Test Drive 032

[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!

Culinary Containment

Every month, the train's stores are filled with crates of ingredients for use by its passengers. And every month, one ingredient is the focal point of all recipes. Potatoes, cinnamon, seaweed… but as the train pulls away from the station this month, there seems to have been a blip in the system when it comes to deciding on a biologically-appropriate foodstuff.

Spilling out from the storage carriage and into the kitchen are hundreds of live frogs. They're in the sinks, they're in the ovens, they're hopping alarmingly close to the transgates that link the area up to the sleepers...

Vote-Rigging

At the behest of its passengers, the train has instituted a voting system to allow for more carriage options and upgrades. Passengers are able to submit new ideas, or crowdfund those already suggested...

It's the night before platform, and all through the train, no one was stirring... Apart from your group, with your stockpile of a thousand points and the luminous voting panel you're all currently pouring them into. Bouncy castle carriage? Funded! Fishing carriage? Funded! Clocks? Eh... You have the points. Funded!

Then it's simply a matter of waiting for the morning, and seeing the chaos you've caused to the layout of the Voidtrecker Express. What new delights have you discovered?

Repo Train

The Void Ministry have another task for the Express: locating and repossessing the contents of a number of minor storage craft in an old mercantile zone. The coordinates are given, a small fleet of space-worthy craft and sufficient hazmat gear has been deposited at the meeting site for Voidtrecker use.

The main area is cushy enough, a round communal area surrounded by living pods renovated for basic Voidtrecker requirements. The hangar above allows for groups to head to the next assigned storage location, or to return with their piles of lawfully impounded gains.

Team One

High-risk storage locations are this team's priority. Potentially explosive material, artifacts or experiments without the requisite paperwork explaining how or why they were made, sometimes living creatures, the kind that shouldn't have been left in a large metal crate habitat for a decade. Opening these areas is a study in initiative and dealing with unpleasant surprises!

Team Two

This team are the back-up for the first group - once the artifacts, creatures or hazardous material has been made safe and brought back, they have to be recorded. Scanned. Studied, and compared to the extensive lists of potential contraband or lost goods. Sometimes, they're not quite as safe as you'd like.

Team Three

Some locations, rather than being used for the storage for which they were intended, have been repurposed by sapients who have developed within the system since the depot was created. Short, furred people with clever, webbed hands and high voices, they've turned crates and ships into cramped, partially-submerged warrens. This team is cleared to assess the damage done, and, if the current official owners of the stores will agree, process the change in ownership to the Su Samuru. Not all owners are happy with their squatters, however...

Comments

No worries! I've been spending all week concentrating on app writing so no need to apologize~

[smithandwesson]

"Only when they bitch about like spoiled brats," Oh boy, he really could feel his head throb with aggravation with how this brat spoke. Did the little fuck not understand how to respect people upon first meeting? Not that he was one to talk.

Calm. Remain calm. This twerp wasn't worth the stress.

"Fine then. If that's the case, stick to your word and help. Catch all the free-roaming frogs in this cart and bring them over to me."

Side-quest acquired: Frog Hunting For Food.

Meanwhile, Sanzo finally managed to find the cutlery which lined the wall, taking down a knife to prep the frogs he had already caught.

oh that sounds exciting!!!! hopefully you got a lot done with the app <3. thank you!

[to_rise_above]

"Excuse me?!"

Jin Ling's eye is now twitching in more irritation. Thanks Sanzo, for being the biggest asshole he's met so far on this damn train. Even Jiu didn't have this level of frustration and the damn fox guy bit him!! Respect was earned, not given. Jin Ling clearly did not have any respect for a jerk who was yelling at him and bossing him around!

Not that he's any better. (Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.)

"Don't tell me what to do!"

Except-- he's actually just shooting a crap ton of them as they spoke. Food was food and he wasn't complaining about eating them. Actually doing the work, however still bothered him to some degree. Jin Ling managed to toss a good handful in whatever clothes or things he found to gather some of the dead creatures. He had a hand for relentlessly shooting them down with his arrows. (Thank you Sizhui for lending Jin Ling his bow!)

Here's hoping! App just submitted so fingers crossed~

[smithandwesson]

"Hmph," Well, despite all the kids bitching and moaning, he certainly seemed to be getting the job done. So as long as he eventually calmed the fuck down, Sanzo wasn't going to complain. Instead, as Jin Ling started to acquire more, Sanzo already began to behead and flay the frogs he already had.

Truthfully, it seemed the kid wasn't too bad of a shot. Shame he had that personality to go with it. But Sanzo silently watched for now. He was already done prepping the meat he had caught previously when Jin Ling started collecting the next haul.

"You about done over there? I ain't going to wait all day."

ohh yess!!! I am hoping weee!!! more shenanigans!!!

[to_rise_above]

Jin Ling wasn't good at his archery skills for nothing! He spent a lot of time honing it and because he had his own bow and arrows to hold onto, he was able to practice in Hakagemachi as well. With Jiang Cheng's watchful eye, Jin Ling, certainly was getting whipped into shape.

There was no such thing as calm in Jin Ling's eyes. He was always outspoken about his own opinions. Thus, he probably wouldn't be showing Sanzo any respect soon.

"Don't rush me!"

He shouted back to Sanzo after a minute of concentration. About five or so minutes later, Jin Ling dropped the remaining catches in front of Sanzo. His wrist was a little strained, but a little stretch would do the trick.

"Happy?"