Test Drive - April Edition

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Happy early April and spring! Here's a new test drive to go with it! Trying to see if a character will fit or work in the setting? Need some interaction samples? Well this meme is for you! Make a post, tag around, and most importantly, have fun! Here's the setting page for those who want to learn a little more about the city itself. And don't forget to go reserve your character, GO GO GO.......

Here's some prompts to help you get started, if you need it:

Option 1

[Something went wrong with your arrival, or perhaps the security around the gates was lax. Either way, you find yourself outside the city and in place that's providing a steady drain on your energy and looking a lot less warm and welcoming. Particularly those insects of unusual size skittering down the sides of the buildings, just waiting for the wrong movement to be made before swarming. There's an alarm being raised on the other side of the city walls, and it sounds like help is on the way…But will it come fast enough?]

Option 2

[There's a bustle of activity in some parts of the city; people fussing over generators that look freshly installed (and also look oddly lantern like; one more oddity to add to this place) and trying to get them up and running. It looks like they could use a hand or two to help…And oddly enough, given the instructions, hand holding to help power these devices.]

Option 3

[Spring is here! Or at least close at hand, with all the flowers beginning to bud in the trees and the grassy areas. (There might even be a few small animals on hand, too!) Even a change in decoration as little charms and masks are hung up on buildings and the like. Chances are, there might be some other people out enjoying the spring weather, too.]

Option 4

[Whoops. Looks like you haven't taken the cautionary words of the other NPCs to heart, or maybe you just wanted to take your chances. Either way, the withdrawal symptoms have started and you need to find someone to hug quickly before you get even more sick.]

Option 5

[If there's something else you wanted to play with, that you didn't see here, then have fun with that. You've just arrived in a strange city, after all. There's got to be plenty to explore out and about, not to mention people to meet.]

Comments

[protomensch]

"I've got no idea what's going on, if that's what you mean," he replied as he came to stop in his tracks. "I was scanning myself and the next thing I knew, I was here."

Maybe this robot was as puzzled as he was, but she also had tech and weaponry a century ahead of his; what was she getting so apprehensive over?

"I'm not, but I need to make it over there and fast. Something's seriously wrong with my power core."

[bridgebunny]

"...It seems we're in the same predicament. We should move quickly but refrain from dashing, but I'm sure you don't need that sort of reminder," she noted, nodding and picking up the pace. They can make chit-chat later. The beam rapier flared back to life as more insects were incoming.

"I've noted this species can't turn on a dime. As much as I don't like running away, we can surpass these two swarms completely and be gone before they have a chance to turn and renew their assault." She didn't notice any external weaponry on him. She had, however, seen the cannon.

"I'll clear a path! Straight through!" In a blink, she was gone. But then she reappeared a few yards away, trailed by lightning that felled a dozen of the bugs, twitching and sparking.

Her energy levels didn't like that, so she broke into a run. The city was getting close!

[protomensch]

"Dashing? I think I can handle a sprint."

Then again, maybe it was for the best the robots back at home couldn't do that sort of thing. Or, at least, that a certain scientist's robots couldn't. He'd hate to think of what would have happened if those were something other than giant, mutated insects.

But in the present he'd welcome her help. Especially if she was going to keep throwing out moves like... that. He just hoped he'd be able to keep up. He just had to materialize his battle armor.

...But his power core was no longer his only worry, it seemed. Even at its worst, he'd never gotten insufficient allocation when trying to equip himself. The best he could do was pick back up from his stumble and try to match Layer's pace on foot. At least his cannon was still responding, and he gathered it around his fist to pick off a couple stragglers behind them.

"You'll bleed out your reserves if you keep pulling moves like that!"

[bridgebunny]

Keyword was 'keep'. She didn't know if she could even do it again, but didn't tell him that.

"Risky, but better to use less moves and head in a straight line than pausing to expend further energy taking them on with the rapier or the cannon."

But as she looked ahead, something didn't make any sense.

"Their alarms are sounding, but rather than lock out any threat that sounded it, the gates are wide open..." Enter through the front doors, or scale the walls?

[protomensch]

"Not what I'd call 'efficiency' either way..." ...But it wasn't like she didn't have a point nonetheless. Or like he wanted to spend any extra time out here.

When he eventually caught up, his gaze went to the gates alongside hers. It wasn't the strangest part of the state of affairs he'd witnessed since he'd arrived, but now that she mentioned it he was surprised he didn't notice sooner.

"...Maybe whatever they're sounding it over is inside the city," he offered. "Or maybe they've got someone of their own out here. Either way we should--"

But he was stopped in his tracks on foot and in thought when he reached out to grab Layer by the shoulder, his power started stabilizing.

"...Wait. Do you feel that?"

[bridgebunny]

Layer moved at a start, glancing briefly at the hand on her shoulder before looking out.

"I..."

Wait. The alarms in her systems had stopped.

"How unusual. In one moment the oppressive atmosphere was there, but now it's gone. Yet no diagnostics are giving me any information worthwhile. Whatever was draining our power cores has gone silent."