Test Drive Meme 010

[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!

Greenhouse

The newest carriage is a greenhouse.

The ceiling is a dome shape, a single metal beam runs from one end to another, mounted on this beam are large bright lights.

The aisle of grass runs down the middle, from one door to the next. Stone paths branch off around raised beds of soil. Nothing is growing yet but there are crates in which passengers can find a whole host of seeds and bulbs for various flowers.

Plenty for passengers with green fingers to do! Plant some seeds, tend to those they have planted already. Chase away people who have no idea what they are doing! Remind them they have to take the seeds out of the packet first!

If planting is a new thing then the ICP has some handy gardening tips or they can always ask their fellow Voidtreckers!

Sports Balls

For those who prefer their hobbies much more energetic then the gym's cupboard is full of balls. Balls for every sport they can imagine! The space is long and narrow which means a little bit of adapting but there is plenty of fun to be had. Start a game of football, or basket ball.

Make some new friends and get some friendly rivalry going!

Monkey Madness!

It's a strange mission to be sure but the Voidtreckers have been called to help a huge zoo tackle a problem. Every monkey enclosure has been broken open and the creatures have gotten out and into the city, where they are causing mayhem.

Team One

Though the monkeys don't pose much threat to human life they cause quite a big of damage. Team one is to try and get as many businesses and homes safe as possible. Bring things indoors, reinforce doors and windows. Warn those in the city of the incoming horde!

Team Two

Round up the monkeys! The aim is to do this without harming and luckily they have some capture devices, that can be thrown to spring straps around a creature. Bribing them is also encouraged. The city has prepared vans for the creatures to be lured or taken to. Careful though, these monkeys are cunning and mischievous and clever enough to steal the capture devices and throw them back at the Voidtreckers! Who is catching who?

Team Three

Back in the zoo there is plenty to do. First and foremost the enclosures need fixing and reinforced. Also an investigation is underway to figure out what happened and who is responsible. If DIY or investigating work is not in a passengers skill set then there are still many other animals that need fed and cleaned!

Reward time!

Soon all the monkeys are back in their proper homes and the city put back to rights! As a thank you the zoo is handing out free ice cream and a free pass to enjoy the zoo for the day.

Have fun!

Comments

Bryn Pendragon | OC

[draconite]

greenhouse.

[ The greenhouse isn't quite as good as really being outside, but for Bryn who's just about at the end of her rope from being cooped up, it'll have to do. Of course, Bryn has pretty much the opposite of green fingers, so catch her squinting confusedly at the instructions and then brightening. ]

Oh, this seems simple enough!

[ She seems so confident and yet, next time you come across her in the greenhouse, you'll find her upending an entire packet of seeds into a rather shallow and cramped looking trench she's dug in the dirt. Just... a whole packet of seeds right in there. And she looks so proud of herself... ]

sportsball.

[ Are you passing through the gym today for whatever reason? You fool. You absolute walnut. You've made yourself a target. ]

Look out!

[ That's all the warning anyone gets before a ball comes screaming over with the force of something fired from a goddamn cannon. Thankfully for everyone involved, Bryn's aim isn't exactly fantastic (that be the fucked up depth perception) and the ball instead tanks into the wall of the gym where it promptly pops apart with a bang like a gun going off.

... Bryn has the decency to look sheepish, at least. ]

Ah. Perhaps I threw it just a bit too hard...

[ YOU THINK????? ]

zoo reward.

[ With the chaos of the zoo relatively contained, Bryn's taking full advantage of the opportunity to 1) explore and 2) eat some ice cream. She's currently enraptured with the first of these things, because this is a zoo full of regular-ass animals and Bryn, your local weirdo dragon girl, doesn't often see regular-ass animals.

So, as soon as she sees someone from the train passing, Bryn whirls on them all in a fit of excitement and starts jabbing her finger at the nearest enclosure. ]

Just a moment! Have you seen the animals they have in this zoo?! They're incredible, aren't they? Just what in the world is this one?

[ ... What animal she's so enraptured with might vary from encounter to encounter but rest assured they are all Regular-Ass Animals but Bryn is incredibly excited about them. ]

wildcard.

[ obligatory wildcard prompt! if none of the above work for you, feel free to hit me up w/something else. Bryn also has a full impressions and info post here if you would like a better understanding of how very Bryn she is. ]

zoo reward

[tevinteraltus]

[Prim and vain as he is, Dorian is not above getting his hands, or feet, dirty. When he heard there was a place to see animals he'd never experienced before he was more there than, well, no, the library was far more important, but still.

He smiles at her enthusiasm as he passes by. Ah, another person so loved knowledge as much as he did. Marvelous.]

I believe it's some sort of monkey. Surely there's some bit of information nearby?

[And he begins looks around.]

[draconite]

I see! That's one of the animals that was causing so much trouble... it's hard to imagine! It's such a tiny thing!

[ Bryn, who is 5'2'' and the type of person who causes trouble by sitting still and doing nothing, says this without any apparent self-awareness whatsoever. ]

Are there signs somewhere, perhaps? Or an attendant who might be able to tell us what we're looking to know!

[tevinteraltus]

[A brief search brings Dorian to a free-standing plaque near the monkey's inclosure and he reads it quickly, smiling.]

Ah ha! Here we are. What we have here is the leontopithecus rosalia, or the Golden Lion Tamarin. They spend all of their lives in the trees, it seems, and if one is ever found on the ground, it is because some other creature, usually a human, put them there. [And he smiles at the brilliantly golden monkey peering at them curiously from its tree.] My but they are adorable, aren't they?

