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voidtreckerooc2020-12-16 06:00 am
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Test Drive Meme 019
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.
Happy testing!
Winter Wonderland
Experienced Voidtreckers will be the first to recognise when the announcement of a stop comes over the speakers: “Arriving at world 9126110 in ten, nine, eight…”
The doors don’t open, the train doesn’t stop. Instead, it slows, and the garden carriage opens its curved, clear roof as though it were a convertible, both sides folding back until the carriage is open to the air. The world is a picture of snow-covered mountains and sparse conifers, and within minutes the garden’s fountain and streams have iced over, soft snow coating the cobbles and benches.
The stop lasts all day, the vending machines dispense free hot chocolate, and the dressing carriage is filled with thick coats, wooly hats, and warm gloves.
Void Santa Is Coming To Town
It’s a day like any other, except that the morning announcement has a rider.
“There are packages in the luggage car for all passengers. Enjoy. ”
And indeed, it seems that something has visited during the night - the carriage at the back of the train is unusually neat, the piles of empty luggage stacked carefully near the back to make room for a huge array of wrapped objects. Void Santa, maybe? The difference between Void Santa and, say, one of the many Earth Santas or the Gyueran Spirit of Generosity, is that Void Santa doesn’t give you what you asked for.
It gives you something you wouldn’t have dared to ask for. That nerdy figurine that you eyed in the window of the store, the dress you weren’t brave enough to try on, the device you decided was too expensive. The poster of your favourite holostar, the latest risque novel from the local printworks… the list goes on.
You’ve got a present in here, better find it before someone else does!
Animal at Heart
Seibairen, world #671155003, is a world of dualities. Technologically advanced but also deeply mystical, its population is currently suffering under the rule of a nameless arcanist, a genius of artificial intelligence and magecraft who seeks to elevate her own mechanical brethren above their biological creators. Unfortunately, she is far too powerful to face directly.
Team One
The arcanist holding the world of Seibairen in thrall is particularly skilled with polymorph spells, and her first move as the Voidtreckers enter the conflict is to cast one over a wide area, transforming almost half of the force into various animals. The spell seems to be mildly incompatible with void-travellers, as those affected have turned into creatures from their homeworlds, if possible, rather than the local wildlife. The fight is still on, no time to panic!
… Or maybe some time to panic, it’s looking permanent for now. Still, the civilians need the Voidtreckers’ protection, animal or not, and it isn’t like they’ve lost any of their abilities.Team Two
The monks of the deep peaks, trained in anti-magic combat and able to counter the arcanist and her forces, are the best hope for turning the tides. Unfortunately, their remote stronghold is blockaded the moment the Voidtreckers arrive, trapping them under a shield of pale metal and harsh light. There are several ways they and the unlucky early Voidtreckers might be freed: the power sources of the barrier, held in the centre of the arcanist’s camps, could be destroyed or sabotaged. Alternatively, the barrier could be overloaded or even broken from the inside by an ancient artefact held within the inner temple. The monks are able to guide the Voidtreckers through a telepathic metaconcert, but hurry, time is running out...Team Three
A thaumatologist somewhere within the capital is rumoured to be able to reverse the arcanist’s strange spells, which would give the Voidtreckers a fighting chance against her directly. Several different people are claiming to be this thaumatologist, and they all have a list of ingredients they’ll need for the protective ritual and/or devices they’re offering.
At least one of them is sure to work, but there’s going to be some experimenting before that happens. Alternatively, force would find the correct researcher fairly quickly, but it would also attract attention.
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"So what happens if you're injured 'enough'? Do you just... need first aid, and you'd be fine?"
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"Wait, she shattered? How did that work?"
Death being different for other classes of being wasn't new to her, exactly - but it was still disturbing to hear about.
Belatedly, she drank more of her (now chilled, alas) cocoa.
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"So, Tsuchigumo is- was, a mikura? And the core of a yurime's power is bound in their amulet?"
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He hesitated before continuing. “The amulet is a sign of her contract with me. It has my soul in it.”
Nita: /record scratch
"So it's your source, not hers. Did... did it come with you?"
On the one hand, wandering souls were definitely a thing; her own experience just previous to arriving on a platform was evidence of that, but on the other.
'AND HOW!' did not come close to describing this, if Nita was imagining things correctly...
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"So, she took your memories, as part of that contract?"
Keeping the worst of the bafflement out of her voice took effort, but she put it forth all the same.
On the one hand, it made a sort of sense - a change of physicality and spirit affecting the state of one's memory by requirement seemed far too familiar to her just now - but it still seemed incredibly unfair.
"I'd say it was a 'best of both worlds' compromise, but..."
Yeah. Yeah.
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“Probably to keep us focused. Hard to deal with the big picture if you’re still attached to the details.”
At least his major lingering detail had an ending. Not one he liked, but it wasn’t still a lingering question.
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"Harder to build relationships that way, though - and that's what the next part of the plan was, right?"
And closure was an important matter, too.
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“... I don’t know what the plan was. Try to get people to believe in yokai again... but now I think the plan is to watch as the city rebuilds. Eko’s machines, even the ones that weren’t mikura, tore through a lot of buildings.”
Then, almost as an afterthought - “And people. I don’t have a clue what the death toll is.”
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"That's not going to be pretty... But, humans and youkai working together to rebuild? Could that happen?"
If they'd both suffered huge losses, then that was also (perhaps ironically) something they had in common.
Such things could make a difference.
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She gestured out again at the snowy scene beyond them.
"And here? Will you keep looking into ways to help fix things up back there?"
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Wrap hereabouts?
While Nita sounded a little uncertain, "I don't doubt you'll get more chances to practice."