Test Drive Meme 014

[voidtreckermods]

Welcome to the Test Drive Meme! Here is the place to see how your character might fit the setting, grab samples and have fun!

1. Post with your character, including their name and series in the subject. We’ve written out some prompts but feel free to make up your own, you have a whole train to play with!

2. Assume they've been around long enough for threads to jump right into the action.

3. Have lots of fun. Mandatory, mod-sanctioned fun.

Happy testing!

Making Music

The latest addition to the train is the Music Carriage, a double-decker space with reasonable acoustics and more tambourines than you can shake a drumstick at.

Upstairs, a small stage in the middle holds a piano, and seating aisles on either side run back to the ends of the carriage and the stairs back down. Curtains and basic stage lighting give some control over the performance space, or act as tools to annoy your fellow 'treckers.

Downstairs, boxes and racks of acoustic instruments up to the size of a guitar litter one side, along with sheet music, manuals, music stands and stools for the budding musician. The other end has several screens set into the wall, through which you can access either a jukebox or an extensive but ecclectic music library from millions of unknown worlds. Your SCA can store up to a hundred tracks for your personal enjoyment, so find your favourites. Or maybe you're the unfortunate soul who found that entire crate of recorders...

Green Fingers

The greenhouse is a surprisingly bright room, its vaulted ceiling made of a transparent, incredibly tough material that shows the light of the Void along the entire length of the room. The single metal support beams is bedecked in roses. The aisle of grass running through the centre of the carriage is riotous with strange plants and flowers, small stone paths leading off to this flowerbed or that.

Usually, this is a fairly calm place to be. Usually, someone hasn't smuggled a bag full of magical seeds back from a mission, and planted them all through the greenhouse. Seemingly overnight, the room has filled with a multitude of strange and wonderful plants. Dare you investigate?

Unplugged

The latest mission has the Voidtreckers in a strangely barren city, its citizens wearing skinsuits, wired gloves and headsets. Just like the ones the dressing car put you all in..? It makes more sense when you turn on the visor and the world comes alive around you. Welcome to Amp Online! The danger this time is in the virtual world overlaid with the physical, as a wave of animal-themed viruses sweep through the cyberscape, destroying livelihoods, and perhaps lives.

Team One

Primarily the fighting is limited to the virtual world. The locals are happy to upload basic combat software into Team One's gear, but the good stuff is locked behind paywalls. Hackable paywalls, definitely, but, luckily, the viruses seem to be dropping something called amp-cred when slain. Which... is apparently money, because the balance in the corner of your vision just ticked up. Time to grind. Wait, are those... limited edition skins?

Team Two

The technicians and sysads insist that the viruses are totally foreign to Amp Online. So... where did they come from? Team Two is tasked with deep-diving into the network, through back-end servers rendered by their gear into dungeon-like labyrinths. The 'monster' viruses are fewer here, but instead, paths are blocked by worms and barrier-like popups. You all have tracking apps and hacking software that looks oddly gamified. Go!

Team Three

Not all threats are online - after a while, a virus manages to follow a link back to the real world, and hijack something. A combat drone, a refridgerator, someone's car... Another follows, and another. Team Three are ejected from Amp Online to troubleshoot in the physical world, protecting data centers and civilian housing stacks from rogue machinery... or their own smart-homes. Ever fought a toaster? Alexa, play Ride of the Valkyries.

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10 Vigilant Gaze Purges The Horizon | Kill Six Billion Demons

[comingorgoing]

-Green Fingers-

10 Vigilant Gaze Purges The Horizon sat cross legged in the garden car. He was a hulking figure of some kind of ceramic or stone, which would probably be over eight feet tall while standing, that leaked blue-white flames constantly. Yet despite the flames, standing close revealed an aura of cold rather than of warmth. He also, if you cared to look closely enough to tell, had four arms.

The alien plants kept on trying to spray strange spores in his face, or grab him with vines, or various other things, but none of them had any effect. The spores burned/froze into nothing from the flames, and his armor was FAR too heavy to be moved by the vines. He actually held out one hand so he could watch them coil around his fingers.

"Hoho, such curiously little weeds. I do not feel like you should belong here at all, though. Perhaps I should take up gardening?"

He sounded kind of like Brian Blessed.

-Team Three-

The angel was having trouble finding any gear that fit his massive frame, so his ability to help with the digital battles was limited. The physical battles, however, were kind of a cake walk.

For something so big and heavy, it was surprising how quickly and quietly he could move. If a combat drone or rogue machine looked like it was going to hurt someone, he would quickly appear and disable it with incredible strength and precision.

He just now punched a hole in the hood of a self driving car before it ran someone over and pulled the engine out. Maybe a civilian, maybe you.

"You ought to watch where you're going, young one! The streets contain physical dangers, as well as the electronic devils you hunt!"

-Extra Prompt-

Overlaying the Train is a miniature spirit world of sorts. A realm that mortal eyes cannot normally perceive. This is where 10 Vigilant Gaze's TRUE form rests.

While his armor is more or less humanoid (except for the extra arms), his true body is nothing of the sort. A great bull sat patiently, that could almost look alive were it not bright orange and also missing its head. Instead of a head, a great bonfire rose from the bull's neck, atop which sat a wheel of eyes which looked in every direction at once.

