TEST DRIVE MEME (9)

[trainmasters]

test drive meme

Your character wakes up in a neat bedroom in their team carriage, in nondescript underwear. They might be missing their memories, or their special abilities, or they may just feel a little queasy. Next to them is what seems to be a smartphone, which they know how to use even if they never had before, even if they don't know if they have before. On the screen is a simple message:

Welcome aboard the Aurora!

You have been selected by the Star Prince as a potential hero, tasked with saving the universe from Malice. As a passenger I, your Construct and Conductor, will attempt to provide you with quality lodgings and safety. In return, we ask that you join your fellows in making bonds and doing your utmost to bring joy back to the Stars.

Due to the process of restoring your body, you may find some things are missing. We apologise for the inconvenience and hope to return them to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.

★ One
Upon investigation, you'll find some basic clothes matching your team's theme in the storage provided in your room. Or, perhaps, you're wandering out of the room still undressed. Either way, downstairs you'll find someone has left a tray of cups of hot tea on the living room table. Drinking it may be simply pleasant, or it may cause you to feel a sudden need to warm up to the others in your carriage -- emotionally or physically. Welcome to the team, newbie!

☆ Two
Shortly after your arrival, you find yourself wrapped up in some monster NPC's Game. You're inside what appears to be a stone temple, with a massive golden scale on one wall. Suddenly, on one side, a heavy metal weight is dropped. As the scales tip out of balance, the floor begins to slowly disappear, brick by brick, ready to drop you -- and whoever is with you -- into an abyss. Your only hope comes in the form of an inscription on the altar:

How much do your secrets weigh?

Every secret you tell causes a weight to fall onto the other side of the scale. The bigger the secret, the bigger the weight. If you can collectively tip the scales, the floor will quit dropping bricks and a door will appear to allow you back to the train. If you can't, you'll fall, seemingly forever, til you pass out. When you wake up you'll find yourself unable to lie.

★ Three
You've been on the Aurora for awhile, but you've never heard this kind of noise. It's just dawn, and the backdrop of chirping insects and singing birds is smashed through by the screeching of microphone feedback and the twang of an electric guitar being thoughtlessly strummed. After a moment it goes silent, but when you exit the game you find yourself facing a trial. The setting: a dirty dive bar. The goal: serenade the next person to pass in front of you. You have a stage full of rock instruments, and sparks on the line. The more you emotionally affect your target (any kind of emotion -- laughter included) the closer your team gets to winning!

☆ Four
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Veda Sunyata | Dungeon and Dragons OC

[feralshepherd]

One
[Clothes? What are clothes, they sound fake. Well, okay, she knows what clothes are, but after ransacking her room and finding nothing remotely like armor or a weapon so she simply dismissed the rest in their and left her room, still just in the underwear.]

[One horned, grayblue skinned women with near impossible to see pupils in her eyes.]

[20+2And she's doing super well on the stealth thing. Walking around on all fours, well practiced in the movements, keeping low to the ground and light on her feet. Listening for any signs of life. She has gestures and she aims to figure out whose taken her.]

Two

[Well, this is less than ideal. She's already snarling and growling at the scale. What she's saying is a mystery, but judging by the tone, it's probably nothing nice. Sounding more like a dog about to attack. Instead, she turns to the wall, scanning along the floor and up near the ceiling, making a chittering noise. 4+3She doesn't seem to be finding whatever she's looking for though.]

Three
[She's]

[Curled up in the corner of the dive bar, head against the table, hands wrapped over his head because that NOISE.]

Four
[She's managed to understand the point of clothes and is less inclined to attack whoever.]

[But she is outside, sitting at the edge of the woods.]

[Talking to squirrels with calm chittering and food.]

one - assuming jasmine

[voreaciously]

[she may be stealthy, but there are only so many places to go within the car and 80H is up and about, making food when she detects a presence she has not felt before, magically, and goes to investigate.]

