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

[pocket_sized]

...So you know that I wasn't there in Central City, right? No details.

[iamsupergirl]

The steps from where she is to the direction he is are slightly faster than they should be, but it feels almost slower than it needs to be. Except. Except it seems wrong. Everything seems wrong. The way he's sitting there. The way he looks. Cold creeping down her spine. Ice needles pricking at her heart. Every alarm a concern. Wrong. Something is so very wrong, on top of waking up in the wrong world. Again.

"What is all this?" Everything. This place. It's the right question, but it's wrong, too.
It gets trampled for the thing that can't wait it's turn. "Are you alright? You look--"

Kara floundered for something that didn't like an insult or a judgment. But a mess.
He looked terrible. Horrible. It was almost worse to see than the jumbled city wreck.

[kid_flash_found]

"I don't know if he is that aware, but I knew you'd arrived from halfway across what we have of the city," Bart admitted. "We're all connected, after all."

Re: 2

[justanitgirl]

[She actually didn't notice the difference in inflection. Barry is Barry ... at the moment, and it's a relief to hear from him again.] Seriously Barry? Cut the creepy. Are you somewhere safe? OH! And Oliver's here. No sign of Iris yet.

[vivifier]

He's well aware how awful he looks, though they may have differing definitions of what they mean by 'awful'. He's also not sure how to go about this, since he really doesn't know what Barry might have told her about him. It's not a memory he can access, as if it happens it hasn't happened yet.

So he stares at her for a moment, hopefully not a long and creepy moment. "Do you know what a temporal duplicate is?"

[vivifier]

"I'm sure he knows." A nod. "I know. Through the speedforce."

Re: 2

[vivifier]

[ It's a long pause before he corrects her, because well. She said the I-word. And he needs to take a moment. ]

I'm not...I'm not Barry. Oliver's here?

[vivifier]

See these burns? They're not from fire. Speed lightning. The static?

[iamsupergirl]

He just stares. Just. Stares. At. Her. It is worse.
It's so wrong. Something is so wrong.

She can feel it. Spreading.



"Yeah." This careful, confused, ceding to the obvious, with a fast nod as she stops in front of him.

Of course, she knows. They all know now. "There were --" They just came back from Earth X. Where she was trying to rule the world, and quash humanity under her own boot, for an even worse ruler than she'd ever thought the Earth could have. Except he couldn't have. He doesn't look anything like. He's asking about duplicates like she doesn't know, didn't just see.

"Are you saying you aren't -- you aren't Barry? At all? Are you from another Earth?"

Re: 2

[justanitgirl]

[That's a weird response. Even if Barry were trying to play some kind of joke on her (which would be completely uncool right now) it still sounded off. Not Barry. She remembers something Cisco said about how Barry ended up in the SpeedForce last yeah. Something about another speedster. She needs to make sure. She doesn't have all the pieces yet.] If you're not Barry then who are you?

[pocket_sized]

Do you need something to protect you from that?

[vivifier]

So that would be a no. He shakes his head, trying to figure out how to explain this to her. It's difficult explaining it to someone like Kara. Someone who didn't actually hurt him in his particular version of the timeline.

He doesn't really want her to have the chance. "No, it's not...I'm from Earth 1. If a speedster, if Barry goes back in time, changes things sometimes a version of him from an aborted timeline will be preserved for a while. If the events needed to have happened, but won't." It's complicated, Kara, okay? "Usually they die. Eventually."

And yet. Look at him.

Re: 2

[vivifier]

Savitar.

[ Surely, he thinks, someone told her about him. ]

[vivifier]

Like I said. I had armor. Didn't make it with me.

[ Thanks, Barry. ]

Re: 2

[justanitgirl]

[It takes her a moment, but she does know that name. She knows what he did, though the why isn't clear. Still, this was, is Barry. It's A Barry. The idea that he'd do that, that he'd try to kill Iris is insane to her.

Then she explodes in probably the last way he'd expect.]

First, horrible name. Second, I actually wanted to talk to you. Iris, our Iris, the Iris everyone loves because she's badass and outspoken and you wanted to kill her? What were you thinking Barry?

[pocket_sized]

Do the regular suits not work for you?

Re: 2

[vivifier]

What would you rather? Cobalt Blue? Reverse-Reverse Flash? [ Oh, sir. Stop. ]

What was I thinking? Well, I was thinking she dies, and I live. She dies and I become a God and don't have to feel any of the pain that the so called 'Team Flash' forced me to suffer through when I failed at the only reason I was created.

Something like that.

[vivifier]

Not at top speeds. Dwarf star alloyed armor.

[humansister]

Magic, right. That's a new one but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. My version of Earth has aliens, after all.

[pocket_sized]

We're not likely going to find any of that here.

Even if we did it would be in small amounts.

[vivifier]

Probably not. So no top speeds.

[pocket_sized]

Basically you're saying you can't reach ludacrisly absurd speeds.

That's probably a good thing.

[snowandfrost]

[Yes! Supergirl will save the day! Maybe. She looks around]

Did Gideon explain it to you? Somehow, time got compromised and threw a lot of anachronisms together. I think I'm somewhere near the Getty Museum? Where are you?

[vivifier]

Not unless I don't care about more of this. [ The scars. ]

[pocket_sized]

Yeah, not something I'd nessicarily advise.