thespacebar | // 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Puppy! This kid likes Bear too- Goku whistles to get his attention when Bear veers off in his direction. When the dog starts sniffing at the piles of furballs, Goku leans his head forward so he can sniff at the two balanced on top of his head. They seem comfortable.]

Heh, you wanna be friends too, huh?

[ Somewhere under that pile of space rats is a runt, which is what has gotten Bear's attention. They sniff at each other like two dogs.

Seriously, what is it with these furballs and kids and Root? They think they're so cute, but who knows what kinds of diseases they carry? Shaw is familiar with ship vermin, having been a Marine in a previous life. ]

Bear, get outta there, [ she grumbles, standing there with her arms crossed, frowning. ]

Is that your name? [Goku asks the dog eagerly, as if he can actually talk to animals. He can't. But that's fine.] I'm Goku!

[Oh and there's a lady there too.] Hey! Is he yours? Don't worry, he's fine!

[ Bear perks up at the mention of his name, and maybe that's answer enough for the kid who likes to talk to animals. He'll get a friendly sniff-sniff from a large wet nose against his cheek for the introductions.

Shaw snorts in response. ]

You shouldn't be talking to strangers, kid. Didn't anyone teach you that?

Probably. [But if Goku listened every time Sanzo told him not to do something, he'd never have any fun.] Isn't it fine though?

[He's tough, he can beat strangers up if they're weird. Goku ruffles Bear's neck and pets him happily.] This is Bear, right? What's your name?

[If they know each others names, they won't be strangers anymore!]

....

[ Though really, if this kid is like the rest of them, yanked in by some so-called anomaly, then everyone is a stranger to him. She stands there staring dead-panned for a few moments, but can't really think of an excuse not to answer the question. Yeah, yeah. For most people, this is not a difficult social cue. ]

Shaw.

[It's okay. Goku is used to people who are awkward failures at social interaction. He just beams brightly up at her.]

I'm Goku! [Like he said. But that was introducing himself to Bear.] Nice to meet ya!

[ She makes a sound, something like a grunt or hmph. She doesn't return the nice-to-meet-ya, not being the sort to lie just to be polite. Unless it's for an undercover thing, and even then she's not that great at it. ]

You already said, [ she points out instead. ]

... don't they have school or something for you?

[ He looks young enough. ]

[Wow, Shaw, it is so nice to meet him. He's a delight.]

No one said anything about school. [Also. He's an adult?? Just a really cute, short one sitting on the ground covered in furry animals and talking to them.] I've never been before now anyway. Why would I?

[ She doesn't like kids, okay? And it doesn't matter if you aren't one, you look like one. And you're talking to furball things. (Surprisingly, she doesn't think it odd you talk to Bear though. Maybe because Shaw also talks to Bear). ]

To learn stuff.

[ What other reason is there? She didn't put herself through med school for the company. ]

[Sounds like someone just needs to be won over by good, old-fashioned monkey charm.]

I know stuff! An' Hakkai tutors me sometimes. [Less so these days, because they're busy but he's still sensei.] Anyway, I don't need to go to school.

[ You can try, monkey boy. ]

Suit yourself.

[ She shrugs. She might be paid to be a babysitter at the daycare, but she sure as hell isn't paid to be yours. ]

You're the one who brought it up...

[Still confused by that. Whatever, he's just going to turn back to Bear and pet him some more.]

So, is she always like that? [Grumpy.]

[ Yes, she did bring it up, but not out of concern. More in the 'don't you have anywhere else to be?' sort of way. Bear sits next to Goku looking innocent, but maybe he's agreeing with the kid. The traitor.

She narrows her eyes at them both, disgruntled. ]

This is my calm face.

So, yeah then.

[Heh, for some reason Goku kind of likes her. Who knows why or who she could be reminding him of to get that kind of reaction! It is a mystery.]

[ She gives a hrumph! ]

Just make sure you don't see my pissed-off face.

[ She might have stolen that line from Finch. It's just too bad she never saw him deliver it. Root seemed to find it quite amusing. ]

I'm taking him for a walk.

[ As she announces this, Bear rises to his feet. Come along if you want, Goku. Or not, whatever. ]

Why would you get pissed-off? I haven't done anything wrong.

[Don't pick on him, you bully! Goku gets to his feet, shaking off tribbles finally.]

Can I come? [Puppy!! He's following whether you want him to or not, Shaw, he's desperate for companionship.]

Make sure to keep it that way, then, [ she says rather unhelpfully. Though in truth, he's less irritating than she probably lets off. Which is why she only grunts in response when he asks to tag along. You can take that as a yes, and she won't shoot you if you do.

The furballs, on the otherhand, can stay right there. It's not like they're lacking in abundance everywhere anyway. ]

Hier, [ she says to Bear, who trots up beside her. He understands more English commands now, but she still uses the Dutch ones, out of habit. They walk through the park under the trees and fake sunlight. It's hard to believe they're inside a spaceship, when it simulates the outside so well. But Shaw knows all about simulations, unfortunately. ]

[This feels... really familiar... But he just can't put his finger on why. Oh, well! Goku follows after Bear and, by extension, Shaw.]

It's weird, right? [Cannot. Shut up. Oh, well.] They said we're inside and we're in space and there's no air outside and stuff but there's all these trees and grass! There's even sunlight!

[ With technology, anything is possible. Gardens in outer space. Anomalies that yank you into different galaxies. Artificial superintelligences that try to take over the world. Samaritan could have a field day in a place like this. It might be large enough to make you forget it's a spaceship, but it's still a small contained universe. ]

It's not real sunlight, [ she says flatly. She stops when Bear stops to pee on a tree. ]

// TEST DRIVE MEME_

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject