Test Drive 038

[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!

Dreams of Persimmon

The kitchens have been restocked as they are every month and this month is the small fruit the Persimmon. Newer ones can be bitten into, more ripe ones can be cut open and the flesh inside scooped out. They aren’t a terrible fruit as long as fruit is a favourable food. But there are hundreds of them.

It seems whatever system ordered food did not take into consideration the fact there are far less Voidtreckers than there once were. This much fruit could feed double the train population and still probably be too much, in the way that ingredients of the month often were.

Soup maybe? Sweet pies? Maybe jam is in their future. But someone has to do something about these overflowing baskets!

We're all going on a Summer Holiday

The roof of the garden carriage has been opened to the air and the train is currently meandering its way through the ever sunlit lands of system #32131. It’s warm but pleasantly so. The water features in the garden have more water than usual, becoming fountains for voidtreckers to play in if they wish.

Otherwise there’s plenty of space to laze in the sun, it’s a bit rocky but blankets can be found and laid down, drinks can be brought from the kitchen, snacks too most likely. There is always someone baking on this train.

Watch out though, there are supersoakers on board and plenty of buckets, a relaxing day might not be what everyone has in mind.

Jungle Heights

The latest mission has taken them to a vast jungle, where people live high in the trees. There has been an influx of tree dwelling creatures with sharp teeth, sharper claws and a love of destruction. To make things better the forest floor is not safe, damp and marshy many creatures lurk there ready to bite at ankles and it is home to a root, the sap of which burns.

Team One

Treetop fighting is an acquired skill and one the voidtreckers are having to learn quickly. Swing on vine ropes and tangle with monsters. Quick movement and quicker thinking is needed to take down the creatures in terrain they are naturals at traversing.

Team Two

People here live on platforms in the trees, with bridges and walkways connecting them. Fend off the creatures and chase them away from peoples homes. At least there is slightly solider ground beneath their feet, but they must be careful not to fall to the jungle floor beneath.

Team Three

Many of the people here are not fighters and they need help to get somewhere safer. It's a tough journey through the forest, especially when they leave the bridges and platforms of the village behind. Children may need carried and climbing from one tree to another is difficult even with sturdy branches to walk along.

They must be careful to stay in the trees, avoid getting too close to the forest floor but do not get too high, lest they attract the creatures.

Comments

Re: Wen Ning/Ghost General [The Untamed]

[singerofspells]

S'reee was also using the excuse to relax, but in a different way. Being a (shrunk-down) whale in a land-based environment meant a lot of energy had to go into magic to let her interact with people. Using one of the fountains as a pool to support herself and keep her skin wet meant she could be social AND not feel slightly tired by the effort.

"Do you mind me asking what you are reading?"

Also, translation software was very handy for just dealing with normal language use, and not having to rely on Wizards' Speech to be understood.

[amnopeacock]

He could be wrong, Jin Zixuan recognizes as he studies the figure resting against a nearby tree. The initial emotion is terror - he remembers how he'd died. But the okami who shares his body helps settle him, reminding him of the myriad tangle of deception of those days.

And the sun is warm, still, easing the sudden chill over him. He could just turn and leave. But this is too small a space to avoid someone for long. So he quietly approaches, ornate wolf mask attached at his waist. Caution still has him watching those eyes for hints of madness, of any warning that he'll just be attacked.

"Wen Qionglin."

Lexaeus | Kingdom Hearts (Re:CoM)

[the_earths_salt]

Part of Your World:
[Most people probably struggle with the transition, at least to some extent. Panic, perhaps, or rage against their sudden confinement. They have homes they need to get back to, family and friends they miss, important work to do. That forced separation is surely upsetting. As for him..... he had known ever since he had set out to cross blades with Riku once more that there was a chance he wouldn't simply walk away from their battle unscathed.

He's not sure what happened to Riku; the boy hadn't been with him on the platform. If nothing else, he had surely been weakened enough to be picked off with relative ease? As long as Zexion remains to carry on their work, that--he--is an acceptable loss.

So long as he's away from Castle Oblivion, he should concern himself with more immediate matters. First and foremost: secure his base of operations. Once he knows that's established, he can start gathering intelligence about his role here, and what manner of new Superior he's found himself beholden to. Sorry if this mountain of a man is getting in your way; Lexaeus would still have a bit of trouble squeezing through the carriage doorways even if he did know where his ticket was sending him, and wasn't just looking for someone who didn't seem occupied.]

