// 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

sachi faker | tower of god

[thornvine]

[ you're born inside a building, you're raised inside that building, you're educated inside that building, and you expect to die inside that building, and that's how it's been your entire life. a rather long life, mind you -- far longer than what any normal human would typically have. so, you spend centuries believing the ways of your old world...

...and then the next thing you know, you're ejected into nasa-proven "really really big" space. ]


[ 2. ]

[ even better, you're ejected from the spaceship into an utterly foreign planet, with all communications cut off -- his commlink, his pocket device from home, neither work and it's a shame...

...but apparently the bigger shame is that he's stuck here with you (or really, that you're stick with him), because as soon as it becomes evident and clear that there will be no assistance from the rest of the fleet, he's walking off into some set direction.

a loner and not very friendly -- yes, he's about to abandon you and go off on his own, without even a comment of "well, bye!". ]


[ 4. ]

[ so it goes -- there's a tall man dressed in red, sitting by one of the tables with a clear view out into space, all glittering distant stars in the deep black. the back of his head is visible, and if you bother to really take a look, his side profile, too -- an unreadable expression and one, dark red eye, looking out. it seems like a calm enough scenario, and sure, you can bother him now, but he gives off the impression of a man who'd rather be left alone.

...except when you pass by the same place hours later, he's still there, not having moved an inch. there are a few strange, golden whirls of light around him as if to light up the place a little, but that's about it.

well, he isn't a statue since he's breathing, so...? ]


[ W I L D C A R D . ]

[ help I'm a big baby. hit me up with whatever you think is fun! ]



[ fair warning: i might be a little slow/erratic in responding, i'm getting smashed by finals ahoehahaohae ]

1/4

[eyeforaneye]

[ Staring's an underrated art form. A lot can be learned via eyesight alone, rid of the burdens of unnecessary incessant noise.

And so, upon passing Sachi once without much appraisal before making his way back after an unsatisfying bland dinner, Sasuke pauses. He looks at him. He looks out the window. He looks back at him. ]

2/4

[eyeforaneye]

[ ... ]

3/4

[eyeforaneye]

[ Slowly he sits down next to him, allowing for a generous amount of space... ]

4/4

[eyeforaneye]

[ ... and he, too, stares. Out at nothing. Not a word spoken.

I'm sorry. ]

i swear to god. 1/3

[thornvine]

[ he notices. he definitely notices this one shadow out of the couple that have passed through the hallways stop, then come closer.

absolute silence.

sasuke is ignored at first; sensing no danger nor business from this man, figuring he'd lose interest and continue on and leave sachi to his own odd business. outer space is an utter mystery to him and "stars" a legend. he's just been pondering for a few good hours now, considering their foreign nature, different from anything he'd ever known --

he feels that someone getting closer.

and sitting next to him.

and staring out the same window.

in absolute silence. ]

2/3

[thornvine]

[ he slowly looks at him. ]

3/3

[thornvine]

[ and a continued, silent look at this dark-haired, somber man.

who are you... but more importantly

go find a different spot to stargaze ]

1/6, yes

[eyeforaneye]

[ And Sasuke, of course, notes him shifting his gaze out of the corner of his eye. He remains unaffected at first, continuing his mental mapping of the void in front of him... ]

2/6

[eyeforaneye]

[ ... before instead turning to the void next to him. That's you and your personality, by the way. ]

3/6

[eyeforaneye]

4/6

[eyeforaneye]

5/6

[eyeforaneye]

6/6

[eyeforaneye]

[ do you need something ]

1/2, i don't have enough icons so you'll have to settle for 2.

[thornvine]

[ zahard almighty, no one can leave him alone, ever, no matter how much "leave me alone" he could emanate.

and so it continues, and for a brief moment, sachi has this kind of look on his face as you would when you see a bug in the corner of your room and you don't really like it all that much, but you're also at that point in your semester where you're not sure whether you can bring yourself to care...

he feels a vague "whaddyawant" type vibe break through the not-really-strong-at-all tension, and minutely, just minutely, his brow furrows... ]

2/2

[thornvine]

[ ugh, fine, he'll bother to break it -- it's better than sitting around doing nothing all night but this, he needs a break. yes, he's fully aware he's just stared out into space for presumably about five hours straight.

so in a slow, a little rough but clear, neutral voice, he asks -- ]

Do you need something.

[ indeed. ]

4

[liquidate]

It's neat, huh?

