// 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

Apollo | DC Comics

[itssacrifice]

2;

[After weeks stuck on the ship, it's a relief to be chosen as apart of the team to scope out the new planet they've come across. Even on a ship the size of the Eluvio, there are only so many places you can go and only so many things you can do before boredom and cabin fever begin to kick in. Plus, all the greenery and plant life Apollo spots from out of the window as their ship sets down is a very welcoming sight, the complete opposite of the chrome and metal found in the fleet.

Well, it's welcome for all of .2 seconds after they touch down on the planet, and then a storm blows in, scrambling communications and sending everything haywire. Not being very technologically inclined himself, outside of being a tech user, he decides to head out and scout the area, leaving the rest to the tech experts.

After all, they are here to gather food supplies, of which there appears to be an abundance. Slipping his solar bracelet on, an assurance that he'll remain healthy and powered up for whatever comes, he turns to the nearest person besides him with a grin.]

I need to get out of this cage. Care to join me?

[After all, two people and collect more supplies than one. And with communication being down, it's best to have a partner.]

3;

[Anyone walking through the residential area of the ship may hear low, gargling noises and see a bright, yellow light illuminating the hallway ahead. Drawing closer, they'll come across a scene of Apollo, hovering inches off the floor, shooting blasts of solar energy out of his eyes at the creature. The cries grow louder, indicating pain, but for some reason he ceases his attack.

A familiar strip of cloth is hanging off the creature's arm, like a ripped piece of clothing. The cloth is identical to a shirt Apollo had seen one of the shop keepers wearing just that morning. Dread and sorrow sit in the pit of his stomach as realization dawns.]

They're people. Were people.

[Unfortunately, the creature isn't going to wait around for Apollo to digest this horrifying news and is moving with speed towards him. The blond man doesn't hesitate in flying towards the creature, matching its speed, and wrapping an arm around its neck while landing a punch with the other hand.

And that's when he notices you.]

You need to clear this floor! Now.

4; network

id: apollo

What exactly do you all do for fun around here? There's only so much yoga and flight simulations a person can do before losing their minds.

4; id: midnighter

[yeshomo]

okay now that's just factually untrue.

id: apollo; omg hi

[itssacrifice]

You mean to tell me that after weeks of being stuck on this ship you're not getting a little stir-crazy?

You?

:)) hi

[yeshomo]

what can i say? the prospect of punching aliens has got me in a good mood

[itssacrifice]

And yet we are currently woefully all out of aliens to punch.

Which brings us back to my question.

[Technically there are some aliens a part of their crew, but they're not going to go and punch them.

...]

Do not go looking for a fight. We have to live with these people.

[yeshomo]

We are out of aliens to punch for now.

[this is an important distinction, he feels]

I don't go looking for fights. They come looking for me.

[do they, though?]

[itssacrifice]

For the next couple of days if the eta on our next plant landing is anything to judge by.

There is no way you just typed that with a straight face.

[He calls bullshit on that one, M.]

So, do you have anything besides punching things to suggest?

[yeshomo]

My list of things that are more fun than punching is very short.

[something on there might rhyme with duck]

[itssacrifice]

I really need to work on broadening your horizons then.

We can start with something simple; grocery shopping.

Come with and I'll make you whatever you want for dinner.

4

[dollfie]

Drawing! There's a shop of paintings and stuff that Pino likes to go to and copy from!

The shopkeeper doesn't like it much though.

Oh, or Pino helps Re-L train! [pino not everyone knows who re-l is stop--]

4

[itssacrifice]

That's a good past time if you have the skill for it. Where is this shop at, if you don't mind my asking? I've been thinking about getting some artwork to liven up my room.

Is Re-L a friend of yours?

[dollfie]

It's in the central shopping area! It's across from the Petite Fluff Animal Cafe! But if they're expensive or if the shopkeeper is mean, Pino can make you copies for free! Just point out which ones you like.

I guess you could say that. Re-L is Re-L, and she takes care of me! She's really tall and wears lots of blue eye makeup and looks like she's looking down on people a lot. If you met her you wouldn't forget her. She'd make sure of it!

[itssacrifice]

[But...wouldn't that be stealing?

...He's going to let that go. For now.]

That's a very generous offer. I'll get back to you on that.

[Or not.]

She seems fun. I'll keep an eye out.

[dollfie]

Fun? Sure, fun! You could say that!

Is your name apollo? like the god?

[She's guessing from the network id of his. Her own is jsut SuperDollfie which probably wasn't actually set by her but. still.]

[itssacrifice]

Yeah, just like the god.

[Well his civilian name is Andrew, but he's more or less gotten used to being known by his hero alias. It's easier than trying to explain the duel identity thing that's so prevalent in his world.]

Is your name Dollfie?

[dollfie]

Are you a god?

[Look with everything else on this ship ad stuff she's seen in her world, it's a legitimate question]

Nope! Pino is Pino! A dollfie is a type of doll, I think? Which is rude, Pino is not a doll!

I'm an AutoRiev!

4.

[eggclipse]

Smaller tasks oft serve to take the mind off the grand scheme of things.

Have you considered sewing?

[itssacrifice]

That depends. Are you offering to teach me?

[eggclipse]

It takes a delicate touch and a steady mind to master. Think you can handle it?

[itssacrifice]

Not too sure about the delicate touch, but I think I can manage.

[eggclipse]

It's a skill we could all use. The day will come when no one will be able to patch up after your poor life decisions save for yourself.

[itssacrifice]

That's a little presumptuous of you. Assuming I make poor life decisions and that I rely on others to clean up after me.

[eggclipse]

Don't you?

2

[pscythopath]

[Zack's already been pacing impatiently, grumbling to himself over how he didn't know shit about any of this and playing with a switchblade. Being stuck...wasn't good. At least he could get outside -- something that he kicks himself in the head for not realizing until Apollo makes his offer.]

There's some fuckin' annoyin' phrases about this... Misery loves company? Beggars can't be choosers?

[It wasn't his first choice of company, but at least he seemed likeminded for...some things. Being outside kinds of things. Like this guy knew anything about cages. Ha.]

Let's just get the fuck outta here...

[itssacrifice]

[Well this guy certainly seems cheery. He can't say that Zack would have been his first choice of companion either, merely the closest choice. And Apollo is nothing if not a social kind of guy.]

Well, I'd rather be miserable surrounded by open spaces and fresh air than trapped in here another minute.

[Maybe he doesn't know much about cages, per se. But he knows a thing or two about being kidnapped by aliens who spend years experimenting on him. Either way, the feeling of being trapped is not one he cares for.]

After you...[He swings his arms in an arch towards the door of the ship, indicating for Zack to go first.]