Excuse me. Would you mind helping me find this room?


Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum:
[The kitchen may be overflowing with persimmons, but there's a secondary issue that will inevitably follow close on their heels. Plenty of people here may enjoy cooking and baking, but who's going to clean up after all of them? It's something the other Apprentices had only rarely had patience for. Even when the Dusks had been on hand to take care of such mundane tasks, their capacity for complex instructions could be questionable; it was always wiser to check their work.

Lexaeus has never really minded such busywork, himself; under circumstances like these, he even welcomes how simple and meditative it is. Anyone sending their dishes up on the dumbwaiter may find they've been retrieved before they even make it upstairs themselves, already shuttled to a sink full of suds as he works.]


You're Only Second Rate:
[Lexaeus is a man who has always belonged with both feet firmly on the ground. It's in his nature, to say nothing of to his benefit to working his magic. But that isn't what's needed on this world, is it? The jungle floor is treacherous, perhaps even moreso than the treetops are proving to be. Thankfully, he doesn't face as steep a learning curve as many others might; it doesn't matter if he steps off the branches or lets go of the vines, when his magic keeps him aloft.

For the most part, he fights alone and in near silence, massive axe-sword cutting wide arcs through the treetops to cleave through monsters with bone-shattering force. Still, he's hardly opposed to teamwork; if he sees someone lose their grip or slip off a branch, he's quick to swoop in and lend a hand, either to grab a fistful of clothing to break their fall, or offer an arm for them to catch hold of.]

Are you alright?


If You Wish Upon A Star:
[You know the drill. Toss some plotting at me, or anything you think would be fun that I didn't include.]

Domestic...something

[thawed_pride]

[This latest batch of dishes includes some...unorthodox combinations, the sorts of things only a creative mind might think to try together, and only a brave or incautious mind might actually go through with trying. This sort of behavior might strike him as familiar even before a portal of darkness erupts from the floor and Vexen walks out of it, muttering something to himself.

His muttering stops, however, when he sets eyes on the person washing the dishes. He knows he's been distracted and tired recently, but to miss someone of Aeleus'...no, whatever amount of heart he has isn't immediately visible, to miss someone of Lexaeus' size? Maybe Lea is right about him needing to sleep more.

But that's beside the immediate point. He clears his throat, raising an eyebrow at the larger Nobody.]

I wasn't aware you had arrived, Lexaeus.

Part of your world

[guru_clef]

Why was everyone here so... so... tall?! Clef himself was tiny. He looked like a small child in someone else's oversized costume, with his pale cloak engulfing him, hiding even the tips of his shoes. Even with the horn like crystal on his headdress, he probably wouldn't have reached much past Laxaeus' knee if he were walking on the same ground as the rest of them. But he wasn't.

Clef was floating on a spit of land, grass covered dirt really, floating inside a pastel coloured bubble of magic. He had been floated himself so that his eyes would be on level with the average adult human male. He adjusted himself upwards, and his expression was slightly grumpy as he did so.

The one bright spot was that this fellow would make even his son feel short.

"Of course I will aid you," Clef leaned closer to his bubble shield to look at the page. "Ah, it is this way, follow me." The sooner they got there, the sooner he could return to the library and his studies.

Bluddle

[najaran]

Najaran bounced into the kitchen to get supplies followed by Eidolon and Gremlin. Goligan was attached to her belt. She started gathering what she needed then blinked, realizing that the large man was washing the pot she needed. The rather sizable pot. She generally went for the biggest one the train had on offer. "Excuse me sir, when you're done with that pot can we have it? We need to do the laundry and make stew," she said with a bright smile.

Jin Zixuan | The Untamed CRAU from Slumscape | OTA

[amnopeacock]

Dreams of Persimmon
Jin Zixuan barely knows how to make soup. Just one kind of soup. And that had taken his brother a great deal of time and effort to teach him. But this basket of fruit has him perplexed, even Kujaku, the wolf youkai nestled in with his soul, is not sure what to do with it all.

"Maybe just eat it raw...?" He muses (seemingly to himself, but more to the wolf) as an ear twitches and his tail uneasily swishes. If he's not alone, it's an easy enough question to pass off as purposeful to the other person.


