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!

Helpful Info for Ideas!:

September's Star System

Game Details

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

Comments

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[brothersboots]

[Edna is curious about the strange girl. She knows she's one of the people on the Fleet. One of the few that can see her almost immediately. So, she's human, but she's got some sort of spiritual power that makes her not quite normal.

Not that that's bad in the Seraph's opinion.

And she watches the girl with cat. It's a black cat, which is just a cat. But these superstitious morons think that anything different is either a good or bad omen. Edna is just glad that most can't see or hear her. She has no desire to deal with any of them without Sorey or Alisha around to be her buffer. She follows the girl for a few moments before she decides to speak up.]

I wouldn't worry about these stupid humans. Everything different here is "bad" to them.

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[enduringflower]

[Yeul doesn't immediately notice the girl tailing behind her. Her focus is on the kitten in her arms, mewing softly as it attempts to speak to its new companion. A soft expression pulls over the Seeress's features as she whispers to the kitten.

Yeul has always had an affection for animals and has always wanted the chance to take care of one. Caius had forbid her from adopting a baby Behemoth she had found and had killed it. She can't fault him for the decision though it does make her a little sad. The creature would have eventually grown too large for Yeul to care for, that's what Caius had told her. She wonders how big kittens grow too and if she is allowed to bring it back to the ship with her.

She pauses when the voice speaks to her, turning her vibrant green eyes towards the Seraph.]

What makes it bad? [Her voice is soft, distant but filled with innocent curiosity.]

[brothersboots]

[Edna approves of caution, but the girl should be careful because to about 95% of these natives, it looks like she's talking to the air. No one here can see or hear Edna. Just the way the seraph likes it.]

Nothing. They just don't like the color. They say it's bad luck. [She scoffs derisively.] Of course, they think everything here is based on good and bad luck.

They're all idiots.

[enduringflower]

[Yeul looks down at the kitten in her arms thoughtfully. There is something sad in her eyes and yet there is a firm strength there too. Yeul's chin tilts up, meeting Edna's gaze without flinching or fear.]

Then I will be its friend. [They were both bad luck and they could keep each other company.]

You are not afraid?

[brothersboots]

[Edna approves, but her face doesn't change from the flat, neutral expression that is normal for her.]

Why should I be afraid? I'm not bad luck. In fact, I'm an Earth Seraph. If anything, I bring good luck.

[enduringflower]

[Yeul doesn't mind or doesn't notice Edna's lack of facial expression. She is focused on the kitten in her arms, who appears to be content where he is. Caius isn't here. Does that mean she can keep the kitten?]

Would luck cancel out or jump between good and bad? [Her voice is soft as the thought passes her lips.] I do not believe in luck. Luck does not change the future.

[She looks up at Edna with an unflinching gaze.]

Would they let me take the kitten on the ship?

[brothersboots]

[Usually, Edna's one facial expression freaks people out, but this girl seems to be pretty unfazed about everything. Even the fact that she's talking to someone whom the people of this planet can't see. Or hear.]

Do I look like a luck guru? Besides, it's all garbage in the long run anyway. Relying on luck is like relying on the weather. Stupid and fickle.

[And neither of those are things she approves of.]

Who cares? You live on the ships as much as the rest of us. Take it, but then it's your responsibility to feed it and clean up after it. No one's going to do it for you.

[Especially not Edna.]