Test Drive 035

[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!

Stable Duties

The latest carriage to have been added to the Voidtreckers express is one for large animals. It contains stables downstairs and smaller places for animals upstairs.

Until now the bottom half of the carriage has been mostly empty, with large animals new to the options of creatures voidtreckers can purchase from the shop. But as voidtreckers wake up one morning those going through the carriage will find they each have a creature in them. Large as a warhorse, with six legs, long necks and longer noses. What are they? What do they eat? Why are they here?

No answers are readily available but anyone who gets close will get a nose in their face and then an enthusiastic giant nuzzling them. They are friendly it seems. Very friendly.

Friendly Competition

The lower floor of this carriage is open and sprawling, with two wide, low tables and plenty of cushions and beanbags. The walls are lined with shelves and wooden chests, both filled with games. Board games, card games, you name it, though train themes feature heavily. On a shelf of its own sits a case of Duel Monsters cards.

The upper floor is split into two. One half has a pile of oversized games - lawn jenga, twister, giant connect4 - and the other, sectioned off with soft rope barriers, hosts a screen, a console, and a variety of video game controllers, including four VR headsets.

Perhaps you’re testing yourself in one of the VR Crisis simulators. Perhaps you’re learning the rules of a competitive card game a little too well, and your friendships are suffering accordingly. Perhaps you’ve convinced someone to play twister with you..?

Eggageration of Harm

The mission the voidtreckers are sent on seems like a very strange one. The annual spring festival of the kingdom of Fahr is in ruins after a hoard of raiders wearing rabbit masks wreaked destruction, smashing up festival stalls and stealing the intricately carved eggs that had been dedicated to the goddess of spring.

The king of Fahr suspects the raiders come from across the border from the neighbouring kingdom Fehl and has amassed his army to take the eggs back. The king of Fahl denies everything but has been given an ultimatum, if the eggs are not returned the two kingdoms will go to war.

Team One

Investigate what really happened. Are the rabbit masked raiders from the kingdom of Fahl or were they just opportunist criminals? Is war their aim or did they just steal for profit? Try and find out what really happened and, perhaps even more difficult, report the correct findings to the king.

Team Two

Find those eggs! The bunny raiders left clues of course, footprints and trails. Follow them and try and find the eggs before time runs out. The raiders it seems hid most of them, perhaps to return for later, perhaps once they realised they would be caught eventually. Recover the eggs and get them back to the shrines before time runs out.

Team Three

Even though the eggs are the crime the king of Fahr is concentrating on many people had their stalls and livelihoods wrecked. Help them by fixing up the stalls, recovering merchandise and even re-baking their cakes and other spring treats.

Comments

Homura Akemi | Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Fanmade AU)

[to_save_them_all]

(OoC: Check out the app in the journal to see what her deal is!)

Stable Duties

Homura had wandered into the stables, curious as to what would be inside and what creatures were there. She had tried her best to keep herself hidden, hiding her face with her hoodie as she felt like she should be some sort of outcast, but these strange horse-like beings were not as accepting to the idea.

Getting close to one, the creature's long snout leaned closer to her, sniffing her. It gave a long snort, blowing her hoodie off and exposing her face.

"H-Hey... s-stop that." she uttered, waving the creature away and trying to fix her hoodie. Another snort stopped that attempt. "Okay... fine... no hoodie." The creature responded by nuzzling her. This caused her to gasp in surprise before she went to return the affection. "There, there... I'm here..."

Friendly Competitions

Deep inside, Homura wanted to jump in and play these games with everyone. She wanted to enjoy herself a bit. But, the outer Homura refused. Penance and being stoic and all that stuff. She didn't deserve to play these games because of all she did.

Which is why Homura is standing in front of the Twister game, her face red as she'd been shanghaied into playing with others.

"I-I-I really don't think I should. Th-thank you, though...!" Homura stammered, trying to politely step away from all of this. However, she knew it would be doomed to failure.

Eggageration of Harm

Team Two

The thieves were sloppy. Very sloppy. They left too many clues, too many trails to follow them with. Homura followed one set of clues and headed into the nearby forest, finding one of the would-be crooks with one of the eggs.

Having already transformed, her hand went for the cutlass on her person. When Sayaka used this, she was acting as a hero of justice. Homura wasn't feeling so kind.

"Surrender the egg. Now." she said. "I will dye it more to pry it from your hands."

Team Three

Homura really didn't want to do this, but these people were needing help badly outside of hunting eggs. She decided the best thing to do was to help re-bake cakes and other sweets. Thus, you'll see the hooded figure running around, making sure everything is just right, working quickly to make sure they could be out in time.

