Test Drive - August

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Thinking of joining The Omegafriends, but want to get a feel for things first? Need some threads for your application sample? You’ve come to the right place! Reply with your character down below, with at least one of the provided prompts to get things going. Then, go around to other people and tag them! Have threads! Have fun!

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We will be putting up a new Test Drive on the 15th of every month.

Prompts

1. Venture City in Peril! Dr. Devious’s army of Deviobots are ransacking the city! No, wait, Baron Von Tyrannosaur is back with another dinosaur army! No, wait, it's... really, ther's a lot of different ways a city can be imperiled. However, no matter the threat, it’s up to you, the Omegafriends, to save the day - but you’ll need to work together to repel the forces of evil.

2. A Hero is Born! What started as an ordinary day was thrown into chaos as your newfound superpowers began to suddenly awaken! What perilous problems and zany antics will this bring about? Stay tuned to find out!

3. The Adventure Mundane! It's not all over-the-top heroics here - sometimes, ordinary day-to-day life can be just as much trouble! On the trail of a story for the Daily Venture? Frantic last-minute studying for tomorrow's math test? Harassing people to sign petitions on street corners? Hitting the arcade to destroy simulated villains instead of real ones? The sky's the limit!

4. Welcome to the Omegabase! The super-secret underground Omegabase has it all - training centers, VR simulators, free snack machines, but most important is a whole lot of Supers! Take a minute to kick back and get to know your fellow heroes.

5. The Mighty Showdown! In the life of a Super, good and evil are always clashing in battle. Today, you’ve come face to face with one of the many supervillains threatening the future of Venture City! Who will rise and who will fall? Next issue: The shocking answer!

6. Time Warp! Chasing after Lady Blue's latest heist has left you temporarily stranded, along with your fellow heroes, in another era. Where and when have you gone, and how will you cope with the bizarre situation?

7. Wild Card! Got an idea for a thread or prompt that isn’t one of those? Make up your own! We won’t stop you.

Comments

[electricalcurrent]

The suit stumbled back some as the spinner-jets cool off and let the suit land. "Sorry! I guess I went through the info wrong," a feminine voice stated from the armor.

A masculine one added in, "She tends to charge ahead when she thinks she's right."

[epistemophile]

His hand shifted to cover his mouth with his fingertips, still looking positively awestruck. His smile was somewhat manic, now, though not in an entirely off-putting way. He pulled a little at his own jaw, folding his fingers and appearing to chew on his knuckles for a moment, giving the suit a full once-over.

"Did you create the AI as well?" The question was arbitrary, asked as his eyes moved from segment to segment of the armor, to Spark, to Zapps, back around. He couldn't quite decide what he wanted to look at, so he continued to look at everything.

[electricalcurrent]

Spark moves to get into a combat position but drops it before it was fully formed. Clearly something kept the hero from charging at her at the admission.

"So why are you here then?" she asked instead. She sounded like she was talking from cue cards rather than with her voice before.

[save_load]

"... Info, huh? Just what were you looking for?"

The cloaked person totally hadn't been just finishing up moving stolen goods out of the run down place. Totally not.

[electricalcurrent]

She didn't mind people being impressed with her work. "No. Heh... I'm not anywhere near good enough with my programming to create something like him," she said, shaking her head.

"I crash landed on her planet. Though my function is to act as the AI for a suit like this, why I helped her create this. Also I fear if I let her create an autonomous body, she would have made me her plucky robot side kick," he stated, half teasing and half grimly.

"Oh, don't complain Zapps," She said before offering a hand over to him. "So what's your name?"

Himiko / OC

[fluffytails]

1. [Venture City in Peril! And it sure was! Apparently, the dinosaur army had attacked at the same time the Deviobots were mounting their own, equally fiendish assault! People were running in the streets while the evil armies of evil were fighting - mostly with each other.

Still, the property damage was mounting, and heroes were clearly needed.

In the middle of this mess, standing on a convenient pole (because dramatic standing is important), was a dark figure. Not only was she wearing a dark, black dress, her eyes were also as dark as night - not to mention that she was gathering a massive amount of shadowy energy in her hands, ready to blast whatever her target was!

(Feel free to take her as a hero or villain, whatever you might prefer! She was about to blast a couple Deviobots, but it'd be easy to assume she was targeting the civilians nearby, instead...)]



4.[Welcome to the Omegabase! The super-secret underground Omegabase has it all - training centers, VR simulators...

The VR Simulator was already occupied, it seemed. But whoever had done so had forgotten to lock the doors. Inside, it was set to a version of ancient Japan, on a nice summer day. Cherry blossoms filled the air near what looked like an old temple.

Someone was sleeping on the altar, enjoying the sunlight and peaceful atmosphere. One does not disturb a sleeping cat, but what about a sleeping fox?]

[electricalcurrent]

"Smuggler," stated Spark, the feminine of the two.

"Or fence. Exact details are spotty. Actually, if you live here, you should have further data to continue the investigation. Can we inquire?" the masculine of the two, Zapps, asked.

"Why do you always use the biggest words possible?"

"I didn't notice I was doing so."

"Also adding unnecessary reiterations."

"Now you're doing it!"

"Haha."

[save_load]

While the robot person seems to be busy arguing with himself/herself, the young woman will just kind of edge towards the nearest window... maybe they'll just keep arguing...?

