❪ test drive: #1 ❫

[natha]

OVERFLOW POST

YOUR STORY BEGINS     The Storm came. You only remember darkness, but you don't remember much after that. All you know, perhaps, is that it was cold as you slept. You don't know for how long you slept, but the dreams were short, at least. You remember the expanse of stars and the universe that came in view. Every world and solar system ever known was displayed in your dreams in careful, pristine detail. You have also witnessed The Storm, which has devoured a fair portion of these galaxies. It was a dark, thick smog; ominous in appearance and ever foreboding. Your Earth and similar planets were immersed in The Storm. Somehow, you knew it would be the last you'd see of it. That was when she told you what happened, and how you can help. You knew that you'll be living somewhere new, even though you never asked for it. The details here weren't clear, but you knew you'd made a deal with Darma. Not long after, you'll wake at Thesa Station — Your body is still cold. It was all a dream, but somehow, you knew it wasn't — now, will you keep that promise you made to Darma? PROMPT: THE MESS HALL     It's fascinating to the Orbiters how such a dull room can be turned around so completely with people in it. All meals are served by Roman, and while all the food is delicious, some of it is a bit odd. Is that neon green soup? That’s hideous. If you happen to be in the mess hall at a particularly unlucky time, you and the food will suddenly begin to drift. Someone’s got jokes, and they’ve turned off the gravity control. Now it’s just you, your fellow refugees, and the floating sea of food. Wait, did that person just chuck a pie in your direction? PROMPT: TRAINING MODULES     While it’s all nice and well to familiarize oneself with Thesa Station, it is most advised that new arrivals venture out a bit. Not physically. No one is quite prepared for that yet. However, there will be several virtual reality training programs set for those who dare to be adventurous. For those who aren’t and don’t dare, well— good luck, all the same. Be advised, however, that participating in one of the training modules will start you off favorably with the Natha Orbiters’ in terms of REPUTATION. Once seated and appropriately strapped in, the system will automatically whir to life and the dense foliage and forestry of a section of El Nysa will open up. According to one’s map registry, it clear to see that it’s miles from the outer gates of Olympia, but not as far enough to venture into any other territories. So, in that sense, you’re safe. 1. Or you could have been, but unfortunately the wilderness is home to various types of beasts and monsters hailing from different universes and galaxies. On the bright side, perhaps one of them will be oddly familiar to you. Or maybe someone else who is currently synced is willing to give you that extra helping hand. Fortunately, if you’re powerless, there are options. From telekinesis to flight, there are strange abilities one can adopt and “test” out in the virtual reality. Granted, you’re only limited to one at a time. They say in the near future, some of you may be granted these abilities under certain conditions. But, please practice some caution. You aren’t alone in the system, after all. 2.. Who do you fight for, the VR system will ask you individually before you enter the module. The righteous Olympians, or the free-spirited Wyvers? Whatever your choice, when you enter El Nysa, you will wholly and truly believe your allegiance. A. Working together: You now have to suffer the consequences of your choice, as you and your partner have been captured by guards of the opposite faction. Now jailed and soon-to-be tortured, you must find some way to negotiate your release. Perhaps you’ll find some means to escape without detection. Maybe you’re the “fight your way out” sort of people. B. Facing your enemy: That person you stepped into the VR with? They’re out to capture you. Or maybe you seek to capture them. 3. When you enter the virtual reality, things aren’t exactly how they’re supposed to be. Maybe that’s natural, especially if this is your first time, but the