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

[reluctantbastard]

[Magisters are the worst. Yes.]

Do we have a choice as to when that happens? I'm not in quite a huge rush, but I should probably go back soon.

[He's only the King or something. Who knows.]

Alright, you heard the man. Those caught pushing will be last in the dinner line once we're on the station.

[wolfuncaged]

No. It happens when it does. I have seen people from Thedas be trapped here for only a month or so- then others for years. I have been here for nearly three years, myself. It seems you will return to the exact point in time you were taken from- you will not be missed.

[IT'S OKAY HE'S SURE FERLEDEN WILL BE FINE. ]

There, that wasn't so difficult.

[He'll teach you how to yell at people, Alistair, it'll be the best :) ]

[reluctantbastard]

Ah, then it'll be just like home. No one will notice I'm gone.

[Great. Get kidnapped by all-powerful beings and no one will even blink that their newly appointed king is somehow missing. Thanks, Ferelden. Stay classy.]

Perhaps not, but it still doesn't change the fact that I wasn't exactly raised into a position to be king. The Templars don't really care much about who rules the kingdom, so long as the mages stay in line. The Grey Wardens only care if it impacts getting the armies needed to fight Blights.

[wolfuncaged]

Given your position, that is probably for the best.

[At least Ferelden is more classy than Tevinter. Okay, so the bubonic plague is more classy and Tevinter, but still. He shrugs- he has exactly no skills in ruling a country, he can offer no advice here.]

Hmm. You will have advisers, though, will you not? People to help explain the technicalities of ruling a kingdom to you.

[reluctantbastard]

I...suppose that's true.

[What is wrong with Thedas? Why is it a trash fire, living and breathing more trash? It seriously has no chill. And, for as crappy as Alistair's life has been, he has no idea what it's like to be an elf or a....whatever Fenris is.]

Oh, yeah, sure. There'll be plenty of advisors, offering their opinions whether I ask or not. And then there's those that'll try and advance themselves by trying to curry favor, I suppose.

[There's a headache to be had in that line of thinking.]

I'm just lucky that I'll at least have one or two that I can trust that don't want to poison my wine glass every meal.

[wolfuncaged]

[It's all that trash fire but also there is an additional fire made of WORSE SMELLING trash. That oozes. It's super fun. ]

Ah...right. Given what happened with Loghain, I can't imagine that is a comforting prospect. It would be like always looking for who is holding the next dagger to go into your back.

[Fenris is the most comforting person in the world to talk to, Alistair is so lucky.]

That is at least something. It is a rare thing to find, these days- people you can trust.

[reluctantbastard]

Has anyone told you that your attempts to console are rather...lacking?

[Alistair is the luckiest. He's found a surly elf that knows who he is. That's always helpful. Surly elves are the best.]

You sound as if you don't trust anyone.

[wolfuncaged]

Yes. Many times.

[Surly elves are the most comforting beings ever. And it could be worse. At least he's not Morrigan. ]

I trust people- when they actually earn it.

[reluctantbastard]

[Why isn't he surprised? Perhaps because he's smarter than he looks. Most of the time.

And we are never talking about Morrigan. EVER!]

Well, that's wise. Not everyone's trustworthy, but something tells me that it takes a lot to earn your trust.

[wolfuncaged]

It is not something I give easily, no.

[You have to get so many approval points, Alistair. ]

[reluctantbastard]

That's probably for the best. In my experience, those that are harder to win over tend to be good friends when they are.

[It had taken Riona a while to take over Morrigan and then the witch went out of her way to find a way that neither Riona or Alistair had to die to save Ferelden.

Even if it meant Alistair had to do something unspeakable. Still worth it.]

[wolfuncaged]

...I try, anyway.

[He kind of fucks up a lot because he is so damn broken, Alistair. But he's TRYING to be a less shitty person. It's so hard.

He'll just...trail off awkwardly, always terrible at conversations. ]