Test Drive Meme 013

[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!

Training Gym

Fight club have finally gotten a gym to train in. Train carriages make strange gyms, long narrow spaces. But this has mats, balance beams, climbing apparatus. Pads and training dummies for punching. It also has large blocks that look a little like what you might find in a children's play centre but can be used to make obstacle courses or provide cover in training exercises.

Set up a course, practice fighting or try and learn how to throw a punch! There are plenty who will help, people who take training super seriously and let's face it, people who want to ambush others from behind oversized foam blocks.

Games

For those for whom fighting is not an idea of fun, or those wanting more relaxation, the games carriage has a whole collection of different games. Board games, card games, dice games. There are many games about trains but they aren't the only type.

There are low tables in the carriage to set a game up on and plenty of beanbags and cushions to sit on. Grab a game, grab a friend or a complete stranger and get playing!

Water Maze

The latest mission has taken the voidtreckers to an underwater maze. They have been given wet suits, helmets and breathing apparatus- lightweight boxes that strap to their back, connect to their helmet and filter air from the water. A powerful and dangerous artifact has been stolen and the race is on to get it back before it is used for ill.

Team One

Plenty of monsters and foes have been sent to try and retrieve the item. Giant crabs, strange eels. Even people with fish tails and the ability to breathe underwater. All are dangerous foes and fighting underwater is difficult.

But team one are the vanguard, keeping the monster levels low to allow team two to push on through the maze.

Team Two

Hopefully team one will deal with the monsters, but the odd one might sneak through. Team two's main job is to solve the maze, because the thief is in the centre in order to perform his ritual.

It's a race against time, the maze is made of coral and walls of seaweed that are impossible to cut through. Solving it requires a quick mind and some determined swimming.

Team Three

For those not wishing to brave the water, or those whose skills lie more in helping others. The island where the artefact was stolen from needs help. The temple was ransacked and some of the islanders were injured. Help them fix their homes, put the temple back to rights, tend to the injured.

Cleaning the temple is a big job, but hopefully by the time the artefact has been retrieved it will be able to be restored to it's rightful place.

Comments

Dining carriage! Hello friend <3

[aggressivelygood]

Red Team was on kitchen duty this month, so it came to Sven to wipe down the tables and sweep the floors of the dining carriage after the cheery ruckus of dinner was over. Actually, he wasn't sure if this duty fell to him or not, but it was what he was used to doing after meals back when he still lived in the monastery, and sharing a constant living space with people again had him falling back into old habits. At least it would save somebody else the task.

He looked up for the third time towards the unfamiliar head of blonde hair across the carriage, the sound of his sweeping fading off as he paused, broom in hand. The unfamiliar Voidtrecker had been staring at tea boxes for a while now. Sven casually directed his sweeping past their table.

"You just pick what kind of tea you want and put one of those little baggies in your cup," he offered helpfully. "It's very convenient, no need to strain the leaves yourself! You'll get a mouthful of disgusting sludge at the end of your drink if you accidentally break the bag by stirring too enthusiastically, though, so I don't recommend doing that."

[blue_ice]

Don't remind me.

[ He does not want to go back to that...but, ah. That's an idea. ]

Possible, but I don't think we should risk it. We could wait for backup, or...

[ He looks again at his sword. A simple one, from his occasional fight club practice. ]

If you go, I go.

Team three!

[aggressivelygood]

"Whoa, hey!!"

Sven skidded out in front of the beast, hands raised, sand kicking up around his bare feet as moved to block the dragon's path. It was a little unnerving having a dragon as a work colleague, but Sven considered himself an open-minded guy. Dragons, where he was from, were not the help-y type, but if the train thought this one a worthy Voidtrecker then Sven would treat him no differently. But he was concerned for the integrity of that wood.

"Easy on the building materials! Those logs need to be able to support an entire home, they're not for kindling!"

3!

[iamnotgod]

While Webmind wouldn't have minded playing GPS for those navigating the maze... he couldn't actually swim in this robotic form, waterproof as it was (or as the SCAs made it to be).

Such as it was, cleaning the temple did not bother him overmuch.

"I have seen them to be quite competent in the face of danger," Webmind answers with calm voice and a digital smile.

"I can say with confidence that they will return in due time." Hopefully in one piece...

[pyraxian]

To his credit, Pyraxian actually notices someone come skidding in front of him, and manages to stop, NOT drop any lumber AND not squish anything in the process. This isn't entirely effortless, he's a big creature and the island is proportioned for humanlike things running about helping (and yelling), not so much dragons.

He stares down his long nose at Sven, and snorts a small puff of smoke. "I'b bein' ferry caful," is the not quite prompt response before he gets a little annoyed at all this stuff in his mouth messing up his ability to talk and spits it out on the ground. It smolders a bit. "They're okay, see?"

He pats the timber with one forepaw, where it smokes a bit. It doesn't really stop smoking, but at least it's not actively on fire. Yet.

