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

[pivotpoint]

[She was simply stating a fact in an unpleasant manner. That's it. Kaname accepts the phone, and her eyes light up with a little wonder. She lives in the late 90s/VERY EARLY 2000s, so touch screen phones aren't really a thing yet. She whispers a small "wow" when her thumbs taps on the camera application.]

Sure... got it. [She looks very engrossed, but won't waste any time when he gets into position.]

[sharkastic]

[His lips twitch a little, watching her get a little too excited over what's a pretty average phone in his day and age; maybe he's not even the most lost person here, even if he still doesn't have a great grasp on what the hell's going on with the spaceship and... everything.

Rin doesn't really have much of an idea what kind of picture this girl's looking for, so he just leans his elbows against the railing she was at and tries to look casual.

... It's still kind of weird.]

[pivotpoint]

[Yeah. Kyoko was all about taking pictures of interesting people, and things. And... well on the spaceship almost everything and everyone was "interesting."

Click. Wow, this even shows you the picture you took after you take it? She touches the screen once more, and- Wow! Zoom! A little rudely, she starts fiddling around in his phone. He might want to hustle over, and take it from her! Though if/when he does he'll find she's quickly gotten a hang of the new tech, and is just putting her name to the number she gave him.]

[sharkastic]

[Rin's not really too bothered by the fiddling given her general attitude at it, even if he does come over to make sure she's not accidentally deleting anything or getting into his texts.

(It's not like he never deletes a text or something. He likes to keep a clean inbox.)]

... Your name's Kaname, huh? I'm Matsuoka Rin.

[She'll probably be keeping his number, too. He's probably going to regret that, but what can you do?]

[pivotpoint]

Chidori Kaname, yeah.
[Wow, rude to be so familiar with her by addressing her first name. She surrenders his phone back to him. Sure, she'll keep his number, but honestly she has no reason to contact him. At least his name is recognizable to her. She wonders if he's from Japan too. Actually, just to check she switches away from the Common to Japanese.]

Just testing: do you understand me now, Matsuoka-san?

[sharkastic]

Right.

[That was just the only part of her name he could see at that point what with her thumbs flying all over the screen. These things happen.

He blinks when she switches to Japanese.]

... Yeah? They didn't delete any of the languages we know.

[Even if it's kind of creepy to think about computers rifling around in your head, suddenly knowing a language is... kind of cool, too.]

Though I guess there aren't that many Japanese here.

[pivotpoint]

[Kaname heaves a sigh of relief, and visibly relaxes. And is that-? Yeah, she might be smiling. She'll stick to Japanese for now. It's more comfortable to speak in her native tongue than anything she had "sleep-learned." In fact she had a real big... issue with the sleep learning at first, but we won't get into that.]

Wow, that's- Excuse me a moment. [She puts a hand on her chest, inhales deeply, and exhales. Having someone from Japan lifted a great weight of loneliness off her.]

[sharkastic]

Sure.

[That reaction, at least, is easy enough to understand -- Rin's acclimated to Standard and even become somewhat comfortable speaking it, but something about being able to speak his native tongue makes something in his chest unclench a little. He very nearly smiles back.

Instead, he slips his phone back into his pocket and lets Kaname collect herself -- for the most part, patiently, even if it's a little harder to resume his jog now.]

[pivotpoint]

[She tucks her phone away into her pocket. Kaname is torn between starting some small talk, and letting him go. Eh, all she can really come up with is asking where in Japan he lived... and "when," probably. She has his number, and he seemed pretty annoyed to be stopped.]

Well, you're free to go I guess. Don't let me keep you.

[sharkastic]

... Thanks.

[He's more surprised than anything, and it comes out in how dry that reply was.

Off he goes, though, without further ceremony. A little stiffly, since he's been still for a while. He doesn't look back, but he does toss out a See you around.]