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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[The Widow is hungry again. Alexio would say it needs a purpose, that Bard needs to give it meaning and a new name to seal the bargain, but the last time he'd saw Alexio, Bard's grandfather had been falling from his horse to an unfriendly ground. Possibly dead. Probably dead. Their home is lost. They'll have to run again, back into the mountains. Disappear.

Bard doesn't mind that idea. He's good at disappearing.

But the Widow is hungry and the monsters are chittering at someone else.

He draws the sword and stalks up to the monster. It hasn't seen him yet. It doesn't see the Widow's blade gleam black before he impales it.

The monster screams, body shaking. Something inside it is being pulled into the sword. The body turning itself inside out. Being crushed. And the Widow hums.

Bard leaves the sword there for a long moment, then yanks it free. Goo sprays.

He doesn't look at the woman.]

Are you hurt?

GROSS!

( If possible, Rosa's voice raises another octave or two. Its pitch goes up into full girlish screech, the kind of thing that would hurt an eardrum or two if you're not used to, or just not a fan of, squeamish teenage girls. )

Is it, like, supposed- Ewwwwww -I mean. Like- That's... that's not supposed to happen, right?

( So gross. )

Bugs are not supposed to be that big. Ew.

( At least she's found her way to her feet, where she's just going to wrap her arms around herself and curl up into her own body a bit more, as if making her already small frame smaller will allow her to disappear and get the heck out of creepy-bug-ville.

Give her a moment. This is new territory. Usually the things after her are distinctly bipedal. Definitely human. )

[Bard considers the monster goop on his sword and decides against sheathing it, just holding the blade awkwardly at his side. He's careful not to make eye contact, not even by accident.] I don't know.

[A pause.]

Please don't yell.

( Okay.

Heart rate returning to normal. Gradually remembering that she is, at the end of the day, near-unkillable, and bugs aren't likely to be the cause of her losing every drop of blood. )

Oh. ... But that was totally gross, right?

( There's a brief tilt of her head, as if she's trying to see whether he will make eye-contact, but hey- she's got a shy sibling too. Kid hates looking at anyone. )

[Bard shifts his head so he can look at her sideways. He's not looking her straight on, so it's okay. It doesn't count.] Your hair is very bright.

[He's never seen anything that color before.]

( Well. Okay then. Rosa blinks. ) You should, like, see my mom's. ( Vibrant hues run in her family, but Rosa's is much more subtle.

It's the presence of another bug, one hovering nearby, that takes Rosa's mind off whatever she was about to say. ) It's time to split, c'mon.

( She makes a grab for the guy's hand, ready to move to the tunnel - the hopefully exit - that lies in front of them, yards away from the centre of the Colosseum's grounds. )

test drive meme #16

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i'm guessing you meant one?

....yes >.>

we saw nothing ;D

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