One of the eyes noticed someone was actually, somehow, looking into this realm. Maybe they were a creature like him, maybe they had some kind of magical vision. Maybe it was just a chance convergence of dimensions. But here you are, and here he is.

"Ho there! I didn't expect a lot of company in here."

extra

[nocawsforconcern]

[Hm. Enna, having a complicated relationship with spirits, can see him well enough. But, well. He's still a fire with eyes and all of that.

Enna squints for a moment, and then covers her own eyes.]

Too bright. Can you be less bright?

Team Three

[messwithtexas]

At the sight of 10 Vigilant Gaze's casual act of destruction, Lappland's hand flew to the hilt of her sword on instinct - the real one, not the virtual anti-virus weapon. Such strength, but such grace! A warrior almost beyond what she could comprehend!

"You know, I have a feeling I'll die if I fight you, but I have half a mind to try it anyway. What do you think? The buckets of bolts will still be there when we're done."

Team Three

[faimommy]

Fai was running from his own problems, and... maybe wasn't quite expecting to put him in the line of fire of a second appliance - this time a car - as he fled from a microwave.

His eyes went wide - this was probably going to hurt. But then, a rather valiant... Gentleman? jumped in, breaking the car.

"Aw~ you called me young. How sweet~" he teases.

He looks back at the car, relieved and still processing. But then, the little forgotten microwave wraps a wire around Fai's ankle and yanks him, causing the tall, slender man to fall to the ground onto his back with a loud oof. Then a laugh.

"A little more assistance, please?" as the machine slowly drags him away. Fai's not worried at all.

Green Fingers because no one tagged it >:[

[luckydragonsfoot]

There's something a little odd about the guy sitting in the Garden Car, but at this point Katsuya's learned to just roll with the punches handed to him. As long as it's not a ghost, a zombie, or any other spooky scary thing, he can deal with it.

If anything, the guy looks kinda neat. Bit like a weird robot, though he probably isn't one.

The blond isn't alone- a tiny pony of some kind stands at his side, and the two stare as the angel chuckles at the plants. "Nyh...t' be honest, I think yer right- I've been in here a few times an' I've never seen plant's like tha'..."

The ponyta gives a small whinny, and Katsuya huffs at it. "Oii oii, that doesn' mean 's safe t' eat."

Colden Rollins | OC | OTA

[wherewoof]

a. Music

Colden definitely wasn't a musician, but he still enjoyed music. Without even touching any of the instruments in the music car, he made his way to one of the screens and started scrolling through music, listening to songs before deciding if he wanted to put them on his SCA or not.

"Come on," he muttered to himself, "Where's the 'I could commit murder to this' kind of songs." He was aware how alarming that sounded, but he also didn't care right now. Besides, he was keeping his voice down, it wasn't like he was shouting it to the heavens.

b. Team One

He didn't need combat training. He was more than capable of taking care of himself, and he took down the viruses with ease. Stopping in the middle of what he was doing when he realized limited edition skins for his gear existed, he quickly weighed his options. The more viruses he killed, the better, right? It could literally not hurt to take down more of them.

Turning at the sound of a virus monster growling at him, he growled right back, fingernails lengthening into sharp claws. Then he literally launched himself at the creature, tackling it to the ground and going for the throat. Despite being made of data stuff, it seemed to be super effective.

c. Team Three

There was a microwave coming at him. An honest to god microwave, trailing its power cord and everything. Snatching it up off the ground, he flung it as hard as he could, watching as it broke against the pavement. That didn't stop it from trying to come at him still, though, but he was distracted from its injured plight when a pair of headlights shined over him.

Scrambling quickly, he dove out of the way, rolling behind a bench on the sidewalk to avoid being run over. "Well, that's a little harder to deal with," he muttered. "How do you stop a rampaging car?" It wasn't like he could just wait for it to run out of gas; he didn't have that kind of time.

d. Wildcard

Come at me!

Music

[infestedcouncilpresident]

"Bloody violent murder where you go crazy with an axe, or sneaky professional murder where you're half a city away before anyone even notices they're dead?"

Someone overheard him, apparently. Fortunately, she understood the need for odd playlists.

Team Three

[nocawsforconcern]

[Enna... doesn't know what a car is. But it's large, metal, and unpleasant, so she's standing her ground, a fist raised like she thinks she can just smash the car with her bare hands...

...

And at the last second, she realizes she doesn't have her super strength anymore. Enna jumps, rolling onto the roof of the car and holding on for dear life.]

SOMEONE PLEASE STOP THIS THING I DON'T LIKE IT.

[She has a knife. She is attempting to stab the hood of the car.

This, rather predictably, is not accomplishing much.]

Guy Cecil | Tales of the Abyss | OTA

[fontechnician]

Train!!!

[Auldrant has tech. It's not very advanced tech, but it's tech nonetheless, and Guy loves all of it.

This train is not something he's ever seen in his entire life so far, and so it's absolutely the most fascinating thing at the moment. And possibly future moments, because he's determined to discover everything this strange giant machine has to offer.

Unfortunately, it's also very crowded, so he's constantly bumping into people during his adventure.]

Pardon me, I didn't see you there. Sorry if I stepped on your feet...very sorry.

