// 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. 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.

Comments

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[avicula]

[ dutch doesn't consider herself an overly suspicious person. it's not suspicion if you're usually right about the risk assessment, is it? she's very good at risk assessments and it just happens that her life thus far has involved plenty of risky situations.

a glowing and angry-sounding briefcase hadn't been among them until now. ]

I really don't think a briefcase is supposed to be doing that.

[achaser]

[It takes the owner of the briefcase a moment to register Dutch being... present. At all. He snaps his attention up from the case, wide-eyed and fingers digging into the latches.]

... Most don't. [He held his fingers over the metal to ensure they didn't come undone, coughing over the faint shriek of a trilk.] It's— It's working out some kinks.

[avicula]

[ he isn't observant, and there's a voice at the back of dutch's mind whispering about how many times and in how many ways she could have killed him in the time before he realizes she's there at all. it's a voice dutch ignores, most days. ]

Sounds like an interesting briefcase, if it can do that. What's in it?

[achaser]

[It isn't a thought that crosses Newt's mind. As far as he was concerned, he was perfectly content being alive, and the only thing that was testing that was the hard slam against the top of the case.

He throws both arms over it to keep it from falling out of his lap, freezing when he realized how dramatic that might have been. Surely leaning his head into his hand and offering a sheepish smile would dismiss it, right...? Right?] Toothbrush, paste, that... that sort of thing.

[The toothpaste sounded like a whining Fek. His smile faltered.] ... They're terribly unhappy with each other, you see. We can't... can't just up and leave without some sort of resolution.

[avicula]

The toothbrush and the toothpaste, you mean?

[ "they're terribly unhappy with each other", because clearly toothbrushes and toothpaste have strong feelings one way or another and are capable of conflict. of course. dutch doesn't believe it for a single second, and her eyebrows are creeping up higher and higher on her forehead.

what an odd man this is. ] You might want to try that again. Who's "they"?

[achaser]

[Hey, there could be a conspiracy between dental tools. Floss, mouthwash, tooth brush and paste... It just so happens it isn't today, and Newt's too defeated to be lying any longer.]

The-- The Trilk and the Fek, from the Oros mission. [He swallows, running his hands over the leather like it was supposed to sooth the creatures within.] They're the most dominant species there, and they've been fighting over... something. They don't have anything of interest to the other, so it's terribly confusing.

[They're also nine to twelve feet tall and should not be running anywhere but their own planet, but. Details.]

[avicula]

[ fortunately for newt, dutch is more inclined to be amused by his attempt at lying than anything else. she does still think that he's lying, though, because — ]

Just how did you fit a Trilk and a Fek into that suitcase, then?

[achaser]

A lot of stuffing. [He still tries to be amusing, even if he's not lying this time. He's quick to realize that's still falling on very disbelieving ears, so he sits up taller as if it'll make him seem to have more authority. He's very serious about his magic creature case's details, you see.]

I charmed it to be bigger on the inside. [He paused, sparing a glance up and Dutch down, considering. He's probably going to have to say more than that.] With, er... magic. My wand. That is... a thing.

[Super serious. Nailed it.]

[avicula]

You're serious.

[ dutch comes to that conclusion with a certain amount of incredulity. he actually thinks there's a trilk and a fek in his suitcase, which means either he's hallucinating or telling the truth. it wouldn't be the first time dutch has been wrong about what she thought could be possible at all.

so a moment later, she asks: ] Can you show me?