problems here seem a bit more fundamental. Maybe you find yourself under a parental safety lock, and you’re suddenly censored. Exposed back? Censored. Body suit? Censored. Or replaced with a mascot costume. Worst of all? You can’t sign out. Not right now, at least. Regardless, whatever it is— ridiculous filters, body alterations, or even body swaps with other users... you are assured it’ll all be fixed with due time. Zasere sends his humblest apologies and promises no more wire chewing, or so the announcement states. PROMPT: STASIS UNIT     You have found the massive section of Thesa known as the Stasis Unit. There’s no special access required to access this part of Thesa Station, but refugees are warned that it may not be for the faint of heart. Here, in large pods that nearly cover every square inch of the space, are all of the people the Orbiters have managed to rescue. Your loved ones, your greatest enemy, your next door neighbor— you might find them here. These people are in a state of deep cryosleep. Due to the damaging effects of The Storm, their bodies are not yet ready to be awoken. PROMPT: HANGAR STATION     You find your way to the hangar station. Here rests are a factory worth of docked mobile suits. You recall how the Orbiters had previously spoken of a "space frontier," but only after seeing this you realize how real their words are. Most machinery have marks of wear and tear, assurance that they have indeed been used before, and an assembly of others are going through repairs and maintenance. No one seems to care that you've just strolled in. In fact, there seems to be a couple of the aircraft that beckon you to take a closer look. Maybe you’ll only look on the outside, maybe you'll be greeted by the hand of a mobile suit extending toward you and welcoming you to its cockpit. You go out and explore SPACE!!! Unfortunately, that mobile suit should have warned you it only had 20 minutes of flight time left in its system. Or, perhaps, you’re a particularly ambitious pilot and you’ve strayed past the designated perimeter. Either way, the HUD display is now blinking with errors, cropping up with a single message: DISTRESS SIGNAL. 1. You’re the poor sap who happened to chill around the Observation Deck. Unfortunately, everyone seems busy with the influx of mobile suits out and about, and the only one who can answer this distress signal is on the Navigation System, well, you. Hope you can figure out the controls fast enough. Guide the pilot back to the safety of the hangar using the most efficient route possible. Keen Navigators will find an instruction manual that provides a shortcut to automatically return a suit back to base. 2. You’re actually sitting in a two-seater mobile suit. Funny how that works, isn’t it? Maybe you were unwittingly dropped down a hatch, or dragged along for a joyride by your ambitious co-pilot. Either way, it looks like help is going to take some time... PROMPT: OMAGE     Upon receiving your mobile phone, you will be asked to set a username. Voila, you can now access the network! You can choose to send a message to the entire network, specific usernames, or you can try out the Orbiters’ service, Omage, which connects you to a random user. They thought this might be a good way for their new guests to make friends with each other... Connecting to server... Looking for someone you can chat with... You’re now chatting with [username]... Say hi! PROMPT: WILDCARD     You are welcome to write any scenarios in Thesa Station! Characters have been granted temporary access to the Observation Room, and are encouraged to study it carefully. FINAL OOC NOTE     These threads may be carried over as game canon if players choose! Players are encouraged to submit TDM threads as application samples, but they are not required. Please direct any OOC questions to the questions thread below! A Training Module thread of AC length on the TDM may be submitted for 1 NATHA ORBITER REPUTATION POINT after acceptance. QUICK NAV premise ● faq ● world ● map ● reputation ● npcs taken ● reserves ● application calendar ● hiatus/drops ● modbox [ FULL NAVIGATION ] elnysa nysalogs nysaisles nysaooc elnyan

