TEST DRIVE MEME (1)

[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
Outside the train, a large, strangely spinning cube floats over a pedestal, hissing discordantly and shedding strange black light onto the surrounding area. Beyond lies only shadows and slithering noises, a landscape of tangley thorns and eyes that glow in the dark. Your phone says it's noon, but out here it's midnight under a starless sky. As you step into the dark, an alarm blares -- your phone is sending you an alert.

"Goal: clear the area of snakes," it says. "Remember to use the buddy system!"

Soon you realise that the ground just a few feet away is actually writhing in black snakes with crimson eyes. They'll bite if you approach alone, but as long as you're touching another passenger, they're totally docile. You could easily move them away from the clearing, or toss them into the spooky-looking pit at the edge of it.

★ Three
You've been here awhile -- at least, long enough to have made some friends. Currently the TV in the public lounge is playing a weird puppet show, where all the puppets look and act like exaggerated versions of you and other passengers. What kind of person do the puppets think you are? Dramatic? Over-affectionate? Surly?It's all in good fun but it's definitely painting you in a light that, if not unpleasant, is certainly embarrassing.

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

Comments

[hissoff]

[ oh.

well. he shifts. blinks up at the kid once. ... and wraps the shirt around himself like a blanket, and appears to go right back to sleep. still in his path.

thanks he's so much more comfortable now ]

[half2death]

[That was.

That was not what he was going for. He expected for this scaly guy to get dressed, not use those clothes as a blanket.

Maybe grabbing something from the kitchen will help? He resolved to do so, finding tea and in short order was back, nudging the other guy with his foot.]

[hissoff]

[ he appears to have actually gone right back to sleep in the interim before the boy comes back, and as he gets nudged he wiggles a bit in the makeshift blanket and whiiiines, ]

WhaaaaaaAaaaaat... let me sleep! You're all so rude.

[half2death]

I brought you some tea, so maybe you can wake up for five minutes to drink it. [This was not phrased as a question.]

[hissoff]

[ ....... sits up with a hmph! the shirt just kind of being used as a cape now. holds his hands out for the tea though ] ... you're really persistent.

[half2death]

Yep.

[He gives the guy the tea.]

[hissoff]

[ .... he's holding it in his hands and just kind of holding it to his chest actually. warm. ... ]

You could have stepped over me or ignored me.

[half2death]

[Danny nearly scoffed at that, but a little 'heh' was all that escaped.] Nah man, couldn't do that. [Danny sat down leaning against the wall next to him.] I think I'm handling things okay, but with all the possibilities of what exactly happened to get us all here, not to mention how many others could be here that we haven't seen, it just... No one should be alone, or ignored, I think. Not when we have no clue what's going on, or where we are... [Or who we are, went unsaid.]

[hissoff]

......... I just woke up and this is a lot. [ just. bluntly. kid, he's too sleepy and too naked for the heavy feelings talk right now. ]

We're not in any immediate danger, right? Isn't this a train?

[half2death]

Oh shoot. Sorry. [He’ll just blame the tea.] Yeah as far as I know we’re okay. And yep. We are on a train.

[hissoff]

Hm.... in that case I don't think there's too much reason to worry. I'm sure everything will sort itself out eventually.

Thank you, also. For the shirt. When I left the room I didn't think it would be this cold outside you see.

[half2death]

Eh, not a problem. The cold doesn't bother me too much, apparently. [He hadn't thought it was cold at all actually, so, yeah. There's that.] Guess you're right though. Gotta be a bit more positive about things. [Like knowing what is even going on and remembering his name, if nothing else.]

[hissoff]

Positivity is the key to survival! For example, we may be in some strange place without our clothes or any knowledge of how we came to be here, but there is a roof over our head! And good tea. And, so far as we yet know, we probably aren't being transported to some mysterious place where they plan to use us as slave labor or even worse~

[ surely this is comforting ]

[half2death]

[Oh yes it is very comforting. Maybe. Sort of. Danny is gonna ignore the last bit if you please.]

Oh yeah. No immediate danger or threat of future harm to be seen. Looks like we’re in the clear. Hm. Maybe I can just think of this like a vacation. [A vacation from what he didnt bother to think about.]

[hissoff]

A vacation sounds nice~ I do like trains. Very convenient. They can even be relaxing, if you're riding with friends~ [ hm hm, casually, as if this really is a vacation. ... ] Might I ask where you're from?

[half2death]

[Well, can't go around denying it to everyone who asks. Besides, he probably won't get very far with it anyway.] Your guess would be as good as mine. [He states bluntly.]