Test Drive; December

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Test Drive

Welcome to the test drive for Time Trapped. This is an open forum to test out your characters to see how they would fit into the game and if you might be interested in apping them here. We want you to feel comfortable and, of course, test drive threads can be used as samples on your application to join.

First, a few housekeeping things before we start:

  ∞Apps will be open as of Dec 10th at 12 AM, and will reopen on the first of every month. They will remain open until the 10th of each month before closing.

  ∞Both first and third person prompts are allowed in the test drive. We encourage both. We also encourage making multiple prompt options in your post.

  ∞Finally, you will be allowed to transfer your test drive threads over into the game canon should you apply and be accepted.

  ∞If you have any other questions please feel free to refer to the FAQ or contact the mods directly.

Aside from that, happy test driving.

Instructions:
Post with Character you'd like to test drive using Name and canon in the subject line.
Receive comments.
Profit

Prompts

   1. Acclimating to the environment
While Gideon has a part of the area sectioned off for now based on her calculations of where the time anomalies are going to occur the area is still large and confusing. It’s easy for a person to get lost or overwhelmed in this big mish-mosh of a world. Perhaps you are lost, or maybe you are just settling in.


   2. Reach out and touch someone
Gideon has been kind enough to provide you with a way to communicate. Whether that be a device or a simple SIM card. Why not try it out by sending a public message. Of course, you could also be sending it by accident.


   3. Make peace, not war
While LA has become a hodgepodge of different times it has also become a hodgepodge of different areas as well. Exploring the downtown LA brings you to a section of Greenwich Village in New York. Unfortunately what was once a peaceful protest has grown into a fight between Mogul hordes and peace loving hippies who just want to protest. Local enforcement is, of course, trying to sort out this mess but it seems they might need a bit of outside help.


   4. What's this strange building?
The 'Hall of Justice' stands in a sorry state as nature is trying to overtake it. Vines are crawling up the walls and there is Dimetrodon sunbathing in the courtyard, or what's left of it. Inside, any technology seems to have been destroyed and there is no sign of life. Still, it is a ruin left to be explored and the local archaeological society is willing to pay good money for relics from inside. Be warned that there may still be some rather nasty traps active inside and around the hall. If you happen to be a from the DC world you might see a few familiar faces among the broken statues that once adorned this building.


   5. Let’s dance
The Verdant. A rousing nightclub in 'bad neighborhood' of what was once Starling City circa 2013. There seems to be a wide variety of patrons here tonight, anything from Greek Scholars to some Greasers. What a great place to grab something to drink or maybe cause a little trouble.


   6. Dressing in style
Perhaps you arrived in less than ideal clothing. You may have arrived in no clothing at all. It might just be about time to look through some clothing stores and find what is right for you. Of course, it’s never that easy though. There are pickpockets and thieves all over the streets. You may just become their next victim.

   7. Home for the Holidays
Little old London town is high in festivities right now. It's Christmas and the area surrounding Big Ben is snowy, though it's a bit melty due to the climate in LA. Festive decor and foods for sale circa 1885 in england and emotions are cheery and positive. Take a horse and buggy or attend a christmas party.

Just hope the mongols don't show up. Or Amazons.

   8. Wild Card. Go nuts.

Comments

[vivifier]

"He's a time traveler." So not exactly.

[pocket_sized]

There's a chance I missed that one.

Still a pretty good name though.

[He mulls it over for a moment or two.] How about 'Chase'? Works as a code name and happens to be an actual name.

[orions_shadow]

Well, it's like a bird. She's seen birds, right? Thing is covered in feathers too. "It's a dinosaur." He replies after sending the little beast off. "We'd better go before more come."

[orions_shadow]

"Right, you think this is his fault?" Well, a time travel at fault would make sense.

[vivifier]

What about Hyperguard? Or Velocity?

[ He's still not sure what's wrong with Savitar. ]

[pocket_sized]

[Bad association.]

Hypersomething, maybe. Why guard?

Velocity isn't bad, though kinda what I'd name Felicity if she ever got super speed. [ He's content to workshop with him.]

[snowandfrost]

Caitlin laughs a little and holds up her hand, showing him that it hasn't generated snow for now.

"Do lions like ear scratches like other cats?" she asks.

[snowandfrost]

[There's no response to that. She needs to process this, knowing that he's probably from their past, right after he was taken cared of, it sounds like]

[havingprecision]

Blink.
Ok, he just shouldn't have asked. Oliver is not a stupid man, but he hasn't exactly had the same level of education as a man like Ray Palmer. "You know, I'm pretty sure that was English but I didn't follow more than a few words of that."

He holds up a hand, stalling any explanations that had to do with quantum anythings. "Never mind. I probably should just accept that it is what it is until we find a way home."

[havingprecision]

And he is fully prepared to hear that she can't tell him and he will continue to do his damndest to accept and respect that. Sara means too much to him to do otherwise.

Still. She relents and Oliver feels something loosen deep in his chest, the unease that he hasn't been able to shake since waking up in a world where time seems to have come unhinged.
He won't ask about himself.
But he will ask about the people that have come to mean a lot to Sara.

