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

Re: Dressing Up

[constantvrunning]

V was... not precisely a fan of glitter. Not necessarily for how it would get stuck to them, but to their projects. But that didn't seem to be the primary issue here.

'I'm more of a laborer than an entertainer, how does that sound?' V returned, in a tone more wry than disdainful.

'Humiliation is one thing, mis-suiting for talent another.'

[makeadragonwannaretire]

"And I'm more of a leader and a warrior but here we are." She dismissed their concern as they stepped away from the robes and started examining the hair accessories.

"You could also be selling yourself short. Is physical labor really your only talent? If so I can't imagine you belong on this train. Everyone here is exceptional in one way or another."

[constantvrunning]

'That,' V said after a considering pause (wherein an oddly-tailored suit was picked up and carefully returned to its place on a rack).

'Depends on how you feel about technology, specifically the kind with circuitry. Some would classify it as labor, whereas other countries, perhaps entire other worlds, treat it as its own field.'

In the Empire, it had been almost both sides of the coin at once.

[makeadragonwannaretire]

"Ah, so you're a thinker. That can have plenty of use in this particular setting. But that still means you need the right outfit for whatever it is we're doing. You have to look like you belong even if you don't feel like it."

She tried a few different hair clips apparently not impressed and tossing them aside for someone else to pick up.

"Go on then. Do you intend on running our spotlights? Perhaps programming some music on those impossibly complicated machines I've seen?" Azula came from a world with significantly less technology then the train, but she was learning in her own time.

[constantvrunning]

V visibly debated putting those hair clips somewhere where they'd look less like litter, but dropped the matter with a shake of their head and a barely-suppressed sigh.

'I shouldn't think they would want for either, but managing the spotlights means having someone to watch from the heights both before and during the performance.'

And that, V would agree, would be useful.

[makeadragonwannaretire]

"A higher vantage point would make sure if something went wrong we wouldn't be caught completely off guard." Azula agreed though it sounded to her like a more cowardly job to stand watch while the others were out in the open.

"And do you have any sort of skill with ranged weapons should we need you to take action from such a lofty position?" She pressed sitting in front of a vanity but not picking up any of the tools yet.

[constantvrunning]

"Yes."

This answer was blunt, as V made themselves untangle a pair of pants from an inexplicable pile between two racks.

"Moreover, I know letting loose anything from a height, while not stealthy, would carry a threat factor in and of itself."