test drive meme #14

[hadrielmods]

Welcome to Hadriel's test drive, and thank you again for your interest in the game! As always, our reserves page is here, and our applications page is here! Reserves open November 24th, and apps are open December 1st. Please remember that starting in December, there is an app cap of 20 apps.

Two quick points here as well:

1. Any thread made in Hadriel's test drive will be accepted as the sole Action Log sample in the application.
2. All threads made in the test drive can be considered game canon, either through handwaving or through a shared mental experience while coming through the Door!

Test drives will be broken up into specific god mini-events, during which your characters can see how well they fare under the watchful eye of one of the gods. Choose wisely or just simply pick 'em all, and have fun!

F E A R

SCENARIO ONE: HOW SAUCY
[The Door brings in all that is chaotic and evil in the world. This may include you, may include the person next to you... and may include the monster behind you.

Watch out as you explore the streets of Hadriel, because you're not alone, and there's always something lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect chance to destroy you for your vegetarian ways. This time, the Door has brought in a large group of Killer Tomatoes, from the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes movie.

While it is not immediately clear how these odd creatures can kill you, rest assured that you should be quaking in your boots. They can bite with their weird little tomato mouths, they can roll after you surprisingly fast, and they can even explode! Truly terrifying. But if you manage to defeat some of these agents of terror and chaos, you could make some mean salsa.]

D R A G O N A G E

SCENARIO TWO: VACATION IN THEDAS
[While you're exploring the city, perhaps you'll run into another creature that's slipped through a rift and is exploring along with you - or perhaps hunting would be a better term. Yes, Hadriel is teeming with demons straight from Thedas.

Perhaps you'll run into a desire demon, who will offer you your deepest wish - in exchange for your body and soul, of course. Perhaps you'll find a pride demon, who will play upon your strengths and weaknesses until you give in to them. Or maybe it'll be a despair demon, there to crush all your hopes and dreams.

Or maybe, if you're very lucky, you'll just find a nug.

This is a mini version of our Fadeout event this month!]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO THREE: SWEDISH MANUFACTURING
[You're in luck! You know that thing you've always wanted? Doesn't matter what it is - a cool weapon, a nice dress, a well-made bedstand, a rare magical invention. Whatever it is, you just managed to find it! Whoa!

Or, well, you managed to find a box with a picture of the item on it. When you open the box, you find all the necessary components for making that item, along with illustrated instructions for putting it together. There's no written instructions, just pictures, but you're smart, you can figure it out! And it'll look just like the photo on the box. You're sure of it.

Better get building! Okay, the instructions don't entirely make sense - did you screw that part in upside down? Wait, are these pages out of order? Maybe you can ask that person nearby for help, or maybe you'll just sink into the depths of confusion and despair. But keep trying! Just think of what you'll get if you succeed!]

Comments

matt murdock | marvel comics (earth-65)

[notthekingpin]

Scenario Three: Swedish Manufacturing

[not only do these pictographs not actually make sense to anyone trying to make sense of them, they're also decidedly not in braille. you know, sweden, you make this booklet entirely out of pictures to help the language barrier across your vast and unending market that spans the world and may, in fact, one day reach aliens, but how are the blind suppose to read your instructions? did you think of that, sweden? accessibility failure.

which, okay, might be true for your average blind human. but matt murdock is not your average blind human, he's a goddman ninja with superpowers who can see color with his finger tips. so, i mean, who is the real winner here?

so here he is, one tall, red-headed "average blind lawyer," running his fingers along the stupid drawings in the stupid swedish furniture booklet trying to decide what he's feeling here. some of the parts seem to indeed be marked with numbers but the screws don't have numbers on them themselves. this seems like a huge oversight!! and I'm pretty sure one of these pages includes not one but two extra swedish people to help you put this together, which, I'm pretty sure were not listed on the "make sure you have all these extra parts" page.

look, he knows there's going to be a really incredibly great acquisition when all is said and done and have i mentioned the goddamn ninja part yet, because he will definitely not be bested by some stupid thing in a box with stupid pictograms printed with stupid ink on stupid paper he can barely read.]

