Test Drive Meme 021

[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!

Spring Cleaning

Chores aren’t for everyone. And, as the morning reaches a close, it turns out that they are especially not for wizards.

That is to say, someone may have cast a spell animating all of the mops, brooms and dishcloths on-board, which are now sweeping their way up and down the carriages, cleaning everything - and everyone - they can reach. And animating anything else they can find, for maximum efficiency. Books, clothing, cutlery-

This isn’t so bad in the bathrooms. In the library, however? The armory? Bang, and the dirt is gone.

Open Mic

The ground floor of the music carriage is usually a mess of instruments, but tonight they’ve all been tucked away neatly at one end of the room. Chairs from the upper floor have been carried down en masse, all facing towards the jukeboxes and screens at the other end.

You might not be entirely sure who rigged them for karaoke, but you know one thing: you’re here now, a drink in one hand and a list of popular (by someone’s standards) songs in the other. If people aren’t singing or waiting to sing, they’re cheering friends on, or skulking and trying everything in their power not to be called up, or even escaping upstairs to talk more comfortably.

’Til Death Do Us Part

The world of Abarranz is ruled by the Undying Lords, and has been for almost two thousand years. The civilisation has stagnated - not only due to the immortal council, but also because the majority of its citizens are undead. Some, the rich, the powerful, are able to undergo great rituals to maintain their consciousness and skill even in death; others are unfortunate enough to be dragged into death with neither, and exist as shells of themselves. The greatest necromancers of the planet are harnessing the death of a minor star in the system to fuel a mass conversion of the remaining populace, but the remaining living citizens are those who have already refused the change. Voidtreckers, they cannot resist alone.

Team One

Pockets of the living survive in hiding, but are split off from one another and unable to unify under the overwhelming forces surrounding their enclaves. This first team is tasked with clearing the mindless hordes threatening them, so that they might establish communications, venture out, and join the fight.

Team Two

The best way to escape the ritual is to remove the remaining living to another colony in the system - but the rituals and spells able to do so are all jealously guarded by the eternal council in their libraries and vaults. A viable target has been identified - the treasure rooms of the Viscount Eldermann holds a tome rumoured to contain a mass teleportation ritual. Infiltrating and securing this tome is this team’s task, and while the mission is possible, the traps and guards won’t make it easy.

Team Three

Even with these plans in motion, every second counts. This third team is given the role of saboteur - to interrupt, delay or otherwise slow the Grand Ritual of a Star’s Demise from within the stronghold of the Undying Lords. The dressing carriage - and their SCA wristbands - are at their disposal, the former for appropriate Abarranz costume and pallor, the latter to hide the telltale signs of life, should they have any.

Comments

kyoko sakura | puella magi madoka magica: the different story

[wishalone]

[ 01: gremlin time / the stores ]

[It's the middle of the night. 1am? 2am? Somewhere around in there.

The fridge door is open, illuminating the form of a teenage girl with a long, bright red ponytail.

She doesn't immediately notice you, because she's in the process of stuffing snacks into her hoodie pockets... while simultaneously stuffing her face with cheese slice singles, straight out of the packages.]

[ 02: ragequit / coach E ]

Ugh, are you kiddin' me?!

[Kyoko drops the controllers so she can rip the VR headset off. She doesn't throw it, but it's a near thing.]

I had it! This stupid game's broken. [Guess who's been playing Star rise over Gulati? Got it in one.

Seething, she stalks around the roped off area, still clutching the headset with one hand while knocking her knuckles against it with the other. But the moment she realizes she has an audience, she shoots you a hot glare... and beelines over.]

Hey! Have you tried it yet? The spaceship one with the aliens. [That's a very bad descriptor, Kyoko. There's more than one of thsoe.]

02

[pleple]

[ Ple Two is being a little nosy, sure, and her lips quiver as she tries not to laugh at Kyoko's tantrum over her defeat. Of course Star Rise Over Gulati is incredibly difficult. ]

I think it works quite well, if I'm right about the one you're struggling with.

[ At that, she can't help her lips curving up into a confident smile. ]

Perhaps you should let a space combat expert show you how to win.

