bakerstreet | In 200 meters, turn left, and take the highway

ROAD TRIP MEME

How To:
1. Post with your character and preferences.
2. Others tag you, and will you look at that, you're now on a road trip together! For some reason.
3. Optionally, roll from 1-15 to get your scenario.
4. ???
5. JACKPOT.

1: LOST You should have made a left toin at Albuquerque, or maybe you've been holding the map upside down this whole time! Whatever it is, you're hopelessly LOST. Will you make it back on the path to your destination, or will you find a new adventure? ~~Try not to open any hatches.~~

2: Tourist Trap Okay, you're all for seeing the sights, but World's Biggest Doorstopper? World's Smallest Chicken? World's Noisiest Whistle? Do we really have to stop here, too?

3: Car Trouble Maybe you got a flat tire. Maybe your engine's stalled. Or maybe you just overestimated how far you could get on a half tank of gas. Either way, you're broke down on the side of the road and the nearest station is miles away; better get behind it and push!

4: Bad Weather Driving in the rain? No problem. Driving in torrential downpours or a blinding blizzard? Big problem! Better find a way to get out of the storm fast!

5: When Ya Gotta Go... Didn't I tell you to go before we left? Well, even if you did, maybe you shouldn't have had that 44 ounce Super Big Gulp, because there's not another rest stop for miles. Maybe you can find an empty bottle in the back...

6: Road Delays Stuck in traffic? Stuck at road construction? Stuck in a funeral procession? Bridge out? Whatever it is, it's blocking your way. Do you wait patiently, or maybe find your own way around it.

7: Smokey and the Bandit Oh no, those blue lights behind you can't be good. Maybe you should just pull over and accept your speeding ticket like a decent citizen. Or, maybe you should floor it. High speed chase anyone?

8: Night Driving You decided to drive through the night, and now it's one AM and you're all out of coffee. Wake up a friend and make them help you stay awake; falling asleep at the wheel is dangerous!

9: Ghost Town Boy, this town sure is quiet. And... kind of creepy. Oh God, did something in those corn rows just move? I hear banjo music; CAN'T YOU DRIVE ANY FASTER?!

10: Roadkill Good going, you hit an animal. I sure hope you feel good about yourself. Now you've killed the poor- oh, it's still moving? What do we do now!?
10a: The I Know What You Did Last Summer Edition That animal you hit was a little more human than you care for... oh dear...

11: ROAD RAGE That jerk cut me off! How dare he!? I'll make him pay! Or maybe you cut off a less-than-friendly driver of your own, and now he's after you...

12: Carjacked Awww, that was a good lunch. ...Wait, I know this is where we parked... Dude, where's the car!?!?

13: Hitchhiking Who said you needed a car for a road trip? Stick that thumb out and catch a ride where you're going. Maybe you and a buddy are chillin' with the pigs in a trailer, or maybe that nice looking hitchhiker you picked up down the road is not as nice as you thought...

14: Fantasy Car Roads? Where you're going, you don't need roads. If you're in Doc's DeLorean, anyway. Or maybe the car is really Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Or a spy car. Or the Batmobile. Or a Transformer! Whatever it is, this car is NOT normal.

15: Are We There Yet? Roller's choice! Pick your favorite option, or two, or three, or just roll with whatever feels right!

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[She'd been wandering in and out of wakefulness, one earbud plugged into her ear to listen to a podcast that no one else was interested in listening to over the drive. It was only once Keith poked her that she even realized it had long since gone quiet, apparently replaced with the sound of Hunk's snoring. She looked around blearily, pulling the earphones out and straightening up in her seat.]

Um- Yeah. Yeah, I-I'm up. [She cleared her throat quickly, carded a hand through her hair. She totally wasn't half-asleep just now. Of course not. No way.]

What's wrong?

Nothing. Just... stay awake with me, okay?

[He sounded a little grumbly and complainy. He had tried to catch some sleep before it had been his turn to drive, but having everyone else awake had made that hard.]

I didn't exactly get enough sleep earlier, and I'm kind of feeling it now.

Oh. [She cleared her throat again, shifting in her seat and pulling off her glasses to rub the sleep out of her eyes.] Yeah, man, of course.

