TDM - Somewhere, beyond the sea~

[bathymetric]

THE UNKNOWN SEAS TDM

Hello and welcome to the Test Drive Meme for Unknown Seas! Welcome to the bottom of the whole ocean, kids. Use this as a space to freely test characters or character options in something close to the setting! Standard format applies, drop your character name and canon in the subject line

The facility is pretty simple, even if there isn't an exact map yet. There are a number of various windowless rooms and common areas in clusters connected by long glass corridors built in the bottom of the sea. If you look up you can see more tunnels above, but they're darkened completely. Here's some prompts! The kids love prompts, right?

1. Arise from the depths (of sleep)

You wake up in a very functional and simple bed in a very functional and simple room. It's definitely not, however, where you went to sleep. Did you even go to sleep? That's pretty alarming. Also potentially alarming is the window in the wall above the writing desk you've been given - that's uh. That's water out there, buddy. You're underwater. Well-lit underwater, but underwater. You should probably look around or maybe outside - who knows, maybe other people are around here? Or maybe you want to try to demand to speak to a manager.

2. Killing time

Between bursts of violent murder, there aren't exactly a bunch of scheduled activities in this place. So there's a need to fill the time somehow... what are you doing to kill time? I know most everyone interested is a murdergame vet of some kind, so feel free to add in whatever standard murdergame rooms you like to fill the space! There's all kinds of things here. Maybe there's a theater, or an art room, or... an aquarium, for ultimate levels of nonsense?

3. Motive time!

The Professor has announced a new motive for murder! Maybe you've been given an envelope with your deepest darkest secret, maybe you're being offered a great deal of money... maybe he's giving the kitchen staff a week off! There's all kinds of things he could do.

4. Material goods???

There's a vending machine in the hallway, with no... buttons for selection or anything, which is weird. All you can do is drop the coins you sometimes get into the coin slot and hope! It might drop all kinds of things - it's regains, you know the drill.

5. Down where it's wetter, down where someone's deader...

There's been a murder! Get out there and investigate, or like... don't. I'm not your dad. Maybe you want to shield some poor teenager from a grisly murder? Or maybe the investigation is over and you want to chat about the grisly murder over some relaxing tea from the kitchen. You do you!

6. Other

Or maybe there's something not on here that you want to do! This TDM is for you, live your dreams!

Comments

Sly Cooper | take a guess

[thieviusraccoonus]

[1]
[Considering what I was just in the middle of, it's no small blessing to wake up in a bed... even if it's not my own.

Was that door open just a crack a moment ago? You don't recall seeing it open, or much of a sound. But maybe you caught a glimpse of something in the corner of your eye; a streak of grey and black... fur?]

Easy now. Let's be cool.

[There's a large Raccoon man behind you, and he's got his hands up like he's not looking for a fight.]

I'm not breaking and entering, if that's what you're thinking.

[2]
[There's an art room in this facility. With some rather nice looking works in it. Strangely, the art pieces over the last few days seem to have been shuffled around. Some even appear to be missing. Strange.

Or not so strange, once someone comes across Sly slinking out of the room with a painting under his arm.]

Hey! Now I know what you're thinking, this might look bad, but really, I'm doing a good deed.

2

[bolderfell]

...Really.

[Therion's expression remains as difficult to read as ever, but for once, he actually seems interested. He leans against the wall without once breaking eye contact.]

Do tell.

[thieviusraccoonus]

[Sly's never been one to pry into people's minds, especially when they were difficult to read. Those types never really bothered him; unless they were attacking, of course.

Just his luck that he's trapped under the sea with one of them.]

Simple, I'm just liberating these paintings from this prison. They're just as trapped as everyone else is, see?

[bolderfell]

[Hahaha, holy shit.]

Of course. It's even worse for them, if you think about it. They don't even have full run of the place.

[thieviusraccoonus]

See? Now you're getting it.

[Finger guns! Trying to walk away...!]

Works like these deserve to hang somewhere a bit less soggy, wouldn't you agree?

[bolderfell]

Sure.

[He doesn't make a move to stop Sly. In fact, he draws his foot out of the way.]

To get locked away down here... it's pretty clear they've been framed.

2

[valentinus]

[ He'll just tilt his head, waiting for the talking animal to explain, and expression seemed to vaguely read 'well, go on'? ]

[thieviusraccoonus]

[Buddy the entire capital of Prague called. They'd like their clothes back.]

Would you believe I'm taking these down to dust?

[valentinus]

[ Honestly, fair.

Though that explanation...definitely sounded like a poor excuse, albeit a faintly amusing one. ]

You can't do that in the art room?

[thieviusraccoonus]

[It's a poor excuse, and half a joke. He's off his game today. What are you gonna do, sue him?]

It's a delicate process, have to get in all the cracks. [Now he's joking.] Wouldn't want to accidentally ruin one of these priceless works.

