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

[callmegladio]

"Hearts." Gladio corrected as he sat himself back and lazily draped his arm across the back of the seat behind Prompto, grinning wide. "The train hates everyone but Prompto, somehow."

He watched as they both argued about who was cuter and tried his best not to laugh at the both of them. They were like night and day. But both were cute in their own, unique ways.

[bethereprompto]

Prompto would've answered, but he was laughing too hard at the idea of chocobo underwear to go with his pjs. His cheeks flushed a little for reasons he didn't know at Gladio saying what the pattern had been. It might have something to do with how the big guy knew.

"Wait, that's not the argument! It isn't whether you'd be cuter in this pjs than me, because.. come on, right?" He jokingly made gesture at himself. "The question is whether you'd look cute. And it's two against one so.."

His gaze shifted to Gladio. "Aren't we all cute though? I mean look at this guy? I mean there was almost a protest over the fact he is wearing whole shirts again." Prompto might have been the one who was protesting but that was beside the point.

[callmegladio]

"Hey now, don't go bringing me into this." Gladio held up his other hand in a gesture of... surrender? Defence? Protest? That was it, protest. He wasn't the cute one there. Good looking? Sure, maybe. But cute? That was reserved for others. Like Prompto and Noctis.

"You two are the cute ones. I'm just an innocent bystander that gets to enjoy the view." There was a definite teasing tone to Gladio's voice that he just couldn't help. "And who, exactly, is protesting? Only you guys know about that." The arm behind Prompto moved slightly and he gently bopped the back of the blondes head and laughed. "You're the one who fixed my shirts. I figured it was only fair I wear them."

[bethereprompto]

"Why do you get a pass? What makes you so special?" Prompto teases with a laugh. "No, no! If we have to know we're cute then so do you!"

He scooped out a spoonful of peanut butter to eat, but instead he sort of wagged it at Gladio for a minute instead. "Everyone! And we are not! I showed your picture off to all kinds of people." Seriously, don't make him try to remember exactly who. "Between you shirtless and chocobos, I have done my duty to spread the joy around this train!" He finally stuck the spoon in his mouth and suddenly he couldn't talk as fast, even if he tried.

[callmegladio]

"I'm older." Gladio smirked. "You should respect your elders." Again, teasing. He was only older by three years, nothing nearly enough to make a difference, but he knew it was something that would get a rise out of the two of them.

Though now he had to move and make a grab for Prompto. He wrapped an arm around him in a headlock and brought him, and spoon, into his side. "You've been doing what now?" Showing pictures of chocobo's to people was one thing. Flashing his picture around... Gladio grinned and used his other hand to ruffle the blondes already messy hair. "That and telling people I'm a cupcake?" He looked to Noct for help. "You see what I have to work with here? I get no respect!"

[sonoflucis]

Noct watched their back and forth, not quite understanding the thing about the shirts and whatnot. But two points did stick out. One; Gladio knew what Prompto's underwear looked like and, two; they were being very touchy-feely.

"Cupcake? Underwear? What on Eos is going on with you two?"

[callmegladio]

Gladio didn't think he was being any more, or less, touchy-feely than he had back when they were on their road trip. It was definitely not the first time he'd had Prompto in a headlock and it wasn't going to be the last if the blonde kept flashing his picture around!

"This guy..." Gladio poked Prompto's cheek with an index finger. "Told one of my cabin mates I was a cupcake. And who knows how many others." He grinned over at Noct. "Like I said. No respect."

[bethereprompto]

Prompto squawked in protest as he suddenly found himself in a headlock. He squirmed uselessly to try and get out of it before freezing and looking across the table. He looked like he'd just been caught with a handful of forbidden cookies in his mouth. His cheeks flushed a little, though that might have been because of the headlock.

He was glad Gladio was saying something first as it gave him time to finally swallow. "I didn't want him to get nervous around you! You're so big! I only told one person that I promise!"

He didn't really know where the term 'cupcake' had come from. It had simply what happened to pop out when he'd opened his mouth.

[sonoflucis]

He was just going to let everything drop, but the look on Prompto's face spoke volumes. There was more going on than they were letting on. "Okaaaay...." He stole a banana, rolling his eyes. "Cupcake is a weird way to put it, but sure. Gladio's a cupcake now."

[callmegladio]

"Hmm..." Gladio gave the blonde a mock scowl... and then released him from the headlock. The scowl was turned on Noct. "Oi, less of that. I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a cupcake."

Okay, he was starting to think he was protesting too much. In all fairness he wasn't THAT bothered by being called a cupcake. He didn't even mind that Prompto had said anything to Dyme. He just liked to rub it in whenever he got the chance and the reactions were always good.

When Noct stole the banana, it reminded Gladio about the things Prompto had brought with him. "Why the hell're you going around with banana's and peanut butter anyway?"

[bethereprompto]

"Too late! The king decreed it. You're now a sugary baked good with frosting for hair." He snickered and playfully shoved his arm off after Gladio already started letting him out of it. He knew his friend wasn't actually upset about it or he would've been genuinely apologizing. As it was, he knew this was just something they were using to play around with each other over.

