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

[constantvrunning]

[V shakes their head, as M-Bot jumps off their shoulder to get a closer look at Yeul and her outfit.]

`If we've any luck, it will only be for this... mission.`

[Missions are something V's used to, though these use very different parameters than their usual fare.

Not to mention different outfits.]

`But receiving clothing as part of the prep stage seems typical, from what I've been told.`

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

{She gives M-Bot a small look of curiosity before refocusing on V. The little bot is cute; how can she mind them?}

Missions. {Yeul tenses at that word.} Is there a greater purpose to these missions?

{Already her heart is dropping. Will the gods ever free her?}

[constantvrunning]

[M-Bot is quiet, for the most part - though he does receive a warning glare from V when he starts edging to land on Yeul's shoulder.]

`In the grand scheme of things, I'm afraid I don't know. The missions I'm used to are for salvage, and usually by commission.`

[Though there was the occasional rescue mission, when it wasn't just an IT trip...

All right, so the Ashen Ospreys were a bit of a JOAT group; sue them.]

`But given this one's given us the overall task of stopping a killer, I don't believe it isn't, at the least, serious.`

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

{She lifts a hand to welcome him instead of shooing him away. If he isn't too heavy Yeul doesn't mind.}

What did you salvage?

{Since she can't find the answers she seeks, she decides to learn more about him instead.}

Stopping a killer could alter timelines. Everyone has a time to live and a time to die. By stopping their tragic ends, you could cause greater calamity.

[constantvrunning]

[V shrugs - mentally aborting their warning-remark to M-Bot.

Fortunately he has hydraulics to make any shoulder-perching easier on his victim new friends.]

`Mostly machines, from the Radiant Era on our world. Things don't always turn out that simple, though.`

[V's demeanor, however, turns cold in an instant.]

`That is the justification used to allow the oppression and murder of uncountable populations, including my own homeland. While acting rashly to save people has its own consequences, and we should ask questions, this is not the same.`

[M-Bot does not jump, but he does beep lowly in concern, and confusion.]

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

{His weight is comforting and she reaches up to pat the bot on his head.}

Nothing is ever that simple.

{Yeul grows colder still and she stands her tallest, though that will forever be an unimpressive height.}

How do you know it isn't the same? What clues have you been given? Lies are easily told to soothe the consciences of those foolish enough to believe them.

[constantvrunning]

[V's voice is curiously flat now.]

`Have you ever been one of the people dictating people's lives, then? Or their deaths? Believing it's all for the greater good?

`Because I have. And I never want to be again.`

[M-Bot also falls silent.]

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

I did not dictate; I only foresaw. {She answers calmly. Being the Seeress had been so difficult. Each life, she had died young - only to be reborn to start the process anew.}

If we make the wrong decision, I know what could happen. I have seen situations like it before.

[constantvrunning]

`I've met those tied to the mystical,`

[The mention of foresight detracts from their anger somewhat, but there's still undertones of it in their voice.]

`But even being some universe-conducting force doesn't give it a morality license. ... Though I suppose then it's not your fault, either.`

[The element of free choice gets a bit harder to determine when you go beyond the impact scale of empires.]

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

Are there...others? Seers?

{Serving the gods in her world is a lonely occupation. She has never met someone like her - and she thinks that's for the best.}

That is why the gods were killed. They lost their way and caused more harm than good.

[constantvrunning]

[V grimaces, but they now feel they have more room to recover from the conversation with good grace.

M-Bot makes a quiet trill.]

`I believe several 'visionaries' have been collected on this train - but none of them have reported on the source of visions encountered here, much less if there are gods of the void.`

[paddra_nsu_yeul]

{She turns her head slightly towards that trill, trying to understand what the little bot means.}

I am no longer bestowed with that power. I served a purpose for generations and now is my time to rest.