Wildcard

[bloomingdespite]

[As Jonouchi passes through the games car, he can feel something distinctly... off. It feels like he's stepped into a graveyard instead of a train car; the temperature's dropped at least five degrees, and the shadows somehow seem gloomier.

Out of the corner of his eye, he can see a silhouette darting out of sight, giggling. Something cold breathes on the back of his neck. And then finally, a low, gravelly voice whispers in his ear,] Boo.

[Meanwhile, the only other inhabitant of the car is sitting blissfully unaware on the other side of the room, goldfishing with their deck of cards.]

Comes in like a wrecking ball - Fighting (just to combo break all the games...)

[xue_yang]

[Xue Yang watches the other train in amusement. He hasn't come in this room much simply because he hasn't felt a need. But if Xingchen wants to work on training his body..well then Xue Yang is willing to supervise.]

I imagine that is what you're supposed to do, though I'm afraid I don't see much point in it. What did that bag ever do to make you so mad?

[What good could possibly come of repeatedly bashing ones fists into a bag? Unless someone really wants to let off some anger..]

Are you imagining a certain someone is that bag that you have just beaten up so solidly?

c, in magic ya gays without their boyfriend solidarity

[aluciner]

Being as the last time he was around a lot of water was . . . not great? It wasn't great, and he didn't leave a great first impression on Hennessy because of it, but that's neither here nor there. The main point is that Ronan? Doesn't want to be in water, which is how he also ends up helping to fix homes.

"There's no ley lines here." It's casual, because Ronan is fine with casually talking about magic, at least. Dreaming's still a little touch and go. "Might be why you're having trouble."

Not everyone uses magic the same way, Ronan's learned, but anyone doing proper spellwork is probably more on the end of magic that Ronan's familiar with. Not the kind he does, exactly, but the kind he knows. His personal brand of magic is a little different, even if it relies on the same ley lines that more regular magic does, but so far he hasn't been able to easily do things that would have been so, so easy back home.

[restoredhonor]

"But they're not my people." Zuko explains softly. "I should be helping them." Just another way he has failed them. He'd thought by teaching Aang firebending that things would be alright. He's not so sure now.

Finally he waves it away. "Don't worry about it. My name is Zuko."

[restoredhonor]

Zuko unclenches his fists and the smoke dissipates. "No, my hands are fine." He turns back to start his forms over again, and then looks at the girl.

"Would you like to learn some basic stances?" He offers softly.

[goingthroughaphase]

She frowns, and she wants to press a bit more, but lets it drop when he changes the subject. "I'm Kitty," she replies. "It's nice to meet you."

[grannyofthebolt]

"Well, I'm more of a sage than a fighter, but I'd love to see you go through them. I was more trying to figure out if the fire was magic or some martial technique."

"You would probably laugh if you saw me try to do any actual physical fighting without a bow." She laughs a bit embarrassed at that and scratches the back of her head.

[ambitiousblond]

"Yes, please join me, Elena." He gestures to the cushion opposite of him, watching her carefully. He hadn't been the only one who had survived what would have completely broken someone without their strength. Here they stood nonetheless, even if Rufus had to lean on a cane for now.

He can't fault her for watching him carefully and following closely behind him. It's a bit of normalcy in this strange world since he couldn't remember a part of his life when he was away from the Turks. And after everything the five of them had been through in the last two years alone, he can't fault her for wanting to be close to him.

"Here, you'll go first." He moves the board around so the white side was facing her. "Take your time before making your move. Consider your options." Veld had used the game to teach Rufus to think strategically, thinking things through several steps ahead while also being able to adapt when needed. He had thought it tedious then as a child but now he can't help but be grateful for those lessons.

[rookiemistakes]

“Yes, sir.”

Elena sits across from the President and looks down at the board. She has no doubt that she is about to lose spectacularly. She’d had some skill at this game long ago, but that was when she was still in pigtails and her primary concerns in life revolved around scoring higher on every test and doing better in every match than her older sister had done. She hadn’t played chess as a teenager because she actually enjoyed it; she just wanted to have another way in which she could beat Emma. Too bad that Emma never wanted to play after she joined the Turks.

God, so much has changed since then.

Elena takes a white pawn and makes her opening move. It’s a well known gambit, one she’d read about in a book almost ten years ago and never tried in real life.

;~; hewwo...

[divinise]

By this point, the sound of sweeping had faded into a kind of "so familiar you don't even notice it" thing, much like the sound of the ocean that he had been used to. And, alarmingly quick, the lack of the sound of the ocean here. So it does surprise him a bit when the other person in this carriage speaks up. Also because he is still not used to people actually talking to him. But Mirele is not as sure of how long that will take to get used to.

"Oh. I was...wondering about that. And the selection they have here, I was wondering about those too, a bit..." Trailing off as he finally just picks one that seems maybe a little bit close to what he's used to, he finds the instructions easy enough to follow. Which is good, because he doesn't necessarily want to ask someone for help with tea.

