TEST DRIVE MEME #4

[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 December 25th, and apps are open January 1st.

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: A FACE FIT FOR A MEME
[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.

Watch out as you explore the streets of Hadriel, because you're not alone, and there's always something on the rooftops watching and waiting for the perfect opportunity to separate you from your group and tear you into pieces. This time, the Door has brought in trolls, from the Dungeons and Dragons tabletop roleplay series for you meet.

These trolls have a height of nine feet and weigh up to five hundred pounds. They may be slower and less intelligent than you, but their regenerative abilities make them difficult to kill. Trolls are capable of healing nonfatal damage dealt to them and can use simple tools, like swords and knives- all the better to incapacitate you so they can roast you alive!]


SCENARIO TWO: RED SNOW
[It's cold. A layer of snow envelops the city, turning the caves into a winter wonderland. Feel free to have snowball fights, scrounge for blankets and coats (there's never enough to go around), and make snow angels! It's just like back home during the holidays, isn't it?

That is, if your home had yeti and white walkers roaming around trying to kill you. Be careful when wandering out and about, because they seem to blend in with the snow, and they definitely want a snack.

Or, uh, to raise you from the dead to murder your friends at their behest. Either way, you're dead.

This is a mini version of our Red Snow event this month!]


H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
[You're sitting on a couch in a living room. All around you are hints of magic- the mirrors seem to flicker with moving objects and people, the fireplace crackles with light, but no heat. There's a Christmas tree in the corner with soft, glowing lights that are unattached to any sort of wires.

Underneath the tree are four presents- two of them clearly marked for you, two of them clearly marked for the other person in the room with you. Inside one of these gifts is something you badly want- a stack of cash, a magical bow, an out-of-print book- but inside the other is something a little less pleasant. There may be spiders or snakes, or the box may be empty but coated in acid. It could be a wolf in sheep's clothing- wonderful-looking fruits, rotted on the inside- or it could just be a particularly nasty smell.

You can only open one, and there's no way to know which is which. Which gift will you choose?]

Comments

[darthvaderfanboy]

Quiet, boy.

[He reaches his right hand out, curving it into a choking grasp. Pulling on all of his rage and pain to back him up, he calls on the Dark Side of the Force to do his bidding and sends it out towards Noah.

Maybe this won't work. After all, the kid said he was dead. His power is meant to affect the living. Or maybe it will and Kylo will soon have another victim under his (metaphorical) grasp. Either way, at least it'll give him an outlet for his anger.]

[casperdisaster]

[There's a brief moment where Noah does seem to choke. Terrified and powerless and everything Kylo was going for.

Then he's gone.

There's no explosion or poof or smoke or anything. Between one moment and the next, he's there, and then he was never there, a brief shadow on the ground where he was even after Noah was gone.

A few ornaments come off the tree and smash brilliantly into the wall when the shadow fades, CRASH, CRASH, CRASH in quick succession.]

[darthvaderfanboy]

[For a moment, Kylo has Noah right where he wants him. He's pleased and a grim smile appears beneath the mask. Then the ghost disappears and the Force reels back towards his hand like a whip crack. He's left with an empty room.

His anger expelled, Kylo is left with a faint feeling of surprise as the ornaments come crashing down. Well, even if the kid had no spine, that was one way to get away from a murderous knight.]

Neat trick, kid.

[He says this to no one in particular before he exits the room.]