Test Drive Meme 001

[voidtreckermods]

Welcome to our first 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!

Void Trecking

The thing about being on a train hurtling through void space is there’s not much to see. Outside the window lies an endless void of kaleidoscope colours shifting and swirling. It’s probably best not to stare at it too long. Do so and you might start to imagine order in it. Shapes, places, even figures. But your eyes shift... Back to chaos. Probably best you do something else other than stare out the window. Or convince your fellow passengers that void watching leads to headaches!

Sport Balls

Were you the unlucky person to first open the cupboard? Or were you sensible and let someone else deal with the avalanche of balls first? Either way there are now many many balls for every ball game you can imagine? Play one? Make up a new one? Wonder why there is a gymnasium on a train at all?

Aubergine Adventures

In the store rooms among the general ingredients for the month there seem to be an overabundance of aubergines. Why? Who knows. Perhaps the world where they last restocked had many to give, perhaps they’ve just been overlooked and now nearing the time where the stores need restocked these are the only things left.

What can you do with an aubergine? Can you make a tasty meal for everyone on this train? Or do you cook just for yourself?

A Whole New World

New worlds aren’t all about missions, sometimes there is time to explore, take in the sights, immerse yourself in local culture.

For example this huge covered market. Filled with people from across the stars, sales pitches called out, all translated by your Safety Control Apparatus.

A woman with three extra cyber arms is trying to convince you of the newest technology. “Just plugs right into the ports in your forehead, any information you need downloaded instantly. Never be stuck for an answer again!”

Or what about this stall selling strange gelatinous cubes in every colour you could ever imagine? Get haggling, avoid being dragged into strange stalls by over zealous trades people. Or actually try and get the lay of the land for the forthcoming mission.

Mission Time

You’ve arrived on a world with purple sheep. Everything else about it seems almost like earth, if that’s where you are from. But the sheep are definitely purple and these specific ones have escaped their pen and scattered across the fields.

To make it worse there are wolves about. The farmer has asked for your help!

Team One is to fend off the wolves, the farmer has some axes lying around but your best bet is to scare them off with burning torches.

Team Two is to play sheep-dog. Round up the sheep and lead them back to safety.

Team Three is to repair the pen, or this is going to happen all over again!

Pick a team, go wild!

Comments

[hibana_incursa]

Yeah. There are many universes in the multiverse and they’re all different. For example; I’m the Spider-person in mine. In another, it’s a cartoon pig, complete with giant hammer in his pocket. There’s an entire black and white world where the Spider-Man there wears a trench coat and thinks a Rubiks Cube is a miracle and a wonder.


[ There isn’t a single thing about her posture or tone or speech patterns that would suggest this is a lie. Every word the truth, every one spoken with sincerity. She starts picking up balls as well, dropping them in the crate and then holding still. Her head tilts again and she puts a finger up to her lips. There is a faint buzzing in the air, in the direction of the cabinet. ]

Am I hearing things, or do you hear that, too?

Sports Balls?

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony breaths a laugh and shakes his head. Leave it to the kid to open a door to Pandora's ball closet. He spots a stool nearby and perches on it, watching Peter with an amused smirk. He tries to ignore the fact that he simply doesn't have the energy to help corral the mess Peter made. Even their walk was starting to wind him. He hoped the kid wouldn't notice, or at least wouldn't mention it.]

Only you would find a door like that.

[hashtagparkerluck]

Okay uh-so this suit case is apparently a bag of holding because there just seems to be more and more to unpack.

[ But there's a lot here he really wants to ask about-a lot. However, at her signal, he frowns and tilts his head in the direction of the cabinet. There's definitely something in there. ]

[ And he doesn't seem to have learned his lesson at all because he goes over to the cabinet and pulls it open-eyes widening and suddenly ducking to avoid being smacked in the face with something small and gold. ]

Uh... do I get points for just seeing the Snitch?

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ Peter whines lightly as he watches all the balls move around the very narrow gymnasium. How is he supposed to get them all back in? ]

I know right? Even other universes hate me. It's so unfair!