Hey! You have working eyes, right? [wow uncanny he totally knew you were right there] Would you mind coming here and following along with this ancient furniture ritual with me? I'm afraid I can't quite see the directions.

killbill showdown.mp3

[devilsavocado]

[ Well, that's not something Matt hears every day. Or "sees" as it were, since he can use his definitely superior world on fire senses to feel how this not-Matt Murdock is scanning the pages with his fingers. ]

Sure don't. [ This would somehow be a lot more fun if other Matt could see. But apparently he can't so can two blind guys really put together an Ikea.... something? Let's find out. This level of stubbornness can only be found in the Murdock gene. ]

What are you even making?

[notthekingpin]

[ok excuse you. he turns his attention (and thus his face) towards this other???? blind guy??? he definitely shouldve paid more attention because the whole cane thing definitely lights up on his radar sense. maybe he had just been a little preoccupied with hating this stupid booklet.

anyway give him a moment to take in this whole Experience.]

You know, if I could see the label maybe I could tell you. It's a mystery! An exciting mystery box. And at the end of the puzzle, we'll know what it is.

[its christmas in november]

[devilsavocado]

[ Matt would expect this kind of thing from himself, but some other blind dude? Weird. Very weird. ]

You seriously just picked up a box and decided to go for it? [ How... Man Without Fear of you fearless. Sure, Matt'll help you out. Duh. This is exactly the kind of mundane shit he'd do with Foggy to prove dumb points. ]

Sure, I can help out. If you don't mind the blind leading the blind.

[ [rimshot] oh those blind jokes ]

[notthekingpin]

[ matt manages to set aside whatever pride he has about this other random dude long enough to laugh at his joke. good one, random stranger ]

What else do you expect me to do? You can only go stand around in caves as monster-bait* for so long before that gets boring.

[*mercilessly killing monsters for fun and violence]

Honestly, you've got to find something to entertain yourself and I'm guessing this will keep me occupied for several hours. And with your help...[he considers this for a moment and grins] probably still several hours.

[devilsavocado]

[ Aw yeah, blind jokes, the Matt Murdock constant. ]

I hear you there.*

[ *I, too, engage in dangerous activities that involve punching evildoers and monsters in the face with my fists. Matt snorts. That's not a great vote of confidence there, buddy... but then again, Ikea. ]

We'll just see about that. [ Challenge? Accepted. ] How long can it take?

[notthekingpin]

[punching evildoers good joke

matt shrugs at his question though]

Like I said, several hours. Try and keep up.

[contritumella]

[ Chrysanthe is used to being the one with the uncanny noticing of when others are around, so to that end she doesn't start, just gives Matt a long look before shrugging her shoulders. ]

I suppose.

[ She leaaaaaaaaaans in over his shoulder to take a glance at the instructions. Blinks. ]

What is it supposed to be?

[notthekingpin]

I don't know, you tell me.

[it is a dope trundle bed complete with cute leaf umbrella he literally just picked up this box it doesn't really fit the "something you've always wanted" so much as "something to pass the time"]

I'm going to assume it's pretty sweet.

[contritumella]

It is...[ She pauses for dramatics, possibly, or maybe is just peering closer at the instructions, it is hard to tell. ]

A bed. Hm.

[ Taking the small bag of screws Chrysanthe begins sorting them by size after ripping the bag open with pointy almond shaped nails. ]

For dreaming in.

[notthekingpin]

[he's surprised at her description of it, but not in a bad way. for a moment, he's clearly trying to "picture" what a bed specifically for dreaming in might seem like.]

Guess there are worse things to find. Do you want the picture booklet? I can sort the pieces by feel.

[and by radar sense but WHO IS COUNTING really]

[contritumella]

All right. There is a...leaf, as well.

