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

[shutupnail]

[Suddenly Piccolo was reminded how much bite such a tiny package could possess. Aaaand also why he didn't understand females all that much.

No worries, thankfully, he was fairly certain she was just being facetious. Grumpily so due to the cold.]

Oh. I thought it was just that humans were too weak to endure the cold temperatures. [If that was a joke, it was a poor one and he knew it. He continued.] If you're really that cold, there should still be some of the heat stones left for use.

[ballseeker]

I can endure it I just don't want to! [ Ah, and here is where Bulma reminds everyone of how the hell she stood up to Vegeta when he first arrived. That prideful nature that's just a bristly as a saiyan, just not backed up by sheer brute force other than force of will and a mind capable of literally anything at this point. ]

If all else fails I can always just embarrass the life out of Vegeta for heat.

[ What a saiyan - married now and still blushes when she kisses him. Astounding. ]

How are you liking this place, though?

[shutupnail]

[Piccolo kept his mouth shut this time like a smart person. He considered her question instead before eventually answering.]

It is what it is. [He said with almost a verbal shrug.] It's confining, there are a lot of people, and that's annoying.

[He breathed a sigh of...relief, almost, as if telling this to someone was pleasant. He never really admitted quite as much to anyone on the train. He was supposed to be too tough and stoic for that, not to mention helping to lead during missions.]

But there are some good people on board this train. And they try very hard to complete the missions we're given and help out everyone around them. I can imagine worse scenarios than being stuck here for the time being.

[ballseeker]

Well, glad to know it's actually you. [ Bulma laughs as Piccolo says that a lot of people is what makes it annoying. That will be exactly what pisses Vegeta off first if she knows her husband at all.

Still, Bulma also agrees as well. She's not going to like cramped quarters after living in a sprawling estate for so long either. It's been ... well. Never. Since she's had to share space with people she didn't really know. ]

Ah, so you've gained some kids and grandkids, then? [ She has to tease, okay? Has to. ]