( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 7

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THE TEST DRIVE



Like it or not, you've been dragged from your world into the sanctum. It's a pretty nice city, all things considered--sci-fi, high-tech, glamourous.... Except, of course, for the giant dome encircling it, and the threat of glitching, contaminated zombies at your door. Looks like humanity's built itself a fortress that looks suspiciously like a cage, too. Toss in the odd memory blanks and the everpresent logo of Bifrons incorporated and it's enough to make someone paranoid.

The object of this meme is to get people familiar with the world of the Sanctum, and to try to see if their characters would fit in a sci-fi utopia such as this. Here are your options:

1. Intro: Waking Up. Make your intro post, folks. You wake up in a strange place, and get a strange transmission to go with it. There's a pair of glasses connected to some sort of communications network, but otherwise not much else in the room with you. What are you going to do?

2. Pet Adoption. Maybe you have the perfect genetically engineered pet in mind. Maybe you found a stray little escapee--do you keep it or turn it in? There's a reward if you let Bifrons know where the potentially dangerous little bugger is at, after all.

3. Alterations. Feel like you need an edge in the city? Find yourself injured and looking at options? Why not consider genetic alterations or, better yet, upgrading to a better, healthier you? Be warned, some of the side effects can be a little unpleasant.

4. Network Glitches. Strange garbled messages keep trying to come through in audio and text, but no way to track where they're coming from. Do you try to make contact? Compare notes with others? Surely it's nothing to be concerned about, right?

5. Dome Glitches. What was that in the window? There, again, in the bathroom mirror! Is that another you, living another life? Or maybe you spot an ominous shadow lurking around in the corner, something like a dysthrope but...worse. You're not going crazy, are you? Others see it, too, don't they? Oh, I wouldn't touch that reflective surface if I were you, or you might end up thinking you're living in that strange other world.

6. Outside the Dome. You're out and about without an armed escort, suited up against the atmosphere and dysthropes. It's supposed to be a green sector in this run down shell of what used to be a suburb, right? Nothing could possibly go wrong

7. WILDCARD. Choose your own adventure or create a cocktail from the presented options! The choice is YOURS.

Comments

[trainable_lout]

Kou grins, obviously proud of the blade. "Lady Vorkosigan found it. I'm not allowed to own weapons, technically, so the Admiral issued it to me."

[pain_train]

"How are you not allowed to own weapons? That's weird." She sheathes the sword and gives it back, then offers her own cane. There's a blade hidden in there too, one she's had to use a time or two.

[trainable_lout]

Kou inspects it with interest. "I'm not Vor, Miss. Only Vor are allowed to own weapons. They're our..."

He looks slightly pained to try to explain. They're our Vor, duh.

"They're...military aristocrats, I suppose. Some of them are our feudal lords, but the rest are just...Vor. They're there, they have the privilege and the money. Used to be all the officers were Vor, till the Cetagandans invaded. Now I can be a lieutenant, where, say, my grandfather couldn't, but I can't privately own weapons. All the weapons I use belong to the military, if you follow."

[pain_train]

She frowns. "Yeah, we don't have anything like that here. So that's really interesting. I mean, there are career military families and stuff, but they're not anything special. And all the weapons I used to have belonged to the army or the militia. But a friend gave me that. Anyone with the credits can buy weapons, though. Lots of people have them. So you don't have to worry about that here, at least!"