And hidden under that hood is a warm smile, a little bit of a weakness for her.

Stable Duties

[adolescenthope]

Homura wasn't the only one who had let their curiosity get the better of them; at this point, letting that happen might as well be Kokoro's MO. Although, unlike Homura, she wasn't exactly sure how to handle this sort of affection; her own experience with animals was pretty limited. So when Kokoro saw that Homura had a much better handle on how to treat these creatures, she figured at this point, it might be the best to ask questions.

"Do you know what these are? I have not ever seen anything quite like them." They were strange to her even with all the animal-like youkai she's seen.

Re: Stable Duties

[to_save_them_all]

“I do not…” Homura admitted. “They seem like horses… and giraffes…”

Another snort prevent her from pulling up her hoodie again.

“And stubborn.”

[adolescenthope]

"Stubborn?"

That was an interesting descriptor; she couldn't feel anything like malice in these creatures.

"I can sense they're happy. But why?"

Friendly Competitions

[redmeguca]

[Long black hair that could be in a shampoo commercial, check. Striking purple eyes that seem to stare into your soul, check. Pink ribbon that seeing it would send chills down Kyoko's spine... uncheck. Yeah, this is Akemi. Or at least, that's what Kyoko thinks until Homura actually speaks. Better check then.]

Yo, Akemi, that you?

[to_save_them_all]

Sakura.

[She isn’t sure how Kyoko will react, so the hoodie is back up over her head.]

I hadn’t expect you to respond.

[redmeguca]

Yeah, I'm still not sure what to think about all this. Last version of you that was on the train, we didn't exactly get along. But that wasn't this you, so I'm willing to see how things pan out. Either way, welcome aboard the Voidtrecker express. Here, consider this a cabin-warming gift.

[Kyoko casually tosses a wrapped red bean bun in Homura's direction.]

Hata no Kokoro | Touhou Project

[adolescenthope]

Friendly Competition ~ Upper Floor

Kokoro's been through the lower part of this carriage before, though the upper floor was somewhere she had yet to investigate; this train felt massive to her, and her curious nature drew her to each and every corner of it to learn what she could. This particular carriage was interesting to her though; she could feel the emotions of joy and humor in the air, but also... anger? Wasn't this place supposed to be recreational?

That really got her wondering about the nature of this place. Deciding further investigation was in order, she plunged herself into the unknown upper floor, floating from place to place, until stopping at a DDR machine. The youkai cocked her head to the side, wandering ever closer.

"So many flashing lights... What could this be?"


Eggageration of Harm ~ Team One

If anyone knew festivities well, it was Kokoro; she'd been responsible for entertainment on numerous occasions. Even if those types of festivities were different , she understood events like those were important to people. So, hearing that something like that had been ransacked? It awakened an anger inside of her she hadn't quite felt since the incident she herself caused.

"Do we have any idea where they could have run off too?!"


Stable Duties ~ The Menreiki's an Animal Whisperer?!

"H-Hey..!"

The mysterious animals that had shown up in the carriage had taken Kokoro by surprise; not just with them being here at all, but they certainly seemed very friendly. Even if they didn't outwardly express that to her, she would be able to read their emotions regardless, and she could feel a sense of joy and cheerfulness from these creatures. Had the emotions in her masks gone wild..? No, they couldn't have. What these animals felt had nothing to do with her.

How is she supposed to reciprocate that friendliness, though?


Wild Card ~ You Can Decide!

Any other situation you'd like to meet the Menreiki in? I'm all open!

Sebek Zigvolt | Twisted Wonderland (ENG release)

[zigajoule]

Stable Duties

[ Back home, Sebek is part of the Equestrian Club, so tending to the stables isn't anything new to the first year. He does so without complaint. The animals in the stalls, however, are new, but he doesn't seem bothered. He lives in Briar Valley. There are bound to be a few strange, magical creatures about on a daily basis.

As friendly as these creatures might be, they still appear nervous from the tall teen's attempts to clean their stalls and tend to their fur. ]

Calm down. It's not like I'm going to eat you. Remove your nose from my hand.

[ Sebek's left hand holds a brush and is currently held in place by said creature's long nose. ]

Eggageration of Harm: Team Two

COME BACK HERE!! SUCH ACTIONS WILL NOT REMAIN UNPUNISHED!!

[ By now, everyone should realize that Sebek is loud. His notion of a normal tone of voice greatly differs from what most others consider normal. This is beyond even his normal.

