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test drive meme #21

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 June 24th, and apps are open July 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: A LITTLE FRENZIED
[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.

Do you hear something weird? Some kind of strange, constant humming? Hopefully by now you know enough to know that it's probably not nothing, and maybe you should run. If you don't, well- the Door has brought in some Winter Lanterns, from the Bloodborne video game.

Winter Lanterns are rather hideous creatures that hum constantly and glow orange when they detect someone's presence. They can grab you with their tentacles and take a nice bite out of you, which is super fun, or they can mess you up just by looking at you too long. Yep, hanging out in the gaze of a Winter Lantern for too long will end with you being afflicted by Frenzy - blood shooting out all over the place. Not great for the health, really, so maybe don't get into a staring contest. Maybe just run.]

S O R R O W / L O V E

SCENARIO TWO: HAUNTED
[You thought you might never see them again, but now they're here. That person you loved - that person you miss terribly. Except that you seem to be the only person who can see them, and you also seem to be getting steadily weaker.

So that's what it comes down to, then. This ghost that's haunting you will take your life so it can live, even if it doesn't mean to. Do you have the ability to stop them? You'll have to kill them to do it, and you love them so much. Now's the time to make your choice - but be careful. They're strong enough to be visible now, and one of your friends or even a passing stranger might have something to say about your decision.

This is a mini version of our Ghosts That You Know event this month!]

T R A N Q U I L I T Y

SCENARIO THREE: SLEEPING SICKNESS
[For some reason you can't quite put your finger on, you're tired. Like really tired. Like slurring your words, stumbling over your own feet, nodding off if you stop for a second tired. You can't seem to get enough rest no matter what you try - because it's always a light sleep. The slightest sound or movement will wake you up, leaving you just as tired and irritable as before.

What are you going to do? Try to find a quiet place to nap? Good luck. It seems like a lot of other people have the same idea as you - it might be hard to find a truly empty place. Or maybe you just can't take it anymore, and you're going to lay down and take a nap right in the middle of the street. Or maybe you actually feel fine, but everyone around you is falling asleep - and they glare at you when you make the slightest sound.

Maybe you should wake them up? Sleeping in the middle of the street isn't exactly safe. But then, maybe you just want to join them and argue over who gets the most comfortable bit of road.]

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Haunted

[A cave, huh. Well, when you've lived in the Underworld before, you're kind of used to being underground. This doesn't look like the Underworld though. Doesn't feel like it either. Underworld or not, he'd still be on guard like he is right now since he's not in his father's palace and he learned the hard way that he can't just go anywhere he wants to in the Underworld without repercussions, even if he's Hades's son, and he's not about to make a dumb mistake like that again.

Nico's dealt with plenty of ghosts before too, probably numbering in the thousands by now. He knows it's a ghost when she shows up because he can feel it, and even though he knows she chose to be reincarnated so it can't really be her, he still wants so much to believe that there's a chance it might actually really be her that he falters for a moment. He misses her so much.]

Bianca...?

Sleeping Sickness

[Nico's felt exhaustion that he's pushed himself through before, even managed to get himself to the point where he almost started to fade away into nothing and kept going. He's not about to give up now, even if he feels like he's just shadow traveled and is completely wiped from the effort. He fights to keep his eyes open as he stumbles a little, using his sword as a makeshift walking cane to keep himself upright, resisting the urge to sleep for now. He still doesn't know where he is and there could be danger anywhere. He already had to deal with a monster as soon as he showed up wherever here was. It's not safe to just lay down and take a nap; he at least needs to find some place that's more sheltered or find someone that might be able to help him.]

That was a dangerous looking cane, Nico. One slip and you were going to end up skewered and then you'd really need a doctor. Luckily, there he was! Don't slip and fall on your sword, Will had ambrosia but he didn't want to waste it unnecessarily. He had his backpack slung over his shoulders, chalk full of medical supplies and ambrosia, and non-CHB issue bow and quiver. Will was trying to make habit of hanging around the colosseum for the new arrivals, it seemed inevitable that there would be people who had injuries either sustained from their world before, or from the monsters when they arrived. Will had to deal with harpies when he arrived. Maybe the Door thought it was funny to kidnap a Greek demigod and let harpies loose on him.

