Test Drive Meme 027

[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!

Hotel Notel

The hire carriage is the tiny hotel of the Voidtrecker Express. With a downstairs of meeting rooms and an upstairs of luxuries such as double beds, duvets and en-suites, it's in demand for the denizens of a train with so little privacy.


It might be surprising when you arrive at your booked room and someone's already in there. An awkward double booking? Someone abusing their abilities for a free night? Or maybe it's not such a suprise. A planned date night, a movie night, or just some peace and quiet between you. In any case, you're there now.

Our-moury

The downside of having a shared armoury is the maintenance. Weaponry, equipment, and the odd semi-sentient robot from a dozen different worlds make for an interesting time, and not everything has an instruction manual. The upside of having a shared armoury is, of course, the aforementioned weaponry, equipment and semi-sentient robots. Cleaning and polishing is more fun when there's a small metal insect chirping helpfully at you whenever it spots a patch of grime or carbon scoring.


Did you ask before trying out that laser rifle? Did someone leave their beloved spiritual weapon propped up on a rack, just asking for it to be manhandled? Or did the friendly AI autoturret wave hello and knock over a pile of magitech?

Prime Directive

The world of Magnitton has never been host to a Void traveller, nor will it ever. At least, not until the Voidtrecker Express calls for its crew to attend a Catastrophe-class event above it. Over the last few decades, the people of Magnitton have expanded into their local system, and begun mining asteroids and their two moons for much-needed resources.



The smaller moon, Ej, has broken apart far more easily than expected. Almost as if it wasn't a moon to begin with, but some great, hollow sphere... Aboard the train, those with prophetic gifts wake with visions of a planet ablaze, a night sky smeared with swathes of blood and the cries of some unknown young creature.

Team One

Those Voidtreckers who have experience wrangling giant space dragons will do well here. Those who do not might want to buff up on this particular transferable skill. From within the shell that was the moon Ej emerges a trio of glowing, winged reptiles each roughly the size of the Voidtrecker Express. Confused, freshly-hatched and apparently hungry. For what? People? Nope.


Luckily, it's stories they're hungry for. Every tale and piece of information or history strengthens the dragonets. This team must nurture the trio enough that they can leave the system for their home under their own power. Ej has some degree of atmosphere, and the dragonets aren't immediately able or willing to fly about. It's storytime.

Team Two

The larger of Magnitton's two moons, Dar, is surprisingly peaceful. At least until a writhing mass of plasmasnakes descend upon it from the system's star. Swarming aboard any ship within the moon's nearest lagrange points, these fiery serpents seek any route towards their prey, the dragonets born every thousand years. For those unable to naturally withstand the power of the sun or the vacuum of space, the Magnites have provided two squads of sturdy reconnaissance fighters for the Voidtreckers' efforts. Equipped with squad video links and a suite of weaponry and utility systems, as well as helpful AI companions, this tech should make fighting off the plasmasnakes a little easier for this team.

Team Three

Down on the surface of Magnitton, it's a state of emergency. Not all of the pieces of what was the moon Ej have been caught in the planet's gravity, but enough are falling that civilisation is under threat. This team have been tasked with saving Magnitton. A large task, but one the planet has at least prepared for. The Astrological Expulsion via Gravitational Inversion System, or A.E.G.I.S, must be activated and manned to fling debris back into space. Smaller pieces of the moon may be dealt with more personally, if Voidtreckers have the skills for it. The A.E.G.I.S stations require two crew working in concert - one to target and one to adjust the gravitational inversion levels.

Comments

[foxyou]

Why his behind.....Shen Qingqiu pauses just long enough to narrow his eyes at the guy before swooping in to grab his beloved sword, after which he moves to stand at a nice safe social distance with it.

"Do what? Pick up the sword? Surely you can come up with a denial that actually makes sense...or is that too difficult an action for your malnourished brain?"

[pitheadshixiong]

This young man, such a harsh aura! Clearly... clearly he has wronged someone of great danger! They were young, pretty, had a sword, if they had the other things... he was definitely going to die.

"I meant no offense, it was an accident. I will never touch your sword again, or any sword," though how long that promise lasted, in general, was none binding. If he had to down the line he wasn't going to avoid it.

"But first, important questions. By any chance... are you... an orphan of any kind?" please don't be an orphan. "And what kind of spiritual root might you have?" please be something dirt common.

[codenametesla]

"That's what I've been told, but I definitely understand not wanting to assume.." she agreed, leaning slightly to see what the other person was working on, perhaps a little too amazed given the simplicity of it.

