// 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

[eyeforaneye]

[ Apparently it's acceptable enough to him since he turns back around, and not a moment too soon. It keeps the narrowing of his eyes hidden, displeasure as contained as nearly every other emotion until it boils over. ]

I wouldn't count on it. No doubt he's got his sights set higher if he isn't just letting himself get lax.

[liquidate]

What, like Eluvio's top brass? (well, he wouldn't be too upset about that one.)

This is his afterlife, technically, isn't it?

[eyeforaneye]

[ There's a small, still extremely unhealthy part of Sasuke that's glad.

Obito could be resting, he could have moved on to the next world, he could be seeing his and Sasuke's family and getting his forgiveness before Sasuke himself could even see them. But instead he's trapped here with but two of the people he's wronged. It finally feels like some small amount of justice. ]

It's a joke of one, if so. But if he reneges on his new choices, his new path, I'll correct him.

[liquidate]

(LOVE IT WHEN YOU TALK LIKE THAT

suigetsu nods his approval at this, folding his arms on a familiar purple shirt that only just seemed to show up. unfortunately sans the multitude of belts. sadly, they have no use around his waist.)

Kukuh, that's right. I wouldn't mind watching that, Sasuke. —Where are we gonna go eat?

[eyeforaneye]

[ Giving into a deep breath to calm his perpetually doused irritation would be letting Obito win and that isn't about to happen. Not today. ]

Don't get excited.

[ ... ]

I thought you had a plan in mind. Now suddenly you're unsure?

[liquidate]

(good... good... let the hate flow through you...)

I had a plan for soup and that's as far as I got with it. I'm more of an improv guy. I'm sure we'll pass a good place as soon as we get outta here! I mean, it'd be genius placement to put a restaurant right outside of a fitness centre. So the fatties will give up at the door.

[eyeforaneye]

[ Fatties? Fitness center? He catches himself trying to remember what stores surrounded the Ichiraku Ramen stand but quickly shuts down the train of thought before he can be tempted to develop any kind of craving. It's been years... The thought of it used to make him want to vomit when he was forced to eat it near weekly. Why does he actually want it now? ]

Forget it. I'll pick out a place. [ Pausing for a moment, focusing on their footsteps... ah. ]

Shoes.

[liquidate]

If you're sure. You look like you enjoy a good soup, so I'll trust you this time.

(if you fuck this up, you're irredeemable.

suigetsu sighs heavily at the nitpicking.)

You think since they kidnapped us, we'd be allowed to wear whatever we wanted. Still, I figure you're a stickler and would try to boss me around anyway...

1/2

[eyeforaneye]

[ Oh you figure, huh, how much do you figure. ]

2/2

[eyeforaneye]

[ Suigetsu's footwear is far from actually being important to him but the orders themselves are so ingrained into his personality that he gives them without thinking. His dick's not out, so... That's priority one. ]

"Kidnapped" makes it sound intentioned. We still don't know if that's the case or how much of the video we were shown was honest.

[liquidate]

Um, I'm calling it right now. This is intentional.

(don't discount suigetsu's guesses, they're usually pretty accurate......)

So when months down the line we're all sitting around wondering why we're science experiments again, I get to say "I told you so" and everyone's gonna hate my guts for being right. But estranging you all will be worth it.

[eyeforaneye]

Don't start wishing for that just to have the opportunity to be right. You're getting carried away, as usual.

[ His tone remains as steady as ever even if the idea is one that bothers him more than he cares to admit. Still, at least that'd hint at someone controlling their way home as opposed to not having one yet. ]

[liquidate]

(auh—)

Obviously I'm not wishing anything like that. I'm just prepared for the eventuality. (that's like, the same thing suigetsu... anyway, he taps the toes of his newly-applied footwear on the floor before trotting to catch up the two strides he fell back.)

Do you even know where we're going?

[eyeforaneye]

[ He's tempted to go without a response, eyes facing forward and registering Suigetsu's compliance by sound alone. It's a level of elemental manipulation that's far beyond any of his own and he'd admit to it; Suigetsu's ability to mimic other materials to such a level of detail is still the source of occasional amazement.

