Test Drive Meme 009

[voidtreckermods]

Welcome to our Test Drive Meme! Here is the place to see how your character might fit the setting, grab some samples and start having fun!

1. Post with your character. I’ve written out some prompts but feel free to make up your own, you have a whole train to play with!

2. Assume they have been around long enough for threads to jump right into the action!

3. Have much fun!

Happy testing!

Dining Car

Situated above the kitchen the dining car has a large wooden table stretching the length of the carriage. Two long wooden benches run either side of it. At meal times it is inevitably crowded, chaotic and noisy without a doubt.

Try not to jostle your fellow diners as you navigate inter-universe table manners. Or is waiting better? Eating before or after everyone else so that you can eat in relative peace an entire table length from the next nearest person.

Or are you the rebel who starts a food fight?

Chores

Chores are part of life on board the Voidtrecker Express. Each team is assigned a task each month: Cleaning kitchen and bathrooms, cleaning bedrooms and passenger areas, laundry and cooking.

Obviously the only thing enforcing these chores in a passengers own conscience and their fellow travellers.

Are you diligent or do you shirk? Do you try swapping your tasks with someone else? Or just outright bribing someone to do your work for you? Work together to get the task done or try and persuade a lazy team member to pull their weight.

Snow Way!

In a small village a copy-cat of the supervillain Professor Chill has struck! She has no weather machine but holds the same ability to control snow- and seems to be using natural winter to attack the village.

Team One

The village is being attacked by snowmen and ice golems. Magically animated ice creatures that attack with sticks and claws. Protect the village by fighting off the snow creatures!

Team Two

Many of the village have tried to escape through a mountain pass. Go and help them evacuate. Fend off monsters, carry children or luggage. Help the villagers through the snowdrifts.

Team Three

Our villain seems as fond of puns as her predecessor and finding her is made either easier or harder by the trail of clues left by her. Clues consist of puns, ice riddles and snow facts. Solve the clues and track her down to bring her to justice.

Snowball fight!

Of course once the monsters and villain have been defeated there is some time to have fun in the snow. If anyone can stand the sight of it any more. Snowballs, snow angels and snowmen (the non animated kind) are yours for the making.

Have fun!

Comments

Waver Velvet | Fate/Zero [servantswap AU]

[littlefury]

[a; dining car;]

[The mealtime rush was too much to deal with. Waver was small enough as it was, he didn't want to deal with the claustrophobia of being towered over by half the train's population. So he was rarely seen until most of the initial chaos had died down, and only once he could claim a table alone--usually with just a cup of coffee, or something light if he ate much of anything at all. It looked like he'd rather keep himself busy scribbling in a notebook or fiddling with his SCA restlessly.]

[b; snow team three]

[Waver frowned at the latest 'clue' left by their nefarious adversary, reading it out loud:]

'Why do reindeer have fur coats...?' What kind of dumb question is that? I don't know how this is supposed to point us in any direction.

[He paused, reading the rest of the clue.]

'Because th...Because they look silly in snow suits?!'

[He made the universal noise of aggravation at a horrendously bad joke, about as close to spontaneously combusting from rage as a single person could be.]

[c; wildcard]

[go nuts]

two angery boys versus riddles

[clanimosity]

[Kurapika has to work a bit to stifle a laugh. It's not a good joke by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like the kind of sideways logic Gon would appreciate.]

I agree that it doesn't seem very helpful, but it is true, for better or worse.

[He takes a moment to think, attempting to get his mind outside his usual method of thinking before frowning.]

This might be easier if we were familiar with the area, perhaps it ties to where reindeer gather? Or something involving a store that sells winter clothes?

[It's...a reach, but he's trying.]

[littlefury]

[Waver seethed for a little longer before taking a deep breath and visibly counting to five in his head. Sure, he could start yelling and it would make him feel better, but it wouldn't help.]

...It could be either one. But reindeer seem like the more obvious lead as it's written, which means it's probably a diversion from the real answer.

[clanimosity]

[Yeah, save the yelling for once you find this icy punslinger.]

With the nature of their abilities, coupled with the simplistic and seemingly nonsensical clue, I feel like assuming that there's diversions within it may be giving them too much credit. Generally, in my experience, those with overwhelming strength lean on it more than cleverness - but it can't hurt to be careful, either.

[He's frustrated as well. So little to go on, and only having guesswork at best to speculate this person's intentions. It's almost like flying blind.]

[littlefury]

You're right, I guess. I'd just feel better overestimating someone than underestimating them, given the choice.

b

[djmichelle]

[Over Waver's shoulder, a mascot bear in snow gear looks at the note, letting out an unamused sigh once she gets the joke.]

