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

Angel the Siren | Champion A.I. | Borderlands

[brokencode]

1-Arrival

[This... was not her room. The bed she was in obviously wasn't hers, by virtue of it being, well, a bed. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she'd slept anywhere other than the chair of her suppression chamber. She sat up, hand drifting to the top of her head. Her ports were still there, that much hadn't changed, but there were no connections there.]

[More interesting were the clothes on her form. She couldn't remember what clothes she actually owned, considering she spent more time in hospital gowns and casual wear as opposed to anything else. She was fairly certain, at least, that she didn't own a cyan ballgown of any sort.]

[Something was going on, then. Perhaps she should have been more concerned about what exactly it was, but... whatever it was had afforded her some amount of personal freedom. Clearly it couldn't be so bad.]

[She pushed herself off of the bed, surprised when legs that had been all but useless for a number of years managed to find a way to work. Mostly, at least. She still stumbled, in the slightest, and her knees shook themselves all the way to the door, but at least she made it.]

[Until she rested herself against the door and found that it, rather unfortunately, slid open, depositing her in a heap of bony limbs on the floor.]

2- Mealtime

[There were few good things that Handsome Jack had left Angel. She doubted that a severe distrust of medical and/or authority figures were under the classification of "good," but she did have decent table manners. She never ate at a table, of course, but she liked to think that if she did, she would have been quite refined.]

[Except, well... most of the food she ate was rather bland and excessively healthy. So when she spotted a steaming pile of some sort of meat, heaped with oils and greases, she couldn't exactly help herself.]

[Manners could be damned when it felt like she hadn't ate in ages. So... don't mind this Siren, casually shoveling food in her mouth like no one is watching. Or do, if you're so inclined.]

3- Holo Deck

[Angel's seclusion had afforded her few luxuries, and even fewer incidences that one might have considered "necessary" to live a wholesome life. She couldn't remember the last time she felt the breeze on her face, or felt the rain on her cheeks.]

[So naturally she couldn't help but fiddle with the settings, conjuring up a raging storm. The booming thunder was a little intimidating, but even the sight of rain and wind whipping through trees was enough to bring a small smile to her lips.]

[plugout]

[ So by now Rhys has kind of figured out they're from the same place... but he's not sure what her deal is, exactly! But hey, it's... good (?) to know someone has an idea of where you come from and where you'll be going with this whole fucking nutso deal is over. ]

You, uhh... you're chewing before you swallow, right?

[brokencode]

[The sputtering cough that followed Rhys' question might well have answered it for him. Angel would try to tell herself that she was simply startled by the man's presence but, well.]

[The food didn't help.]

I'm -- uh. [She swallowed] Hi

comes back to this 84 years later

[plugout]

[ Oh, god. He really hopes she doesn't choke, he's not qualified to--

Dodged a bullet there, Rhys, good job! ]

Hey. [ He gestures to the food. ] Must be pretty good, huh?

throws a heart shaped locket into the ocean, just 4 u

[brokencode]

[A burning sensation spread through Angel's cheeks. She looked between man and food, realizing that her entire display had been noticed.]

I. Yes it's ... [She opted to quickly nod instead.] Sorry, who are you?

2

[nojohnyouare]

[Hey, the girl who never talks is sitting down with you! And there's food... lots of food...

Mai's gonna start eating too, and while she at least is using utensils, all this shovelling meat into their faces is going to turn into an eating contest soon.]

[brokencode]

[Well, Mai might not talk, but that didn't mean Angel couldn't be polite. After swallowing her most recent bite, she lifted a hand and wiggled her fingers at the girl. There was a smile on her lips, kind as ever.]

Enjoy.

[Yep, back to that meal!]

[nojohnyouare]

[Mai pauses for about a second before continuing to lineface and eat. There's your reaction.]

It's good.

[brokencode]

[The siren blinked, then allowed a grin to form on her lips. A response had been unexpected, but was certainly welcome all the same.]

I agree. [She thought about saying it was the best thing she had ever eaten but such praise was easy enough to obtain when it came to her. She was marginally certain she had even said it before.]

