// TEST DRIVE MEME_

[eluviomods]

// TEST DRIVE_ Welcome to Eluvio's Test Drive Meme! Whether you'd like to try out a character in the setting, get some samples for your application, or just mess around and have fun, this is the place to do it. If you're getting samples together, remember that you need at least four comments made by you in the thread for it to count. Pick any of the scenarios below or make up any of your own. This is space! There are infinite worlds and possibilities. If you'd like to thread out hijacking a ship, do it! If you'd like to get stuck on a remote planet with only one other person for company, do it! Take the wheel and guide your own adventure! The most important thing is to have fun! ➣ SCENARIO 001. It's a normal day aboard the Eluvio. Maybe you're on your way to work. Maybe you're hanging out with friends. You can even be up to nefarious misdeeds. Whatever the case, you're having a relatively uneventful day. And then you see it. From a distance, it looks like a ball of fur. Up close, it looks like a ball of fur. If you touch it, it will chitter at you. It will vibrate and purr. Where this is coming from is anyone's guess because even if you turn it over, there's nothing to see but more fur. It's pretty harmless, though. Leave it there. Take it with you. The choice is yours. As you continue about your day, you'll begin to notice more of these little furballs. On the ground. Sitting on tables. Here and there at random intervals. By the end of the day, they're fucking everywhere. Good luck! If you get overwhelmed, maybe go talk to that bald starship captain who showed up last week. He might know something about the furry invaders. ➣ SCENARIO 002. Congratulations! You've been selected to be part of the team being sent down to the planet around which the fleet is currently orbiting. Initial scans of the surface show that oxygen is in abundance, temperatures support carbon-based life-forms, and there aren't any large quantities of poisonous gases that might pose problems. Your mission is to secure a landing site, set up a camp, and locate edible flora and fauna. Stores aboard ship are running a bit low on food and it's projected to be another three weeks before the fleet reaches a station large enough to replenish supplies. Once identified, larger parties will be sent to the surface to help hunt and gather. The good news is, scans show fruits, vegetables, and animals are plentiful. The bad news is that once your ship lands on the planet, everything goes sideways. An unexpected ion storm sweeps through the solar system, shorting out communications between the fleet and the team. It wreaks havoc with the electronics planet-side too, temporarily shorting out the smaller craft's navigational array. Until it passes, about six standard days, you're stuck down there. And the bountiful harvest isn't without its dangers. Even the most docile looking animal will attack. Sampling the fruits and vegetables will cause temporary paralysis, hallucinations, and psychosis. Inhaling pollen will bring out a person's baser instincts. The planet itself is predatory, you see. Everything on it has evolved to entice visitors from nearby systems and kill them. And the fleet's unwittingly taken the bait. ➣ SCENARIO 003. It's been a rough day. Everything's going wrong. Machines are breaking down everywhere. The owner of your favorite business wasn't there today and the store was closed when you stopped by to pick something up. A coworker didn't show up for work, leaving you with an interested workload. And now it feels like you're being watched. It started about ten minutes ago, but whenever you turn to look, there's no one there. The feeling doesn't go away, though. No matter where you are, it feels like eyes are watching. Did you hear something? A quiet, scuffling scratching sound just for a second? Maybe you did. Maybe you didn't. But it came from the misshapen monstrosity that just punched a hole through the bulkhead right beside you. The creature makes a low, wet gargling noises and darts toward you: six to seven feet tall, vaguely humanoid, and covered in strange growths over which is stretched bubbling grayish-brown skin. Maybe you notice tatters of familiar clothing hanging off of it. Or there's enough left of its eyes to recognize the shape and color. Or maybe something about the noises it's making sound familiar. It's your missing coworker and it looks like the unfortunate soul ran afoul of that weird slimy creature the science team brought back from that jungle planet a month ago. The good news: you can kill it. The bad news: it can kill you. It's fast, it's hungry, and it reproduces at an alarming rate. A single bite can transfer the parasites in its bloodstream to you. Then you'll be just like your buddy. And that shop owner you like so much. And all of the people on Level 12. And... ➣ SCENARIO 004. You're welcomed and encouraged to make up your own scenarios. As you can see, there will be a wide variety of the types of things your character will encounter in this game. So feel free to make your starters as horrific, sexy, lighthearted, action-packed, or slice of life as you'd like. Make up a planet, make up a location on the Eluvio, make up a ship in the fleet, fight off a zombie alien invasion, NPC Captain Picard, there's no limit to what you can do on the TDM.

Comments

[ninponeil]

[Of all the others in their team, April's fairly sure this guy is the biggest. As much as she wants to wait and see if the electronics kick back in, he's probably not wrong. She closes her laptop and tucks it back into her duffel bag. Her tanto and tessen stay on her as always.]

I guess you're right. [Still bites though.] Don't suppose you're a natural at hunting and gathering?

[nodyinteam]

[He's certainly tall as well as bulky. Nekomaru takes a moment to double check his wristband to confirm the problem on his end as well.]

Nope! I've never even tried hunting. But I've gone camping quite a few times, so I know the basics of wilderness survival. If we keep our euts about us, I'm sure we'll do just fine!!

[ninponeil]

[Of course he hasn't, of course! She should know her luck by now.]

Okay, well I think I can hunt down an animal or two. Can't be that hard. [She's stalked and shadowed other ninjas, she can do this.] Think you can find fruit or berries or something, or would you rather we stick together...?

[April's word linger because she doesn't even know this guy's name.]

[nodyinteam]

[He can sense that cue, and he answers bombastically.]

The name's NEKOMARU NIDAI! And I think it'd be best if we stuck together, so that we could act as a team. I might not have actually hunted, but I'm sure that I can be a help!

[ninponeil]

[April's eyelids rise with each syllable, in perfect synchronization with her leaning back as if his words were literally pushing her.]

I'm sure it couldn't hurt...

[Wow. A quick blink and shake clears her head and brings her back to focus.]

Nice to meet you. I'm April. I haven't technically hunted an animal before, but I think we can manage between the two of us.

[She's pretty sure he can probably just wrestle any quarry to the ground though.]

[nodyinteam]

[Nekomaru seems oblivious to the effect of the force put into most of his words, and he's only more excited as the plan comes together.]

Nice to meet you, April! And that's the spirit! With the two of us working together, we'll have this done in no time! No use wasting time... Let's get going!

[He already starts moving towards the nearest entrance to the forest.]

[ninponeil]

[Welp, she's not going to take to the treetops for stealth on this one.]

You got it. [She's right behind Nekomaru, keeping an eye on their flank just in case.] I've got my tanto to cut down any fruits or vegetables we find, and animals too I guess.

Will you be able to handle yourself?

[nodyinteam]

Sounds like that'll really come in handy... [He says about her tanto, but then he flashes her a confident grin in reaction to her question.]

Don't worry about me! I may not have any weapons of my own, but I'm pretty tough! I'm sure I can take down anything this place can throw at us! [It's a bit of an exaggeration, and he's lucky that he managed to warm himself up well enough beforehand to handle this, but he wants to do his best to inspire confidence.]