"Nico?"

Not completely sure he wasn't losing his own mind, Will ran over to his boyfriend, putting one arm around him and another going to the sword. "Can you sheath that for me? I'm going to get you someplace safe." He looked exhausted. Like he had shadow traveled. Had he?

Will was totally ready to pick him up in that fireman's carry Nico was probably used to by now, but he really didn't want one of them to get skewered with a sword made of stygian iron.

When Nico heard that voice, he let his eyes fall shut for a moment in relief. "Will," he mumbled, letting down some of his guard. He wasn't naive enough to stop being alert - or, well, as alert as he could be - but if he did end up falling over or passing out, no matter how hard he was stubbornly trying not to, he trusted Will to make sure nothing killed him.

He leaned against him for support... which probably wasn't the best idea because once he had something to lean against, his legs decided they didn't want to keep him upright anymore and down he went, sword clattering to the ground.

Will grabbed him, grateful he dropped the sword instead of hanging onto it. Muscle memory was a funny thing, but it seemed Nico was too exhausted to even hold on to his sword--or Will. In a beautiful display of trust, Nico buckled against him, his muscles finally giving out. Will was against Nico passing out on principal, but it was still a stunning display of how much Nico had changed over the past few months. Will absolutely loved it. Granted, if they could do something to get him not to pass out from using his powers too much, Will was all for that too.

He grabbed him into a firemen's carry and leaned down to grab the stygian iron. That couldn't be left behind. Besides being dangerous, he was pretty sure his boyfriend would kill him.

"That's me. I'm going to run you over to the clinic okay. We got a nice bed there with your name on it."

Nico would also love it if he could not feel so exhausted every time he shadow traveled now after hauling the Athena Parthenos around. It'd been worth it, absolutely, but it was still an irritating as hell side effect that hadn't gone away yet.

Nico let out a grunt when Will hauled him over his shoulders, half-heartedly squirming a little bit. He was too tired to really put up as much of a protest as he would have liked to, but he was still going to be stubborn about it. "I'm still conscious, you know - I can walk, just give me a minute," he insisted, even if he still sounded exhausted. "I am not going to pass out."

Well Nico, when you haul a statue across two continents there were bound to be some side effects. It was hard on the body, and Will was going to make damn sure that you kept yourself well so maybe it wouldn't eat through you as much. Hey, it was a working theory. Everyone needed a project. Will's was keeping Nico conscious. Maybe it had something to do with the effect shadow traveling had on Nico's blood sugar?

"Sure you can walk. That's totally why you were trying to use your sword as a walking stick right?" He wasn't letting you down, Nico. Besides, he liked carrying you. Also you just weren't that heavy. Smirking, he added, "If you have energy to protest, why don't you tell me what happened?"

Nico just heaved a sigh and gave in to his fate. He knew Will didn't let him get out of health things easily and he didn't feel like putting up that much of a fuss about it. "I don't know. I was at camp and then I was just... here. Where is here, anyway? How did you get here too?"

It was good that Nico knew his place. Just enjoy being carried, death boy. Your boyfriend had good arms.

"I'm not sure. Some place far away from Camp. Maybe even Earth. There are a bunch of different people here, different plants, different worlds. Different earths.And there are Gods here." Because of course there are.

"I was kind of thinking I got pulled here because Apollo was mortal, I didn't think any non-Apollo campers would be affected." Hades was fine, after all. So, there went his theory. "I was told we came through some sort of magical door. The Gods claim they don't know how it works--but at the same time, these Gods are feeding off of our emotions."

So, naturally, Will was a little untrusting of these Gods. People end up here and it just so happens the Gods need people to feed off of? Suuuure, right, what a coincidence.

"I've been here for about a month maybe? A few weeks at least.' It was hard to tell without sky. Will missed the sun.

"So...what about you? You didn't shadow travel?"

Hard to enjoy being carried when your bony shoulders were digging into his rib cage, Solace.