[At least he's polite about it?]


Train!! Now with more name fuckery

Ah...does anyone know how to change the way these screens display names? There's a mistake on here and I need to know how to fix it.

[He's covering up a name outside his assigned sleeping car--his own--and it's definitely a bit longer than 'Guy'. Help?]


Team 3 (+ a little Team 2)

[As much as Guy hates to admit it, he's fairly useless when it comes to digital assistance. If he could, he'd love to sit down and poke at all the things the virtual world had to offer, but the fact was that any expertise he could offer was in hardware and there was no time for even a crash course in virtual combat, as it was.

So, he'd taken to the physical realm instead. Currently, he was attempting to evacuate a family who'd been taken hostage by their own smart kitchen. Or at least a rogue toaster-dishwasher team that either threatened to set the place ablaze or electrocute everyone within.]

Hey! You want to help the family out or deal with the appliances? I'm good for either.

name fuckery!

[nocawsforconcern]

Yours too?

[Enna, a tiny girl in a large cloak, is frowning at him.]

I was just gonna fix it with a knife. That seems fastest. You have a knife?

Gienah "Enna" Alchiba | OC

[nocawsforconcern]

[Enna is a short girl, though an adult, who has... found a knife and taken it to the polo shirt new arrivals get, hacking the sleeves off, though poorly. Most of the time, she's covered up with a large cloak, though, looking more like a very small Ringwraith than a person when she has the hood up.]

A.

[Music room, huh? Enna is giving it the stinkeye as she decides to check it out. Two minutes later, she's walking back out, carrying a pair of cymbals.]

Confiscating these. Bad ideas. Can I throw these overboard? I should throw these overboard.

[She may in fact be looking for a way to open a window to throw them out. It's probably a good idea to stop her.]

B.

[In Amp Online, though, Enna's actually showing her worth with Team One. Somehow, the loot just seems to be attracted to her, which means mobs are coming to her, which means that before long, Enna is just kind of rolling in money. Which, oddly, she doesn't seem to be happy about, or even care.

No, what she's caring about is the limited skins she's gotten on her in-game weapons. Which are twin daggers, that are the gaudiest thing that has ever existed. It looks like they're solid gold, and then a bedazzler threw up all over them- Studded with gemstones, shiny and hideous. Enna seems quite proud of them, though...]

I should give the rest of this to the team, but I don't know how... Hey, you! How do I give the number to other people?

[She's addressing anyone she sees wearing an SCA. Literally just giving out free money, if she can figure out... how.]

C.

[Otherwise, on the train, Enna is quite easy to find. She's often poking her nose into everywhere and everything, trying to find treasure anywhere she can- Which, in this case, means 'anything shiny'. She's trying to hoard any shiny things she sees like a magpie. If you've left anything shiny around and it doesn't clearly belong to anyone, she might be trying to swipe it... Wildcard option!]

C

[gene_destiny]

"Aw man, where is it?"

Riku whined as he crawled across the floor of one of the train cars, searching fruitlessly for his riser. The shiny, red, black, and silver device had fallen out of his jacket pocket without his noticing it, and now he was trying desperately to find it.

Little did he know his quarry lay close by, sitting near one of the car's exits... out of his range of sight, and located where someone could just walk in and find it.

Kohaku Yuhara | original!

[infestedcouncilpresident]

-Making music-

Kohaku, a tallish Japanese teen who looked like she needed more sleep, slouched into the music car, saw someone picking up a kazoo, and immediately turned around and slouched right back out.

"Nope. Not doing this. I could do without my ears getting fucked today."

It was a crude way to put it, but having superhuman senses can make some noises unbearable.

-Green fingers-

Superhuman reaction times only work if you're paying attention. Kohaku wandered into the garden car and walked face first into a cloud of pink spores that smelled of composting grass clippings. She coughed and muttered "Ah fuck." to herself as she stumbled back a few steps, but the damage was already done.

When she stopped blinking a lot, she looked up and saw that the universe was glowing. Every object around her appeared to contain a star within it, which pulsed in time with her heart beat. She waved her fingers in front of her face and tried to count them but lost track at around eighteen.

"...I'm in trouble, aren't I?"

Maybe she could just...sit down somewhere that WASN'T the garden car and wait for her involuntary vision quest to end. Now let's see, where did the garden car end? She was PRETTY sure she didn't remember the next car having a waterfall in it, but maybe she could get a drink from it while she waited.

-Team one-

"This is actually pretty cool!"

Kohaku felt like she was the hero of a cyberpunk videogame right now, and kind of wanted to do her hair up into spikes, or to get a leather jacket with spiky shoulders. The glowing AR glasses would have to do. She kind of strolled along the sidewalk after the viruses, holding a giant, flaming sword in one hand that she had spent all her amp-creds on and so only existed in cyberspace.

Whenever she got close to the viruses, she quickly dispatched it with minimal movements. The way she moved was...precise. She didn't move any faster than a normal person, but every action was perfectly timed like she had practiced it endlessly for hours. No matter how small the weak spot or how erratically the viruses moved, Kohaku's ridiculous bullshit anime sword always landed precisely where she aimed it.

Team One

[iamnotgod]

If there was one place this digital being felt at home, it was the Internet... even if this was a different planet's internet.

"You have quite the excellent sense of timing," Webmind commented - he'd taken the opportunity to customize his 'avatar' so he looked less like a shaped-being and more a shimmer in the air.

Not necessarily convenient to look at, but more comfortable for him at least, and he'd take that opportunity while he could.

He dispatched another virus with similar efficiency; a matter of deliberate calculation, of tricking the virus into moving just so at the right time so he could dissolve it into harmlessness.

"But yes, 'cool' also suffices."

Was he winking? It was hard to tell.

Ann Takamaki | Persona 5 | ota

[menaretrash]

A - Making Music:

[ This entire place is weird, and it seems to just be getting weirder. At least it's not entirely devoid of things to do, Ann's finding. Speaking of find, she's found herself on the Music Carriage; she's pretty much musically inclined, but she's always been fascinated by instruments in general.

It's why, for the moment, she's seated herself at the piano. She runs her fingers across the keys, before deciding to give it a whirl. Cracking her knuckles, she places her fingers down over the keys, and begins.

Be prepared to hear the most riveting version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star you've ever heard. And by riveting, she means... one handed and very, very off key. ]

B - Green Fingers:

[ Among the various list of things that Ann Takamaki is not the best at: keeping plants alive. What she is good at, however, is looking at them from a safe distance. So, when she finds this particular car, she's a little bit in awe. They've got a lot of neat things in Japan, but none of their trains have an actual greenhouse filled to the brim with so many colorful fauna. None that she's actually seen, at least.

It's why she absolutely must share her wonder with the person standing closes to her. Lucky you. ]

Wow... hey, what kind of plants do you think these things even are? And uh... do you think they're poisonous?

[ It's a legit question, at least. ]

C - Unplugged, team One

[ This is more along the lines of what she's used to... sort of. This isn't the Metaverse by any stretch of the imagination, but it's still at least a vaguely familiar scenario that she's oddly comfortable with.

There's no Shadows here, and she's trying to learn just how to properly navigate this place and work with what is, essentially, a brand new team. What she's getting is this is more or less almost like... a video game? Suddenly, she's a little less impressed, but just as eager to help.

As a Virus fizzles away, she hums, turning to the person closest to her person. ]

So... is doing this sort of thing common?

D - Wildcard:

[ Got any ideas? Toss 'em at me, my dudes. ]

C

[nocawsforconcern]

No idea!

[Enna looks up from her own kill, having planted twin daggers right in the back of some... something or other. It's hard to tell, honestly, with how quick Enna's cut the thing into several pieces.]

But I guess we're supposed to keep doing it? The number keeps going up when I do. But it feels kind of mean.

Alfredo | Romeo's Blue Skies

[hisblueskies]

Making Music

There is a piano in this room. Of all the strange things this train-of-the-void has to offer, he hadn't expected something to remind him of home.

Not even Milan; what used to be his home, the Martini estate. It wasn't even his own playing he remembered, as he made his way up and down the keys...

Anyone trying to make eye contact with this blond can see his mind is very much elsewhere; in a different time, on a person he may well never see again.

"Bianca," Alfredo whispers, ceasing his playing for a moment and simply resting his hands on the keys, lowering his face.

Unplugged - Team Three

As interested as he was in learning about Amp Online - was this an infinite library, one everyone could access? - the more physical threats he could strategize against more effectively.

"Everyone in position?" he calls through the comms, expression and voice dead serious. You'd think they were cornering traffickers, not virus-driven appliances!

Wildcard - Library aka Standard Coach

One place you can always find Alfredo Martini at his happiest is a library; while this carriage isn't devoted to the shelves, there are more than enough books to hold his attention for weeks on end.

Come poke him; ask about his latest reads. He does have much in the way of history and science to catch up on, after all - or perhaps you want to vent about the ending one of the fiction books...

He'll appreciate the effort to get his mind off of the facts of life about this train.

Unplugged! (assuming they've re-met already etc)

[myblueskies]

"Ready!"

He's learning new things about this boy who until recently only existed in his dreams every day. Today he has learned that he's really smart when it comes to plans for fighting!

Elfnein is pretty good at coming up with plans but Alfredo? You would have thought he fought like this all the time! Even though Romeo doesn't think he even had known what a toaster was until he came on the train!

He is ready, this toaster won't stand against their teamwork!

Lappland | Arknights

[messwithtexas]

Team One

After a long rampage of virus destruction, Lappland is taking a little break to reap the rewards of her plunder. She sits cross-legged in the park, surrounded by virtual loot boxes, opening them one after another. Treasure! Random rewards! How exciting!

Or maybe it is for luckier people. Lappland scowls as her newfound gains are revealed one by one. Common weapon. Common skin. Common spray. Common skin. Ultra Rare... healing staff. All she wants is one decent weapon, but it's just not in the cards today.

"You know, I'm starting to think this whole thing is some kind of weird scam."

Team Three

Now THIS is more Lappland's speed.

"Kyahahaha, is that the best you've got! I'm disappointed in you!"

