test drive meme

[airlockedmods]

Since we know a lot of people are ready and eager to start playing around in this setting, welcome to the official Airlocked Test Drive! For this test drive, we do have a posting format:

In the header of your comment, put your Character's Name and their Champion title. You don't have to put in the canon if you don't want, but you can if you feel the need.

And the guidelines we ask you to follow are, please try to include at least one prompt in your top-level to reply to, and if you make a top-level try to tag out to at least one other person. We want everyone to get a chance to give their choices a fair shake, after all.

Here are some examples to get you started:

A - Arrival
You wake up in a bed that's not your own, in a shiny chrome room that has bright fluorescent lights that light up along the floor as soon as your feet hit it and glowing sconces on the walls. Whether it's much different from what you're used to or not different at all, it's time to figure out where you are and more importantly, whether you're alone.

B - Mealtime
Well sweet, at least there's a cafeteria! But wait, it seems like there's only hot food during certain times of day. The rest of the time if you go foraging in the kitchen you can find weird silver packages with the name of food on the side that...definitely don't seem big enough to hold the food in question. If you open it up, it seems oddly dry...

C - Zero G
A zero gravity room! Awesome! The walls and floor are textured to give you something to hang onto to crawl across back to the control panel, but if you're floating in the middle of the room you might need someone to give you a push.

D - Holo Deck
A room where all your dreams come true. Kind of. In a photorealistic display of light and sound.

E - Anything else!
Or Create your own!

This is not an official reserve, nor does it guarantee a slot in the game, but if you do choose to app a character that you test drove, you can use two minimum 20-comment threads or one minimum 40-comment thread (so at least 20 total comments from your character) in place of writing a sample. So have fun with it!

Comments

[goodouthere]

Hot damn, okay. You should not put all that on a business card. Talk about a mouthful. But hey, witch, huh? That's pretty cool. You got any specialties, or...?

Well, only so much dabbling as "I fought some ghosts once". But that counts, right? Pretty sure that counts.

[get_gone]

Definitely. Hell of a lot better than being stuck planetside, that's for sure.

[get_gone]

Does no one else here have allergies?! [Everyone seems so surprised about his uncertainty over the food. What the hell?]

[mayvin]

Hm, yeah, I don't think that counts. I mean, exorcists are all about fighting daemons and purity and being all high and mighty! They're quite different from a witch, or a wizard, in that regard.

As for my specialties, well, magic, obviously! I could go on and on about my dear little Guardians, or my not so dear Malak, but I'm also the leader of the famed comedy troupe, Magilou's Magnificent Menagerie! We'll be here all week. Or however long it is we're here.

Queenie Goldstein | Champion Legilimens

[goteachother]

A
[Queenie's standing in a hallway, tugging the elbow length satin gloves she's wearing up and smoothing her hands over the beadwork of the dress she's wearing.]

I'm sure I'd've remembered makin somethin this glamorous. [She giggles softly, turning to feel the fabric swirl around her legs. Then she abruptly freezes, blinking up at the other person in the hall like it's the first time she's seen another human being.]

Sorry, didn' see ya there. [And she didn't hear the thoughts of someone coming up on her. How!?]

B
[Queenie is fussing in the kitchen, a mug of coffee on the counter seems to be stirring sugar and cream into itself as she pokes her head into the cupboards, pouting and huffing out a breath that blows her curls away from her face. She pulls down a can of something that's meant to vegetables and her expression pinches in disgust.]

Now that don' sound appetizin at all. [And with a sigh she releases the can mid-air. Instead of crashing to the floor, though, it floats itself back to the cupboard which obediently closes itself even as her coffee stops stirring and taps the spoon clean so she can lift the mug and take a sip.]

A

[goteachother]

Oh! No, honey, I'm sorry I ain't seen much of anyone. [Queenie bites her lip, thinking- maybe even concentrating? What on is hard to say. She huffs a little sigh and then beams at him.]

Hey... you wouldn' happen ta- [Ah but what if he's just a no-maj? This is so balled up!] No, s'pose ya wouldn' huh? This is quite the mess, ain't it?

Almost feels like we got here by magic or somethin... [Ahahahah not like she's a witch or breaking the statute of secrecy or- Mercy Lewis, please be a wizard.]

[want_a_vacation]

There's too many rules set up to think they're fans of chaotic situations...especially the one about a maximum number of victims per culprit. They definitely want structure, to make someone plan to kill someone and get away with it. I'm not exactly counting on them to break it up if it does turn into a riot, though...

[Sorry Taco, if you want to know more about this 'Ether' thing, you'll have to ask.]