Mealtime

[gotadealforyou]

[oh, Garfield is watching.

Garfield is always watching.

In fact, at current, Garfield has, with no small amount of amusement, invited himself to sit down across the table from her, propping his face up on his paw as he watches her scarf down food with very little manners or dignity. He doesn't say anything yet, just...watches. Very intently. All with a creepy smile on his face 8) ]

[brokencode]

[That...

Well.

okay. That was absolutely a thing that was happening. Not only is there a cat with particularly human features milling about, said cat was also staring at her. Menacingly, even.]

[It certainly was one way to get her to slow down.]

Err -- Do you... want some?

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[perfectmoebullseye]

[....

UHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh]

Are. You alright, there.

[brokencode]

[Secluded and sequestered as she was, Angel had almost forgotten what it felt like to fall. While pain was hardly a sensation she could forget, pain from tripping as she had was... honestly a touch refreshing.]

I'm... I'm fine. [She pushed herself up into a sitting position. She gazed at the woman above her for a long moment, before realizing that A) the woman could actually see her and B) it was typically normal for people to emote when speaking with one another.]

[A clumsy smile spread over her lips shortly after this.]

Ah -- I'm... I'm Angel.

[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...?

[brokencode]

[Angel was quick to lift her hand, waving off the woman as her cheeks quickly turned a bright shade of red. Better to not make a bigger deal of this than Angel herself already had.]

[Instead, she set to pushing herself to her feet, and breathed a sigh of relief when her weak knees didn't collapse beneath her.]

That... is a lot of names. Is there any one in particular that I should call you for short?

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[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?

[brokencode]

[Angel blinked at the man, both startled and embarrassed. She leaned back instinctively, fearing what threat he might have posed to her. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she'd actually seen a friendly face.]

[And yet... he didn't seem to harbor any ill intent. He poked fun at her, yes, but even that was better than what she'd dealt with over the past few years.]

I... Yes. [She nodded once.] Sorry, I did not mean to inconvenience you.

[myocordial]

You've done nothing of the sort. It was my own choice to stop for you.

But I'm glad you're alright. Still... [He did note that she leaned back, so he's careful as he reaches a hand out to her. An offer to help her up, one she's free to reject if she pleases.] I can't imagine the floor is very comfortable.

[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.]

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[misanthropicprinciple]

[While Junpei hasn't exactly come off as the friendliest fellow captive so far, he can't help but chuckle a little at how quickly Angel's putting away that meat.]

It's dead already. Not like it'll run away if you slow down a little.

[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.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Ahah. That's familiar: Having himself corrected by strangely knowledgeable young women. He waves a fork idly.]

And here I thought most astronaut food was sterile. On account of the travel prep and freeze-drying and all.

[Junpei cuts another piece of meat, in no great hurry himself.]

You a space nut, then? Know a lot about it?

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[serrata]

[ ... goodness. Um. As charmingly familiar as seeing someone attack their food with so much enthusiasm is she can't help but feel like this girl is going to choke and they're going to have a body discovery on their hands if someone doesn't step in. ]

Ah... are you sure you wouldn't want that... prepared with something? Instead of just meat by itself?

[ at the very least, maybe it'll slow her down enough to actually taste it. ]

[brokencode]

[If a siren chokes on a space station, and no one actually committed a crime, does it really make a sound? Or... something like that.]

[Angel's attempts at devouring her food slowed, gaze flicking about as if she was trying to shake off a daze. When she settled on the young woman, Yuuri if she was remembering the profiles correctly, a faint blush crept over her cheeks.]

Ah, I... thought I was alone. [She cleared her throat, glancing down at her plate and back up once more.] Sorry, what was it that you were saying?

[serrata]

[ ... well, she's slowed down a bit there probably won't need to be a trial today. Probably. ]

I was just wondering if you wouldn't want to make a proper meal out of that. I'm sure there should be something in the kitchen you can rehydrate to go with it...?

[ are you a bad enough dude to eat the space food, angel ]