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test drive meme #17

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 February 22nd, and apps are open March 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: SHOOTING HOOPS
[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.

There you are, calmly exploring this super cool cave city, when all of a sudden you see something roll toward you. What could that possibly be? Why, it seems the Door has brought in some hoop snakes, which are definitely real.

Hoop snakes are poisonous and aggressive reptiles, able to pursue fleeing prey by grasping their tail in their jaws and rolling after them like a wheel. Wow, so efficient! Hard to get away from, though, and kind of... terrifying? If you want to get away, you better be a fast runner. Or maybe you should climb something. Good luck!]

S O R R O W

SCENARIO TWO: YOU GOT THE BLUES
[You woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed. Not the angry side - the sad side. Somehow, everything just seems to be going wrong, and you don't know why. You were out of milk for your cereal, the fruit you picked just yesterday is already going bad, and instead of getting frustrated all you want to do is feel sorry for yourself.

Even the good things aren't going too well. Maybe your friend just told you your hair looks nice today - doesn't that mean it looks bad the rest of the time? Probably. They've just been too nice to tell you. And your crush smiled at you - that probably means they know about your feelings and are getting ready to let you down easy. That's the only explanation.

No matter what happens, your mind is giving you the worst, most depressing interpretation. You can try to fight it and be aggressively upbeat - or maybe you just want to cry on somebody's shoulder. Yeah. That sounds good right about now.]

D E L I G H T

SCENARIO THREE: PUCKER UP
[For once, Hadriel looks rather lovely, all covered in snow and seasonal! Sure, it's not quite the right season anymore, but who really knows what month it is? Not the residents, and certainly not the gods. But for whatever reason, Delight has decided there should be snow on the ground and ugly sweaters in the shops.

And, of course, mistletoe. On your wanderings around the city, you may find yourself under the mistletoe with a friend or a stranger or even an enemy. Regardless of who they are and how you really feel about them, the mistletoe will give you a gentle compulsion to plant a kiss right on those appealing lips of theirs. You can resist if you want - it won't force you - but don't you kind of want to go for it?

This is a mini version of our Kissmas event this month!]

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[Short is an excuse for people who can't pop out of nowhere, apparently. Ned blinks at the kid, brow furrowing, glancing behind him like where did he come from just now...? Hn.]

Where did you...? [Wasn't he laughing? Did he vault over a snake or something? Ned frowns, skipping that to eye the approaching snakes and deeply regret this whole day, already. He sighs, gesturing for the boy to do whatever it is he's capable of that Ned isn't.] Pull. Let me keep a little of my dignity.

You got it, man! [Shuuya launches himself up, hitting his foot about midway up the wall, giving him just enough leverage to clasp onto the ledge and pull himself up.

He winks at the man beneath him as he turns around.]

Piece of cake~

[He crouches down, extending his arm out to Ned. His smile is unwavering.] You might want to hurry up, man, those things don't look friendly.

[Oh, jesus—another parkour kid. Ned's surprised for only a second, before his expression settles into something a little more wry. Well, he's used to smug parkour kids, so this is fine - he won't loiter around taking his chances with the snakes for the sake of his pride, reaching up to grasp the offered arm around his wrist.]

And here I am wasting time wondering if you're a good Samaritan or just infatuated with the way you look doing that. [Show off. He's still looking at the wall, trying to find a place to put his foot... His shoes are too nice for this, this is a real challenge. Look, he's managed to climb like 8 inches off the ground now.] Well, I'm ready when you are.

[Well, look at this guy's expression. Shuuya gives a chuckle.]

Eh, a little of column A and a little of column B.

[Making sure his footing is solid, he hoists the man as best as he can to pull him up to the ledge beside him. After a breath and ensuring the snakes don't follow suit, Shuuya gives another laugh.]

Man, you're lighter than I thought you would be. It would have been bad news to get all the way up here if you pulled us both back down again!

I get that all the time. [Not really, since he is clearly a person who does not go around asking for help unless he is literally about to get mauled by snakes, but whatever. Up on the ledge, he moves back as far as he can, leaning against the wall behind them and closing his eyes. Snakes and wiseass kids... could be worse.] Here's hoping they'll tire themeslves out down there and we can get back down at all.

[Horrible. He pauses, then holds out his hand. Manners.] Thanks. I'm Ned.

[Shuuya is still looking rather humoured about this whole situation.]

Well, I'd be able to escape regardless. My ability won't work on you though. Such a shame. [He burrows his hands into the pockets of his hoodie, teasing himself along the edge of the landing as he watches the snakes.] I suppose if worse came to worse, though, I could lure them away from you. As a last resort.

