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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.
doxing: bought mama a crib and a brand new wagon, now she hit the grocery shop looking lavish (pic#10853720)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-14 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Attached— (oh my god, reaching up to touch the body mods affixed directly to her skull,) no, but these let me interface with machines. That's why you ask instead of smashing vending machines that can just be... Talked to, right?

(she is comfortable at this distance and thinks she might stay here. handsome guy; far too young.)

You're speaking Japanese right now, at least that's what the communicator's detecting. Must be some inter-dimensional bullshit, I wouldn't worry about it. (points a manicured nail at him.) At least y'know now, if strangers ask.
eyeforaneye: (Default)

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-15 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Now his stare's dropping to her finger and he does actually casually lean away from it, as if one of them is coated in some kind of forcefield. Wonder who. ]

I'm not obligated to answer any strangers. I'm not worried about it. [ At... all... what's of more interest is her ability to apparently connect to machines, one that's entirely beyond him. ]

I took care of it in my own way.
doxing: kid, trust me, you're better off with the sharks (pic#10764162)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-15 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Your way is gonna fuck up our way. (said amusedly, the nail tapping into the centre of the table.

I'LL BE MAD THO, you can't keep me from my snacks man...
)

You wanna learn how to use it, so I can get getting pretzels without having to answer to a vending machine bouncer?
eyeforaneye: ({I use a wallet for your mouth})

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-15 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... he opens his mouth, then, and out comes-- ]

What are pretzels? [ The first comment is wholly glossed over; if Uchiha Sasuke was particularly concerned about not inconveniencing others he would've quietly died a long time ago. ]
doxing: she's stacking money, money everywhere she goes (pic#10764175)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-15 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
...

(measured inhale, measured exhale. before the bag is turned with a single finger and bumped to the opposite side of the table.)

Go on and try one.
eyeforaneye: ({I can't sleep})

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[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-16 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ The offer's unexpected and if he hadn't endured experimentation at Orochimaru's hands in order to increase his body's resistances to viruses and poisons, he might refuse outright.

As it is, he slowly reaches into the bag to procure a single pretzel for himself, taking even longer to bite into it.
]
eyeforaneye: ({it's breaking ice now})

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[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-16 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Porous, yet dense. Dry. Crunchy. Salty. ]
eyeforaneye: ({what's your vice?})

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[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-16 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . ]
eyeforaneye: ({as the hurt comes there's an argument})

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[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-16 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Very well. I understand now.

I'll learn.
doxing: just when you thought it was cold, still calling out your name (pic#10764083)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-16 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they're pretty okay... (she's playing this off for both of them.) I wouldn't buy 'em like... Every day, but once in a while is acceptable...

(the translator has a surprisingly easy time conveying tone, impressive and expected from future tech. she's motioning to the vending machine with a broad wave of her hand, now, still sporting a hard buzz, eyebrow quirking as she rises from the seat.)

C'mon, if you apply your new talent at opening water bottles on this thing, you'll be a natural.
Edited 2017-02-16 23:36 (UTC)
eyeforaneye: ({on a mountain he sits})

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-17 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Once in a while is acceptable"? Hm... maybe once in a while is acceptable. Something to keep in mind. Ah, but one moment, he's being patronized again. ]

I think I've proven that I can also open that machine. [ All the same he did agree, so he does stand in order to move nearer to it. Somehow it feels like it's smoking more than before. ]

... is it really possible to learn anything from this still?
doxing: hold your head up, let the waves break (pic#10764172)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-17 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
That's not how you open it. That's how you destroy it. Stop destroying the snack machines.

(three statements, all simply put. for the young and the restless and kind of dumb.)

I can at least show you the buttons. Then, if you're feeling brave, we can try a healthy vending machine.

(standing next to the corpse of the first one, hand on its side... there, there...)
eyeforaneye: (Default)

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-18 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It won't be a matter of me feeling brave. I'm a fast learner.

[ Unimpressive bragging about the ability to work or not work a vending machine aside, he has yet to access any feeling of guilt. He's not feeling overly generous when it comes to those in charge of this vessel. ]

Go ahead.
doxing: you turn it on for believers, you turn it on for the fame (pic#10764080)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-19 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
First, you pick what you like. In this case, a water... (reaches in through the hole in the glass to tap the tag beneath the water.) There's a letter and a number. A5. Notice there's a pad on the right side, with letters and numbers corresponding to the appropriate item...?

(slowly nods at him before continuing.)

You tap one of your dog-tags here on this sensor, your dog-tags are holding all of your money wirelessly so you're gonna wanna keep it with you. Like they said, unfortunately. (tapping her dog-tag, but the thing's too busted to read it... oh well.) It'll take the cost of the water outta your account like that, you type in the selection number, then you watch the machine drop it for ya.

