Fall Test Drive!

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THE FALL TEST DRIVE MEME
(Or Spring 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!:

October's Star System

Game Details

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

Comments

[poked_heart]

[As soon as he sees it's a person, Dante lowers his weapon. He expected an animal at best, something lurking in the bushes. He only called out on the off chance it wasn't an animal. Granted, "come out or I'll shoot" maybe wasn't the best thing he could have said. Oh well.]

You hiding in the bushes for any particular reason pal?

[miragedive]

[Locke can't help the sigh of relief when the weapon's lowered, but he grimaces at the question. It had been, what, a week since he'd lost his voice? He still wasn't used to not being able to simply open his mouth and talk his way out of whatever situation he found himself in.

He kept the slight flash of frustration to himself and held out a hand in a 'wait a moment' gesture. Luckily, he'd still had that pathetically bedraggled notepad he'd found in Farwell when he woke up here. He should probably look into replacing it and it's water-stained pages. But it served it's purpose as he quickly scribbled across the paper and came close enough to hand it to the guy.]

'Exploring. The magic's weird here.'

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[desynched]

[ Pop! Someone appears next to Richard in a sudden flash of blue light. ]

Happens to me all the time.

[desynched]

[ Lena zips forward until she's within arm's reach of Furiosa.

Accusingly: ] Your crew? So you're a thug too!

[desynched]

[ Lena sees the girl in the corner of her eye. Oh no, better finish this up before someone gets hurt. Well, someone other than the thugs.

Thanks to Aria, there's only one left standing, who is easy to dispatch with a hard knock to the head. ]

I'm fine! [ She's not even out of breath.

Lena looks over the girl carefully. ] Are you okay?

[desynched]

[ She feels that little prickle in her spine a second before Lumina speaks. ]

Nah, couldn't fly this thing if I wanted to.

[ Lena gestures at the controls. ]

None of these controls make a bit of sense.

[experiencepoints]

[She's not paying attention to his irritation, instead just walking over to collect the poor monster chicken thing she just electrocuted.]

Well, I didn't exactly have time to warn you, or it would have escaped.

[experiencepoints]

Who do you think it is?!

[SHE'S NOT LETTING GO, fuck you. she's just clinging on.]

You're finally here!

[foxpas]

[Well, Lena can tell at first sight she's not exactly normal- Fox ears on her head, no human ears, slit pupils, and a big tail... and also, probably most importantly, a claymore the size of a person on her back. She also doesn't seem terribly out of breath, though she was poised to jump in when she took out the last one.]

Fear not, such petty brigands are no threat to me. Nor you, it seems.

[cloakand_danger]

So let it go. A thing like that isn't any threat to me, and apparently not to you, either.

[ He continues to scowl as he watches her. ] What are you doing now? [ Obviously she's going to loot it, Yuan. Come on, you were an adventurer once. ]

[experiencepoints]

[yeah that's literally it. she's stepping forward and putting a hand on it, and the whole thing just straight-up vanishes.]

Well, I can't exactly cook it before I go get it.

[cloakand_danger]

[ That actually does mollify him a bit, and his posture eases. ] ...I guess you've got a point. Fresh meat is more of a commodity here among the fleet than it would be at home...I'm not used to that yet.

[ No comment on the edibility of monster flesh. Bird monsters obviously drop edible chicken meat. Everyone knows that's how it works. ]

[kill_switch]

[You know what's not smart, Lena? Surprising a wastelander. Furiosa may not have the ability to manipulate time like Lena, but she does have deeply instinctive survival skills. She saw Lena zipping about earlier, but wasn't expecting it now; responding by raising the nearest weapon she had in hand.]

[She doesn't fire, though, because the other woman isn't a threat; she's made that much clear. After a moment, Furiosa stows the gun and goes back to her business.]

If I were a thug, you'd be dead by now. And truth be told; I wasn't planning on killing anyone. That became necessary when you drew their attention.

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[cleverserpent]

[The ship stinks of Muggles and nonhumans, though humans also walk the halls. Lucius walks along, dignity and superiority pulled tight around him as a shield as he searches for something a bit more appealing.

Then he hears a familiar voice that sends a shot of relief through him, though he doesn't let it show. A quiet click of his cane precedes him as he turns a corner, into the room in which his wife stands.]

To speak gently, yes.

[experiencepoints]

[Oh, good, he seems reasonable. Obviously bird monsters drop edible chicken meat, how else would it work???]

Yeah... I mean, we do have the protein stuff the Atroma give us, but does anyone actually trust that stuff? I have to stock up on ingredients when I can.

[lovelyviper]

Luicus... [She knew that click, setting the appliance down with relief. She and Lucius had endured hardship together before, this would be no different. She had hoped that Draco had been with him but it seemed Lucius was alone.

If Draco was somewhere in the fleet, she would find him. She approached her husband, tucking her wand into one of her coat pockets.]

Do you know if Draco was brought here with us? [As much as she wanted to see her son, perhaps it was better that he wouldn't be forced to endure these horrible conditions. At home she knew he would be cared for by those of their family who weren't in prison.]

[cleverserpent]

[He'd been searching for Draco, of course, but there was no sign. But Narcissa is here, and that is more than he'd hoped given what he's been told and has learned himself. Lucius closes the distance between them and briefly reaches up to touch her chin, assuring them both of some form of reality.]

I have found no sign of him. If he has been brought here, we will find him.

[They will adapt. They're Malfoys.]

Have you been here long?

[chickenalaking]

[ Lena's sudden appearance causes him to jump and to shriek, perhaps at a pitch a little too high for a full grown man--with a beard. ]

Is this a heart attack? Is this--no, no we're good. [ He does regain his composure and his breath rather quickly, though, and he gives his new companion a searching look. ]

Now, hold on a moment. You're not a pirate. You smell much too clean for that. Who are you?

[desynched]

Why would I be a pirate? Don't even have a parrot, do I?

[ Oh, right, he asked a question. Lena does her most heroic pose. ]

The name's Tracer. Nice to meet'cha, love!

[A] (have some cheeseball with your coffee?)

[owlbymyself]

[Rizzo stops at the kitchen door and leans on it, arms crossed, watching the human search for a moment before speaking.]

Eh, you say quaint, I say swank.

[With that, he crosses the brief space between them and resituates himself against the counter instead. He's short, a little over four feet, with the regulation jumpsuit half on and tied around his waist. His shirt is bright yellow and covered in palm trees, and his boots are big and heavy, with dirty soles, but they're covered in what looks like metal scales.

Resting one arm on the countertop, he continues.]

Only one problem with it, I can see.

[lovelyviper]

[When he touched her chin it helped to bring her back to focus on her husband and what they had to do. She would always carry her worry and concern for their son but she couldn't let that get the best of her when they had to figure out a way out of here.

Narcissa smiled as she leaned her head towards his hand, just slightly but enough.]

We should explore the best we are able to too find a way to escape.

[coffeefirst]

Aren't you a little young?

[Raising her eyebrows at you, young lady.]

[coffeefirst]

Oh, no. Nice try. I'm not green enough to fall for the 'you're just dreaming' trick. [It's been done, man. It's been done.]

[castrationfist]

Well, would you prefer that you're being haunted?

[cloakand_danger]

[ Yuan smirks, and his tone grows impressively dry. ] Oh, I trust the food. That is, I trust them to keep us alive, and that stuff isn't good for much more than that. Whatever their intentions are, I'm sure they're much more sinister than merely killing us in interesting ways.