SUMMER TEST DRIVE

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THE SUMMER TEST DRIVE MEME
(Or Winter Test Drive for you Southern Hemisphere folks!)

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!

Helpful Info for Ideas!:

June/July's Star System

Game Details

Test drives are posted SEASONALLY, so the next one will be in late September!

Comments

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[zavie]

[ There's definitely something amiss, at least for a little while, and there's a long, long pause of quiet as someone seems to follow Rose around. He's not even being subtle, not really, but there are people here and there that get little brushes of air shoved at them, mostly to get them the hell out of the way. He keeps it up, mostly, at least until Rose snaps and seems to stomp her feet like a toddler, and then Zaveid is laughing and making himself actually appear, stepping forward.

His arm drops around her neck as the townspeople disperse, and he huffs a noise as he leans down to speak into her ear. ]

Now, now, Rose! That's no way to make friends!

[lustres]

[ As if she didn't realize he was there. Come on, she's the leader of an assassins guild and Sorey's squire to boot! So she knows he's there, expect that for the most part she decides to ignore him. Maybe he'll go away if she ignores him enough?

Except that doesn't happen, he's still here when she all but freaks out at being hugged for the umpteenth time. She tenses when his arm drops around her neck, arms crossing underneath her chest. ]

You can't talk, no one is bothering you with hugs and hand holding.

[zavie]

That's not a good thing, you know. I'd always welcome a pretty lady to hold my hand!

[ Zaveid isn't the type of man to mess around most of the time before he tries to find a way to be serious - and he'll be serious as soon as it's necessary. Right now, all he wants to do is play around and avoid the fact that he's woken up in the middle of nowhere and he's trying to get around to figuring things out - but, hey. At least Rose is here, and he's leaning all over her as if it's where he belongs. ]

But, then again... There is a pretty lady right here...

[ He grins, tugging her closer. ]

[lustres]

[ She knows, doesn't have trouble in seeing it. Which might be in part why she doesn't just shrug him off, or maybe it is because she is also taking some measure of comfort having a familiar face close by. It'll be a little easier with the both of them, especially if something dangerous pops up. ]

We've got more important things to focus on.

[ Like how the hell did they get kidnapped? It's embarrassing for a professional like herself to get snuck up on and blind sighted. ]

[zavie]

[ He makes a noise of frustration, leaning back and looking around. There's no one here that has the spiritual sense large enough to pick up on him being there, so he imagines that Rose must look quite unique having an invisible body hanging over her. Leaning back, he tilts his hat away from his face before he huffs out a little noise. ]

Like what? I can't think of anything more important.

[ But that's because he's trying to figure things out himself. ]

[lustres]

[ Probably even more unique considering she is all but talking to herself at this point, something that seems to have been noticed by one or two people. It doesn't bother her, naturally, she is pretty used to looking like she might be crazy talking to nothing. Besides, more important things.

She glances up at her when he moves, at the hat on his head, and shrugs. ]

Like if you actually have a brain in that thick skull of yours capable of having serious thought for one.

[zavie]

[ They all know, of course, that Zaveid is more than capable of being serious; at their worst and best moments he had been just as serious as the others, playing up to it and not letting his own need for humour to bounce in and make him seem like he didn't care when he did. It was just that, right now, he had too much on his mind for anything else to settle around him and it was hard; it was hard for him to possibly even begin to wrap his mind around it.

So he looks down at her, the rush of seriousness settling on him like a gust of wind, changing all of his features at once. ]

I don't think you want that right now, Rose.

[lustres]

[ She knows he is capable of it but something about this time has her stiffen up, jaw setting tight. All but ready to fight, to strike out. No blow comes, of course, despite how on edge she feels she knows there is no real threat from the wind seraph. Even so... ]

Yeah? Just try me.

[ There is a knot in her stomach that twists and turns, makes her uneasy, but she doesn't back down. Refuses to. ]

[zavie]

[ It's not as if Zaveid really believes Rose is going to attack him; she might be deadly and dangerous but she doesn't hurt her friends for no good reason, and it's not like he's done anything to inspire her wrath right now. All he's done is tried to laugh things off as a joke which, apparently, isn't going to work this time. ]

I know you know.

[ His fingers brush along the rim of his hat, giving it away without saying it. ]

[lustres]

[ I know you know.

Rose bristles then clamps down, expression falling until it is no longer readable. Without a word she turns on him, fingers curling that much tighter on her arms so that the fabric of her jacket starts to pull. Maybe if she doesn't acknowledge it - but she can't just not acknowledge what is staring her in the face, the implication that all but screams it sitting on his head. ]

Guess that cat is out of the bag, huh?

[ Question is... what are they going to do about it? ]

[zavie]

[ She changes and so does she; some of the humour flickers out of him and he seems to wilt, as though someone has literally taken the wind out of his sails. Zaveid just looks tired, now, as if those thoughts have been running through his mind for hours - and they have. He might not need sleep but that doesn't mean he doesn't get sick of the world and sick of the things he sees and does, and that's the kind of thing that's crept up on him now.

Turning away, he forces his gaze up to the sky. ]

Just a little bit. Someone beat you to the secret, Rose.

[lustres]

[ He's not the only one to look tired, drained, as if all that they hadn't the time to deal with suddenly compounded upon her head. Rose exhales, chin raising as her eyes close, the surrounding commotion fading away until it's little more than a dull noise. ]

It's not like I was keeping it a secret. [ Maybe she was, in a way, trying to shield him from it. Shield all of them from it. No, that's not right. ] What now?

[zavie]

We get on with it, like we always do.

[ Suddenly, he's not joking or playing around - suddenly, he is entirely, ridiculously serious. He thinks Rose might be afraid of it if she hadn't seen it before, and for now all he can do is shake his head, turning away.

He's a little ashamed to have her see him right now. ]

It'd be easier if Lailah was here.

[ To, you know. Break the pact and all. ]

[lustres]

[ It doesn't scare her, in fact she turns back to face it and him, arms crossed underneath her chest and eyes narrowed. Doesn't take a genius to figure out what he's thinking and they have armatized more than enough times for Rose to get a good idea where his head is at.

Which leads her to uncross her arms and smack him right in the arm. ]

Cut that out. [ Immediately her hands go to her hips and Rose is, well, Rose goes back to normal. Keeps on keeping on. ] Whatever you're thinking, cut it out. You know Sorey wouldn't have any of it.

You're not going to abanond us just because he's back.

[zavie]

Ouch - hey, what the hell!

[ It could hurt a lot more and he knows it, but Zaveid makes a show all the same, rubbing his arm and frowning down at it. One of the downsides of going shirtless, he imagines, but it's not as if he's going to change anytime soon - literally. She leans forward and begins to talk and he has to fight back the urge to huff a laugh, shaking his head. ]

Alright already, jeez. You can be really mean when you want to be, Rose.

[ Sorey wouldn't have any of it, but he can't imagine the others would mind too much. Still, he shakes his head, trying not to smile that familiar, blasé smile. ]

I wasn't going to abandon anyone. Not my style.