Test Drive; December

[webroketime]

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

Cisco Ramon || The Flash

[goodviberations]

1.

Cisco really doesn't know how he ends up in situations like this. Story of his life, honestly. He'd been minding his business in 2017 Central City, arguing with Harry about how to reconfigure the satellite to be better prepared for whatever DeVoe had planned next, when he blinked, and he was somewhere else. It didn't feel like a vibe, everything was clear and very real. It just didn't make any sense.

He could very clearly see Big Ben, which at first made him think he'd somehow ended up in London, but on the next block stood the Eiffel Tower. And not the dinky one in Vegas, either. The real Eiffel Tower. Okay. So something isn't right here. Did he unknowingly breach to another Earth? He'd never done that before, but it didn't mean it wasn't possible.

And then he gets the message from Gideon. It's a relief to hear a familiar voice, even if it's a synthetic one. Displaced. Okay. He can work with that. He just needs to get to a safe place.

Harrison Wells I The Flash

[dr_wells]

Hall of Justice Harry found the vine covered hall fascinating the second he laid eyes on it. He felt as though it was calling him so once he was settled he went to explore it. As he walked inside suddenly felt as though he was desecrating a sacred space given how loud and echoey his footsteps were. He stopped in the center of the hall and looked at each one of the statues. One of them appeared to have the flashes Lightning symbol on it, but Harry couldn't understand how that could be possible. This place looked like no one had lived here or even been inside it in centuries. Is curiosity growing Harry pulled a notebook out of his pocket and began noting down his observations.

Superman I Supergirl

[super_cuz]

3.

Clark stood in the middle of the mob looking from left to right as he tried to work out what his first move should be. Wading in with fists was a bad idea for sure, and yet he doubted fying above this mess and yelling would be any better. He decided on trying the second option first, because well make love not war as his mother always said.

Shooting upward he hovered over the group and used his best "Kal"voice. "ENOUGH"

Sara Lance | Arrow/Legends of Tomorrow { Current }

[strongerthanyouknow]

2 { if you're still within the sound of my voice

"--the hell, Gideon?!"

It's hard to say if that's actively an actual question, while the face of a young woman with blonde hair, in the middle of what looks like hitting the side of her wall screen suddenly appears. She steps back barely, and her crossed arms don't look any safer than the earlier hitting.

"Legends, if you can hear my voice, report in! Is anyone out there?"

1 { now we're sober in this light

Sara does like this, but it's not the first time she's beens tranded in time. Not even a time that is as obviously broken as this one is. She's still not certain The Legends aren't at some kind of fault. They've been in this kind of fault for a little while now.

Still there's booze time over, and Sara has a penchant for finding it, and being stuck in this -- that requires at least one drink. It's always one if only one is in front of you at a time, right?

Thea Queen l Arrow

[redarrowqueen]

[Late in S3 but pre pit]

(1)

Thea just sat there covered in blood and trying to pick glass out of her hair. "I'm not bleeding but I'm a wreck. Weird, very weird." since the last thing she could remember was being stabbed by Ra's Al Ghul and his sword. The sites around her were not helping, Big Ben in the middle of a city? But the voice helped, she knew somehow it was a friend on some level. "Displaced? Feels like a movie but I'll run with it."
---
(2)

Oliver? Felicity? Laurel? Dig? Roy?

You guys here?

[bringstheheat]

"'m here boss." Mick's head hurts like hell.

After the jungles of Vietnam he'd gone back to his quarters and gotten good and drunk. Or at least he thinks so. Things got kind of hazy after the first or second round.

"The hell happened?"

[bringstheheat]

Mick hates time travel.
It's annoying.

Which is why he's currently running in the direction of one of Flash's science nerd types who is about to be plucked off the ground by a frighteningly large dinosaur. Mick drops his shoulder and tackles him hard, doing his best to turn in midair and take most of the fall on his back.

"Shoulda stayed in Aruba."

