Test Drive Meme 012

[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!

Film Night

The newest carriage on the Voidtrecker Express is the long awaited cinema! It hosts many films and TV series. Perfect if passengers wish to waste an afternoon without worrying about being stolen from their worlds and hurtling through the void between worlds.

Dashing adventures, chair gripping horrors or adorable adventures of the Merry Little Voidtrain. There is something for everyone, though with only one screen arguments may be inevitable.

Fight Club

The gym carriage is definitely created more for ball games than sparring but that hasn't stopped the passengers adapting as best they can. There are homemade training dummies and plenty of people who use the space to work out and get ready for the next mission.

But there is also a cupboard full of every ball for almost every ball game there is, the two activities in one space may make for a little chaos.

Spar with people, play football. Create some mix of basketball and mixed martial arts. All training counts, right?

Jungle Heights

The latest mission has taken them to a vast jungle, where people live high in the trees. There has been an influx of tree dwelling creatures with sharp teeth, sharper claws and a love of destruction. To make things better the forest floor is not safe, damp and marshy many creatures lurk there ready to bite at ankles and it is home to a root, the sap of which burns.

Team One

Treetop fighting is an acquired skill and one the voidtreckers are having to learn quickly. Swing on vine ropes and tangle with monsters. Quick movement and quicker thinking is needed to take down the creatures in terrain they are naturals at traversing.

Team Two

People here live on platforms in the trees, with bridges and walkways connecting them. Fend off the creatures and chase them away from peoples homes. At least there is slightly solider ground beneath their feet, but they must be careful not to fall to the jungle floor beneath.

Team Three

Many of the people here are not fighters and they need help to get somewhere safer. It's a tough journey through the forest, especially when they leave the bridges and platforms of the village behind. Children may need carried and climbing from one tree to another is difficult even with sturdy branches to walk along.

They must be careful to stay in the trees, avoid getting too close to the forest floor but do not get too high, lest they attract the creatures.

Comments

jungle team two

[spikelet]

[ Dammit! She'd picked this guy thinking he'd be one of the fighters, thinking that she could tag along and not have to worry about getting attacked. Instead, he's just some pretty face, and that means they're both in danger.

She's not dropping her blind act, though, not unless she absolutely has to. Worst case scenario, they can all just run away. ]

Mister, your movements sound too big! Bring your weapon closer in!

[yukibunny]

[Yukito had no idea what that meant but he tried his best, making his swings a little closer, less long, sweeping arcs. It did't seem to be going well at all. Sweat beaded on his brow, a frown of concentration a near permanent feature of his expression. Yukito was starting to panic.]

I... am trying... They keep coming!

[spikelet]

[ Where are the rest of the team? How useless, they're just gonna let them die? Ugh! She looks around, and spots a half-full cooking pot still resting over the coals.

She turns to the residents, and with a lashing of tearful panic asks, oh, don't they have food or supplies they can use to distract them, meat maybe--

The pot is thrust into her outstretched arms, and she spins back to Yukito. ]

Hey, try throwing this away from those things!

[yukibunny]

[There was something he could do... though he had been resistant at first. But as the creatures scurried from tree to tree to attack them, Yukito was beginning to think that maybe the time for holding back had past.

Until a pot was thrust at him. Yukito blinked in surprise, automatically dropping his branch in favour of grabbing hold of the pot.]

Throw it at them?

[She meant the contents, yes? Yukito hoped that was the case. So with it in his hands he spun and threw the pot as hard as he could into the nearest creature. It's boiling contents flew in an arc, splashing against some of the monsters while the pot hit a glancing blow to the one he had been aiming for, knocking it clear off it's branch to fall to the ground below.]

[spikelet]

[ She nodded at his question, and then gleefully followed the arc of the pot. Yes! Good job! She revised her current estimate of his worth as a companion... just a little. Taking instructions was a skill. ]

Did you get them?

[ Excitedly, she moves up to the doorway he's been defending, and watched one of the more stew-coated monsters get torn apart by its allies. Wow. ] Is there space to run?

[yukibunny]

[Yukito was pale normally, but he had turned ghostly white watching the monsters tearing at each other like that. He lifted a hand to cover his mouth, not sure if he would throw up or not.

