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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[She braces for impact, even if it's not too unwelcome. It's her. It has to be her. When the demons tried to replicate her, they could never do the voice properly, or the mannerisms.

And goodness, Alphys has missed her plenty. Even if there's a momentary pang of sadness that she'd be stuck here. Underground, like the rest of them.

But it's all worth it to see her smile.]

Well, I-- I-it's fine, I mean, a lot has happened and-- I didn't a-anticipate seeing you. Here, I mean, and...

... It's, uhm, r-really good to see you again.

Yeah? It's... it's good to see you too!! [ Alphys thinks it's good to see Undyne again, and the fish is filled with a warm feeling of pure, unadulterated joy. ] Heh!

A lot has happened? Hopefully nothin' too bad. Wh-what are you doing now? Workin' on any nerdy junk?

[ it's said endearingly; seeing Alphys get excited about things is basically Undyne's entire aesthetic. ]

[It's like nothing's changed. Nothing at all. She's still just so happy to see her, despite everything.]

Well, uhm, the r-resources in this place are, uh, a bit limited, but I have a couple of projects I've been m-messing with, but uhm, mostly I've just been, uh, trying to keep busy, and everything. I was hoping the library would have some anime but t-there's not a very, uhm, good selection.

[The really important parts about Hadriel, tbh]

[ Alphys is talking and Undyne's smiling pretty broadly. Nerdy crap. Libraries, researching. It's kind of boring, but hearing the little yellow lizard speak at all is music to Undyne's ears. The symbol of someone who is trying to move. The sign of determination. Undyne's hands slam into her hips, and she moves some of her red hair off of her face to get a better look around. ]

Yeah, I'm not sure anything will ever top that one with the giant swords and magic princesses!! You've already watched everything here? [ Undyne is...impressed. And not sure how long Alphys has been here to watch everything there is. ]

test drive meme #16

SHRIEKS!!!!!

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