TEST DRIVE.

[futurologists]

test drive Firstly, thank you for your interest! Secondly, since the game hasn't begun and therefore characters haven't actually gone to a world yet, this test drive is going to be a little different. It's intended to be presented as a mini-mission of sorts, on a much smaller scale and timeframe than a real mission in-game but with a somewhat similar feel. Because of this, if you join the game, you're allowed to count this as game canon, so make sure you make choices you want to follow your character into the game! You know how this works, so go forth and have fun, and don't forget to reserve! BASICS Anwick might have been a beautiful town once. It's hard to tell now, since most of the buildings are scorched and crumbling, but they do resemble some rural modern-day buildings. Likewise, the people don't appear to be living too much in the past; several are carrying intimidating guns. For years, Anwick has been terrorized by dragons, living in fear of the next attack. Not anymore. The people have just ended a bloody battle. Several people limp towards the outskirts of town, holding their bleeding wounds or new burns. In the center of town lies a slain dragon, the last full-grown one left in the world. To be honest, it looks like they've already taken care of their own problem. A monotonous voice comes through your communication device to explain. You aren't here to help the townspeople; you're here for the dragons. The one motionless on the ground may have been the last adult, but it certainly wasn't the last dragon. Her children are located in a nearby cave, alone and orphaned. They're the ones you need to protect. WYRMLINGS The wyrmlings are still growing up, only the size of a small dog. Each has a slightly different appearance, but all of them have at least a few bright copper scales. They're beautiful, and they look a little bit harmless... at least, until they notice you. These dragons have never been exposed to humans before. Or anyone outside of their family, for that matter. They're small and scared, and they don't know any other way to protect themselves than to attack. Luckily, because of their tiny size, they can't do much more than small burns at a time — but make no mistake, it still hurts like hell. The cave they're located in is pitch-black and labyrinthine. Every footstep echoes throughout it if you aren't light enough on your feet. It'll be difficult to navigate if you don't MacGyver yourself a torch or other form of lighting. Cell phones will work decently, at least until their battery dies, but you don't want to get stuck deep within the cave with no light. If you do manage to get through the cave and rescue some without getting burned to a crisp, the trouble's not over yet. You'll have to find a safe place to stash them until they can be relocated; the townspeople aren't done with their dragon-slaying yet, after all. Walk into town with one in tow, and you're putting a target on your back. (Of course, this doesn't mean you can't do it.) PROMPTS ONE ✗ GOING ROGUE Not feeling too obedient? Maybe you're ignoring the orders and helping the wounded people in town instead... or just coming to gawk. Maybe you're coming to slay the wyrmlings yourself. Whatever it is, at least try to be sneaky about it. TWO ✗ THE DRAGON'S CAVE Try to navigate the cave, fail to navigate the cave and get lost, or try to take the wyrmlings without getting barbecued. Somehow, you get the feeling that you aren't alone. Those footsteps are probably just your imagination... or they could be townspeople coming to kill you and the dragons. Of course, they could also be an ally, but you'd better hope you don't find out. THREE ✗ HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON You've gotten the dragon(s) to a secure campsite out of town, but the fun's not over yet. They're kind of freaking out a little. Some of them are still spitting fire. Even the less aggressive ones are crying shrilly, bound to attract townspeople or at least annoy everyone nearby. It can't be too hard to calm them down; they're basically scaly, fire-breathing babies, right? FOUR ✗ NIGHT TIME It's been a long day, and now it's time for the crew to sleep. Get to know your tentmates, try to ignore them, pray that they don't want to bring along a wyrmling to cuddle... or maybe you've been put on night watch with a few others, in which case you'd better find a way to pass the time until your shift's over. FIVE ✗ CHIT CHAT Network option! Maybe you've got a little downtime and you're bored. Or maybe you're frantically asking the rest of the team how bad a dragon bite is. Maybe you're just trying to figure out how the hell this magical jewelry thing works. No matter what, you get one username to identify you and one only — if you don't enter one, it will default to your real name (for example, Voldemort's would be tomriddle.) Choose wisely... or make it assfarts69, if that's your thing. More information on the network is here! SIX ✗ WILDCARD Do whatever the hell you want. Explore the ashes of the burned city, try to run as far away from this crap as possible, or try to teach a wyrmling tricks. The world is your oyster.

