❪ test drive: #1 - the overflow ❫

[natha]

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

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[illuminating]

[She watches all of this transpire, eyes slipping away from remaining creature to see the glowing patterns, his arm becoming something not solid, and by the time the blood splatters, she eases out of her defensive posture. He's plainly capable. Well, they could make a game of this. There's still one left, but certain of herself and him both, she ignores it to proudly prance over to him, tail like a flag in the air.

Moving daintily on toes, she verbalizes cocky wolfish sounds to him, as if to say, Amazing, but watch this. The last one left aims for one of them, and she does away with it before it hits its mark with the celestial ink of her tail, which is likely to look no more to Fenris than some giant, invisible slashing—movement not unlike a sword, cleaving the monster clear in half.

Instantly, she puts herself in a short, triumphant trot around him. Let them hunt more. Does he want to keep score? She can count, but she can't say numbers. It might be problematic.]

[unchainedwolf]

[He sees the next one and for a moment he could have sworn that when he looked over to the wolf, that she was grinning. With her tail in the air like that, he should say she was strutting! A chuckle passes through him as he hears the sounds she makes, and a bloody hand reaches to pet her head, but he draws it away before touching her. He wasn't sure if the fake blood would stain her fur.]

You are a funny one.

[The wolves in his world aren't this friendly. When she makes that howling noise and the other creature falls, he is knows now that this isn't a normal wolf. She must be some sort of mabari. They are the only creatures he can think of that could do something like that.]

That sounds like a challenge. [Why else would she be trotting around him like that. He grins as he takes a few steps and then breaks out into a run to find more.] Let's see who wins then!

[illuminating]

[Enthusiastically grinning herself, she pursues in her own four-legged run, trying to keep pace with him, but in her excitement she strays a little ways beyond. Racing is fun, too, after all. When she spots one, already lumbering quickly for them, she deviates away from him, charging with what sounds like vicious snarl at the beast, but is more a noise of her being incapable of containing herself. Invisible slash, slash again and it's down. She tosses her head, and stamps her paws.

Keep up, young sir. You're one behind. Teasing creature doesn't wait for him, rounding him to rush ahead.]

sorry this is so late!

[unchainedwolf]

[He sees that. He has to step it up. He can't lose to this creature, even if she is obviously more intelligent than the average hound. His tattoos start to glow once more as he races besides her, but four legs are definitely better than two. Still he does his best to keep up and once they get to a horde of the monsters he leaps high into the air. With a loud roar he pulls his fist back, and slams it into the skull of one of the beasts as he stands on it's shoulders. The monster didn't have time for much fighting before Fenris heard a crack and it falls.]

Keep up!

[Even if they are even now as he moves onto the next one, a glowing fist punches it's way into the creature's chest right before his body solidifies. One more creature falls.]

noo, you're fine! i'm sorry for being late myself!

[illuminating]

[Now it's her who's behind! But no matter, she leaps, and twists at one, beating it down with the Reflector that remains unseen on her back. Seeing as they've made it a private competition, she presents no hesitation when she slashes down another in that heavenly way of hers.

Three, after, cry out with a gruesome, gnashing of teeth and saliva when she paints a ball of swirling fire (yes, from thin air) to eliminate them at once. That's six so far in total, for her, but she pauses in her efforts to catch a glimpse of him, to make certain he's wiping them out just as a efficiently.

They might be contesting each other, but wolves don't hunt alone, and she'll have his back if he needs it.]

[unchainedwolf]

[He watches carefully from the corner of his eye as he takes on more and more monsters. Then he sees it, a flash of light, and just like that it's gone and a monster is down on the ground burning. The smell is awful, but it's nothing he can't ignore. He pounds his fist through one's chest as he turns to see what exactly she is doing.

He is starting to think that this wolf...isn't just a wolf. He's never known a mage to be able to still conjure magic in animal form, and the only creatures that he knows can summon fire are dragons. This was not a fuzzy, barking dragon. Maybe his paranoia is getting the best of him. He tries to push it to the back of his mind, but he can't help but feel a little uneasy.

He's so focused on trying not to think about magic and other things that he loses sight of three monsters, and they leap up behind him. He pivots on the ball of his feet when he sees their shadow but it's a second too late. Even if this is a simulation he can still feel their claws as they pound against his armor and scratch at his skin. The lyrium in his skin glows bright as he bares his teeth and punches through one, but that still leaves two.]