...Please put clothes on. You are indecent.

Jasmine is legit, even if she's more for those earth elements

[feralshepherd]

[She is a hotspot of magic, between the druid and infernal stuff.]

[Her head snaps up the moment 80H approaches, staying still, thinking she might still be able to get a sneak attack or something]

[But then 80H talks and then she's growling at her because if she can't sneak, might as well be intimidating. Slowly approaching and there's]

[Burning on the floor as her claws drip acid.]

Three

[learnedfool]

[Pen barely recognizes the instruments but he's more concerned about the person in the corner. Let's try not to get someone injured.]

Is it the noise or something else?

[OOC: Penric has a chaos elemental cohabiting in his body, if Veda has any Detect spells going; said elemental has detected the setting equivalent of divine magic before (she sees soul stuff).]

Re: Three

[feralshepherd]

Noise.

It's like a dying parrot.

[Not even looking up, tail flicking back and forth in distress.]

((OOC: That usually gets left up to the sorcerer, so no senses from her besides possibly smell. She's got druidic and demonic energies and some spirit totem animal things she can summon.))

Two

[firstworldproblem]

[He shuffles a few steps to the side as he watches a floor brick disappear.]

Did the growling help? Other than making you feel better, that is.

[feralshepherd]

[Voice is rough, a growly edge to it.] Does the sarcasm help you feel better?

[She's still looking, making more chittering sounds as she moves along the wall.]

If you have secrets, tell them. I don't.

himeko inaba ♡ kokoro connect ( scp crau )

[dereban]

♥ one

[ to be fair, Inaba isn't exactly sure how she feels about the concept of 'restoring your body', especially when she wasn't even in her original body to begin with. not to mention that she has so much doubts about this star prince and being a hero, not to mention being able to save the world from malice.

her abilities can't really help, not to mention that she was just taken from the midst of a game show.

but in some ways, she can't entirely complain; she was basically on the 'shit list' and close to getting murdered, so it's fine, she surmises, but there's an underlying frustration there that practically screams what the fuck.

but yeah, she's definitely not going to go out without any clothes, so while it's definitely a bit unpleasant. . .

she's getting some stuff on before exiting.

although she does see the hot tea on the table and looks around to see if anybody else is here and just earnestly decides to ask the nearest person: ]

Did you leave that there, or was it from our illustrious host?

[ trust no drink.

trust no drink. ]

♥ two

[ secrets.

unfortunately for everyone around, she's definitely not here to actually share, arms folded as her lips curve into a frown. ]

Tell me you want to go first.

[ because she sure as hell is not. ]

♥ three

What the fuck-- just because I'm in an open relationship doesn't mean that I'm just going to serenade anybody! I don't even play an instrument, are they expecting me to sing 'Careless Whisper' acapella?!

[ INABA NO.

INABA WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS. ]

♥ wildcard

[ want something different? feel free to hmu at plurk (endlesseight) or discord (len#0139)! ]

One

[feralshepherd]

It's been there since I woke up. It should not still be warm.

[And the closest person is this demon looking woman, perched in a air in the corner, just kind of]

[Watching everything intently.]

[At least someone convinced her to put on clothes.]

I wouldn't trust it.

[dereban]

[ while she's definitely seen demons before this is definitely new. crossing her arms over her chest, she can't help but sigh, shaking her head. ]

Honestly, I wouldn't trust it either. . .

[ UNFORTUNATELY ]

I'd rather drink something that I make with my own hands or see with my own two eyes.

THREE adds another akira into inaba's collection

[survivaltricks]

[immediately, with a perfectly bland expression]

I prefer Whitney Houston, personally.

[get on it, Inaba. AND IIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAAAAAYS LOVE YOOOOOOOU--]

[dereban]

I'm not singing a Whitney Houston song.

three

[voreaciously]

[Her expression is guarded, it would be even if she were not blindfolded. As far as trials go this one is simple. not painless, not for her, but it will be easy enough to get through. 80H is not in the mood for complaints, she never is when she is focused on the objective, but unless they are taken too far, she will not raise a protest. Instead:]

It could be a lot worse.