Summer Holiday
If anyone deserves a holiday, isn't it Zixuan? He'd say so! So finding the carriage with the top open is something of a relief, even Kujaku seems to agree so they settle in to enjoy the wind. He doesn't remove any layer, and the ornate wolf mask stays firmly attached at his waist as he stretches out a bit, trying to stay out of the way of others. Especially those with the strange water...things. He'd rather not get wet, thank you!


Wildcard He can be found anywhere on the train or dragged out on the mission if that's more your jam!

summer holiday

[to_rise_above]

Jin Ling on the other hand was rather enjoying as much as he could, pants rolled up, while cautiously being a good distance in the water and not in the water all at once. Those memories of pulling people out of the water, saving his shushu from being tricked under the water temple illusions definitely did a number on him.

However, it was something that Fairy liked, so he couldn't possibly stop her from having fun. She was his best friend, and his protector. He had to do the same for her. So, after a few hours of running around in the cool water with his precious spiritual companion, Jin Ling was walking his way back to the dry area. Of course, before he could do or say anything. Fairy tears right off and found herself picking up Jin Ling's scent on another person. Also, the person smelled vaguely like the wolf youkai that was in his body.

She definitely was attentive. While Jin Ling was trying to catch up with his precious spiritual dog, she found her way to Jin Zixuan, and plopped herself down right in front of him and barked, tilting her head cautiously! She even noticed the ornate mask that was on his person. Another bark, as if she was waiting for something.

"Fairy! Where did you go!"

[amnopeacock]

The spiritual dog smells like Jin Ling, both Jin Zixuan and Kujaku note with a sniff of the air, so he's already reaching for her with his heart in his throat, offering his hand to sniff. He's not afraid of her barking! If she's who he thinks she is...

A familiar voice rings through the air and he shoots to his feet, turning wildly to look for his son. "A-Ling!" Joy echoes in his voice as he calls.

Fairy? He spares the dog a warm smile. "You must take good care of him," he praises her sincerely.

Duo Maxwell | New Mobile Report Gundam Wing

[divine_braid]

Pers-what?

[Duo was standing there, staring at the stacks and stacks of baskets overloaded with these weird orange-yellow-yet-almost-red tomato looking things that were apparently a kind of fruit. He picked one up, rotated it in his hand, and then glanced at the person standing next to him.]

So, uh... what exactly is a 'persimmon'?

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SUPER-SOAKER!

[Giant high capacity water guns with large storage tanks attached? Hell yes. Duo had, of course, gotten himself a super soaker, and was stalking around through the garden car looking for targets. He was trying to look only for people who also had water guns in an attempt to be fair... but that didn't mean he might accidentally miss his target... or perhaps misjudge and attack a passerby on accident.

SPLASH!

Congrats. You were now wet. Hope that outfit wasn't dry clean only.

Duo laughed, not yet realizing if the person he hit was actually playing along or not.]

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Jungle Heights - Team Two

[Duo was not afraid of a fight. Granted, he was definitely happier to be on the platforms than up above in the trees, or down below worrying about evacuations. This wasn't going to be easy. Still, he was as ready as he could be. He glanced over to the person next to him.]

I'll watch your back and you watch mine, yeah?

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Wildcard

{OOC: Feel free to hit me up at sailorgundam06 or on discord at SailorGundam06#2608.}

Persimmons

[amnopeacock]

Taste it.

[ Jin Zixuan suggests, also giving the basket of fruit an uncertain stare. ]

I'm not very experienced with cooking more than soup. [ And even then, just one kind of soup. ]

[divine_braid]

Have you ever tasted one before?

[Duo picked one up, turning it over in his hand.]

Like... what if it's gross? Or what if you can't eat them raw?

Persimmon

[scorpionsect]

"Persimmon's on their own can be pretty bland. But they're good to cook with," Xie'er commented. He had stepped into the kitchen to make something to eat when he saw the other studying the abudance fruit. "If you wish I could make you a cake or donut out of them and you can have a comparrison."

Re: Persimmon

[divine_braid]

"You can make donuts?" Oh, hello there new friend. "That sounds like it would be amazing." Duo leaned on the counter of the kitchen, very intrigued. "So, uh... what's involved in doing that?" Duo could 'cook' in the most basic of ways, but complicated things like baking were a bit outside his purview.