[wishalone]

A "space combat expert," huh? What, you looking to show off?

[Kyoko thrusts the VR headset towards her.]

Go on, then. I'm gonna laugh when you blow up into smithereens.

[pleple]

I might be. Just a little bit.

[ It's rare enough that she gets to really show off, so if this newbie wants to see it then she'll happily go to town.

Ple Two has been here as long as the games car has - and has been playing this particular game to keep her sense for space combat tuned, because piloting giant robots in space is literally what she was made for. She pops the headset on and gives Kyoko a thumbs up. ]

Watch closely.

01

[redmeguca]

...What. The hell.

[Kyoko had gotten up for a midnight snack, you know, as one does. Keystone Station had done a lot to ward her against weirdness, but this was a new one even for her. Momo's pretty confused too, since this girl looks just like her trainer and smells close enough that only a Growlithe like her would be able to tell the difference.]

Alright. If you look like me, your magic feels like me, and you eat like me, you're probably not some horrific abomination looking to destroy me and everything I love. That does mean you probably are me though, which is arguably worse.

[wishalone]

[... What?

Hearing her own voice is absolutely eerie. And turning her head to see... herself... with some kind of giant orange dog is even weirder. Kyoko's eyes narrow and her chewing slows, though she doesn't stop slorping down the slice of cheese she was in the middle of eating.

The double is right, though: her magic feels the same. Or... almost.]

Right, [she says, very slowly, once her mouth is free of cheese.] This is some kind of prank, right?

[Unlikely. Faking someone else's magic like this... well. She'd say it shouldn't be possible, but nothing about this place should be possible. Which means it's possible that's really... another her. For real. But she's still processing, and denial is easier.]

[redmeguca]

God, I wish it was. That'd be so much simpler. Look, I'll just save us both some time and say something that only two people and Kyubey would know: The axe was it's real body.

gremlin tiem

[shitcopper]

RIGHT out of the fridge, into your mouth and/or hoodie. Amazing.

Do you even taste when you eat it that fast?

[ Who is this strange adult also in the kitchen at 1-2 AM? She looks... well. Not like somebody you should trust, at least. ]

[wishalone]

[That's okay, Kyoko doesn't trust nobody anyway.

The glare Ea-nasir gets in response is definitely suitable to a teenager: deadpan, annoyed, with a distinct "get off my back" vibe, even while she's still chewing.]

You got a problem? [she half-growls, but it's hard to be properly menacing when she's cramming a pudding cup into her hoodie.]

[shitcopper]

Who, me? No, no, not at all! Please, starve out the rest of the train, I don't even need to eat what do I care?

I wouldn't say no to a bribe of pudding though. For my silence.

[ 02: ragequit / coach E ]

[sciencegirl]

Hi!

[She doesn't seem to care at all about the anger in Kyoko's demeanor. She's just been merrily fixing one of the other games.]

I've already heard some complaints about that one. I'm betting if I could tinker with it, I could change the settings. I just have to fix this one first.

[A Knight's Quest headset got thoroughly broken.]

[wishalone]

[It feels a little bit like someone calling her bluff, even though she's pretty sure Entrapta's just taking her seriously. It takes the wind out of her sails briefly. The game probably isn't broken. Even if Kyoko doesn't understand how she possibly could have lost.

Still...]

Yeah, do that. I've never seen a video game with an attitude like this one. [She is going to maintain that it is definitely the game's fault.]

[sciencegirl]

Well, the games do get used a lot. People don't have very much to do so this is a good area to socialize in.

[In fact, this helmet probably was thrown by an angry, ragequitting player.]

[Entrapta sits, and by 'sits' one means her hair curls under her like a chair and she uses it, along with her hands, to dismantle parts of the headset.]

So you're new, huh? It's pretty neat. It would have been nice to be asked first, but so far I've seen people do some pretty amazing things.

01

[magicurls]

[ Mami is happy to cook all day, no matter the month. She always ensures her fellow passengers are fed. Which is why it's a painful, nostalgic surprise to see a familiar person hoarding food.

