test drive meme #20

[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 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?]

Comments

[armcollector]

Well, I think they're at least not taking eyeballs and stuff. They can just kinda... force us to feel stuff.

[That's... what he's blaming what happened at the party on, anyway.]

I mean... There was this thing I guess Fear did, where he made everyone get startled by hallucinations that just exploded into glitter and stuff in your face, but sometimes... I dunno. These gods are real, just real jerks about it, let's just say that. Even Delight, who I totally thought was cool??

And before you say anything, they're not real gods. She said that's just the closest word. And, I mean, if they can get around Kravitz's whole thing...

[Magnus shrugs. He'unno.]

Oh, yeah, also, don't touch any of the big metal boxes in the apartment. The ones with little doors. Some of them are fire boxes. Those are Taako's. The water boxes, we're, uh, still working on.

[weedbgon]

Split the difference, call 'em demigods. Demiliches?

[ Those are apparently real things that existed a couple of D&D editions ago. What he means is more like the Hercules of liches. It doesn't make sense to Merle, honestly. If they're strong enough to actually force people to feel things they wouldn't normally, why would they need those feelings to feed on? There's probably something going on here.

Not even a nat 20 perception would unveil that ultimate goal and means, though. ]

Fire and water... no earth or wind? This could be some kind of a, an elemental balance thing. I've seen it a million times. It's terrible for your luck. Now you can get by without, uh, the water. But you've at least gotta have the other three. That's the way of the world, isn't it?

[ I only apped to have to google song lists to make Earth Wind & Fire references. ]

[armcollector]

Lichgods? What about lichgods? Like liches, but gods? Eh?

[Of course Merle would go through a lot of effort to reference something from ten years before Magnus was born.]

Well, the fire boxes are for cooking, that's why they're Taako's. The wind box is in the ceiling, it makes the apartment stay cool. If there's an earth box I will personally launch my own ass into the sun. But there's a wood box, which is where all my wood stuff is, because I don't have my pocket workshop on me. Also known as a crate.

["Wood box" is really just a pile of random wood Magnus has picked up from rubble around town and started to fashion into wooden animals as gifts of thanks for random acts of kindness that have been extended to him since he's moved into Hadriel. The hawk and the wolf have been delivered, which leaves just Hotaru's punk duck waiting to be united with its true owner. The rest is random half-finished projects Magnus has picked up while bored.

It kind of makes the living room look like a mess.]

Also, no one got that Earth, Wind and Fire joke but you, Merle.