SEPTEMBER TEST DRIVE

[thespaceopera]

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!

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

Comments

Bodyguard (b/c lmao)

[soulsflight]

Do I look like I need protecting? (Her arms are crossed and she is giving him a look he should be familiar with, yet there is...a twinkle in her eyes.)

Ho boy....

[heroofcocoon]

[That voice... Snow drops his hands and stares, feeling that same stab the previous times he's seen her or Lumina. He's reminded of what he's lost, of his failure, and it hurts.

It hurts more than the burning pain of his brand. But still he attempts a smile for Lightning, savior or not.]

Who said you're the one I'm protecting. Last I checked, you have a nasty habit of bringing trouble wherever you go.

This will be interesting.

[soulsflight]

(So he's from then. He has quite a journey ahead of him and she doesn't feel like spoiling it outright. Sisters never make it easy on their brothers, right?)

You were offering your services. I heard the offer. (Details. Nitpicking. This is what they do best.) I can tell you're in a bad place, Snow. It won't always be like that for either of us.

That sure is a word you can use

[heroofcocoon]

[As if in sync with their thoughts, his l'Cie brand flares and he hisses through his teeth before attempting another smile, no humor to be found.]

Why? You here to beat sense into me again? Don't think that'll work this time.

[soulsflight]

(She gives a faint shrug - as if his words and his current state don't effect her much. Of course the opposite is true. He has no idea what awaits them.)

I'm no match for experience. Keep barreling through life and we'll meet on the other side.

[heroofcocoon]

[No, a large part of him is hoping that when he gets to go back—because he will go back—that Lightning will let him die. He's deserved peace after 500 years.

Even if he doesn't deserve Serah anymore.]

Sorry, you've got the corner on cryptic bullshit. Pretty sure that's part and parcel of being the Savior, right?

[soulsflight]

Actually this is just me. (Lightning. Claire. No "Savior" included.) You're not off the hook where Serah is concerned. You need to live for her. I won't have her mourning over your sorry carcass.

[heroofcocoon]

[That gets a laugh out of him, but there's none of the usual warmth that he once held. If anything, it just emphasizes how tired he is.]

Not much chance in living as anything but a monster after this [he holds up his arm] has its way. Unless you've got a new way to help a l'Cie avoid going Cie'th after failing their Focus.

[Because he can't even harbor the thought of Serah being back. Not after this long. It would ruin what little sanity he has managed to keep.]

Smart thing would've been to not follow me. Though, I guess neither of us have ever gone for "smart".

[soulsflight]

(She isn't afraid to cross the distance between them and touch his arm.)

If you give into this, you won't be worthy of her. (Her voice is quiet and firm.) If you let someone else determine how you live and whether or not you have failed, you're not the Snow I know.

(There can't be much harm in telling him the truth.)

I've seen it all through. Your job isn't over.

[heroofcocoon]

[For a long, pregnant moment he stares at her hand on his arm. It's been a long time since anyone's actually touched him. Patron though he might have been, but that just meant that he was out of bounds to a great deal of the people of Yusnaan. Especially since he kept himself caged in the palace to protect his people.

The fact that it's Lightning means something more than he wants to admit. There'd been a time when he would have done anything to really impress her, to get her approval. And at one point, he'd had it. But that'd been over 900 years before and he was a different man. Besides, the last time shed touched him, it'd been with fists and over swords.

And he wants to say that he has absolutely no hope left, that he's ready to give up and die and just stop caring... But they both know it's not true. Even if he's not willing to admit it to himself just yet.]

The Snow you knew died. You waited too long to return, Sis.

[He's going to ignore the last of what she says. She doesn't lie, but he doesn't want to fall down that rabbit hole either. the Gods give and take at their will and he's not willing to fall into line for them ever again.]

[soulsflight]

(She is his wake-up call; his violent alarm. She will strike him like her namesake if she must, but she really doesn't have the drive to hurt him anymore. He's family and she isn't going to allow family to give into depression and grief - even if it has been hundreds of years.

Her touch doesn't waver and she meets his gaze without fear. Maybe she should be fearful. She isn't a magical powerhouse anymore. She's just, as she said, herself.)

That's this talking. (Her grip tightens on the arm and she breathes in deeply, steadying herself.) I don't want to hear from it or anyone else. If Serah showed up right now, you wouldn't be prepared to marry her. A lot has happened, but so what? Have your feelings changed?

Do I need to tell her that you're calling it off? (Her other hand lifts and brushes against his face.) You will be with her. With us.

[heroofcocoon]

[A part of him wishes she'd go away again. Serah's never far from his thoughts, ever, even after all this time. And her sister is nothing but a shadow of the woman he has loved his entire life.

And she's right. He hates it when she's right. She's insufferable.]

Of course my feelings haven't changed! They're the only thing that's stayed the same.

[The only thing that's kept him going.

But he flinches at the hand on his fave and takes a step back from this woman turning his life upside down. Yet again.]

But that doesn't matter, does it? What's left for her now?

[soulsflight]

(Too bad. She is insufferable and she refuses to leave him in his misery. Serah wouldn't forgive her if she did that.)

Everything. (A simple, but oh so complex answer. What is everything? He cannot possibly imagine. Normalcy. Family.)

I won't allow you to give up or become a Cie'th. (She crosses her arms over her chest.) Say all you want, but I'm not abandoning you.

[heroofcocoon]

[He sneers at her easy answer and balls his hands up into fists. He wants to hit her, hit something, rage and take out his anger and pain on someone, anyone, anything. But he's never been that sort of man. Ever. So he just looks down at her and tries to regain his own composure.]

Let's get this over with. I've got somewhere else to be.

[Anywhere but here. It hurts too damn much.]

What'd you need a bodyguard for in the first place?

[The fact that she needs someone to help her is a surprise, considering she's one of the toughest people he's ever met, period.]

[soulsflight]

(A hit from him would hurt; maybe even knock her out! Yet this is a calculated risk. She will take it and, once conscious, give back as good as she got, he can rely on that.)

Who are you to give me a deadline? (The nerve. She isn't the type to pull a bandage off quick. He'll feel every bit of it so, when peace finally comes, he will relish it.)

If I visit an alien planet, I might need some backup. (Tough, yes, but human. She smiles faintly, infuriatingly.)