Sebek gives chase after the footprints. He only stops when the tracks do. He circles back a bit, looking for a new pathway, but none appears. However, he does find one of the carved eggs just under the leaves of a bush. For once, he wishes Silver was here. Silver's animal friends would likely make short work of finding these eggs. ]

We will deal with them once we've located these eggs.

my friend was like 'look a sebek [link]' and I went oh, why the fuck not, 2

[dentdelion]

[Why is he so loud, why can't he not shout, at the moment Ruggie wished that Malleus was here because Malleus could be utterly terrifying, but maybe...maybe Malleus could teach Sebek the art of talking in a whisper? Maybe?

He wished that Silver was here instead. Silver slept enough, but Silver? He liked Silver. He could deal with Silver. Silver's animal friends could probably make short work of the situation. He found a crow and tried negotiating with her, but as crows were dicks, that wasn't any help.]

'course we will.

[Ruggie had found an egg of his own, which he's gonna force Sebek to carry- here. Take the egg.

And of course they will. Nobody understands petty revenge like the students of Night Raven College do. It's practically one of their majors.]

But, uh...gotta ask. You know the only thing shouting stuff like how you're gonna get 'em is gonna do is warn them, right?

[Why was he here teamed up with Sebek, Sebek's just so eager and loud...]

Hey, fancy meeting you here!

[zigajoule]

[ If Malleus or Lilia haven't managed to teach Sebek the art of quiet voices by now, then it's probably a lost cause without some magical duct tape. (The Zigvolt Family might have strong bites, but crocodiles can have their mouths forced closed with surprisingly little physical force.)

However, Sebek does take the egg without complaint. (Ruggie is his upperclassman, after all.) Now, he has two fragile items cradled in his arms. Ah... how many were there supposed to be in total? ]

They need to know the consequences of their thievery!

[dentdelion]

[Why couldn't he be working with Idia, Idia's around, Idia commented one comment down, Idia's right there, Idia's a good big brother, he'd want Idia for a big brother if he had to pick from NRC, he'd want to team up with Idia for something like this.

But no.

No.]

Have ya ever gone...

[Long pause as he tries to think of something plausible for Thorn Valley. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.]

-hunting, that seems like the sorta thing you'd do. Ever done that? [He supposes? Maybe?

Also he's motoring on, start walking or get left behind.]

Team two

[flameinthedarkness]

[This is not the type of easter eggs he wasn't to be hunting! It was far better when they were hidden items in games! Not... this! And certainly not with... him.

He's so loud...

How did Idia get teamed up with him? Every time Sebek raises his voice it makes Idia jump, he pulling up the hood of his hoodie even more to try and block some of it out. He should had brought and worn his headphones, he could had cancelled all of this out.

Then again, with Sebek no doubt that would just make him yell louder for Idia to hear him.]

Who cares... the goal of the mission is to find the items, not track down who did it. [Idia's going to regret saying this, isn't he?]

[zigajoule]

[ Sebek will be heard. He'll probably break any noise-canceling feature on those headphones. Taking the carved egg into his hand, he turns around to level a disapproving look at Idia. ]

If they do not see the error of their ways, they will only steal these eggs again!

[ A housewarden should understand the need to keep order and make sure everyone behaves properly. This is no different. ]

Xie'er/Scorpion Kinng [Word of Honor]

[scorpionsect]

1)Stone Garden:
[To say that Xie'er was completely confused by his surroundings was an understatement. The train itself was a strange concept he had a hard time understanding and why would people be comfortable living on the train itself? Granted, right now was better then where he was at home. He was slowly getting used to his surroudings.

He found himself walking among stone garden that reminded him of home. Maybe he might find a spot and mediate and clear his mind a bit. Everything had been jarring and his senses were on overload. He stared a bit at the device that let you pick the weather? He opted to leave it and continued down another path. He made sure his heavy black robes didn't get caught among the stones. He found a flat stone large enough to sit crossed legged on and began to focus on clearing his mind to meditate.]

2: Medical Cart
[Xie'er had learned there was medical cart and went to go look for it. He thought about probably making himself useful here depending on the people here. While his profession was being an assassin who worked with poison.... He knew alot about the body to help heal someone. He was also familiar with a lot of poison and knew the remedies for them as well.

He decided to poke around the cabinets to see what they had until someone came in or he found someone he could talk to.]

3:Wild Card
Feel free to write your own prompt.

Stone Garden

[xue_yang]

Xue Yang has been doing more meditation since he was told it might help him. But he doesn't really have a set place that he does it. So today he decided to check out the stone garden and do his meditation there. But when he arrives in the spot he normally would do so he finds that someone is already in his spot.

His eyes narrow slightly as he studies the unfamiliar person. He can't exactly complain since there was nothing that said it was his spot. And he could easily find a different spot but that is not the kind of person that he is.

