Test Drive Meme

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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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[jesus_is_gundam]

She doesn't have to explain, but its not as if he entirely respected that rule. Still, he paused at the edge of the ten-meter halo, for now.

"No," he answered, simple and directly enough. The fireworks didn't really interest him on any level.

"You're alone." It was more of an observation than a question.

[dhianeila]

"The city is rather crowded. I've already looked around, though. It's very beautiful, isn't it?"

She then tilted her head at him, with a smiiiiiiile. "What are you doing out here, Setsuna?"

[jesus_is_gundam]

...

Sometimes, he wished that she didn't look at him like that. He ended up glancing off to the side.

"I don't have anything to celebrate."

That probably didn't answer her question, but he didn't seem intent on elaborating further.

[dhianeila]

"That does not mean that you cannot simply enjoy the show. Celebrating seeing such a happy event is enough. And the fireworks are beautiful."

She took a sip out of a cup of some sort of blue liquid that she had been given by a new friend who had also run into her by chance.

[jesus_is_gundam]

It wasn't enough for him, but he wasn't going to belabor the point. He and his Gundam still had unfinished business, among other issues, and he wasn't able to put that aside as easily as she was. And speaking of some of that unfinished business...

After a quiet moment of hesitation, he takes a step forward, piercing that ten-meter halo. He knows better, certainly, but he still tries.

One day, he'll sit next to her without their brains melting. That day wasn't going to be today, though that doesn't stop him from taking a second step. That was close enough for him to really start feeling it, and he paused in his advance there. His eyes were glowing, his quantum brainwaves reacting to her powers, trying to stem off the onslaught of emotions.

His power, that he didn't know about or understand fully, that was different from hers, but still similar enough. Perhaps that's why he was always drawn to her? So desperate for someone to understand him...

"You can feel things," he states, once he's managed to clear his head enough to focus.

[dhianeila]

"Setsu-- ah--" Come on Setsuna, don't you know that doing this doesn't feel good for anybody involved? ... well, at least he was careful and didn't close enough to be knocked out. She felt the rush of emotions hit her when he breached that area of effect, wincing slightly and bringing a hand up to her chest. After a moment, when Setsuna stopped his movements and the feeling somewhat subsided, she looked up at him curiously.

"I ... yes. Is there something the matter, Setsuna?"

[jesus_is_gundam]

He opened his mouth to respond, but said nothing, as he didn't know what to ask. That was the big problem with being humanity's first Innovator, there was no way to put something so esoteric into words. He closed, more frustrated than anything, something which she could probably sense at this range, even if his only outward reaction was a quiet breath.

Nothing was wrong, but everything was... "Different. Everything is different now."

[dhianeila]

"You seem concerned about that," she answered, giving him a sympathetic look.

"Is ... 'different' a bad thing?"

[jesus_is_gundam]

"...I don't know." It was the only honest answer he could give.

[dhianeila]

"Well..." she started with a small smile to try and encourage him. "Perhaps you can try to explain it a little to me. What's different. And in doing so maybe help yourself sort out how you feel about it."

[jesus_is_gundam]

His frown deepened at that request, and he continued to look off to the side. If he could explain, he would have ages ago. This was beyond words, or, at the least, it was beyond his ability to put it into words. Still, he tried.

"I sense things. Know things. Feel things. Things the people around me are unaware of." He looked back at her again, his eyes still faintly glowing. "I see the world differently than before.

"I don't understand it."