TEST DRIVE #002

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TEST DRIVE #002

( 0 0 1 ) » WAKE UP

Were you asleep or were you unconscious? It doesn't matter: when you come to, there's an odd taste in your mouth and there's a low-level mechanical hum in the air. Your head hurts and you feel nauseous. You aren't anywhere you know: everything around you is metal, from the floor you lie on all the way to the ceiling. You are dressed in a jumpsuit you definitely weren't wearing before.

"We tried to save the world. I think— I think we did the opposite."

The message repeats on a loop. If you look for its source, you find a comms device on the floor next to you. The logo on its wallpaper says REVERIE TERMINAL. Upon closer inspection, you find the same logo on your jumpsuit.

Welcome to your new home. What choice do you have but to explore your surroundings?

( 0 0 1 . 1 ) » WAKE UP WHERE?

When you wake up, you find that you're not alone. But more importantly, you find that you're in a closet. An empty closet, bar you and your new companion. It's small, cramped, and there is no door that you can see. The ceiling is low, there is barely any lights, only some coming from the tiny flashlight clipped to your suit's shoulder. You cannot be sure that there is any air coming in to the room.

Are these grooves in the wall supposed to mean something?

( 0 0 2 ) » OBSERVATION DECK

There were no windows in the corridor you woke up in and no windows in any of the crew quarters you might have checked for occupants — but there are plenty of windows on the uppermost level of the station, deck 1. In fact, there are windows from floor to ceiling all along the circumference of the station's circular deck, and it's possible to walk along it all. What it shows is a strange solar system you've never seen before and a planet that might resemble one you know, but certainly isn't the same.

You're in space. You don't know where you are. Neither does anyone else.

( 0 0 3 ) » BAR

On deck 3, you find the bar. Tucked away from the crew quarters, it's dimly lit, there are bar stools thrown down on the floor and what looks like some very old drink spills, crusty and dark against the bar top. But there is alcohol here, or at least, what you think is alcohol, in bottles with faded labels, most of them indecipherable. Take a drink, get drunk, start a fight, or start a party? You're stuck on this station, might as well make the most of it, right?

( 0 0 4 ) » SPACEQUAKES

One second, you are is walking. Magnetic boots are on, the ground feels solid enough, for a metal deck in a space station. Everything is perfectly fine, or at least as fine as it can be, given that you still don't know where you are or how you came to be here.

The next moment, it's like everything explodes around you. You're thrown against the wall as sparks erupts from electrical panels, as the whole station rumbles and shakes around you. You fall to the deck, earning yourself scratches from the grating. When you look up, it's like nothing has happened. No wires hanging from open panels, no flickering lights, no more shaking. Like an earthquake in space.

( 0 0 5 ) » NETWORK

The comms device you found next to you when waking up connects to a station-wide network, REVERIE NET. You have the option to post video, voice or text messages.

What will you share?

( 0 0 6 ) » WILDCARD

The station features a variety of locations, from sleeping quarters free for the claiming to a dirty swimming pool and a bar that still holds alcohol (though some of the bottles seem to have been opened a while ago).

Go wild, but don't wreck the place. It's your home for the foreseeable future, after all.

Comments

[covertness]

Why not join me instead?

( he seems like the kind of guy who could hold his own. more than that: he seems like the kind of guy who'd be a challenge. bobbi realises she shouldn't —but at the same time, it might just be what helps her get settled in her own skin enough to think about this whole situation properly. )

[resleeves]

Because I might hurt you.

( the words are intentional, measured. he knows they're going to get a reaction. maybe not an outward one if she's controlled enough but he knows that expressing an expected weakness like that, out loud, is hard to ignore.

so, he doesn't move just yet, arms still crossed, posture mostly relaxed as he stands there and waits to see what she'll do. )

And I wouldn't want to do that.

( what a lie. he's not out looking to hurt people but if it happens, it happens. )

[covertness]

( it rankles. of course it does. but it's probably a good thing in that bobbi shouldn't betray the full extent of her own abilities if she wants to make her cover work —and she thinks she needs to because who knows. someone might be watching. if this is an experiment, if they don't know she's a shield agent yet, she doesn't want to give it away. )

Yeah? Then it's probably for the best.

( a beat. )

I think I'm about done, anyway.

( let her just grab a towel. she supposes she doesn't get to let off as much steam as she wanted to. it'll have to do. )

[resleeves]

( well, that was a let down. amazingly enough, he hadn't predicted that sort of response. she hadn't looked the type to just walk away and it's not often that he's wrong.

his whole world was shaken now. what the fuck was he supposed to do? )

Didn't expect that.

( he still hasn't moved even as she does. )

Wouldn't have pegged you for someone that just walks away. But, first time for everyone to be wrong, I suppose.

[covertness]

( it smarts and it rankles. she hates stepping down, letting this go —so he didn't really misjudge her. but she has to look at the bigger picture here and the bigger picture involves not letting too much show. not giving away too much.

she slings the towel across her neck. )

I'm Katelin.

[resleeves]

Kovacs.

( if there's one thing he can say about her, she's got some control over herself and her emotions. he figures he can probably keep poking at her to see if she has a breaking point or just let her go. )

Hope you don't do that when the chips are down.

( he gestures at her. )

Walk away.

[covertness]

( everyone has a breaking point, but bobbi hasn't hit hers yet and an abduction to a space station isn't going to do it. at least she hopes that'll hold true. for a moment, her lips press together at his words. it's a reaction she lets him see. katelin likes this no more than bobbi. )

What's it to you?

[resleeves]

( saying because this is fun was probably not the answer he should give here no matter the fact that he was entertained even if he didn't look it. )

I like to see who's going to be worth something should anything ever happen here.

( were you just going to walk away from the bad stuff, bobbi? that's the vibe he was getting. )

I'll mark you down as the hide in the room type on my spreadsheet.

( that he doesn't have. )

[covertness]

[ if that's the vibe he's getting, good. she doesn't want to give away just how capable she is, just how much havoc she could wreak. if whoever is responsible for this is watching, if they don't already know? bobbi isn't going to give it away. ]

You have a spreadsheet? Who's on top of the list?

[ hello, intel. ]

[resleeves]

Me.

( of course. )

But I don't like to brag.

( much. )

If you're interested in more, you'll give me something.