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ELUVIO MODS ([personal profile] eluviomods) wrote in [community profile] thespacebar2017-01-25 01:42 pm
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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.



Welcome to Oros! It's no vacation destination and you're in for an interesting ride. While the planet is big, there's not much to explore beyond the vast, stretching reaches of a boiling hot, red desert. Which means it's fun for the whole family!

There are hostile aliens on the planet who aren't taking kindly to you, an alien on their planet. They're stronger than you and you're out numbered. Likely out gunned, too. But, really, good luck! You'll be coming back alive.

For more information on the planet and things that may be found there, please go here and give it a read! There you can also find the missions completed in game should you need any additional prompt. Whatever you can imagine that fits with the setting itself works!

[ PLEASE NOTE: Threads taking place on Oros cannot be used as game canon, as they required prior signups to participate, but the setting is provided so that you can get an idea of just one of the kinds of events that will be in game! ]



➣ 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, there's no limit to what you can do on the TDM.
dismantling: (and i know it's only so far to run)

[personal profile] dismantling 2017-01-27 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think anyone who hears about it thinks it's that unbelievable. sad, huh?

a castle in space? I'll have to spend more time looking out the windows. I've never seen something like that.
genice: (greet | what up my dude)

network | un: v-nikiforov

[personal profile] genice 2017-01-27 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, by "good burger" do you mean greasy, with cheese, and possibly styled after American burgers?

... If it helps to clarify, I mean the United States of America, which is a country that is fairly young and exists on the planet Earth, in the... some solar system. In the Milky Way.
dismantling: (cause i am not small)

[personal profile] dismantling 2017-01-27 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
so when you say 'my own planet' is that a planet that isn't earth?

nice. I never really thought I'd leave it.
angele: (045. ❚)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-27 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
I don't really know if "mundanes" applies here anymore.
angele: (033. ❚)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-27 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I mean Earth, but if you talk to others... I don't think we're all talking about the same "earth."

You lived in space before this?
estrayer: (s t a r e)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-27 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
it's not me i'm worried about.

[ As far as he's concerned, this risk is all on her. That's not the smartest attitude to have aboard an actual spaceship full of unknown quantities, but he's never exactly been the cautious type. ]

how about you show me what you can do. i'm ready now if you want
estrayer: (g e n t l e)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-27 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
what do you suggest i call them?
dismantling: (with no walls and high up spaces)

[personal profile] dismantling 2017-01-27 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[The team's about as unprepared as it can be - none of them have a lot of useful skills for planetfall and Natsuno isn't the only one who's spent most of his time on the planet scowling at things. But it was supposed to be a junk mission, easy, not like this, so she can't really blame the powers that be for sending down a team like this.

Fortunately, not all of them are useless. Raven considers herself pretty resilient, so when the guy topples over and then gives her nothing but a glare (she's seen worse - she shared a camp with Bellamy Blake, with John Murphy) she can't help but roll her eyes and smirk at him.]


Fine. Right, that's why you're headed face first for the ground.

[It's a gentle tease, as she starts getting him back to his feet, and she laughs a little as he asks why she's purple.]

Last time I checked, I was brown, not purple. Let me guess, you ate something with spots?
angele: (067. ❚)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-27 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
People isn't a bad start.
dismantling: (with no walls and high up spaces)

[personal profile] dismantling 2017-01-27 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
figure skating? I've seen videos of that, from back on earth. no one's done it in a hundred years though.

you do that?


[It sounds almost impossible.]
estrayer: (j u d g e)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-27 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ She never really did like that term, did she? ]

i'm not saying they're not people, i'm saying they're not shadowhunters

shouldn't you be used to this by now?
relieable: (oh what a lucky man he was)

yessss

[personal profile] relieable 2017-01-27 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[luckily for the sake of the conversation, Osomatsu is all too eager to introduce himself. he needs to establish himself, after all!]

Sure thing! [he points his thumb at himself] I'm Osomatsu Matsuno, the oldest of the Matsuno sextuplets! I'm a big, charismatic legend!

[he's not a big anything, unless that includes big lazy loser]
angele: (064. ❚)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-27 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
That term makes sense in our world but...

some of these people aren't normal humans. And some of them aren't even human. Or any kind of downworlder.

I don't think our terms are going to really apply to anyone but us anymore.
genice: (huh | were you talking to me?)

[personal profile] genice 2017-01-27 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ouch, my poor heart... did you know most people from future Earth's I've met seem to have no figure skating in their lives? It makes a man sad.

Yes, I do! Or did. We'll have a rink around here before too much longer, and then I will again. I've been in the competitive circuit for what, sixteen years?
nodyinteam: (serious thoughts)

[personal profile] nodyinteam 2017-01-27 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He rubs at his eyes after the berries are eaten. Now he's getting a clearer look at the man who he's facing - ah. So his entire body is composed of different types of sport balls. How interesting! There's just one thing he needs to know about a person like this, and he states it bluntly:]

How do you shit?

[He raises an eyebrow at the comment about dancing - what a weirdo. But the other part, that's something he can understand. He glances around as he hears something.]

Yeah... I hear it too. Someone's singing...!
glittermage: (you don't say)

[personal profile] glittermage 2017-01-27 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Well that doesn't sound like you. Or maybe you only go charging ahead when it's someone you care about. :)

[ Actually, he might be complimenting you. You decide. ]
estrayer: (a l a r m e d)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-27 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
they might

look, human or not, they don't all know what they're doing. that's why i offered to teach them
they're innocent people in danger through no fault of their own. i'm gonna protect them, it's my job.
no matter what planet i'm on.
angele: (007. ❚)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-27 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
More like trying to make sure I don't accidentally hurt anyone by trying to rescue myself.

At least from doors...
angele: (014. ❚)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-27 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe some of them can help us do that.
cargoed: (Default)

1/2

[personal profile] cargoed 2017-01-27 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
yes
it
is
cargoed: (Default)

[personal profile] cargoed 2017-01-27 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
i know its rough to accept that youre wrong
but friend
let me tell you



YOU
ARE
WRONG
braidedwonder: (Let them bleed just let them)

network | un: maxwell

[personal profile] braidedwonder 2017-01-27 03:47 am (UTC)(link)

Yes. All of that. Extra on the greasy and cheesy.

I've been there before, once, just kinda breezin' through. Should'a stopped there more than Brussels, honestly, food's much better. Still prefer the colonies, if we're gonna be particular.
genice: (smile | feel the burn)

LMAO

[personal profile] genice 2017-01-27 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
( Victor smiles politely, choosing to neither agree nor disagree, and at least does the polite thing: )

Nice to meet you, Osomatsu Matsuno. I'm Victor Nikiforov. Until recently, something of an established figure skater in the competitive circuit. Five time gold medalist, or was it five time world champion? I mean, I did get gold at the Olympics, too...

( he just holds his chin actually trying to remember. all his gold medals. that are not here, and would be equally worthless if they were.

like it's a joke, he smiles, laughs, and winks.
)

Seems like we all end up remaking some of ourselves here. So! What did you usually do to keep yourself entertained back home?
isaz: (01)

i

[personal profile] isaz 2017-01-27 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Whose bright idea, indeed? ]

If you want to live, then stop lying around useless.

[ Boreas would very much rather not have to deal with this kind of slob, but he has moral standards and that includes not letting people die.

An addendum: worthy people. He has half a mind just to ditch Osomatsu and leave. ]
glittermage: (dead sea)

[personal profile] glittermage 2017-01-27 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
You might be in there for a while, then.

[ No thanks to Magnus and his hypotheticals! Of course, you can always ask for help. ]