So shouts Lappland as she holds onto her sword for dear life, impaled through the hood of a rampaging car. Despite the legitimate life-or-death peril she's obviously in, she cackles like a madwoman. Unfortunately, her position doesn't put her in much of a place to aim the car, so when it swerves out of control over someone's lawn and in your general direction, it's all she can do (or cares to do) to shout "Heads up!" and hope you have the presence of mind to get out of the way before being run over. Good luck!

Team one

[infestedcouncilpresident]

"It's loot boxes, man. Of COURSE it's a scam."

Kohaku said that, but she also was sporting a digital sword as big as she was and studded with flaming skulls. Some people have all the luck.

Rainbow Dash / My Little Pony: Equestria Girls / OTA

[goalriff]

Making Music

Dash is sitting on the edge of the stage, guitar in her lap and notebook off to the side. Pen is in hand and she's mumbling to herself over these music notes.

"No, that won't work." Her fingers idly drum on the guitar as she thinks about it and lets out a frustrated groan. "Where's Fluttershy when you need her?" Ugh, this is super frustrating without her friend around.

Okay, Dash, calm down, you can do this. She sighs and squeezes her pen a bit tighter.

"No sweat, I've done solo before."

Green Fingers

She's just there to look. Though this does remind of her Applejack and Twilight telling her about some plants coming to life. Magically of course. That's not the case here.

The sound of a humming bird catches her ear. "Heh, I know a friend of mine who can understand you." She tells the bird.

Unplugged - Team Three

Once trouble starts, Dash ponies up and activates her geode, giving her super speed.

She flaps her wings to get into the air to see what's around. Killer cars, toasters or whatever isn't the strangest thing she's fought off before. She's flying around and zipping by a bit fast, but she can take in the information pretty fast.

"Yo, look out! To your left!"

Wildcard
[Hit me up with other ideas!]

T3

[lightnovelexperiences]

Deedee, a five foot ten tall foxwoman wearing what she is in her icon, wants to be nowhere near plugged in, thank you - bad experiences. Fighting monsters wasn't as bad as VR for her.

Didn't stop her from getting overwhelmed against the appliance army, of course - the microwave would have clipped her if not for Dash's warning. Instead, she ducks it and spin kicks it, sending it flying into a menacing washing machine that's slowly rattling towards her.

"Okay! Okay okay, thanks miss uh - little miss Agility build," she blurts out.

In her defense she is very distracted by a roomba with a knife.

"Little help here?"

Farseer Alastirra of Telaar | World of Warcraft OC

[farseer_alastirra]

Green Fingers

Being Draenei, Alastirra is not unfamiliar with strange plants--after all, when the Exodar crashed on Azuremyst Isle, the crystals mutated both plants and animals. Ever see a beaked flower wandering around on its own root-tendrils? This shaman has!

She's well aware she's no druid, but the Draenei can't help but wander closer, seeing if her presence will make the plants react...gingerly. Very gingerly. It's as if she doesn't want to get too close...can you blame her?


Unplugged: Team One-Videogameception?

No, Alastirra doesn't know she's originally from a MMO--but some of this seems so very familiar! Especially when the things she is fighting drop materials--oh, it's just like home! Though things back home drop meat and other crafting materials, not curious boxes that are full of...odd curios and bits and bobs.

Well, the idea seems solid, and she's rather interested in the new hammer she's just acquired. Time to see how it worked against these 'viruses'. She wields it in a two-handed grip and takes swing at the nearest one, which goes flying for a good distance when she connects.

"Hoo hoo, look at him go!" she crows.

Green Fingers

[messwithtexas]

As Alastirra approaches a particular tree, it begins to stir, shaking ominously.

Or at least, it would be ominous, if Lappland wasn't jostling it with her foot. Still, did she get you for a second there?

Grimmjow | Bleach | OTA

[kingcat]

Making Music

Have you ever heard a cat walking on a piano? How about a cat playing a piano? Okay, he's not actually playing, he's just poking the keys with curiosity, trying to figure out what the heck the piano is even for. Not that he knows what it's called. Enjoy the awful, discordant sound of him poking keys at random, sometimes a whole bunch at a time.


Unplugged | Team One

He's not a fan of the getup, but once the visor is turned on, he doesn't mind so much. Especially since he gets to kill things. With his bare hands. It's exactly his favorite style of fighting, and his laugh is bordering on creepy as he smashes his way through one virtual enemy after another. "Come on, is that all you got?! Where's your stinkin' heroes? Give me a challenge!" he yells, swiping his way through another virtual enemy. The lack of physical feedback, of claws sinking into flesh, is a little disappointing but he'll take what he can get.

Music

[wherewoof]

All Colden wanted to do was find more music to put on his SCA. Quietly. Maybe with some peace. Instead, he was treated to the terrible sounds of someone who was apparently intent on torturing his sensitive hearing. He put up with it for a few moments, but he didn't exactly have the patience of a saint.

"Could you maybe not? And take pity on people's ears?"

Fai D. Flourite | Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

[faimommy]

[ 1. Play a Note or Two ]

Fai curiously, and remarkably, stumbles upon a room filled with instruments. Immediately, he's taken in by the piano. He remembers seeing one in Outo, in the Clover bar, and how beautiful it sounded. He finds a manual for it, and begins lightly plunking keys as he tries to follow along. Thankfully, he's skilled at learning by reading. Before long, he's playing a simple, but beautiful melody.