"... You're saying we're on a different planet?" He wanted to sound skeptical but... he trusted Will to be honest with him, so even if what he was saying sounded pretty crazy, he'd believe him. "The gods... Are these our gods or completely different ones?" He'd never heard about their gods feeding off their emotions before.

"... Is time strange here too? Because you definitely haven't been missing from home for that long."

As for the shadow traveling question, he answered honestly, "I... don't think I did? I don't remember coming through some 'magical door' but I don't remember attempting to shadow travel somewhere right before I showed up here either. I don't know why I feel so tired. ... Wait, you just said the gods are feeding on our emotions. That's not a side effect, is it...?" At least it would be an explanation.

Be grateful he's not dropping you, di Angelo. Perhaps he'd rather be carried like a pretty princess? Will could do that for you.

"I'm not entirely sure. We're in a cave, I can't exactly go out and take a look at the sky. We could still be on earth and this is an elaborate practical joke. But there's a lot of people out there from places I've never heard of and weapons that look like they came out of your mythomagic game."

Will walked, readjusting Nico a little. " Well they're not the Olympians, but....maybe they're like cousins of some of the minor gods? They're based of emotions, like Eros or Phobos. For all I know they're just a different aspect of them. But...a side effect? I suppose it could be. I haven't been here long enough to know though." It made sense though. If they were batteries, the batteries couldn't last forever, right? He didn't like that thought. Better get Nico someplace safe and he could get a better look at him.

He craned his neck to look at the other demigod.

"I haven't noticed anything weird here, but it's a possibility." Will had figured the others would assume he got taken by whatever was taking the others. "Hey, is Paolo okay?"

He'd rather walk on his own, thank you very much. (Okay, it would be more like stumbling along even with Will helping him. But he can still walk!)

"Well, it's definitely not the Underworld; I can at least confirm that." The comment about Mythomagic makes him inwardly curious to see just what these weapons look like and see if they're actually like anything from the game... but there are more important things to deal with right now so he pushes that thought off to the side for the time being.

At the mention of Eros though, Nico visibly tenses up. "... Please tell me Eros isn't actually here." Because seriously, screw that jerk. He'd rather deal with Phobos than Eros any day. At the mention of Paolo, however... Nico gets a visibly frown on his face, craning to his head to look back at Will with slightly narrowed eyes. "Why are you asking about Paolo?"

At least they were close to the clinic, if you were good, he might even let you walk through the threshold on your own. Then again, maybe not. He wanted to keep you safe, not watch you crumple to the floor.

"That's good to know." Having never been to the Underworld he was a little nervous, but he'd also figured there'd at least be Hades there, and not....all these gods. As for Mythomagic, one day maybe he'd get Nico to show him that game. It'd be cute, Nico could teach him, if they didn't get completely distracted.

"I don't think it's actually Eros. I haven't actually seen them, but from what I've heard, Love is actually a pink cloud. That.....really doesn't sound like Eros to me." That was actually more like Aphrodite, but it was still frightening. He'd take Eros or Aphrodite over a pink cloud.

Will looked over to see Nico, of course above him on his shoulders, craning his neck to glare at him. Jealous much? "Um, because he might bleed to death?" really, he thought it was obvious.

For Will, Nico could probably be talked into teaching him how to play Mythomagic. He hadn't played it for years but... he'd been a nerd about the game so he still remembered the rules and everything else about it.

"Good." He was the opposite; he'd much rather deal with a pink cloud than Eros any day. The comment about Paolo left him with a confused face though. "What do you mean, he might bleed to death? He was fine the last time I saw him. He was at the campfire."

Will could see the clinic now and gratefully ran over to it, pushing the door open so he could step through it. Nico wasn't that heavy, but he wasn't exactly a carton of eggs either. Will bent over, carefully setting Nico down on a bed so he could get a good look at him.

"Oh. That's great then. I didn't have a chance to finish re-attaching his leg, before I got here. I'm glad Kayla or Austin were able to finish." He almost added 'or Apollo,' but, he wasn't sure how much of his dad's brain was dedicated to medicine anymore. He wasn't sure what his limitations were. He also looked at Nico funny, because he figured that his boyfriend would have say, missed him, while he'd been kidnapped. Go figure.

