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

[bornebygrace]

The first part meant little to Aaron and he was wondering what the point Xander was trying to make was, but it clicked as soon as he said he was a clone. That was definitely something new... He had heard rumors of a man being resurrected from the dead by the Americans during the second world war, not that he knew how true that actually was. A clone was something else entirely, and he could understand Xander's unhappiness as he continued talking.

"You look real enough to me, physically and spiritually. It's clear you have abilities of some sort, else you wouldn't look the way I, uh, see you." He gave a small shrug. "I don't think there is really a difference, but humans are, uh." He made a face that clearly says 'yikes'. "They sure have opinions about things." Wrong opinions, usually, but they had spirit and seemed to figure things out eventually. He exhaled, something that was almost a sigh. "It seems like cruelty always finds its way into people, doesn't it?"

The most faint of a smile traced itself on Aaron's lips, though it didn't come close to reaching his eyes. "At least we're in a place where nobody knows us, our brothers, or our fathers, hm?"

[emerald_mirror]

"That's interesting to know." The Artificers had always made it pointedly clear to him that he wasn't a real person, though others since had attempted to change his mind. It wasn't quite changed, yet--a remnant of chains he had no more, yet their ghosts clung still.

"Not to mention they like smearing their opinions on others, too, whether those others are interested or not," Xander groused. He sighed, too. "It does. It sucks. When will we all learn that cruelty only breeds more of it?"

Xander mused that over for a bit, then nodded. "Yeah, at least I don't have to try to defend some of the things he's done, I guess. I've always talked about wanting to be my own man, and I've tried to do that...even more opportunity here now, I guess, right?"

[bornebygrace]

Aaron just shrugged at the comment that it was interesting to know. He didn't really know what to say to it. It didn't matter much either way if Xander was a clone or not - he was as much a person as anyone else. He couldn't stop himself from giving a chuckle at the commented about unwanted opinions, and that convinced him to fish the cigarettes out of his pocket, sticking one in his mouth, and lighting it with a small golden flame from the tip of his finger. He took a drag and held it as he seemed to savor the taste of it, then exhaled to the side so he wasn't blowing the smoke in Xander's face. He had some consideration.

"You're not wrong about the unwanted opinions. Eventually they'll either get better, or, well..." He raised an eyebrow and made a vague motion with his hand holding the cigarette, hoping the implication was clear enough. There was a moment where the corner of his mouth turned up into a small smirk as he realized that humanity may not even need the forces of Hell to bring man to its knees, but the thought passed quickly.

"Maybe not what you imagined, but a clean slate where the only thing strange about you is your wings." He motioned vaguely to Xander's wings as he said it. "But considering I passed a guy with a fireball for a head on the way here, and there's that giant godforsaken spider..." He laughed a little. "I think we're some of the more normal ones of the bunch."

Aaron pulled what looked like an ice cream dish out of his pocket and tapped the ashes off the cigarette into it, his tone becoming more playful. "So... What's your first act as your own man, then?"