SPRING TEST DRIVE

[thespaceopera]

THE SPRING TEST DRIVE MEME
(Or Fall 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!:

March's Star System

Game Details

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

Comments

[uwannagobro]

[ Ah, good old grounding logic. Rokurou's true enemy. ]

No idea. I figured I'd kind of wing it depending on how they looked.

[ It's close enough to a plan for him that Velvet should be proud of him, really. At least he's not running around hitting every rock in the field. ]

[uwannagobro]

[ He has so much to learn about Eizen's cute little sister, truly this will be an experience. For now though... ]

Oh yeah? What do you have then?

[tempredmental]

But you're supposed to wear them. That's the point.

Don't your feet hurt?

[priforpalps]

[ Ah, waving! Fuwari smiles and waves back, to show she's friendly too. Then, she points in the direction of the nearest airlock, trying to pantomime which way the girl should float if she really does want to come in.

"Is this what you're looking for?" she mouths, not speaking either despite having air, and starts moving in that direction herself. She won't break eye contact, though. Follow her! ]

[tempredmental]

[Made? That was an odd way of saying things.]

Hi.

Do you know about something called the Galaxy Garrison?

[priforpalps]

They're used to this.

[ She's smiling, but her feet are a little bit bunged up. ]

[tempredmental]

[Keith looked a little concerned.]

Are you sure? I mean, this isn't exactly the greatest terrain for walking around without shoes.

Why aren't you wearing them?

[priforpalps]

[ Still holding her new rock friend carefully, Fuwari glances down at her bland, Fleet-issued clothes. She turns one leg back and forth to indicate them. ]

The nice people from the TV show gave us these lovely, easy-to-move-in things to wear. But if I wore the shoes here, they might get dirty....

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[nonono7]

[ Oh, the girl is waving at her! NONO WAVES BACK! It's an endless loop of waving and waving back that they never escape from

Oh wait she's leading her to. Somewhere. This way!

OH AN AIRLOCK! Nono gives a quick salute and moves in to the airlock. CLICK. ]

[nonono7]

[ And after a moment, Nono enters! ]

Hello!

[nonono7]

Galaxy what?

Is that anything like the Fraternity? Terran Imperial Space Fleet??

[airily]

Nah. I went home for a while and didn't remember a thing.

[ Which was probably for the best, since he'd have to try and hide from Rose that, in another world, Dezel was there waiting for her. ]

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[airily]

[ And, as if following the line of daemon to man, Zaveid finds himself at the door, blinking as he spots a familiar face. Jeez, first Eizen and then Velvet... It's like everyone is coming back to haunt him, and for a moment all he can do is stand there with his arms crossed, expression just on the edge of tight. ]

It's not as great as it sounds.

[priforpalps]

[ fuwari has a girlfriend who would totally endless loop wave with you, nono Now they can talk! Fuwari clasps her hands in front of herself, pleased at 1) making a new friend 2) that she did the airlock thing properly; pressing buttons is new territory to her, as there are not many objects with buttons in the Palps.

Aside from clothing, of course. ] Hello! Are you here to visit?

[ They've never had a guest before! At least, not FROM SPACE! ]

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[priforpalps]

There's nothing to be afraid of!

[ Someone else had the same idea, it seems. Sort of. A petite girl has joined Rokurou in his survey of the terrain, hands cupped in front of her face, except she's...smiling as she calls to the unseen creatures. ] We're here to say hello! Maa-maa-maa lay hee!!

[ That. Sure was a yodel. Crossed with some goat bleating. Why not. ]

[nonono7]

Yes! Absolutely!

It was lonely on that other ship so I thought I'd come say hi!

[priforpalps]

The other ship?

[ A moment to think about this. ]

Ah, you're on the television show too! Welcome.

I'm Midorikaze Fuwari.

[ And she beams. It's like a wave of fresh spring air just blew through. Space. ]

[searingedgelord]

[Proud is stretching, but it is about as much as she could hope for, all things considered.]

Well, at least you aren't punching random rocks.

[tempredmental]

You can clean them? Better than something happening to your foot because you stepped on a sharp rock, right?

[He was so confused. This girl was like... well, she had a point? But it still made no sense to him.]

[priforpalps]

It's all right.

[ Fuwari smiles. ]

I hear I'm thick-skinned!!

[ But then, she thinks of something, and frowns to herself, perplexed. ] ....or was that "-headed"....?

[tempredmental]

Oh... uh. I've never heard of those. Sorry. I guess it's not the same after all.

I'm Keith, by the way. Nice to talk to you, Nono.

[He frowned a little. So close again, and yet not at the same time.]

So, uh... did you get a position? Like are you a pilot or an engineer or something?

[tempredmental]

[Keith had his own opinion about that at the moment, but he managed to actually keep it to himself this time.]

You should be careful, though. And, really, why would they give you something if they didn't want you to use it?

[Different tactic?]

[uwannagobro]

I thought about it.

[ He really did. ]

But I figured a simple punch might not be enough to get them riled up.

[priforpalps]

[ Fuwari considers this, too. ] That's difficult to say. I'm not sure someone like me could really hope to understand it. Running a television show involves a lot of thinking about a lot of very complicated things, all at once.

[ She sighs. ] It's so comfortable going barefoot, though....

[tempredmental]

Even on the rocks?

[Well... okay...]

I mean, it's really up to you, I guess. Just... most people don't find that comfortable. But, if you can handle it... [He shrugged.]