dankmemes | test drive meme #15

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 December 25th, and apps are open January 1st. Please remember that 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: YOU SMELL SOMETHING?
[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 knock you out, drag you back to its cave, and hang you upside down for some reason. This time, the Door has brought in a number of Wampas, from the Star Wars movies.

Wampas are large and furry, in order to stay warm and alive on their native ice planet of Hoth. While their white fur helps them blend in at home, it's less helpful in Hadriel - but that's fine! They're giant and terrifying with big claws and teeth, they don't really need camouflage too. They'll be more than happy to hunt you down - and if they don't eat you right there, they could knock you out and take you home for a later meal. If you wake up in a wampa cave, let's hope you remembered your lightsaber.]

R A G E

SCENARIO TWO: WE'RE ALL PISSED OFF HERE
[For some reason, something's just pissing you off today. It's something weird, too, something that wouldn't normally bother you at all. Maybe it's jackets or buildings with too many windows. Maybe it's animals or the simple act of sleeping. Whatever it is, it's total bullshit and you hate it.

What are you gonna do about it? Smash some windows? Kick a puppy? Or hey, maybe you'll run across someone who hates that thing just as much as you do, and you'll make a new friend! Or a new enemy, if they're wearing that most horrible of wardrobe items, a jacket.

This is a mini version of our Why Do You Have To Be Mad? event this month!]

D E L I G H T

SCENARIO THREE: THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
[Generosity and charity have infected the city! And hey, that's a good thing, right? Hadriel could use a little more kindness. Who knows what's causing it - Delight is probably bored - but whatever it is, maybe it's affected you, too.

If it has, you'll be inspired by the desire to give gifts to your friends, your family, that stranger across the street. Of course, Hadriel doesn't have a lot of gift shops, so... well, maybe you should just give them the shirt off your back? Or hey, smash a shop window and grab that can of beans, they'll love that! You could even steal your friend's favorite jacket and give it to your other friend. How generous of you!

Or maybe you're totally unaffected, and a complete stranger just ran up to you on the street and tried to give you a shirt they ripped off their friend. It's, uh. Not weird. Aren't you gonna say thank you?]

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( She would almost have missed her had Fareeha not approached, seeing the armour rather than the woman underneath it.

It had been so long, and though Ana still had memories of her daughter so much had changed over the years. It struck Ana more now quite how much she had missed from her daughter's life, and even though she had sent her a letter it didn't truly explain much, or prepare her for seeing Fareeha again.

Or here.

Having Fareeha here took the question of her death from her mind, not wanting to think of the possibility that it had happened to her also. Instead she's not thinking on anything about this place, spending those first few moments to simply take in the sight of her daughter.

When Fareeha's closer, after the question has been asked Ana simply nods. She'd expected this meeting on her terms, not by simple chance )

It is. ( The surprise leaves her as lost for words, adding some uncertainty to her own voice. Not being sure of where to begin she starts simply: ) It is good to see you again, Fareeha.

I wasn't sure if I was ever going to see you again.

[There was the letter, proof that her mother was at least alive, but then Fareeha had found herself here and any hopes and dreams she had about back home she'd had to shelve for the time being. Reconnecting with her mother being one of them.]

[She takes off her helmet and shakes her hair out, looks down at her reflection in the visor, and then hands it over to her mother. Somehow, right now, that just felt right (thanks to Delight).]

Is there anything you need?

You would. ( It's a promise, even if what came before didn't seem right. It isn't something that could really be explained, but at the time to Ana it had been what she'd had to do ) But it was something that I had to do.

( If there'd been a way to do it without keeping Fareeha away- but it would have been more complicated, and the girl did not deserve that either )

For now only you. ( There's a moment of silence where Ana looks at the helmet, and then at the armour that goes with it ) I have much to tell you.

( And more to ask )

[Fareeha is quiet for a moment as she thinks. She was on her way to patrol, but there were enough people in the guard that she could see about having someone cover for her. She didn't want to leave her mother, not now, not after how long it's been.]

I have a call to make, but we can talk up in my apartment.

[She motions to the spire behind her, that she'd just come out of.]

( There's a nod that Ana gives, turning her head to give the spire a brief look )

I'll wait for you.

( Ducking her head slightly Ana takes a few steps away to allow Fareeha to do so in private )

[She steps aside and makes the call to the other Guards, is able to find a last minute replacement for her patrol (not without some ire and promising to pull extra duty elsewhere at some other moment in time), but is soon turning back towards her mother and motioning to the spire.]

Come on, I'll show you.

[She leads her up, to a modestly furnished two bedroom flat. One room is, of course, devoted to her armor, and she disappears there for about fifteen minutes to change into her civilian clothes. It's nothing fancy - nothing here really is - but it suits her purpose and she's kept it clean and repaired as much as she can.]

Go ahead and make yourself comfortable, I'll make us some tea.

[Some of it is stalling - giving herself a chance to process that her mother is actually here and alive.]

Thank you.

( She'd been looking around the room whilst Fareeha had changed, not wanting to sit just yet but rather take in anything that her daughter may have decorated the room in. Ana wonders whether her own place at home had been anything like this, or if there'd been a different sense of decoration - or sense of Fareeha to it )

I didn't think anyone would be here. I didn't know what to think of where we are.

[The room was already furnished, so any of the initial style comes from what was already in there. Anything Fareeha has added has been minimal or necessary in nature. If Ana can learn anything from it, it's that Fareeha is pragmatic and uninterested in oppulance or flair.]

[She returns from the kitchen carrying two mugs - salvedged from the streets, although clean )if chipped). She hands one to her mother before sitting herself.]

I've been here a couple months and I'm still not sure what to think about it. I haven't seen anyone else familiar.

( There's a thanks as Ana takes the mug, a nod at her statement. Perhaps not finding anyone familiar would be the better option, though Ana has yet to know enough of this place to come to that conclusion )

But you did find someone who told you something about this.

( She knew that Fareeha knew at least one person, since she'd called someone )

I have made friends and connections here, yes. [A tenuous few; everything that's happened in her life has made her slow to open with others.]

I'm a member of the City Guard here, I was getting a replacement for my patrol.

( City Guard. It doesn't surprise Ana that Fareeha had made her life here one similar to her own -- guards protected, and Fareeha had set her sights on doing such )

I am pleased you have people that you can trust. ( Or trust enough. Work friends, someone that would help her when needed ) That you have made something from this.

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