test drive meme #17

[hadrielmods]

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!]

Comments

[shiftgotreal]

[Yes, yes! It is such a beautiful, punishing moment when a bad joke hits and the light in someone's eyes just goes out. You can't be afraid of constantly impending death when you're already dead inside.

Junpei gives the guy an approving nod at his return-strike pun. It's not the best, but young punsters need to be fostered until they reach Dad-tier jokes.]

Dunno. Seems like they got their mouths full. I'm not riskin' it, though. They're cold-blooded, so maybe if we just wait for the sun to go down, they won't have enough energy and they'll roll out.

[He might be confusing 'cold-blooded' with 'solar powered', but whatever. Junpei's not going anywhere until he's got a plan for getting away from them.]

[minikin]

And that sounds... not quite right. [ It's more muttered to himself than anything. This time Jonah can't help but voice his concerns in regards to the snake facts, though. Louder: ]

I'm, uh, pretty sure snakes get more active when it's cooler, by the way. So if we're waiting -- [ yes, we ] -- then we probably don't want to wait too long. [ Pause. ] Do you have like -- powers or anything? Scary powers? Cool powers??

[ It might be a longshot, but Jonah's certain everyone around here is more spectacular than him, in the most literal sense. He sounds very hopeful here, in any case! ]

[shiftgotreal]

[Junpei's face falls.] What? Seriously? That's screwed up. Huh.

[He puts a hand to his chin like he's gotta rethink his entire life. Everything he knows about snakes is wrong. What else is a lie? He waves away the question about powers.]

Nah, I got nothing. I mean, I did a thing a year ago, but I don't think I could do it again, and it usually involved me getting killed to make it happen.

[So, yeah, no. This guy's finally found somebody as useless as he is.]

Do you see any sticks or anything around? Maybe if we can knock them over, the snakes won't be able to get up and roll? They'll be like turtles turned on their shells.

[minikin]

[ Wha -- getting killed!? Uh, how can you just gloss over something like that!? Jonah would like to pursue that line of conversation further, but he leaves the topic be for now. If they stay trapped up here, they'll have plenty of time to talk. For now, formulating a plan sounds grand! ... Even if the plan sounds. Awful. Snakes aren't turtles! But it's not like he's contributing any stellar ideas, either. ]

There's... [ He grasps blindly at the surrounding bit of ledge he's on. ] I have a few rocks we can throw, but no sticks. That's just as good, right?

[ Wait, look, he can't just let that topic die yet. ]

Uhm, hey, I don't mean to be a stickler, but. Are you telling me you're already dead?

[shiftgotreal]

[A few rocks...hmmm. Junpei's supposed to be good at solving puzzles. Snakes are more of a dilemma than a puzzle, but he can try to figure out a solution nonetheless, right?]

Ok, that could work, if you're a good shot. But, like, don't do it yet. We might need to use those for something else.

[He checks his pockets to see if he has anything useful. Nothing but the pen and pad of paper he always carries with him, and that stupid ring he's never gonna get to give his childhood friend.]

No, man. I'm not, like, a zombie. [He looks at Jonah like he's the crazy one here.] It's more like, if I get into a dangerous situation where I would've died, sometimes I...dunno, go back in time, or wake up in a slightly different alternate reality where it hasn't happened yet. I'm not sure about the mechanics of it. My memory's always kinda blurry when it happens.

[He shrugs. It's NBD in his books, and he doesn't get why this guy's so hung up on it.]

It could happen more often than you think. You ever get the feeling of deja vu, or, like, get a premonition that if you do something you were planning on doing, it'll end badly, so you don't do it? It could be that you actually did it, but went back and just don't remember.