Comments

[vacuum]

[ Chuuya's here for lack of better things to do. He's also curious about the world below them, so familiarizing himself with it in the meantime was the sensible idea. It certainly beat lazing around in the mess hall and getting fat on weird, alien food. Being a part of the Wyvers isn't half bad at all. He knows the other soldiers are simulations, but they're a rowdy, free-spirited bunch and they seem like people he can get along with. Plus, the dragons are... honestly, quite cool.

What they're doing isn't unfamiliar territory to him at all. He's done this hundreds of times, and he's even had a partner for it once (though Hana is infinitely more tolerable). The sight of the guards and their armored suits has Chuuya revving up for a good fight, and Hana's challenge comes at just the right time. ] None of this is real, so it's not like you actually have silver to give me.

How about this, instead? Loser has to be the winner's servant for a day. [ this bet is pure, believe me .... i had to search through my icons for a smiling icon that doesn't make him look like a skeeve ]

[global]

Yeah, but we're gonna have silver someday in the real world, aren't we?

[ It's the spirit of the bet that matters! ]

But fine, I like your wager better, anyway.

[ She readies her light gun, adjusting her position so she can easily sprint into action. ] Ready?

[vacuum]

Hope you know how to press a suit. [ god just stfu chuuya. The taunting means he's ready, though, and when she readies her guns, he readies his fists. The second that the guards turn away, Chuuya springs into action, his movements so swift they're almost difficult to catch. He closes the distance easily, grabbing one guy by the back of his neck and slamming him directly into a wall, hard enough for the wall to crack (and the state of the poor man's face goes without saying). ]

That's one. [ He'll then try to take down the other guard before Hana can, swinging his leg in a roundhouse kick. ]

[global]

Hope you know how to take getting rekt!

[ On her end, she doesn't move as much, at least not initially. She stays behind cover, choosing to snipe one, then another. By now, the rest of the camp has definitely caught on, and dozens of soldiers storm towards them. ]

Alright! Let's clear them out. [ She moves now, nimble, immediately darting behind cover again before flashes of light shoot their targets. ]

[vacuum]

[ [bijouvoice] Dam. This girl's vulgar, and it comes as a surprise given her looks. He's a little stunned at first, but that doesn't break his concentration. That one other guard gets kicked hardly right in the abdomen, knocking the wind right out of them and breaking a few lower ribs, and the force of his kick is enough to blow that guard several meters back, knocking two other advancing soldiers to the ground. ]

I'm including those guys in my count. [ He's competitive. As more advance forward, the smirk on Chuuya's face becomes something wild, and he activates his power, kicking, punching and smashing soldier after soldier into the ground. Once they fall over, they can't seem to get back up - that's because Chuuya's powers are at play, holding them down with a crushing force.

There's a pile of three guys he's made, and Chuuya steps on them, activating his power again, smothering them in a pressure that cracks the floor. This is ... a power pose, because he's an extra. ] Is this all Olympia has got?!

[global]

[ It's in the moment that Chuuya strikes his power pose that Hana all but blinks past him, making use of her VR-granted power of enhanced speed. She catches glimpses of his brutality, but doesn't bother to mentally process them, too hyperfocused. Competitive doesn't even begin to describe the pro-gamer. ]

Are you taking a rest? Don't tell me you're tired already. [ Now she's thinking tactics, and she rushes into the tent with the most number of shoes outside: it implies the most men. ]

Oh, this is easymode. [ Five shots can be heard from outside the tent. ]

[vacuum]

Oi! [ Can't a man do an animu power pose in peace, without this happening. He snaps out of his momentary ego trip and springs into action again, carelessly stepping over the bodies and running toward where he can see a group of men congregating. He won't bother to go into the same tent as Hana; the girl's probably killed everyone in it by now. Once he's near enough he grabs one guy by the face and throws him into the group, knocking all the other men down like a set of bowling pins. He then jumps right into the fray, pulling out his knife and slashing at those men. It looks like he's stabbing indiscriminately, but Chuuya's done this many, many times before; he makes every hit count, getting places he knows will make a man bleed. It's all a simulation anyway, there's no reason to hold back.

One by one, the bodies drop to the floor, some writhing and squirming as blood guzzles from an opening he's made in their throats. He pays them little heed, kicking one body out of his way as he advances. His eyes span for where Hana may have gone to. ]

Bunny-girl. Where'd you go? [ Don't leave him behind and kill all those guys without him! ]

[global]

[ Where Chuuya hits hard and brutal, Hana stays efficient, but merciful. She's versed by now in how to make quick kills: this may be a simulation, but it's instinct for her to make things painless if possible. She doesn't respond to Chuuya, if only because she's still busy, but it's safe to say that when she emerges from tent #3, she's feeling pretty mighty victorious. ]

Why were you looking for me? I'm not a target.

[ Anyway, the camp has gone quiet and still now. There's not a trace of sound or body in sight. She looks pretty smug as she approaches, grinning broadly. ]

Area cleared. What's the count?

[vacuum]

[ He has a feeling he might not have gotten as many as she did, and he's hoping it's a wrong feeling. It's to do with the fact that he fights so grandly, knocking down his opponents with bold moves and even taking the time to lord over them. Meanwhile, Hana fights with her guns, taking down her targets in the most efficient way with as little energy expended. Chuuya could change the way he fights, he could even break out his gun, but this is always what's worked for him.

Hopefully it will work even now. ] Fifteen. And yours?

haha.... cries tears of blood

[global]

[ She was almost sure she was the winner! Hana visibly scowls and crosses her arms. ]

Aww, man! I got fifteen too. You sure we didn't miss anyone?