinely made me bust up laughing. I can just picture it.

kmlangleyauthor 2020-08-29 01:13:47 UTC #11

Okay, so this got a little out of hand tbh but I can’t even be mad because I’ve had such a hard time writing over the last month that any type of character study is helpful
(Jake and Damien are the only two from the same story. Most of the others... should never meet LOL)
@elisabeth_ist enjoy

Jake
Damien
Rachel
Micah
Beckett
Linny
Kezzia
Tetrina
Ben
Tullius

3 and 5 get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?

Rachel and Beckett

Rachel: (texting) [Wishes have to be pretty specific, right?]

Beckett: * jumping * “How did you get my number?”

Rachel: (texting) [It wasn’t hard to find. You’ve never tried to cover your digital footprint. You didn’t answer my question, though.]

Beckett: “Uh, yeah, I guess vague wishes never quite turn out right. Umm. Just how specific are you talking?”

Rachel: * smirking * (texting) [I won’t ask any questions, if that’s what you’re worried about. You have any ideas?]

Beckett: “Let me think for a minute...”

Rachel: (texting) [GIF “I really do want world peace!”]

Beckett: * chokes on his drink from laughing *

Rachel: (texting) [What about steady work?]

Beckett: * pales * “I don’t think that’s a good idea... What about... peaceful, fulfilling lives?”

Rachel: * nods * (texting) [How about effective communication?]

Beckett: “Oh, yeah. I like that one. And... a lifetime supply of...”

Rachel: (texting) [Pizza?]

Beckett: “YES! You have the best ideas!”

Rachel: * face-palming * (texting) [That was a joke...]

Beckett: “Too late! No take backs!” * laughs *

9 kidnaps 8, and 7 and 4 must team up in order to rescue 8. What happens next?

Ben kidnaps Tetrina. Kezzia and Micah need to rescue Tetrina.

“How did this even happen? No one can sneak up on Tetrina!” Kezzia pinched the bridge of her nose.

“Don’t ask me, darlin’, I’ve never even met her,” Micah responded dryly.

“Why are you even here, then?” Kezzia questioned tersely, rereading the ransom note.

“I don’t f**king know. That’s what I’ve been asking you all morning,” Micah laughed.

Kezzia glared over at him, but continued her task. “This seems fairly cut and dry, but unless you have several million dollars lying around, then I’m going to have to sneak in to get her. My biggest concern-“

Micah snorted. “Why do you get to be the one to do the f**king hero work?”

Kezzia gave him a pointed look, silencing him. “If you would have let me finish what I was saying, I think I can help with the breaking and entering, but whatever they have keeping Tetrina there is not going to be my forte. But you’re good with electronics and such, yes?”

Micah huffed out a sigh. “That’s not my forte, either. But I think I know enough to be useful. Why did she even get kidnapped?”

Kezzia shifted around uncomfortably. “I think Ben might have gotten bored. C’mon. Let’s do this.”
————
“Micah, whatever you do, don’t piss off Tetrina,” Kezzia whispered as they crept down a passageway.

Micah quirked an eyebrow. “I don’t know why you think I’d piss anyone off.”

“That’s all you’ve been doing all day,” Kezzia growled quietly.

“More concerning is that this has been too easy,” Micah pointed out with a grin.

“I know...” Kezzia paused, straining to listen to the tiny sound she’d heard. “Quick, in here,” she hissed, shoving Micah into a doorway and tumbling on top of him.

“Darlin’, you’re not going to seduce me with your feminine charms,” Micah drawled, moving Kezzia off of his chest.

Kezzia flushed. “I wasn’t. You don’t. Ugh. Never mind. I think there’s another way out of this room,” she gritted out.

Micah offered his hand to help her up from the floor. “Thanks,” she mumbled. “This way. She should have contacted us already.”

“From what you’ve mentioned, I’m sure Katrina is holding her own.”

“Tetrina,” Kezzia corrected.

“My bad,” Micah responded, trailing after like a lost puppy.

“Here,” Kezzia pointed. “There’s traps that need disarmed on this one. That means she’s close.”

Micah began sweating. “I’ll, uh, do what I can, but no promises, okay?”

“Oh, I don’t need any promises. Mess it up and we all die,” Kezzia mentioned nonchalantly.

Paling, Micah began carefully tinkering with the wires. After several tense minutes, there was a hydraulic * hiss * and the door popped open slightly. “I think it’s safe now?” Micah perused the wires one more time.

“Perfect.” Kezzia cracked the door slightly, inching it open slowly before it was wide enough to slip through. “There,” she whispered, gesturing across the room.

“How can you see? It’s f**king dark in here,” Micah grumbled under his breath.

They both froze as a spotlight flooded over them.

“Nice of you to join us,” a mellow voice greeted them. “I was beginning to think you weren’t going to show up.”

“Ben,” Kezzia growled. “What did you do to Tetrina?”

