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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.
angele: (oo8)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-26 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
You really think it's going to be that easy? For any of us?
estrayer: (f o l d e d)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-26 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
you think it's easy for me?

we're shadowhunters. we don't do something because it's easy we do it because it has to be done.

i'm where i have to be. don't waste your time. valentine is the target, not me.
sweatysometimes: (-.-)

un: greenmememachine

[personal profile] sweatysometimes 2017-01-26 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, passingly? Like, I can tell you kinda what something is but I'm not really an expert. Not really a big camper or anything.
Edited 2017-01-26 03:48 (UTC)
angele: (o20)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-26 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
It can't be both?

I'm not just going to leave you to that. You wouldn't do that to any of us.
estrayer: (a l a r m e d)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-26 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
look, just promise me that you'll listen to alec and the others. don't take risks for me.

i mean it, clary.
Edited 2017-01-26 03:55 (UTC)
angele: (o16)

[personal profile] angele 2017-01-26 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
All right, all right.

I promise.

Not that any of that matters. We're both here. In space.
juniberries: (welp :))

[personal profile] juniberries 2017-01-26 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
But if you were to say...come visit me at the flower shop I work at, you would be able passably help?

[guess who's alone at work and just received an order for an inordinately large flower arrangement...]
Edited 2017-01-26 03:57 (UTC)
juniberries: (ew ur ears are disgusting.)

[personal profile] juniberries 2017-01-26 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
There...don't appear to be any balls they're tripping over.
sweatysometimes: (:|a!)

[personal profile] sweatysometimes 2017-01-26 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah, I guess. Not really doing anything else right now. I'll see you down there.
juniberries: (amused bc coran's an old fart)

[personal profile] juniberries 2017-01-26 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Pidge! I will see you shortly.

[because lmff she's kind of a flustered mess right now over the order even though she really shouldn't be because this is not the sort of job she's used to having nor wants to have.]
estrayer: (s t a r e)

[personal profile] estrayer 2017-01-26 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
thank you.

[ He doubts that's the end of it. Maybe it'll be enough for now.

He has to focus on the present. She's here, they're on the same crew. That comes with other complications, beyond Valentine.
]

we need to find a way to get you home.
until then, we're stuck. do you have your stele?

domino swift ∞ motor crush

[personal profile] scrip 2017-01-26 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
002 | trek tropes
[ Dom isn't a wuss, not by a long shot — but she's also from the city. A city full of tall buildings and smooth roads and open beaches, and honestly, her boots are too heavy on the tread to be completely practical in swampy marsh or while trekking across tangled, uneven vines in search of shelter and food (food that won't murder them all, preferably).

She gives a firm kick when her boot catches on roots for the fiftieth time, catching her balance up against a tree. A slimy tree, because of course everything in this forest is disgusting for no discernible reason. She draws her hand back quickly, giving it a sharp shake. ]


Do you know how many people I'd kill to get us some wheels, because—

[ Cue her starting forward again and nearly falling on her face. The vines are back on her boot, though she could've sworn she just kicked them off—

The confusion clears up quickly. The vine starts to shift as she's watching, sliding over the hard leather of her boot before she abruptly yanks her foot away. ]


I suggest we streak, and soon.

004 | network
username: swift

what's good for fun around here?
i mean real fun. high-octane, engine rattling fun. amateurs need not apply.

unless you consider good food fun, then you can apply anyway. getting desperate for anything that won't give me visions or crank my stomach.

004 | wildcard
( Write your own adventure!! )

snowed in!

[personal profile] scrip 2017-01-26 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Fire the weatherman.

[ The only reason Dom's dressed for cold weather is because the ship geared them up before dropping them off; given the chance, she'd be in shorts year round. She tugs the hood of her coat a little closer around her neck as she speaks, and the gesture's a bit at odds with the tough complaint. ]

Will the samples even be there when this lets up?

[ They've already managed this long on this crappy planet, so probably. It's just another complaint, though it sounds a little absent — she's taking the respite from the storm as a chance to drag her rucksack around from her side, digging through it with the kind of focus that means 'taking inventory'. ]

[personal profile] scrip 2017-01-26 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Somewhere between the vines and the spitting flowers, she's fallen behind. Not good. Domino puts her weight into snapping off what looks like a non-hostile branch, aiming to use it to make a clear path — then she hears someone yelling.

Not screaming, at least. She heads towards the shouts, cresting the hill just in time to see Lance overbalancing, and she grabs the back of his jacket with her free hand and gives it a sharp pull. ]


Watch it— [ Dom lets go as soon as he looks remotely steady, attention dropping to the vines coiling slowly at their feet. ] And maybe consider not yelling. The targets on our backs are mega enough already.

two!

[personal profile] scrip 2017-01-26 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh[ There's a full second between Agnieszka knocking the fruit out of her hand and the word poison sinking in, and for that second Dom looks prepared to throw a punch. Then her annoyance shifts gears, gaze dropping to the fruit that's still rolling gently across the metal planks. ]

Seriously? You're figuring this out after we kill ourselves getting crates of the junk?

[ Which isn't particularly generous. But it's been a long day, and her stomach's absolutely wrecked from hunger, and given a beat to reconsider her response: ]

I mean, thanks. [ A beat. ] And I'm not saying you're a liar, don't get me wrong, but— why didn't the scans pick that up planet-side?
cargoed: (Default)

[personal profile] cargoed 2017-01-26 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
has anyone every told you you don't wear jealousy wrong?
it's okay dude
im sure youve got your own list of
things
cargoed: (Default)

[personal profile] cargoed 2017-01-26 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's not lying! just. stretching the truth. a little. maybe. ]

we can call it off if you want.
no one else has said they're interested anyway :(
cargoed: (Default)

[personal profile] cargoed 2017-01-26 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yikes! [ the sounds is more of an instinctual response than anything, considering the fact there is suddenly a very distinct pull from the scruff of his collar and oh no oh no oh no if that's a vine that has his neck he's-

oh. nope. he's still okay. just a person- a good person, not a person who is trying to kill him.

he thinks. at least. yikes. ]


Oh! Wow okay, yeah. Thanks. I mean, I knew what I was doing, but that last vine just kind of snuck up on me, you know? [ welp, it is definitely time to keep moving, as those plants are...still coming after them. ] We should keep moving, yeah?
maipokerface: (so what did you think i would say?)

