timetrappedooc | Test Drive; December

Test Drive; December

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.
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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.

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Ray picked himself out a steak and a salad from the salad bar, him also very nutritional conscious. He avoids the simple carbs like the plague however and keeps his meal protein heavy. However, once he sees the red potatoes he's gotta have a little.

Like the onlookers, he is also has a bemused expression on his face. Speedsters. He wondered how often Barry ate at a place like this? What were his grocery bills like?

"It could be diagnostic, but she seems almost passive aggressive." Ray replied, then took a bite of his salad.

"Yeah, seems like it. But why it's causing breaches to occur and drawing you and that other boy in is not quite clear. That didn't happen before."

"Even AIs have moods," Bart said. "One of the most abrasive personalities I know is a guy who's essentially an organic computer."

And he couldn't help the fond exasperation that crossed his face at that. So he didn't hide it, instead deciding that he had enough for a first round and started looking for a table to camp out at as he laid siege on the food offerings.

"Dimensional bleed isn't that unexpected a side-effect when you've got major turbulence in the timestream," Bart said, brow furrowing a little. "The real problem with alterations of the timeline is the way it tends to cover its tracks. Most people will experience a little short-term confusion, and then the new memories of events cover up the old and they forget it was ever different. I've only met a couple other people who have some level of temporal resistance, and even then, it's not certain. You have no idea how hard it is to keep things straight when you remember living the same period of time more than one way."

True, and Gideon wasn't above giving sass when the Legends disrespected her in anyway. See, she sort of demanded respect which is why they couldn't discount her even if she was an AI. Pretty sure she could easily make life hell for them--- which she is intent on doing. He nods and mulls that one over as Bart talks, then the term 'dimensional bleed.'

Marty would have a field day with this kid.

"That would be difficult, I imagine. I'm not temporally resistant, at least I'm pretty sure." He died in one version of reality, or an aberration version of him did. Then again he wasn't sure about how that all went down, just that he wasn't with the group from the future.

"I've been thinking about this place, and about how every individual thing here is occupying the same space but not necessarily the same time. It seems like, unlike last time where things were just here, occupying the time of 2017, they're also occupying their own times as well. Which means it's possible that there may not be a core timeline, but instead several different individual timelines which can be effected independently of anything else." He explains.

"Which means we might be in for some trouble."

"Turbulence," Bart repeated. "Think of it like testing a slipstream in an air tunnel. You try to interrupt it, you're going to get all kinds of vortexes depending on the shape. So where those happen, you get erosion or transference or whatever you want to call it."

He left that statement hanging as he took a few bites of steak, thinking.

"Maybe it's got something to do with vibrational harmonics."

"I understand what you're trying to get across, but what kind of 'erosion?'?" That seems important. Meanwhile he sips on his soda as he tries to think up a better word. Neither of those words adequately describe what he means.

"We should probably have a word with Cisco then. You..." He gestures his fork at him. "Should definitely have a talk with Cisco." No he'd really enjoy you. Non stop resource of information? Yep.

"I just know what I've seen. It's not my fault English is a limiting language. Interlac has more of the temporal tenses you need to talk about events that once happened but haven't, or stuff like that. You think Schroedinger's cat is a problematic example, it only gets worse the more elements you have interacting in nonspecific states of flux," Bart said, grumbling a little.

"There's barriers between worlds, and preventing time from overlapping in weird ways. Here, not so much. Places, times, even worlds are meeting in ways that aren't typical."

"Basically you're implying changes to someones timeline? As in, one minute I'm Ray Palmer, Legend, genius, physicist... Next minute I'm Ray Palmer..." He pauses to think of something absurd. "A fire fighter or something." Something out left field.

"Actually there was the time that George Lucas changed his mind about making movies and instead of becoming a scientist I became a surgeon instead. I've got a little experience with this." Barriers being broken down didn't exactly sound pleasant.

"Just what we need. Anachronisms, Aberrations and alternate earths all in one place. Plus, with me getting powers that's just another thing we have to worry about. If getting a meta power is a potentiality of this place. That wouldn't be hard to change."

