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

[benumbing]

[Jack isn't a stranger when it comes to manipulating people, David included. But God, his father made an art form of it. When it played out right in front of him, he couldn't savor the sweetness of victory over the taste of blood in his mouth.]

More like an ass. [The corners of his lips also tug up at the kangaroo comment.] He wasn't worth it. He never was. [Jack's voice is uncharacteristically soft with the words, like he's reminding himself of that fact as much as David.] And I didn't save your life just to watch you die here. That's why I'm going to help you.

[reges]

[ David lets out an amused snort, lips quirking up at the corners. Yeah, ass would've been appropriate, wouldn't it? And definitely something Jack could, and seemingly has, pulled off. Hearing Jack's voice soften, if feels like he's met some part of Jack he'd suspected for a while, but hadn't had so much opportunity to see. Born and bred to inherit a throne, his personality seems built like a fortress, but there's a man in there as well. One Silas couldn't choke out for all he's tried, it seems. ]

Thank you, by the way. And, I'm sorry, for what it cost you. [ He wants to tell him that Silas can't be mad at him forever, that he's smart and he'll find a way out of it, but David understands so little about power plays in Shiloh, that much is now clear. So he keeps his damn mouth shut. Jack's always been good at self-motivating, it seems. He doesn't need to hear it from David. Instead, he tucks his hands into his pockets, glancing around the city inside a cave, and thinking about Jack living here for the last few months, apparently. Something he'd suspect Jack knows how to survive, because he survives well, but bizarre all the same. ]

So, monster fighting, huh? Sounds fun. [ hard to tell if that's sarcasm or not. But soldiering does, and has for months, sound infinitely better than Shiloh. ]

[benumbing]

[Jack wishes he could feel deserving of that gratitude, but one time of doing the right thing when there are so many times when he didn't doesn't magically balance everything out. That was always the real threat of David Shepherd; he could do the things that Jack couldn't, even when he knew that he should.

He doesn't acknowledge it, but a smirk does cross his lips again at the mention of monsters.]

Oh, it is. And some of them taste better than others.

[It turns into a full-fledged grin. He can hardly wait to watch him field dress his very first.]