test drive meme 21

[savmods]

NOTE: The locations in this test drive are placeholders and do not fit with current game events. Due to ongoing changes as we shift to arc 3, contents of this test drive as they related to specific areas or activities are unfortunately not able to be incorporated as game canon, though if it is possible for a particular thread, you may assume conversations took place similarly in a different setting once the changeover happens ICly. Test drive threads may of course still be used for application samples!

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Ingress travel can be disorienting, but there’s no need to worry! All side effects are temporary and lessen with each trip. Your body may experience several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You may have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. You notice that the area you are in is filled with a soft cerulean light and feels slightly humid and dark despite the glow around you. Regardless of your current state, however, the stress of initial Ingress travel forces your body into unconsciousness.

Waking up is another story. Or maybe it isn’t.

You find yourself in a nondescript room; sometimes with others who have found themselves in the same situation, sometimes alone. A robotic medical tech is always present to explain what’s happened in a rote fashion, though his programming does not permit him to answer specific questions. He provides some clothing, a TAB, and a guide that explains the basics of Ingress travel and why you are here. Outside the room, you'll find you're on a space station that is staffed only by other robots; the only other organics there are those who recently arrived with you, or perhaps your predecessors, who are strolling the halls in search of an observation deck or the tech they've been sent here to fix. Why not introduce yourself and say hello?

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phanos

* The planet Phanos is not as it was during the last visit there. Storms of dark energy swirl across the sections of the world, though they do not yet overwhelm it. The temperature is cooler now, but sandstorms still kick up with great frequency, making cooperation an important part of survival as groups make their way across the landscape, investigating the changes. The pyramid forest remains, but the griffins who live there now venture farther down from their nests, and around a third of them have been twisted by the storms' energies into even more aggressive, monstrous versions of what they once were. Do not take one on alone, or it may be your last mistake.

* Inside one of the tallest pyramids, the lab remains intact, and rumors speak of a locked chamber in its heart that contains valuable material—but is that in the technological sense, or does it hold something monetarily precious in the right market? Maybe you don't care and you're just nosy. Either way, the vault is sealed away behind a series of complicated sliding puzzles that have just one catch—they are not possible to solve without two people operating the locking station. Are you here with a friend? If not, better hope the next guy to come along has a sharp mind for this stuff.

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peter maximoff | x-men cinematic

[quickfingers]

☈ ingress complex

[So this is uh... definitely a thing.

Peter's handling it spectacularly well, all things considered. But the jury is still out on whether his composure is intentional or just a byproduct of the stunning transition that just occurred. One second you're chilling at Xavier's academy and then the next you feel like you're staring on an episode of The Twilight Zone. He's absorbed about as much of the explanations as he can grasp, holding the TAB absently and finds the whole process creepier the longer it drags on.

The only thing that's really bothering him is a bout of lingering vertigo that puts a rather abrupt ending to his thoughts of scoping out this place once he was dressed and on his feet. Nearly wiping out (more than once,) has him staying at average speeds with a bit of a lean on solid surfaces as he gets his bearings. He'll recover quickly enough, but not without perhaps bumping into a few people accidentally, murmuring an apology.

After one particularly close-call and near collision, he pauses to pinch at the bridge of his nose and rub at his eyes with a disgruntled noise.] Yeah, sure. Let's have a headache now too, that's great. Super helpful.

[Said with a "just kill me" tone:] Like it can get any worse.

☈ network - text

so like... does this count as alien abduction?

it's pretty close to what I've heard and all (minus any probing - please doooon't tell me if there was any, I'd rather be blissfully unaware thanks) but I better get something better than a t-shirt out of this. I'm thinking of starting a club, let me know if you're in or not. (technically we're all in but whatever I'm not making a thousand badges here)

Thought to make it extra deep: aren't we technically the "aliens" now? Food for thought.

Related to that (and more importantly,) speaking of food: where get, where buy, where eat?

☈ misc

[hmu with something else if you like! wiiiiiiildcard.]

network - peter, ffs

[welcomeprofessor]

Would a t-shirt make you feel better?

what do you expect tbh

[quickfingers]

Only if it says "I survived alien abduction and only got this crappy t-shirt for it".

this face forever

[welcomeprofessor]

While I applaud the optimism

[ No, really. ]

Wouldn't we have to come out the other end of it to call it survival?

[quickfingers]

"I am battling alien abduction and only have this t-shirt for my valiant efforts"

Doesn't quite have the same ring, but I'm open to suggestions.

blah blah something something fresh prince and parents or whatever

[welcomeprofessor]

Is the humour supposed to be in how literal it is?

ingress

[greyate]

[ It's pretty much in passing that she hears him, that familiar voice. One she was sure by this point she wouldn't hear again. Not unless she found a way back home. She stops short in her steps before turning to look behind her. She sees the silver hair and her heart skips.

No freakin' way. ]

Peter?

[ She blurts it out before she can stop herself. ]

[quickfingers]

[He may be twenty seven but there's still that instinctive gut-gripping reaction that grips to hearing his name called out that makes him freeze like a deer in the headlights. It makes him snap to attention, looking around (waiting for his mother's voice to exasperatedly berate him in all honesty,) for the source and and seeing Jean.

