SPRING TEST DRIVE

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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!

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

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Inquisitor Lavellan || Dragon Age: Inquisition

[neveragainsubmit]

[ Shipside ]
[ It is still going to take a great deal of getting used to the cold, iron walls and the strange items throughout that keep the ship alive. The constant noise and hum are vastly different than the sounds of Skyhold or even the forests they find themselves in. Certainly nothing like living creatures.

He can be found in various parts of the ship at any given time: the kitchen attempting yet again to figure out the contraption that dispenses what passes as food. No matter what anyone says these are not vegetables, the hallways familiarizing himself with the layout, or in the bridge staring out at the vast blanket of stars. ]

[ Planetside ]
[ As strange as it is being underwater and being able to function normally, the cities of the planet truly are something to behold. Vast buildings that seem alive and as much a part of the wildlife itself are interesting to navigate, but the locals are quite helpful. The illness that seems to plague them is troubling, so the Inquisitor can be found using what healing magic he does have in order to aid them. There's little else to do, and he has no coin to really speak of. This is merely an extension of what he's trying to do in Ferelden, though at a much smaller scale. ]

Planetside

[stabsbothways]

You're charging for that, right?

[ She spotted him healing a native on the street and started a conversation as he was walking by. There's no such thing as a free cure-from-certain-death. ]

Planetside

[neveragainsubmit]

[ He stops as she addresses him, his head tilting to on side and his brow furrowed. There had been the telltale prickling at the back of his neck while he was helping the ailing Dasioe. Perhaps she was the cause. ]

What benefit would I gain from that aside from guilt? They've little to give.

[stabsbothways]

They lack a cure, not money.

And if you tell me their 'gratitude' is enough I'll vomit.

[neveragainsubmit]

I wouldn't advise that, being underwater.

[ He's not going to say that, but it's very much what he's thinking. He doesn't need anything from them, okay. ]

[stabsbothways]

[ UGH philanthropists. The worst. ]

Do you ever think you might be hurting instead of helping?

[neveragainsubmit]

The thought had crossed my mind, but only briefly. I don't know how much good it did them, though even temporary relief is a reprieve.

[ Look, he didn't ask to get pulled into the crazy shit that happens to him, he just takes it in stride, now. ]

[stabsbothways]

Or maybe you just gave them false hope and their deaths will be that much more painful when you leave.

[neveragainsubmit]

I certainly hope not.

Shipside

[wolfuncaged]

[This is not his first Inquisitor Lavellan. This isn't even his second one. Fenris does have to wonder if Thedas favours elves for their Inquisitor. He's only ever heard of one who isn't one. It's...bizarre to say the least.

Still, this is not the time to talk of such things. Not when there's a chance of the food dispenser getting broken. He needs that to eat. ]

I would not press that button if I were you.

Shipside

[neveragainsubmit]

[ It must me so strange to see different faces though similar titles pass through long enough to leave some sort of impression. Thedas favoring elves as Inquisitor would hold some amount of irony considering the feeling toward their people.

Knowing wisdom when he hears it, he stops and lowers his arm, turning to look at whoever has joined him. He's mildly surprised to see another elf, though it's a pleasant surprise. ]

What does it do?

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris would admit, he WOULD love the irony, his own issues with the Dalish set aside. ]

It starts the blighted thing.

[neveragainsubmit]

I can see how that might be an issue.

[ The skepticism of the food machine increases and he takes a step to the side. Better left untouched, then. ]

[wolfuncaged]

[Nobody wants an exploded food maker after all. ]

Though, honestly, if you wait for Jarvis, he can make you a much better meal. He's surprisingly inventive with the paste.

[neveragainsubmit]

I'm sure he has other things to accomplish.

[ He's not run into very many others, yet, but it isn't as if they are going anywhere. ]

Ah-- I have yet to introduce myself. [ You know, like a rude child. ] Lúthien.

[wolfuncaged]

He often does, but he always has time for cooking.

[He's not even their cook, come on, Jarvis.]

It is good to meet you. [Kind of, despite the Dalish thing :| ] I'm Fenris.

[neveragainsubmit]

So long as he enjoys it and it's not something he feels he needs to do.

[ Look. He is very proud of the Dalish thing. Even though his clan is a little different from the others. ]

A pleasure, Fenris.

shipside

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha doesn't often notice the stars. Sometimes it takes someone else to make her think to stop for a moment and take it in—look up and appreciate the view instead of just seeing the fact there's a vast stretch of space between her and anything she knows. Most effective prison walls she's ever seen.

But the most beautiful, too.

She doesn't rush to speak at first, waiting a few moments in thoughtful quiet before she finally speaks up:]

They have a view like this where you're from?

shipside

[neveragainsubmit]

[ He's been assigned for a few days, but he hasn't really introduced himself fully to the crew. They tend to come and go at various hours, and he's got no issue keeping to himself until there is a better time. The hour is most definitely late, though there is no visible passing of days.

He misses the sun, but the stars? They're beautiful and serve as a reminder. He turns his head to look at whoever has decided to join him, humming softly. ]

Certainly not as vast as this one. This is.. extraordinary. I'm not familiar with any of these constellations.

[outstandingbalance]

That makes two of us. [Her arms fold over her chest as she considers the expanse of stars for another moment before lowering her gaze.]

As far as I know, no one in the fleet recognizes any of them. Which is probably intentional.

[neveragainsubmit]

[ He sighs, shaking his head. ]

I can't say I'm not surprised. Why take us someplace we may recognize? Chance gives hope, and hope breeds motivation.

[outstandingbalance]

[She raises her chin, tilting her head as she answers.]

Oh, there's hope. There's always hope. But... even if we got away from the fleet, there's nothing to navigate home with.

Assuming home is even out there somewhere.

[neveragainsubmit]

I suppose that is true enough, isn't it?

[ He looks back out to the stars for a moment, thoughtful. ]

If this place truly is what we're meant to believe, we're out of any of our own times. The thought, I will admit, is rather unsettling.

[ He's traveled through time before, it was less than fun. Seeing the future of what should pass if he fails? He certainly has motivation. ]

[outstandingbalance]

That much is probably true. Other details... more room for suspicion. But you can run into other people from home here, but from different points in the timeline.

[Among other complications.]

Or different timelines. You start getting used to it.

[neveragainsubmit]

I have yet to run into any of them, but I try to remain optimistic. Perhaps it is best that I don't.

[ There are only a few of them who could possibly enjoy this situation. It's better that they are safe at Skyhold- though there is still no evidence that time is truly interrupted. ]