Test Drive 031

[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!

Winter Wonderland

Experienced Voidtreckers will be the first to recognise when the announcement of a stop comes over the speakers: “Arriving at world 9126110 in ten, nine, eight…”

The doors don’t open, the train doesn’t stop. Instead, it slows, and the garden carriage opens its curved, clear roof as though it were a convertible, both sides folding back until the carriage is open to the air. The world is a picture of snow-covered mountains and sparse conifers, and within minutes the garden’s fountain and streams have iced over, soft snow coating the cobbles and benches.

The stop lasts all day, the vending machines dispense free hot chocolate, and the dressing carriage is filled with thick coats, wooly hats, and warm gloves.

Void Santa Is Coming To Town

It’s a day like any other, except that the morning announcement has a rider.

“There are packages in the luggage car for all passengers. Enjoy. ”

And indeed, it seems that something has visited during the night - the carriage at the back of the train is unusually neat, the piles of empty luggage stacked carefully near the back to make room for a huge array of wrapped objects. Void Santa, maybe? The difference between Void Santa and, say, one of the many Earth Santas or the Gyueran Spirit of Generosity, is that Void Santa doesn’t give you what you asked for.

It gives you something you wouldn’t have dared to ask for. That nerdy figurine that you eyed in the window of the store, the dress you weren’t brave enough to try on, the device you decided was too expensive. The poster of your favourite holostar, the latest risque novel from the local printworks… the list goes on.

You’ve got a present in here, better find it before someone else does!

Meltdown

You have arrived in a place which might remind you of Victoria London if Victoria London had floating palaces and was ruled by wizards.

Their rule is strict and any kind of Winter celebration is banned. You have been called by a group of rebels to help with an underground celebration.

Team One

Distraction. Be out in the city, keep watch. If the guards get anywhere near the secret entrances distract them. Perhaps by being a lost tourist. Perhaps by causing mayhem. Make sure the organisers and party goers can arrive without a hitch.

Team Two

A party is not complete without food. The party is being held underground and there isn't much in the way of kitchens and do help bake in people's houses and smuggle the food across the city. Careful of guards.

Team Three

The venue needs decorating and the presents need wrapped. It might be an underground bunker but everyone is determined to make it the best festival ever, despite the risks. Help make it happen!

Party

Mission complete it is of course time to party! Eat drink and be merry before you return to the void once more.

Comments

[strings_theory]

[It's probably only a little unfair for her having been in the midst of fighting for her life for... a good while all at once for her to get into any fight. She's grinning in turn, though Stone Free is also being extremely cheap in making sure that its free hand is taking that snowball out before it gets to her.]

Might as well, ain't got much else to do. [She lets her fingers dig into the snow only a little bit before chucking hers in Masumi's direction, with probably a little excessive force behind it. Stone Free, however, is still holding onto one for who knows what reason.]

[tactlesstantei]

Masumi grimaces as her snowball is intercepted, but remains undeterred as she goes to prepare several new ones.]

Hey, that's a bit unfair - oof! [Masumi's mostly joking complaint is interrupted as she gets hit with the snowball, and she's quick to whip one back in return, trying her best to actually hit Jolyne despite the disadvantage.]

[strings_theory]

[She really shouldn't be laughing, but she's doing a rather nice dive and roll to get out of the way of the next before Stone Free is using the hopeful distraction to chuck the one it had been holding.]

It is?~ Technically that's an extension of myself! [Semantics. She will absolutely use them.]

'Sides, it's just a bit of snow, right?

[tactlesstantei]

[And it's now 2-0 as Masumi takes that second snowball to her shoulder. She brushes the loose show off her coat, huffing slightly at the disadvantage but not yet deterred from continuing to try.]

I don't exactly have an extension of myself to help me! [Despite that, she's having fun as she aims another snowball at Jolyne.]

Besides, if it was just a bit of snow you wouldn't be dodging!

[strings_theory]

[Honestly, this is the most fun she's had in a while. When you're trying to save your skin, everyone else's skin, and by extension the planet? Yeah, yeah you don't get to do the fun thing a lot.]

From Florida, dude, fuck this cold shit. [As if that's really an excuse. But she's crouched down for the moment as she watches her, working on makin another snowball and looking far too ready to move even while in more clothes than normal.

Stone Free is doing much of the same, but a seemingly easier target to hit.]

[tactlesstantei]

Florida, huh? Never been that far south. [Masumi's got another snowball in hand, watching the two. Jolyne's proven to be a tough target to hit so far, but maybe Stone Free would be easier? Then again, maybe she could use her own power to even the odds a bit, but she's never used it to get the drop on someone before.

