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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"I don't suppose you'd deal in pocket lint, would ya?" Jason has arrived with literally nothing more than the clothes on his back and the boots on his feet. Every remaining weapon was lost in that last fight with Bruce, and for that matter, Jason's pretty sure he should be dead. Again. He remembers setting off an explosion in that abandoned, crumbling building, and he remembers that his intention was not to survive it.

And yet. Here he is. Surviving. Running for his life with some nightmare bird from hell on his tail and a guy running alongside him who's barely breaking a sweat. Come to think of it, maybe this is hell.

Pocket lint. That's this guy's idea of a bribe, huh? Yukari clicks his tongue teasingly in disapproval.

"I should say certainly not. But how about this - I save you in exchange for a favour in the future, hmm? Surely you have some skill that can be put to use."

Should Jason accept, Yukari will promptly turn around and draw his sword from his back, crackling his Green Electric Aura along its blade as he moves to make quick work of the buzzard with a smirk and gymnastic-like elegance.

If Jason should refuse, well... Yukari will step to the side and observe, rather amused, as the Pterobuzzard moves in to finish what it started.

The talk of bribes is more rhetorical than anything else; Jason isn't in the habit of resorting to bribes, because - in his experience - a use of force is far more effective in achieving the desired results. Never give up something when you can make someone else give something up.

"Oh, I've got plenty of useful skills," he deadpans, giving Yukari a steely side-eye. "Unfortunately, I don't deal in future favors."

Jason might be putting himself in a fairly unfortunate circumstance here. And with Jason's steely-eyed look, Yukari's eyes sparkle in delight.

"Is that so? Well, then, I suppose you won't be needing my help. In fact~..." He lilts his voice at the end of that, as he swiftly switches his movements. He smoothly shifts his weight and moves to sweep his leg under Jason's, in the intent of knocking him down and making him face the monster. "I'm quite interested to see your skills. Perhaps I might bribe you instead."

Of course, he's taunting the poor man. After all, Jason seems confident enough. He wants to test it.

Test Drive Meme #18

pssh it's all good <3

Re: pssh it's all good <3

sorry about my lag here /o\

No worries, friend.