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Test Drive Meme #3
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.]
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Um, back home - there was a snowglobe just like this back at the dollar store. [He smiles a bit, he's got a point, really, just bear with him.] Only I vanished while I was holding it and so I dropped it. Crash, glitter and glass and water everywhere.
[Noah gives a deep, sad sigh at that. All the whimsy of the dollar store, ruined.]
But I have an actual body here? So. I won't vanish. I don't have to worry about breaking this one. ... Like, unless I just drop it because, clumsy. Which could happen. But not because I'm dead and prone to vanishing. And sometimes, like now, that's nice. So. I guess that's kind of like hope?
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[Enough sense to follow, even if it's not something he can relate to.]
...so maybe I ought to be thinking about this a little more indirectly.
[He's used to looking at something and figuring out the most logical path to get there in one piece; even if there's a certain level of misdirection or sneaking around it, the reasoning for all of that is straightforward. Do x, set off y, wait for z -
The goal is just always something more concrete than inspiring hope. But an indirect path for an intangible outcome, maybe...]
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It's all metaphor and stuff. The kinds things English teachers love.
Um, hi, I'm Noah.
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[He has sort of an idea about The Normal Teenage Experience, thanks to television, but that kind of thing only goes so far.]
I'm Leonardo.
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Noah smiles again, a little shy and awkward but getting braver.]
Leonardo - like, Da Vinci?
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[Then again, if Leonardo didn't go to school...
Noah sets off through the stacks of shelves, perusing what they have available. Most books are probably a no go, but he does manage to find what he was aiming to find, a rotating display of tiny gift books, one of which he manages to find on famous painters. Da Vinci is, of course, right at the front. Noah holds it out to Leonardo, tiny pages open to show the Mona Lisa in miniature on one side, Leda with the Swan on the other.]
The Last Supper is in there too, it's a double-page spread on the next page.