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

[monolike]

[ENTHUSIASM UNDETERRED]

Not just any spear.

I brought it by one of the weapons dealers in the bazaar and she said that the beads around the hilt have religious significance. She asked me where I found it and said that their priestesses used to carry these a long time ago. Isn't that neat?! [GET HYPE /airhorn noises]

But look! The beads are still glossy even though the rest of the spear is worn! I wonder what they're made of...

[rockily]

[ Whatever frustration he may or may not have had about his predicament all but disappears as he gets a closer look at the spear, expression lighting up almost uncharacteristically.

Is he hype? Eizen is so hype you don't even know. ]

Religious significance? It almost looks ceremonial but the blade... They could have been used in battle, to defend the temples from attackers.

[ He makes a note to investigate this planet's history and it's temples. They treasures the could find... ]

Pearls? With enough time they can be shaped maybe even colored, and they would resist erosion from the sea water.

[monolike]

You can change a pearl's shape?? Okay- [Holds out spear for Eizen to take before turning and starting to swim off again, calling over his shoulder,] I think I saw something else with it! I'll be right back, don't go anywhere!

[If he can't bring Eizen to the interesting stuff, he'll just bring all the interesting stuff to Eizen instead.]

[rockily]

With enough time and the right tools─ [ He takes the spear without thinking, blinking briefly as Sorey turns around and swims off. ] Sorey? Where are you...

[ He's gone.

Eizen sighs only to return his attention to the spear in his hands. He can keep this right? Because he is going to keep this. ]

[monolike]

[Apparently the general rule of thumb around here is 'finders keepers' in regards to those temples, so yeah, happy birthday.

Sorey returns with a half-twisted, somewhat crusted looking piece of metal that he's still carefully trying to pick clean of various ocean debris.] Here, this was near it. I think this one is definitely metal, but it's in a lot worse shape. I had to roll a boulder off of it.

[rockily]

[ Probably not the best idea, he's going to start a collection of random objects and artifacts from the planets they visit, a pirate's treasure trove piled up in the room he doesn't use.

He's turning over the spear when Sorey returns, inspecting the shaft, the blade, the gears of his mind churning with one possibility after another of what it could have been used for. Eizen's eyes widen briefly glancing over the crusted piece of metal, it's definitely in worse shape than the spear. ]

The salt water has gotten to it, has been eating away at the metal. Who knows how long it was sitting under the boulder. [ Invaders maybe? Or maybe a crashed ship? ] Where did you find these?

[monolike]

[Griiinnnn~] Over by one of the temples. [He points.] If you're willing, I might be able to help push you in the water? Mikleo's still inside my domain, so I have a little bit of control at least.

[rockily]

[ Here you can see Eizen entirely oblivious to how he has been played, too enthralled by the objects Sorey has brought and the possibility of there being more. ]

Alright, give it a shot. Just don't expect an apology if things go wrong.

[monolike]

[SUCCESS!!

It takes some maneuvering but at last Sorey determines the easiest way to do this is to hook his hands under Eizen's arms and use the water currents around them to push them both along.

...it's gonna take forever if he does this the cautious way, so let's just pull a bit on this connection to Mikleo and REALLY get this currents moving to the point where Sorey is more clinging to Eizen's coat to make sure they don't get separated as they go careening through the water like a couple of torpedoes.]

[rockily]

[ Truthfully he expected something considerably slower, maybe being pulled along in some sort of water bubble. What he didn't expect was Sorey's hands hooking underneath his arms and then to be suddenly moving with, frankly, an insane amount of speed.

It's surprising, incredibly surprising, enough to draw a rather un-pirate like yelp from his lips the moments Sorey kicks it up. Water rushing past his head, causing his eyes widen with what almost looks like fear. ]

─Sorey!

[ He prays to which ever of the Five Lord could hear him that he doesn't slip from his coat and go plummeting into the abyss, hanging uselessly in Sorey's grip.

Don't you dare drop him Shepherd. ]

[monolike]

[Okay in his defense he doesn't expect them to go that fast so they do end up in a tumble, Sorey clinging to Eizen as they come to a twirling stop just past a crevice, slowly sinking back down to the ocean floor.]

Heh heh- sorry! Sorry, I expected you to be heavier. [Y'know, like an actual rock.] But look, it's just past that ridge! [Lets Eizen go before he gets smacked tbh]