The kind of person he is...is someone who will interrupt someone who is meditating just because he can. "If you want to meditate you would be better off in the quiet cars."

Re: Stone Garden

[scorpionsect]

[Warily Xie'er opened his eyes to see who the person was that obviously trying to claim his spot. At home very few people challenged him. Here things were different. He was the new person, but he wasn't also about to back down either. The other appeared to dress in similar fashion so they were from the same possible culture? He wasn't one from the sects he knew of.]

Then why don't you go to the quiet cars? Although, I doubt you would last long there without geetting kicked out for being so loud. I'm perfectly fine here.

[He spoke in a bored tone and brushed a few loose strands of hair aside that had fallen out of place. He closed his eyes to refocus on meditating, demissing the other.]

Stone Garden

[kallig]

[Altair had long since accepted that life was a series of strange events, and so had adjusted to the train quite well in spite of its oddity. He was a Sith after all and there was very little the world could throw at him that he wasn't equipped to adapt to or overcome should it be required of him, and so he had done the wise thing and adapted as well as he could so far with the intent of furthering that as time dragged on. And though the situation wasn't quite ideal, the void itself was certainly interesting enough to speak to his curious soul.

The strange situation was no excuse to ignore the rituals he had become used to performing over the last three years of his life though and so it was with intent to meditate for a short while that he entered the stone garden.

He moved silent as a shadow through it, able to sense that he was not alone, though not bothered by the lack of solitude. With few exceptions, he often found himself desiring company over desiring being alone, given that he was so used to living in cramped quarters with personalities that could only be described as particularly strong and chaotic.

Seeking a spot to settle down, he eventually came across the other man- apparently also there to clear his mind and meditate. Though he had been walking silently, the final step he made before stopping he allowed to be audible, a slight crunch of gravel beneath boots to announce his presence.

It... Was a pretty nice spot that the other man had found and he could already see a spot that would be ideal for him to settle down in as well, though it was quite nearby and so he figured he should at least ask if that was alright given that the other man was there first.] My apologies, I didn't mean to interrupt.

[His tone was even- neutral- as he spoke, with a mild and detached sort of politeness about them.]

Is it alright if I settle down to meditate near you?

Re: Stone Garden

[scorpionsect]

[Xie'er was aware that there was someone else in the cart. He was surprised by the question. Someone had actually asked instead of assumed it was okay. This was different. He opened his eyes to only stare back in confusion at how blue the other was....not to mention the red eyes? He then remembered his manners and ducked his head in embarrsment.]

Please, accept my apologies. I didn't mean to openly stare. You are welcome to mediate near me if you wish.

medical cart;

[deferences]

[it's not often that lan sizhui visits the medical cart, given he has cultivator powers for himself and empathic healing for others, but he's found that it never hurts to be prepared by carrying extra bandages, medicine, ointments, et cetera. today, he's found himself low on a few things and figures no time like the present! since he isn't doing anything else at the moment.

this does, however, prove a good distraction from everything else that's been bothering him the past few weeks too.

so, with qiankun bag in hand, sizhui's made his way through the train's corridors, clearly looking like he's on a mission, though momentarily comes up short when he enters the medical carriage and someone's already there.] Ah, [comes instinctively while he pauses at the door, wide-eyed.] I'm sorry, I didn't know someone else was already in here. [though he softens afterward, a faint smile curving his mouth, his free hand lifting to gesture.] Is it okay to come in and collect a few things? I'll be quick, really!

[scorpionsect]

[Xie'er turned around at the sudden voice and widened his eyes in surprise. He wasn't expecting anyone coming needed help or supplies. The other was younger and appeared to be dressed in a similiar manner. Only their robes were a simple white-- a stark contrast from his black robes decorated with leather. From his guess on the appearance alone the other was a cultivator.]

...I'm actually not in charge....I was waiting for to see if I could find the person in charge of this cart. If there is someone?

[In his hand he had some sort of cream meant to help heal wounds which he was going to pocket...but that was going to have to wait now.]

I mean...if you want to get stuff I won't be stopping you.

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts | End of KH3

[terribletwos]

Stable Duties
Roxas had never given too much thought to what a train ride would entail. Mostly since all his near-experiences with them had been Naminé's data recreations and his thought process hadn't gone much beyond "need to get on tree to go to beach." But whatever he might have envisioned, it definitely didn't involve the huge animals now around him. He senses no Darkness about them, despite their unusual size.

Which means his curiosity soon gets the better of him, even though he knows he should probably be finding out more about this train and just how he ended up on it. He finds himself close enough to find one cheerfully shoving its muzzle in his face. Roxas blinks, still not used to this kind of physical attention or affection, especially after just getting a body back a few days ago.

