Test Drive Meme 003

[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!

What to do on a train.

The problem with trains is you are unable to get off them. Whilst hurtling through an ever changing void that’s probably a good thing all told but it can lead to boredom. Or at least it does if you don’t think creatively enough!

What can you do in a standard coach? Well the obvious, most practical use is a comfy place to sit, in relative solitude as long as no one sits too close. Read a book if you’ve the points to buy one, or write in your journal.

But thinking outside the box a standard coach is also a pretty good climbing course, up and down over the rows of seats, there’s even gaps under the seats if you want to add to the challenge. Or you could just play the floor is lava.

Escorting Dralite

Dralite: Small, bat like creatures. As chicks they are about the size of a beach ball, however it soon becomes apparent that they are predominantly made of wings. Unfurled the creature is tiny with massive wings, spanning a meter long each. It is obvious why they need an escort, they cannot yet fly and their movement is severely hampered by their disproportionate wing size. They will happily cling to any friendly creatures.

Adult dralite are about the size of a sheep with large wings and large claws. They are teritorial but not overtly hostile unless provoked.

Dralite have a screech that will floor most creatures, knocking them down disoriented. As chicks their screech will stun, giving them time to escape from danger.

This world has a sizable colony and a group of humans who preserve and look after the huge dralite nests. However it seems like a group of chicks have gone missing, poachers are suspected, probably planning on selling the chicks off world.

Team One Is to track down the missing dralite. There are clues, footprints, other tracks and rumours of an unauthorised camp of humans in the area. Follow the tracks, check out the camp, see if you can find who took the dralite chicks and where they are being kept.

Team Two Is to rescue the chicks by any means necessary. Be that sneaking in and stealing them back or bursting in to challenge the poachers and put an end to their operation once and for all.

Team Three The remaining chicks still need looked after, especially with many of the volunteers helping hunt down the missing ones. They are needy creatures that cannot mover very far on their own so rely on clinging to other species to get around. You might just find yourself with a new dralite hat or cloak clinging to you, trying to get comfy. They shriek whenever they are afraid or don’t get their way and are likely to wrap their wings around your head if things get too scary. Good luck!

Around the Campfire

Once the chicks are back safe and sound it is time for a celebration. A huge BBQ and campfire is set up for a tasty feast. Just remember to share the meat with your new dralite friends or they will get sad and sulky and that could lead to trouble.

There’s lots of food and afterwards the dralite conservationists will tell stories around the fire, inviting the trekkers to do the same. Wanting to know of the different worlds they have been to, the adventures they’ve been on. Or if real life tale telling is not for you then they will settle for a good ghost story.

Comments

[dredefulchilde]

Old blood? Hero of Hong Kong?

Joss raises an eyebrow at the sudden gush of nonsense. “...right,” he says eventually, extricating his hand. “A pleasure, Kotaro.” The odd little vampire is right, though: he is old. And the bloodline he shares with his maker is positively ancient. Aurelia had been turned in the second century AD. Her maker went back to the ancient precursors to the Celts, back when Britain wasn’t even an island and massive beasts stalked the land. Thousands upon thousands of years ago.

“Silver blade? Isn’t that a bit, you know, dangerous?” Not that he should talk, given his long and storied history of killing other vampires.

[babysage]

Kotaro nodded, seemingly unconcerned. "Yes. Big brother is very dangerous." He's not really supposed to know, his brother has never really spoken about it but he has ears and he knows what they whisper behind his back. Kinslayer.

"But he's also really nice, not that you should tell him that. He acts all strict and he is very strict when I don't do what I'm supposed to or break the rules but he's nice really! He's not here though so..."

He misses him. Lots. Even if he is having lots of adventures.

[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin knows that look, and he suddenly finds himself feeling something akin to sympathy for the younger vampire. “I have a little sister,” he says gently. “And an adopted mother. I miss them both very much. There’s no shame in it.”

It’s taken him a very long time to figure that out.

[babysage]

"You have a little sister?" And a mother? That's a lot of family. Kotaro has always only had his brother, the only two in their whole bloodline. That's fine, they have lots of friends. Especially not they live in the Special Zone.

"What's her name? How little is she?"

[dredefulchilde]

“Adopted, but yes. Her name is Toyo. She’s very little.” It hurts, thinking about her. He wants to go home. But, all the same, he’s still smiling. Something about this bizarre young vampire (who is the same physical age and size as he is, but still.) has him feeling very nostalgic.

“I’ve got a mum, too. She’s not my real mum, and she’s not my sire, but I would kill for her. She’s not even a vampire. She’s...special.” And a fully fledged goddess he’s eternally bound to.

At least he hopes he’s still eternally bound to her.

“What about you? What’s it like to have an older brother? I think I had one when I was human, but I can’t quite remember it. It was so long ago.”

[babysage]

Even though he looks to be the same age as Kotaro he feels much older, especially when he talks about killing for his mum. Kotaro's never killed anyone! That's what Jiro is for! But it's nice to hear about Joss' sister and his mum who is human.

"It's great to have a big brother, even if you have to be on your best behaviour all the time and listen to him and obey him and not draw on walls or wander off..."

He grinned, "I have Mimiko too. She's our friend and sort of our boss! She's a red blood, a human, and she's really kind and nice. She's strict too but only with Jiro and she buys me ice cream!"