[He shakes the man's hand firmly.] I'm Shuuya, nice to meet you. Think nothing of it.

[Ability... it's too early for this. What does that even mean? Ability. Ned hums, withdrawing his hand and glancing down over the side of the ledge, to see just how snake surrounded they are.]

The pleasure's mine. But let's not take up all our time planning out the worst case scenario. [He doesn't want to get rolled to death.] What ability?

[Shuuya smirks as he ponders for a moment just on how he wants to display his ability. He figures going with the least complicated scenario is best. He knows how this man smells, looks, and sounds, so the rest is easy.]

You really want to know? I don't want you jumping off the ledge after I've just saved you.

[Regardless of the man's response, though, he'll allow it. His eyes glow red a moment as his appearance shifts to match the man before him; although, he's still smirking. When he speaks, his voice also matches the man's. A perfect doppelganger.]

I can only change myself, and it's limited to certain factors, but yea. This is it~ [He gives a turn as he opens his the appearance of Ned's jacket upon himself, as if showing off his new suit, giving another humoured chuckle.] What do you think? Is it me.

[Jumping off the ledge, no, but Ned recoils almost immediately the second Shuuya starts to change. For a moment he's clearly shocked - why wouldn't he be shocked, people don't just do this - before he leans forward again and grabs for Shuuya's wrist playing with his-but-not-his jacket. No, he really does not like this.]

Undo it, go—go back to normal, for god's sake— [He squeezes, which is ostensibly to make his point more overt but also to calm himself the hell down, this is unnatural.] Beautiful parlor trick, I mean that, but if I ever hear you're wearing my face around I will put a bullet through it, am I making myself totally goddamn clear?

[Just some ground rules, no big deal.]

[Shuuya doesn't fight from the grip at all. In fact, he seems more than perfectly fine with it. He's had people do more violent things, after all. And the threat of the bullet doesn't seem to faze him at all either. All smiles here.]

Sure, Ned. No problem. [In a blink, he reverts back to his normal self, as if nothing happened.] One-hundred percent crystal clear.

I have to admit, though, you were alot calmer than I thought you would be. Most people end up shitting bricks or panicking. I mean, it's their face after all. Who knows what I could do with it, right? You really must be used to surprises.

[Hmm. Well. He'll take it, letting go after another moment and sitting back to straighten his own, properly his, jacket. Then he scoffs, shaking his head.]

Maybe I think I'm dreaming. A bullet in the teeth's a lot more motivating than... [He wiggles his hand a little,] that.

[It's disconcerting, sure, but if there's a quick solution to a bizarre problem - in this case, uh, shooting somebody - then he'd rather go with that. No big deal.]

Besides, there are snakes down there. I'll take my chances with your unnatural magic tricks.

[Well, Ned's not wrong. It is a rather unnatural magic trick. He'd like to say he wasn't supposed to have it but, well.... that's not how the story goes in his world, is it? Those records showed that much.

He gives another smile anyway.]

So, you got any plans on how we might get out of this? I don't carry weapons, so... that much is out of the question.

[He looks around at the cave walls, trying to see if there was another vantage point or an opportune place to cause a small landing collapse.]

I'm not that great at fighting, so, while we're certainly not getting eaten, there's nothing stopping us from dying here eventually, from starvation, thirst, or who knows what else.

Something tells me we're a little more resilient than snakes. But these boys are nothing if not persistent... [He looks over the ledge again, just to confirm - yep, still a ton of snakes down there, wheeling around.]

If you can find me a rock up here—maybe the size of a baseball, I can take at least one of 'em out. [Just pelt rocks at the snakes, that's his plan. He doesn't do nature.]

[Shuuya looks at him for a minute before busting into a snicker.]

Man, are you serious? You've so got to think bigger! [Amidst his laughter, he sees another ledge. It's a little higher than the one they climbed up on, but... It seems to have a fair sized boulder up there. Maybe he can push it off onto the pile.

He takes another minute to recover from laughing, and once he's good again he fixes himself to jump.]

Okay, stay right here. I'll be right back.

[If he misses, it's so going to suck. He takes a breath, runs as far as the ledge will take him, and jumps as high as he can, scraping his foot against the cave wall as he desperately clasps for the new ledge. He catches it only by his fingertips and scrambles a moment as he tries to get himself up.]

I'm doing my best with what I've got, here. [Leave his shitty plan alone, he thought really hard for five seconds about that...

But alright, he has nothing else to do but sit here and watch Shuuya try and get up to that other ledge. He flinches more than once - it certainly looks impossible, and he doesn't want to see what happens next if the kid just flops all the way to the ground.]

