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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[ After everything they had been through - the battle with the monster, Will coming back from the Upside down, Eleven disappearing (he refused to believe she was dead) - Mike still didn't expect to suddenly wake up in a cave. Expected even less to be face to face with a freakin' wampa! ]

Holy shit!

[ He has no idea what to do! Is this a dream? Is this for real? What is going on!!! But then he hears a voice. One he had been desperate to hear for several weeks now. In that moment, the wampa means nothing. ]

Eleven?!

[ Of all the people and of all the places for them to show up. It had to be Mike, it just had to be.

Eleven was just as shocked to see him here, in this dark and eerie place, as he must have been to see her. She didn't want him here, not because she didn't want to see him but because of how dangerous it was. She'd already done so much to try and protect the boy, she'd be damned if he got hurt because of her.

Her small frame heaved at the chest, up and down, fast with so many emotions she didn't understand. Guilt, joy, worry, panic! Looking at Mike's face, those large dark eyes of his seemed to draw her in. Had he really missed her that much? No, there was no time for that now! There was the issue of the wampa to deal with. Crap! The wampa!

Eleven, looked startled, turning her attention to the huge white beast as it made a dash for Mike. ]

Mike! NO!

[ Frowning her brow in concentration, lips pursed tight in a thin line, Eleven stared at the back of the wampa's head. The hulking monster stopped in its tracks, arms jerking to bend back, legs buckling down under the force of her intention. There was no way in hell she was going to let it harm a hair on Mike's head. ]

[ That is her! He can't actually feel tears well in his eyes, his chest tight. She's here. Please don't let this be a dream! Which sounds terrible in the context of that monster still coming at him - oh, shit! He looks back to the wampa, mind whirling at that to do.

Except it stops. What-no. That...

He looks back over to Eleven. ]

Elle, no!

[ His voice cracks as he yells. No, she can't disappear again while protecting him! He chances running around the monster - still not sure if this is a dream - determined to get to her. ]

Elle, stop! Please!

[ This was all so familiar, she could see the sorrow in his eyes, the fear in his voice. God, it hurt her to hear his voice crack like that, to know she was the cause of so much pain?

At Mike's outburst, her concentration was partly broken. Her mind was racing. Trying to control the lumbering monster and desperate to comfort Mike too. In her lapse, she looked over in his direction, as he came rushing towards her. ]

Mike, stop!

[ The wampa seized the opportunity as freedom of its limbs was temporarily returned. Taking a swipe for Mike as he darted past. Eleven gasped! Lightly she tipped her head to the left, Mike's body suddenly raising a few inch, enough for her to safely drift him out of the way before dropping him to the floor.

Then, just as soon as she'd moved Mike, she jerked her head harshly to the right, sending the wampa flying at speed into the other side of the cave. With another quick jolt of her chin, Eleven threw the beast into the stalactites that coated the ceiling of the cave. Extending an arm and holding it there with her open palm.

She was able to look back at Mike now, to make sure she hadn't hurt him with her power. ]

...Mike? ... Go...

test drive meme #15

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Mike! ^u^

i couldn't resist :')

so glad <3