dankmemes | test drive meme #16

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 January 24th, and apps are open February 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: THE CREEPY CRAWLIES
[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 to impale you on its giant claws and crunch your bones between its mandibles. That's right, this time the Door is bringing you bugs from Starship Troopers, in all their giant and disgusting glory!

Bugs are, well, giant insects that come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the rank, and are way too tall or too heavy than they have any right to be. They can move quickly, most of them have the ability to fly, and their exo-skeletons means that it's difficult to really hurt them unless you've got some muscles on you. Or a really big boot, I guess.]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO TWO: WHO'S THAT IN THE MIRROR?
[Something's lurking in the dark. Something that really wants to ruin your day by any means necessary- that includes preying on your darkest fears, or just, you know, simply killing you. But that's not a problem, right? You're big and tough! Except, so is this creature out to get you. And it knows all of your weaknesses and insecurities too because, well... it is you.

Doubles of characters will be flooding the city and attempting to ruin the originals lives by whatever means necessary. This generally involves killing the original and then impersonating them, but it can also mean killing people you love or just bringing up your awkward teenage years to traumatize you in front of all your new cool friends.

What can you do to stop it? Well, you could kill them first, that certainly won't require a few trips to therapy later! There's always locking them away, or maybe trying to befriend them because hey, who's better at ruining your life than you?

This is a mini version of our Dead Ringers event this month!]

T R A N Q U I L I T Y

SCENARIO THREE: CAN YOU JUST LIKE, CHILL FOR A SEC?
[Embrace tranquility! Or rather, get pulled, kicking and screaming into an event during which you magically have to find some chill, or else Tranquility will force chill upon you.

For this prompt, characters will find themselves in a state of sudden peace and calm, without much anger or meanness to go around. That guy you hate? Maybe you should give him a peace offering. The chick who stole your girlfriend? Maybe you should congratulate her! Everything is peaceful and everything is... sorta gray.

Don't get me wrong, it's nice to be able to relax, but we have an emotional spectrum for a reason. Pretty soon, the tranquility of this might turn into something a little creepy, even Stepfordish... but it's hard to really care when everything is so damn pleasant, right?]

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( Well, she looks just like Rosa. She's certainly as upbeat as Rosa, as unconcerned with anything that's going on as Rosa would be, just wanting to have fun-

She is Rosa.

Just the parts of Rosa that Rosa likes to ignore. )

Yep. We'll be fine! ( That smile isn't going away, but does it ever? (No. Only rarely.) She even slides her hand into Liv's, easy and affectionate as ever. )

She did? ... I wonder if I can live through my brain being devoured. I don't think anyone's tried that.

( At least, her doctor never mentioned it. )

[Rosa's cheerful disposition is just what Liv needs. The double is doing her job just right.]

That is not something I ever want to think about.

[How would you even come back from that? Typically, people who have their brain eaten die. And stay dead.]

She won't get a chance to try. If she even comes near you, I'm gonna-- [...she's not in the mood to be as graphic as she is angry, so--] kick her ass.

[~~You're so Tough, Liv!~~]

( You know, the double would like to find out. Not by dirtying her own hands, of course, but maybe she can find someone to try it out on her original.

Liv could help with that. But right now the double would much rather see what all the fuss about the caves is. Surely monsters aren't that scary, right? Not when you're immortal. Not when you have a bodyguard in the form of a zombie.

But for now, "Rosa" will giggle, squeeze Liv's hand a bit tighter, and pull her down a path that leads out of the city. )

Well, I guess we'll, like, have to make sure you don't go full on freaky, right? ( Right. ) ... D'you think that's murder or suicide?

( If you kill your evil twin. )

[Liv's hold on Rosa's hand is firm but not crushing, a silent I've got you if there ever was one. Leaving the city still seems like a good idea, which should probably cue her into he fact that it's a terrible idea. She spends so much time telling Rosa that she shouldn't take pointless risks just because she's immortal, yet here they both are, walking straight into danger.

She would call this recklessness, but fighting her double?]

Self-defense.

[And thereflre, not a crime.

She's killed in self-defense before. She hated it.]

( Thank God for ~~suckers~~, you, Liv. As long as she keeps believing that, Rosa can have her fun.

After all, she won't be dying when they get there.

There's a flinch at that conclusion. One that might just be a teenager thinking about the weird, freaky horror that is killing your own evil twin. Or one that might be an evil twin thinking about how they don't want to die.

Who knows, really? )

That's. Weird. And, like, totally wrong? ( Rosa what ) I mean, unless your evil twin is gonna try and kill you, isn't it... like, protecting the innocent?

She's already made threats. [Liv says it like she's arguing a case, when all it is is justifying her logic. Too much time around Peyton. (Never enough time around Peyton.)] If she sees you, she's going to try to kill you.

[And Liv might lose it. Without Evan to worry about, Rosa is her new younger sibling. Rosa, with her upbeat personality and her heavy burden, makes Liv feel closer to normal than anyone else does.]

I won't attack her unless she tries something first. [Because that would be murder, and she's not a murderer. She's not Blaine, she's not Mr. Boss.]

You better not. You know what they say about clones, right? They, like, know exactly everything you know about yourself. You'd fight the same.

( And, is it just the light, just an overactive imagination, or was Rosa's smile not quite right there?

Strange.

Almost as strange as the fact that another short, pink haired girl comes running up.

... Yep. That sure is a second Rosa. And the one holding on to Liv instinctively ducks behind her. )

Liv-! That's. She's- She's like, my evil twin.

[A trick of the light. It has to be. It's also what Liv wants to go with when she sees the double, until Rosa darts behind her and snaps her out of her wishful thinking.

Oh god. It's not just Liv who's got a clone. Is this one murderous too?]

Don't come any closer.

[Like Rosa said, your evil twin knows everything about you, which means Rosa's knows me.

It doesn't cross Liv's mind that she might've been with the clone this whole time.]

What do you want?

( Oh no.

There's a definite look of dread that crosses the face of the Rosa in front of Liv. For all the smiles she can conjure up, all the situations that she can dodge out of-

Her brain's stuck here.

How do you fight yourself? )

That's not me. That's the clone.

( It's not exactly the best argument to make. She's got no proof that she's any less of a clone than the clone.

... Does that make sense?

Is she even the original?

... This is giving her a headache. )

[Wait. This is--]

I--

[Oh god.

Liv's own clone had looked like a reflection at first, identical in every way except her desire to harm. "When I'm done killing you, I'm going to hurt Rosa. I'm going to tell her you only keep her around for her blood, just like anyone else. And then I'll kill her. I know how to do it. I'd make you watch, but it's just easier to kill you off first." She could've fooled anyone if she'd succeeded in killing Liv, so it stands to reason that Rosa's double is the same.

(She'd thought she was the only one, though. She'd thought--)

She glances at the Rosa behind her and feels her stomach twist into knots. There's no way to tell them apart. Anything she asks, they'll both know the answer to.

This can't be happening. It can't be, but it is, and now I have to make a choice. I have to do something. I have to, because if not, Rosa will get hurt.]

What if I'm a clone too? [She looks from one Rosa to the other, gauging their reactions. For what, she's not sure, but it seems like the thing to do.] How can you be sure I haven't been lying this entire time? What would you do?

test drive meme #16

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