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

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[orions_shadow]

Maybe it's the year or two living in polite society that tempers his urge to knock the guy flat on his ass. Where he was brought up, it would be seen as weak to take it without at least verbally retaliating. He has his hood up and a jacket on which he'd lifted from a store in another time period, he just glances back at Barry and huffs at him.

"S'fine." He says, despite his body language saying otherwise, especially that pesky tail of his, flicking this way and that. Yeah, that sure is a very meta looking meta right in front of you.

[chosenbylightning]

Very meta. More meta than Barry is used to seeing. But at least he takes it well, his surprise only showing with a startled blink. "No, it's not completely okay. But I'm guessing you're just as surprised to be here as I am?"

[orions_shadow]

It's nice, because even in his world where it's more likely to meet a meta than a normie in his city, he still gets flack for his looks. Never mind his former association with a super villain. "I dunno. Depends on if you're time displaced an' from some other universe too." It's too normal here.

[chosenbylightning]

An easy smile. "Yeah, guess you're here the same reason as I am. I'm Barry." Sure the guy might look different, but that's not going to stop him from treating him like anyone else. Kindly. With respect.

Joe had raised him like that after all.

[orions_shadow]

The kid doesn't look to be much older than fourteen, hard to tell with features like that. Plus he aged pretty slow. "I'm Shadow." Yep, all you're getting is a code name outta this kid. Could be his real name, who knows? "Same reason? There's a reason?"

[chosenbylightning]

It's hard to tell given his feline features, but Barry has learned not to assume given one's different form. Shadow. It doesn't really have him batting his eye at this point. "I think we're all trying to figure it out."

"I know Gideon, the AI who brought us here, said that there was something wrong with time itself. Something had been broken."

[orions_shadow]

"Y'know I didn't get the impression we were brought here by anything." He squints his eyes at that and shakes his head. "But if that's what happened, that's what happened. Who knows, maybe Prometheus took a day off and broke Ouroboros." Because that might just as well fuck up the entire multiverse, maybe. "Portal corp coulda exploded too but I guess that'd be more like... centralized around my universe."

[chosenbylightning]

"No idea," he offers. "See Prometheus is something completely different back on my world and while I know what an Ouroboros is, I'm pretty sure we're thinking about different things?"

"Gideon is an AI, she mans the Waverider, that big ship, you see it over there?" A nod towards at least a corner of the ship that's visible. "The Waverider is a time ship."

[orions_shadow]

"Didn't learn your greek legends then? Prometheus the titan stole fire and gave it to man. I heard a while ago, before I got my powers, someone turned off all the powers somehow all over, or at least in Paragon City. Then they all had to talk to Prometheus to get em back." He heard this story when he was five or six, he's not quite sure he knows all the details. "Oh, that thing. Yeah I seen it. Is that what's going on? That thing brought me here?"

[chosenbylightning]

A laugh. "I know my legends. I just didn't realize that for you they were real. My powers came from a particle accelerator explosion, a wave of dark matter and energy that changed a lot of people where I'm from."

[orions_shadow]

"I heard Zeus was responsible for powers in my world." Dark matter? That's it? But he shrugs and gives a wry snarky smirk. "You can get powers from anything if the situation is right." Superhero logic dictates that if you drink a radioactive milkshake... well... Hope you don't grow udders. "I'm magic, so... that science stuff doesn't realy apply to me."