"You guys are sure friendly..."

Eggageration of Harm Team 2
At least this is something Roxas is used to. A mission makes sense, especially a recovery mission. Even if the circumstances behind the mission are a little strange. Not to mention that Roxas had decided he was mostly done with the mission stuff after he left the Organization. But Roxas knows how to track clues and follow trails. If it could help these people, it's worth dredging up again. Vexen's training might have been brief (and more than a little condescending) but it's paid off.

He's tracking the latest egg thief without much difficulty, darting behind the nearest tree or building whenever the thief seems to suspect they're being followed. It's not long before the thief reaches what Roxas assumes to be one of their hideouts and stashes a few eggs inside a tree just in front of it. As much as he wants to take down the thief right now, he remembers that the king's focus had been the eggs first and foremost. He can deal with the thief easily as soon as he collects whatever eggs he can. They'll have to come back to add more eggs to their collection anyway.

He waits for the thief to leave before creeping over to the tree and recovering three of the carved eggs.

"It would've helped if he told us how many are out there."

Eggageration of Harm Team 3
Roxas doesn't know the first thing about cooking. The best he has is some very foggy memories of Sora helping out someone called Little Chef. But the distraught stall owners had given him little choice with how they had beseeched him for help. Something inside him just wouldn't let him walk away after that.

So here he is trying to figure out how to crack an egg without it basically exploding in his face. It's not going as well as it could be, and Roxas' trademark temper is beginning to show itself, as he rubs yolk off his face and grumpily reaches for a fresh egg.

"Why are these things so breakable?"

Re: Roxas | Kingdom Hearts | End of KH3

[nobodys_puppet]

Team 2

Xion had been find with waiting as well. Better than being seen. Plus waiting with Roxas had been familiar and welcome. She moved with him once the thief left. She nodded to Roxas' comment, lowering her hood. "Since when are missions easy?" she asked with a small smile.

Roxas was like Axel, one of the few people she was comfortable enough with to joke and smile and talk with openly. And to have her hood down around.

"But when we're done, we can get ice cream with Axel, right?" Even if everyone else was calling Axel Lea these days, Xion... would probably always call him Axel.

[terribletwos]

Roxas turns to her with a slight frown. "They could at least give us a little more to work with." Even the Organization usually provided better intel than these guys. Though that was probably because Saix would have been satisfied with anything less than than a meticulously planned scenario.

Which reminds him how strange it is to see Xion with her cloak again. Even if the more casual outfits they had picked up in Twilight Town were hardly a few days old. He's also sporting his casual look at the moment, part of his efforts to get used to "normal" things.

He doesn't have much time to comment on it before Xion immediately distracts him with her promise of ice cream. His eyes light up at the thoughts of their usual reward for a mission well done. The icing on the cake.

"Yeah, there shouldn't be that many to go. And now we know one of their hiding spots. If we wait around, they'll come back and we can get the jump on them." The two of them together should be able to handle a few egg thieves no problem. They look way less intimidating than Heartless.

Wen Ning/Ghost General [The Untaaaaame]

[wenghost]

1: Green House

Wen Ning roamed the carriages till he could find the one labeled as the green house. He had missed his old garden he had growiing up and the land he helped tend to when his people prisoners of war. He was curious to see what this greenhouse had to offer. At least the plants wouldn't be afraid of his pressence. The cloak easily hid the chains he wore and his ghastly appearance, but didn't really muffle the slight clanking noise they would create when he moved. The noise didn't bother him. He was long sense used to it.

He noted that most of the plants were meant to grow various vegetation that one could eat among regular plants and flowers and some trees. He found a place where he felt he could plant some seedlings he had saved that would be vauable to medical purposes. Carefully he planted the seedlings being mindful of his strength to not damage them.

2: Library
Wen Ning had hoped to find various medical books to hopefully catch up on his educaton. He knew he was far behind and wanted to see what was now offered. He thought maybe he could still help in the medical field, if people were okay with his pressence. During his travels he learned that people eventually came to trust him and accept him. Some had even approached him for help when they learned he had some medical knowledge. While he was more comfortable in this skin, he was still wary and not as trusting with people as he used to be. The war had killed that innocense he once had. There had been times when people took advantage of his kindness to try and capture the dangerous Ghost General and reap what ever awards they could get or thought they could. He was no longer a threat.

So he hulled up in the nonfiction section of the library with various books. He hid himself in a corner not wanting to be a bother to anyone.

3:Wild Card Feel free to write your own prompt.