Are you sure you're okay, then? Do you need to tag out?

Mm... no. I got it. I just need company or something.

[A distraction from just driving and thinking he's tired.]

What video games have you been playing lately?

[He had a feeling her scientific talk might make things worse.]

[She nodded a little, turning her eyes out toward the unending stretch of road through the windshield. That was part of the thing about driving in this part of the country. There was.... literally nothing to look at. Pidge couldn't blame Keith at all for needing help staying awake.]

Honestly, I've been playing Katamari a lot. [She gave her glasses a quick cleaning before replacing them on her face.] Have you ever played that one before?

Nope. What's that one about?

[Keith tended to like racing games and fighter pilot games.]

It's a pretty simple premise, really.

[She shifts her position again, tucking one leg under her and turning so that she was facing Keith a little more. All this just so she can gesture with her hands. She needs to for this.]

You're this little cosmic alien character that keeps getting sent down to Earth to roll everything up into balls. Each level you have a different size goal or item goal, and you have to roll around and collect as much stuff as you can. The more items you pick up, the bigger you get, and then you can pick up even bigger items.

Sounds like a pretty simple concept.

Though, I'm curious... what's the reason why you have to keep making these balls of stuff?

[He quirked an eyebrow in mild confusion.]

You're rebuilding the cosmos, one star at a time.

[She says this in a very matter-of-fact tone of voice, even shrugging a shoulder.]

Your character's parent figure destroyed everything, so then it's up to you to restore it.

[Keith pursed his lips for a moment.]

So... you're stuck cleaning up your dad's mess...

[That... seemed to touch a nerve... for some reason. But Keith let it go pretty fast.]

Sounds interesting.

[Pidge shrugs again. If she noticed that reaction, she doesn't say anything about it.]

I call it the parent figure. They use male pronouns in the game, but that could be a translation thing. I'm thinking a cosmic superbeing wouldn't have a binary gender.

Mm... yeah, probably not.

[Keith shrugged. It wasn't important to him, either way. Dad, Mom, parental unit... whatever.]

What language was the game originally?

Japanese. Kinda like you'd expect from a game like that.

It's pretty fun, though. The controls take a bit to get used to, but they're not really all that complicated. And the music is pretty great.

Hm. Maybe I'll give it shot.

[He shrugged.]

Did you bring it with you?

[Not that he was going to play it now, but... maybe he'd steal it from her when it was someone else's turn to drive.]

[Pidge snorts through her nose, amused.]

Of course I did.

[She gestures at the backpack at her feet with a smirk.]

Obviously. What kind of gamer do you take me for, Keith.

[He chuckled at that.]

Okay, okay. I get it.

I'll have to borrow it later when I'm not driving.

[Pidge is so very, visibly pleased to hear this. Chest puffed out and grinning to herself, pushing her glasses higher up her nose.]

I think you'll like it. You literally just mow down everything you can until you're able to roll up the world.

[Keith chuckled at the description.]

That does sound like it could be pretty hilarious. Do you get roll people up in it?

Yep. Once you're big enough, you can roll up literally everything.

[Her grin goes a touch more mischievous.]

It's awesome.

[Okay. That actually did sound kind of funny to play. Keith chuckled.]

Alright. I'm going to have to beat your best score now.

[That actually makes Pidge burst out laughing for a second.]

Uh-huh, good luck with that. It just so happens that I've rolled up a 300 meter ball in 10 minutes flat.

That doesn't sound hard.

[Keith shrugged a little as he drove. They were starting to come down the other side of the mountain now. Vegas was visible in the distance... all lights clustered together in a sea of dark desert.]

You're just rolling stuff together in a ball.

You say that now. You just wait.

[Seeing the lights of Vegas in the distance is a welcome break. Pidge's eyes are drawn to it immediately and she has to let out a sigh of relief.]

Oh, finally.

[Keith chuckled a little bit, but they were getting close to the next switch in driver. They were going to have to wake up Shiro soon. Shouldn't be hard.]

Alright, well... after my nap, I'm claiming your game system so I can play it.

In 200 meters, turn left, and take the highway

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