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

Re: Bart Allen/Kid Flash | DC preboot

[orions_shadow]

Well, this kid is interesting. Manuvering down to the ground from top a statue in near silence, he watches the boy as he browses the statue. This place must be important if people are coming in here all of a sudden. He didn't know who these heroes even where, but if there's a statue of em, there's a reason, he expected. "Hey." He says. "You happen to know who these people are?"

[kid_flash_found]

He glances at the speaker, and there's only a slight blink as he takes in his appearance.

"Some of them seem familiar. I'm not sure, though," he said, and then offered a hand. "I'm Bart."

[orions_shadow]

"Shadow." He took the hand and then climbed back up onto a platform, sitting on his haunches. "None of them look familiar to me. I mean, kinda, that guy kinda looks like Synapse." He points to the flash. "That guy looks kinda like Positron." Pointing to the Atom. "But nobody I really know. Not that I know the Phalanx or whatever." Most of em suck.

[kid_flash_found]

"I'd say they look like the Justice League, except there are some important people missing," Bart said, shrugging a little. "But they lived like a thousand years before I was born."

A little dissembling never hurt. "They look like the Flash and the Atom, but the details aren't right either. Must be the timestorm, I guess."

[orions_shadow]

"Justice league, huh?" No familiarity in his tone. Also, time storm? That doesn't make sense... Unlesss it reaches beyond that. "I'm not from this world. Can't be. Otherwise there'd be a lot more... something to recognize. Especially in a place like this. Shrine to the greatest heroes? Or Villains? No Statesman." Justa buncha people he had no connection to. Then again, he never really got the privilege of being part of a legacy.

[kid_flash_found]

"I...don't think it's mine, either. Not really. But it's not like some of the other versions of Earth I've seen, either," he said. "The biggest problem with statues is when they put them up. I never liked that. It just reminds everyone of what they've lost."

He sighed. "I was hoping, maybe I'd see people I knew. But they aren't here. I guess this is just more my thing. Time travel, alternate reality. It always sucks, though."

[orions_shadow]

"You're right about the statues. Only two reasons they'd put one up." Either you sacrificed in the line of duty or you're an evil overlord who needs to remind people how bad you really are. The statue of Atlas is kind of a reminder of how easy even a god tier hero can fall saving the day. "Paradoxes give me a headache and there's probably about a billion going on right now. At least we're not in the reality where... I dunno, Lady Gaga took over the world."

[kid_flash_found]

"She's pretty awesome," Bart admitted. "And I've known worse world leaders. My mom's father, for example."

He shrugged. "I wish I could help. Don't know the names you mentioned. I always tried to keep track of heroes, though. Kinda a thing."

[orions_shadow]

"Lord Recluse." Shad offers another option. "Not a world leader but he wants to be." A shrug. Close enough. "Yeah, same here. But you can't walk two feet without runnin' into some villain faction or a hero running by in my town." Paragon was pretty much hero central.

[kid_flash_found]

"If I had a nickel for every time one of those showed up and got clobbered," Bart said, with a smirk.

"There's another place here that is almost like home. The Flash Museum. It's actually a little weird, though. I kept looking for the Impulse Room, and it's not there."

[orions_shadow]

No kidding. They're always a threat though, and there are more low grade heroes than not where he's from. Hes one of them, though he has potential. "Impulse? That your code name?" Damn, it's a good one too. "Beats mine." Everyone and their auntie goes by Shadow this, Shadow that, and it doesn't even fit them or their powers. "You're lucky you might even get in a museum. Only one anyone will remember me for is being some villain's old sidekick."

[kid_flash_found]

"Actually, I kinda outgrew that one. My cousin's kid picked it up, actually, which means I get blamed for anything he doesn't like her doing, of course," Bart said with a rueful grin. "I prefer Kid Flash, but only when I'm working. And trust me, Shadow isn't bad. My best friend decided to call himself after a burger joint. You try shouting 'Red Robin' in the middle of a firefight."

[orions_shadow]

"Heh." He laughs at the Red Robin thing. Pretty sure he's said commercials. "Do they do the 'yum' thing?" Also ouch. "At least the people you don't don't act like you're always getting in trouble." In all fairness, he is often getting into trouble, but that isn't always the case.

[kid_flash_found]

"Oh, they do. Most of the people I work with remember when I was the kind of kid who acted first and forgot about thinking entirely," Bart said. "That's kinda where Impulse came from. Apparently it was meant more as a warning label."

[orions_shadow]

"Well... You're in good company I guess." He doesn't have much of a support group. Sometimes gets tossed around on different teams to see if they can't help him out. He's spent most of his year hanging out with kid siblings of one of the most ruthless gangs in the city, so... that's this kid for you. "I guess I could show you where my name comes from." He's sitting in the light pouring in from outside now. He steps off the platform and dives into a shadow, right through into the floor as if it were incorporeal.

[kid_flash_found]

Bart can't help grinning. "Shadow travel? Not bad."

[orions_shadow]

The boy leaps out of a shadow accross the room, then perches once again on a statue's platform. "In theory I can kinda hitch a ride on other travel powers. Just gotta in in their shadow. Super jump, super speed, flying. So long as I don't lose focus." But the super jump he prefers just to do himself. It's a pain.

[kid_flash_found]

"I don't know how the lightning would react if you tried that with me. It doesn't always like people," Bart said, cautiously. "But still useful. And the reflexes must help."

He considered. "I can see the shadow requirement being tricky, but then, Rob can probably find a shadow big enough to hide in at a lighting store, and the guy doesn't have powers."

[orions_shadow]

"Why is it that so many forces of nature have a mind of their own?" Shad asks, if it's not one thing, it's another. Bizarre. "Yeah, it helps. Got a little from a couple categories. Strength, agility, healing. Basically anything a lion can do only better."

[kid_flash_found]

"Not sure I'd exactly call the Speed Force natural, but I know what you mean. After enough things, you just start to roll with it. I just have a slightly easier time since I have plenty of friends who are not only not human, but were born on other planets."

Bart grinned. "I had a teleporting insectoid we called Gates try to teach me to be politically correct. And he'd have a problem with the earth-centric perspective of the word insectoid."

[orions_shadow]

"Think someone made it?" Cos that's always a game changer as far as how you see and understand the cosmos. Who could? Who would? "An insect?" He shivers a little. "Eh... Nothin that great about political correctness. Or bugs. I think I might legit squish a guy like that."

[kid_flash_found]

"He's only a few inches shorter than me, upright," Bart said, chuckling. "But Gates is good people. He's been looking after my cousin Jenni for ages."

Bart considered the first question, though. "I think it's a bit of a chicken-and-egg question, since the Speed Force empowers speedster who in turn generate the Speed Force. It's alive, but not exactly aware."

[orions_shadow]

He will take your word for it Bart. He comes from a world where bed time stories about eight foot tall arachnid monster was how some old codgers sen their kids off to bed. No thanks. "Okay..." "See, that right there is the kinda science what makes me skip school altogether. And then you add magic to the mix and ain't nobody got time for that."

[kid_flash_found]

"You're talking to a guy who set a record for detention in his school. But that was mostly because it was boring and teachers don't always read the things they assign," Bart said, grinning.

"It all has a certain kind of logic to it, but mostly, you just have to let the experts call their own shots."

[orions_shadow]

When Bart says that the kid can't help but have a cheeky smile over take him. "You, my friend, I like. Good man." See, all that mischief is a great way to get a rapport with this kid. "I guess. I know more about magic than I know about... science stuff, but I know enough."