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korra ;; the legend of

[bearcat]

two ; dragon cave

[ it doesn't take much to get korra to jump to action: someone or something needs help? she's there. as the avatar — and really, as a firebender in general — she has a great respect for dragons. there's no blame held to the people defending themselves against the dragons that fly over their cities, but in being called to protect them korra has to answer. she's one of the first into the dragon's cave and she'll offer light ( a palm-sized ball of flame between her fingers ) to anyone who wants to walk with them. behind her, a giant white dogbear-like creature follows with her nose to the ground. naga is an excellent tracker, if korra says so herself; if anyone can keep them from getting lost in the caves, it's her.

turning to whomever her company is, korra says, slightly breathless: ]

Have you ever seen a dragon before?

three ; httyd

Hey, c'mon, don't make such a ruckus, [ comes a gentle sound from korra, and naga's laying not far away with her giant paws over her ears, trying to block out the the sound of the dragon's occasional crying. naga might have given up on this animal being quiet any time soon, but korra remembers what it was like working with a small, scared predator before. korra reaches forward again and rests her hand on the ruby-red crest of the dragon, and this time there's five whole seconds before the baby snaps its jaws down onto korra's fingers, drawing blood and causing the avatar to hiss in pain and pull her hand back. ] Ow ow ow ow!

[ shaking out the pain in her fingers, korra ignores the "told'ja" look that naga seems to give her, and instead draws up a bit of water from the nearby creek. with this she can heal these bite wounds — much like the other 20-some-odd wounds she's gotten in moments previous. feel free to laugh at her along with naga or ask for some healing. korra can't do anything like setting a broken arm, but burns and small bites? she's got that all kinds of covered. ]

four ; night time

[ later on, when she's gotten the dragon to calm down just enough to sleep in the growing night, korra can be found at the edge of the campsite, either:
1. ) sitting on naga's back and fussing with her wristcuff network device, poking around on the settings but clearly having a bad time of it. how the heck does this work??? what does it mean??? what is this thing displaying, how does she send messages, why are there movers in this thing?? technology, even magic tech, how does it work??? eventually she'll lose her patience and throw the thing down onto the ground, cross her arms, and sulk!! because she is an adult.

or

2. ) still on the edge of the campground, korra's found a small lump of metal to mess around with, forming it into several different shapes to keep her skills sharp. eventually she'll move onto earth, then air, and then mess around a bit with firebending. it's prudent that she find out if that ... rift thing messed with her bending at all. it would suck if she was caught off-guard later, like she was in the spirit world the first time she went. ]

wildcard ;
[ feel free to PM me if you want me to set up a personalized starter! ]

night time!

[khsneak]

[S'zah was having difficulty sleeping for a variety of reasons, so after a while she'd given up on the idea of getting any rest and come wandering out for anything of interest to do. As it turns out, watching Korra at work fills that role nicely; it fascinates S'zah, and she draws closer without realizing it.

She's by no means shy, but by her nature as a thief, she keeps quiet and to herself. If Korra happens to look over her shoulder, she'll find a bright pair of feline eyes and an eager tail tracking her, studying the movements of earth, air, and fire.]

slams into

[bearcat]

[ the thing about airbending is that it's all based around spiral movements, and even though korra's concentrating on keeping her bending contained, it doesn't take long before she twirls around and catches s'zah in the darkened distance. immediately upon seeing the other, korra summons fire to her palm again to light the shadows around her. ]

— Woah!

[ she was definitely not expecting this ... person?? to look like a spirit, but, well, here we are. naga gets to her paws a moment later, growling softly. ]

Eeeasy girl, [ korra says, her other hand out to gently push naga's muzzle down. ] Easy, I don't think they're dangerous.

[ ... she hopes. ]

Hello?

[khsneak]

Hello, mage!

[She's friendly! And apparently mistaken as to just what's going on here, but curious all the same. Shadows or no, S'zah can see perfectly fine ahead of her, and now that she's been called out she trots right up. Apparently oblivious to that big growling beastie Korra's restraining.

A thief, indeed, but also one known for talking out of every side of her mouth at once.]

S'zah has not startled you, she hopes. She is only dangerous with a lockpick and a door.

[And all your valuables. Her grin's full of sharp teeth.]

You were practicing the wizardry of your world? Or something else?

4-a?? part one

[ahanalyzing]

[Courtney possesses no real superhuman talents to speak of, aside from how damn smart she is, so there's nothing fancy to be said about her approach. As she was passing by, catching sight of Korra's frustration, she stops and walks over to her instead, bending over to pick up her network device and reaching up to hand it to her.]

Refrain. Necessary.

[...okay, she kind of ends up having to stretch. Korra's up on her dumb bear dog and Courtney's like five feet tall.]

she's so cute

[bearcat]

[ ... in hindsight, korra should have probably expected someone would come across her little snitfit. that sort of thing always seemed to happen to her. her frustration still hasn't bled out though, so she pouts at the device for a moment and then looks .. ... ... well, slightly up at courtney.

still pouting. ]

I can't get that stupid thing to work! There are too many buttons!

[ korra it's an enchanted piece of jewelry. ]

SURE...