"I... could show you how, if you wanted, but if hand washing works for you, or you have things that have to be washed delicately, then that's fine. I mean, I'm not trying to be a bother, I just thought I'd ask since there's so many different people around..." Althea trailed off, starting to get a bit embarrassed with herself for saying anything when this person clearly was taking care of things fine on their own.

Re: Chores

[codenametesla]

Oh she was embarrassed and there was no coming back from this, EVER. She practically yelped as Bunnie started talking, letting go of the metal pole so fast you might think it had bit her. A second later, it clattered to the ground, no longer magnetic since Althea wasn't touching it.

"I'm so sorry, I was testing an idea to help clean and I got carried away and wasn't watching and I should have been and I'm sorry-" she scooped the metal pole up as she rambled, holding it as close to herself as she could so that it couldn't possibly hit anyone else, and trailed off. "Are... you okay? I didn't hurt you..?"

Re: Chores

[bunnie_gal]

“Nah, Ah’m fine! Nothing these have dealt with before!” Bunnie said, smiling. “That’s quite the useful skill, though. Would certainly make things easiah…!”

(hope i'm not rambling too much btw, i'm also doing thesis work so i'm a bit wordy atm :P )

[codenametesla]

Althea couldn't help but frown a bit longer, as if trying to figure out whether she really had been hurt and was just hiding it or not, or was about to start yelling at her, but after a few moments of neither seeming to be the case, she relaxed a little and nodded.

"Yeah..! I never really tried things like this before, but I'd like to actually be helpful so..." She paused, wondering what exactly she was supposed to say now, before finally offering a little apologetic smile.

"I'm really trying to get used to all of this still, sorry. You're.. Bunnie, right? It's nice to meet you, though I wish it had been a little less awkward of a meeting. Are you on cleanup or just passing through this car?"

Ha! No, no, you’re fine!

[bunnie_gal]

“No, no, hon, you’ah fine!” Bunnie reassured. “Like Ah said, Ah’ve been through a lot more so it’ll take more than accidental magnets to take me down!” And she flexes her robotic arm at that.

She held out that same hand for a handshake. “And that’s my name. Ah was just passing through, but if you need a hand…!”

(whew! awesome :) and thank you for the tag! Bunnie seems so sweet!)

[codenametesla]

Althea blinked at the offered hand, quickly slipping a glove on before holding out hers as well, starting to smile a little more naturally now. "Just to make sure I don't do any more magneting-!" she explained quickly, glad to not be in any sort of trouble.

"Hmm," she started at the question, glancing around as she did. "There wasn't too much in this car luckily, but I have no idea yet if there are other areas that tend to see more mess." She glanced back at Bunnie then, tilting her head slightly. "Where were you headed? I mean, if I may ask? If you were about to do something else, maybe I could help to repay you for the... bonk? I know you said you're fine," she quickly added, just in case, "but it could also be to thank you for not being mad?"

No problem! And she really is!

[bunnie_gal]

Bunnie chuckled at that. “Althea-gal, you can cling to me as much as you like. It’s a breath of fresh air being around humans who treat someone like me like equals!”

“As for where Ah was going, Ah was headin’ for the gym. Ah’m sure the boys had made a mess there, so we can double team it!”

[foxyou]

There's a purse of the lips and a slight nod at his vow, as Shen Qingqiu carefully attaches the sword to his waist. He could potentially have ended it there, but...then that question pops up, and the expression on his face morphs from one of vague indifference to something with a more icily threatening aura.

"And why, exactly, would the parentage of the stranger you attempted to steal from be important to you in any way? Let alone the details of my cultivation."

[pitheadshixiong]

"I wasn't trying to steal! That's definitely an overexsgeration, I was wrong, very wrong, but I am not a theif," don't make up worse things! He doesn't want to die!

"And sorry if they're personal, it's fine! I don't need to know, you seem like a protagonist anyway, or something close, so don't mind me, I'm a nobody, a background character here to fill in the panel, nothing more." He even backed up a few steps to stand near a shelf, look, harmless background character. No need to be anyone who would be involved in dangerous things.

[wisdominshadows]

Ah- no one had told him, had they?

"At this time of the month?" She shakes her head. "That's unlikely. There's always a night at this time of the month when a few of our company find themselves dreaming of what is to come, whether they wish to or not."

One side of her mouth quirks up in a grim smile. "If you don't mind the questioning, did you happen to dream of fire crowned by a blood-red sky?"

[moonandstar]

"Yes," he says, to his tea as much as to Zelda.

"These are things I have seen in my own world, but this dream was not of those skies."

