Test Drive Meme #3

[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.

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!

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: GIMME A HUG
[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 on the rooftops watching and waiting for the perfect opportunity to separate you from your group and tear you into pieces. This time, the Door has brought in a large slithering beast for you meet.

This Titanoboa is not the friendliest of snakes. Over fifty feet long, it requires quite a lot of meals in order to keep going, and it seems to be most interested in making you one of them. A giant anaconda, this is a constrictor rather than a venomous snake - but don't worry. It's got teeth, too, in case it needs to do a touch of nibbling. We're sure you'll get along just fine.]


SCENARIO TWO: THE DOCTOR IS IN
[You awaken on an operating table. How did you get here? What's going on? You don't remember checking into a hospital or seeing a doctor, and when you try to get up you quickly discover that your hands and legs are secured tightly to the table, the straps digging into your skin.

Next to the table is a tray of gleaming steel surgical instruments, their sharp blades glittering as the overhead light flickers. They seem to be the only clean thing in the room, as you begin to realize that the walls of this operating room are moldy and stained, and there's something dripping from the ceiling. This may not be a legitimate hospital at all.

There are footsteps outside the door. It could be a friend - or not. Will you call for help? Try to free yourself? Lay back and wait for the doctor to arrive?]


H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: HOPESGIVING
[You find yourself in a kitschy, brightly lit, utterly pleasant gift shop. Lining the shelves are all manner of stuffed animals, inspirational figurines, greeting cards, and delightful ornaments. Some even look familiar, like something you might have seen before.

The door isn't locked. You can just leave, if you want. But on a pedestal where the registers should be is a globe of glittering light, and within it, a picture of the person you care for most in the world. Carved on the pedestal are the words Bring someone hope, and you will bring them happiness.

Of course, you aren't alone in there. Will you find something on the shelves to show to your companion, something that might bring them hope? Or maybe you brought something from home. Or maybe you don't care at all, and just want to smash everything in there. It's all up to you.

This is a simplified version of this month's Hope event.]

Comments

[justscience]

He'd try to assure her, tell her to relax, but he's just as tense as she is -- just a little more controlled about it. This place makes him uncomfortable. Too many unknowns, too many variables. This hospital doesn't follow the common trend, it's different, wrong.

They come to a large door at the end of the hallway. It's bolted shut, a thick, rusted chain wrapped around it. They'll have to break the chain to get through. If they want to get through. But they don't have much choice. He gives the chain a tug.

"Here, help me give this a tug. It doesn't look too strong, I think we can get through if we just yank hard enough."

[littlesoul]

She nods, wrapping her hands around the chain and looking to him for the cue to start pulling.

None of this feels right, everything twisted and dark. They aren't safe, nothing is safe here, and she is very much aware of this. She's not sure how much he is but she can feel the tings stirring, felt them looking for something to hunt.

There are monsters, lots of them, and they're waiting.

[justscience]

He gives the girl a sharp nod, and yanks. That's the signal. Chris has never been known for his social skills. He was always the cold, aloof type. It wasn't deliberate, of course. He liked plenty of people. He just wasn't good at socializing or building relationships. Chris understood math and science and patterns better than almost anything else. But people? People were nearly impossible to be quantified, and he was never interested in trying.

The chain breaks, and Chris is a little worried about what they're going to find on the other side.

[littlesoul]

She has a weird relationship with people at this point. On the one hand she enjoys the, has fun around hem and they make her happy. On the other hand, she knows everything, can feel their thoughts cursing through their minds and their emotions driving them. Sometimes it's too much, overloading her brain and making everything just go horribly wrong.

When she sees him nod, she pulls hard, hearing the chain give with and smiling at him. Even though she knows there are things out there in general, she's not scared of what's behind he door.

"Nothing there," she says, touching the door with one hand. "Nothing right outside. We an pretend we're safe."