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As is tradition, in remembrance of friends we lost in December, Test Drive is here a few days early. ♥

Tag into this post with characters you're thinking of apping to the game (characters who are not currently in-game or currently reserved by someone else). It can be just a tag, a brief EP, whatever you want. You can be new to the game, or simply want to test out a fresh pup. Tag each other with these characters or those already in game, and have fun.

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Too bad. See, I never did and now here I am chasing an old spacers' tale. Or at least I was until I was blown off course. [still smirking through it all, still managing to look like he's talking complete bantha poodoo]

And how's that been working out for you? Believing in things that are such obvious fantasies.

[ She manages to look both amused and skeptical. In the galaxy as she knows it, nothing good could come from entertaining such notions. ]

Well, it's better than the alternative.

You mean being realistic? 'Cause I can promise you that's done a lot more good for me.

I meant being in prison, but I suppose realistic works too.

...All right, I'll give you that one.

[ She doesn't come right out and say she's had several stints in prison in her life, but she sort of expects him to guess as much. He's too familiar not to — not specifically, but too reminiscent of the sort of beings she associated with in those years she was on her own. ]

Low bar to reach, though. [ There's not much that isn't better than being in prison. ]

Better a low bar then none at all. I'm sure you must know that. [because oh yeah he's guessed that she's done some time herself. it isn't exactly a wild mental leap to make]

I might know a thing or two. Been a minute, but I can't say it's something I'd be too eager to try again.

Been out less than a full rotation, myself, so I can't say I blame you.

Something tells me you weren't about to be getting any time off for good behavior, either.

I doubt it. Here's a tip, never let your crew mutiny if you can help it. Sets a bad precedent.

Noted. Although I haven't kept with a regular crew in a long time. Always found it easier to work alone.

[ It's a lie, but a natural one, with just the right amount of truth mixed in. There's no always about it, and she's not sure it's easier so much as it is safer, emotionally speaking. Still, she's been on her own since she was sixteen, with a brief exception here, and she has no desire to change that anytime soon. ]

[there's a noncommittal hmm in response to that while he's doing some brief thinking of his own about crews and being alone]

So. What planet is this? And is there anywhere a sentient can get a decent cup of caf? I've been stuck with an antique galley for far too long.

Edited 2024-12-13 19:18 (UTC)

Easy yes to the second. The locals are calling it coffee, but it's the same thing. As for the first... Well, it's a place called Darrow, and it's less of a planet, more of a black hole.

Nicest black hole I've ever seen.

There are definitely worse places to wind up stuck.

As previously discussed.

...

[the charming smirk falls at that]

What do you mean, stuck?

You heard me. Once you're here, that's it. No way out. And believe me, I've tried.

You've got to be joking, right? What kind of kriffing world doesn't have a way off?

I wish I were, and I wish I knew. It's the longest I've been in one place in... well, just the longest I've ever been in one place.

And how long is that?

Coming up on... eight years.

Stars, it seems even worse to say it out loud.

Dank farrik.

[just the idea of it is terrifying. landlocked for that long with no ship, no crew, no way out... but surely it couldn't happen to him. not to the great captain silvo]

You can say that again.

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