You're certainly welcome to grab an instrument and join in. He'll be more than happy to have the companionship. However, if you happen to be observing and haven't said anything as he continues to play, he'll look up at you with a smile.

"Why don't you come try it?" he'll say as he pats the seat next to him. "It's pretty simple."


[ 2. Unplugged - One ]

Being dropped into a virtual world is not exactly unfamiliar to Fai; but being aware of it is the new thing. Fai has equipped a simple staff and has decided to use his approach with that.

As he dodges around from the viruses, he's laughing, not really attacking. Sure, he's supposed to fight back. But this is Fai we're talking about. He'll defend himself, but he has no real reason to attack.

But when a virus catches him by surprise, he swings the staff out to smack the virus back, killing it as a side effect. And that's when it drops the Amp-cred and the little notif in his visor ticks up his increase.

"Oh~! They drop money!"

This is a lot like Outo, then. Too bad Kurogane and Syaoran aren't here to make the finances work. But he'll make do. He'll attack a few more, but he's only getting so far with dodges and light smacks. Before he knows it, he's... kind of backed into a corner.

When he spots you, though, he waves.

"Hey, excuse me~! If you help me, I'll give you half of whatever I earn~!

Look, he's not inclined to fight; not even with a money or upgrade bribe.


[ 3. Unplugged - Three ]

As he's kicked from the virtual world back to the real one, it takes him a moment to readjust to his own body. But he's out the door quickly enough, and picks one person to attach to - you.

"Who knew it could get this bad, hmm~? A virus escaping into the real world." he says rather upbeat. "But I suppose anything is possible on another world."

And barely has he finished his sentence when a wire lashes out at you and him both. Fai dodges easily out of the way with a playful yelp.

"Hyuu~ that was close."

He looks to the offending object-gained-life, which appears to be a decent sized, fully equipped stereo. Which wastes no time in turning its volume up to max as it blasts LOUD METAL ROCK music.

Fai covers his ears, still in good humour, but his next words can't be heard over the blaring music. Another wire lashes out, and Fai holds up his arm to block it. But the wire wraps itself around his arm and yanks him forward.

Uhm... A little help, please?

Unplugged - One!

[iamnotgod]

Fai may or may not have spotted Webmind - who has opted to customize his 'avatar' to make it less centralized, with a symbol of a disparate shimmering in the 'air' - dissolving the viruses with ease.

He may not technically be a hacker, but this is his domain. Just... of another planet. Yeah.

"I have no need for the earnings," Webmind replies genially.

"But I am more than happy to provide assistance. You can draw them out, while I dispatch them?"

Seems a fair arrangement to him, though Fai may say otherwise.

Deedee Yeowoo / OC / OTA

[lightnovelexperiences]

1: Music Room: Le Soleil Levant
Deedee Yeowoo has always liked music but never considered herself a musician. So instead she's going around checking out the CDs.

She squints at the cover of one then sighs, facepalming. "Of all of the artifacts of that bitrotten hellhole the best of That One Bard had to cross over..."

Fuck it, let's listen to some bardcore while she sits, fuming, but unable to stop drumming her fingers in rhythm.

2: Dining Car: Things She Missed

Deedee is a big girl and she's needs to eat for gains, but fuck it, there's ice cream in the fridge, she's doing her endurance training today, she has been in a place where sugar is outrageously expensive, she's gonna have some goddamn ice cream with her goddamn rice and the goddamn curry katsu she makes with a real goddamn deep fryer.

If anyone walks into this unseemly display of gluttony, while she still has the spoon in her mouth she'll slur "Made enough for leftovers, used to cooking for five, knock yourself out."

3: Unplugged Team 3: Bonus Round - Destroy The Car

In the virus corner, weighing just shy of 3,400 pounds and with the power of approximately 335 horses, a possessed Toyota GR Supra - flashing it's headlights and honking menacingly, like a bull about to charge. And it's cohorts, a roomba with a knife attached to it, a quadcopter, and an irate washing machine.

In the away team's corner, a very buff girl in something evocative of Shaolin robes cracking her knuckles, letting her tails spread out to gather ambient mana, and grinning. She twirls her spear behind her with one hand forward, in the Lunging Dragon stance. Deedee Yeowoo was a Monk in the other world; she still retains some of her punchwizardry.

"Keep Stabby, Flying Trashpanda and Mr Clean occupied. The car is mine," she says. "Any other plans?"

4: Wildcard! (She will refuse to log into VR, anything else is fair game!)

tl;dr: five-foot-ten transgender disaster foxgirl who violently hatched after getting turned into her character from an MMO (and also getting trapped in it's world). She's retained some of her powers now that she got double isekai'd.

Re: Deedee Yeowoo / OC / OTA

[tactlesstantei]

“Got it. I’ll keep them busy for you.”

[Masumi, meanwhile, was staring down the rogue electronics. While trying to fight a quadcopter would not be ideal given her lack of any way to attack from a distance, at least the roomba and the washer made for nice, nonflying opponents.]

“I’ll try to stop the roomba first.” [Might as well get rid of the trip hazard/ankle stabber before it became a problem.]

