dankmemes | test drive meme #14

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!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

⟨ damn i miss doritos ⟩
( you know how you kind of think you've seen everything? like, you get to 23 years of being alive/undead and you think well, I know how the world works?

because Eva thought that. right up until there were weird, overgrown tomatoes rolling up towards her. that's... new.

so are the teeth.

let's hope they're not looking for blood, because they're not about to find any. she hasn't fed in weeks as is.

(man, there's more than a few heartbeats here already. not good.)

but, back to the point. which is that the correct way to deal with a tomato nibbling you is:
a) fight it
b) ... ) Would you mind?

( ... ask it, reasonably politely?

Eva honey no. )

⟨ & what stole your soul? ⟩
( that's the thing about the undead, about why the necromancer's spell all those centuries ago resulted in Vampires being a very real part of the world: they're even more determined to survive than humans.

(Eva knows this, all too well. whether from fighting or from-

well, let's not go there. suffice to say she hasn't found a way out of this abomination of a curse, that she's trying to live with it instead.)

she doesn't want to fight - doesn't like the reminder of what she is, the powers that she never had before, entirely hates the magic she used to use so freely - but the presence of the demons alone is enough to send sharp shocks down her spine, to cause her to shiver and gather magic to cast barriers around herself or-

occasionally, which you might just see, cause sparking, electric cages to wrap tight around anything that gets too near, that makes her throat close with panic.

you should probably hope you don't surprise her when she's finished caging and running. she might just hit you too.

sorry? )

⟨ wildcard ⟩
( hit me with anything. )

[This is a bad day. There have been worse but Sol isn't stuck in one of those right now. No, she's stuck here, covered in tomato guts and snarling to herself, hands twitching and clutching at the lone paintbrush she's somehow - stupidily - managed to hang onto. In the midst of everything, getting torn away from the cabin and Cousin Ben and stupid, beautiful Anna, the universe has left Sol with her paintbrush.

It's gone stiff and probably won't be useful much longer unless she gets it cleaned, but there it is.

Sol snaps her teeth at the brush, offended not so much by its presence as what it represents. Stupid thing.

Then someone crashes straight into her. It hurts.

Sol twists, ducking low, and snarls out a warning. She's still human right now, still tall and spindly and weak, but the growl hints at something much larger contained within her skin. Something angry and not keen on taking shit.]

Back. Off!

[The thing - woman? monster? dangerous - doesn't smell right, not human, no sir, something else, and Sol has the sudden urge to prove that she's the scariest thing in any forest. She's only ever felt that way when other wolves come slinking out of the dark and into her territory, but this girl is no wolf.]

test drive meme #14

eva blair / annette devereux 《 original 》

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