She knows why, but...she clears her throat. ]

I could quickly whip up something more filling, if you want.

[ A quiet offer. ]

[wishalone]

[... caught red-handed. Talk about awkward.

Kyoko slowly finishes chewing the cheese, and even waits until she doesn't have food in her mouth before replying.]

Uh... [It's instinct to reject it. But Mami's making that face, and Kyoko knows it'd just get worse if she did. Just as slowly as she finished chewing, she steps back out of the fridge, letting the door close on its own.] Yeah. Okay.

gremlin time, now with two gremlins

[404godnotfound]

[Middle of the night is prime time for Nagisa. She's thankful that she can be a little more loose with her sleep schedule here than where she was before, but it's only a small comfort. She doesn't say anything at first, content to just lean against a counter and wait her turn, but Kyoko just keeps going. Finally, she huffs out a sigh.]

If I had someone else here, I'd run a bet with them on whether your pockets or your stomach will fill up first. [She hooks a thumb in the direction of the nearest sitting area.] You gonna be done anytime soon, or should I get a chair?

[Does she mean for herself to sit in, or for Kyoko to sit in while she eats out of the fridge? It's kind of up in the air.]

[wishalone]

[You know what? Just for asking:]

Yeah, a chair'd be nice.

[Kyoko's going to take it as getting it a chair for her. How thoughtful!]

01

[justoutrunyou]

[Sandy's up late. She still finds it hard to sleep some nights and being stuck on the train means there's not really anywhere to run for long. So she finds herself in the kitchen sipping milk.

She's sort of amused to see someone up for a late night snack and she decides to have a little fun by picking up a roll of paper towels and tossing them at her from behind.]

[wishalone]

[Getting attacked from behind while she's getting snacks is definitely a good way to kick Kyoko's fight or flight right in the ass.

More like her fight. Let's be real, here, Kyoko doesn't have much of a flight reflex.]

Hey! What the hell is your problem?!

02

[happyends]

[ Oh god, please, Kyoko. Not the hot glare. Please, have mercy on her. In fact, Madoka looks like she's contemplating how impolite it would be to bolt right about now as the other girl is heading over to her, but-- Kyoko is at her side way too quickly for her to do anything.

Instead she's now rooted to the spot, looking slightly startled by the sheer speed Kyoko beelined at her with. ]

A--Ah! [ Okay, recover, Madoka, recover.

She shakes her head. ]

Um... no, I haven't played all of the VR games yet.. [ She can kind of feel where this is going though. But rather than being rude and assuming anything, Madoka just raises her hands in front of her and awkwardly smiles as she asks: ] Why are you asking..?

[wishalone]

[To be honest, it doesn't really seem like the kind of game Madoka would play. But now that the thought has occurred to her... Kyoko kind of wants to see it happen.

She thrusts the VR headset into Madoka's hands, as if that's totally why she raised them in the first place.] 'Cause if you haven't, you gotta try it.

[That's definitely not why she was first asking, but she's going to pretend like it is.]

02 - please get her to play a video game

[recurrens]

[ Homura doesn’t even blink under the weight of Kyoko’s glare. She’s been subject to it enough times, it simply doesn’t faze her anymore. ]

No, [ is all that she says. Not that she’s tried any video games -- ever. ]

[wishalone]

[Kyoko can't help but snort. Of course she hasn't. Homura doesn't really seem like the video game sort.

... which... brings up a secondary quetion. She's on to your wavelength, Homura.

Suspicious:] Have you ever played any game before?

ragequit

[ourtomorrow]

Uh, I--

We played that the other day, right, Ken-chan? With Guilmon.

[ Wormmon, in Ken's arms, remembers this because HE nearly WON a game when Guilmon was playing. That NEVER happens to him against anybody else!

(nobody else ever tries to eat the controller but, details) ]

...Right.

[wishalone]

[Weird pets seem to be part and parcel with this place, but this one even talks. Well, Kyoko's not gonna get hung up on it right now, she's focused.]

Doesn't it suck? [She's knocking her knuckles against the headset again, as if what she really wants to do is punch it.] I swear, the controls are way too touchy.