When Noct too the banana, Prompto offered the peanut butter too in case the king wanted some. He looked at Gladio surprised. "I didn't see Iggy and I was hungry. Want me to go get you a banana too?" Technically he was supposed to be cooking this month, but he was focusing on doing dishes instead of meal prep. He figured everyone on board should be thankful for that too. He wrinkled his nose. "Did you know there are bags of blood in the refrigerator?" He hadn't wanted to have anything from there after he'd discovered that gross thing yesterday. "Why is this place so weird?"

[sonoflucis]

Everything, and that means everything, was forgotten when Prompto mentioned blood in the fridge. He stared at his best friend, eyes wide in horror. His stomach twisted as he stuttered. "What...what kind of blood...?"

[bethereprompto]

That might not have been the best thing to suddenly share with people new to the train. He'd been curiously poking at things in the fridge that didn't look familiar and opened a bag he immediately regretted.

He shrugged. "I don't know? There's some girl that's a big spider. I haven't met her yet, but people says she's pretty cool. So like, maybe there are people here who need it? Oh, there's another girl who is a wizard! How cool is that? She likes studying boring stuff but she seems really nice. Want to go to the game room?"

[sonoflucis]

"A big spider. Right. Of course. Not like the daemons back home... Right?" Those half-women/half spider things gave him the creeps.

Gladio had mentioned the wizard, so it wouldn't be weird for there to be, like, vampires or something. "I guess someone might need it. Still creepy."

He perked up. "Game room? That sounds more my speed."

[callmegladio]

Gladio had heard tales of this big spider but had yet to actually meet it. And had yet to actually see bags of blood in the fridge. For that he was glad, his reaction might have been along the same lines as Nocts if he had. But he did smile at the mention of the wizard. That had to be Nita, right? Unless there were more lady wizards around he wasn't aware of.

When the game room was mentioned, Noctis lit up, which Gladio suspected had been the aim. He smiled and leaned back in his seat and made a little shooing gesture with his left hand. "You two go off and play then. I'll go clean the mess in the kitchen before Iggy finds out."

[bethereprompto]

Prompto made a face remembering those weird things. Thanks, that wasn't going to give him nightmares at all! "I sure hope not!"

He was glad the game room idea was tempting his friend, although Gladio's suggestion made him frown. "Aw, come on! Come with us Gladdy! I didn't see any mess." Of course, if there wasn't a big mess, he wouldn't have noticed it. Either way, he was getting up to go with either just Noct or Noct and Gladio. To the king, he remarked, "They have all kinds of board games and stuff and a giant jenga and these virtual reality games!"

[callmegladio]

Gladio smiled again and just shook his head. The two of them needed time together doing something fun. He would just get in the way of that. So he would back off and let them do their bestfriend thing with another shooing gesture.

"And you not seeing the mess means the place looks like a bomb hit it. So don't worry. I'll catch up with you two later." Gladio promised with a warm smile. "You can count on that."

[sonoflucis]

Noct looked between his two friends and then gently touched Gladio's arm. "If you don't want to come with us right now, is it okay if we hang out later?" He asked.

[callmegladio]

Gladio smiled and patted the hand touching his arm. "Relax, Princess. I'm not going anywhere. We'll hangout later." he promised.

Maybe he was being dumb, it was likely. But he thought Noct and Prompto could have benefited from some silly fun together. Later he'd meet up with them. "You go have fun. Kick blondies ass for me."

[sonoflucis]

Noct grinned. "Got it. We'll see you later, Big Guy!" He turned to Prompto. "Ready to lose?"

[bethereprompto]

Prompto watched the exchange patiently. He'd missed Noct and would've loved to spend every waking moment with him but he knew he had to share with Gladio and Iggy too. If he were to guess, Gladio declining to join them now was his way of sharing the king which Prompto appreciated. He loved spending time with the Big Guy, but Noct just got here.

So he tried to hide the knowing smile at Gladio as Noct's back was to him. It was knowing, but there was a considerable amount of admiration too. Was there a heart bigger than Gladio's? He didn't think so.

The request that Noct kick his ass though had him pretending to look totally scandalized. "And here I was planning on going easy on you!" He grabbed Noct's hand and gave Gladio a wave. "Come on! You're going down!"

[sonoflucis]

Noct laughed, waving at Gladio as he let Prompto lead the way. "No way, you're gonna lose. I'm ready to clean the floor with you!"

[bethereprompto]

"In your dreams!"

It felt like old times as they walked along the carriages back toward the game room. It wasn't exactly close to the kitchen, but they weren't in any real hurry. There were some nervousness around Noct that hadn't been there before, but Prompto was sure it'd go away soon. They were in such a weird new place. That had to be where it was coming from, right?

"So.. how are you handling all this, Buddy? It's kinda cool not having to worry about the Empire or anything here, isn't it?"