dankmemes | 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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2.Sorrow

[Kat is not the sort to wallow in melancholy. Kat generally keeps a simple mood range based on how long it has been since he's eaten or slept. Kat lives a simple life with basic needs, and generally being sad or regretful is not in the cards.

And sometimes even after sleeping fourteen hours and eating his fill, Kat is still not satisfied with life and not motivated to go hunt down something to amuse himself with. So, instead, he is sitting lethargically against a wall, grabbing litter and leaves in reach to burn in the space of ground between his feet. He’s running out of pocket lint and things in easy burning distance. ]

Unless you have something that needs killing or burning, keep walking.

3. Delight

[Normally, Kat hates snow. Snow is evil and cold and ends up killing people more often than not. This is the nice, crystalline, non-deadly snow Kat secretly enjoys. He grew up in a desert, so snow has always been mythical to him. He until he was in his twenties he never saw more than a light dusting of it. It’s slightly intoxicating to wander through the crunching silence and feel just cold on exposed skin.]

[But Kat does not touch people, and no one touches Kat. When he feels the overwhelming urge to kiss the person beside him, something is not right. Never in his life has the urge to put his lips on another human being been anything but demon hunger. Kat lives and dies on his knowledge of folklore and mythology, so kissing urges under mistletoe? Pretty obvious enchantment. Kat throws a hand up at face level to block any attempts at affection coming his way.]

This is a really good way to lose your lips. Or your whole face.

Edited 2017-02-22 02:03 (UTC)

[This lethargic arsonist, unfortunately, is the most interesting thing Junpei has seen all day. You could say the rest of the city doesn't hold a candle to him. Junpei has a burning desire to know more about him.

...or he's hanging around for more fire-related pun opportunities. Either/or. He digs through his jacket pocket and produces a couple of crumpled receipts from the liquor store and an old gum wrapper.]

Here you go. [He hands over his flammable offerings and takes a seat on the ground across from the guy. It's his trash, he figured he's allowed to watch it burn.]

[Kat takes the crumpled receipts with a look of disgust. A. These are shitty excuses for things to burn (didn't mean he wouldn't burn them), and B. he isn't feeling in the company mood. Kat gave the papers a longer look and then transfers the look to the man who has decide to sit down in Kat's general vicinity, therefore in Kat's personal space. Kat smiles in a sharp, overly sweet way.]

Sorry, you're not flammable enough for matches. I'll have to go get some lighter fluid.

[If he doesn't get to set this guy on fire, maybe at the least he can unnerve him enough to get him to leave.]

[Junpei shrugs.]

Yeah, human bodies don't burn well. You're either gonna need the lighter fluid or a decent pyre for that.

[And both of those things would involve this dude getting up to go fetch said materials. So excuse Junpei if he doesn't run away screaming, because he's getting the impression that this sulky guy is not motivated enough for either.]

I guess there's not a firework store around here anywhere? That'd be better than any of the trash you're gonna find around here.

The jabberjay that landed on the ground in front of Kat tipped its head curiously, dark beady eyes bright. It hopped one way, the deckared in a perfect imitation of a certain human's voice: "Hey sugar!"

Amos might use that as a greeting a little too often.

Kat gave the bird his middle finger and then went from slumped dejection to a blue of motion and he lunged for the bird. Of course, catching birds was near impossible, so the jabberjay only screamed and took off, leaving Kat with two feathers he'd snagged from its tail. Kat snorted and sat back. He was perfectly aware of where the bird had learned that phrase, but he had no intention of going looking for said person. Amos was like a bad penny or a persistent curse. He always showed up sooner than later.

Sooner was the case this time, as Amos felt the bird's alarm and immediately checked to make sure nothing was eating it.

Ten minutes passed before Amos popped around the corner and threw a rock at Kat's head, knowing his odds of actually hitting Kat were very low indeed. "An' what have I told you 'bout fuckin' with birds?" he demanded, irately, because really these were very useful birds!

"An' watch out for the snake," he added, pointing behind Kat, nose wrinkling as he tried to figure out if it was a real snake or not. It was snake-shaped but not a regular snake, he determined quickly.

Kat ignored Amos reprimand. He didn't exactly get high marks for following orders. Kat glanced back at the snake, wondering if it would kill him if it bit him or just hurt like hell. Sometimes, having a demon enhanced healing factor was probably worse than dying--then again, Kat hadn't been dead so he couldn't actually say.

"Am I not allowed to mess with the snake either, oh master of the beasts of the world?" Kat asked sarcastically. "Do you have anything in your pockets good for burning?"

"I dunno what it is, other'n snake-shaped," Amos reported. "You'll like these birds, they repeat everythin' they hear. An' sound like the people they imitate. Coolest thing ever. An' no, nothin' to burn." He sauntered closer, casually pulling his 1911 from where it was concealed in his waistband, should the snake get any ideas.

"C'mon, let's go to the city an' I bet we can find you things to burn. Mebbe you could set the wierd cave-trees on fire."

[Shuuya is more of a prankster than actually having succumbed to the enchantment of the mistletoe. And he doesn't care what gender or species it is, he aims to tease. So when he leans in to kiss Kat and gets abruptly blocked by a hand, he's already snickering.]

Oh, c'mon, it'd be fun, don't you think? ...Well, not the losing my face or lips part. But kissing. Kissing's fun.

[Kat is sure he must have received and given some childish kisses as a child, but the exact memories are lost to him (if they exist). In recent memory, Kat has never kissed anyone of been kissed. Kat's mouth is generally regarded as a danger zone to everyone who knows even a bit about him. You do not want Kat's mouth near your skin.]

No. [Kat replies in a dry tone, considering shoving this annoyance over in the fresh snow. It would be totally playful and not mean, right?] Unless you're one of those things that sucks people souls out through there mouths.

[Yes, that's pretty much the only reason Kat can see kissing being fun.]

[Shuuya can take being shoved to the snow. He wouldn't consider it mean at all. In fact, he'd probably ask Kat to do it again.

Shuuya seems to give an honest amount of thought to if he's *one of those things*.]

Nope, can't say I am! [He laughs.] Why, are you?

test drive meme #17

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