Kabuto Yakushi | Naruto

[myninjainfocard]

1. Our-moury

[Seeing weaponry that he's not remotely familiar with isn't exactly... unusual for Kabuto. The shinobi world tended to find unique and weird new weapons in which to use against their opponents and he'd long since stopped asking what kind of nonsense people were up to these days. He was still a fan of keeping his distance with most weapons unless to incapacity and even in this form he kept to that mantra.

Which might be exactly why he's eyeing someone's sword with a soft scoff of contempt.]

You'd think we were past such barbarism, but I see that's not the case. [Who he's talking to is... anyone's guess, given the usual snake... extension... has decided to not make itself currently seen from underneath his cloak.]

2. Team one

[Fighting? Natural. Healing? Natural. Telling stories to dragons that he thought were going to murder people? Less natural.

Which is precisely why Kabuto looks absolutely dumbfounded by this new revelation. He's dealt with dragons before, not necessarily in this form, but they'd always been... well, more thirsty for blood and destruction and far less... childish.

But, well, he supposes he has more than a few stories of some sort he could tell. Even if some might be put off by the large snake perched over his shoulder eyeing the creatures down and seeming none-too-pleased.]

If it's dragons, then it'd only be appropriate to tell the tale of Ryūchi Cave. Though it being named after dragons while one deals with the snakes, is still quite a mystery... [The last words are muttered under his breath, it's not something he usually ponders over. But it's a good point.]

3. Medical

[In every new place, if one is going to be staying there (and unfortunately he's realized this is the case) then it's necessary to know how the medical situation pans out. It's probably not... the most reassuring to see Kabuto's gold-slit eyes or almost snake-like skin puttering around the medical carriage, but it's a necessity in his eyes. He starts with the examination room, quietly inspecting every instrument and making mental notes of what to test later once he's done his once over. You want everything working properly and with no error, right? He's quick to investigate even further through the medicine and the medical kit proper, basic of the basics. Lovely.

Slowly he moves for the surgical area, a little more impressed that even this much has been accomplished. Even if the tools are basic. At least his chakra can be used in lieu of equipment if it needs to be. Not that he's... had much need to practice medical as of late, but it's something that one never forgets.

Lastly he moves through the compartments, though it's quick and mostly deemed as just as basic as everything else. Hopefully no one meets him while he's gone back to the surgical bay to test if the scalpels and needles are sharp enough to proper get through skin. It's not a pleasant situation to see someone doing on themselves, after all.]

4. Wildcard?

[If you want this idiot anywhere else or have any questions, feel free to message me!]

[codenametesla]

Well, coming off as clingy didn't do wonders for her self esteem, but the next part... probably hit home a lot closer than Bunnie would have expected. "I'm sorry. That that was the case for you, I mean. Finding people who treat you equally is important."

But it was hard to stay sad with how upbeat Bunnie was, and soon Althea managed an amused smile. "Alright! That gym won't know what hit it. And neither will anyone else who tries to make a mess while we're around!" She boasted, jokingly of course, as she shook the metal pole slightly.

She wouldn't actually threaten anyone who made a mess, good heavens no.

But it was amusing after the previous run-in.

[bunnie_gal]

"It's alright, hon, you learn to live with it, Ah suppose." Bunnie replied. Shaking her head, she motioned for Althea to join her.

"Now, let's show that gym a thing or two!"

[wisdominshadows]

A nod.

"Then you should know: everyone on this train with a particular gift for prophecy has seen some variant on what you did. It shall be the talk of the train come morning, if not before."

OUR...MOURY im using potato so i can boomerang from work bc shes very head-empty

[philosopherspotato]

[Potato is only somewhat helpful for most things, as it takes a certain type of instruction to really get through the squishy homunculus' head. To that end, it's...not really clear what she's actually doing in here! She certainly can't hold most weapons on her own, and on principle, using one would be 'mean'.

But here she is, and-]

Is that like a Barber thing?

[Potato,]

Are we getting hair cuts? I don't think my hair grows a lot, I was talking to Rapunzel, and hers grew really fast and strong, but mine definitely hasn't changed at all. I don't think you can even cut it!

[POTATO,]

/yells

[myninjainfocard]

[He certainly had been talking to himself! And completely unaware of the tiny woman... person... thing not too far away from him. Though once she starts talking and just rambling on is when he's finally registering her voice.

As an obnoxious buzzing in his ears that he's very keen to silence.]

Barbarism. Barbaric. As in something archaic that there are far better ways of using or making at this point in time. [Please someone stop him or save one of them from all of this.]

