Test Drive Meme (12)

[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 this is new. One morning, you awaken to find yourself in the lounge, rather than your own bed. On your Chain is a screen showing a key, with three unmarked check boxes and a note: you've been locked out of your carriage, and must make a meaningful pact of some sort with three people, on or off your team, to enter. Pinky promises are always encouraged!



☆ 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 January 8! In the meantime you're free to join us on Discord.

Comments

[lostnavigation]

...

Do you not know me?

[yearofthecat]

I just got here and they apparently thought I didn’t need any memories.

So you do know me.

[ Not a question. ]

[lostnavigation]

It looks like the cat is out of the bag.

[ get it? because his year of the cat — ]

Who else knows you that is here?

[yearofthecat]

Why is everyone obsessed with cats?

[ No. He doesn’t know. He hasn’t turned into a cat yet and no one (rin) has told him about the curse yet. ]

Uh. Cat girl? She goes by Chiharu because she doesn’t know her name. And Isuzu, a distant cousin—At least that’s what she said.

Who are you and how do you know me?

[lostnavigation]

No reason. [ and his lips are sealed in that case.

it is a surprise to know that rin has made herself, well, known, but it is good to hear about tohru at the very least. he rubs the back of his neck. ]

I’m another cousin, distant too.

[yearofthecat]

Oh.

[He frowns, there's something weird about all this to him for some reason. ]

Do I have a lot of cousins or something? Why are you all distant too?

[lostnavigation]

We're a very large close-knit family, for better or worse. It's just the way the cookie crumbled.

[ nice and simple. ]

[yearofthecat]

Sounds kind of annoying, honestly. But I suppose I should get your name then, huh? Since I don't know it.

[lostnavigation]

Well ... that's one way to put it. [ it's a curse in a way. ]

Hatsuharu is my name.

[yearofthecat]

[ He thought that maybe it would jog his memory a little to hear it.

Nope. ]

Doesn't ring a bell. Still have no idea who you are.

Oh well. It's not like I know myself very well anyway.