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TESTDRIVE_01 | ||
 THE ARRIVAL. You wake up, wet and bruised, in the water. You don't recall falling, but you recall a flash of bright light, and the next thing you know you're washing up on the shoreline. You can see two moons and a planet in the sky. Directly abovehead is a slash of oscillating lights that flash painfully bright with every passing second - and you witness a handful of silhouettes getting spit out of the lights, falling into the water with a loud splash. It's a surprising sight; just as surprising is the fact that you're not alone. A stranger you didn't notice approaching hauls you up onto your feet, checks you for injuries, and then you're lifted into a shuttle, where you're healed by the med techs on board. There are others like you who were pulled from the water and the sand, and they're in various states of healing. You're all soaked in seawater - and by the look of things, you're all equally at a loss about your situation. An automated message keeps repeating over the PA system in English: "You are currently in Caius Allied Territory. Welcome to Alexandrina." Where the hell are you? You're now in Alexandrina, and we hope you enjoy your stay.  NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.It isn't your lucky day. Something, somewhere along the line, goes incredibly wrong. Rather than keeping you at the shores of Alexandrina, the rift pulls you in and spits you out in a place that's a lot less watery and clear. The first thing you come to is the taste of dirt and grime, and the hustle and bustle of a city that doesn't have an off-switch. Overhead, there are high-rises and towers that go up further than your eyes can see. It seems neverending, and natural light struggles to filter through the metal. The shock only starts to fade away when you hear the sounds of a struggle not too far away from where you landed. Investigating will lead you to a group of Caia Maxus harassing a few Terrans on a back alleyway. The Terrans are trying to sidestep their way out of this (they'd rather not get involved in a fight), but the Caia Maxus far outnumber them and all escape routes have been blocked. No one else is stepping in to intervene. If anything, the rest of the onlookers seem to be encouraging the rough treatment. So now you get to decide: OPTION A | YOU STEP IN LIKE THE HERO YOU ARE. You step between the two parties to try and avoid an escalation. You don't want to start trouble, or maybe you do and this seems like a good reason to fish for a fight. OPTION B | YOU LOOK THE OTHER WAY. This isn't your problem really, so without saying a word, you head for the other direction. The Terrans weren't asking for help anyway, so maybe they could handle it. Best hope nothing will let you regret your decision. Choose wisely. You'll feel the effects of your choices sooner than you think. Regardless of what you decide though, the Hypatia Rescue Fleet 409 will locate you a few Terran hours later. They'll tell you they have no idea how you ended up in Koriba, that's never really happened before, but they're glad they managed to find you before anything major happened.  THE NIGHT OF. It's a lot to take in. You're on an alien moon, looking out to a planet that looks a lot like Earth but isn't. You can see the storms swirling around, the deep blue of its own seas, as you listen to the crash and pull of the waves not far from where you stand. The stars are different here too - there are no constellations that you recognize immediately. Some of the older locals are lingering outdoors with you, and they nod at you as you make your way around the cottages. Are you headed to the beach? You might find a few couples having a moment there. Are you headed back into the cottages? If you peer into some of the windows, you'll find entire families sitting together, or parents tucking their children to bed. If you're headed into the woodsy areas that extend away from the beach, you might hear a rustling sound or two - from something too large to be another person. Careful where you walk tonight. There's a reason for lights out being a thing.  WELCOME TO THE 409. It's the morning after your quick orientation into the Alexandrina settlement, and everything looks dewy and homey — until you start hearing loud splashes, followed by shots firing off nearby. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a bunch of eldritch horrors falling from the rift abovehead. They stand at roughly ten meters tall each, lumbering out from the water with angry screeching and flailing limbs. They're already kicking up a mess at the shorelines, and upending some of the makeshift outposts lining the beach. The locals are shooting at them to keep them away from the settlement borders. Most of them are adults, but some of the shooters are as young as fifteen or sixteen, and clearly used to the kickback of the firearms they're carrying. One of these shooters pushes you forward, tells you to get moving. Another hands you keys to a vehicle and points you in the direction of the fleet — every able adult needs to help in manning the patrol lines, they say. The keys fit into a hoverbike, which in turn is armed with blast guns up front. "Get up in the air and help the guys out," the stranger urges you. "We don't have as many men as we used, to. Get going, get going!" ...Maybe those bikes come with a how-to manual? On the bright side, at least you're not alone in trying to figure these bikes out.  