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

Two - Clover

[spectacularluck]

[ Look, he understand why he'd be glaring murder. The situation is already unpleasant as is, but there's an added layer of ridiculousness given their uniforms. It's doubly ridiculous for a grown man like him, but unlike him, this guy seems a lot more grumpy in general. So shit mood? He can get that ]

Not a fan of snakes, I'm guessing.

Re: Two - Clover

[saddleclub]

[Okay time to glare murder at--oh yeah it's another guy in stupid pink maybe he'll be a little less hostile just out of sheer sympathy.] Not a fan of any of this. You can't say this appeals to you on any level, can you?

[spectacularluck]

Nah, not into this kind of stuff. Well. If I am, I forgot, and I feel like that's maybe the best outcome here.

[ But okay, now he's just rambling ]

Either way. Buddy system, right? How's about you and me take care of some good ol' fashioned snake catching?

[saddleclub]

I really hope you are not latently into snakes. Ugh. [Why this. But whatever he's not actually as standoffish as he makes out, holding his hand out for Peter decisively.] Very well.

[spectacularluck]

[ At the very least he's going to offer him a smile at that, and once he takes his hand, he actually squeezes it - just a bit - to try and be Comforting and Supportive Like a Good Adult. ]

Okay, before we get down to it — are you actually afraid of them or anything? Because I don't really mind being the sacrificial lamb, here, and just take care of touching all the snakes.

[ a pause at that ]

Okay, the way I worded it is probably not helping with the whole "are you into snakes" doubt, but I promise I'm not as weird as I sound.

Probably.

[saddleclub]

[He's nineteeeeen take him seeeeriously!!! Or don't. Whatever he takes this guy's hand with a huff and just does not acknowledge the dumb handsqueeze, he's a cool person!!!] Don't get me involved in your snake fetish. Let's just get rid of them. [He's walking forward and actually surprised that the snakes are no longer looking all bitey and attacky. Still. Pretty wary though.] Really? Seriously? We hold hands and they get docile?