[dereban]

[ she frowns letting out a heavy sigh as her shoulders sag quite a bit ]

I suppose that's true. . . sounds like you've been through worse, though.

[ at least, that's what she's guessing. ]

Iota | Original Character

[ascintilla]

[ When you're (probably) an artificial intelligence program (definitely) joyriding in a human body, clothes don't mean a whole lot. So. Yeah. This sure is a hot lady wandering around the train in nothing but her undies, puzzled but mostly very, very, very curious. ]

[ So curious she's investigating everything and anything, like the cup of tea back in the carriage. (She'd lifted it by the cup rather than the handle, and promptly dropped it. Ouchie.) Is it nailed down? No? Then she's picking it up to examine it from every angle. ]

[ Or she had been, until suddenly she just … collapses in a heap on the floor, like a puppet with its strings cut. ]

[voreaciously]

[80H is very quickly arriving on the scene when she hears the crashing of the cup, so she manages to arrive to catch this mystery woman before she can make it all the way to the floor.

She knows her puppets and so she is holding her in a princess carry, careful to support her head before immediately moving her to the couch to begin taking her vitals as best she can.]

Are you alright? Hello.

[ascintilla]

[ Her vitals are fine. Everything seems fine, except maybe her hands, slightly burned from clasping the hot mug of tea, and the vacant, empty way she stares into space. ]

[ AND THEN, suddenly — 80H's chain vibrates ]

Re: Iota | Original Character

[schrodingerscockroach]

[And that's a near naked woman. Did she miss the clothes? Does she come from a place that doesn't wear clothes????]

[Either way, he's approaching her, about to say something until she just collapses and he stops short a moment.]

H-hey! [And then he's hurrying over to her, kneeling down beside her to check her pulse, if she's breathing.]

Re: Iota | Original Character

[ascintilla]

[ There's a pulse, and she's breathing just fine … and, incidentally, her eyes are open? She just seems to be staring vacantly at nothing, as limp as a ragdoll. ]

[ AND THEN ]

[ His chain vibrates ]

Re: Iota | Original Character

[firstworldproblem]

[Looking up from whatever he is doing on the far side of the room when she enters and begins to rummage about. Ah, another new face. Best to give them space to figure out their bearings. A little personal learning and exploration never heart anyone, right?

Well, that might leave a bit of a burn --- that teacup. Still no reason to intervene.

And then she hits the floor. Surely, someone would come to help the lass.

Looking around the room.

Surely...]

Number Five | The Umbrella Academy

[time5kip]

One

[ None of the clothes provided would be his first or second or third choice, but they're better than the alternative and he's to work with what he's got. So here he is, looking around the kitchen in full team's attire, surprisingly calm for a new arrival. In fact, his irritation seems to be entirely directed at what's available - or rather, not available in the kitchen. ]

All this tea and not a single drop of coffee. [ a sigh ] Off to a great start already.

[voreaciously]

Coffee...? Should you be having that?

[are you another adult in a kid's body or do you just like coffee sir.]

[time5kip]

[ Yeah he's not listening to that he's just going to keep on messing up the kitchen and look in every single cabinet ]

Pretty sure I shouldn't be here either, and yet here I am. What's it to you?

Re: Number Five | The Umbrella Academy

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Welcome to terrible pink clothes.]

Check the lower cabinets. Didn't want the coffee novices wasting the stuff. [We may have a kiddy team set up, but we got a nice coffee maker.]

[time5kip]

[ He hates every minute of it but a nice coffee maker makes up for it. Partly. ]

Good thing I'm not a novice then.

[ And also, that it's in the lower cabinets. Once he finally finds coffee he's going to put it into the maker so he can finally, finally get some caffeine ]