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// TEST DRIVE MEME_
// 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. |
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Maybe they can name each other and be okay like that... [They seem to like talking to each other. Goku picks one up at random and starts petting it too.]
Even if it's only a little while, it's okay, right? You can have fun and enjoy it while you can!
[Is Mio going to force him to make a friendship speech over a tribble...]
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Mio purses her lips; it's almost like trying to physically stop herself from saying something that she knows isn't 'normal.' In the end though, she fails utterly, staring down at her tribble with an abnormally high bitterness. The black butterfly mark on its back that matches the ugly butterfly-bruising on her throat seems like a cruel mockery suddenly.]
What's the point though? You're just going to end up being hurt if you get too attached. So-- [Mio no.] So isn't it better to just not do it in the first place? Then it won't hurt when they go away. [Mio no.]
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Goku pauses quietly for a moment, while the tribble in his hands chirps happily. He's pretty sure they're not talking about just the furballs anymore and he isn't sure how they got here, but this girl seems like a good person and she's so upset...]
... You're right, when you care about someone it can hurt a lot. They might get in trouble or you might upset them or they might go away. If you're together, you'll definitely see a lot of painful things but... You'll see good things too.
When you're always on your own, it hurts a lot more.
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She blinks a few times as if waking from a dream and makes a soft 'ah' noise. He's not wrong, she supposes, and it's humbling in its own way to be reminded of that. Well, and embarrassing. Mio sits up on her knees and leans over to...
Press her tribble up against Goku's face, just a little. Her voice is quiet] Stupid... They're just tribbles. What are you talking so seriously for? [But then she pulls it down a little, enough that she can see his eyes and they can peek over the tribble at each other]
...Thanks.
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Goku scrunches up his nose when the tribble is in his face all of a sudden.] You're the one who started it. [Did you think he wouldn't call you out, just because you're being cute, Mio? Anyway, ignore the light blush on his cheeks when they make eye contact.]
... S'fine.
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She sits back and rests the tribble on her lap again, watching him a moment before she speaks again. Her voice is still soft, a sort of gentle curiosity.] You sounded like you had experience there. [being alone, she means.]
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It's not a big deal. [He's fine now. He knows he's not alone, even if Sanzo and the others aren't within arms reach right now.] It was a while ago.
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Are your friends here?
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It's okay though. [Looks back up at her and smiles confidently.] I'll meet up with them again soon.
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It's fine. Because you're still not alone. [She fidgets a moment herself, feeling her face turning red.] Because... I'll be your friend too... I guess. [I GUESS!!]
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Goku smiles again.] Thanks. You're a really nice person, Mio.
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Stupid! It's not like that, it's just-- I was just-- [Shut up! God!!!] It's just... Maybe you were right, a little, about being alone. I'm alone now too, and I hate it, so. Maybe I'm just being selfish, because I don't want to be lonely anymore either...
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[God, what is this tsundere bullshit. Goku manages to push the tribble out of his face.]
Fine, we're both selfish! I don't wanna be alone either, you know! So, let's be friends!
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I-- Well-- Fine! Then we're friends! And there are no take-backs, okay!? [whY ARE THEY YELLING this is the angriest friendship start. She blushing and huffs, bringing the tribble to her own face to hide behind it.]
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[They're both dumb this is so dumb. How did they go from adorable and sweet to this so fast? Goku is so confused. Why are they yelling? He's just trying to keep up. Girls are so weird.]
We're friends now! So there!