(points to the rungs that hold the items, then down to the drop-box below, pushing the twisted metal flap with a creak.)

Finally, you grab your shit and go. Easy, no pain strategy to buy from vending machines, just like that. No need to pillage the poor things.
eyeforaneye: ({who's stolen my first name})

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-20 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sasuke again watches without a change of expression despite how slow the process is, fingers catching on his own dog tags when he raises his hand and inspects them for what must be the hundredth time. It's still disorienting to see his world referred to as a single part of a much greater whole when he'd never known anything else. This place itself is hard to wrap his head around. ]

I've got it. [ Breaking into it was still more satisfying, but he's holding onto a lot of bad habits from his... rebellious years. Yeah. ]

I can operate one of the undamaged ones later. More importantly... how long is it that you've been here?
doxing: i make it to the golden gate and fail, so then you throw your fantasy away to fade (pic#10853725)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-20 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, I've been here since December 11th, so just over two months now?

(sounds amused by it, smiley, but the dark makeup just makes her look that much more tired.)

Hard to believe and it doesn't feel like it's gonna end anytime soon. (a flip of her hand, poised to examine her fingernails with a little look over him.) You're gonna be careful no matter what I say, kid, but there's something wrong with the crew and the higher-ups on this ship. Keep your trust to yourself, or you'll end up getting bent over.
eyeforaneye: (Default)

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-25 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bent over"? [ The wording's paired with a quirk of his brow but her meaning quickly settles in. ]

Ah. Got it. I'll bear it in mind, but I didn't have any plans to drop my guard. [ There's something in the way she says it, though, meant to be flippant but sounding far more serious than her earlier comments have all the same. ]

I take it there's a reason you feel compelled to say something. Did something specific happen?
doxing: stick of dynamite for believers, it's just a breath away and you're ready to blast (pic#10763995)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-26 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

(and he's asking questions. some people are so astonished by the face they're in space that they forget why they're in space. sombra doesn't mind reminding them.)

There was a mission down on a planet called Oros. Oros is now completely devoid of life. I think you can piece the rest together.
Edited 2017-02-26 05:38 (UTC)
eyeforaneye: (Default)

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-27 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Wrong. I can't. [ Quite simply, and he doesn't mind saying so. The devil is in the details. ]

Are you saying that this was directly caused by those in command of this ship? And do you know any reasoning behind it?
doxing: just when the lights go down (pic#10764170)

[personal profile] doxing 2017-02-28 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
TL;DR, we were sent down to retrieve an artifact from a high security facility surrounded by warring local armies. The Trilks and the Feks, both very alien and very nasty. One team infiltrated, while the other... Held down the fort, so to speak.

(there's a very wry humour to her tone, but this is information anyone can glean from a once-over of the network — and that allura woman's posts.)

Their defence arrays protecting the surface were lowered via access terminal and the planet was firebombed from fucking orbit!
eyeforaneye: (015;)

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-02-28 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The shift in her tone is marked and he looks her over a bit more critically, shifting to fully face her. ]

Attacked by this ship, you mean. Was the team ordered ahead of time to lower the shields as well? [ This can't be so cut and dry, can it? ]
doxing: give it away, give it away (pic#10764079)

THAT ICON IS SO CUTE, FUCK

[personal profile] doxing 2017-03-01 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
The shields Beta team needed to take down were on the inside of the facility as well, protecting the relic. Too bad, maybe the planet would've been salvageable if they'd done their job right.

(a tap at the side of her nose, before reaching into the vending machine for another bag of pretzels.

they're handed to sasuke with a smirk.
)

It wasn't Eluvio who instigated those thermonuclear detonations either, so not this ship. But they knew this was gonna happen.
eyeforaneye: (125;)

I KNOW thank god 'cause all my others got defaulted, woe

[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-03-01 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ His gaze lowers almost questioningly to the proffered gift almost like he's trying to suss out a motive for it. But... slowly... he takes them... ]

That's information enough to maintain wariness, like you advised. I'm not sure that it's wholly damnable. There'd be a lot of factors in a decision like that and a lot of assumptions to be made.
doxing: the songs on the radio are okay, but my taste in music is your face (pic#10865482)

a tragedy...

[personal profile] doxing 2017-03-01 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
You think? Well, that's one opinion...

(wary guy, isn't he? she likes that in others, when it's so prominent in her.)

All's I need's a little sliver of doubt to keep people on their toes. We'll see what happens, especially after the recent events. Detached arms of our teammates, organs strewn about like decorations, medical team unresponsive, databases untouchable...

You just know to call me when things get clearer.

(and with that, she's turning to leave, raising a hand in a merry little wave.)

Don't let anyone give you grief about your arm, niño, you've got sense that makes up for it.
eyeforaneye: (106;)

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[personal profile] eyeforaneye 2017-03-02 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ wait no come back how do I call people ]

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