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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I might know a shortcut outta here.

[Yeah, those bugs are not lookin' real friendly. Those shiny carapaces look mighty hard to crack, even for a human wielding a gun.]

Can't guarantee they won't follow.

Really? Okay then, change of plans.

[She stashes the gun, and picks up a stray rock and looks to Sans. They may have just met, and he may unsure about how successful they'll be, but a chance at escape with a stranger is better than nothing.]

I'm gonna distract 'em. And you gotta be ready to lead the way. That good with you?

[He looks at her, vaguely amused, before jerking a thumb over his shoulder. At the solid wall at their backs. Yep. He's 100% serious right here, despite the wide, shit-eating grin.]

'S right this way. No distraction necessary.

[Totally.]

[Dead eyes. Just absolute dead eyes. Ellie's voice grows ever more strained, betraying the panic that's setting in.]

Are you honestly fucking with me right now? Look, I appreciate a joke as much as anyone, but a: this isn't funny, and b: we're about to be bug chow!

[Okay. This is it. She's finally going to die. This is how it all comes to an end.]

Edited 2017-01-23 08:27 (UTC)

[He'd say something like c'mon, just trust me, but somehow he doubts that's liable to go over very well. Ain't like human kids have much of a reason to trust him anyway, right?

Yeah. Nah. He offers a bony hand, winking an eyesocket down. See, he ain't just any old skeleton. He's a ~magic~ skeleton.]

Then we got nothing to lose, huh?

[She raises an eyebrow and can't help leaning back just a little at first, more of out of sheer perplexity than anything else.

Ellie doesn't have time to think about the conundrum that is a skeleton with eyesockets, though. Gotta make a decision fast- and it's not like she can get any more screwed, right?]

--Okay. Alright, fine, let's go!

[She reaches out and latches on, no idea whatsoever what to expect.]

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[And go they do. He takes a step, and when his foot comes down, they ain't there anymore. No real telling how or when or why it happened - there's no flash, no fanfare, no warping of the environment. In the space between blinks, they've simply blipped from one place to another.

Takes a second to assess, and...seems they've ended up near Tranquility's temple. Pretty chill place, heh heh.

He glances at the human and grins in a manner that just barely verges on the shit-eating variety.]

What'd I tell ya?

[Now granted, Ellie has seen what a lot of humans might consider to be some weird shit in her life. But this is well outside of the parameters of what passes for normal, even for her.

For a moment she just stares into the middle-ground, processing the fact that they are definitely not where they were not two seconds ago. A laugh of disbelief pushes it's way out of Ellie, and her hands fly up to her hair.]

Holy shit! I mean- wow!

[There's no sarcasm in the words, just genuine amazement and a bit of glee at such a clean get away.]

How did you do that?

Took a shortcut.

[The looks on their faces is always priceless, and he can always play it off with a sink and a nudge and a shrug. Kid's got a foul mouth, but he ain't exactly one to judge where that's concerned, not with the nature of his own thoughts.]

'S like walking, 'cept you cut out the middle man.

['Cause who wants to walk all over the place? That sounds exhausting.]

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