[ahanalyzing]

Necessary.

[Repeated, as if that'll get her point across.]

Foundation of teamwork...cornerstone...communication. Lack of communication...less than worthless. No contribution.

Learn.

two;

[changewithinme]

Only in books. And then the only dragon I've actually met turns into a dog in my world.

[She had wanted to go out and find a dragon herself but Celestia had forbidden it. Sunset relaxes her hands into her pockets in a small shrug, looking at her two companions. She's a little weary about the polarbear dog, but the other girl is about her age, so she finds herself more curious about the flame in her hand than anything.

Back on Equestria, that had been just one of the things that she could do with her magic, so she asks curiously.]

You can use magic?

scoops up

[bearcat]

[ she will fight to the ends of the earth over what to call her talents, tbh. ]

Nope! I'm a firebender. [ and then to illustrate... something, korra takes in a deep breath and draws her hands up into a wide circle, fire following her movements and lighting up the labyrinthine corridor they're in. ] I can also bend the other four elements. And metal.

[ that one's new, and she's super excited about it, ok ]

three ;

[hustle]

[ just downstream, mako is lifting his beebin out of the cold water and wrapping its wriggling self up in his coat. it's not much, but it's all he has right now to keep the little midnight blue dragon from clawing his arms to bits. he, at least, is having a little more luck keeping it from biting him, but only because he knows how to hold a viperat's head so it doesn't drain all your blood out of you. thanks to personal experience. they are only mildly tasty, for the record, and don't have a lot of meat on them, but. food. ]

Stop it; do you want to get dunked again?

[ the little beebein squalls, her tail swinging through the air under his coat like a vicious clock pendulum, and he struggles to keep her from biting him without hurting her either. he looks at korra in exasperated desperation, to see if she's managed to find the off switch on hers yet. ]

[bearcat]

[ if the way she's cradling her hand is any indication, no, no she has not. ]

Naga wasn't nearly this fussy when I found her.

[ then again, naga was also half-starved and sick when korra found her wandering the tundra all on her own, so... not exactly the same thing here. ]

Three

[dontneednoplane]

Having a little trouble, Avatar?

[He knows he shouldn't be, but he is amused by how much trouble the baby dragon is giving her. He had figured that he could leave the little guy with her and Naga for a bit while he went to make sure there were in the clear, but didn't think she'd have such a tough time handling it.

As he gets closer, he pauses to pet Naga, giving the poor polar beardog some sympathy scritches.]

Don't worry Naga, she'll quiet down soon.

loudly screaming

[bearcat]

[ see, normally, korra's very good with animals. it's sort of a side-effect of being the avatar and being part-spirit. these dragons, however, are completely different from any sort of creature back home and having never seen humans before, they're right to be wary of everything going on. truthfully, korra's pretty wary about what the monotone voice wanted with the dragons, too — and she's fully prepared to fight them off should they suggest something insane like slaughtering the little babies en masse once they reveal themselves.

letting out a great big sigh, korra leans back against naga (who's going to busy herself with licking iroh's palm, the traitor) and lets the dragon she was trying to calm down take her leave. the small red girl backs away a few steps and curls up at the base of a boulder next to the water, her tail covering her snout. ]

I just need to figure out how they think. I've never dealt with dragons like this before — [ they look different, they sound different from the ones back home; korra remembers meeting druk when she was little ] — but she's just scared.

TWO!

[dreamcatcher]

( has she ever seen a dragon before? that is definitely a yes. it was also a woman, but Emma only figured that part out later, does it still count? )

Yeah, actually.

( she's not the most talkative partner, Korra has probably noticed. in fact Emma isn't sure she is really cut out for being around anybody right now. she's on edge, all the time, and even if she's here trying to do what she has to to get back — get back where might still be up in the air, actually! — she doesn't want to get too close to people with powers she doesn't know she can control. )

It wasn't friendly. ( hopefully they aren't as mean when they're little. )

AW YEAH

[bearcat]

[ was it maleficent? #therealquestions-- ]

Did something happen to it? [ yeah, korra's picked up on her walking partner's lack of sparkling outgoing personality, but that's never stopped korra from befriending anyone before! look at mako! that guy was a jerk and now he's just a great big dork.

but also kind of a jerk. but mostly a dork. anyway! ]

4.1

[cloner]

[ Blake would really rather avoid people. The plan was to take the baby and put it to sleep—simple enough, right?

Unfortunately, her sleeping area is on the other side of some sort of giant dog creature.

