Test Drive 020

[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!

Crisis On... An Aeroplane

The train has a game carriage and the VR video games are always popular. A good way to relive boredom as well as teaching some good skills.

Crisis on...This game can be played with two to four players. It is essentially a crisis simulator mixed with an escape room. You can chose the scenario (the bridge of a space ship, a camp in a jungle, a high rise building, a sailing ship etc) and you are thrown into the middle of a crisis of some kind. Teamwork and a cool head are important as is using the surroundings wisely.

Here you are the crew of a small aeroplane in desperate trouble and attempting to land, the wind is strong, your engines are straining and the visibility is near zero. Can your crew land safely?

Dressing up

The Voidtreckers have a new mission and the dressing carriage is open for their convenience...

The mission is taking them to a circus and the clothes sure reflect that. Clown costumes, glittery leotards, many feathers and an overabundance of sequins.

There is make up and facepaint provided as well, hopefully there are enough voidtreckers with expertise to make it look convincing.

Clowning Around

Strange happenings have been happening in Kilpi, a monster ridden land and joining a performing troupe is the best bet of protection outside of the small settlements. The voidtreckers are masquerading as one such troupe, in order to help out a small settlement that has seen a spate of killings. Voidtreckers must put on the show of their lives, investigate the killings and bring peace back to the town.

Team One

Setting up the stage for the performance is a good time for building bonds with the towns people. Everyone knows something, no matter how small and they are more likely to gossip with stage hands than talk to the town guard.

Gather information, set up a stage and get ready for the show.

Team Two

The killings always happen in the evening or at night, always when people are alone. So making sure people are not alone is the task of team two. The show is ready, it is big, it is loud and hopefully enough to draw in the whole town.

Eat fire, juggle, walk that tightrope. Music plays, sequins glitter. The show is a distraction and their task is to be the best distraction they can be.

Team Three

Whilst team two are distracting it is team threes chance to catch the killer. The streets are deserted, quiet and stealth is necessary to remain undetected.

Most people are at the show, but not everyone. Are they in danger? Or are they potential suspects.

Comments

[miseris_socios]

"It's too late. They didn't listen, so I had to take it into my own hands. And then... and then it got stolen from me! It was going to be over!" He takes a few harsh breaths and turns to go lower the heat on the stew a bit before it starts to burn.

"Just because they were too blind to see what was actually going on... they thought I was just making stuff up, or that it was some kind of stress hallucination."

[fightcreamsundae]

She really wants to hop down and give him a hug, rub his back a little. It's what she did when one of the kids were upset and she so badly wanted to try to comfort him. It was clear to her that probably would not go over well.

"I can't do anything about the past to help or make it better, and I'm sorry about that. But I can try to help as we move forward." It's clear on her face she wants to do something but that she isn't sure what that is. She wants to say more, too, but she doesn't know what to say.

cw: vague suicide mention

[miseris_socios]

"... There wasn't going to be a future after I killed him." His voice is quiet, shaking a bit as he stares into the sink. "I didn't want someone to have to take revenge for him, too."

[fightcreamsundae]

Her ears fell back in absolute distress at what he said. She set the crackers down and approached, gently resting a hand on his back. It’s meant to be a comforting motion, but with how bristly he was she was ready to back the hell up. She spoke in a quiet voice that was maybe a little uncertain, but warm and kind all the same.

“Sometimes things don’t work out the way we want them to. I’m really sorry that what happened did. You didn’t deserve it.”

[miseris_socios]

He spins around, backing up from her touch. "You don't know anything. You don't know what it's been like the last few years. You don't... I was going to kill him and he saved me, and I didn't even get to kill him. It's not fair."

[fightcreamsundae]

That was along the lines of what she expected; she didn’t pursue it.

“I mean you’re right, I really don’t know. I don’t know where you’re from or what you been through. I do know life isn’t fair even though it’d be way easier if it was.” A beat, then quietly, as if she were more than aware: “We don’t always get to get the bad guy.”

[miseris_socios]

"... I don't need life lessons. I just wanted... I wanted him to die, but not like that. I wanted to do it... after what he did to my mother..." So what if it was an 'accident'? It didn't erase what the guy had done. It didn't stop him from being a murderer.