This was not something he had signed up for!]

R-run? I... well... yes. I think perhaps.. [Looking again there was a definite path that had been made, both from the creatures that had fallen and those that had become prey to their own kind.]

We can move.

[He reached out for the girls hand and made a run for it across the walkway connecting their tree to a much bigger one.]

[spikelet]

[ Still firmly pretending she couldn't see, and thus not able to react to the grisly sight in front of them, she focused on clinging to his hand and not slipping in either the stew or the gore. Behind them, the family Yukito had been protecting darted out of their home and up a narrow staircase further into the canopy.

Good for them.

Not so good for them, because Yukito and A-Qing had only gotten a bridge or so away before a much larger creature slammed onto the walkway where they'd been standing. ]

[yukibunny]

[The people got to safety, thank god. But now they were in trouble.

Yukito might not have been a fighter but his instinct was to pull the girl behind him and shield her with his own body. It was at that point he realised he was didn't have a weapon... He sighed and dropped his hands to his sides, his back straightened as he gave the creature a sad look.]

I'm sorry. It seems I have no choice... I'll have to leave the rest to him...

[Yukito closed his eyes. Almost immediately he was surrounded by a pure, cold white light and what looked like wings appeared to cocoon him.

When the wings unfurled a new man stood in place of Yukito. A man with long white hair, a cold stare and pure white wings.

He said nothing as he lifted his hand. It glowed with that same white light and around his hands shards formed. The man's eyes narrowed and with a flick of his wrist the shards flew, each one impaling the creature in several key areas.

It didn't stand a chance.]

[spikelet]

[ She was well on her way to resigning herself to abandoning all pretense and dragging him away when he moved her behind him... and after that, all plans were moot. She watched the transformation in disbelief, flinching first when glowing feathers brushed past her face, and again when he launched some sort of spiritual attack.

The monster died so quickly. She swallowed.

What was that? Could he have done that all along? No, he'd sounded like... like this was someone else. A possessing spirit? A secret bloodline, to be used as a last resort? Her mind went wild.

Who was he? Would he still help her? Was the other man okay? Shakily, she reached out for his sleeve. ]

Mister... What just happened? Are you okay?

[yukibunny]

[Yue glanced away from the creature and down at the hand gripping his sleeve. Oh how he disliked the clothes he had been forced to wear...

His gaze tuned to the woman and narrowed.]

You are who he wanted to protect? I see.

[He moved and wrapped a single arm around the woman and with a powerful flap of his wings they were airborne. At least temporarily. He took them to the closest tree and the nearest platform and let her go there.

Taking a step back he looked the way they had come and the creatures that were amassing.]

Explain, quickly and concisely, what is happening here.

[spikelet]

[ She yelped and clung to the arm he'd put around her when she was lifted, and remained as still as she could. Normally she'd struggle at such close contact, but like hell would she do that when they were mid-air. Once they'd landed, she stepped away quickly.

Wait, he'd wanted to protect her? It was her fault he'd gotten himself possessed? Not good...

At least his voice was different, so she didn't have to pretend he was the same guy. ]

Ah, those monsters are attacking the village. We have to protect the people and their homes. We got split up from the others. [ Was that concise enough? She hoped so, because she had questions of her own to repeat. ] What happened to the other guy? Will he be okay?

[yukibunny]

Protect the people... [Yue repeated the words and looked at the woman like she had lost her mind. Why would he do that?]

What has that boy gotten us into this time...? [Muttered under his breath, Yue moved to the wooden rail surrounding the platform they stood upon and looked out at the creatures that would make them a meal should they catch them. What had Yukito gotten them involved in? If he could yell at him he would have. Unfortunately that was not an option.

He didn't look at the woman when he spoke next. He was watching the movements of the monsters.]

He is fine. He will return. But first he needs to be somewhere else. Where is safety here? Yukito is no warrior. This is not the place for him.

[And by extension, himself. Keeping his mortal, human half safe was of great importance to Yue. If Yukito died... They needed to be elsewhere.]