NOTHING WASTED, NOTHING THROWN. The beach is saved! You're drenched in monster blood, there's sand in places you didn't realize you even had, and your bike is in some form of damage after those first few crucial minutes of getting the hang of riding them. Now comes the cleanup, and your character is armed with large chainsaws and buckets. The creatures need to be chopped down to smaller sizes before they can be properly incinerated, and everyone's kindly asked to suit up and get to chopping! There are small stalls and tents lined up along the beach for various purposes to help with the process. There are refreshment tents for when the sun heat gets to be too much; there are portable incinerator ovens, which burn the creatures' parts down into fertilizer (no point letting it go to waste, hey!), there are shower tents for when you're done with the hacking and sawing, and at the far end of the beach, away from the gore and the carnage, is a beach barbeque bonanza. From the way people act, this is a normal day in the 409. So why not grab a saw, chop up some monster flesh, and have yourself a nice beef-flavored something? You've earned it today.  HYPENET. H̷͖͇͈̮e̲͖❚❚͓͈̥̤̺͔ͅ—͍ N͎̦̫̯͔̯o͖̖͎̠̣̮ ̹̝o̬̦̠̫̮ͅ❚̱͈̺̝̥͞❚͏ ̳❚͉͎͜ş ̨͚̲͓͚̣̫s̙̥❚̮͚̻͠f̟̪̲̳̕e̥̞̲̝̝͟—͈̖ Whoa. What was that? This is the first thing you hear as soon as you try connecting to the network. Something tells you this isn't something that happens often, but asking anyone who knows more about this place than you do isn't netting you any answers. The more people start looking at you like you're crazy, the more you're tempted to brush it off... Connecting to the network again will trigger its original default message: Welcome to HypeNet, DefaultUsername[xxxx]! You are now accessing the Hypatia Mass Network. You may input your personalized username and start chatting now! Time to get some answers. Maybe someone else must have heard it too, right? OOC NOTES. Welcome to the first TDM of HYPERJUMP! We're trying something different with the Koriba prompt, so please bear with us. Cast your vote here! Both options have their own sets of consequences that will affect the first intro log of the game, so choose your actions carefully! Additionally, the interactions in this test drive can be game canon if the parties involved agree to it. Everyone is also encouraged to use test drive threads for samples in your application. We are super excited to have you here, and we hope you like what you see. ♥ | ||
looks great!
And, sure enough, after a kid throws a projectile at one of the aggressors, that's about all it takes for them to go on the attack. ]
That's not -
[ He doesn't even have a chance to finish his sentence before he's dodging a rock or something, and then he tries to put himself between the kid and the violent guys, catching a punch before kicking one in the gut. ]
If you've got any sense, kid, you'll run!
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What he hadn't expected was for this guy to get between him and one of the bully boys. Thankfully, fighting people bigger than him this isn't something he's new too. So he's quick to move around the next punch, just getting clipped across the cheek. That'd bruise for sure but at least it's not a broken nose.
Stranger man was right though. Best to start running. He takes a glance back to the narrow alley he had been hiding in. Small enough for terrans to fit through, but not these Maxus. Pointing to it he addresses the man and the other terrans; ]
There! Run there! [ And there isn't more instruction than that as he's already taking off. ]
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So, all things considered, running is their best bet. He, of course, waits to make sure all the Terrans get away, putting himself between them and their aggressors, quick jabs and ducking away from the larger, slower opponents.
Only when the rest are all clearly to safety does Kanan break for it, sliding down the alley after the kid. ]
No one ever told you not to start fights you can't finish, did they?
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But, it's not long before the other rejoins him. So, he starts moving again, sliding quickly along the narrow passage of an alley. Though the question gets him to glance back and roll his eyes at the man.]
Maybe, but at least I know when to pick 'em. Do you?
[ Yes, he was throwing the same question back at the guy and he knew it. After all, Glitch didn't buy it that that confrontation would've ended in a talk. They never did. But, he wasn't about to have a philosophical debate over this. He could already hear those Maxus yelling at and telling their friends there was another way round. ]
Just move it, scruffy chin. Who knows how flippin' fast they are. This short cut might not do us any good if they beat us at the head.
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[ Kanan frowns at him, then grabs him by the shoulder and shoves him behind what seems to be some kind of dumpster. ]
Shh.
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[ he all but gasps out when he's suddenly grabbed, but instantly quiets having realized why they did so. Yup, definitely those assholes he can hear and they were definitely trying to find them. He hushes, sinking down behind the dumpster with the man. ]
Great. Now what?
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[ Geez, kid, do you not know be quiet when you hear it? Kanan rolls his eyes skyward for a moment, but listens for the telltale signs of the thugs as they pass by, hunting.
It takes a few moments, but when there's just one guy near them, Kanan calmly steps out, making a small gesture with his hand. ]
The terrans went in the other direction.
[ The guy gets a glazed look for a moment, but it fades quickly. ]
They - what? No they didn't!
[ Kanan looks surprised, then resigned. ]
Worth a shot.
[ Then he punches the guy in the face and gestures to the kid to run again, back down the alley away from the pursuers. ]
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Instead, his expression turns to one of surprise and shock. He mouths the words 'what the hell are you doing?' when the man just decides to step out in front of one of their pursuers. The thought of just leaving the guy here is prominent and he almost does it when they just start waving their hand around and just saying the terrans ran another way.