Deciding to take a chance and fight fair, Masumi flings a snowball at Stone Free, hoping her actions won't be noticed until it's too late to dodge. If it doesn't work, then she'll resort to her power as a backup plan.]

[strings_theory]

Ain't worth it unless you're a tourist. [At least she's honest about it, though it's probably not much help that Stone Free has a good bit of independence despite seeming the opposite. But the Stand merely watches the snowball for a moment before just seeming to turn into strings where it would have hit.

Really, she's a whole bunch of utter bullshit when it comes to a fight.]

Mmm. Maybe I shoulda warned about that one, huh? I ain't the type to talk 'bout my Stand, though. [She's not one of the antagonists, after all. But if Masumi did try her calming powers, she'd probably have a better time of it.

Especially when someone is a big dumb idiot and expects head on attacks or sneak attacks, nothing like emotion manipulation.]

[tactlesstantei]

[What. What. Nobody told her Stone Free could do that.

Masumi openly stares at Stone Free, stunned, before she finally gets over the surprise and resorts to just using her calming power. She needs a moment to focus on calming herself after that shock, which she disguises as preparing yet another snowball, but once she feels ready, Masumi pushes that calm towards Jolyne before immediately following up with the snowball.]

It'll only work for a few seconds at best, and she certainly won't tell Jolyne what she's up to, but hopefully that's all she needs to get a hit in.]

[strings_theory]

[Sorry, Masumi, welcome to Stone Free is some utterly cheap bullshit. But there's ways to counteract it, not that she's about to give any of that information up in general, but especially not for free.

She stretches a little on her spot, seeming far too amused by everything. But what she doesn't expect is that manipulation and without any sort of defense to it, it's really not hard to get it to work. While she is actually calmer, she probably doesn't outwardly look it other than her muscles not seeming particularly tensed anymore.

If she's going to take the shot, now is absolutely the time.]

[tactlesstantei]

[She 100% takes that shot, not wasting time when she knows she only has seconds to work with here. Masumi doesn't even stop to confirm if it worked or not, she's pretty much banking entirely on the hope that her trick worked enough to get Jolyne off guard.

In fact, she goes to get another snowball ready as soon as she throws the first one, hopeful that she can sneak another one in as well. She is absolutely taking any advantage she can get to even the odds here.]

[strings_theory]

[Rude!!!! Even though it absolutely does hit, luckily it's her chest and she's pretty well back on guard after that. The second one almost hits but she may have noticed Stone Free disappearing the moment the second is defected via another hole, this time in her own body. That quickly goes back to normal while she moves to get out of the way and make herself a more difficult target.]

The fuck was that shit! [Best to not tell her, even if she'll immediately clock anything out of the ordinary again.]

[tactlesstantei]

Hang on, what was that?! [Masumi is of course asking about that hole there and how Jolyne did that. Stone Free doing it was one thing, but Jolyne??? That's unsettling.

In any case, she certainly isn't telling Jolyne what she just did there. She also isn't throwing another snowball, mainly because she's still pretty unsettled by how Jolyne avoided that last shot.

If Jolyne wants revenge for that, now's the time.]

[strings_theory]

Shit I can do! [That explains nothing, but if she won't explain the emotion thing then she's not gonna explain that.

But she can take advantage of the situation and get another snowball together to send at her and going for as close as she can get to her throat without hitting her actual throat. She's pretty certain that'll be enough to put an end to all of this.

If she's going to play dirty, might as well win as dirty as possible.]

[tactlesstantei]

[That last shot his her squarely just below her throat, sending Masumi to the ground with a squawk of surprise. It does indeed put an end to all this, mainly because she's stunned on the ground and trying to recover from that.]

That was a cheap shot there... [Then again, so was Masumi using her calming ability to get Jolyne off guard, so she has little room to complain here.]

[strings_theory]

[Perfect.

She moves to stand properly again, stretching her arms above her head with a nice sound that's probably a shoulder popping.]

I think that's enough. Hey, at least that shot was entirely my own doing. Ain't my fault I got good aim, is it? [No one can say she's a bad sport while heading over there and reaching down to offer her a hand up.]

Been a while since someone's managed to catch me off guard, though, so I'll give you that. Whatever the fuck you did was new.

[tactlesstantei]

I guess not. You didn't have to aim there, though. [Masumi takes her hand anyway, accepting the help in standing back up after that shot.

As for what she did, Masumi looks genuinely apologetic, even as she takes note that her little trick is something she can use in actual fights.]

Sorry about that, I was just trying to even the odds out since you had a huge advantage there. I wasn't even sure if that would work or not.