aurorastation | TEST DRIVE MEME (4)

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 in aurora for awhile -- long enough to have recovered a memory/power or two, if you lost any. And it's lucky for you: today, the area around the train has been surrounded in a strange mist that makes you feel dizzy and overly warm. Left alone, your condition will slowly degrade, with increasing lethargy and shortness of breath until you lose consciousness. The cure is easy enough, though -- touch another person and they'll see one of your memories, experiencing it as if it's their own. The effect is mutual -- you now have a piece of eachother, and you're safe from the illness... at least until you take another big breath. Good thing there's no mist inside the train!

☆ Four
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Yes. Well. I didn't expect to see you again.

[ He thinks back on that tenseness as Blon- ...Jusis sat down. ]

So then it's really nice for you.

[ There's a grin as he says that. He caught his reflection on his way down, he knows how good-looking he is. He sobers up after a moment though. ]

Seriously though, why's it such a surprise?

[Oh jeez.]

I suppose that's something you might be better off remembering for yourself.

[ He lifts an eyebrow. ]

How's that for ominous?

[ It's not like he suspects the reasoning, though. ]

Alright, keep your secrets for now. It can wait for a while.

Edited 2019-02-07 03:43 (UTC)

[Wow is this how Rufus felt keeping things from Jusis? He runs a hand through his hair restlessly. He does want to warm Crow up somehow.]

Well... It's not as if I'm against telling you. But you may wish to settle into things a little at a time instead of taking them on all at once.

In any case, we are friends, at least. Regardless of if you remember it. Though you've caused countless problems. Perhaps you should take the opportunity to reinvent yourself as a responsible person.

[ Wow it's like you don't know him at all, Jusis. ]

Look, my memory may be like five minutes long but that's still got to be the most boring idea I've ever heard.

Give it a try. You never know.

I'm pretty sure on this one. I'll pass on the responsibility stuff and leave it to you. You seem like the kinda guy who could pull it off much better.

I already have my hands full. Find someone else to dupe.

Hey now, there's no duping. I'm just taking your constructive criticism into consideration and promptly rejecting it. That's totally different.

....Yes well at least this is clearly you.

I don't know if I should be happy or insulted when you put it that way.

[ He seems to be going for amused, though, if the grin is any indication. ]

Yes well, isn't that the mystery?

[He's a bid kuudere jerk and no one must know he's having feelings.]

I'll just fill in the blanks and say you missed me and it's definitely a good thing.

[ He says it with complete confidence despite an utter lack of memories. ]

[He can't help the soft distressed noise but he covers it by clearing his throat.]

I suppose I'll leave that to your imagination.

[ Buddy, you are not subtle. Crow's side-eyeing Jusis for a moment, but he doesn't have nearly enough information to solve that puzzle yet. ]

You sure you wanna do that? I have a pretty active imagination.

Edited 2019-02-07 08:22 (UTC)