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

[notacaptain]

[Shepard glances down at her uniform for a moment, her lips twisting into a bemused sort of smile. Grease and syrup are probably the least offensive thing to get on any one of her outfits, so it's not like she actually minds.]

Don't think anything about it, but be more careful. This port seems alright, but you never know if something's going to go south.

[Her lecture is hardly out of her mouth before her stomach gives an audible gurgle. Curse her metabolism! Even with as seldomly as she uses her biotics, the affect on her eating habits are still readily apparent.]

You sure those things are safe for humans?

[starburned]

[Inwardly, Del flinches a little at the lecture -- not that Shepard isn't right, and she knows it, but being called out by anyone always tends to make Del just a little bit twitchy.

She doesn't give any outward sign of it, though, just turns her attention to the other woman's question. Del gestures at the Fleet-issue omnicorder clipped to her belt.]

Gave 'em a scan, came up clear. That, and it's mostly humans was frequenting the place.

[notacaptain]

[She's used to treating people like she's something of a mother hen, it's nothing personal Del.

Nodding at the answer, she smiles ruefully before massaging her temples.]

Sorry. I'm used to questioning any food I can't identify. Better question. They any good?

[starburned]

[Del nods, relaxing very marginally at the apology -- though by habit her body language is stuck in a permanent state of low-level tension, like a runner waiting for the starting gun.]

Lot better'n most of what I'm used to getting shipside.

[notacaptain]

[As a soldier the tense body language isn't too big of a deal. Sure she'd be wary if a known civilian was acting so tense, but she knows absolutely nothing about this stranger to be too concerned just yet.]

I'd say you get used to it, but you really don't.