voidtreckerooc | 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"It can. Mostly because we have to blend in on some worlds, as they're not void-aware, so the train will supply us clothing to help. My first mission was like that, but thankfully we were supposed to be adventurers. I could still fly and use my abilities."

He made a face at the 'blend in' bit. Vegeta was never good at that. Hell, he rarely tried at all, though certainly has been a bit better of it on Earth in the last few years. He had learned that not caring about exposing himself around humans just caused more hassle than it was worth. Not that he really has a public presence unless Bulma is dragging him to something, preferring to stay at home or off somewhere training.

"Does it really matter?" It's not like they would be staying. Just get in, blast the issue, then leave. Simple. Vegeta may not be good on that front. Saiyans tend not to bother with blending in.

"I honestly don't know, but it seems to have to do with whether a world is void-aware or not. I'd ask some of the passengers who've been here longer, honestly."

That was not useful, Trunks! But... it was hardly important enough to be annoyed about right now, or to snap at him, instead Vegeta letting out a sigh and moving his cup back up to his mouth to drink. It was fine, he would learn as they went along.

...

But what kind of idiot was running this!? Go to a place, fix it's problems, but do it in a way that may restrict how you did it? Wouldn't it make more sense to give them free reign to sort out the issue?! "Idiots." Vegeta grumbled out eventually.

Trunks couldn't help it; he let out a soft snort-laugh. It was just such a typical reaction of the Father he knew. Not that this wasn't his father, but time had clearly passed and Trunks was used to Vegeta barely tolerating him at best.

It was reassuring that in many ways, he was still the same man; even if not always a good man.

Vegeta glanced over briefly at that laugh from Trunks, before turning back away to his own softer exhale out. He knows he has a lot to make up for with Trunks, with how he treated him when he first appeared, and that it would take time. The fact he was even still trying after how Vegeta had treated him was surprising... but he's glad for it. Even if he won't say it too openly.

But maybe in a more round about way. "Tell me what you faced previously."

"On Irisvar, it was rock golems that had corrupted crystals in them, or trolls, along with animals that were more aggressive due to the corrupted crystals that were around too. Nothing challenging, even the big golems. Piccolo had said we won't really see battles like we're used to." Trunks, like quite a few passengers, viewed Irisvar as the more successful of the recent missions.

"On Nion, mostly it was robots which weren't tricky but for their sheer numbers. They also ambushed our camp when we weren't prepared. It was hard to fight them, again, because of their numbers. I couldn't use any of my big attacks either because of fear of hitting a fellow passenger. I was defending the camp most of the time, but did make it to the end of the fight with the strip-miners who'd brought and set the robots on us. It was mostly clean-up then, however, and their big robots they had left weren't a challenge."

Vegeta's silent for several long moments. Before a deep inhale. And a very long, and slow, exhale through his nose, yet also sounding like he growling in the back of this throat. Of course it was that way. Of course it was after he got his full powers back that there would be nothing to use them against.

Of, fucking, course.

"Fuck." It didn't really matter what they faced then, did it? If it could be taken out without breaking a sweat, it didn't matter. The frustration at the chance to get back to normal but without anything to fight against, any way to improve himself... What a waste of time.

"Again, I was late--so the battle against the strip miners might've been more of a challenge. If you talk to Cassie also, I know there was a big giant scorpion-type robot she and others were dealing with too that was a decent challenge maybe."

But Trunks knew his father well enough to know it was cold comfort. "We don't get many one-on-one battles, or two-on-one, like I've seen with the Androids." A pause, and a sigh. "Piccolo can probably tell you more. Sometimes we also have time, post-mission but before we return to the train, to get in a proper spar, as he put it. It hasn't happened yet for me though, but it's only been the two missions."

Test Drive Meme 019

Winter Wonderland

Void Santa Is Coming To Town

Animal at Heart

Team One

Team Two

Team Three

You really are fun to thread with--I can HEAR Vegeta's voice easily with your tags.

Thank you :) It's been awhile since I played him and was worry his voice wouldn't come back easy

you have no idea how excited I was to see you and the Bulma player on the TDM. :D You're both GOOD!

We were in Empathias together, but they were the reason I even started RPing Veggie

Nice! I hope you both are having fun.

I am! And slowly working on the app so I'm not an idiot and leave it to the last minute

I know that feeling/timing of things. Good Luck!

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