What? Seriously. And to his unsurprising belief it does nothing because who would just buy something like that? Welp, doesn't matter since the matter is solved pretty quick from the tall man with a punch to their face. Okay, just moving just moving faster and he's looking back at the other guy; ]
What'd you THINK was going to happen? He'd just magically listen to you? You must be some kind of dented if that really was your plan.
[ Yup, insults, insults on the run. It's pretty much as far as he gets when he reaches the end of the alley onto another backstreet. Bigger, and definitely a place where those guys could fit if they found them. Not only that there wasn't much of a place to hide. Think quick, quick and then his eyes catch it. A fire escape ladder. Right okay. It was pretty much out of arms reach for either of them, a good ten feet up but not a problem for Glitch ]
Up. Lets go up. Roof tops are probably, definitely safer. [ He's not even going to wait for any objection from bead man. He's just going to reach out with his hands and just pull at the air....and nothing. The ladder just makes a feeble rattle under his magnetic pull but it doesn't even budge. There is the smallest look of horror on Glitch's face as he looks at his hands and just; ]
You have got to be flippin' kidding me.
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[ He doesn't finish that thought, because thinking about Ezra sends a pang through his chest. He'd so much rather be running from stormtroopers with his Padawan than... this. Whatever this is.
He stops, stares up at the fire escape and the unmoving ladder for a moment, then - jumps. This, unlike the mind trick, actually works, and he lands up on it, able to release the ladder for Glitch to follow. As annoying as the kid is, he wouldn't leave him behind to get beaten up - or worse. ]
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He finally shakes the surprise when the ladder hits the ground. Right, running, ignore the fact that this guy apparently could have taken those freaks on his own. He clambers up the ladder as quickly as he can. Reaching the top he pulls it back up and locks it into place. Time to run up the rest of this fire escape to the roof, the approaching voices definitely giving some incentive to move fast.
So...yeah, he will go with the guy's request to be...quiet because he has to ask-which he whispers, accent on the whisper;]
Okay, so if you're legs are that jacked why the hell didn't you just kick their heads off?
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Yeah that would be a great first impression on the locals.
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Who said anything about making a good impression.
[ Finally, he reaches the top of the escape ladder and hoists himself onto the roof, scrambling up onto it and away from the ledge. They would be high enough up here where those guys couldn't see them. With any luck they'd just pass by and not bother looking up here. ]
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[ Kanan isn't even breaking a sweat, really - he's in good shape, no matter how old this kid seems to think he is. And he can jump across the larger gaps between buildings, too. Handy! ]
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[ As for Glitch, he's quick and is able to at least keep up with the man, even if it's from behind. The small gaps of the roof aren't too much of a problem, but he stops just short of the larger one just a head. While this guy, yeah he's just clearing them like it's nothing. He's definitely wondering how the guy is managing it.
welp...if this guy is what you'd call kind maybe...? ]
Uh...a little help? ...Please? [ ugh, yup manners were physically painful. ]
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[ Usually. He'd been in a big mess back home, but that's neither here nor there. He stops at the plea - however half-assed it happens to be, and sighs, looking around for something. Fortunately, there's a lot of detritus on this roof - he doesn't trust his Jedi abilities to propel a person other than himself right now, but there's an old board up here that's long enough to span the distance. ]
Here. Keep your balance.
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So far only minor downsides. With the narrow bridge in place, Glitch steps onto with little hesitance. Just testing the board to see if it was stable and when satisfied begins to walk across. With arms outstretched he takes each step slowly at a time. It's not long before he crosses and pulls the makeshift bridge back to their side. The voices of the Maxus from earlier could be heard below but their general chatter gave the impression that they lost their quarry; ie them.
A sigh of relief escapes Glitch as he slides down onto the roof's surface. ]
Fuckin' finally. Think those guys would learn to take a hint and just give up when they lose eyes on their targets.
[ Though he says this more to himself than the stranger.
Speaking of- ]
By the way, you got a name or should I go with scruff chin?
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Hm. Kanan. And what should I call you, aside from "annoying kid"?
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Wow, fuckin' rude and after I got you out of there. [ Glitch maybe he had it handled- ]
It's Glitch, thanks. [ As he just huffs it out leaning against some sort of vent on the roof. Just gonna look over towards the streets with a frown; ]
How long do you think those people are gonna look?
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[ Have the most skeptical of raised eyebrows. ]
They'll look until they decide it's not worth their time anymore. We can make ourselves scarce while they keep wasting time.
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[ Have the sassiest look back. whatever, he just shrugs it off, folding his arms with what could be huffiest of expressions. ]
Hm, shouldn't be too hard then. They'll probably find their sick thrills somewhere else.