Mai | ATLA

[personal profile] maipokerface 2017-01-26 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
003;

[Whoever you are and whatever you were doing, you're about to stop doing it really quickly if Mai has any say in it. At least by the way she grabs on to your arm and more or less begins attempting to drag you off in a direction. She seems to be in a hurry and the answer as to why comes right behind Mai's own shouting.]

No time for questions right now so don't bother!

[She's barely gotten that out before a slim grayish-brown limb punches straight through the wall next to both you and her with a force that doesn't seem rational for a limb quite so spindly.]

004;
NETWORK -- un: mai

I'm not taste testing anything so don't ask.

Where do we go for weapons anyhow? I lost most of my knives fighting some thing down on the surface.


WILDCARD;
[Run with any prompt you want. PM me if you need anything.]

[personal profile] scrip 2017-01-26 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's so... noisy.......

She isn't completely unsympathetic. If he'd seen her when they'd first touched down, she wouldn't have a leg to stand on. She'd been too busy being mortified by the idea of a murderous planet.

But that was then, and this is now, and instead of looking mortified she's looking past him, out over the horizon, towards where the rest of the crews are moving on to the next stretch of valleys. Incredibly stoic and cool and etc. ]


You're right. Come on, let's streak.

[ Which does not mean get naked. Or at least not get naked immediately, since she follows it up by stepping past him and starting down the sheer slope, boots skidding on the uneven terrain. ]
dismantling: (the scar faces through)

raven reyes // the 100

[personal profile] dismantling 2017-01-26 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[i. scenario two]

[You'd think they would've disqualified her for a planetside mission, considering the leg brace, but she'd started out pretty pleased about it. Raven's glad to be back in space after going to the ground - she's always felt like she went out of her depth when she landed. Like her skills are more useful in space. But the fact is, on Eluvio, she doesn't get to do what she used to do on the Ark either, and the whole everyday life schtick got tedious about the same time she got used to being able to shower with hot water every day, her whole wardrobe was hole-free, and the junk food stopped sitting well. Raven's an active person - tedium doesn't suit her. So she'd jumped at the mission when it had been presented, played up how familiar she is with landing unaided on possibly-dangerous planets, convinced them to overlook the brace in the face of her experience, and they'd sent her down.

Now? She's kind of regretting it. Between the ion storm, the food situation, and being back on the ground with fritzing tech again, she wishes she'd stayed on the ship with its easy shopping center and showers. If nothing else, though, she's pretty good at getting by on almost zero food, and she's working on trying to make sure all their equipment works.

So when she sees one of her teammates go down, swooning from dizziness or a hallucination or nausea or whatever else is affecting them, she's hungry but she's capable of slinging an arm around their back. Supporting their weight a little on her brace.]


Hey. Take it easy, okay?

[ii. wildcard: did someone call for a mechanic?]

[She's probably going to get in trouble for it at some point, but that's then and this is now. She'd gotten a job when she arrived here, but Raven is never satisfied unless she's doing what she wants to do - being a mechanic. Building. Fixing. Thinking through problems.

A week or two hanging out in the hangar bay, and she'd figured out the lay of the land pretty quickly. A few important facts: 1) the fleet, fighters, and other ships get repairs in the hangar; 2) the repairs are carried out by mechanical robot staff; 3) the robots break down a lot. She'd also figured out it was pretty much pointless to try to set herself up as a mechanic for every ship in the fleet when the ships all come from different worlds or galaxies and they're all different. The solution? Figure out how to fix the droids.

So she hangs out in the hangar bay, leaning neatly against the wall until she hears tell-tale cursing or noises of frustration, then makes her way over there.]


Sounds like you need your repair droid fixed. I can help you with that.

[iii. un: reyes]

hey everyone. question. were you in space before you woke up here?
Edited 2017-01-26 05:42 (UTC)
nodyinteam: (chummy)

Scenario 4

[personal profile] nodyinteam 2017-01-26 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Nanami's most gigantic friend steps up nearby to deliver an answer to the tiny.]

Hahaha! You'd think that, wouldn't you? I don't know much about the kinds of games that you play... but there's always sports down at the training facility!
vodkatwist: (f)

[personal profile] vodkatwist 2017-01-26 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
I hate texting I can't tell if you're joking or there's another June Colburn in the universe.
juniberries: (IM FEELING VERY STILL)

[personal profile] juniberries 2017-01-26 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
I can assure you I am not joking. And that I have no idea who you are talking about.

[you mention something about space aliens and, well, you're talking to one.
nodyinteam: (casual)

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[personal profile] nodyinteam 2017-01-26 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Nekomaru was doing his best to cope with the unusual situation. He himself had just returned recently from a trip to gather firewood, and he was making a stack of his findings when Hinata stepped out. ...Is it one's imagination, or did he sweat a little at the mention of ingested fruit?

...Maybe it's nothing. He focuses on the first question and jerks a thumb towards the other room.]


It's one of the new guys... The one who doesn't have much spirit! He's been laid down in the other room. You can't miss him! [It's good to see Hinata on top of things. ...He missed the guy.]