Jeez, should have expected the answer to be something lame. What does this have to do with the other clues we found?

[Misaki struggles to grab the other note with her bear paws, but is able to read it aloud once she's managed to unfold it.]

'What do snowmen do when the weather's too hot for hats and scarves?' Hm, they're both jokes about winter clothes....

[littlefury]

What does that one even m-

[...that's a bear. A large cartoon bear.]

Uh...

[djmichelle]

Oh. I'm not a real bear. I have to wear this for missions.

[Misaki has gotten used to weird looks over time. It's a bit of a pain to have to be dressed like this, but this suit is equipped with a few useful things at least.]

'They turn into puddles.' That's the answer to the snowman joke.

[littlefury]

That's asinine.

[The bear or the joke? Yes.]

[djmichelle]

Tell me about it. My friend equipped it with rocket boosters, at least, so it's not useless.

[The fact that Kokoro put rocket controls on a mascot suit for performing is still asinine though. Seriously, what was the idea behind that?]

a

[draconite]

Excuse me!

[ It's one of the rare occasions that Waver has food when Bryn steals over to pester him. But rest assured, that food's not staying there for long, because she immediately follows up with: ]

Have you already finished eating that? Do you mind if I eat it?

[ JUST BEGGING FOR TABLE SCRAPS... LIKE YOU DO... ]

[littlefury]

[...Just gonna...slowly slide Bryn half a sandwich.]

You could just get your own. If they ran out of food then this place is pretty badly organized.

[draconite]

Oh, I've already eaten my share! [ Because... of course she has... ] But I'm still hungry and if there's food going to waste, isn't it better for someone who's hungry to eat it?

[ She doesn't wait for him to respond before she plops herself down at the table next to him, looking very much as if she doesn't intend to scoot any time soon. ]

What are you writing? It must be interesting if it's keeping you away from your food!

[littlefury]

It's nothing--notes about the train, things like that. Writing things down is just a way to keep thoughts in order.

[draconite]

Ooh, is that right? Have you found out anything particularly interesting so far?

[ Time to start chowing down on her sandwich while she's here. Give her the deets, Waver. ]

[littlefury]

Not really, or at least nothing that anyone else wouldn't be able to tell by just looking around. I pretty much just got here.

[draconite]

Oh, is that so?

[ She has the nerve to look visibly disappointed while eating her extorted sandwich. ]

What a shame! I was hoping you were about to announce you'd happened on a breakthrough. You looked quite serious!

[littlefury]

I can't just work out a solution immediately, I need more time and information than this.

dining

[hetooisalexander]

[The man was considered tall by his own but here on the train? He is way below average. Greeks were never blessed with height by the gods. Not like those northerners at least. It was always their spirit that was fierce.

He's dressed in a train uniform like the rest of them. Only the scars and his straight back betray that he's a warrior. He is observing everyone. Nothing escapes his notice. The scrawny kid with nothing but coffee for breakfast least of all.]

Surely you must grow a giant on such a feast.

[How was it? A night's march to season my breakfast, and a scanty breakfast to season my dinner. Or some similar nonsense?]

[littlefury]

I'm fine.

[Waver glanced up with a frown; yeah, the stranger was right, but it wasn't like Waver would admit as much.]

[hetooisalexander]

Clearly.

[Hephaestion whistles. Ho? Cryptic. His tone might be acerbic but it's far from hostile. His curiosity has been piqued.]

Is there a reason why you are not eating?

[littlefury]

I'm not really hungry.

[He was used to working through what a normal person would call 'lunch', which was probably why he was so short to begin with. As far as he was concerned, organizing his observations about the train was more important.]

Why? Does it matter?

[hetooisalexander]

It always does.

[Your definition of normal is hella skewed, kid.]

What are you writing there?

[Aren't we nosy? Well, yes, thank you for asking. That's one his chief virtues. He kind of likes to know things.]

[littlefury]

[boy howdy isn't it]

I'm keeping track of what I can understand about this train. [Which was ultimately very little, the page only half-filled with a rough overview of the train itself and the location or lack thereof they traveled through.]

You could at least introduce yourself before asking so many questions.

[hetooisalexander]

[Ha ha. Ooops. He didn't? Sorry, his bad. No way to keep his identity secret any longer. Not that it's realistically possible for long in this place. His name is already plastered all over his posessions.]

Hephaistion Amyntoros, at your service.

[That's not how he would usually greet people but he heard others using that form so it would do for now. At least until he knows more about this place.]