You alright, kid?

[Shuuya still scrambles a bit. He tries to pass the nervousness in his voice off with another laugh.]

Yea. ...Yea, of course I'm alright. Just a few scrapes. I'm fine~

[A little more pushing his foot against the wall and manages to succeed at pulling himself up. He takes a minute to lean back against the wall on the ledge and let his heart stop pounding. That was too close for comfort.

After a few more moments he moves toward the rock, standing up beside it. It's a fairly narrow ledge, but he's sure he can pull this off. He motions for Ned to press himself flat against the wall to stay out of sight. Then, he takes a deep breath, and starts yelling at the snakes.]

Heeeeere crittercrittercritter! Come and get it! I bet you want some real suppertime, right?! Come and get me!

[He knows he's all the way out of reach, but he would rather hope that the snakes are just that stupid and will come toward him as he presses himself between the rock and the wall, pushing the boulder with his feet to get it to drop down.]

[Well... he seems okay up there. It's not like Ned could do anything, anyway, so- lucky. He hums in some kind of acknowledgement, moving back even further against the wall accordingly and raising his eyebrows up at Shuuya for this fascinating strategy.]

You know, this works on hoodlums, but I don't think snakes are particularly well-spoken folks.

[But he's just going to stay here until that boulder drops past him, eyes shut until he hears it smack against the ground and roll. Then he'll cautiously move away from the wall to look—it... didn't go too terribly? Gross.]

[Shuuya snrks at Ned's comment.]

Hey, it's better than a baseball-sized rock! Judge your own game next time.

[Upon seeing the rock smack into several of the snakes he gives a cheer before dropping his way back down to the first landing.]

That was fun! Do you get into trouble like this often? [He surveys for the remainder of snakes, which seem to be a scattered few.]

[LISTEN... the baseball rock was a good idea. Ned shrugs with his palms up, like, let him live his life, okay.]

I've had worse, but never mind that now. [Remember when he just threatened to shoot people mid-conversation?? Snakes rank in weirdness, but not terribleness. Yet.] Time to make a run for it?

Sure, it's as good a time as any. [He looks Ned over with a humoured snicker.] Can you run in that outfit, or are you going to try to be as dainty as you were while I helped you climb the wall? I'll tell you right now if you hesitate, one of the stragglers will attack you. Buying you time is worthless if you won't pick up your feet.

[Shuuya drops himself down from the ledge, landing with a prominent thud on his feet. He motions to Ned with an arm.] Come on! The water is fine!

Dainty. [Flattering... He's a professional, alright, not a... whatever a dainty guy in a suit would be. Useless? He supposes. In any case, his drop to the ground is a lot less steady and involves just a little stumbling, but he's still on his feet! Not dainty at all.]

There. You didn't even have to catch me.

Well it's a damn good thing I didn't, because if you would have landed on me, we would have both fallen over! [Again, filled with laughter. Seriously, Shuuya is small-framed. Pulling you up is one thing, catching a dropped weight probably equal to, or possibly even greater than, his own, not so much.]

Come on before they get any bright ideas! [Kido would be so proud of him, a rescue mission without a hitch. Well... mostly. Being threatened to be shot at, although a fairly expected reaction, isn't what Kido would consider successful. He'd be so scolded for it.

Still, without further hesitation, he takes off at a run, doing his best to dodge any additional attacks. He glances over his shoulder to see if Ned is keeping up.]

They're snakes...

[Well he didn't get shot, so it's fine, probably. Ned is still here and willing to follow Shuuya away from these snakes - moderate success. He's here, anyway, following at a run. He's not as quick but that has nothing to do with his suit and everything to do with being markedly older and well out of his make-a-run-for-it phase.

But he's keeping up, okay.]

Yea, well, snakes are particularly bad news where I'm from.

[Namely, Wide-eyes Snake. But he's not sharing that.] New world means new rules, man. Are you going to learn them? Stop being Captain Mister Scientific and you can complain when we're home free.

Hey, Ned, you want to make a bet? If you get bit and don't make it out of this cave, you have to admit that I was right and I get to wear your face around town. If you get out alive, you were right and get whatever you want.

[He sounds more like he's going to enforce that, whether or not Ned agrees. So, you better keep up, Ned.

[Wow, rude. First Ned bristles—he's not going to fall for the bait and point out that obviously if he gets bitten and just fucking dies, he can't stop Shuuya from doing things with his face—but that doesn't mean he isn't prepared to break somebody's nose in an alley to get his point across, if he really has to.

But the second part—well.] Whatever I want? You'll find I'm a very agreeable man when I get out of things alive.

[So shut up and let him run, first.]

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