Across the room, Tetrina sat up. “He didn’t do anything, Kezzia. I was just waiting for you.”

Kezzia gaped at them as her brain attempted to make sense of what she was hearing.

“Hi, I’m Micah. I don’t think I’ve met you. And I certainly would have remembered meeting you, Ben,” Micah smiled flirtatiously.

Kezzia rolled her eyes as Ben stared at Micah in confusion.

“Ben, we can’t keep coming to rescue people,” Kezzia chided.

“Wait, this has happened before?” Micah shouted.

Tetrina stretched and yawned in the background as Ben cast a sheepish glance around. “No one was answering my messages,” he admitted quietly.

“What do you need help with,” Kezzia groaned.

“Here,” Ben quickly handed out laminated papers to each of them. “I have your tasks all printed out.”

Tetrina shook her head in amusement as Micah stared at them all in shock.

“Just text us individually next time, Ben. None of us check the group message,” Kezzia ordered. “Don’t you have people to help you with setup, anyway?”

Ben nodded. “Yes, but they’re too nosy. Plus, this was more entertaining.”

“I told you he was bored,” Kezzia stated, her triumph tempered by her annoyance.

7, 5, and 9 are in the car while 3 is driving. They near a McDonald's. Who demands to stop there? How does 3 respond?

Kezzia, Beckett, Ben, and Rachel is driving

“We’ve been in the car all day. I’m starving,” Beckett grumbled quietly in the back seat.

Kezzia perked up. “I just saw a sign for a McDonald’s. Want to stop? Is that okay, Rachel?”

Rachel frowned and wrinkled her nose, but finally shrugged and nodded.

“Yesss,” Beckett practically bounced. “You have to take this exit right now!”

Rachel cut through several lanes of traffic before giving Beckett the middle finger.

“Rachel doesn’t like backseat drivers,” Ben calmly reminded the two in the back while pulling his tablet out. “What do you to want to order? I’ll compile a list.”

“Of course you will,” Kezzia mumbled.

“We can just order one of everything and sort it out once we’re on the road again and then we won’t need to stop again for a while!” Beckett suggested enthusiastically.

Rachel snorted, rolling her eyes as she cued up in the drive thru.

“As long as I can file that under trip expenditures,” Ben mused, quickly typing a few notes.

Kezzia peered at the menu. “Ooh, extra apple pie orders, please!”

“And extra fries!” Beckett tacked on.

“You two have ridiculous appetites,” Ben noted apathetically.

“Yep,” Beckett and Kezzia agreed simultaneously.

1, 4, and 10 are staying the night in a haunted house. How do they respond?

Jake, Micah, and Tullius

Micah: “Wait, is this a ‘haunted house’ or a haunted house?”

Tullius: * glancing around nervously * “I’ll stay awake for the first few hours. Who’s up after me?”

Jake: * laying out his sleeping bag * “What? Just go to sleep. Nothing’s gonna happen.”

Micah: “I don’t know, Jake. I kind of like the fact that Tullius brought his f**king sword.”

Jake: * snorting * “That’s not going to help you against a ghost or anything else supernatural.”

Tullius: * jumping at tiny noises *

Micah: “Somehow that doesn’t make me feel better.”

elisabeth_ist 2020-08-29 04:05:35 UTC #12

I love that you got so creative with this! So much fun to mix up characters from different stories, and you have some really engaging and interesting people here. Kezzia especially seems like a useful person to have around.

Also, yeah, I think this kind of exercise can be really great to kickstart your brain after a writing slump. It doesn't feel like "work," but you are engaging with your characters, which reminds you how much fun it can be to develop them.

kmlangleyauthor 2020-08-29 05:22:54 UTC #13

This was so much fun!! I actually got into writing flow at one point! (Cue the angels singing LOL ) Kezzia is... well, she’s interesting I think I need to incorporate this feistier side of her more into her story. It’s interesting how characters forge their own way, especially in situations outside of their storyline.

Yes! I try to never force myself to write (it works for me most of the time) but I’ve been hardcore stressed and my creativity just fizzled tf out and it’s been killing me!! So any character based writing prompts have been perfect for me to feel like I’m not completely failing as a writer lol

shapeshiftingmel 2020-08-29 09:35:58 UTC #14

Uhh, this looks like fine!