"How are you feeling?"

"... Wait, what?" Nico was thoroughly confused now, even though he was grateful to finally be set down. "You already did that. And then we went to set Valentina's broken bone. Kayla and Austin were missing, but Apollo found them later. How are you feeling?"

"Nico, I've been here for weeks, I never got to even get to Valentina. I never even finished with Paolo." Then he took in the rest of Nico's sentence. "Wait, Kayla and Austin were missing? Like the others?"

Shit. That wasn't good. Campers going missing during a camp sanctioned activity? Then again, Chiron went through with this when he probably shouldn't have. He should have listened to the Athena cabin. It was too dangerous.

"I'm feeling fine. What happened to Kayla and Austin?"

"Yeah, like the others campers that went missing, but they're all okay. Apollo found them all, and you were there the whole time," he insisted. "I would notice if you suddenly disappeared. You don't remember any of that? Even Leo finally making it back to camp?"

"Huh. Do you think the Gods here can manipulate time?" He wanted to say 'like Kronos, kind of' but thought against it. Even if he wasn't coming back, he didn't exactly want to press his luck.

"I don't remember that at all. Last I remember is trying to control the bleeding and making sure I got all of Paolo's nerves re-attached." He guessed he did. Good to know.

"It might be possible, or time could just work strangely. Maybe it's like the Lotus Casino..." He frowned as he recalled memories of that place. "Time passed by faster outside of it. Maybe time is faster here and slower back home." Yes, he did indeed just refer to camp as home.

Will totally caught that Nico just referred to Camp as 'home' and it excited him to no end. The guy who had left multiple times claiming he didn't fit in, now thought of it as home. It was such a small thing, but it was the small things that changed our lives sometimes.

"Yeah, it could be. It could be a lot of things. How are you feeling?" He grabbed a hand to check on Nico. Don't make him get the gatorade.

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[ Rose feels for all these people that have been enclosed in caves before. For as fond of this underground as she's gotten, even she admits that it can be claustrophobic at times. Not something she exactly enjoys being used to. ]

She's not real, [ Rose says, easily. Just like the ghosts in Haven hadn't been real, these ones aren't either. The blond knows this. Nevermind the fact that she has one of her own ghosting over her - a young, smiling Japanese man with a distinct delinquent style - that she doesn't seem to have gotten rid of just yet. ] I'm sorry, but. It's just... the gods playing tricks on us.

[ Sorrow can be a right bastard when he wants to be. She should've known him teaming up with love was going to be double the hurt. ]

[Nico jumps a little when someone speaks next to him and mentally berates himself for not being aware enough to notice her earlier as he turns to the young woman with a frown.] Who are you...? Is this one of Melinoe's tricks? [She made him think he was seeing his mother before, after all. He wouldn't put it past her to do it again.]

Name's Rose.

[ She doesn't mean to be short if she seems like it. It's just been a day. A month. An almost year, honestly. An almost three years, if we're counting Haven. And of course she is because how can she not think of Haven ever second her brain isn't worried about Hadriel? ]

No, it's Sorrow's. And Love's.

[ They're a real knock-out combination, apparently. ]

Melinoe, though... You Greek? [ Rose was well-read. She'd studied on all the mythologies when she realized she was technically a thread in the tapestry of Japanese mythology. ]

[Nico's eyes visibly narrowed at that.] Sorrow and Love? Like Akhlys and Eros? [He's dealt with the both of them before but he didn't really want to again.]

You could say so. I'm actually Italian but I'm also a Greek demigod.

Kiiiind of. [ Okay, she knows some names, but. She's gonna' have to roll those over in her head to remember. It was a while ago since she's brushed up on her mythology. ]

Not the same though. Also, these guys aren't really 'gods' but it's... the closest comparison.

Well, demigod, welcome to Hadriel. Maybe you'll have better luck talking to our local deities.

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test drive meme #21

Nico di Angelo | Camp Half-Blood Chronicles

WOO Option 2 as requested :D

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