Very, very muted amazement. As muted as he is over lunch when he's treated to one of the least satisfying bowls of soup in his life -- is it entirely broth? At least his teammate appears to be enjoying himself, but Sasuke uses the completion of his own bowl to excuse himself back to his room. He has a few pilfered snacks waiting there to supplement what he's just been subjected to, after all, and it's an equally good opportunity for him to get in some quiet exercise... alone.

He doesn't expect to be bothered by Suigetsu for some time, after all. There's an entire ship for him to explore; Sasuke's one-armed push-ups are far less entertaining. ]

[liquidate]

(it's hours before he finds sasuke, not out of lack of direction or getting lost in another pipe; he goes by foot this time. suigetsu can only guess where he'll be, but the couple of places he's checked have narrowed down his options. if only surprising him were possible, but with his chakra flaring, leaving damp footprints in his wake as he strides with purpose down the hallway, sasuke can more or less "see" him coming.

the door is forgotten, bypassed, liquid gushing between seams of metal without so much as a knock.

to think he'd be left in the dark like this, overshadowed by the problems of everyone else around him so oppressively that no one could spare him an inkling of thought when it came to the edo tensei. sasuke of all people could understand and chose not to, their common ground a goal centred around brothers who wanted to be there for them and went about it the wrong way — death, betrayal, or both (and that's what he thought for so many years, how could he die without him?).

the anger is uncharacteristic, having made everyone accustomed to a smile, a sneer, a goofy comic relief of an attitude through whatever feeling came his way. through being imprisoned, being abandoned, being imprisoned again, being abandoned again, it all stacks up and forming fingers tighten into fists.)

Heeey, sorry Sasuke, (low, forcing a crack of a smirk,) did I interrupt your workout?

[eyeforaneye]

[ Even with a veritable wave of chakra oozing beneath his door Sasuke doesn't -- visibly -- raise his guard, finishing the last full slow push-up with an extension of a strained arm before he even throws him a look over his shoulder. He's no sensor type and never has been, but the aura coming off of his teammate is one he can't confuse for just the usual. Sharp eyes don't miss lines of tension in his forearms either, nor the unnatural smirk.

He draws legs beneath him in a fluid shift back up onto his feet then, stretching to full height. ]

That's not important. What is it? [ asked as he wipes his brow and crosses the room for a drink of water, another bottle tossed Suigetsu's way out of sheer habit. ]

tl;dr sasuke wank

[liquidate]

(the water bottle hits his chest and phases through him, rolling back against the door. it seems to seize, then, before shaking violently and busting open, the cap disappearing after a hard ricochet off of the corner of a wall. the spill collects at his feet, otherwise forgotten.)

Kakashi's here, did y'know? I had a chat with him. It was about the war— (no, before that, it had to have been as there were so many chances for sasuke to discuss it with him,) no, when I was imprisoned with Juugo in the Land of Iron. Where you left us...

(one strike, one thing that pisses him off. how many times has he helped sasuke? from fighting with him to saving his life to spying for him to bringing him answers and a means to some kind of end. being rescued from orochimaru then spat on months later with orochimaru's revival; he can't use it as an excuse anymore. this conversation has been lingering in the back of his head for some time now, always brushing it off because why create more problems for himself? but mangetsu...

learning about mangetsu was the last straw, visibly shaken by the news, expression the real reason he shared the name "kijin no sarai" with his dead brother.)

Mangetsu was brought back with the Edo Tensei and recalled all Seven Swords! Kabuto did that, the one I ran into twice after meeting up with you. (his voice raises, arm whipping out to the side.) I crossed over three countries to bring you the scroll I found so that you could take it without so much as a "thank you" and talk to the four previous Hokage!

(you, you, you. his point is being made very clear. it's all he's ever cared about.)

