aurorastation | TEST DRIVE MEME (9)

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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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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+2~~And 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+3~~She 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.]

[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.

[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.]

[the only problem is 80H is not intimdated.

she is annoyed.]

Please cease and desist, you are ruining the floor and I have cleaned it recently.

[Honestly.]

[She growls louder in response because]

[Well]

[She's pretty freaked out and refuses to show fear, but still, there's-]

Most humans don't speak infernal. [Very growly and rough, that response.]

I am not human at all, even if I resemble them. And I am not speaking "Infernal" as you put it, we are all speaking the same language presently. I am able to understand you because of the forces at play, here.

[She tilts her head and leans forward to sniff the air. Frowning a bit. Hard to judge from this distance, curse her nose not being as strong as it should.]

Arcane magic user playing a game? [Well, she's stopped making acid. Her claws have also shortened. But she's still eyeing 80H something fierce.]

Games are involved, but not in the way you may believe. [it probably needs to be said--] Many were brought here to save the universe, myself included.

Edited 2019-08-02 13:11 (UTC)

[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).]

Sounds overly dramatic.

Which feels about right with this sort of thing.

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.))

I wonder if it will stop if one of us tries to sing.

I can't guarantee that my singing will be an improvement.

[That gets her to glance up with near blank white eyes.]

[Ponders for a moment.]

You go first. I need to think of a song.

I'm also not a songwriter.

[but he can think of a few tavern songs; which at least are good for a laugh, which is probably better than the hymns. Pen's voice is not bad, and after a few notes, Desdemona starts assisting with keeping him in tune. Not really perceptable to others, except for the quality changing]

[~~Jesus Christ, Veda, why don't you roll like this for game night. 20+3~~]

[Veda listens, one hand idly catching at the table. She itches for something, she just doesn't know what. Something to do with her hands.]

[But she's listening intently to the song. She doesn't laugh, just taking in the words and watching him. Though her head starts tilting, looking at him with an inscrutable look because that was a shift in his voice. It's small, sure, but also just enough to seem]

[Odd.]

[Hmmmm.]

♥ 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: ]

[ 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. ]

[ because she sure as hell is not. ]

♥ three

fuck

[ INABA NO.

INABA WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS. ]

♥ wildcard

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Edited 2019-08-02 19:37 (UTC)

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.

[ 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.

[Sometimes you just find random tieflings. Life is weird.]

I don't understand going through the effort of flavoring water. It doesn't change the properties that much.

[immediately, with a perfectly bland expression]

I prefer Whitney Houston, personally.

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

You have been conscripted to save the universe from a dark force. I suppose a little drama is warranted. At any rate.

[she dips her head and takes her skirts in a fluid, elegant curtsy.]

I am 80H, of this team, Jasmine. Welcome.

Conscripted. That's.... [She tilts her head again, tapping the ground.] That's...ancient wars....ah. Forceful recruitment, okay.

[She looks over 80H and sits back on her haunches, tail swaying back and forth as she considers her.]

[And now her voice is less growly and rough.] Is there any form of proof? I don't remember how I got here. [She can't remember jack shit.]

Not everyone who arrives here does so with their memories intact, I am afraid. If you do not remember how you arrived here or even much of yourself, then that is to be expected. As for proof, there is quite a bit of it. You may examine this star and its surroundings, thouh have a care, it is still dangerous for all the progress it's made.

[ 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. ]

Star? We're on a ball of light? How could we possibly be on something like that, especially when it's so small.

[....listen, astrology ain't her thing.]

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TEST DRIVE MEME (9)

Veda Sunyata | Dungeon and Dragons OC

one - assuming jasmine

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

also legit choice

gotta honor giant badger parents

badgers are the best so do it

they really are

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himeko inaba ♡ kokoro connect ( scp crau )

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THREE adds another akira into inaba's collection

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Iota | Original Character

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