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

[kid_flash_found]

"I think it's more that I have a lot of stuff I remember. I memorized an entire library, once. Add in the odd intergalactic conflict or two, the usual family issues with time-travel, and a crisis now and then, and you learn to keep informed," Bart said.

"And I was born a speedster, so learning physics was not optional, although I did make a miscalculation with a waterspout one time with Wally and the rest of the League were being annoyed at the Titans because Wonder Woman didn't want Wonder Girl to be invited to join."

[pocket_sized]

This kid will give Felicity a run for his money, as far as being a motormouth. He's a little stunned by how much this boy talks but he adapts and is very forgiving, because on some level he realizes his is how other people may react to him.

He studies Bart for a moment, adding a few pieces of a puzzle that is this youth together. He knows Wally, whatever the Justice League is it sounds important. And the Titans?

"We don't really have teams like that, yet. The Justice Society went back to the fourties, but they're all gone now."

[kid_flash_found]

"Jay Garrick?" He has to ask, because that's the one member of the Society he would want to see. "I know he and his wife are in their nineties in my world, but he always aged well."

Bart didn't know how to take this, and starts moving in the direction of the museum in an attempt to buy time.

[pocket_sized]

The name is familiar but not quite familiar enough to trigger any recognition from him. He shakes his head.

"No, I think I'd recall someone like that. Let's see. Vixen, who is a member of our team now, Hourman, Dr... Mid-nite, Commander Steel, Stargirl, and Obsidian." He has to pause to remember a few of them, having only met them briefly, but it pays to remember the people sacrificed their lives for a cause you shared with them.

Of course if Bart didn't want to see the museum again, Ray wouldn't mind checking it out alone.

"I'm pretty sure this Jay fellow you mentioned knows the Flash though."

[kid_flash_found]

"Wow, things are really shuffled around, then. I knew Stargirl and her stepdad when I was Impulse. We teamed up a few times," Bart said.

"It's this way. Pretty sure it's not from the same time as that AI implied the base timeline year was. Wrong tech level."

He didn't mind going back. It would help him try to straighten things out in his mind. Things are hard to get a grip on.

[pocket_sized]

"2017? That's the year it is for me, or was. I think this was in May of this year when this all took place. Except back then, a temporal cleaning crew came to clean all of this up. Something must have happened. I've got a few ideas but nothing concrete until I can see some data." Which Gideon doesn't seem keen on providing right now. All the sass from that AI.

"And you're right. If you knew Stargirl in this era, when I know she's in the 6th century right now. I'm inclined to think you're definitely from another Earth given the discrepancies in history. Anyway, I've been meaning to ask, do you know a Barry Allen? You mentioned Wally." Of course he knows as the Kid Flash and then there's Barry.

There's also something familiar about the boy which he can't quite place.

[kid_flash_found]

"I don't know a lot about that kind of thing. But I know we have to keep a low profile in the neighborhood where the museum is. I saw Science Police uniforms, and they really aren't something to play games with," Bart said.

He hesitated for a moment. "I barely know him, but he's kinda...my grandfather."

[pocket_sized]

Science police, got it. He's about to respond to that effect until the remark about his linage stops the man in his tracks. Really? Wow. Barry with a grandkid? A big family, no doubt. He's almost a little jealous.

"That's pretty amazing." He smiles a genuine smile at Bart. "Don't worry. If you meet him, I'm sure you'll get along great. He's a good guy."

[kid_flash_found]

"Yeah, right. Even when and where I'm from, there's still the awkward part where the generation between hasn't even been born yet." Life was never that simple.

He didn't know what to say. "I really don't want him to know about my life any more than I have to."

[pocket_sized]

"I can see where that would be difficult. Bart, you're not obligated to fill anyone in anymore than you're comfortable with. If anyone pressures you about it, I'll help you out." He knows the importance of preserving the timeline, plus he knows what it's like to be bullied into something.

Not that anyone he knows would, just if the case were to arise...

[kid_flash_found]

"It's more that I understand why Grandma Iris never tells us much of anything about the future," Bart said, quietly. "And probably why she sent me to Wally instead of Barry to learn about my speed when she rescued me."

[pocket_sized]

"Rescued?" Frowning, he tipped his head and sighed softly. Things look like it'll be complicated for a long time, even if it's not this world, it's like a reflection of it. So many similarities.

[kid_flash_found]

"That's why I'm a wanted fugitive. In the future, I mean. I was in a sort of protective custody, because of my speed. She and my mom used an unauthorized time portal to, well, break me out," Bart said. The rest, though, he really didn't want to say.

Whatever he knew, there was no reason to tell Ray about the Dominators and President Thawne and the rest of it.

"It's not really important, except for the part that the Science Police have an active warrant for me and Mom. Or did, last I knew."

[pocket_sized]

This is accepted easily, as is Bart's reluctance to tell him. Ray picked up a little bit on that, his body language, facial expression, kinda seems like hes holding back but that's fine. It's sensitive.

More importantly was the information about the Science Police.