He also doesn't necessarily want to just end a conversation there, because much like tea bags, conversation is a new and strange thing that he rarely experienced before this. After a few seconds of stirring (barely at all, just in case), he'll pipe up again. "So, you've done that before, I figure? The...breaking the bag, I mean. Which you mentioned."

He's trying.

Naminé 💙 Kingdom Hearts (A Return!)

[really_sketchy]

Training Gym - Balance Beam.

[Naminé isn't strong but she's agile and light on her feet, and its exciting to have a piece of training equipment where those traits are more useful than strength or any skill with a weapon. It's something she's never done before but she decides to give it a try.

It's absolutely amazing.

A bright smile is cemented to her lips as she walks across the balance beam and even dares to do a cartwheel! And she doesn't fall off!]

This is amazing!

[She giggles and tries again though this time she falls onto the mats lining the floor instead of landing on her feet. Naminé will be a little bruised but she's fine.]

Owch...

[Time to try again.]

Water Maze - Team 3.

This way. [Naminé holds out her hand with a warm smile.] We have a place for people to rest and tents with healers and supplies.

[She's doing a lot of running around, helping as many people as she can, but she's primarily helping with those who have gotten injured. The train always seems to have them doing something dangerous and while Naminé has joined in dangerous missions in the past, she feels as if she is better suited helping where she can. Even if it separates her from her friends.

Luckily, she has a lot of distractions and she can't only focus on how worried she is about those who are in the water maze.]

Wild Card

[ooc: come at me! I am figuring stuff out.]

C

[bestbrotherever]

[The nearest ally is Loki, though he doesn't do anything besides give a diabolical grin of his own.

[Then the crab she grappled crumples, a long knife stabbed through its shell. Two small daggers fly out from above the crab and bury themselves into eels that are starting to get close.

[Another Loki appears and leaps down from the crab with the same grin as the one near Amethyst disappears.]

You were saying?

Aw yea

[kindlepitch]

Baz frowned, glancing over at Ronan as he tucked his wand into his sleeve. Ronan didn't seem surprised, or any of the various reactions Baz had come to expect from a Normal, but he was still wary. It was practically second nature after everything he'd experienced in America, dealing with Normals and vampires.

"I'm not sure that's the issue," he said smoothly, not bothering to elaborate on what he thought the problem might actually be. "Are you having trouble?" It seemed like a safe enough question.

[divinise]

It's...a little bit reassuring. It's also a little bit odd, to be talking to someone (something feels just rude, because even if he's a machine, he's still talking and thinking, right?) like this. But he's also cleaning up, so they have something in common, and he's being kind and optimistic, which is kind of what Mirele is looking for right now.

Mirele also wants to be optimistic, but it's not always easy, especially when he's fully aware of how fragile people can be. And sure, he doesn't have the same knowledge of everyone here, so maybe they're sturdier than the people he knows or the person he used to be, but--

He realizes he's just been staring without saying anything.

"You're probably right, but...I mean, if something did happen, we'd have no way of knowing, right? Would we ever find out? How long do you think they'll be gone?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

[Kaseri, being Kaseri, is very eager to have attention. She immediately drops everything, gives a happy whinny, and trots over like the tiny baby she is.

And to be fair, she Is rather tiny.

Unfortunately-] HIHH-!

-FWMPF-

[She Literally dropped everything.] Aaaaaah...th' hell...

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[swordsage]

Someone has never played a game like this in her life, either. The elf is picking up stray tiles, finding her way back from the scatter to the one who did the scattering. Considering she's down on one knee, she looks up curiously, but offers a tentative smile, then the tiles themselves.

"Is this the way this game is played? I...have not had a great opportunity to play humans' games, in the past." Maebhrin pauses, then, thoughtful. "Or any, really." But she chuckles at herself.

[luckydragonsfoot]

[He is, suffice to say, immediately being tempted to just leave. This is a very bad feel. A supremely bad feel. He should leave right-]

HYYYYAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

[Katsuya Jonouchi has passed out.]

[restoredhonor]

"The fire?" Oh, his smoking hands. "It's elemental bending. It's weaker here, since there's no sun, but I can still do it." He admits, stepping into the first form of the dancing dragon. No reason not to. She wouldn't understand and make fun of him for it.

"A bow?" He asks, as he moves through the form easily. "I've never been able to use a bow." He admits.

[luckydragonsfoot]

[Katsuya looks around again, considering Kaiba's words. He's not exactly a fan of what he's saying- mostly the part where he'll follow, admittedly.

But hey, screw it right? What's the worst that could happen?]

'M gonna aim for under th' head, [he starts, already preparing to kick off the coral.]

'F you're comin', get ready.

[goingthroughaphase]

[Oh.....goodness. That. Is. So. Cute.]

Wow...! You are so adorable!

[Hope Kaseri doesn’t mind being petted, because Kitty kneels down to fawn over the tiny horse, because look at it.

She doesn’t realize that Kaseri is the one holding everything up though, and when he falls, she glances over.]

...are you okay?