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!

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Shopping!

[tempredmental]

Keith was out looking for... something. He wasn't exactly sure what, but he knew Lance was probably going to get him a gift for Christmas, so he should probably be prepared. He wasn't in the least, but he could try, right? He was terrible at buying gifts.

Actually... he really kind of wanted to get the whole team gifts, but had no clue where to even start. He was staring rather blankly at a display rack when he heard someone mumbling behind him. The voice sounded familiar... like someone he had heard on the network before he and all of Team Voltron had gone missing for a week. Well, apparently Hunk had remained, which was odd, but they still all seemed to have the same new memories.

He turned, watching the woman for a moment. She had to be with the Fleet.

"Who were you looking for?" he asked. Sure, Keith... just butt into her thoughts like that. Why not?

[youdontneedapictureofme]

Maggie had been so lost in thought, picking through various wares that she nearly had a heart attack upon hearing what she thought was Glenn's voice. She hadn't dared hope, despite hearing things in the fleet about people who could come here and effectively escape death. But it wasn't Glenn. It would probably never be Glenn. She should have learned her lessons, after hallucinating Beth around every corner for weeks until it drove her to try and dig her augment out of her neck.

"I was... looking for anyone familiar, I guess." She still stares at him, not quite sure she'd heard his voice correctly. It wasn't abnormal she might imagine someone to be Glenn, having so recently lost him. Still, this was a kid and he looked nothing like him.

[tempredmental]

Keith gave her a curious look.

"Well, were you here before?" he asked. "Or do you mean someone from home specifically?"

Why was she staring at him like that? It was almost the same look that Rick had given him in the gym...

clearly there is something on your face, Keith :P

[youdontneedapictureofme]

"I was, for a while, actually. I was the first mate on the Goldstone." she crosses her arms, still sizing him up and feeling a pit in her stomach. His voice sounded similar but not the same. Was that even possible? Perhaps she was just missing Glenn.

"What ship are you on?" Better to start with easy questions, get to know the kid a bit. He didn't seem to be bad at all.

Is THAT what it is? Geeze... why didn't Rick just SAY something? LOL

[tempredmental]

Keith nodded at that. The Goldstone, huh...

"I'm on the Huntress," he said. "I'm the pilot. Been here a few months now, I guess." He looked thoughtful, and then sighed. "A few of us from home are here." All of Voltron...

[youdontneedapictureofme]

"A pilot, huh. I was one of the Lab Officers when I was here before. Now I'm not so sure where I'll fit in. Probably been gone too long." Though really, would Takeshi ever turn her away? Highly doubtful. The boy had a heart of gold that was large enough to fit the entirety of the world in it. She was absolutely proud of him and also a bit sad because of how much he reminded her of Glenn. It seemed everywhere she turned reminded her of her husband in one way or another.

"That's good. It's good to have familiar faces here. Makes it less lonely if you end up here a while. I saw a few come and go from home. I think someone must still be here - dunno if you'd know him or not." Carl kept to himself, just as she did. For her at least, it was hard to get close to people when you expected them to disappear. Yet Takeshi she'd wanted to look out for and she had only barely felt herself opening up to her crew. Who knew how many of them had gone afters she left?

[tempredmental]

Keith nodded. "It's what I do back home, too," he said.

"I'm sure you'll find something. Maybe you'll end up in the same spot again." He shrugged.

"I might. I've met a few people... or, even if I don't, one of my friends might." Actually, Keith was surprised at just how many people he actually knew in the Fleet. He was usually so introverted, but he'd been doing pretty well at actually making connections... and even... friends.

[youdontneedapictureofme]

"You're a pilot? Well then I guess you fit right in, up in space like that." It was certainly impressive for someone so young. She couldn't imagine the amount of education that got crammed in your head as a pilot. It definitely beat out her college education.

"Well - if you see a kid around wearing a sherriff's hat and an eyepatch, that's Carl. We're from the same place. He's about your age too." Keith could do whatever he liked with that information too. Maybe even make a new friend.

[tempredmental]

"Hm... Haven't met him, but I've heard of him. I think I met his dad." He hadn't interacted a lot with Rick before he disappeared from the Fleet again, but they'd worked in the gym together a few times. Rick had tried to get Keith to learn how to change his style as needed for a fight so his moves didn't become to predictable.

"Actually, more than you might think," he then said in reference to the pilot thing. "I was training to be a space shuttle pilot back home. We were getting ready to start regular missions all the way out to Pluto and its moon. After that, probably beyond the edge of the solar system."