The Princess

NAME:
→ The Princess

TYPE:
→ Vehicle

FORM:
→ Homemade Motorbike


BRIEFING:
→ If someone told you that 'The Princess', Dunstan Hue's pride and joy, was made in a bathtub out of scrap metal, two rolls of duct tape and a lot of hope, chances are you wouldn't be surprised. A rusty old wreck that is perpetually smoking, even when the engine isn't on, with a headlight (doesn't work), two tattered old tyres and a clumbersome engine. It's tiny, the seat only just a metre off the ground, and the handlebars hang dangerously another half metre above that. It's brown, but its name is written in pink ink in a fancy font along both sides. It emitts a loud, dying choke when idle, spluttering unhealthily as it moves. A lousy top speed of 50mph at normal times, difficulty handling even when 'she' is in a good mood, and with a reputation for spontaneously combusting, the Princess looks like the worst motorbike ever made...

... and then 'she' proves why Dunstan loves her so much.

For one, the small size of The Princess means that she's small enough for 'her' and her rider to drive at top speed through and even under traffic. 'She' can spin onto her side and power-slide under a car with a rider still on it. She also makes up for her lacklustre speed with endurance unseen in most vehicles. She can leap off buildings, be in the middle of an explosion and has even smashed into walls and has come away unscratched, a few loose screws notwithstanding. And then, on the handlebar, is a tiny red button, with the words "Oh Shit!" button. Pressing this causes an explosion in her engine, a function which Dunstan didn't even plan for, build into or knew could happen until he pressed the button accidentally once, which has two consequences;

1) The Princess will need fixing the moment the engine is switched off, which usually happens about four minutes later. It simply won't run, no matter what one does. Tyres wrecked, engine on fire, and often is too hot to touch either.
2) The Princess will suddenly quadruple in speed from 50mph to 200mph, leaving a blazing trail of flame in her wake. She will simply run over or through anything, upturning anything that isn't fixed to the ground and smashing right through whatever is. Even tanks and walls made of solid metal don't survive with having a hole punched right through them.

As for The Princess herself, Dunstan is secretly suspicious that it has a mind of its own, seeing as it likes to only work whenever it feels like it. Even the 'Oh Shit!' button isn't an exact science. It only works about a quarter of the time, and Dunstan doesn't like to press it unless it's a last resort. It can run by itself, turn on or off by itself and pretty much won't do whatever Dunstan think its about to do. However, she hasn't let him down yet...

PICTURE:
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Spoiler:

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
→ The 'Oh Shit!' Button - Can only be used at 50mph, in which case the 'Oh Shit!' button can be pressed. After a large explosion, The Princess will suddenly quadruple in speed from 50mph to 200mph, leaving a blazing trail of flame in her wake. Pretty much nothing can stop it for four minutes, at which point it explodes a second time. The Princess survives but will be in dire need of repair, virtually unusable until it is brought back to "mint" condition.

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