Zodiark - Dragalia Lost

[shadowwyrm]

Music

Zodiark's presence onboard the train is at least no longer a complete shock to MOST people; of all the things the train's picked up, a dog sized dragon frankly isn't the strangest, and the skeletal creature was rather fond of frequenting the music car, sometimes to tuck as best he could out of sight and simply listen, sometimes to try his claws at some of the instruments himself.

But today he's working on figuring out the jukebox, sitting on his hind legs, tail tucked around himself, scrawny, battered frame all but leaning on the machine of interest, tapping away one claw at a time through the options. It looks awkward, and it is. The skeletal dragon's maintaining his balance pretty well though he seems to be having trouble with getting it to acknowledge claws as a reasonable way to interface.

"Accursed device," comes the tired rumble far too deep and old sounding for such a small frame, bony tail giving a single lash. "I know there are violins recorded in here, give forth your melodies!"

Team One

When digital rare skins are involved, frankly, the appearance of a bony dragon in a visor and modified suit isn't horrifying. It has however gotten him a lot of questions about how many creds he grinded out to purchase such a rare skin. It's a little larger this time than he usually is on the train, closer to a small horse than a dog.

It pleases Zodiark a little to be ambushed by curiosity and enthusiasm instead of terror, and is more than happy to simply explain that he ... came with this particular avatar as opposed to BUYING it, please alter his combat programming so he can use his teeth and claws properly~

And then the dragon settled in to massacre viruses with an enthusiasm that might make someone think he's actually a RPG nerd and not simply delighted to be able to help people again freely!

"The fiends I understand," Zodiark says to the nearest train-based teammate, another virus demolished, leaning to poke at the loot that dropped with his nose. It promptly disappears, looted. "But what is this supposed to be?"

Music

[farseer_alastirra]

"Are you looking for a specific piece?" Dragons, even skeletal ones, weren't out of Alastirra's purview, so she simply gazed into the jukebox--even she had had one of those at her garrison! But many of the titles were not the same, so that was more than a bit troubling. She wanted to help, not confuse the dragon more!

"I am not sure how many are in here. Were I more of a musician, I might try to play the violin myself, but I am certain you do not want to hear me make it screech." And he wanted violin music, not singing, so that was right out--even if she was better at vocals.

"Though if you know which one, I could definitely make it play!"

Morgana Sakurai | OC | Live action Pokémon AU (w/ Eva's player's permission) | OTA

[spectralblossom]

Music
[With her upbringing, Morgan has learned to play a few classical instruments, piano included. Piano being one of her favourites to play, and seeing that for the first time in a while that it's free, she takes advantage of the moment and sits at it, beginning to play a slow, beautiful piece and her Oricorio (purple one) dances along to it. Having gotten so into the music as she's playing, Morgan doesn't realise that some people have been watching and listening to her until she finishes playing. Seeing the people, she tucks a lock of hair behind her ear, revealing an earring with a cherry blossom theme that is her family crest hanging down as she smiles, golden eyes apologetically directed at whomever she may have offended or entranced by her playing.]

Ah-- my apologies, I didn't annoy you did I? Kanna and I have missed playing music.


Green Fingers
[A greenhouse is the last place one would expect to find her, but Morgan is there because it's good to take Kanna around since the Oricorio is a bird that primarily feeds on nectar and insects, and as such she goes there from time to time with the bird although Kanna is more than capable and trusted to go alone.

This time it seems the room is overrun with new plants. Kanna, as usual, flutters around making happy bird noises; and Morgan herself is investigating what these plants possibly could be. That is until she turns around and smacks right into someone, not having paid attention briefly as she looked up to check on her bird who had squawked loudly in alarm. Probably to warn her trainer of someone else in there, not that it did any good now.]

Ow... Ugh. You aren't hurt are you?

Music

[hisblueskies]

[Morgan looked nothing like Bianca - which had helped him from plunging into memory and kept him engaged with the beautiful melody she was playing - but moreso the... bird? If that's what it was, had held his attention, its graceful moves fascinating him as well.
When she stops, Alfredo startles, giving a rueful grin at the proceeding question.]

No! Not in the least, madam. I was entranced, even; you both possess wonderful skill.

[Taking a few steps forward and to the piano's side, Alfredo bows.]

Please, continue.

[He is content to listen.]

Though, may I ask where you learned this melody?

Mairon, aka Sauron | The Silmarillion

[treachereye]

A. SHADOW SONGS
[He might have thought that being sent to this place was some strange punishment for his recent failure in Tol-in-Gaurhoth, but this place is nothing like anything his Lord could have conceived of, so he does not truly entertain the thought—but he does still feel bitter about his defeat, and he wonders if that weakness might have affected his arrival here in some strange way.

He cannot know the answer for certain, so he distracts himself. Many aspects of this place he finds profoundly uninspiring, but the music room presents him with some potential. He selects one of the instruments: a slender lyre, and he begins to play. When he starts to sing, the magic of his music manifests in the form of a shadow that swirls before him slowly.

His singing and his magic are capable of much more than this, but there is no point in antagonizing people immediately. He can be patient. Instead, he focuses on feeling out whether his power has been affected at all by his new surroundings. Concentrating on his shadow, he makes it take the form of dark shapes: a wolf, a tower, a mountain, a warhammer, and then a complete forest, detailed in miniature down to the individual leaves.]

