test drive meme #19

[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 April 24th, and apps are open May 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: WHAT A FUNGI
[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, walking along, minding your own business, when you come upon a strange... something buried in the ground. No sooner have you noticed it then it pops out, ready to attack. This time, the Door has brought in some Mushbooms, from the Secret of Mana video game.

Mushbooms are large mushroom-shaped creatures that seem to be quite upset that you've infringed upon their territory - though who knew it was their territory to begin with? They attack unpredictably, dancing around before lashing out, and if you're not careful they might just hit you with sleeping powder. But who doesn't need a little nap sometimes?]

S O R R O W

SCENARIO TWO: SHALL WE DANCE?
[You received your invitation - now it's time to attend. Yes, it's the night of Sorrow's masquerade, and surely you're coming prepared. You've found an outfit in the shops, and maybe even a matching mask. You've learned the steps to a dance or two, or maybe you're counting on your partner teaching you.

What will you do, now that you're at the masquerade? Will you enjoy the delicate refreshments on the tables to the side, stuffing your face to avoid making eye contact? Will you make like a wallflower and watch people dance, hoping to be asked yourself? Or maybe you're the brave type, and you'll walk right up to a lovely person and ask them out on the floor. Whatever you do, the night is young - there'll be time for plenty more.

This is a mini version of the last day of our Seven Days of Hadriel event this month!]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO THREE: NEW PHONE WHO DIS
[So you called your friend - you're sure you did. You opened up your phone, hit their name in your contacts list, and started chatting. Maybe you have something important to say, maybe you just wanted to shoot the shit. Only - somehow, it's not your friend. It might be a different friend, a perfect stranger, or even someone you hate. Let's hope they speak up before you say something too embarrassing, right?

Or you might be the one getting the call. You answered the phone, and someone started talking as if they knew you - as if you're a close personal friend of theirs. But who the hell is this, anyway? What are you going to do, speak up or let them keep rambling on about their latest fight with their best friend? You might even recognize their voice - wait, did they just call you sweetie? Oh shit, they definitely think they called their boyfriend. Wow, this is awkward.

The longer you wait to speak up the weirder it'll be. Unless, of course, you have no sense of shame at all and are happy to let them make a fool of themselves.]

Comments

[enkidont]

1.

For the love of Ereshkigal's--

[Enkidu coughed, mouth covered by a single hand. He hadn't quite taken in his surroundings, but he had taken in the monster that had come after him. Great fungus, who after a few moments lashed out. A predictable pattern, but the issue was the stuff they emitted. Several nearby animals had suddenly fallen asleep, and that hadn't escaped Enkidu's notice.

He wasn't a novice in combat. Far from it, he had grown up in the wilds, and his adventures with the great king Gilgamesh had refined such instincts. But fighting one handed and filtering one's breathing with the other hand was a skill he hadn't acquired. Understandably so, but the fact remained that the mushbooms kept him on his toes much more than he would have liked.

The next lashing out sent Enkidu into duck and roll mode, and he rolled himself right into the underbrush. Better here to try and reconsider one's attack than still fighting and failing.

He tugged his tunic up as well, relying on the fabric to filter out the sleeping powder.]

Those things must have a way to be approached without being noticed.

2.

[This kind of celebration was miles away from what Enkidu was acustomed to. While the staples remained - fine food, finer dress, and dances to be had - the particulars were nothing short of a new wonder of civilization to be seen.

Perhaps that was why he treated the moment as a spectator sport, standing behind the buffet table with mask dangling off one arm, hand reaching out to take another canape as if it were popcorn. His eyes took in every inch of the scene before him, and he wordlessly took passing glasses of wine when they were offered.]

Is this meant to go on until dawn, or is there a set time?

[He ponders it out loud, but with the hope of receiving some kind of response. The concept of a rhetorical question doesn't exist for Enkidu.]

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[vahmedohpe]

[The most effective method for Revali is one he'd picked up early in his training: fly up high and shoot arrows at them. He has enough elemental arrows on hand that he feels justified in sending a fire arrow into the mushroom just about to lash out at where the human has just hidden. The mushboom goes up in flames, and as it writhes, Revali lands behind the human.]

I suggest you run now, before another one comes for you.

[There is absolutely disdain in Revali's voice.]

[enkidont]

[Enkidu's eyes move upward, taking in what it is that is speaking to him. Nothing familiar, but clearly intelligent. The sound of fire keeps the rest of Enkidu's attention held, if only out of concern for the rest of the forest.]

That might well be a good thing if you can continue to set these things alight.

[It is perhaps too much to assume teamwork, but Enkidu figures it is better to make the offer then have it refused than to never attempt.]

Did you see how many more remain?

[vahmedohpe]

[Does this human really think Revali so careless. ...though it might be better to freeze them to death, it's true. He reaches for a fresh arrow from his quiver and fires it off at the next closest mushboom.

There, that's better.]

There are plenty more in the colosseum. I don't have enough arrows to kill them all. [He motions with his beak to what appears to be an exit.] Go. I'll keep any pursuers at bay. It'll be easy as breathing for me to escape.

[Revali is absolutely that guy who'll brag in the middle of a battle, sorry bruh.]

[enkidont]

[It is, in actual fact, a very good plan. But Enkidu has never run from a fight, and the mere notion of doing so sticks in his mouth like the taste of sour wine.]

You're certain that fleeing is the ideal thing to do at this point in time?

[There is an underlying question there, one that wants to know how he can help in a proper fight. But it remains unvoiced because Enkidu expects to simply be told no if asked in such clear terms.]