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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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What will my story be like? What will Peyton tell her kids about her friend who looks like she was pale and morbid as part of her job at the morgue? Maybe it's too optimistic on my part to believe I'll be human again by then. But if I'm not, then I'll be the one telling stories about my friends. My very mortal, very dead friends.
Believing the impossible is a lot more bearable than the probable reality.
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"Being human is overrated. I was one once, and then I lost my head. Literally." She shrugs, as if Liv's internal monologue was a casual mention in passing than a private moment. "You know, you seem pretty alive for a dead person."
Just... putting that out there.
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"I'm not dead. I'm just-- I'm undead." She purses her lips. Since Ravi had given her hope for a cure, she'd stopped seeing herself as dead. What she has isn't exactly a life, but she's still breathing, and her heart's still beating. She still looks forward to the future and isn't always terrified by what it might hold.
It's progress.
"What do you mean, you literally lost your head?" It looks plenty attached, in Liv's medical opinion. "And... if you don't mind my asking, what are you, if not human?" She pauses for a moment, relaxing a little. "I'm a zombie."
One admission for another. That's fair, right?
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Though Ravine doesn't seem to be the type to make mistakes... because she usually isn't. Sights of the past, present, and future can be odd that way.
With no sign of offense upon Liv's query, she brings her hand towards the collar around her neck. She could simply take it off to demonstrate her point, but she decides a more polite approach instead. "I'm a Psycho."
...
Maybe she'd have been better off just removing her own head.
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Ho boy. That's... that word means things to Liv, who is a trained medical professional and has eaten the brain of a clinically psychopathic person in the last year.
"Sorry, does that-- I don't know, mean something different in another language, or...?"
Probably should've gone with removing your own head there, Ravine.