spacehorses | Test Drive Meme

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!

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She can hear the cursing and the sounds of bodies hitting the ground, more gunfire, but she can't stop now. Almost--

--there. The power in her hand shrinks to the size of a marble, vibrates for an instant, before she hurls it at the ground beneath her feet, the last words of the incantation yelled out:

"Energy Net!"

Concentric waves of light burst out from the epicenter, spreading rapidly out towards the walls beside them, down both ends of the tunnel-- they wash over Cassie without effect, but as they slam into the creature on her and the other creatures emerging from the falls, they seize up, abruptly still as statues.

Cassie wastes no time in scrambling out from under the suddenly dead weight, then drawing Blood Drinker, her wavy, ancient kris and stabbing it through a multifaceted eye.

"Neat trick. How much time's that buy us?" She said, walking backwards and sighting the next target before the first of the creatures started to wake up. In her soldier's crouch, she comes barely to Rena's shoulder, and would probably not be higher than her chin even if she stood straight.

The creatures seem practically paralyzed, there's not even a twitch-- but Rena's already backing up with more than just a walk, staying behind Cassis as she glances left and right and behind, options running through her head. She could charge up something with more power, but with just the two of them, and if they were way too far outnumbered--

"Not much. At least ten seconds or more, it's different with some--" monsters, she doesn't bother finishing, instead continuing: "Let's get out of here, quick."

"Then get running." One every 3/4 of a second then. She shoots out the motionless forward legs with an automatic precision, heedless of the blood leaking down her forearm. At precisely eight and a half seconds, she takes off at a dead sprint to join the others.

"Any idea the sierra-foxtrot are those things?"

She's more than happy to oblige with the running, footsteps echoing down the dimly-lit tunnels, but glances behind once, twice, only speeding up to the fastest she can when she's sure Cassie's coming after her. It's a good sprint, for a civilian.

"No, I've never seen them before--" Sudden shrieks echo from the place they left behind, and she winces, seeing in her mind's eye those creatures coming to with crippled limbs. "A guard said there'd been cases of wildlife burrowing into the main tunnels sometimes, but this--!"

Cassie sprints to join her, turns and walks backwards, covering the tail end of their retreat. She doesn't let up until they're safely on the shuttle and it's been thoroughly inspected for unexpected guests.

"I foxtrot'd this one up pretty badly...I'm the head scout. I should have known this was gonna happen." Nevermind that they weren't allowed to explore. That hadn't stopped her before.

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I meant "walls" not "falls" before, oops

I figured

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