Nari Reno | Champion Hiker | OC

[everylittlesecret]

[A]
[Somehow waking up in a room she's never been in before doesn't bother Nari as much as it should. Maybe because it felt more like a dream about a video game with this strange device on her arm. Certainly more hi-tech since it showed colored pictures. It showed other people here, which was strange, but okay. So she'll set about walking out of her room and exploring.]

Please don't be some bullshit escape room antics. I swear, I'll cut someone if that's the case.

[B]
[MRE's and astronaut food. Not the best, but not the worst. What was fun wasn't eating it. It was slowly watching it burn as Nari held it between her fingers. The smell was a bit much, but at least the charring gave it more flavor.

At least she doesn't look too bothered by the 'food' they have, and she's more than willing to show people how to eat it properly or give an entire history on it. ~Librarian things~]

[C]
[Anyone who comes into the holodeck will be instantly surrounded by a thick forest with Nari casually sitting in the middle of it all with a book in hand. There's birds chirping, a soft wind being heard rustling through the leaves. All in all it is very peaceful. Want to disrupt her quiet time? She most likely knows you're there already.]

[desperateprayer]

[ She'll at least do that, but she's very clearly not sure what else to do. Very lost. ]

[protectandselfserve]

I'd noticed! Mighty curious, that.

[he just fiddles with it some.]

And so full of interesting information, too!

[protectandselfserve]

...Oh, I see!

[...he just... kind of looks this dude over, because it sounds like he's an alien but he doesn't even have a rubber forehead.]

Well, given the Zero G room I passed, it'd be silly to think everyone here was from Earth, I suppose.

[myocordial]

You misunderstand. I'm just as much from Earth as you are.

[protectandselfserve]

...I see!

...

Well, I'd hope for your that doesn't include having to figure out how to spell that, haha!

[goodouthere]

Mhm, well, worth a shot. I'm sure I'll be running into them soon enough. Can't be much of an adventuring party without the party part.

[My, she seems like a nervous one, doesn't she?]

Oh no, yeah, I feel you there, sister, this whole bizz is just about screaming magic involvement. Definitely gonna call it now and say a wizard did it. Or... or you know, some other magic specialist, I don't wanna discriminate here. Sorcerer, warlock, whatever.

[goodouthere]

Right, see, I think we're working with some, ah, some regional differences in terms here. Definitely don't have those sorts of exorcists in my neck of the woods.

[Different... region, plane, whatever, who cares.]

There's another good example of that, actually, 'cause I was more wondering what school of magic, but I'm getting the vibe that maybe I'm thinking about it the wrong way. But never mind all that! Comedy troupe, eh? Hell yeah, I always got mad respect for fellow performers.

[protectandselfserve]

Don't ask me! I solve crimes, not physics problems!

[...admittedly, he's still kind of laughing about it, so he doesn't sound terribly distressed.]

But really, take your time. I'm not going to starve or anything.

[nojohnyouare]

[Oh, monotheism. She nods politely.]

...Do you need help?

[nojohnyouare]

It's not all true. It says I'm eighteen. My birthday isn't for two more weeks.

[Says nothing about being called a "Champion Scapegoat."]

[perfectmoebullseye]

Well, of course. Nothing in the world is free, after all.

[She crosses her arms and sizes him up.]

What would you be looking for, then? ...and firstborn children are off the table, since that's not my choice anyway.

[protectandselfserve]

...

Oh, come now, isn't that the best time to make a sale, though? The sky is falling, and so are the prices!

[don't laugh at your own joke, Gant...]

[perfectmoebullseye]

[...that's...

...she feels kinda weird about this.]

Right, then. I'm Sola-ui Nuada-re Sophia-ri. Charmed, I'm sure.

[...]

Do you need a hand, or...?

[leatherandlovelace]

[ DESPITE HER APPEARANCE, SHE FINDS THIS ELF CLOSE TO ENDEARING but she does get less Salty Hacker at this point ]

Do they have burritos in your fantasy world, Taako?

B

[perfectmoebullseye]

[...well, she can't really help but notice that, all things considered. There's something bothering her about it in the back of her mind... well, it's hard to get over years of "magic must be kept secret from people that can't do it" in a few days, so it's understandable.

...may as well make conversation about it.]

It's odd, isn't it? Having all of this forced out in the open among people who really shouldn't know about it.

[goodouthere]

[That just gets a blank look... maybe. It's hard to tell when it always sorta seems like he's got a blank look going on.]

Can't say that's ringing any bells. Sort of a random question, isn't it? Not that I ever object to random, but still, my curiosity has been piqued.

[thetempestsync]

Hmph, may--

[ ... holy chalupa. Okay, suffice to say, he's seen some gruesome things, but that is just-- it's kind of creepy when someone waves a stump around in your face. ]

--You need to stop that.