SPRING TEST DRIVE MEME

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THE TEST DRIVE MEME

Got someone you want to try out before you app? Well this is the post for it! Feel free to use anything that fits in the setting of Drift Fleet! Want to play bumper shuttles? Want to go wild in a med bay? Play around with the current plot? Have at it!

Threads from the Test-Drive may be made game "canon" but DO NOT count toward AC!

FOR NEW PLAYERS: You DO NOT NEED an invite to participate in the TEST DRIVE! If you decide to APP into the game, ONLY THEN will you need an invite from a current player! Applications for new players open April 1st.

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From now on, Test Drives will be posted SEASONALLY (or every three months!). So the next one will be posted in the summer!

Comments

[neversets]

With the fighting.

[ His grin takes on a decidedly cheeky edge and he floats up in the air a little, leaning down to look at Clark. ]

I don't know that our work outs would involve the same thing, but I'm sure I could manage if you ever change your mind.

[ Yes, you really are being flirted with. ]

[anewhope]

[ He ducks his head, flashing a quiet smile. ]

I'll try and remember that.

[neversets]

I'm guessing that you might find an offer to help you get rid of that mud a bit forward.

[anewhope]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Maybe a little. I'm just not used to the attention. It's really flattering.

[ Clark can never stop the instinctive reaction to look away, to vanish, to make sure he never leaves a lasting impression. He's played it dangerously close at times, and that's how Lois found him. ]

[neversets]

You're a good looking guy, I'm surprised you don't get flirted with more often. Especially with a pair of arms like those.

[Apollo is not encroaching on personal space, but he's definitely flirting with his body language... while still hovering.]

[anewhope]

Looks aren't everything, I suppose.

[ Something he is vaguely grateful for. ]

[neversets]

Well, no, of course not, but they're the first thing we notice.

Are you saying that your personality is what turns women off?

[anewhope]

[ He shrugs, nonchalant. ]

Maybe? Don't take it from me.

[neversets]

[ Apollo drops back down to the ground, looking actually a little bit worried now. ]

Hey, you seem like a nice guy. And if I'm making you uncomfortable, just tell me so, okay?

[anewhope]

[ His expression becomes gentle. ]

You're not. Like I said, I'm flattered. I'm only not used to it. More of a drifting in and out type to get a lot of attention.

[neversets]

Flattered and uncomfortable aren't mutually exclusive.

But he still finds it a little odd that more people haven't told Clark what a good looking guy he is. Maybe he's just good at hiding it at home.

Maybe the mud is just very becoming for him.

But, y'know, good that I'm not. I'm a flirt, I'd rather not go into creeper level.

[anewhope]

Don't worry. If I notice you're heading there, you'll be the first to know.

[ It is flattering. It's just that Clark has years of instinctive responses to squash down. But he should be fine. This is a superhero . . . almost like Clark himself.

He shouldn't have to fear. ]

[neversets]

[ Apollo smiles again. It doesn't really take a lot to make him smile, in fairness. ]

So, does your world have superheroes, post-humans?

[anewhope]

No. We just have . . . one.

And that's still up for debate.

[neversets]

Oh. Wow.

... I've never been to a world without superheroes before. Or at least post-humans of some kind, but seriously, as soon as you get people with super powers, you get super heroes, even just on street level.

You have one though?

[anewhope]

Yeah. His name is Superman.

[ It's a little jarring, talking about himself. Trying to imitate what other people say. ]

I think there's another vigilante in Gotham but I haven't heard much about him.

[neversets]

Superman, huh? To the point, I guess. We had an Ubermensch, which mean above man, really, but that's being pedantic. And he didn't last long.

... some part of me thinks we cruised through a world that had a Superman, maybe? Ugh, I wish Angie was here, she'd remember. Guess it doesn't matter.

Gotham, huh? That's a city my world doesn't have.

[anewhope]

Well, the superhero thing is all very new to me. All of us. Aliens happened too, so it's a lot to take in.

[ Says the guy speaking in quiet, mild tones. His posture is deferential and polite, like a gentle giant. ]

[neversets]

[ It feels so strange to Apollo. His world has had contact with out there for a long time, on and off. One of his best friends was the product of advanced and extensive alien experimentation. ]

I guess it would be if you weren't used to it. I've never known anything else, I don't really think about it...

[anewhope]

[ He can't help his curiousity. ]

What's it like? Your world.

[neversets]

Mm. It's, well, it's an Earth. There used to be a UN initiative, StormWatch, which was a collective of post-humans dealing with super powered threats. The old Weatherman, Henry Bendix, he made me and my team. They're all dead, except me and Midnighter, my hus- ex husband.

When StormWatch was dismantled and died a horrific fiery death in the sun, Jenny Sparks decided to put together The Authority. Just to tell people with our sort of powers that they're being watched. So behave. She died after we killed God. Not related.

[ He scratches his head, thinking about it.]

It's hard to say what it's like without something to compare it to, y'know?

[anewhope]

I know.

[ Even with keeping his identity so tightly under wraps, Clark couldn't even picture a world with acceptance. He never had faith, just the need to do more.

Until Lois came. ]

It is your world, no matter what it is like.

[neversets]

Yeah. Honestly, people had way more problems with the fact I wanted to marry my husband and officially adopt our daughter than the fact that I'm a solar powered, tactical missile and I have to stop and go 'really?'.

[Derailed off flirting, his hand slides into his pocket, pulling out a photo wallet.]

My little girl, Jenny, she's starting to fly on her own. I'm so proud of her. Wanna see?

[anewhope]

[ He smiles, coming closer. He always enjoys people talking about their families. ]

I'd love to.

[neversets]

She's a Millenium baby, Quantum, we named her after her predecessor, Jenny Sparks, who was one of the best friends I ever had.

[ He opens up the wallet to show a little girl of about five or six, with asian features, dark hair and eyes and a slight crackle of a pale blue energy about her hands and feet. ]

Her parents were killed during the attack on the hospital to steal her. Midnighter and I decided we'd raise her. Well, the team raised her, but we're her Dads. I didn't really want to at first. I never wanted to be responsible for another life like that. I was sure I'd do it horribly wrong but Midnighter reminded me all I had to do was love her and tear apart anything that tried to hurt her and it didn't seem as terrifying.

[ The next photo is said little girl being held by a woman who looks to be made of liquid metal, both wearing plastic tiaras. ]

That's Angie. She was my best man when we got married. And more tolerant of tea parties than I ever am.