"Do you think you'll be recognized?" He started noticing the dramatic shift of scenery, going from general contemporary Los Angeles from what he could tell, to effectively, the far future. It looked alien to him.

[kid_flash_found]

"It's a possibility, but they didn't when I ran through this area before. Of course, I was also moving at speed, so they wouldn't have seen me without help," he admitted. "But I can't go that fast with a passenger. The president's goons always knew that, but I'm not sure how far down the chain it went. On the other hand, the Museum was always a big deal."

He didn't really know. Instead he took a moment and shifted to Interlac to see what happened. "Welcome to the 31st century, Doctor Palmer."

[pocket_sized]

Something which complicates things a bit, but he's got at least one suggestion for the kid since he's in uniform. Really the thing to do would to meet him inside the museum so nobody spots him.

He's about to suggest this before Bart switches languages, something which he's never heard before. Thankfully, he's taken to bring along some ingestible translators with him just in case.

"Hang on a sec." He says, before popping the pill and swallowing. After about a minute, he's speaking Interlac as well.

"I've been to the future, never this far forward, granted. Does it work? The translator, I mean."

[kid_flash_found]

"I was born here," Bart said, sticking to Interlac to help with blending in. "This is, well, it sure looks a lot like the 31st century. Which means blending in will help."

He paused a second, concentrating, and in a flicker of lightning he was in normal street clothes rather than anything more flamboyant.

"Let's go. It's only another block and a half."

[pocket_sized]

Nifty trick, especially since he didn't see any street clothes on him. As for Ray, his conscious, that little jimminy cricket in his psyche, tells him to try not to mentally reverse engineer the things he's seeing here. Best not to produce technology that's hundreds if not a thousand years away.

Try being the operative word here. He nods and follows his lead, hands in his pocket. Soon enough, they walk up the steps to the museum and Ray is a bit taken back by it all.

[kid_flash_found]

Bart grins. That look never gets old. He wondered what Ray would have thought of Legion World, or some of the other things that were out there. It made him miss Gates and Jenni, and even Brainy and that damned monkey.

"Welcome to the Flash Museum, the shrine of speed, et cetera," Bart said. "It's not home, but it's much."

[pocket_sized]

His mind would be literally blown. Too much cool in one place and he may never go back home. Truthfully the idea of a 'flight ring' was something that was still on his mind. What would such a thing even be made of?

"I'm sure I could learn a lot here. A lot I'll have to keep to myself, but since Barry is already here he'll probably end up finding this place."

[kid_flash_found]

"It's weird. Knowing that he's a version of my grandpa, but he's not...well, you probably get the idea. There's no mention of most of the speedsters I knew in here, either," Bart said. "No Max Mercury, or Johnny and Jesse Quick, or either Impulse. I'm still getting blamed for the fact that there is a second Impulse. As if I even knew Irey was going to pick that name when the time came."

[pocket_sized]

Yes, he understands. Once the concept of dopplegangers is an every day concept it's easy to understand why someone might be distraught about finding one of someone they know, love, or even hate.

"Jesse Quick, actually, is a speedster on Earth 2 as I understand. Johnny Quick not quite familiar with. As for Max Mercury, I don't think I've ever heard of him." Odd, that this world has so many absentee heroes. He wonders why as they enter the museum.

[kid_flash_found]

"Johnny was her dad," Bart said. "But Jesse hasn't been using her speed for a while, not since she took up her mom's mantle as Liberty Belle instead. She's good friends with Supergirl and the rest of the Society."

He thought about it. "Jesse and Piper were two of the people Wally tended to ask to come babysit for me when I first came back. Before he dug up Max to take over mentor duty. Wally may have kept the Speed Force from killing me, but Max taught me how to be a speedster, even if I didn't really appreciate it at the time."

[pocket_sized]

...John Harrison Wells? Harrison John wells? Neither of those really ring true to him, not that he's going to go through every possible combination. He supposes he could always ask. Then again, different dimension, different names were possible.

"So, Kara? You know her too?" He asks, as Supergirl was a name he knew. This kid was a living encyclopedia.

"You know, its really quite fascinating. There's really a legacy here. I mean, even here in this reality, there's a museum dedicated to the Flash? Not something I'd expect to happen in 2017." Let alone for Oliver or any other heroes. The Legends? They wouldn't be remembered like this.

[kid_flash_found]

"You should see some of the stuff they do for Superman," Bart said, smirking a little. "But it's just the relationship between a city and its cape. They're all pretty different. And it's also a reflection of what people see them doing.

"After Green Arrow shot Green Lantern, or when Wonder Woman killed Maxwell Lord in front of cameras, nobody really wanted to trust them any more, even though they saved a lot of people by doing it."

It's just a way the people can try to be close to their heroes. "You really should see this place on Flash Appreciation Day. It's a zoo. I always ended up getting roped into juggling a huge number of random objects or racing Superboy for charity or something."

A beat. "I know SB better than I know Kara. Grife, I know Krypto the Superdog better than I know Kara, and he barely tolerates me or anyone else except Kal and Robin."