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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[It's weird when someone leaves and comes back and doesn't remember what happened before. Ash doesn't remember helping Emily make a nice jar for Delight's fireflies, talking about ikebana as they worked on it in the park. She doesn't remember Emily saying it's done in silence and can be meditative.

She doesn't remember she was good at that.

Emily lets her do her thing with the yoga for a while longer, fighting back a laugh but not a grin at the sight. Once she's satisfied with what she's seen, she heads over and taps Ashley on the shoulder.]

You are so not good at this. We don't have good books here, but we have good coffee, so come with me before you embarrass yourself further.

It's not fair. [Ash doesn't like being terrible at things, especially things that don't actually require much efforts but she has to agree, wholeheartedly, that she grade A sucks at this.] It always looks so easy on TV.

[She fidgets a little against the floor, not wanting to stay there but unable to deny that now that she's laid down it's actually comfortable. A little gross if she thinks about it too hard but kind of comfy. But the allure of both a much needed distraction and coffee isn't something she's going to pass up.

Ashley rolls to the side and pushes herself to her feet.]

My hero.

Because they're professionals, you dip. They've been at it for years while you've been reading books and crushing on Chris.

[The words may be sharp, but Emily's tone is actually kind of fond. Just a little.

As Ashley stands, Emily ignores the rest of the room and heads for the door, stopping there until Ash catches up. Then, she leads the way back to Delight's temple.]

If you end up feeling sore after that, there's this guy named Henry Percy, one of the heads of the Guard -- he gives amazing massages.

[Emily has got to go in for another one.]

[One of these days she's going to learn to embrace the discomfiture and roll with it like a queen. It won't happen any time soon but you'd think her friendship with Emily, and Jessica for that matter, would have helped her practice doing just that.

Yeah, no.]

Rude. [Ash fired back quickly but quietly, after pressing her face between her hands to hide the old flush of nervous embarrassment that sent a flash of heat across the tops of her cheeks. She dropped them in favor of taking a playful swipe at Emily once she got close enough to make the potential hit.] Not untrue but still rude.

[She makes another pass at Emily's shoulder, laughing.]

Speaking from personal experience, huh? I'll keep that in mind but I get skeeved out letting someone touch my laundry so I think it's a hard pass on letting a guy put his hands on my body, even for a great massage.

Test Drive Meme #18

forgive me for missing this. scenario 2

all's good. :)

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