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

Wildcard because Kara does what Kara wants

[karappo]

[So this ordeal so far has been...well. Karamatsu isn't sure he'd say it's entirely unlike some messes they've gotten into before, but usually they get into messes as a group of six as opposed to a duo like they are now. It's been weird, but not what Karamatsu would call unmanageable.

Except...well. Obviously by now they are all well aware of the particular requirements this place has placed upon them, and it...isn't good. It isn't very good at all. But Karamatsu, being himself, has been either blatantly ignoring the trouble they've gotten themselves into, or he's just pretending like he's not bothered by it. He's certainly made a spectacle of himself by now, much to Choromatsu's certain dismay.

But now it's gotten late, and everyone else has filtered off to bed one by one. In fact, Karamatsu is one of the only few left awake and still out just before lights out. He's explored his own room already, bed and all, and it's...not something he's used to. By now they'd have a futon spread out on the floor, but everything here is different than that. No Japanese influence at all, really, which also leaves something to be desired.

So Karamatsu finds himself wandering after having pulled his pillow off his bed, though he's not wandering aimlessly. He's going somewhere very specific, and soon enough Choromatsu- whether he was already in bed or not- will hear a knock on his door.]

[protectandselfserve]

...oh, really? So... there's a different species on earth that happens to look... just like humans?

[myocordial]

An artificially created species, to be precise. You could call us robots, though that would be simplifying the matter by a lot.

We're capable of imitating the appearance of humans, that's all.

[protectandselfserve]

...Well, that isn't much of an error, really. Perhaps they just rounded up?

Kara IS a wildcard

[shikosuki]

[ Choromatsu hasn't been taking their current situation well at all. While for the most part he's mostly just defaulted to his usual yelling and screaming about everything, the rest of the time he's been on the cusp of having a full blown metldown, or worse, a panic attack... something he's been trying to hide. This is a full blown nightmare, and he's not sure if it's better or worse by having another brother here.

When he hears the knock he jumps, startled. ]

Wh-Wh-Who's there?!

[ ARE YOU HERE TO KILL HIM ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Come on. It's too cold to wear clamshell bras there, right? Their nipples would just freeze right off.

[nojohnyouare]

It's possible. Is yours right?

1

[myocordial]

[Insert a cliche line here about him being used to people falling for him, etc. But Heart blinks for a moment at the sight of her just sort of... appearing like this.

Only for a moment, as within the moment he approaches her and kneels down.]

Not the most graceful of entrances, but certainly one that leaves an impression. [He smiles at her gently. It's just some light teasing, nothing more.] Are you alright?

I MEAN TRUE

[karappo]

[While Karamatsu sort of expected a response like that, he's on edge enough that it makes him jump and lean away from the door, trying to whisper back even though his deep voice betrays him.]

It is just me, Brother! Karamatsu! I have come to speak with you.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[That... sure is some kind of grinning Cheshire cat calling him on his staring. Junpei can let this bother him, or he can keep being a vague dick.

He chews, swallows, and gestures at Garfield with the sandwich.]

I give it a solid four.

B

[nojohnyouare]

[Mai shakes her head, poking at a packet.]

No. But tasteless.

[lackinginfaith]

[Okay, she has to snicker at that one.]

Someone's a little open.

[shikosuki]

...Eh? K-Karamatsu?

[ wait

this could be a trap

To be honest he debates just ignoring him so there's a silence for a while, but just before Karamatsu can get too antsy... ]

Say something only Karamatsu would say!!

[ or know. or whatever. PROVE YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY CHAMPION OF VOICE MANIPULATION. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Sure, it's on, but Junpei really shouldn't have picked a battle he can't win.]

You sure? Because it looks like a guy like you could use a nudge in the right direction.

[misanthropicprinciple]

I'm just a good Samaritan looking out for all mermaids in need. Wouldn't want to see them in the frozen fish aisle.

[perfectmoebullseye]

[...okay. SHE WANTS TO KEEP GOING BUT SOMEONE HAS TO BE THE ADULT HERE]

Well, alright. Forgive me. It's the shock speaking for me.

[lackinginfaith]

Maybe they just have high cold tolerance.

[ebonyknight]

Considering that both of us were kidnapped, yes.

[...This girl is an idiot.]

[karappo]

...Eh?

[What the hell kind of question-]

Something only I would say? You would doubt me being myself in a time such as this? I could be out here, in this hallway, breathing my last, and you would still deny me entrance...would you allow these to be my final words? Words of my dear sibling leaving his own flesh and blood out in the cold?

[misanthropicprinciple]

[The guy is seriously unhinged, and Junpei-from-a-year-ago would be shocked by how utterly banal Junpei-from-right-now finds this.]

Huh. I wonder what happens to your dick if you pop a boner right before they throw you out of airlock...

[nOTHING GOOD, JUNPEI.]

On second thought, maybe that'd get too graphic for our audience? Don't go to town too hard on the perp. For the ratings' sake, if nothing else.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Like seals? Wouldn't they need a ton of blubber for that?

[lackinginfaith]

Or it's magic, because we're already theorizing about mermaids and we've got these future phone things fused to our arms.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Oh. Magic.

[He waves the hand with the PIP carelessly.]

Magic's a little different from this shit, I'd assume.

[lackinginfaith]

I'd imagine you could just make up whatever.

[y'know, like the writing staff.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Well, sure, if we're still talking about mermaids and magic. But this?

[He taps the casing of his PIP.]

Still well within the realm of the possible. Barely even qualifies as sci-fi.