dankmemes | Test Drive Meme #18

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 March 25th, and apps are open April 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 'P' IS SILENT
[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.

The only warning you get is the flapping of wings above you- leathery and noisy, not unlike a herd of bats, before you are descended upon by a creature with a long, sharp beak, beady eyes, and an appetite for blood. Unfortunately, you've come across a pterobuzzard from Stephen King's The Mist.

Despite the difficult to pronounce name, a pterobuzzards' job here is actually quite simple: to eat. With their large bodies, sharp claws, and savage beak, they can rip chunks of flesh from your body and feast on various entrails after you bleed to death. So that's... fun. Maybe you should run inside, where you could totally be safe, until you realize that one of them has the strength to shatter through a window.

Underground bunker, maybe?]

L O V E

SCENARIO TWO: VERY VERY EXTRAORDINARY
[Something is different about today. From the time you wake up, to the moment you look in the mirror, to the minute you greet your usually-annoying neighbor who you sort of hate. That difference is... love? Surely not- your cold, dead heart has been... well, cold and dead for an eternity!

And yet, you find yourself forgiving your own past mistakes, overcoming the obstacles that stand in the way between you and your acceptance of yourself and just... letting it be. You're a pretty cool person, you know, and you should appreciate yourself a little more! During this event, you're damn well going to, with some self love and acceptance.

Everyone else is on your Nice list as well, though- maybe you have a friend that you've been crushing on? That's dialed up to eleven, now. Or hey, that stranger has some cute shoes and you love them so much it hurts. All's fair in love and... love.

This is a mini-version of the beginning of our upcoming All you need is love event!]

T R A N Q U I L I T Y

SCENARIO THREE: CLASS IS IN SESSION
[Breathe in, breathe out.

It's a pretty simple concept, but now that you're supposed to be focusing on your breathing, it seems like the most complicated thing in the world. How does breathing help with concentration? Are you breathing the right way? What are you supposed to be thinking about? Do these yoga pants make your butt look cute?

There's too many things to think about and clearing your mind is hard, but the good news is that you're not the only one in Tranquility's yoga class who's having troubles. There's familiar squirming and fidgeting from the people around you who are probably lack just as much chill as you and are having difficulty finding their center.

Whatever that means.

Maybe the person next to you looks just as lost as you are, or maybe their side crane pose is really on point and you want to ask for tips. Either way, whispering is allowed as you contort yourself into human pretzels, so chatter away!]

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[If only Cal could see the faces Andros was making behind his helmet.]

That's why I have this.[He raised the weapon he assembled and moved to place himself in front of the other, being fairly certain that Andros morphed was significantly less squishy than Cal was.]

Since you're not leaving, I guess not. Look, try and at least stay behind me when that window or wall shatters. Without any armor or shielding, your a lot more prone to damage than I am.

[Sorry Cal, there he went, assuming he was human. And, well, vulnerable. He was half right?]

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Probably. It's only blood. I've bled before. [Even so, it wasn't fun, and he was more than happy to let the idiot take the brunt of it since he was so determined to anyway.]

[That's right innocent civilian. Let the Ranger handle it. This place was going to be a giant pain in the ass if people here didn't know enough when to back off. It was hard enough fighting monsters, let alone fighting them when you also had to protect people who wouldn't get out of the way. The thing was starting to break through, and the wall shattered. Andros dug his heals in, letting the pieces bounce off him. Well, maybe not bounce. He certainly felt it, and it would probably bruise, but Rangers healed fast.]

You alright? Do you still have that weapon?

[He raised his]

[Cal was very tempted to say that no he didn't still have it, maybe he'd dropped it somewhere. Somehow he managed not to, although he did roll his eyes. What a stupid question.

He turned to the side when the wall exploded, presenting the narrowest target he could. He still got some glass across the face and felt his cheek start to bleed. Fucking wonderful. Now he had to worry about that too.]

Let's find out how effective it is, shall we?

[Good. At least this guy could follow orders. That was a step up. Sure, Andros hated the idea of letting a civilian help, but at the moment he was running out of options. And he wasn't going away. He briefly turned to see that his companion had gotten injured. Fabulous. See, this was why he didn't like civilians helping. They got hurt. At least it didn't look to bad. And it wasn't like he could do anything about it either.]

Lets.

[Andros fired off his weapon at the creature. He'd gotten spoiled. It'd been a while since he had to face anything like this without his team and their combined weaponry.]

[It was hard to get a target from behind the boy (as much as he wanted to shoot him, at least he knew that was rude), so he stepped to the side and fired at the monster, but missed when it writhed out of the way. Damn.

Unfortunately, that meant the he had the thing's attention now and had to scramble out of the way or risk bleeding all over his new "friend." They certainly wouldn't remain cordial for long after that.]

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