Jungle Heights - Team Two

[singerofspells]

[Despite her icons, S'reee is using her ability to take on human form, because the spells to keep her comfortable in her natural form are extensive. Even if the humidity is far less comfortable to a human]

If you can help me get close, I might be able to find out what they want.

Pers-what?

[missionminded]

It's a fruit.

[Heero deadpanned, expression not changing even as he answered Duo's innocent question with the most obvious answer. In his defense, if Duo hadn't wanted an obvious answer, then he shouldn't have asked such an obvious question.]

[Not waiting for an answer, he pulled a knife from the block and sliced a neat wedge out of one that felt not too soft. Face not betraying any trepidation, he picked the piece up and ate it. His face continued to remain neutral as he chewed. Once he'd swallowed, he methodically cut out another slice and then offered it over Duo on the edge of the knife.]

Here. It won't kill you.

[Now was it good? Eh, who's to say? But it's certainly food and edible. Best to let Duo make his own decision on the matter.]

Haneul Min | OC | character info in journal

[killer_rhythm]

I. The train

Oh god, he's back here again. Why.

Still, he guesses there's nothing else he can do but make the best of it. He still has his music player, at least, but he feels naked without his jewelry. And of course he has no gloves. Ugh. He's going to have to be very careful about what he touches, when, and why.

God, why.

He doesn't feel like letting himself have an existential crisis right now, so off he goes to explore the train. If he remembers right, new cars show up now and then; maybe they finally got a dance car or something...

II. Exploration

...There's a dance car. Haneul is as excited as one can be when one has been kidnapped by an interdimensional train and is cut off from everyone one knows except the spirit he's involuntarily bonded to. Who is far less excited about the dance car.

(Granted, there isn't a lot Lucy does get excited about aside from certain foods, but still.)

After this, the dance studio is probably the easiest place to find Haneul, although the music car is a close second whenever the piano is free. He's still avoiding the medical car like the plague, though - that requires Explanations, and Haneul is still not comfortable making those.

III. Persimmons

The train's never going to be good at moderation, is it?

Haneul doesn't mind persimmons, but this is A Lot, and while he's a decent enough cook he's not really good enough to come up with a good variety of recipes.

Maybe they could use them for arts and crafts somehow? He doesn't know.

IV. Team Two

This is not how he expected to use his dance training, though in retrospect he probably shouldn't be surprised. It's a good thing his sense of balance is as good as it is, because there are definitely points during this whole ordeal when he could have fallen if he'd been less sure-footed.

He's done some combat training since his fusion with Lucy (most of it admittedly while he'd been on the train the first time), but he's still not the strongest fighter, but he does his best, using just about anything he can think of: makeshift weapons, light constructs that he hopes mimic moving entities enough to fool a few of the monsters (which probably won't distract them for long if they have any sense of smell, but a distraction is a distraction, however brief), and even one or two attempts at hypnosis via light patterns when no one else is looking.

But Haneul has his limits, and it's almost inevitable that Lucy will have to take over at some point. Unfortunately, while they're much better at combat, they're generally terrible at subtlety, so Haneul hopes like hell they can make the switch when no one's looking.

V. Team Three

This is arguably where Haneul functions best; his balance is extremely good, and there's enough ambient sound for him to absorb to keep his powers topped up, which in turn is helping him keep his strength up. That doesn't mean that any of this is easy for him, but so far he's acquitting himself pretty well. Right now he's carrying one of the children on his back as he makes his way through the branches, doing his best to project an air of calm to keep the kid calm in turn. He just hopes he can keep his energy levels up until the evacuation is complete. He'll probably sleep for a week when all this is done, but for now he just keeps moving.

The train

[singerofspells]

S'reee is another returnee, and also inspecting the changes. "There aren't as many people here as there used to be."

And plenty of new people who haven't gotten used to a down-sized whale using wizardry to float.

Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir | Miraculous Ladybug (CRAU: TheWake)

[modelcatizen]

As a general note, Adrien is actually around 17 to 18 because of CRAU.

Dreams of Persimmon
Adrien is in the kitchen, looking over the Persimmons with a very thoughtful look. "A pie could be fun..." He's both curious and uncertain at the same time. Mostly because he has learned how to cook somewhat over the last few years, but also he's never made a pie.