B. GREEN FINGERS
[The greenhouse is so full of life. Mairon can sense it. He doesn't particularly like it, but it does draw him. The plants are seemingly passive and represent an opportunity.

He doesn't have much freedom to create and experiment here. Yet these plants might be useful for that. Mairon leans in and takes one of the bright, riotous plants in hand. Smiling, he forces his malice into it. As he studies it, the leaves start to darken and harden.

They aren't dying. They're simply changing.]

C. HEALING HANDS
[Mairon can be found in the medical car, looking through the supplies and information about various illnesses. The supplies and the information are both unfamiliar to him. Mortals are so weak... It's a wonder sometimes that they can survive at all. It amuses him, but his expression is solemn as he familiarizes himself with the medications and medical equipment.

When he's interrupted by someone coming across him, he glances up, unhurriedly, with a faint smile.]

May I be of assistance?

D.
[Wildcard me!]

B.

[wisdominshadows]

[Malice, you say?

There are stories about Malice. Oh, they differ, from world to world and from age to age, but when it comes infused in Power some things still hold true.

And something does here- there is a Darkness present, one more sinister than true night. Zelda suppresses a shudder and slowly lifts her head, on the lookout for what might be responsible. And that is-

Ah, that must be it. A newcomer in the greenhouses... and flowers changing in his hand. She watches for a few moments more, then approaches.]

I believe those flowers are someone's project, sir.

Richard Gansey III - The Raven Cycle

[affection_for_research]

Music


[Gansey's still getting used to being in a strange place, far from his friends, but at least there's music. As he searches through the lists, he hums bits of songs. Bits of the Irish melodies that had been part of his visits at the Barns. Occasionally he sings a few lyrics from the Beatles.

Eventually he does find the records and his smile isn't the one that's polished carefully for polite society. It's one that warns that if his friends were here, he'd be annoying them with a new hobby. Ronan cursed him with the Murder Squash Song. Eventually he could curse Ronan with recoerders.]

I wonder if these are as easy to play as I remember from elementary school.

Green Fingers

[The greenhouse is beautiful and Gansey is enraptured by the variety of plants around him. Reaching up, he touches one of the roses carefully, not wanting to disturb the petals, but curious to see if it felt like the roses he knows. He's more cautious with the plants that he doesn't recognize, studying them at a distance while also studying the train car.

When he notices someone beside him, he asks the question he's been trying to solve since he first stepped inside the car.]

Is all of this done with science or magic?

Johnny Cage - post Mortal Kombat X ending

[nut_shot]

Making Music
Johnny stands on the small stage clad in a beautiful suit and tie, complete with a hat to complete the ensemble. Throw in the fact that he's sporting his trademark shades and he looks every bit the part of consummate professional player. Why, he even looks like a veteran of it.

Except that he isn't.

Still, where there's an audience, there's a way, right? He taps the mic and leans into it with an introduction of, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cage..and I'm about to rock your fuckin' socks off." With the confidence of the greatest of all time, Johnny reaches behind him and pulls out a recorder and proceeds to give an off-key rendition of 'Hot Cross Buns'.

Green Fingers
[Johnny does less investigating and more wandering in, sliding the door closed behind him and looking around at his surroundings. When he speaks, it's slow and loud.]

Pretty cool looking place ya got here. Hope no one jumps out to fight me to the death!

[Johnny jumps around a large leaf and goes--]

Hah! [When no one is there, Johnny settles down a bit and starts to actually check things out. He comes across a bit of leafy green with bright colors adorning it.]

Hey little guy. I bet Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg would pay a fortune to smoke you. Yes they would~!

Making music

[soldier_blade]

Sonya meant to come on to the stage to get in some practice, a thin booklet of sheet music under her arm. She stopped when she saw Johnny on stage, and cringed at his attempt at playing.

"I see where Cassie gets her music skills from!" Their daughter had many skills, but by the gods, the woman couldn't carry a tune in a rucksack.

Still, it was nice to see some semblance of the Johnny she married. Then again, Johnny was always like that; for all he was more serious and thoughtful, when he was able to relax, it was like he was a young man all over again.

Guru Clef }| Rayearth Manga | CRAU from Wake

[guru_clef]

Green Fingers

Clef didn't seem to notice that the plants had changed. That could be because he was on the new side. Though those who knew him well would know that it didn't actually matter. When Clef was focused on his studies, he was generally oblivious to most things.

At the moment he had a good half of the train's library spread around him as he sat on the grass. His staff was laying beside him. He was doing his best to not be on the way and to not sit on the more exotic plants. One of the books was floating before him, open, facing him, the pages turning as he read. Another book floated beside him, also open. The pages turned at the same rate as the book he was reading. It had been blank when he started, it was filling with a copy of the book he was reading.

Someone might have been horrified at the state of the library here, okay? And thankfully it was within his power to help.

Re: Guru Clef }| Rayearth Manga | CRAU from Wake

[younghero]

Link watched Clef for a moment, making sure none of the plants were hungry for distracted mages, before sitting down with one of the books. He made a face, seeing how small the text was, and the distinct lack of illustrations.

“Y’know, I kinda like train travel.”