"Tell me about your people. Your team. I'll admit men like Rory and Palmer seem like.. unconventional choices." Not bad ones. Because if they're on Sara's team it's because she sees something in them.

He will ask about her team. Maybe even ask about Barry and whether or not he took his advice to be a hero for his own city.
And he will ask if she's happy. Doing what she's doing. It seems that way, but it's still a question he wants to ask. Needs to ask.

[humansister]

[She does pick up on that accent and that's filed away automatically but hey, aliens can sound like anything.]

Alex Danvers. [A very short hesitation.] What is your species called?

[strongerthanyouknow]

She doesn't know when his face shifts surprise, and then thoughtful, shifting through thoughts she can't entirely know, what she's agreed to even. Offered, if not agreed. A small part of her whispers, everything. The Legend in her says, nothing. Somewhere there has to be compromise (even when she doesn't know if she's lying to herself about that, too, a compromise) that won't break the timeline (any more than she, and the Legends, have already broken it) -- or Oliver.

She can't live with either of those.
And she can't lose either of them, either.

And there's a dizzy sort of relief, giving her heart a spasm like being punched, when he asks about her team. Not about her. Not about his team. Not about Laurel, or even himself. It's wrong, she knows it's wrong, but her shoulders want to sag slightly. Even if they don't. (Even if she knows one safer question, isn't safe, isn't the promise he won't go there next. Later. Tomorrow. This is a slippery slope.)

"That's not actually a bad descriptor for all The Legends." Unconventional. It was why they were picked, why they were lied to, why they managed to build a team, and even more a family, out broken, inconsequential pieces. They became so much more than they were ever supposed to be, and they existed in tenacious rebellion of what wanted to stop them from being.

Because it is everything. "I trust them."
She says trust, and means it. Means Respect. Love.

"I would trust my life in Micks's hands, and Ray's. Every life of everyone on the team." She says, even with the shadow of doubt against Mick's name in her head. He's been at her back every step these last few months. He called them in, from Aruba even. But some soreness linger, and memories of people she never was. She does trust him, but she knows all too intimately where the faultline for breaking him lies.

Which makes Leo being on the crew, being here...a concern, at the lightest.
(Because that's totally the only concern, or issues, she's carrying there.)

"I have, and I would again. They've all earned it. A hundred times over."

[justanitgirl]

She ghosts her thumb over his even as she leans over, pressing her lips to his shoulder. For all the comfort she can tell that having things that they know here is unsettling. It's unsettling to her too. What if this place brings in Damian Darkh or Promethius. What if it brings in more people that are no longer alive in their world. What if it brings Laurel back? As happy as the later is, she's not sure she'd be able to see her without crying or just hugging her tighter then she ever has. This place is a landmine for everyone, but mostly for Oliver. "The Chinese is getting cold." Not that she minds. She'd sit like this with Oliver over warm Chinese any day.

[chosenbylightning]

That.. is not a voice he's expecting.
A voice he really doesn't want to hear, for that matter.

"This wasn't me." Not that he expects to be believed. "We just put down Nazis back home and were.." hey maybe let's not mention getting married, Barry? Yes. Let's.

"I got pulled in here. I don't know how it happened and I can't get home."

[godelsolution]

Point of fact, Allison Young has NOT ever seen a bird. Judgement Day was pretty awful in it's decimation of a lot of living creatures. "More?"

[vivifier]

"It stands to reason."

[vivifier]

It sounded good. Entropy?

[ It's like a workshop class in how to try to think of a better name than Cisco would. ]

[vivifier]

[ Can a lack of response in return to a lack of response sound aggravated? If so, there it is. ]

[vivifier]

"Why should I believe that? Why would I believe that? Nazis? Really?"

[justanitgirl]

Her eyes flick over the devices and components as she assesses the date and usefulness of each thing. Some are, in her opinion, pieces of junk, but there are a few that will do for now. Once things are settled down and figured out she'll work on looking for something better. She needs to redo the computers and security in the lair anyway. Especially if they're going to be using it as a base of operations. "Thanks, this actually works well. Ah, I never got your name."

[justanitgirl]

]Clearly, he's fine. More or less. Even though she knows he'd make light of any given situation, even a life-threatening one, he seems more stiff than bleeding or hiding internal injuries. She's seen enough of her team's to know.] So I guess that's a no on getting into Gideon's intake.

[kid_flash_found]

The only paycheck I ever drew was from the old Keystone Motors plant. So you've probably got me beat.

[He doesn't mention that the memory is from the older him, the one who died, because, yeah, really complicated. His whole life tends to be.]

[kid_flash_found]

"It's not so much of a problem, even when I'm up against another speedster," Bart said, shrugging. "And unless you can come up with anesthesia, I'm never going under the knife again unless it's similarly dire."

[kid_flash_found]

I don't know if that applies, since it doesn't seem to be the same world. I'm just glad none of us ended up on Earth-3 with the Justice Lords.

[He thinks about it.]

I don't actually know that much about the future, since I grew up in this time, give or take.

Re: 1 (pretty much)

[kid_flash_found]

Bart offers his hand, bracing easily to pull the older man up, looking as if he would memorize the face in front of him, figure out just how bad it was.

"That first step's a dozy, isn't it?"