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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[Scenario One - actual ghost version]

[Napstablook doesn't handle being thrown into chaos very well. The moment they find themselves in a place that's not the Underground, they immediately float around frantically looking for their currently missing house.

The giant bugs startle Napstablook as it appears around the corner, but even before they have a chance to apologize, one of them takes a swipe at them. It doesn't hurt them, their sharp needle-like leg passing right through them. But the creature doesn't stop, and Napstablook isn't sure what to do...

Maybe play dead? After the bug tries and fails to bite through them, Napstablook flops over on the ground.]

ohh... you beat me... i'm dead now
s-s p-please stop attacking me??

[Is this working are you satisfied please go away.]

[Scenario Three - the human option!]

[On days like these (aka everyday since they've arrived here), Napstablook would usually be feeling uncomfortable in their own, new skin. For a former ghost, it was a challenge just getting around the city sometimes. Fatigue, pain, just walking on two feet were all new experiences that Napstablook could do without.

But today, they didn't mind so much. Even if they did trip and land on their face a few minutes ago.

They're currently just, sitting out in the open somewhere with a peaceful look on their face. And a bloodied nose that they don't seem to notice. But they will notice someone approaching them.

They're still crying but just ignore it, that's completely normal.]

oh... sorry, i didn't know you wanted to sit here... don't worry i'll move

[He don't spend a lotta time in Waterfall. No more or less than he would in any other place besides Snowdin, that is. Sure, he's got his sentry station there and he spends his time watching sparkling stones set in the ceiling and pretending they're stars, but he's got a passin' knowledge of most of the monsters that live in the Underground, he likes to think. He's Sans, he's the guy everybody knows, some way or another.

Sad to say he can't recall the little ghost's name when he stumbles upon 'em. He just knows they live 'round the same area as Shyren, and that's as far as that train of thought goes, 'cause that very definitely is a big ol' bug-thing tryin' to chow down on something insubstantial.]

Woah, hey.

[Bad idea. The thing takes one look at him and decides, heck, he might just be bones and bones and more bones, but at least he's corporeal. It lurches for the very tangible skeleton instead.]

[Napstablook may not know Sans' name, especially in this uh... sort of life or death situation they're in right now, but they've seen Sans on occasion when he pops up around Waterfall.

It doesn't feel that weird to see him here, even if this wasn't their Underground. But the murderous bug monsters do make it pretty weird.

As the bug turns on Sans, Napstablook sits up in alarm.]

oh..... oh no....

[Should they go get help??]

please run away... i'm fine really...
whoops i was supposed to be playing dead... now i look unconvincing... oh no....

[He cuts across the space that ain't really space and ends up to the ghost's left instead, just as the thing lunges. A slimy set of bifurcated teeth snaps shut over the empty space he once occupied, letting loose a long, glistening strand of saliva-like discharge.]

Nah, you're good. It's the bug that's got the problem. Right?

[He winks. That's. A good time for a joke. Right. Right.

The bug chitters in apparent frustration, its shiny carapace rippling as its twists around to face the mismatched pair of 'em with a low hiss.]

Anyway. I figure now's a good time to split.

[Ghosts don't blink, but Napstablook wonders if they did because Sans appears right next to them. The sound of snapping teeth is a much more terrifying distraction.

Splitting sounds like a great idea.]

okay.... um... i don't really know my way around so you can lead the way
if you want.

[It doesn't sound like there's any kind of urgency in Napstablook's voice.

But it's there.]

[Poor ghost don't wanna be a trouble, huh? Something of that is reminiscent of the way Frisk gets to be sometimes, like requesting the very basic assistance of another monster is an imposition that merits a litany of apologies.

He points down a narrow strip of city road that looks to be, at the moment, unimpeded by creatures of the bug-like variety.]

Temples're a safe spot, generally. 'S one that way.

[Shortcuts're faster, but truth be told, he ain't sure if it'd work if he tried to take a ghost along. They're kinda incorporeal. Never given it a shot, and now probably ain't the best time to experiment.]

[The bug starts to shake its head, momentarily confused as to why its not biting down on anything but air. Napstablook tries their best not to look back at it, even as it shuffles around.]

ok... a safe spot would be nice...

[Anywhere remotely safe sounds good. They'll follow behind Sans as soon as he starts moving.]

You gonna be good there, pal?

[Tossin' the question over his shoulder as he ambles along, leisurely as you please. Any bug quick enough to catch up to 'em won't have much of a meal on their hands, in any case. He'll make sure anything that goes snapping at his heels misses, and it ain't like ghosts are what you'd call a filling meal.]

[Oh.......

It looks like...something's bugging Napstablook. Just a little. Or a lot, but- just a little? It's hard to tell. They watch for a few moments, before deciding that someone has to step in. Someone. That someone may as well be them.

They whistle, softly, in an attempt to gain it's attention. It is a very poor whistle. It's not very effective.

...

Do giant bugs like sticks? Maybe they need to find a stick.]

Um, hello?

Do you want a stick?

[The bug doesn't move away from its target, but Napstablook notices that someone is there.

Oh... it's the human. This wasn't quite the same as the Underground, so Napstablook can't really imagine what they're doing here. If they weren't currently being attacked by a giant bug, they'd go over to greet them.

Frisk seems to be trying to get either their attention, or the bug's. That... could be bad?]

oh hi human....
don't worry about me please...
i don't know what's going on right now but i'll probably be fine....

[This is said as the bug tries to drive a claw through Napstablook's "stomach". It's not very effective.]

test drive meme #16

Napstablook | Undertale | Both human and ghost options

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