"I don't have a clue, to be honest. The only time I saw anything close to this bad, there was a Who behind it instead of a What," Bart said, sighing. "And I don't have my scouts to send off running through time and space to check anymore."

A pause, then, "Wait, you got powers?"

"You mentioned 'scouts' before but I'm no sure what you mean by that." Some kind of power? And what if there is a who? They weren't counting that out, but he puts a pin in it and carries on to the next point.

"Yeah. Apparently I can shrink myself."

"I got hit with a gun that was meant to give normal people superspeed, and it gave me this thing where I could split off duplicates of me made of Speed Force energy and send them off then reabsorb the energy when they were done. But between time and absorbing a bunch of scouts that had been out way past their expiration date, well, I haven't been able to."

Well, more like he hasn't even bothered trying since he became Kid Flash, and what Bedlam did to his scouts was beyond traumatic for all of them.

"That's...unimpressive."

That makes sense. At least the way Bart describes it, it makes sense. That would probably be an interesting power to have, but since he couldn't do it anymore it doesn't seem like a relevant topic to pursue.

Meanwhile, he has to field that minor critisism.

"So it may not be as cool as super speed and honestly it's basically useless without the Atom suit, but I'm sure there are worse powers than shrinking." Seriously, shrinking is not a stupor power.

"I just...don't see why anyone would want to be smaller," Bart admitted. "I never really got building a suit to do it, either."

"Lessee. Stealth, working with nano tech, the ability to get into small places." He pauses then and smirks.

"Besides, I figured out how to make it go big too." Okay look he might seem smug but that's just because it's THAT cool.

"You know, I'm kinda looking forward to the day you meet Batman," Bart said, smirking back. "Pretty sure he could find a shadow large enough to lurk in at a lighting store."

"Clever. I'm reminded of Green Arrow, though I don't think he's quite that... gloomy sounding." Well, what with Oliver being here and all they will probably cross paths with Bart eventually.

"You mentioned you knew a version him, right?"

"Know of more than know," Bart admitted. "He's more my grandpa's generation. I knew Roy, and I sorta know the latest Speedy."

He considers, though. "Not sure a guy who uses boxing-glove arrows would be in the same category as one of the big three."

"Big three?" Okay explain that. Green Arrow and Flash would be the big two.

Ray just squints at that last one. He's gonna ask about that.

"Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman. The three that started it all."

"Superman is Kara's cousin, I think. I know her, but... They're on another earth. As for Wonder Woman and Batman? I've never heard of them." Maybe there were a few rumors about other vigilantes throughout the country, but nothing concrete.

"Seriously? Weird. No Amazons, but, well, I can understand not hearing of Batman. Most people assume he's an urban legend out of Gotham," Bart said.

"The only connection to Gotham I have is once seeing Bruce Wayne at a business conference." And this was right out of college too so there wasn't much to write home about. It's not like they know each other.

"Is that a name you're familiar with? He's kind of one of the most famous people I know from that town."

"He's my best friend's adoptive dad, so yeah, I know the name," Bart said, trying hard not to let any of the other knowledge he had show. "Actually, Tim ended up acting CEO for a while when he was missing. He's a year or so older than I am."

"It's a rough job. How'd he do?" Ray asks, not discounting that running a company can be rewarding and kinda fun at the time. However the hours involved and that he is possibly going to have to go back to that life to save face in that particular chunk of time. He was genuinely interested in how an 18 year old fared in the business world though.

"Nobody had any complaints," Bart said. "As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure he spent more time in the office than Bruce ever did."

Just because Tim would never fail in one of his roles.

"Impressive." Damn, the next generation will out do them, if they can just get them motivated.

Ray actually decides to go back up there and get seconds, so he says he'd be back in a second. Protein is good for you. He doesn't take as much as he did before though, and mostly the steak and some rice as a side this time, and veggies with cheese.

"I hear Bruce has a reputation but that's just billionaire gossip for you."

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