What could go wrong though?

"Okay, slice it up first, that seems a good first step."

Summer Fun
Sneak attack on people for a water fight isn't something Adrien is comfortable enacting on people he doesn't personally know. It could be very rude and distressing for them.

He does, however, like being outside, so he will take a chance to just lounge in the sun for a bit and wait to see if there's a game he could potentially join.

Or wait until someone tries to sneak attack him and he can use the supersoaker hidden nearby. After all, that's basically permission anyway!

Team One
There were many options for Chat Noir when it came to this fight, but ultimately, he decided a good offense was the best defense in this case. Especially since this is the kind of terrain he was made for. The other jobs required more time, more steady feet, so better to leave to the fighters who couldn't easily make trees their home.

Not that he ever made trees his home as Chat Noir, he could if he wanted. The fact was, he could move without disturbing the trees and his suit protected him from any burning sap. Enhanced senses gave him plenty of spatial awareness.

Plus another trick he picked up in Nautilus. Reaching out, looking for the thoughts of any animals nearby. After all, he could fight, but if he could put the thought in a creature's mind to go the other way, that would be nicer. Or at least be aware of any pack tactics going on.

Re: Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir | Miraculous Ladybug (CRAU: TheWake)

[najaran]

Najaran bustled into the kitchen to collect what she needed for doing chores. HEr outfit alone tended to get weird looks from people un used to her - a sleeveless greek chiton over tight shorts and a capelet. Wide belt in purple and gold with a bag dangling from the back of it, and small stud diamond earrings in her ear, and a purple and gold headband. Or maybe they were staring at the staff hitched to her belt. The one with the face on it.

But at the moment it might have been something else getting Adrian's attention. Specifically the two Eidolon and one Gremlin who were following her around. "Gremlin can you carry the vegtables if I put them in a bag? Eidolon, I'll get the two of you the knives and cutting boards please. And the peeler." They all nodded, though in Eidolon's case it looked more like bowing. Lack of a waist and all. She started putting stuff together.

"Excuse me," she said when she reached past Adrien for something. Then she blinked. "You're new! I thought I met everyone on the platform. Hello!"

Persimmon

[persona_non_ratta]

Guess who had also never made a pie? Or successfully made anything more complicated than arepas and coffee? The answer was, of course, Bruno Madrigal. But he was willing to give it a try. Hopefully he at least wouldn't accidentally set his clothes on fire this time?

"Shouldn't we make the crust first though, so we he have something to put them in?", he asked. It made sense in his mind, anyway.

[borntolove]

There is a certain bean-pole, in a long brown coat and brown pinstripe with white sandshoes and a very familiar face. The Doctor is exploring the train and finding it to be rather - impossible. More and more specifically to be like his Tardis.

It is a gorgeous display, nonetheless, and Ten beams in delight at the display. Scrolling through the garden with his hands in his pockets looks around to see if there are any plants, The Doctor hasn't seen before from all the different worlds he's been to.

"Oh, hallo," is the casual remark.

Aelienor Estienie | FFXIV WoL

[bladesdarkandlight]

[Summer Fun]

[Yeah, sure, relaxing in the sun is all well and good...but what fun is a hot day without a bit of water to cool down with? Aelienor was initially unfamiliar with the concept of a gun that shoots water rather than some form of deadly projectile, but once she caught on, she loved the idea.

If you're hanging around the garden, beware. Despite being 6'4, the elf-like woman is surprisingly stealthy. Someone who lets their guard down too much might just find themselves drenched.]

[Team Three]

[Normally, Aelienor would have been out front, drawing attention to herself to keep it off of others. Seeing as she doesn't have any armor with her, but does have her book...a small creature is circling around the locals, using blasts of wind to knock away encroaching monsters as Aelienor works on casting spells of her own.

The injured might also find an orb of light racing toward them, causing their injuries to quickly heal. It's not a powerful healing spell...but it's better than nothing?]

[summer fun]

[sharpeyes]

[ The chances of anyone sneaking in on Hythlodaeus are... practically zero, especially when they are steadily in a system rather than traveling through the void.

Which doesn't mean he does anything to stop her, instead getting the full water blast, and laughing lightly. ]

Very nice and cooling. Are you, by chance, in need of having the favor returned?

[ Because he can do that, easily. And without concern. ]