aurorastation | TEST DRIVE MEME (1)

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.

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Call it, hm.... "A snake lover's intuition".

[ Raising an eyebrow. ]

Aren't you supposed to be getting rid of them?

[ boo ] I'm trying, but they're really feisty!

Maybe they just don't like you.

... oh? Maybe not. Maybe they'll like you better. Care to try your hand at snake charming?

[ No?? Not at all?? Thanks?? ]

Isn't the way to any animal's heart their stomach? There's not exactly any mice around to catch.

Is that what they say~ Even snakes know when you're trying to placate them with treats you know.

I'm not sure they're so smart.

[ haha! ] Even the smallest snakes are deadly predators~ You shouldn't write them off so quickly like that.

[ SIGHS. ]

And you all speak so infuriatingly?

[ LOL. ]

Oh? Whoever said I was a snake? [ he's fully clothed now, YOUR SECOND SLIP UP CIABATTA

PLEASE IGNORE THE OBVIOUS SCALES IN HIS ICON HE'S PROBABLY WEARING LIKE A TURTLENECK OR SOMETHING ]

Edited 2018-11-03 04:00 (UTC)

[ "he's fully clothed now" just made me think he was naked before ]

Being coy is fun for awhile, but I get tired of it pretty quickly.

[ he was. you missed it. ]

Mmm.... [ well in that case. ]

I certainly have scales, if that's what you're referring to. And I do appear to have a certain affinity for snakes.

[ what a little shit. ]

And yet you struggle with your brethren.

[ listen some of us have just lived our whole lives lying through our teeth, ]

Are you telling me you've never had trouble with your inlaws and distant relatives?

None whatsoever.

[ Because they're dead.

He's so funny. ]

[ ah yes. that is a funny joke being made with a funny face. he even laughs! ]

Is that so? I'm jealous, then. My family isn't so easy to get along with~

[ is it your family or is it you. ]

Do they like to meddle?

Hmmm... I don't know! I don't remember, but I get the feeling that we didn't get along too well.

[ God you're a weenie hut jr ]

Some conflict is to be expected.

[ Cawnflict. There's the tiniest drawl at the aw there because fuck you I do what I want. ]

[ oh are we doing this ]

Mm~ I seem to be the kind of person who tends to hiss off others~

[ HE DIDN'T PURPOSEFULLY DO IT SO HE'S JUST. WHY. ]

I can tell.

[ fffhhahahahaha--! ]

Oh was that too much? Should I tone it down? Sorry, sorry~

[ damn snakes are annoying ]

You're really enjoying yourself here, aren't you?

Is there a reason why I shouldn't be?

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