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
Wildcard. Make up your own prompt! Check out the setting and team pages for info on the train. If you have any questions, ask on the q&a page. Otherwise, apps open on August 8! In the meantime you're free to join us on Discord.

Comments

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.

[survivaltricks]

Mariah Carey?

[he's not being serious]

[dereban]

No, definitely not?!

[survivaltricks]

[his mouth twitches but he manages to suppress the urge to crack a smile]

Stage shy, huh. . .

[dereban]

I'm not- I'd only sing those kinds of songs if I were messing around or doing it for the people I'm dating?!

[survivaltricks]

Iiiisn't this technically messing around? No one's going to take you seriously.

Especially if you're taken.

[holds up both hands, palms facing forward, in a like. . . I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE MOVES ON YOU I PROMISE!! kind of gesture]

[dereban]

Well, I guess. . .? Although I'd rather mess around on my own terms.

[survivaltricks]

Don't think of it as not being your own terms. You're not being forced to play if you don't want to, right?

They're just providing the prompts, like an improv show. Everything else is all you.

[dereban]

I'm used to being forced to play games that it's practically ingrained in me. . .

[ #thanksmurdergames ]

[survivaltricks]

[YES, WELL. . . MURDER GAMES WILL COME. EVENTUALLY]

Well, it's up to you. If you're not up for playing we could just sit here, drink some water, and gossip about people behind their backs.

[but knowing Twilight it'd probably be stupid gossip instead of anything harmful]

[dereban]

Can't gossip about people when I don't really know much about the people here.

[ she shrugs her shoulders, slightly relieved that she can pass on the game ]

[survivaltricks]

Hm. Allow me.

[leaning in SUPER CONSPIRATORIALLY, one hand lifted to shield the corners of his mouth]

That guy over there? The buff one with the blond hair?

His name is Dusk.

He wears unicorn footie pajamas to bed.

[. . . I mean so does Twilight so. . .]

[dereban]

[ she nods as she listens to him, hand rested under her chin as if deep in thought.

hm. ]

A guy named Dusk who wears unicorn pajamas, huh. . . any other scandalous things?

[survivaltricks]

[gestures again to a redheaded grumpy guy who is also dressed in Coral pink]

That guy? His name is Noon.

He has feelings.

[HOW SCANDALOUS]

[dereban]

. . .

[ opens mouth

closes mouth ]

Does anybody make "it's high noon" jokes at him.

1/2

[survivaltricks]

[oh SHIT]

[survivaltricks]

Not yet, but that's because I haven't seen him high.

[dereban]

Make sure you say that to him if he ever does.

[survivaltricks]

[thumbs up]

You can count on me. I promise.

[dereban]

Ah, really? Then maybe this person I can count on can share their name?

[survivaltricks]

Twilight Pink Sparkleshy.

[he says with a completely and utterly straight face]

Spark for short.

[but most people default to Twilight for some reason]

[dereban]

[ she just stares him down for a couple of seconds and there is a moment where she's thinking:

which of you Akiren assholes named him this.

but that doesn't even seem like a name that would even fit in the character spaces. ]

Ah. That sounds like a name you'd hear on My Little Pony.

[ INABA NO ]

[survivaltricks]

[LISTEN SOMETIMES YOU WAKE UP WITH AMNESIA IN A UNICORN KIGURMI AND THINGS HAPPEN??]

Yep. That's the point.

No one's called me out on the reference before now.

[dereban]

[ THAT'S UNFORTUNATE!!! ]

. . . maybe there aren't that many people from worlds with that show? Probably.