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

[myocordial]

Now that's difficult for me to imagine, but then, I've obviously never known a world without my kind in it.

Though so far I haven't run into any others... A shame, but I'll get back to my friends soon enough.

[You know, once they figure a way out of this space station and back home.]

[daughterofthemark]

I shall do my best.

[Though that's kind of a problem for her...]

[daughterofthemark]

A ritual is held here once every hundred years. The eldest daughter of the Duke of Caledonia travels to the Temple of Ginnungagap with her most trusted knight, and recites certain words. This ensures the safety of the surrounding lands.

[daughterofthemark]

Perhaps the key, then, is to emphasize the difficulty. The more desperation is needed to motivate someone, the less likely it becomes that anyone will become that desperate.

[perfectmoebullseye]

...We've literally never called them that.

[...second... magic.]

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[myocordial]

[...That's not at all the sort of question he's expecting, so... honestly, he can't help but let out a short, gentle laugh.]

I must say you have some interesting priorities. This is really the first thing on your mind? [He's not so much incredulous as simply amused, though.] But no, I can't say that I've seen any.

[goodouthere]

[Taako's actually gone sort of quiet now and goddamn if that's not an achievement. There's a quizzical look in his eyes, because well there's still some thing here he's not clear on, but more than that...]

A... tortilla?

[There is some intense damn curiosity going on here.]

[perfectmoebullseye]

It was like this when I woke up, so I really have no idea.

[beersensei]

[Indeed, it is a very pressing question!]

The kitchen and cafeteria were a bust. Haven't gotten to the other rooms yet.

[beersensei]

Nah, just seems to be the most likely to be found.

[Totally a lie, it so was the first thing on her mind.]

[goteachother]

[Queenie just tilts her head, not frowning exactly but looking a little confused.]

This is one a them "different world" kinda things, ain' it?

[But She knows about magic so-]

Well how's it work in yer world? Ain't allowed to associate with the no-majs and all but how's your schoolin work and is MACUSA still a thing?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Do we have access to storage? ...Does alcohol even keep, in space?

[WORST. DEATH TRAP. EVER!]

[perfectmoebullseye]

Do you really?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Or you blow out your taste buds permanently. I mean, either way.

D

[goteachother]

[When you're used to the scenery moving and magic infused in everything that kind of flattering lighting is really not that odd. She has to wonder if it's some form of charm though since it applies to him no matter the setting.]

And here I thought I was an expert on lookin' pretty. [She giggles as she says it though, winking at him.]

[brokencode]

Of people being nice? It's... odd, isn't it? Very odd, even.

[nojohnyouare]

At home, I...

[Mai trails off. But, well, "Champion Scapegoat."]

It shouldn't be odd.

[beersensei]

Beats me? Alcohol does get better with age so I'd guess it would keep fine. I'd be willing to take the risk if we can find some.

[Her world isn't high tech, how is she to know?]

[misanthropicprinciple]

I didn't even consider the possibility of a beerless existence... god.

[Time to scour the fuck out of this space-place.]

[brokencode]

I... haven't had much time to take stock, really.

[The siren held her hands out, studying them as if they might provide an answer. To her surprise, they actually seemed to. The siren hadn't spent much time staring at herself but... she recalled that her veins weren't nearly so prominent, nor as purple.]

Odd... [Her voice was hardly louder than a whisper.] That's... I suppose then that I have noted some differences.

[brokencode]

[Her first instinct was to shrink away from a hand sure to hurt her in some way or another. When it didn't, when it instead appeared to be ready to help, Angel was left to stare at it, altogether dumbfounded.]

[This wasn't at all what she expected the real world to be like.]

I think you might be right. [A small breath escaped her, one that could almost be construed as a laugh. Her fingers wrapped around the man's and she gingerly pushed herself up to her feet.]

Thank you, ah... [She trailed off, seeking the man's name.]

[thetempestsync]

Of course you don't.

[ ... so it seems losing an arm or two may or may not be a worry while he's here--okay you know this is a good time for a subject change even if he's terrible at being polite. ]

What's your name anyway?

[brokencode]

[Angel blinked at the man. She'd seen him around, basking in his rather surly glory. It... was strange, then, that he actually seemed to be amused by her presence. Even if he was laughing at her.

This... is space, you know. It could very well harbor a number of microorganisms that will indeed run away with it.

[everylittlesecret]

The way I usually deal with it is hiking, taking long walks, watching endless amounts of cat videos... anything but just sitting around and twiddling my thumbs. I'm going loco up in here.

[Heck, even a punching bag would be amazing to beat up on.]

I feel like I'm suffocating in this place... I thought space would be better than this. Hell, those astronauts back home make it look like a trip and a half.

[beersensei]

Definitely ranks up there among fates worse than death.