You didn't tell me. You all just forgot. Every single one of my goals — my brother — was so close I could touch them and no one fucking told me!

sasuke wank aka naruto shippuuden

[eyeforaneye]

[ Eyes follow the discarded bottle until it ruptures, snapping back to Suigetsu who's the source of that anger rather than the result of it. It's jarring enough to hear that Kakashi's here and -- in line with the point Suigetsu's making -- he wants to direct the conversation towards that instead, but he doesn't have a chance in the deluge of condemnations that follows. None of what Suigetsu says can be called a lie but there's the kneejerk response to color it with a generous bit of context, eyes narrowing in a rare display of emotion as he watches him.

It's tempting to activate the sharingan but he doesn't actually expect an attack. Not yet. ]

Calm down.

What the hell are you angry about? That I didn't tell you about Mangetsu? I never saw Mangetsu, or any of the Swordsmen. Before I engaged Kabuto I was still underground with Zetsu. How much news do you think reached me there? [ He pauses, taking a short breath of his own. ]

... I didn't know about your brother, Suigetsu.

i like my title better

[liquidate]

Don't tell me to calm down!

(an arm whipping up, hand poised in a throwback to the very same threat from when they first stood together on equal ground.)

Do you think I'm so stupid as to think you couldn't after that? When you were with Kabuto and I brought you the scroll that changed your life? You didn't tell me then that Kabuto used the Edo Tensei. I didn't know a thing until we were in Konoha and, at that time, I thought Orochimaru was the only one who used it! (snapped with a jerk of his hand, chin raising,) Not only that time, but when first arrived on the battlefield even though it was too damn late. And after that, when Kabuto was healing you!

(violet eyes wide with indignation, a creak of still-contained pressure from the washroom close by.)

You're skimming over quite a lot of that, Sasuke!

yeah me too

[eyeforaneye]

What the hell are you trying to say? That I didn't tell you fast enough because I was focused on the war, when I didn't even know that the Swordsmen had been involved? That I knew ahead of time what Kabuto was doing?

[ It's baffling for him to even consider when juxtaposed with what actually happened, and the mix of irritation and indignation briefly show on his features. ]

If I'd known what Kabuto was doing and who he was planning to target with the Edo Tensei, like your brother, then I'd have killed him before he could resurrect mine. [ The words are punctuated with a subtle but poignant surge of chakra, a gravitational push that's meant to unsteady him. A warning. ]

can sasuke still turn purple

[liquidate]

(opposed to the times when he cowered behind someone stronger, that someone stronger is his direct threat. funny, when it seems to count the most, the instinct to flee is overpowered by an almost suicidal urge to defy — sasuke's weaker than he is when it comes to punishing the ones who don't deserve it.

teeth baring at the push, standing against it with only an inch of ground lost, suigetsu keeps his arm and deadly gun of a hand steadier than ever.)

You were never focused on the war, not for the reasons you like to tell everybody. (comes the bitten retort, knowing it was all out of some skewed obligation to a village that condemned both brothers and the confusion surrounding the entire thing,) But this isn't about you, for once. I'm tired of talking about you. And after what I said I didn't even owe you was paid back tenfold, you still really think the same goes now?

Don't you owe me?

(a step forward, head cocking to the side.)

You said you'd help me and you've done nothing but fuck me over. You even revived Orochimaru after all I did to support you, the guy who imprisoned me for over three years, when I warned you and warned you — for your own sake! (a low hiss from the washroom, the creaking becoming a crack as the tap snaps and water pools onto the floor.) I should try to kill you right now...

Wouldn't you like to be right about how stupid you think I am?!

no that never happened

[eyeforaneye]

[ This time the immediate results of Suigetsu's rage don't split his attention, dangerously red eyes remaining focused on him and nothing else. He wants to destroy the room? Let him. He can write it off as a necessity of this conversation and deal with the aftermath later, like they always do.

As much as he wants to lash out over the first comment he holds himself back; responding to the jibe with any kind of self-righteous defense would end in violence and would only serve to prove Suigetsu's point. ]

... so that's what you think. Is that it?

I didn't revive Orochimaru to spite you; do you think I wanted to see him again? You're asking me to have placed you higher than my own goals at the time. You actually genuinely expected that?

