Test Drive Meme

[crux_mods]

Did you want to test your characters? Do you want something that you can use for an RP sample without digging up an old thread? Well, here you have it. Pick one or multiple prompts below or, if you want, make a prompt of your own. Just be sure to tag around so that everyone gets plenty of exposure.

1: Explosions in space! Space Bandits attacked the space colony everyone was visiting! Dozens of fighters and mobile armors fly through space, locked in deadly combat. Are you among those battling to save lives? Or are you watching from the windows, praying everything will be safe?

2: Explosions underground! You were part of a trading party, exchanging supplies with an underground penal colony when alien animals burrowed through the walls and started assaulting convict and Confederation member alike! What are you going to do?

3: Explosions over the city! The Colosseum is shooting off fireworks as part of a concert or a sporting event! Are you watching in the crowd, a main attraction, or watching the bright colors from the city?

4: Explosions on an asteroid! You're either observing, guarding, or mining an asteroid! It's rather dull, save for the explosions that rock the ground under your feet. It looks like it'll continue to be just as slow, but... was that something moving in the shadows there?

5: Explosions on a space station! As you approached a research station, you receive a distress signal! Fire's broken out and their systems aren't up to spec! Can you do anything? Are you a part of a scouting crew or out for a joyride in your new yacht? And is this an accident, or something more sinister?

6: Explosions at the gym! Explosive competition! Swimming, weightlifting, running, boxing, someone has just challenged you! Whether they know it or not, you're going to do your best to show them up.

7: Explosions in the past! A star has died! The Fleet is flying through the nebula it left behind, with swirls of beauty as far as the eye can see. If you're the type, you can watch it all you like.

8: Explosions on the road! Most of the traffic on the Teuberg is computer controlled, but some young showoff took his off the grid and promptly caused a wreck! Traffic has been backed up for almost half an hour now, with no way out for you and the people in your vehicle. Are you close enough to see if anyone needs help? Or are you just stuck with people who are as late for their appointments as you are?

9: Explosions in the marketplace! Explosive bargains! You're in a trading hub, surrounded by stalls of all kinds selling every type of merchandise you can imagine! Luckily, you've got enough money to handle a few purchases here. Will you buy one of those daggers on display? An incense burner? Some alien fruit? Or maybe you're on the run from the corrupt guards? Or perhaps you're the one doing the chasing, did someone just steal your wallet?

10: Explosions in your mind! The explosive inspiration that drives this world! Make up your own prompt!

Comments

[constableodo]

Oh, he won't get away with that. "You will stop this now." Odo grabs the man again, this time more strongly. Much more strongly. In fact, he is quite a bit stronger than a human, even if this man is stong himself. Odo will also search him himself and drag him to the cells.

[blindlygo]

[For a moment, Geordi is staring because he doesn't get it. Then he's shaking his head, because he gets what Data was trying.]

Not quite. Sorry, the timing could have been better.

[positronically]

That gets another mildly perplexed look, his mouth turning down slightly.

"Am I to understand that you have experienced death in your home dimension, then? Interesting. Perhaps, based on the information we all received upon our awakenings, you were 'rescued' from your world at a point where death was an inevitability. That would imply that an intelligence is behind our arrivals here. Do you not wish to be amongst the living any more?"

[onedamnminute]

Spock remembered the people to whom he has trusted his life; in this instance he remembered Geordi as the man who had designed the ship upon which his survival inside a singularity had depended.

The visor technology he wore--it probably afforded him a quite different view of the nebula.

"What do you see in those clouds? Back there, near the ship on our flank."

[positronically]

I will attempt to rectify my timing, then. They say that is the secret to comedy.

[A pause. A glance at Geordi. And then he tentatively blows on the hot, melted circuits.]

2!

[licentia]

[ Diplomacy is one of a Jedi’s strong points, as solving issues with words is always preferable to that of a lightsaber. Accompanying Mineva and the rest of the trading party in tow, Meetra sends a glance her way at the corner of her eye. ]

You can escort the civilians out of here, I’ll fight and make su— [ sure that you get out safely. But the Jedi’s sentence is cut off as one of the rodent aliens lunges towards them. With an outreach of her other hand, she telekinetically pushes the menace into a wall, leaving him momentarily crumpled on the floor. ]

10.

[littlecrowgirl]

[Kay what are you even doing here, you're not old enough to drink.

Not like it stops her from sipping a mean bit of clear soda as she slides up. Really, Data had piqued her interest for a number of reasons. For one, he was some odd mix of porcelain and snowman for a skin tone. This man clearly didn't get out much.

The other reason is the fact that he's alone. That's got to be awkward.

What better way to make it less awkward than to have a teenage girl sit next to you?]

So.

[doesnotsimply]

"What I wish is of no..." He starts, obviously frustrated and anxious. "Tis not natural. I felt the icy hand of death take me and..." He trails off again. He drinks some of his drink, alcohol should help with a situation like this but the awful ale is practically undrinkable.

"And I knew it was the end. Nay I have lost enough friends and fellow soldiers in battle to recognise when death comes to a man at the last and that is exactly what happened that day." He takes another drink.

[positronically]

...So?

