Test Drive Meme 019

[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.

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.

Comments

Good, this is not a scene the boy is allowed to see. He has to keep a good front up for him, heh

[renegadeprince]

[Those powers were... interesting, he noting her method even if it's while she's stuck in a rabbit form. Honestly though, that's not too different to some his larger ki blasts, that requirement for words or a gesture to go along with it.

That other part though is more pressing.] This is a normal occurrence? [Because if so... no. That's horrible.]

"The boy" Will know nothing of this. I'll keep him tied up in the other part of my brain. ;)

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Not on the train, at least, not before now. A villain back in my world did this before to me and my friends though.

[A pause, and her voice has remained deadpan through it all.]

Except Beast Boy. Instead of changing into animals, he changed into objects.

Ha! That's a wonderful way to put it

[renegadeprince]

[Huh, that skills seems far more common than it should be.] One from my world could turn people into candy. It was... strange. [And luckily something he and Goku were still able to fight through despite it.]

That is a... child that is an animal? [Stop being so confusing, Raven.]

Re: Ha! That's a wonderful way to put it

[azrthmtrnznthos]

It's his superhero name. He's human, but can shapeshift into animals regularly. Except they're all green skinned, like he is.

[She doesn't quite realize she's being confusing.]

[renegadeprince]

[Huh. Though that just raises more questions.] Humans are capable of such a range of colors in your world? And being able to transform?

[Wait, focus! This was not important right now, not while being turned into an animal! Or in the middle of a battle.] Forget it. That thing you just did, what is that? [It didn't seem quite like a ki blast, but maybe it was. It wouldn't be the first time he's seen ki which had a similar appearance.]

[azrthmtrnznthos]

[Demanding, isn't he?]

Beast Boy is one of a kind.

[But she's raising an eyebrow, then holding up a paw and letting dark-energy curl around it once more. If Vegeta can sense such things, it radiates 'cold' and 'dark'.]

My dark energy. Magic.

[renegadeprince]

[You have no idea, Raven.

Magic? Does that mean,] Then you can change us back. [It's magic, right? And magic changed them into this. So she could change them back. Clearly!]

[azrthmtrnznthos]

If I knew how it was done in the first place, then I could try.

[At least she's being honest about it. Magic is more complicated than he thinks.]