I'm well aware of the fact that I didn't always do the right thing or behave the way that I should have. But I did not lie about your brother.

uhhuh

[liquidate]

No, that's not "it", but talking to you is like talking to a brick wall — you've never listened to me.

(suigetsu expects the sharingan, it wouldn't be a heated "conversation" without it, but he doesn't rear back or cower, having already submitted his willingness to defend himself. instead, he growls, sharp teeth clicking together like the sneer he made at bee.)

So you can say what you want, Sasuke, but "at the time" and "I was busy" doesn't account for every second we've been on the same team together. I d care if you switch sides, wanna repent for what you've done, or kiss the lying asses of everyone in Konoha! (he never cared who sasuke was allied with, none of them did; they joined him for their own reasons, but his own have been spat on and kabuto isn't here to receive blame.

therefore, the broken dam spills over onto sasuke.)

All I ever did was help you out, especially all the times it came to your brother. More than anyone else ever did! (feels his arm lowering, straightening it out with a tight-jawed resolve,) You never spared a single thought, though, and even now you've got your excuses and think you know everything. Do y'know how many times you told me to shut up so when I had important things to say?

Well, I'm — I've had it with that.

(lowering his face, looking up through pale eyelashes with a dark look, trying his best to detach himself. he remembers the conversation with juugo, under a sheet of rain... and he spoke the truth, always did estrange everyone he met. the water from the washroom taps seems to halt at bare feet and is soaked up silently, no other change.

might as well try it again, if it's going to happen anyway. being alone's the worst, but being around someone who hates you can top that somehow.)

You can shut up for once, if you've only got more words to put me down with!

[eyeforaneye]

[ This is the first real exercise in self-control he's been subjected to since his battle with Naruto and his true commitment to change, every word about Konoha or Itachi making his skin crawl with the freshness of those particular wounds but he doesn't move an inch. He's certainly heard worse, from allies and enemies alike, and his own crippling inclination towards guilt -- especially now, having settled on his latest twin goals of redemption and rectification -- keeps him quiet throughout.

He only watches when Suigetsu's aim momentarily falters before steadying, pinned next by eyes that seem almost as sharp as his when they have a target in sight. ]

I used you. [ The sudden admission is stated clearly; he refuses to skirt around it. ]

I used you just like you'd planned to use me, and when I was caught up in my goals I didn't think twice about what was more important to me. You continued to help, I continued to focus my eyes elsewhere. I'm not trying to rewrite our history. I don't have any reason to lie to try to improve my standing when I have as many marks on my name as I do.

Do you get it? I'm not telling you to shut up right now and I'm not making excuses. I know what I did. But if you're going to choose to attack me right now I can't afford to make it up to you by letting you succeed.

[liquidate]

(he knows full well that sasuke was using him and it's still far flung the real reason this whole fiasco bothers him so much. they were both going to use each other, but the other end wasn't held up. and fuck, he should have known. what a goddamn fool, to think sasuke of all people would think of him better and actually keep a promise.

thinking back to karin, how she almost died, and the way they all keep crawling back and calling themselves a team. what a dysfunctional group of reject experiments. suigetsu's arm lowers in a purposeful gesture now, sick to death of himself — but what else can he do? sasuke's always been far stronger than him, even with all of the bold things he used to say about overcoming him with a sword in hand.

what a joke.)

As if that alone would make it up to me. I'm not the one who tries to kill their teammates. (a bitter spit of an answer despite his head being far from cool, the next flare-up of anger swallowed like acid as he holds an intimidatingly red gaze.) If you actually died, all of the time I spent doing this shit for you'd be wasted. I was happy to be outta that tank, anyway, I think I would've done next to anything for that. I just didn't know I'd end up feeling like I lost more than I gained.

(the instinctual urge to leave is one his mind agrees with, taking a step away from sasuke without turning towards the door, hand back to slap at the button panel. it opens quietly, with a mechanical hum.)

To think I'm alone on this ship with you lot from Konoha is seriously disconcerting.