[Data just cocks his head sideways at Kay, that same blank and vaguely polite look on his face.]

Good evening. I am Lieutenant Commander Data of the star ship Enterprise. I do not believe we have met.

[doesnotsimply]

Boromir was not accustomed to fighting alongside women, but he had visited the land of the Rohirrim oft enough to know that women could make just as dangerous fighters as men. He laughed at her jest and ran to match her pace.

"Aye it looks like I am, although you seem more formidably armed than myself." He does not recognise the style of weapon, but an axe looks like an axe at the end of the day.

[onedamnminute]

Spock was forced into brief and unfamiliar hesitation. Data, but not as he remembered him. Younger, albeit with the experience of having met him; not a Captain yet, no simulated gray to his hair. They had not met again yet. He made an unusual - but reasonable - guess.

"Commander Data."

And turns toward him entirely, head inclining in greeting. "I am in respect, deeply grateful to see you. Are you here alone, as I am?"

You're alright! You're alright, now!

[abtakha]

"Shimatta!" Cassie's behind a pillar immediately, snub nosed little pistol at the ready. Not that that's gonna do anything against even a light battlemech but it's better than nothing.

Part of her mind is plotting an escape route and ambush points. The other part is admiring it. A land-air mech...What a rarity.

"The hell you're crouching in an alleyway for then?!" She calls, pulling the safety back.

10

[littlecrowgirl]

[Squat thrusts. That's...new.

Kay's just going to watch in mild amusement before hopping over, crouched like a frog on a piece of equipment.]

So.

What's the benefit of this?

[doesnotsimply]

Boromir continues to struggle against Odo's grip, but it is quickly becoming clear to him that there is more to Odo than the simple matter of his overly smooth face.

"Get off of me!" He shouts, still fighting despite the fact that it seems useless. The guard he punched moves back in and helps his colleague get the man cuffed with his hands behind his back.

[littlecrowgirl]

...Thanks a bunch for that, really!

[Well this just turned into the coolest conversation ever.]

Wow....

[Don't mind if she just circles around you, completely fascinated.]

[constableodo]

At least Odo and the guards could subdue the man. Odo then dragged him to his cell and finished searching him thouroughly. Once he made sure the man had nothing (left) on him, he freed his arms, left the cell and closed it on the man.

"You will stay here until I have a good explanation of why you were wandering around with weapons. After that, I'll see." Odo scoffs.

[littlecrowgirl]

It felt better to have someone by you, sometimes, even if you don't really know them. Sometimes you just have to go with that gut instinct and put on a smile. Although 'dangerous fighter' probably had yet to be proven with this one. The most she's done is swat at a spider.

"Heh, yeah well you look like a guy who knows how to wield it! You from the Renaissance fair or something? Authentic~"

She keeps alert though, listening for the sound of the fighting.

"I think we're pretty close. I can hear the sounds of guys getting their butts kicked."

[pinkspaceprincess]

[Oh, it wasn't a something, it was a someone.]

I am Shiraui Tsumugi, a chimera. Who am I addressing?

[senseandcecilbility]

[Holding his bucket closer, he glances at the carbonized research station, wondering where they could have hidden the backups. He comes from a time in which entire cities would catch fire without further notice, so the idea of a criminal incident doesn't occur to him. However, the situation seems bad enough. What if they have just lost the cure for some terrible disease? He turns around to look over Geordi's shoulder.]

Can you recover it?

never!

[senseandcecilbility]

[Oh no, it is the devil. He manages to look almost guilty. Gambling is wrong, isn't it?]

I was just taking a look!

[velveteened]

( oz looks up at the voice, not seeming to notice the all-too-telling glare of the merchant. )

That's right! ( he offers her a smile, holding up a piece of that fruit. ) He, ( with a gesture at the merchant, ) said it's a big blowout sale and a great deal! Usually it's six credits, if you're unlucky.

( #it becomes obvious immediately how he's so easily cheated )

/goose hissing sounds

[fuckinstoplights]

Well, that was a language he hadn't expected to hear. All the more reason to fear this was some sort of authority, come to capture him again. Even after the Brave Police had backed off. After all he'd said to Shadowmaru...

He stays back, crouched, wary, and keeping far from the human as he can, given the alleyway.

"I was watching the fireworks!" Which sounded like a bad excuse, even to him. But truth was truth. "It's too crowded, elsewhere!"

[littlecrowgirl]

So.

[Well, you're not shoving her away just yet, so that means you're good in her book.

But as soon as he introduces herself, cue the jaw-drop.]

Wait, a STAR SHIP Lieutenant? Like in the movies?

[fuckinstoplights]

Human life is precious.

[He says, as if repeating a mantra. In a way... he sort of is. What Shadowmaru said would be an important thing to remember, after all.]

[He turns to follow her, as she moves, watching her.]

What are you doing?

[doesnotsimply]

Boromir accepted that he hadn't quite gotten used to this new language that had been planted in his head by the sorceries of the healers, but this woman's speach was odd to him to say the least. He could follow the gist of it but her mannerisms...

"I... am not sure but if you know anywhere around here where I could arm myself I would be most grateful." He fingers the knife he has at his belt, not drawing it yet in case of accident in the chaotic crowds fleeing the scene.