(looking from him, to the window, back to him, then to the window.)

Kinda spooky, don'tcha think? Like at any moment one of those big rocks could hurtle through the window and suck us all out into space so we can asphyxiate and die, hahaha. Life is so fragile.

(GO. AWAY.)

[thornvine]

[ the look suigetsu gets is a priceless ageless "where the hell did you come from" kind of eyebrow furrow, with an added flavour of disdain and "i didn't ask for this".

he listens to the other talk with that kind of expression, mouth set in a faintly stern frown, like suigetsu just sat down, spat some gibberish, and then expected an answer. still, though he agrees that life is fragile, what in the world are you running your watery mouth about. ]

...

[ there's a pause, and then with the audience's bated breath, sachi says the line everybody's been waiting for -- ]

Go away.

[liquidate]

Yeah, I wish they'd go away too. It'd put everyone's minds at ease...

(motioning to the window with a glance over between oppressive silences.)

I mean how many rocks could there possibly be in the outer space? At least twenty, I reckon...

1/2

[thornvine]

[ he has this brief look of something like caution, something like the world's vaguest revelation, something like oh, my god, i'm talking to an utter idiot. ]

wildcard

[nakama]

[ Wherever this guy is sleeping or resting, he'll suddenly be confronted with a tall, white-haired man seemingly swirling into shape just above him.

Obito may be standing between his legs if he's laying down, or standing... on top of him. He hadn't sensed him before letting the kamui suck him back into reality, so... sorry. If you had chakra inside you, this wouldn't have happened.

He'll just stare down at the boy when he realizes what he's done where he teleported himself to. ]

i didn't ask to be attacked by two uchihas

[thornvine]

[ sachi, for the most part, is a fairly light sleeper. he doesn't typically sleep in conventional ways, instead on his side with back curled slightly, fingers always onto something like the handle of his mace-like weapon or the blankets or whatever.

the cause for his light sleep involves a mix of his dangerous occupation, as well as past trauma and remaining guilt that causes him to have recurring nightmares, but skipping the details -- what matters right now is that as soon as obito forms in close proximity to him, he snaps awake almost aggressively. a surge of shinsoo -- like a tidal wave of energy, almost -- spreads outward reflexively, and most people would be thrown backwards... or at least stumble. the man himself is also quickly up, scrabbling backwards to distance him and the weird stranger danger before him first, an advantage --

but wait a second. last he checked, he wasn't in the tower anymore.

so instead, adrenaline running, the most irritated kind of exhale escaping from his chest -- ]

What the hell!

[ he sounds a little pissed, just a little. ]

[nakama]

[ If it's tangible, it will phase right through his material form, thanks to the kamui. His eyes are vividly rimmed red, which seem to glow against the pale light of this planet's moon.

He won't hold the sudden attack against him. After all, it's Obito's fault for startling the poor kid.

He's interested in his power. But he has to be subtle about it.

Now, what to say? Sorry? ]

... [ There's nothing he really can say. And he doesn't want to explain the nature of his power. ]

(2) the pattern seems to be Uchiha, upbeat idiot, I'm helping

[siegfreed]

[Hey, sure, Zaveid gets it. He's not much of a team player himself. So he's not gonna go try to lecture the guy about how they "aught to stick together" or any of that. But he also isn't keen on being on his own on an unfamiliar planet, the whole idea of being on another planet is still pretty wild, and this one is already proving to be less than friendly. He's a loose canon type of guy, but he's not a complete idiot.

So instead he just trots after Sachi, arms crossed behind his head. All casual. Clearly they're just both going in the same direction.]

Man, is this a shit show or what? [Said without any real concern. When you're hundreds of years old, it takes a bit longer for panic to set in, after all.] Guess we might as well have a look around this place.

sure you are

[thornvine]

[ if you started lecturing, sachi would've just given you one look and then have gone on like you said nothing at all. or even better, he wouldn't have stopped to listen at all. i know, real friendly man, here...

he's utterly aware that the other is following him now, and it's not as if he was going to do anything against it, but... well, to be the most frank, he doesn't really have an opinion either way because zaveid isn't that important him.

there's a bit of a pause before sachi even opens his mouth to answer, vision set straight forward and focused on the scenery before him, rather than sparing a glance. ]

You can do whatever you want. I'd rather look for a way to get a connection with the fleet so we can get off.

[ all work and no play... ]