Mick Rory - Legends of Tomorrow/The Flash - ota

[bringstheheat]

3.
Finally. A decent fight.
After the mess that had been Vietnam, meeting his old man and battling a telepathic gorilla, Mick was itching for a simple knock-down drag-out kind of fight. It wasn't the sort of throwdown he expected, hippies versus weirdos in fur on horses, but it was good enough for him.

He's also doing nothing to help out the pigs.
Hey, he's trying to be a better man but he's not exactly there yet.

7.
Christmas.
Mick had turned a corner and it went from sunny and warm to freaking snow.

.. he's not going to think about who that reminds him of. Nope. Avoidance is the name of the game and Mick just wants a warm fire and a few drinks at this point. He happens to bump into someone on the way out as he's heading in.

"They got decent booze in there?"

[chosenbylightning]

Whoa. Flying meta?

Nope. Barry peers a little closer from his vantage point. The blue and the red cape are pretty distinctive even if this one isn't being worn by his friend Kara. The shout only stops the melee for a moment before it all starts up again and Barry races up the side of a building to get a little closer to Super-guy. Or whoever he is.

Please be a good guy.

"Don't think they want to listen."

1

[youbroketime]

Rip blinked and groped for his device. "Captain Lance," he asked carefully because he isn't sure he heard Sara or Gideon for that matter. "I'm here thought I'm not quite sure as of yet when or where here is."

[super_cuz]

Clark floated back down to the ground and made a quick "I was really hoping that was going to work" face. He nodded at the young man in front of him. "I'm getting that feeling," he said, "I was just really hoping I wouldn't have to punch anyone today. His cape settled around his feet allowing his new friend to get a good look at him and the rather large red and yellow S on his chest.

[strongerthanyouknow]

He doesn't say his name, but he'll never have to. Sara is certain that Rip's voice is another of the ones locked in her memory for the rest of her life: for good, and for bad. Story of her life, and all of those that stuck, wasn't it?

"Los Angeles, 2017." It's cool. Cooler after the freeze of her body at realizing it was Rip. "Again, somehow." That's frustrating, but even more frustrating is catching that slipped comment, familiar and confidential, only as it's coming out of her mouth. Like he didn't just kill his people, and she didn't just turn him in.

Which is probably why what comes next is: "Aren't you supposed to be in a dark, dank hole somewhere still?"

Nate Heywood/ Steel | DCTV

[steeledhistorian]

II

Well, this is kinda cool. [In a hey I'm sorry we broke time kind of way, but still. ]

If Ray were here, he would totally see my point. [a nod of the head. ]

Anyway, I'm Nate Heywood, you could call me a time historian I guess. So, if I can help sort this out.... I'll just be... well here.

Re: Sara Lance | Arrow/Legends of Tomorrow { Current }

[steeledhistorian]

Yeah, I'm here too. I think.... [she gets a slight smile. ]

We figure out what happened yet?

[strongerthanyouknow]

Relief at Mick's voice break like a wave, and Sara's whole expression skips for a second, bright in her eyes, as she looks up, to be sure, and it is. It is Mick. She swallows that down (one of her accounted for; six to go) and goes back to what she was at before he answered.

"Working on that," Sara says, still doing exactly. Not entirely fully on screen anymore. Trying to figure out what in the hell actually just happened. To the world, to the Waverider, to her crew. "We seem to be back in Los Angeles, 2017 again."

Sara's shaking her head, even as she looks up.

"Unfixed Los Angeles, 2017." To be precise.

7

[steeledhistorian]

Nate didn't really want to think about home either, as he brushed the snow off his jacket. Snow reminded him of things that he would never get to show Amara, things they would never do together. He shook his head some as he stepped into a bar? Well, he hoped it was one anyway.

"I was just about to ask you that," Nate said stepping behind Mick.