[draconite]

I see! [ She's evidently pleased to have her curiosity sated, going by the big smile on her face as she peers in at the monkeys. ] They're surprisingly fluffy! You'd think they'd want less padding if they live at such high elevation all the time.

[ Don't question the leap of logic, there. You'll just get a headache. ]

For such a little thing, it seems to be quite mischievous! It just has the sort of face that makes you certain it's cooking up trouble.

[tevinteraltus]

And why less? [He smiles.] Perhaps they live in colder climates...

[Maker knows he'd want for more padding if he were in a similar situation.]

All monkeys are mischievous. They steal fruit, shiny jewelry. They're adorable until they make off with something you'd rather keep.

[draconite]

Oh, of course! They must, they must. Why else would they grow such a thick coat?

[ She nods to herself like she really nailed it. Elementary. ]

I've never seen anything quite like them where I'm from... but it's a good thing, I suppose! If they're as sticky-fingered as you say, they'd get along quite terribly with the pecula.

[tevinteraltus]

There are a few smaller varieties of monkeys in my homeland. [He smiles, and it's a slightly wistful thing. He hasn't been home in a long time, and possibly ever again.]

The bane of all shopkeepers, they are.

[les_magique]

That’s not going to work at all!

[Ah, good. Someone knowledgeable about plants. Surely she’ll point out the obvious problem here.]

The seeds need to be buried much deeper than that, I think.

[Ah, so it’s the blind leading the blind.]

[draconite]

Oh, is that so? I'd thought it would be better to give them plenty of room underneath to let their roots spread out...

[ my apologies to any and all gardeners who read this on flatview ]

Please, do show me how it's done!

[les_magique]

Obviously, if you put seeds that close to the surface any passing...cow?

[She's never been to a farm in her life.]

Sure, any passing cow could eat them. You have to get them down so they're protected. Why else would they make the soil so deep?

[Samata gathers a trowel from somewhere and kinda makes the hole a few inches deeper so ALL THOSE SEEDS are now going to be a huge pain in the ass to recover for anyone who actually knows what the fuck they're doing.]

There, much better!

[draconite]

Oh, I see! Yes, yes, I understand now. The plants won't have a chance to grow if they're gobbled up by a passing scavenger. They seem much cozier now!

[ rip in advance to these flowers. ]

Do you think we should water them now?

[les_magique]

Probably? Probably.

[Samata gets a watering can and sprinkles the big pile of seeds with the tiniest sprinkling of water.]

There, don't want to overdo it.

[draconite]

[ Bryn looks a little thoughtful, which is usually a prelude to some terrible idea or other. ]

Do you not think more water would be better? [ theeeeere we go. ] If they have plenty to start with, then we won't need to worry about watering them as often!

sportsball

[yep_stilldead]

[ As Ivy comes into the car, a sports ball hurls towards her far too fast for her to react to it. She shrieks, and continues to shriek as it reaches her, passes through her, and explodes against the wall. ]

What are you doing! What if I had died?!

[draconite]

[ In a remarkably blase tone of voice: ] Oh, you wouldn't have died! It might've hurt quite a bit if it hit you, but I'm certain you wouldn't have died. And I did warn you it was coming your way!

[ C–comforting... ]

That was an incredible dodge, though! I hardly even saw you move an inch! How did you do it?

[yep_stilldead]

I didn't dodge it! You hit me right through the face! If I was alive, it would have been a horrible incident!

[draconite]

[ Slow blink. ]

But– no, hold on a moment...

[ There's a second where you can just sort of SEE the braincell bouncing around in her head like a DVD screensaver. Then it finally hits the corner and Bryn practically sparkles with glee. ]

Oh, goodness! If you're not alive, are you some sort of apparition, perhaps?

[yep_stilldead]

So what if I am? Just because I'm a ghost doesn't mean you can throw things at me whenever you please!

[draconite]

So you are a ghost!

[ She practically sparkles with delight. It's hard to tell whether or not she's purposely dodging around the elephant in the room that is Ivy's very justified response to almost being double-killed by a volleyball. ]

That's incredible! You hear all sorts of stories, but I've never come face to face with a real ghost before! Thank goodness that was the case, though – imagine how messy things might've gotten otherwise!

[yep_stilldead]

Er... yes, I suppose it's lucky. [ Ivy's been successfully thrown off her momentum. ]

I mean, being dead has its advantages every now and then, you know?

zoo

[sacrament_of_blood]

[Merciless is staring curiously at the elephant Bryn's pointing out.]

I am afraid I know not. It is one of the most peculiar creatures I have seen, however. What is that part? It rests where a nose would be, yet it is long and flexible.

It... it might be an elephant perhaps, I recall hearing stories about similar animals called that. I am not certain, however.

[draconite]

It's quite intimidating, isn't it? It's so large! And that snout... and the tusks! It must be a fearsome sort of predator!

[ She says this with the firm confidence of someone who is absolutely, one hundred percent wrong about what they're saying. ]

I suppose we should count ourselves lucky it was only the monkeys that escaped.

[sacrament_of_blood]

Indeed I would not very much like to have to capture one. Kill one? I probably could, but capturing would be difficult. Not that I wish to kill them, they look fascinating. Perhaps they are not as cunning as the monkeys, however, thus not likely to throw capture devices back. I had to capture monkeys by hand just because of their cleverness.

[draconite]

But if they're not clever, then catching one would be easy! All you would really need to do is outsmart one. And I'm sure that couldn't be all that difficult!

[ Spoken with the brazen confidence of a dyed in the wool dumbass. ]

For example– it doesn't appear to have wings, does it? So it would be simple to impede its movement.