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Test Drive #25
Welcome to the Synodiporia Test Drive Meme! Below the cuts there are two new prompts, and here are the prompts from previous test-drives, which you’re still welcome to use in this post. When you comment, be sure you specify what prompt you want to play with, and please put up your own threadstarter—it makes for a much more friendly environment than a forest of bare toplevels! OCs are especially welcome! Please take a quick look at our Directory & familiarize yourself with the concept and setting of the game before you jump in.
Our current app round runs October 29th–November 6th. Our next Jaunt will be Dawnbreak Boulevard, a dramatic showbiz experience, set in mid-twentieth-century Hollywood and full of both glitz and glamour. The accompanying walkabout, Shade’s Retreat, is a murder-mystery-esque hunt for a shapeshifting entity roaming an inn.
Prompt #64 is a seasonal liminal space with some surprise visitors.
Prompt #65 is set in the world of the Pogemon jaunt, where superpowered creatures and their human partners are taking place in a partnership-fueled competition.
#64
Liminal Space is a pumpkin patch.
A patch of warm, glowing pumpkins, specifically. Ranging from tiny enough to fit on the palm of one’s hand to large enough to keep one’s wife inside, these pumpkins come in some very specific colors: blue, blue-white, white, white-yellow, yellow, orange and red. Slicing one open or carving a face on the front reveals that they’re all hollow inside, bereft of pumpkin guts or seeds--but what they do contain are floating balls of light corresponding to the color of their shell.
Travelers, however, will soon find that they aren’t alone here.
Currently, Liminal Space is swarming with dozens of rabbits of various ages, none of which seem very inclined to obey the laws of gravity and all of which can teleport. And will. Occasionally right in front of one’s face. It’s more than a little disconcerting the first time it happens to you.
#65
It’s a beautiful day in Pogtopia City, as Slammers and Pogemon from all over have arrived for the First Annual Poglympic Games. Radical guitar riffs blare from loudspeakers as competitors and spectators gather at Pogtopia Stadium for what’s sure to be an XTREME display of Pogemon and Slammer athletic prowess.
The Poglympic games are meant to highlight Slammers and Pogemon working in unison, and so all of the events have teams competing in some way. There are several team sporting events scheduled, ranging from soccer to softball games. The track and field events feature relay races and the new and highly controversial Slammerput, in which pairs of Pogemon bonded to the same Slammer see how far they can toss their Slammer between each other--while making absolutely certain to catch the competitor. It’s billed as the ultimate trust building exercise, but it’s also pretty dangerous. It’s where the biggest buzz of the Poglympics is centered and where only the strongest and bravest Pogemon and Slammers are competing, but will someone get hurt?
Our current app round runs October 29th–November 6th. Our next Jaunt will be Dawnbreak Boulevard, a dramatic showbiz experience, set in mid-twentieth-century Hollywood and full of both glitz and glamour. The accompanying walkabout, Shade’s Retreat, is a murder-mystery-esque hunt for a shapeshifting entity roaming an inn.
Prompt #64 is a seasonal liminal space with some surprise visitors.
Prompt #65 is set in the world of the Pogemon jaunt, where superpowered creatures and their human partners are taking place in a partnership-fueled competition.
#64
Liminal Space is a pumpkin patch.
A patch of warm, glowing pumpkins, specifically. Ranging from tiny enough to fit on the palm of one’s hand to large enough to keep one’s wife inside, these pumpkins come in some very specific colors: blue, blue-white, white, white-yellow, yellow, orange and red. Slicing one open or carving a face on the front reveals that they’re all hollow inside, bereft of pumpkin guts or seeds--but what they do contain are floating balls of light corresponding to the color of their shell.
Travelers, however, will soon find that they aren’t alone here.
Currently, Liminal Space is swarming with dozens of rabbits of various ages, none of which seem very inclined to obey the laws of gravity and all of which can teleport. And will. Occasionally right in front of one’s face. It’s more than a little disconcerting the first time it happens to you.
#65
It’s a beautiful day in Pogtopia City, as Slammers and Pogemon from all over have arrived for the First Annual Poglympic Games. Radical guitar riffs blare from loudspeakers as competitors and spectators gather at Pogtopia Stadium for what’s sure to be an XTREME display of Pogemon and Slammer athletic prowess.
The Poglympic games are meant to highlight Slammers and Pogemon working in unison, and so all of the events have teams competing in some way. There are several team sporting events scheduled, ranging from soccer to softball games. The track and field events feature relay races and the new and highly controversial Slammerput, in which pairs of Pogemon bonded to the same Slammer see how far they can toss their Slammer between each other--while making absolutely certain to catch the competitor. It’s billed as the ultimate trust building exercise, but it’s also pretty dangerous. It’s where the biggest buzz of the Poglympics is centered and where only the strongest and bravest Pogemon and Slammers are competing, but will someone get hurt?
Banjou Ryuuga | Kamen Rider Build
Banjou wouldn't be the first to say that he's smart, sure. But he's not completely stupid, thank you very much to certain people. He has brains! He has reflexes! He's not about to be as dumb as to just relax purely because these pumpkins aren't currently trying to eat him or to claim that he's a moron and not just a moron but a moron from outer space!
They're pretty, though.
He tightens the shirt tied around his waist, then touches one cautiously. It's glowing. Makes him smile.
He jumps when a rabbit runs over his foot, then squawks when one appears in front of his face.
"Always with the rabbits! - I guess at least it's not a tank."
Kim Ross | Dresden Codak
Kim moves among the pumpkins suspiciously. She carries with her a notepad, a stylus, and a leather satchel. Every now and then, she finds a particularly interesting orb and bends to crouch next to it, slicing carefully at the skin, taking samples, and bottling them. When she discovers the glowing lights within, her very first reaction is fascination, and then suspicion.
And then she tries to get one in a jar. Because, of course Kim does. She's got science to do.
Tom Swale | Young Wizards Series
While most others moved among the pumpkins, Tom stood just aside of the patch itself, speaking to a rabbit. More accurately, he was having a conversation, which involved a number of rabbits, and which was technically contiguous, though not with any particular rabbit. Those listening would find his Speech perfectly understandable, although he is just as recognizably not speaking any language they will know. How the rabbits are answering is not clear, although they do seem to be responding to him, or at least making motions and paying attention in a way that might easily lead one to think...
"That's fascinating," Tom tells the more recently-teleported bunny, crouching down politely, to get on his level, "Where I'm from, we see a similar function in most cats, it's pretty rare for a lapine subspecies to— no, no, of course I get that. Sorry, pardon my manners, I'm not suggesting anything of the sort."
There is a pause.
"Cats, actually. Do your people have regular work as gate technicians or just..."
It goes on like that, for a while.
The Chosen Undead | Dark Souls
Eva loves a good fight. Really, what she loves is winning a good fight, of course, but the reality of it is that whether or not she loves one, she usually has them. This, then, is a very refreshing change of pace!
Not to be the one fighting, that is.
There's a terrific novelty to sitting in the stands, watching the pogemon compete below her, to cheer with the crowd! And yes, of course she's the only one sitting here in a full plate and mail, tabard included, sword and shield strapped securely as they should be, but what's a little fashion faux pas compared to the thrill of watching someone fly through the air and almost certainly not die of it? Nothing at all.
Funny, though, how no one wants to sit near her. Ah well, more elbow room, right? And more room to wave her gauntleted hands about and cheer excitedly, even if the sound is only a bit tinny in this helmet. Eva is having a truly wonderful, raucous, excited time, indeed. Won't you join her?