It has nothing to do with hair. Or barbers. Or anything of the sort. Why would something in an armory have anything to do with that?

[philosopherspotato]

I see....

[She does not see. Or maybe she does??? Potato, curious fuzzy thing that she is, strokes her chin.] Mnhhh...well I know now I guess! People keep a lot of stuff here! Someone said it's because there's more space than in the cubies we all have, and it's definitely true!

[To that end, she bounces...slightly, not too much, because while she's doing her best to help out, her locker is still at reasonable Potato level-

Annnnnd she unlocks it and oh god-

So much. Vacation gear, coming out,

That's a beach ball. A sandcastle kit. Ah-] Like my stuff!

[Ahem.] It's good to know that barber hair stuff doesn't happen here though, I'll make really sure to remember! [she declares seriously.]

[myninjainfocard]

I... suppose that would make sense. [And weaponry makes sense in his mind, given that most things that aren't meant to be hidden on the person (like this sword he is not a fan of) are quite a lot larger than what would be considered "cubby" size.

Though he turns his attention to watch Potato for a brief moment, a brow slowly raising in question. Even if he's not going to voice any of that aloud, merely observing to maybe figure out what she even is. Animal, person, some kind of combination? He's not terribly sure.

Nor does he get to ponder on it for too long before there's a deluge of things.

Very... very leisurely things.

It's very hard for him to not pull a grimace, why is any of that necessary to have stored away?]

There's... not even a body of water or beach in this place, I assume. What is all of that even necessary to have stored away like that? It's... frivolous.

[philosopherspotato]

We went to a Vacation spot! [is the cheery response, Potato working to carefully put eeeeeverything back in the locker except the sand bucket set.] And there was lots and lots to do! Like swimming, and going on a boat, and climbing stuff...

The train said 'Everything was really super bad, so all of you need a break', and then it gave us stuff that we could use to pay for things there and do stuff! [Technically the train said this in very different words, but, y'know,]

There's not a lot of water here, but....I can probably use it if there's water at our next stop! Or the next one...or oh!! [She beams.] If the train....had a whole carriage with water! Instead of just the spa one with the hot tub...

[She closes the locker, holding her bucket.] There's sand though!! It's in the 'garden' one, which I think's a weird name, since it's not really a garden. [It's a rock garden....] I'm gonna make sand castles!

[myninjainfocard]

[Vacation? Why?

For a moment he frowns to himself as he turns everything over in his mind. Swimming is training and a necessity, boats are necessary travel, climbing also extremely important... That sounds more like necessity than some sort of fun activity as far as he's concerned. But this is also the same man that prefers to defy what should be done in medical and science fields for funsies. Or most would just call him a mad scientist or doctor, either/or.]

I... how old are you? [This seems like a necessary piece of information. She seems child-sized so he's assuming a child of some description. But even then most children are less... this as far as he's aware.

Truly, he's at a loss of words with near everything in this particular situation.]

Having an entire train carriage of water sounds like a terrible and impractical idea even in the best case scenario. How would you even keep all of it in and not flood the next ones over every time the door opens? [He... might have a point there, actually.]

[philosopherspotato]

Hmmmmm....Granny helped me pick a birthday....Three years ago! She said it was really important, and I've had three birthdays including that one! [On the one hand, she certainly acts like a child! On the other her diction and word choices....vary.]

Oh, that's a good point...Maybe you'd have to set it up weird, like how the theatre is- with a pool at the bottom, and a bunch of stairs at the side...and the door at the stairs, instead of the pool...

[Hmmm hmm...hmmmm....] It'd be cool though, and people can exercise with pools too! ...That's not as fun as just swimming, but I know people would like it!!

[myninjainfocard]

[Wait, hold on a moment. Three years ago? Pick a birthday? That was... a strange choice of words even for someone like him, not necessarily the birthday part but the age. And then everything else combined with that isn't exactly adding up to him.

She can sound older but then there's other bits that are... very much childish. Something isn't right here and it's not going to leave him alone until he finds some way to consolidate the information.]

Why would you need to pick a birthday? I suppose if you didn't know when you were born... [He leaves that specifically open ended to see what she might do or go with that information. As for the rest, well.]

It would still be a lot of upkeep that would go with a body of water, particularly something of that caliber. But, I'm assuming, that isn't something anyone has to do. [This train is odd, he's concluded. And he's too tired to question how it even works.]

Swimming is a fairly good way to get exercise in without putting too much strain on the joints and muscles of the body. While simultaneously helping build them up to get to something that has more impact in the future... [He can't help but think in medical, sorry, Potato.]