[epistemophile]

"With your skill in armor-building, I would hazard a suggestion of you trying sometime," he offered, finally very gently ghosting his fingertips over a joint on the armor. It wasn't even so much that he was interested in robotics, he just found the fact that someone had created something like this fascinating.

And, you know. He had an alarming information boner, and this was certainly something new to learn about.

He chuckled at Zapps' sense of humor, recoiling his hand and smoothing his thumb and forefinger just below his lower lip in thought, trying to discern where best to look when speaking to the AI. There were at least two sets of eyes on the suit, even if one was just a single eye, and he didn't want to persistently avoid eye contact when speaking or listening to someone (something?), even an artificial intelligence. He nearly counted as one himself, really.

He zeroed in on Spark's hand and blinked at it for a moment before reaching out to shake it, chuckling again in a somewhat more sheepish manner. He did tend to forget the basics of social interaction nearly every time he found himself facing it, now didn't he.

"Philip," he said simply, nodding his head forward in a slight bow.

[electricalcurrent]

"I can see you," a masculine voice noted, the band above the face having an eye fixated on her. "Some reason you're in a hurry to leave?"

4

[save_load]

[There's a familiar cat trotting up to the altar, staring inquisitively at the fox]

I hope I'm not wrong in assuming that they appear as one entity right now except for the voices? ^^;

[save_load]

The young woman stopped.

"Well, you know, just the whole thing with arguing with yourself makes you look a little insane, so... can you really blame me?"

5

[fluffytails]

And a villainous hideout it was! Rows of heavy crates lined the walls of the dark warehouse, and the skylights were so dirty that only little of the moonlight ever found its way in there. The sparse, broken down lamps didn't help: Only few of them worked, some showering the wet floor with sparks every so often.

Still, one could spot that some of the crates had been broken open, their content spilling on the floor. Jewelry, coins and other treasures were glittering in the sparse light: Clearly, whoever was using this place had pulled a number of heists.

In fact, a woman in a dark dress was currently sifting through the treasure...

"Oh dear..." The woman muttered as she spotted the arrival, then raised her voice. "I assure you, it's not what it looks like!"

Re: 4

[fluffytails]

[The foxy woman was truly snoozing. Every so often, her ear would twitch, as would the tip of one of her tails. Aside that, she was motionless, like a princess straight from a fairytale clichée.

Well, aside the hair. Princesses usually had blonde hair, after all!]

Just see the Suit indeed.

[electricalcurrent]

"Because we're two different people, not insane, that's why we argue," Spark stated. "I wear the suit."

"And I am the suit," Zapps chipped in.

4

[save_load]

[The cat will just make herself comfortable among the fox's tails, then. So fluffy~]

[forgottendecade]

[ He's not as invisible as he's been trying to be. In fact, all it takes are a couple smarts to realize he wasn't normal. Either that, or to see the weird cracks in his arm or see him punch through metal or something dumb like that.

But right now, he was just a scruffy Asian in scruffy biker clothing talking about Kamen Riders. ]

Thjey are an old myth in some places, a fable in others. Maybe they were masked riders in the age before motorcycles, who later gave birth to the ones we hear about today. Maybe they aren't. Who knows for sure?

[save_load]

"Oh. That's cool. I guess," the young woman paused for a moment, "Anyway, not sure I can help much, but go ahead and 'inquire', I guess?"

[electricalcurrent]

She returns the bow given it. She stood up before smiling inside the armor. She had no ability to show that through the armor, unfortunately. Zapps did offer something though watching his eye movement. "You do not need to maintain eye contact with me. Spark gave me the visible eye more to the benefit of others than myself," he stated in his usual, perfunctory manner.

"He's pretty observant about stuff most people would miss, I find. Kind of frustrating though when you're trying to lie to him. Oh well! What's the suggestion you have? I am looking for work other than hero stuff her to be honest, need to make some extra money but don't want to unnaturally advance tech here either," She said. She shook her head and chuckled some.

[electricalcurrent]

The hero in a can jetted across the floor now with a purpose to her, making sure she couldn't just run. Though one could always talk to her to figure these things out. Best to talk, even if you were talking after making a hole in someone's wall. Hero insurance would cover that! "Then what is it?" A chirpy voiced female came out.

[electricalcurrent]

"How long have you been here?" Zapps started.

[epistemophile]

[For a kid with all the knowledge in the world in his head, Philip lacks common sense, as Akiko once stated. That doesn't necessarily always mean he lacks self-preservation, and he at least seems to somewhat understand the concept of stranger danger.]

[Which is to say Joji kind of makes him nervous, and he's not sure why. But that, of course, is no reason to be impolite. He grins crookedly, smoothing his thumb and index finger over his chin.]

Who knows, indeed?

... Wow I've been forgetting to use her silly narrator, *headdesk*

[save_load]

"Uh... maybe ten minutes?" the young woman shrugged, "Was thinking of looking into real estate, but... y'know, now that you added to the damage, I'm kinda thinking of looking somewhere else."

Abruptly, from out of nowhere, a voice that sounds oddly like John Rhys-Davies chimed in, "You may get out of this one just y-"

And abruptly, the voice cut off.

"... ... What the heck was that?" the young woman asked, doing her best to sound surprised.

Re: 4

[fluffytails]

[At which point the fox jerked up, started - those tails were sensitive, after all. Of course, that sudden movement might startle the cat as well!]

4

[save_load]

[Yes, a little startling! But not as startled as the fox, so she'll meow reassuringly]