[valentinus]

[ Gotta make that Gil somehow.

Either way, it netted a scoff from him, so maybe that other joke landed. ]

Hm.

Considering these seem to currently belong to the Professor, one has to wonder if it'd be much of a loss if you did.

2

[drladysounds]

[Huh. Well that sure is slinking around in a suspicious manner, and he's trying to justify it. All Shelley can do...]

O-Oh. How weird, I find myself afflicted by a sudden case of the blindness! How tragic.

[...is play along, really. People stealing this underwater complex's paintings is something she can't care less about, haha! She even is looking up at the ceiling]

[thieviusraccoonus]

[...Wow, he's kind of touched, to be honest. But also a little insulted.]

Not that I don't appreciate the effort, but... I know when I'm caught red-handed. Unless you're really feeling this sudden underwater blindness.

[drladysounds]

It's a symptom of the bends.

[...yeah, no, this ain't working. Shelley sighs]

I don't think anyone would really mind if you take that, other than the guy who got us here -- and that's only more of a reason to do this. Who cares what he thinks.

[She's pretty sure Sly could take that painting in broad daylight and many wouldn't say a thing, hah! But yeah, apparently she's wrong, judging by the other threads here]

[thieviusraccoonus]

See? That's the spirit. Was that so hard?

[He jokes. It's a coping mechanism, honestly.]

As long as I don't see a rule about being punished for this, I also don't see why we can't go over everything our captors have given us with a fine-toothed comb. Trust me, there's nothing better than stealing from bad people who deserve it.

[He could just take it, but... where's the fun in that? He's got a reputation to uphold.]

[drladysounds]

That's true. [Shelley tries to make herself look as impressive as possible. Given who she is, well, it doesn't really work] Allow me to tag along if you have more planned. They don't call me Ginger Ninja for nothing!

[Shelley, a friend called you that once, and it wasn't precisely because you're anything close to being a ninja.

You'd really do well in not letting her come along, Sly, it's not a good idea, haha]

2

[lovelikeyou]

Do you need any help?

[It's unclear from Rose's manner if she actually believes him or if she just doesn't care. If you believe Jasper, she is Super Down With Crime, so.]

[thieviusraccoonus]

[There is so much pink suddenly in his face right now. For the briefest of seconds, he thinks he's looking at an old friend.]

Murr-?

[ah, but no. Rose is definitely as big as his team's muscle, but she's no Murray. Although, that question catches him off guard.]

Uh, sure. I'm just trying to move these paintings back to the hid- My room.

[lovelikeyou]

That sounds easy enough.

[She'll pick one up, then! Hey, if these people wanted to keep their paintings in this room, they shouldn'tve done any of the stuff they're doing.]

I was thinking of painting something for my room, too. It would be nice to have some art up!

[thieviusraccoonus]

[That was easy. Huh. He's not used to this sort of thing.]

That's the spirit. If my room is a drag as everyone else's, then we've both got the right idea. A little personalizing never hurt anyone.

[Except for that one time.]

See one you really like?

[lovelikeyou]

[crime crime crime crime]

This one is nice! [She points out whichever has the most plant life involved.] I miss seeing parts of Earth like that. The ocean is beautiful, but I always liked spending more time on land.

1

[hardnosed]

[ Unfortunately, Jasper is a trained soldier, and she's also the worst. She turns on her heel immediately, a whirl of enormous hair and equally enormous limbs, and fixes her eyes on where the voice is coming, glaring down at--

Well, whatever that is. Organic, at least, which is never a point in anyone's favor. ]

I don't care what you're not doing. Explain yourself.

[thieviusraccoonus]

[He wasn't expecting someone that big. Jasper is a mountain of hair and muscle, and Sly is immediately aware of the fact that a fight would not end well in his favor.]

Whoa, easy! [Time to immediately try to save face?] What is it I'm supposed to be explaining?

[hardnosed]

The location of this base would be a start.

[ Her yellow eyes, already skeptical, narrow still further. The fact that this creature is, in fact, so small and relatively conciliatory doesn't square with her own ideas of what someone with the means to capture her would look like -- even if she's felt firsthand the crushing power a gem much slighter than her can wield. Demanding answers of him might be entirely pointless, which doesn't mean she won't still do it. ]

But you don't know that, do you? You're lost.

[ Listen, probably he's just as hapless as she is here, but if he's not maybe being rude enough will make him defensive enough to spill the beans! ]

1

[bogwife]

[Under normal circumstances Zerinda's first response to being snatch her staff and whack any intruder upside the head. If she's lucky and they're undead, maybe she'd even knock it clean off. But in the here and now her staff isn't available and undead don't tend to be talkative or furry so she opts to turn around slowly, also raising her hands in a sign of "no harm, no foul".]

...Oh. [The moment she lays eyes on the giant...fox???, her eyes grow wide and sparkle with complete and utter fascination.] What are you?