// 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

[hellshot]

[Wow, those are MY FUCKING PRETZELS how dare you]

...You're a nosy one, aren't you. [He takes a moment to squint at Sasuke, looking at those eyes--they weren't red a moment ago, he's sure of it.]

Given that fire is how I died in the first place, it can't do much to burn me anymore. [His cells are too used to burnt skin and muscle--it replicates it quickly enough to barely have an effect anymore.]

Can't say electricity does too much either. [Winston's Tesla cannon had hurt, but he'd recovered from it easily enough.]

...

Can't say anything for wind, who the hell uses that as a weapon. [Read: Never experienced it before.]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Ah. If this man tries anything on Suigetsu or himself, attack him with wind first. Got it. ]

Who can say. [ lol ] I'd assume different worlds contain different marvels. Your condition is just one of them on its own, especially if you're already deceased.

[ crunch ]

1/2

[hellshot]

.... [Reaches down to take his pretzels back, thank you. Get your own out of the broken machine.]

2/2

[hellshot]

Isn't anything like me, here nor there. [I'm one of a kind, bitch.] So, what. Are you like Suigetsu too, or something. [Gestures at his face, now...]

Certain your eyes weren't red when we first started speaking.]

[eyeforaneye]

If I were entirely like Suigetsu then I wouldn't have allegedly lost my arm to a door. We all have our talents.

His are just particularly useful.

[hellshot]

Useful. Having someone around who's invulnerable to most attacks and fear of death. [Yeah, he gets it. It's the same reason Talon paid Him so much to stick around and do their dirty work.]

You could get that arm replaced, you know.

The technology exists.

[eyeforaneye]

So you say. [ There's actually a hint of emotion here, an inflection of tiredness. ]

The replacement would have to be capable of the same things my arm was capable of. I'm better off addressing it when I return home, should I decide that at all.

[hellshot]

[Once again, he raises an eyebrow underneath that skull-like mask of his--an expression Sasuke won't see, but hear in his voice as he responds.]

Who knows, maybe. Is that sort of thing possible where you're from.

Your pal seemed hardly capable of using the communicator. And I've seen others here from worlds that aren't as advanced as the technology found aboard the Eluvio.

[eyeforaneye]

You shouldn't underestimate others just because their knowledge is different from yours.

Besides... Suigetsu's body isn't the result of technological advancement in our world. Why should mine be? [ answer me that, bitch ]

[hellshot]

Because your knowledge is different from mine. [I will fight you, one-armed child.]

My body is the way it is due to technology. So what am I supposed to assume you and the jellyfish are made of.

[eyeforaneye]

[ Don't fight me, I just came out here to get a bottle of water. ]

I'd assume that at least by context clues you would realize that the answer isn't the same as yours. You really mean to tell me you thought Suigetsu was altered the same way you were?

[hellshot]

Told you. Ain't nothing like me between here or there.

When he first oozed outta my bathroom tap, my first thought was that he was some sort of fucked up Alien I hadn't encountered yet.

And then he called his shit 'powers'. [Which threw all his available logic out the proverbial window.]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Well maybe it was a translation error, Reaper, how do you know. ]

Of course he's an alien. [ ??? ] To you, he's foreign. All the same, he's exactly as human as I am. I'll tell you only once not to insinuate otherwise in the future.

[hellshot]

[He has no idea. Technology isn't his division dammit.]

Touchy, touchy. Now who's the one slinging threats. [He laughs; low, echoing.]

Alien as in not human. Clearly, you and yours are from a far different planet from mine. Even if our species are generally the same.

1/2

[eyeforaneye]

[ another quick up-down stare at him ]

2/2

[eyeforaneye]

If you say so.

But sure, you could call it a threat. I'd rather avoid unnecessary violent feuds, if possible, so it's better to make a strong statement rather than risk it coming up later. [ This almost makes sense. ] I don't feel like fighting if I don't need to, outside of spars.

[hellshot]

....

[What the FUCK was that look? Do you have something to say, punk?]

I told you. I have a face under this mask. I'm just as human as you are. [He refuses to admit that, in reality, he's more like some sort of fancy cyborg, of course.]

Hmfh. Wouldn't want to fight inside a space ship, anyway. If things get too out of hand, could knock the entire thing out of its flight path.

[And possibly break open a hull or window and subject people to the horrifying vacuum of space. And that's actually something he's Entirely Not Okay with.]

[eyeforaneye]

[ I'm glad that we have found your moral compass underneath all that steamed owl.

... but oh no, now you've done it. ]

Knock it off of its flight path? [ His gaze immediately snaps back up to what he can make out of Reaper's. ]

Are you that strong?

[hellshot]

.........

I'm strong enough. I'm human, but I'm an SEP soldier.

What the hell is that look for, calm down. I've got no plans on attacking anyone, just like you don't.

I like being somewhat alive as I am, thank you.

[eyeforaneye]

I didn't say that I thought you were going to attack anyone. It's just an interest of mine.

As a fighter, do you not have a sense of curiosity when it comes to the capabilities of others?

[hellshot]

When I was a younger man, I used to. [Honestly.]

Now, all I have an interest in are the things I want done before this body of mine finally gives out. I can't be wasting my time and energy battling people I find 'interesting'.

[eyeforaneye]

That sounds unfortunate. [ He's slightly desensitized to that particular issue, though it does spur some particularly bad memories. ]

But with that said, given my understanding of this place you're here on extended time. How old are you that even that doesn't change your view?

[hellshot]

If there's a way to get here, there's a way to get back. They just haven't found it yet. [He doesn't believe, despite popular discussion, that they're 'stuck' here forever. Just until someone figures out how to go back. He's certain Sombra could figure it out quicker than these Eluvio fucks could, anyway.]

I'm nearly 60. And living on borrowed time. I've already lived fifteen years more than I should have. I don't give myself another fifteen. [Nanites were powerful things, but he's not naive enough to think they've made him immortal. They'd run out of power, eventually.]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Sasuke readies himself to speak before questioning the wisdom of it, ready to tell him that his own interdimensional capabilities are currently entirely inaccessible to him -- because believe him, he's tried. But no. That'd be admitting something he can do, which is against his M.O., along with admitting to a limitation. Also not on his list of good ideas. ]

I'd say you don't look your age, but you don't look like anything.

If the dead can appear here, however, I wouldn't feel concerned over this interruption. Something in this place is accommodating people that've been through more than even you.

[hellshot]

You don't want to know what I look like. [He states it simply, as fact. It's bad enough that Suigetsu got more than just a peek--but that'd been different. He'd broken into his room.]

I'm not concerned. I'll get to go home sooner or later. So until then, I'll do what every other person on this damn ship is doing. Dealing with it.

[Scoff. Who knows. If they're stuck here long enough, maybe Eluvio will even pull some Overwatch members here--and he can continue his work here.]