dankmemes | test drive meme #20

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 May 25th, and apps are open June 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: BURN BABY BURN
[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.

Or that... bonfire behind you? That's sure what it looks like, but if you get a little closer - which you probably shouldn't - you'll see a face in those flames This time, the Door has brought in some Doomers, from the Baten Kaitos video game.

Doomers are creatures made of flame that sure would like it if you were on fire too. It works for them, right? What do you mean you don't want to be engulfed in flames? These Doomers will send clouds of sparks in the direction of anyone that might be a threat (or anyone they don't like), searing them with the heat and trying to catch them on fire. Hot damn!]

SCENARIO TWO: IT'S JUST A CAT
[Why does it always have to be like this? There you were, going about your day, when you turned a corner and something jumped out at you. Maybe a monster with sharp teeth and claws, maybe a snake striking at your feet, maybe just a terrifying dark shape - whatever it was, it scared the shit out of you.

And then it disappeared in a puff of brightly-colored smoke and glitter, because that's just how Hadriel rolls. Awesome. And maybe if it just happened once it would be a big deal, but it's happening all the time. Practically every other corner you turn, half the doors you open, even just when you look over your shoulder. Careful about getting too jumpy, though - what are you gonna do if your friend taps you on the shoulder and you freak out? How embarrassing.

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

H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: I LIKE YOUR HAIR
[Everything seems normal today. No monsters, no weird shapes jumping out at you. Maybe it'll just be a normal day. Maybe it'll even be nice. No - it'll definitely be nice.

How can we be sure of that? Easy! Every time you touch someone today - whether it's an accidental bump or an intentional touch - you'll blurt out a genuine compliment. If you don't know them well, it could be something as simple as saying they look nice today, or that their eyes are a lovely shade of green. If you do know them, it'll be more specific. Maybe you're impressed by their work ethic, or you love the sound of their singing voice. Maybe you actually hate them but you really appreciate the way they always remember to put the toilet seat down (because that's the only good thing about them).

Whatever it is, you'll find yourself saying it out loud. Don't worry - nothing too personal will be blurted out, and you can stop yourself if you really want to. But isn't it great to be nice to people for once?]

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Pell always goes to the colosseum check on the newcomers. This time it's with desperation and a decidedly hopeless sort of thinking... maybe Flick will be back, but he isn't holding his breath. Still, he goes, and he looks for his friend amidst the bodies of those who have just arrived, and to help whoever he can. He leaves his mind wide open just in case.

It's as he's escorting a thoroughly disoriented young woman out onto the streets of Hadriel that he's struck with it: a burst of power, someone of his kind. He points her in the direction of housing and rushes back inside, ducking past a new monster with hardly enough care to raise a hand against the flames. Someone's here. And the energy is strangely familiar, it's -- oh for fuck's sake.

Well. It could be worse.

"Seel!" He calls out to be heard over another burst of flame, ignoring the differences in the other har and waving for him to come towards the exit. "This way!"

He heard his name but didn't turn, instead sending a wave of energy toward the burning head, and flinging it backward, giving himself a few more seconds to get away before it recovered. inally, he turned toward Pell, immediately struck by the difference being remade and told you were Tigron of all Wraeththu could do to do a har. He was different. It was subtle in some ways, but not in others. Pell held himself differently, the words he chose. Seel recognized Pell's energy signature, how could he not. It was Pell, but it was different. This was very much not his Pell.

Seel had changed too. Gone were the multicolored braids with feathers and fabric, instead his hair was a long light brown, his clothing a more conservative Gelaming style than the frill, fringe and fur he wore at Saltrock. Thiede had neutered him. Quite well.

Nothing to do but follow his Tigron, Seel obeyed, and followed.

test drive meme #20

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