It's a mixed bag of emotions from there on because he wasn't expecting to see her, hadn't quite put any thought into who else might've been sucked into the void with him, but he's also somewhat relieved. He lifts his hand to give her a half-wave salute with two fingers as he leans against the wall.]

Jean. What's up? [So casual. Still got a headache. But he still smiles?]

[greyate]

[ The fact he knows her name and smiles at her, so casual about it, is enough to get her running over to him and throwing her arms around him. He's back. He's actually back. Tears are already in her eyes as she squeezes him in the embrace. ]

God, I'm so glad to see you again.

[quickfingers]

[Yeah let's add this to the events of today he wasn't at all prepared for or expecting, a scattered look of confusion given as she comes at him for an embrace that he's immediately a bit wooden in response to. And a lot of that is not because of the pounding headache, or fading fatigue, but instead because - er - hello? He pegged her for a friend but this is their first hug and well, cool.

He winds one arm around her in the same half-hearted fashion you'd hug back a slightly estranged relative and half-laughs.] I'm happy to see a familiar face. Didn't even stop to think if anyone else might be here too.

ingress

[coercive]

[Laura strongly resembles a drowned cat that's cool with it's fate. She's not wet, but still looks out of sorts, her hair going every which direction. After her experience in getting stuck with super speeds for a while, she isn't exactly phased by him nearly running her over. But she's definitely arching an eyebrow and observing him carefully. ]

It will always get worse.

[Not can. Will.

She's got a pretty crappy outlook on life still, but at least she isn't yelling at him for going too fast.]

[quickfingers]

Aren't you a glimmering little ray of sunshine. [He replies after a moments worth of regarding her.

He's not necessarily fond of kids for the exact same reasons he's actually kind of good with them - too much interaction with his sisters in life - but he just sort of raises his brows at Laura in response. He remembers when his sister was about her age - a little more moody glowering going here on but it's almost otherwise the same.]

Aren't you a little young for fractured, pessimistic world views? You're supposed to grow into those in your teens, y'know.

[coercive]

[Everything about him is fast. His manner of speaking isn't necessarily quick, but her English skills require her to take a little extra time to parse what it is he's said and make sense out of it. Her hand taps against her leg and she smiles a little.]

I've been here before.

[She offers softly, trying to be helpful. She views herself as realistic rather than pessimistic, but she won't argue that with him.]

It is how things here work.

[quickfingers]

Well, can't say I'm really all that surprised. [With everything that's happened thus far, he expected a rocky recovery but it's always good to know it can - no it will - potentially get worse. If he's trusting the words of tiny, angry looking children at any rate. But who else to better inform the newcomers?]

I'm new, but you can probably tell that much. What's your name? I'm Peter.

[seeingscarlet]

[This time he didn't almost barrel into her at top speed, but in a way that's almost more concerning. Still, he looks to be in one piece, and he's here again, and--]

Peter?

[--when she gets closer, she can see that he looks older. Maybe this isn't her Peter after all.]

Are you all right? Did they hurt you?

[quickfingers]

The only thing hurting right now is my pride. [His eyes flick over her with a cautious curiosity. He's taking everything he sees her with a grain of salt because he's not sure what to trust. But it's hard to not trust the face of your twin, even if the vibe feels a bit off. You are Wanda, yeah? You look like Wanda and sound like Wanda. Please don't be some face-wearing alien.]

And my collarbone. [He rubs at it with a self-depreciating laugh.] Shiiiit.

[seeingscarlet]

[Well, she is wearing his sister's face and she's not from his version of their world so...technically sort-of a face-wearing alien? A relatively harmless (to him) face-wearing alien but. Still.

But this is going much better than last time, when he outright accused her of being basically that, so Wanda grins. It's rare, but it's not unheard of for people to remember their time here.]

I think you'll live. And maybe some ice cream would help?

[quickfingers]

[He cocks his head to the side.] I don't usually turn down food - and I'm not, for the record - but uh.

I don't know, I'm really feeling like more people should be wigging out the way I'm wigging out. But then again, it looks like most people have been here longer than I have... [He looks at her with a bit of a look, including her in this,] And maybe everyone's just doing what I'm doing and stamping down the confusion into my back pocket for later - so, what was that you said about ice cream?

network

[specifications]

Yes.
Yes.
Depends on what you want to eat.

[quickfingers]

What are my options, food wise? Should I be prepared for disappointment?

[specifications]

There's a pretty decent pizza place. You'll find a lot of familiar things from Earth and a little extra. Probably best to stick to the food you recognize. Side effects can come with the other stuff.

[quickfingers]

Are we talking mushroom style side effects?

network; SCREE

[shadowblends]

you're technically right about us being 'aliens.'
regarding the food situation, why don't we start with what you might like to eat?

HELLO FRIEND

[quickfingers]

Right now I'm feeling something deep fried or prepackaged

HOW ARE YOU? also sorry for my lateness

[shadowblends]

don't have anything deep fried, but i've got some leftover snack cakes. at least, that's what they're claiming to be.