She's not actually sure what Naga is, and doesn't care to find out. So instead of being nice and talking to the rider of the creature, Blake has begun a complicated obstacle course that will let her reach her destination with as much space between herself and the dog(thing). Unfortunately, it's highly obvious, as she's crawling along above them, letting out a hiss when the stable area beneath her feet let loose some small rocks and dust. ]

[bearcat]

[ her seismic sense might be non-existent in the face of the beifongs, but korra's an earthbender for a reason, and even before the shifting of rock and dust fall down, she's looking around. she turns her eyes up slowly, and an eyebrow lifts. ]

.... What are you doing?

[ really, do they look that intimidating?? naga's just a big fluffy puppy and though korra might have been lost in her thoughts, she's not going to just blow people off. ]

four, option 1.

[naturallywavy]

<sub>[ Right near Korra, another adult seems to be pitching a fit. He also has a watch kind of thing similar to hers, and it has also been discarded onto the ground. Back to back with this woman, maybe he is having the same frustration? I mean, by his attire, he clearly looks like he is from a different kind of time period where technology isn't a thing too. Can they bond and be inept out of place characters together? Possibly.

Though, was that huffing and sulking he heard behind him? Gin looks over his shoulder. ]</sub>

—You don't like it either, do you?

mashes face against

[bearcat]

Argh, [ she finally growls and huffs, her face a perfect portrait of frustration. ] I don't get it!

[ if asami were here, she'd be able to explain it, all magic tech as it is. ]

It doesn't make any sense! Radios make sense! This?

[ WHY IS THERE A MOVER SCREEN? WHY DOES IT... DO WHAT IT DOES? ]

four

[perma_banned]

[Seemingly out of nowhere, atrocious singing began in camp. People groaned, wyrms whined and heads turned as a man with long white hair in blood red armor began belting out borderline incomprehensible lyrics to what seemed to be the worst sense of tone in human history.

Ban was clutching two bottles of hard liquor, which he had stolen without hesitation, from the local storehouses. He was too, too drunk.]

[bearcat]

[ the guy can sing all he wants.

and on.

and on and on.

and on and on and on.

okay, so maybe he can't sing all he wants, and korra finds herself growing more and more agitated as the singing wears on, and the wyrmlings at her feet and hands writhe in pain and annoyance. a soft whine finally breaks korra's patience and she uses her bending to lift a few rocks from the ground beneath her and throws them ban's way!

take that!! ]

Night time; 1

[beyourrock]

[Pearl watches from afar, in silent awe of the madsive creature that belonged to Korra. It rivals the size of Lion. Then again, he's 70% mane. Big and floofy. This thing had muscle mass and just brute strength. And yet, this young woman was so calm with it. It didn't even seemed phased.

She takes a few steps foward to see what she's messing with. Her communicator of sorts. Her own hand absentmindedly touches her communicator around her throat, a small necklace choker, just below her collar bone, and above the star on her chest.

Pearl inhales sharply as the woman just throws down her communicator. Frowning, she approaches finally and leans down to pick up the ornate bracelet.]

You should be careful with this.

i'm so sorry for the late, but omg pearl!!

[bearcat]

[ while she continues to sulk (knees to her chest and arms wrapped around them, a pout etched into her features), korra's eyes shift down to pearl and she tightens her hands' grip on her arms. ]

It won't break that easily. [ it sounds like she's tried... korra, why. ] I can't even bend it!

[ she's such an adult, look at her having an adult-like reaction to something she doesn't understand. thankfully, she's better with people than she is with technology, even magic technology, and don't worry, after a few minutes she'll calm down. ]

two!

[sediments]

Korraaaaaa!

[ The cry is distinct, loud without any hesitation as it cuts through the vastness of the cave. There are enough twists and turns, and winding paths that Bolin could comfortably wander away to tend to the adorable little dragons, so cruelly robbed of their family. Their situation resonates with him, and as much as he doesn't want to fight with the villagers, and can understand where their terror might come from—there's nothing wrong with helping out a bunch of orphaned dragons.

Except for the part where he's dashing through the cave, tears at the corners of his eyes and one of the more snappy dragons tailing after him.

While his pants are on fire. (Just a little.) ]

Put it ouuuuuut!

oh my god i started wheezing laughing

[bearcat]

.... Bolin?

[ a look of surprise flits across korra's face when she hears bolin's panicked cries, watching as he comes running down the long corridor of the cave. blue eyes widen as she catches the flame at his pants and the little baby running after him. at any other time, she might have laughed (in fact, she's probably fighting back a grin right now), but now's not the time! no! now is the time to do what she does best: save people!

she darts forward a few steps, taking a deep breath and using her palm to force a small funnel of air through the cave to knock the small wyrmling off its feet so she can grab bolin by his shirt with her other hand. ]

Okay, hold still! Hold still, I'll take care of this.

[ and with a wave of her hand, she pulls the flame off of bolin's pants and to her fingers, letting it dance there before finally putting it out. ]