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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If he ever he doubted his senses, now would be the time to question them. However he knew he was too powerful to be tricked and that the presence he felt was...one who should be dead. He crossed the distance between them at a pounding run and his eyes narrowed at the sight of the Wampa.

"Their numbers have grown too great!" so why shouldn't they see to culling the herd? His lightsaber flashed into being like a lightning crack and he sought the creatures life and blood with a hunger that no Jedi should possess.

A familiar presence joined him, but older and stronger than he remembered. He threw a glance at his new ally, sensing that lust for blood. There was a darkness to this Jedi, but that was neither here nor there for the moment.

He'd take the assistance, and merely quirked a faint if serious smile. "I have seen only the one, though I confess to having just arrived. Have they been here long? -And another," he sighed as a second of the beasts roared a challenge as it approached to join its fellow. "Look sharp," he jutted his chin to one as he started for the newcomer. He didn't share the bloodlust, but he was willing to take the lives of the wampas to secure the city.

"You needn't fear them." his lips were quirked into an unmistakable cocky smirk; an expression that bordered on unhinged each time he faced an opponent, "As far as I can tell, they have been here longer than either of us!" and that would have to do for an answer. The Wampas hadn't followed him from Mustafar - that planet's climate was ill-suited to them.

The roar of challenge was met with a dark chuckle and Anakin stopped the creature as it leapt to attack, holding it, helplessly, in midair. Then, almost carelessly, he sliced it in half with his lightsaber, letting it drop callously.

He chuckled. "Do you sense fear in me, Anakin?" the name felt right to say, though there was a touch of concern as well as fond amusement. "I wouldn't want them to add to your scars."

Just as Anakin moved, so did Qui-Gon and the pair of beasts were quickly dispatched. He just moved with less...flair than the younger Force-user. "You've grown up."

"...no." he watched the man cautiously, wondering what Qui-Gon could sense. What was the Force telling him? He gripped his lightsaber, pointing the blade towards the ground.

Scars, hm? A glance was thrown to his mechanical hand.

"Everyone does unless their life is cut short." and his hadn't been; it wouldn't be. But Padmé's life was different.

"I saw your body."

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Qui-Gon took one look around before pointedly deactivating his lightsaber and turned to face Anakin fully.

And missing limbs, but he didn't mention that.

His lips quirked and he shifted. "Indeed, though that does not mean you need be unmindful.

"I figured you might have. I did not intend to leave you."

After a too long pause, Anakin deactivated his lightsaber too, but he moved no closer. Losing a hand was nothing compared to losing his heart and losing his sanity. Deep down, he knew he was so wrong, but he had gone too far and done too much to fail.

"No one intends to die." he snapped, uncomfortable, "Death shouldn't exist at all! Not for those like you, Master Qui-Gon."

Too long, and it told him something. Taking a chance, even with the snipe, he approached to rest a hand on Anakin's shoulder. He wouldn't turn from this young man, not when he had a sense there was something of the little boy he'd once known.

"I wish that were so, my young friend. Have you found a place to stay here yet? We should probably move along." Unless Anakin wanted to find more beasts to kill.

His muscles were tense under that hand, ready to spring into action - to fight if necessary - with the least provocation. Qui-Gon radiated Light and it threw his shadows into sharper perspective. He wasn't fond of that comparison.

"You assume much. I am certain even Master Obi-Wan does not consider me a friend." his lips twist, bitter, and he jerked his head to the city, "This way."

Qui-Gon clipped his lightsaber to his belt where it belonged and let his hand drop from Anakin's shoulder. This close, the Dark Side was painfully clear to him and it saddened him. Had he been wrong to take Anakin from Tatooine?

"I see a young man who leaped to help me when he didn't need to. And I am not Obi-Wan," he retorted mildly with some amusement. "And I see a young man who guides me to where relative safety might be found. Am I wrong?"

He might have been found by another and fallen sooner. As he was, he was vulnerable to all influences; good, bad, indifferent and unable to free or protect his mother. Her death had been a turning point for him and he had discovered his power was the only way to make a difference.

"I have a grudge against the Wampas, that's all." Anakin set himself on a path to the city, glancing over his shoulder, "I owe you." for finding him; for giving him a chance, "Maybe everything would have been different if you had lived."

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