[strongerthanyouknow]

"How 'bout we skip think, and go with know for now--" Sara drawls, coming back into view of the screen, and if her immediate relief isn't as apparent as her first voice that checked back, it's still there inside of her. (Two of six now; four more to go. They're okay, and if they aren't, they'll find the rest of the crew and make it okay.)

"We're grounded in Los Angeles, 2017. Before we appeared the first time." And then, just a touch trite and the edge of her mouth crooking almost up, as if it spite of her own declaration. "I think."

[orions_shadow]

Hailing from a world with superheroes a dime a dozen, Shadow felt at home in a place like this. It appealed to his animal instincts, with nature having taken over, vines giving him excellent cover on this outcropping of the building he was lounging on, behind a statue, but it also reminded him of home. Not of the rogue isles, but of Paragon City.

He watches Harry for a little while, not seeking to interfere with his explorations, he's practically invisible in this shade, behind these vines.

The boy turns his head and watches him still as he moves down the hall, knocking a few rocks down from his perch. Whoops.

Not that he's worried, the guy doesn't look dangerous.

[pocket_sized]

Heeey, speaking of me... I could use some help.

2

[chosenbylightning]

Okay so it's not like drinks are going to impact Barry at all. Even a little. But he can at least pretend to have a drink while taking in the sights. Cowboys drinking with.. wait. Astronauts?

There's a familiar flip of blonde hair and a profile he recognizes, sending Barry in her direction. "Sara?"

[chosenbylightning]

"Yeah, well it's never that easy is it?" A pause as he gestures at his costume. "Um so this is going to sound weird but does the name Kara mean anything to you?" Because it's a little too coincidental that they both have almost the same getup.

Then again, Barry thought the only strange thing he might have to deal with today was a random metahuman after work.

[bringstheheat]

"Unfixed. So you mean before Hunter and his team of suits show up and make matters worse? Perfect."

Don't mind him, he'll just take a second and duck the passing pack of raptors before answering again.

"Where the hell are you anyway? Where's the ship?"

[bringstheheat]

"Ah, you. Good. Come on." And with that Mick is grabbing his elbow and all but steering Nate back inside. "So what's the last thing you remember? Time wise anyway? Because I think we got ourselves thrown backwards."

Ray Palmer | DCTV

[pocket_sized]

5

So, turns out getting transported to a possible alternate dimension, emphasis on dimension as opposed to reality, isn't exactly a simple matter. Not even slightly. Less so when it turns out you've some how shrunk without your suit.

Inside of an familiar dance club, inconveniently. His suit was in it's usual size, and far too large to access currently as he stands on the shoulder, hoping for someone to find him. He has access to a communication frequency so hopefully someone will find him here.

2
Hello? This is Ray. Guys, I'm kinda in a pinch here. I'm in a nightclub, and the size of an action figure, which I guess, not really a shock, except that it's without the suit on.

I need a little help. A big help actually.

Odd though, looks like the Verdant is back is business.

1. Finally solving the problem of learning his suit's ability to shrink has transfered to him somehow, Ray approached the part of the city that looked familiar to him. Mainly, the crash site. The ground shook under him and he ducked into an alley as a pair of Carnosaurus's passed by. They seemed more interested in... courting each other than eating him thankfully. Gonna move right along then, in the opposite direction. As long as he doesn't run into any terrible lizards he's acquainted with, he'll be fine.

[youbroketime]

Rip winches even though he knows most likely Sarah can't see him do it...at least he hopes she can't see him. He wouldn't put it past her to exploit any moment of weakness from him. "I was," he admits quietly, "not that cells at the Time Bureau are dark dank holes. But then I heard Gideon calling for me and how could I not answer that call." He sits up and looks around him slightly horrified at the amount of aberrations he sees. He then looks at himself and realizes for some reason he's back in his Time Master outfit, long coat and all. It feels like a comfortable costume that he didn't realize he was missing.

"It's like time is resetting itself somehow.....the city looks like the Bureau never cleaned it up."