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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👟 One

[A short-haired young lady is stepping downstairs, having chosen a simple apple-green jacket and knee-length skirt. She's personalized the jacket with some weird little pins, though.]

Hello? Anybody else here? I guess if I'm gonna be kidnapped, there are worse places to wake up...

[She should probably be more freaked out than this. But it's not the first weird other world she's ended up in. At least this one doesn't have murderous subconscious monsters yet.

Chie takes a sip of the tea and hums contentedly. Welp, anyone who talks to her now might just have their personal space unceremoniously invaded.]

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👟 Two

[Why is it, Chie mourns mentally, that she can fight gigantic snake Shadows without a problem, but ordinary little snakes give her the absolute creeps? At least it's not bugs. But still...]

Yeah, no, I'm not going anywhere near those things alone. Hey, you, uh, wanna see if that "buddy system" thing really works?

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👟 Three

[Chie's puppet is basically acting like she's from those old hiimdaisy parody comics. "TRIAL OF THE DRAGONNNN! steak steak steak steak steak" Then she challenges your puppet to a fight. Chie doesn't look like she knows how to feel about this.]

I mean, it's not exactly wrong, but... There's more to me than all that, right?

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👟 Four

[Definitely open to other stuff! Poke me at

truebluespark if you want to talk shop.]

[Yeeeeaaah Carrot's not too interested in the accuracy of the puppet show. But she is turning to Chie with sparkling eyes.]

Chie! Chie! What's a 'trial of the dragon?' It sounds fun!

Oh, it totally is! It's this really cool martial arts movie I had back home. I wonder if the spark shop could get us a copy of it...?

[Chie's all but sparkling too; talking martial arts is one of the quickest ways to get her excited.]

Moo-vee?

[Head tiiiilt]

What's that?

[ well, here's someone who doesn't seem worried about them so much as intensely dubious. ...and maybe a little startled about being spoken to. ]

Ah— if you'd like...?

TEST DRIVE MEME (1)

Chie Satonaka | Persona 4 | leaning toward Thyme!

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