[spikelet]

[ She hesitated, having expected someone as gleaming and powerful as this guy to be all for saving the downtrodden. Well, no skin off her back, she definitely wasn't suited for it, and she agreed with him that Yukito wasn't either. Even if he threw a mean pot. Maybe this spirit was only interested in keeping him alive, rather than doing what Yukito wanted?

The key thing was, she didn't want to be here any more than he did. ]

There's a big hall in the tallest tree. That's where everyone rests. [ So the probability of at least one fighter being there was much higher, she hoped. She frowned. Okay, she wanted to get out of here, but she also... probably owed Yukito a favour, what with his looking after her and all. So she squared up. ] Mister, if you can fly and slay monsters, why haven't you been helping? Mister Yukito was, and he just had a stick.

[yukibunny]

[Yue slowly turned to look at the girl. No, not look, glare. She was annoying him and there was a very real temptation to just leaving her where she was. But he knew his other half would not have approved. So he settled for the cold, icy glare and in a low voice, through almost gritted teeth, he replied.]

He did not want me to. If you have an issue with my being here, take it up with him.

You have two choices now. Stay and die. Or allow me to take you to that tree and maybe you won't die. Yet.

[spikelet]

[ Wow!!! ]

You..! Obviously I'd like to be taken to the tree! [ At least she'd tried. And she definitely planned to take it up with Yukito! What a jerk! No wonder he didn't do this earlier. ]

[yukibunny]

[Yue strode toward her and stopped mere inches away, the corner of his lips twitched.]

Why are you so concerned with my other half?

[He held out his hand for her. If she wanted to go, she would have to come to him. She hadn't liked it the last time.]

[spikelet]

I'm not-- He helped me and that family out, and then he disappeared. Why wouldn't I be concerned?

[ She hesitated. Reaching out would clue him in that she could see his hand... But if she didn't, he'd just leave her, right? She didn't even know how to get down from the platform they were standing on..! A monster shrieked nearby, and she flinched.

Ugh! Fine!

She stepped forward and took his hand, hooking her other arm around his. ]

[yukibunny]

[Yue outright smirked when she finally took his hand. If she wanted to play games with others that was fine. But that wouldn't work with him.]

You will see him soon.

[Because he would be done once he had them somewhere that wasn't going to get them killed.

He wrapped his arm around her waist a second time and, just as before, he gave a strong flap of his wings and they rose into the air just as three monsters swarmed over the platform they had been standing on.

It didn't take him long at all to get them where they needed to be. There were more people here. Yue let the girl go and gently glided away from her a few feet. Once at a safe enough distance his wings folded around himself. There was no goodbye, no farewell, Yue was there one moment and in a flash of bright light he was gone. And Yukito stood in his place, looking a little more than tired.]

Oh dear...

[He sat down on his butt with a breathless laugh and looked around.]

We're safe now?

[spikelet]

[ There were two wolves inside A-Qing. One wolf was excitedly hanging out of the proverbial window, enjoying the thrill of flying through the air. The other wolf was sulking furiously, and barely holding itself back from elbowing Yue in the gut.

In the name of pride and self-preservation, respectively, she stomped both wolves down. Ran towards him with the momentum of her short fall, got ready to ask what the hell he meant by 'see him soon'--

And watched Yukito appear in front of her with no warning. Shit! ]

I think so.

[yukibunny]

Oh good... [Yukito looked relieved and did his best to try and stand up again, but went straight back down to sit on his rump. Yue took it out of him. And it didn't help that he hadn't eaten in a while.

He gave A-Qing a sheepish smile.]

I think I'll just sit here for a moment more, if you don't mind?

wrap probably? :>

[spikelet]

Mn, I don't mind.

[ She startled as his stomach growled loud enough for her to hear. It distracted her from the emotional whiplash of dealing with his... two halves? That was how he described it, right?

Her own stomach grumbled. It... really had been a while since they'd eaten, hadn't it? She wasn't used to that anymore, with all of the food just lying around on the train.

Given she really, really wanted to go somewhere private and just swear at nothing for a bit, she arranged a relieved-but-embarrassed smile onto her face. It was even mostly genuine! ]

I'll go and get us something to eat, okay? Wait here!