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

[mercurio]

[he feels sick]

[he would think twice before believing ardyn, but didn't gladiolus arrive here at the same time as he, without recollection of what had happened in altissia? on their way to tenebrae? these time loops or whatever they were, they were quite real.]

[which is why the kind of lie that ardyn feeds him strikes so much as a truth that prompto would much rather avoid, no matter the cost.]

There's gods here too.

[prompto takes a wise step back, then another]

Different from the Six.

If you want a way back, it's most likely with them.

[don't tell noct, is the reason why he explains a bit more about hadriel]

[daemonized]

[Ardyn doesn't move when Prompto begins to back away. That thread of anxiety is still there, and he can tell he's still wrapped up in it, like trying to untangle oneself from a spider's web. A relatively futile effort, but Ardyn allows him the distance. Allows him to detach himself, to stew over the words he's offered him.

Mention of the Six is almost enough to make his smile twitch downwards into a frown, however, but he avoids showing such an emotion in this moment in time.]

Different how, exactly?

[mercurio]

They don't favour kings. And-- well, they're not quite Astrals...

[the confidence he once began with simmers down into a pool of how much he doesn't really want to be holding a conversation with this man; much less, inform him of something to later find the man displeased that it's not sufficient, or too true, at all.]

[prompto forces himself one last chance at courage (since he has no fight in him that could pose any threat to ardyn; the least he can do is ask, so to speak)]

...I'm gonna go.

[ardyn's being here is inevitable. they're likely run-in with each other again is, also, inevitable. prompto wishes to put a distance between himself and the other when he has the chance to. but, despite that, he doesn't really move, wary of what ardyn will say--or do.]