[ He mock whines as he sets about gathering up the balls-maybe he can find a bucket or something to put some of them in. ]

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony picks up a rubber kick ball that rolls by him. He considers throwing it Peter's way, but then decides the kid might throw it back. He didn't want to have to chase it if he couldn't catch it. God did he feel old.]

Maybe you should practice with them instead of putting them away. You don't want your skills to get rusty.

[hashtagparkerluck]

Nah [ Peter shakes his head, shoving a few balls back into the cabinet. It's all well and fine for now, but how long until they start trying to fall out again. Can he web the doors closed? ]

My skills are fine-I got my spideysense. Also, I think Harry Potter might be a real thing in another universe, some of these balls look suspiciously like quaffles.

[runs_on_batteries]

Like what?

[A smaller ball rolls by Tony. He stoops down and picks it up. He waits till Peter isn't looking and throws it at him. And.. it falls short of ever hitting him. The throw just didn't have enough power behind it to get very far.]

Dammit.

[hibana_incursa]

[ Gwen has ducked as the Snitch flew at her face, grinning and almost laughing at how suddenly stupid and ridiculous this whole thing is. The Snitch dives at her again and it's a graceful gymnast's flip that puts her on the ceiling, crouched and ready to make a grab at the thing, hair coming out of her ponytail holder. She'll fix it later. For now? She has a golden ball with wings to catch. ]

If I remember my Harry Potter lore correctly, I think it's just points if you catch it. One-fifty, I believe. Oh! By your left, my right!

[ This shouldn't be too hard, right? It's just a small ball, and they're two Spider-kids. ]

[hashtagparkerluck]

Quaffles! You know, like Quiditch?

[ He turns and stoops to grab one to show it to Tony to see if that'll jog his memory.

[ his spider-senses don't even register the incoming ball as a threat and when he hears the ball hit the ground, he just looks stunned for a moment as it rolls a little closer. ]

Mr Stark, did you just throw a ball at me? That's super rude. [ Despite his words though, Peter is clearly smiling. ]

[hashtagparkerluck]

Yeah! I see it!

[ Peter affirms quickly, firing a web at it, only to miss it by mere milimeters. His web sticks to the ceiling and he pulls himself up, latching on to it and glancing around. Now where did that stupid thing go? ]

I mean, we should be the best seekers ever, advanced senses and all.

[hibana_incursa]

[ Gwen is still exploring the train, but at this point, there's not much extra she wants to see. She stopped in the dining car for a bag of watermelon flavored gummy bears and an apple, but that didn't seem like the place to be. So she followed her Spider-Sense back to the room with the ten billion sports balls, opens the door and stops.

And stares at the mess. And then looks up at Peter, the look on her face the least impressed. ]

Really?

[ They just cleaned this up and one of them has a Golden Snitch in their pocket as proof. Of...some kind. ]

[hibana_incursa]

And yet...

[ Gwen has just fired her own webbing from her own webshooters, the design a fair bit different from his. They're sleeker, for starters, and there's no obvious place for a canister of web fluid. Another shot is fired off and then a grab and she misses. ]

This just borders on embarrassing.

[ It borders on hilarious. Embarrassing is the last word she'd use for this. She's having too much fun. ]

[runs_on_batteries]

Are you speaking English or am I having a stroke?

[There was a twitch to his lips to indicate he's choosing to be difficult. Of course Tony Stark (TM) knew who Harry Potter and Quiditch was. He just had to mess with Peter a bit. He looks up as Gwen comes in and sees the mess. He chuckles at her exasperated remark.]

He's a magnet for trouble. Are you sure you really want to be friends with this guy?

[The word 'friends' may or may not have had air quotes.]

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ Well, how many kids can say they chased after a real-honest-to-god snitch? Other than like.. HP and co. But even Harry Potter didn't chase a snitch in a train car! They can do this. It's just one stupid gold ball with wings. ]

Oh shit! The door's open!

[ Peter realizes, firing a web at the compartment door and yanking it closed so they don't have to chase it throughout the whole train. ]

Aha!

[ He spies it again and fires another web, only to miss again. ]

Maybe there's a reason this isn't how it's played in the books?

[hashtagparkerluck]

Gwen!