[ Beds are for dreaming or for things much messier, in Chrysanthe's opinion, and that's about all. ]

Why are you building a bed? There are beds here already.

[notthekingpin]

A leaf....how big are we talking?

[matt considers this for a moment, and then addresses her question:]

Oh, I just wanted something to do. And then the gods answered my prayers, apparently. I'm assuming Confusion is the one who'd get a kick out of this.

[thebully]

[ Gina is intently focused on her game of Kwazy Cupcakes. her phone doesn't have a signal, which is obviously nothing short of tragedy, but at least Kwazy Cupcakes works. ]

Oooh, no. [ Matt probably can't tell (?) but she doesn't bother to look up from the screen to answer him. ] I am super busy. And I'm more of a supervisor than a builder. I can try and pencil you in for next week sometime.

[notthekingpin]

[actually, his radar sense is really strong! he can definitely tell her attention is on her phone but aside from the sweet sounds of pastries being pushed together and that koala telling her shes doing a great job, he has no idea what she's doing with the phone. he can only assume]

Aw, but it would be such a sweet team-building exercise. Building complicated furniture together, trying not to yell at one another while our frustrations bubble and overflow. That seems like a great way to get to know someone.

[thebully]

Engagements have ended over building furniture. Marriages have been destroyed. [ there's no risk of any of that right now but her point still stands. ]

What are you building? If it's cool can I keep it?

[notthekingpin]

[matt laughs. at least her world has the same sense about ikea has his does. excellent. he shrugs and points to the box]

I can't read it, remember? I'm blind?

[honestly he doesn't know if shes even noticed that while playing with her phone but its ok. he'll tell her! he's helpful like that.]

If you help, and it's cool, you're welcome to keep it. My interest is only in the journey, not in the destination.

[he delivers the line like he's making fun of it, but far be it from him to keep her from this crazy storage coffee table]

[thebully]

Right. [ she didn't know he was serious about the blind thing. apparently so. she looks up from her phone. ]

Let me finish this. [ there's a lot of noise from her phone, and then the tiny koala shouts CUPCAKE MADNESS!! and she looks up for the first time. ]

Okay, fine. Let's create and destroy the greatest friendship of all time while we build - uh [ she picks up a giant yellow circle. ] this. [ and then she shoves toward him. ] Here.

[notthekingpin]

[matt laughs at the sound of her game.]

Is that like Candy Crush but with cupcakes? [he's never played candy crush in his life but he's heard OTHER people playing candy crush so he's totally hip with it.

he takes the giant yellow circle from her, and through a mix of bullshit comics ninja mythos and bullshit comics superpowers is able to indeed tell that its yellow. how hideous. he loves it.]

Partners in furniture building, destined to fail. Very poetic. Do we need a theme song? Or at the very least, one for a sick montage.

[mismanagement]

[Maketh stiffens. She'd intended to just leave the man as he was - he wasn't bleeding or crying or otherwise in visible distress, which put him a cut above the rest - but now that he's called out she's obliged to respond. Which is wonderful. It really is. She smiles until it hurts her face, unaware that it's indeed wasted on the man in front of her.] It won't work. They never do.

[notthekingpin]

[matt gets the sentiment, at least. although the "sentiment" in question here is more like he feels the stiffness and waves of annoyance followed by the overwhelming sense of responsibility. interesting!!]

Oh? You've had to fight off the menace of unbuilt furniture before?

[mismanagement]

Things of that nature. They're all tricks of some kind. [She eyes him up and down.] Are you injured.

[notthekingpin]

Not that I'm aware of.

[its all good]

So are you going to help, or not?

[mismanagement]

[Maketh frowns at him.] I don't do useless things. If you need help with something that matters, then yes, I will assist you.

[Not with impossible furniture.]

[notthekingpin]

[he considers this for a moment. the truth is, he doesn't really need this sweet mirror and shelves set.]

Tell you what, if you've got something that does "matter," allow me to assist you with it instead. I was only looking for something to pass the time.