// 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

lance - voltron

[cargoed]

• S C E N A R I O 002

[ see, the thing is, lance was prepared for this.

he's a paladin of freaking voltron, after all! which means he's got experience, he's got knowledge, and he's got freaking talent to do this kind of thing and do it well. he and blue could take on entire armes, have taken on entire armies, so what was the harm in going on a mission to a seemingly peaceful planet and securing a landing site?

easy peasy.

you know, until it's not.

but that's the thing - lance is also used to seemingly peaceful planets turning around and kind of totally freaking destroying you. granted, his experience with that tends to lend towards galra fighters and galra ships and galra armies, a whole crew of aliens he's pretty decently awesome at actually fighting. but the planet itself? from the grass to the trees to the actual air around him? all trying to kill him?

that was new.

new, but not impossible. because nothing is impossible. even if it's just him and a couple of other people who are way in out of their league on a murderous angry planet and- you know, suddenly he understands what hunk meant when he said that killer food was his worst nightmare. never in his life did he think that an entire planet's flora and fauna would both, simultaneously, try to kill him. and yet here they are. ]

Hey- hey! [ lance stumbles a bit as he kicks at a vine reaching out to wrap around his leg. they're trying to check down the next ridge, looking for something - anything - that could be a little cleaner. so far, nothing. but lance is about to let the rest of the crew continue on without him. ] Hold on a sec!

• N E T W O R K

username: bluesthenewblack

so!

[ there is no rhyme or reason to when this post will get sent out to the rest of the network. no actual pattern to a time of day or night or place in the universe. it is just sent, because someone seems to have a few extra minutes, and apparently is bored enough to actually try. ]

pool party? anyone? yes? hello?
its way too boring around here and parties work great for the whole
~stuck in space forever~ downers :D
especially ones in pools, or with pools, when they aren't trying to kill you.

so. party. whos with me?????

network, un: altea

[juniberries]

And just where is this pool party being held, Lance?

[cargoed]

/details/ princess
they'll all come together when the stars align
and there are a LOT of stars out here
someones just gotta be ready to get it all there and bring it over the finish line
i am prepared to make that sacrifice

[juniberries]

[I mean she's not necessarily against the idea of hosting a party...despite what happened the last time they did so, buuuut...]

So what you are essentially saying is that you are calling for this party to be held on the Castle-ship. Without having asked me first.

• N E T W O R K (un: paladin)

[bayarm]

Please tell me you're not intending to host a pool party in the Castle.

[ isn't the pool upside down there, anyway?? ]

[cargoed]

im not
NOT
intending to host a pool party in the castle
:D

[bayarm]

Allura might have something to say about that.
Not to mention the potential security risks.

[ honestly? he likes most of the people aboard the eluvio that he's gotten to know so far, but it's a matter of principle. ]

network • un: red

[mullet]

[ lance... ]

seriously?

[cargoed]

[ l i s t e n ]

like the plague, dude
go ahead, tell me this is a bad idea

↠ 1/2

[mullet]

[ no he doesn't want to. ]

i don't think it's a bad idea, actually.

[mullet]

[ he waits just the right amount of time before tacking on the rest. ]

i think it's one of the stupidest ideas you've ever had.

[scrip]

[ 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.

[cargoed]

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?

un: greenmememachine

[sweatysometimes]

What is it with you and pools? I thought you'd be afraid of getting yourself too prune-y.

un: greenmememachine

[cargoed]

what do you have AGAINST pools????
hey science nerd were like 70% water it makes sense
besides
who doesnt like pools
even keith likes pools

Network (ID: maxwell)

[braidedwonder]

Wait... People are complaining about being in space?

Maybe I'm just weird 'cause I was born in space but like.. it ain't that bad..

[cargoed]

yeah dude
im from earth
kinda got blasted out into space by a really sweet lion-ship who i love and adore BUT STILL
not exactly planned
so its kinda a switch to deal with

its just different???? i wouldnt say its ALL bad but still
i miss home sometimes???

id: green

[nerdery]

I don't think we should be trying to throw a party, what with the whole "imminent danger at all times" thing.

[cargoed]

you see pidge
that is EXACTLY why we should be trying to throw a party!

un: l.organa

[sensive]

I don't hate the idea.

[ for morale. ]

Who's the host?

[ who are you? ]

makes grabby hands towards

[cargoed]

BECAUSE ITS A GOOD ONE!!!!!!

and uh
thats where it gets complicated
cause the ship belongs to the princess but also????
im a+ at hosting parties
so it depends on what she wants to do

network • un: thace

[thace]

Have you truly nothing better to do?

[cargoed]

[ oh snap. oh snap. this dude!!!! that he. kind of remembers talking about? wait isn't he....wait. what. what. ]

uh yeah
duh

[ wait, no, that's not what he meant crap. ]

I MEAN
raising team morale is important too
teamwork and bonding and everything
its important!!!

002

[imnodding]

[ Hunk is just about right with Lance on his preparedness levels. Of course something is going to go horribly wrong. He's kind of surprised that more people don't realize it sooner-- something always does go belly-up when people are exploring a beautiful, plentiful, mysterious new planet.

He's been trying to stick closer to their little shuttle when he can, hoping that enough pluckiness and mechanical fortitude will somehow help them overcome... space itself deciding that nothing is gonna work, apparently, but Hunk is bad at staying alone with nonworking shuttles on horrible angry planets.

Man. Kinda regretting agreeing to this trip at all. Whether through heightened anxiety, general concern, or long stretches of Lance-based reactionary conditioning, Hunk only needs one good yell to try to scope out the problem. Definitely Lance, definitely upset. Can't blame him, because holy quiznak. HELP..... IS ON THE WAY. ]

You okay there, buddy? Did you step in some quicksand or something? Is- wait, is there quicksand on this planet too? Because I'm pretty sure the briefings never mentioned quicksand. Everything wants to kill us and I am not prepared to deal with the ground eating me!

O M G BESTIE I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW THIS TAG

[cargoed]

[ maybe it has something to do with hunk and lance teaming up? it feels like every time it's just the two of them, the planet is ready to go gung ho into the violent realm. you know, maybe it's because they're so intimidating! awesome! generally very competent and awesome looking. the blue and yellow lions are the scariest and coolest of the team, after all.

but then again, hunk stays back with the shuttle, and lance goes off with the rest of the exploration party. it's smart, a tactical idea. they can cover more ground and keep a hold on their shuttle and way off and it just!!!! you know!!! makes sense.

except that lance probably shouldn't have left hunk alone, and maybe lance shouldn't have yelled out and attracted a bunch of attention, but boy howdy is he glad for the hand that reaches down and helps him back on his feet. ]

Yeah I'm- [ oh, well, there he goes. ] It's not quicksand, dude. Just some vines that are kind of trying to drag us back to whatever- actually, let's keep moving. [ because the second hunk pulls him up, lance starts noticing more of the same creepy vines coming after him. not good. not good at all. so the second he sees the movement, he's shoving his hands into hunk's shoulder, pushing him further along the path. ]

This whole 'planet trying to eat you' thing is getting really old...