[ Peter half-yelps as she comes in. She's gonna tell Tony they just did all this and Peter really has no excuse because really, he knew better-or he should have-especially after how long it took them to catch that snitch. ]

Haha, Mr Stark, Very funny.

[ He blushes just slightly, his ears a bit pink and goes back to collecting the balls. ]

Okay so, I may or may not have wanted to get one of them out again-It was the quaffle-I was specifically after the quaffle since you got the snitch.

[runs_on_batteries]

Wait, what?

[He looks from Peter to Gwen and then back.]

You already opened this door before?

[He pinches the bridge of his nose and tries, tries ever so hard to keep from laughing. He fails.]

Kid, you're a mess.

[hibana_incursa]

I’m not helping you clean up again.

[ Gwen doesn’t mean this entirely, but she’s going to act like she does as she perched herself on one of the crates. She takes a gummy bear out of the bag and pops it in her mouth, holding the bag out to Peter a second later. Clearly she’s so pissed off or whatever that he made another mess and the soft smile she gives him is totally an expression of anger. ]

[hashtagparkerluck]

M-Mr Stark!

[ Peter just sighs at Tony laughing at him and bends down scoop up more balls. ]

You're both the worst.

[ He grumbles with no malice in his voice as he shoves more balls into the cabinet and then happily takes a few gummy bears. Candy fixes everything. ]

[hibana_incursa]

We're the absolute pits, it's true.

[ Gwen's tone is absolutely teasing by this point as she shifts on the crate, digging into her pocket for the Snitch. It's not really doing much except fluttering occasionally. As far as it cares, it belongs to Gwen, so it's not gonna try to fly off again. Gwen examines it closely for a moment before putting it back in her pocket and stuffing more gummies in her mouth. ]

Why do you want a Quaffle?

[hibana_incursa]

[ The Snitch seems to have been angered by the door shutting, as it's movements have become faster. A tad more aggressive. It zooms at Gwen's face again and Gwen flattens herself against the ceiling with a faint shriek. And now there's a small glare on her face.

To partially quote Willow Rosenburg from Buffy; this is her resolve face. Returning to the crouch she'd been in previously, she looks around for the Snitch and doesn't spot it. But she hears it. It's around and it's obnoxious buzzing will probably ring in her ears.

Motioning again for Peter to be quiet, she shifts her position so the only things she's sticking to the ceiling with are the bottoms of her shoes and her fingertips. Her eyes are closed again and she seems to just be waiting. ]

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony's expression shifted to an easy smile as he watched the kids exchange glances and gummies. They were so clueless. In truth, it did his heart good to see there was still some innocence left in the world. He wanted that for Morgan for as long as he could. His gaze stayed on Peter mostly. He hadn't and wouldn't tell Peter what was ahead for him, but the older man was just so relieved to see him alive.]

[hashtagparkerluck]

Because it's awesome?

[ Peter offers with a shrug as he pops candy into his mouth, not even noticing the look his mentor is giving him. ]

And it totally implies HP is real out in the multiverse somewhere. I hope he turns up here someday-that'd be super dope. But like-our age because reasons.

also, I was gonna show Mr Stark but I guess he forgot all about Harry Potter and quiditch. A tragedy, really. [ He says with a mock sigh ]

[hibana_incursa]

[ Gwen hasn't noticed, either. She's too busy watching Peter and grinning. ]

Honestly, I don't see why it wouldn't be real in the multiverse, considering I've met at least six variations of you already, and that was before I got here.

[ She turns to look at Mr Stark. ]

In my universe, you own a coffee chain. You also own Stark Industries, but you call your coffee chain Starkbucks. That's a little extra.

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony rolls his eyes at the Harry Potter remark. Whatever.

He continues to sit back and listen until Gwen specifically includes him in the conversation with that weird tidbit of news.]

Huh. I'll have to add that when I get home.

[He says it deadpan, but he's totally kidding. In fact.. he's pretty sure he's not going home again.]

[hashtagparkerluck]

Awesome. If he shows up here, we gotta be insta-BFFs. [ He says decidedly before starting to just crack up because of the whole 'Stark Bucks' things. ]

Oh my god, Mr Stark, you don't need to buy out Starbucks!

Wait.

If you do, does that mean I get free coffee?