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

[pb_n_jocular]

If she were more astute about people she might have noticed, but whereas she got lucky the first time, this time not so much.

In personal issues they are equally matched; once burnt, twice shy, part of her own vivaciousness is the mask she wears. She's curious enough to poke her nose into other peoples' business without dropping too much of herself in the process.

While her experience with Ryder and the crew of the Tempest helped lay to rest some of those demons, this is a new crew and a new experience, and it still takes time for her to align her personal journey with others.

"Various ends? Like, violent ones?" She squints her eyes at him, "Were you going to barbaque me?"

[thecoldshoulder]

"Various as in various," Algidus responds, his voice tight, like he's trying to keep a growl out of it.It's actually a shocking level of control for him, a courtesy he wouldn't offer to just anyone, though it might be hard to tell given that this is their first interaction. apparently he's been somewhat tempered by her previous offer of understanding, though he's unable to completely hold back his scathing sarcasm: "You do know the definition of the word, right? It can be offensive, defensive, or for support. It does not have to be violent."

Though he's not ruling out that his original intent was--lying is something his people find most unbecoming--it seems to be something he's trying to turn away from now, which is more than most get with him.

[pb_n_jocular]

"Nah, I know. Just pretending you're a grumpy icecube so didn't think support applied. Or defensive, because I'm just an innocent youngster, what am I going to be able to do to you?" She gives him a coy, innocent smile. Nope, certainly not hiding any mysterious body energy powers here! It's something of a defense mechanism, to keep her biotics under the table. If this was a whole other universe (she hasn't seen any asari, let alone humans, turians, or anything else familiar yet), she's going to have to be careful how she reveals her abilities.

"You still haven't told me your name. Maybe McGrumps Icealot? Freezy Von Obstinate? Rockhead Icetoes?"

SORRY FOR THE LATE I would love to continue this if it's okay with you!! ;n;

[thecoldshoulder]

"O-oh... oh!" Algidus suddenly perks up as the Asari's intents catch up to him. While he doesn't like being assumed to be a creature intent on little more than trouble-making or violence--it's too much a reminder of the damnable knowledge that's exactly what he was made to be--he is completely alright with keeping up pretenses. In fact, nowadays that's a huge chunk of what his existence consists of. He puffs up as if to boast along with her suggestion that he is powerful indeed, only to deflate into disgruntlement when she starts slinging nicknames again.

"No--no, no no no! Stop!" He finally outright stomps his foot, worked up more and more by the indignity of each new suggestion. "None of them are my name! My name is Algidus!"

The dark, seething creature squawks it out harshly, suddenly. At least being pressed over and over again didn't afford him much time to think on his existential crisis this time, and now he's finding an avenue to try the new name out for himself. It's... alright.

of course!

[pb_n_jocular]

Peebee now wears a very satisfied expression, rocking back on her heels and crossing her arms.

"See, Algidus, that wasn't so hard now, was it?"

Because of course she hammered him with infuriating nicknames to get him to reveal his, and she certainly wasn't wrong about the effectiveness of that tactic.

aw yay! <3

[thecoldshoulder]

That self-satisfied expression that she's wearing is not helping. Algidus scowls, tossing his head. "What a completely tactless... tactic. Are all your people like this, or is it just my luck that I've met the one of you that doesn't know when to quit?"

[pb_n_jocular]

"It's all me. But don't worry, I've got many redeeming qualities, too."

She tilts her head at him curiously, "Are we still pretending you're 100% grump?"