Cordelia
Ryia
Jin
Shin
Aerin
Lucian
Zian
Cyrill
Meilani
Caleb

Zian becomes Cordelia's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?
Oh, Cordelia is the best of Zian's employees and always the first to finish and hand in her work. They work well together, although Cordelia sometimes gets tired by her boss's fondness of inviting her and the others to dinner every time they finish a workweek.
Jin and Aerin get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?
They'd never come to an agreement. Aerin's wishes are a little... well, Jin definitely does not want those to be granted and his wish to marry the girl he's been crushing on for a decade is something Aerin won't waste this opportunity for.
Lucian, Meilani, and Caleb must help an orphanage full of small and depressed children have a merry Christmas. Who does what, knowing that at the very least the kids will be expecting a visit from Santa?
Lucian will dress up as Santa, Meilani organizes everything else (e.g. little presents for the kids) and Caleb will be tasked to plan out an entertaining program leading up to Santa's appearance but he doesn't know what to do, so he ends up awkwardly playing board games with them and baking cookies.
Shin is deathly ill, and Ryia must attempt to nurse him back to health. How does this go?
Ryia could end up actually healing him, or Shin will just die. There is no in-between.
Meilani kidnaps Cyrill, and Zian and Shin must team up in order to rescue Cyrill. What happens next?
Shin drags Zian along with him, leading the rescue mission, but Cyrill manages to free himself and escapes on his own.
Jin is stranded in a desert. Who would he rather be stranded with: Cordelia, Aerin or Cyrill?
Cyrill, his father must know how the hell to handle this situation. He'd be dead without him.
Ryia challenges Meilani to a no-holds-barred duel. Who wins and why?
It's a tie. They're equal to one another.
Lucian and Caleb go on their first date. Where do they go, and what do they do?
They visit the museum and go to a café afterward -- Caleb can't stop talking about the things they saw at the museum and Lucian quietly drinks his tea, listening.
Zian, Aerin and Meilani are in the car while Jin is driving. They near a McDonald's. Who demands to stop there? How does Jin respond?
Zian wants to stop at McDonald's and Jin loves that idea.
Cordelia, Shin and Caleb are staying the night in a haunted house. How do they respond?
They all sleep well through the night, not bothered by the strange noises.

LadyN 2020-08-29 10:05:05 UTC #15

Shadow
Rueless
Ashling
Arash
Ryuji
Odessa
Abra
Lunu
Eden
Infinity

These characters are all from a medieval set story so it’ll be fun to modernize them. Not doing all of them but about less than half.

Abra becomes Shadow’s boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?

This is… interesting. There is going to be some things that happen between the two in the story so this is funny as it’s usually the opposite. I would assume Shadow would be tired of running around and doing all her work when she could just fly.

Arash is deathly ill, and Rueless must attempt to nurse them back to health. How does this go?

Rueless doesn’t even care about Arash so she’d just let him die.

_ Rueless challenges Eden to a no-holds-barred duel. Who wins and why?_

This is hard. Rueless would probably have a reason involving Shadow so she’ll do whatever it takes to win. Meanwhile, Eden is a warrior. She has the strength to take Rueless on. Eden might win.

Ashling is stranded in a desert. Who would they rather be stranded with: Shadow, Ryuji, or Lunu?

Ashling doesn’t like Shadow or care too much for Lunu, and Ryuji is his butler, so that’s the answer there.

This was fun.

MoseyP 2020-08-29 10:25:21 UTC #16

I don't have a lot of characters, but I'm going to see if I can still do this! I used to love doing these back when I was a teenager ahaha.

Maggie
Mateo
Suzuka
Dr. Bourne
Dr. Pradhan
Sir. Issac Larmore
Ernest
Jonah (from a chapter I'm yet to introduce lol)

Ernest becomes Maggie's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?

Terribly. Ernest has no idea what he's doing so he just gets Maggie to do busywork for him. Maggie really doesn't like Ernest so she doesn't enjoy this one bit. Not a fun time for either of them.

Suzuka and Dr. Pradhan get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?

Oh wow, they'd have issues with this. Suzuka is a real idealist while Dr. Pradhan is more of a realist. I suppose they'd both agree to a lot of really humanitarian pursuits - end world hunger, stop any unnecessary wars and provide Ardour with a properly functioning economy which benefits all.

Dr. Bourne is deathly ill, and Mateo must attempt to nurse them back to health. How does this go?

Surprisingly well. Mateo is pretty resourceful and would most likely help nurse Dr. Bourne back to health. His bedside manner isn't very good though.

Suzuka is stranded in a desert. Who would they rather be stranded with: Maggie, Dr. Pradhan, or Jonah?

Maggie, hands down. She doesn't really talk much to Dr. Pradhan and if she was left anywhere with Jonah for too long she'd murder him.

Ernest and Dr. Pradhan are in the car while Suzuka is driving. They near a McDonald's. Who demands to stop there? How does Suzuka respond?

Plot twist, Suzuka is the one who aggressively pulls into the McDonald's, screaming excitedly about getting a chocolate sundae. Ernest happily orders a Big Mac meal and Dr. Pradhan is rightfully confused and orders a black coffee and nothing else.

Maggie and Dr. Bourne are staying the night in a haunted house. How do they respond?

Maggie is a little nervous but she gets through it by convincing herself that monsters aren't real and it's just a creaky old house. She'd probably end up exploring it. On the other hand, Dr. Bourne is terrified and hates every second he is inside the building. He was never good with horror.

kmlangleyauthor 2020-08-29 17:28:42 UTC #17

These are both hilarious

Omg this made me laugh