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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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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.

Nico just sighed when Will took his hand, just giving in instead of trying to pull it away. Not that he minded Will holding his hand. But not like he'd admit that either. "I'm fine. Just... really tired." In fact, curling up on the bed he was now sitting on sounding like an excellent idea.

"Well then why don't you lie down. If you still feel tired later I'll take another look at you, and we can try some nectar. Deal?" Will squeezed his hand, giving Nico another check. He felt strong, just tired, exhausted, drained. Like he'd been shadow traveling, but he hadn't.

"Sleep. I'll be just around the corner, checking on supplies, alright?" Will added because he was sure Nico didn't want to be watched. Or he might be so tired that he didn't care? Part of him wanted to push Nico over and curl up next to him, but if he sometimes had trouble holding hands and using the 'b' word, curling up on the bed in the middle of the clinic was probably not something Nico was comfortable with.

Nico hesitated for a moment, squeezing Will's hand for some security before he realized what he was doing and tried not to blush. "Just around the corner...? Do you have to go somewhere else soon...?"

While Will was pretty sure that wasn't an invitation to scoot into the bed with Nico, he wished it was. Nodding, he gave his boyfriend's hand a squeeze and smiled softly.

"I'll stay here. I promise, I'll just putter around this area." He put a hand on Nico's chest to push him down onto the cot.

"Rest. Doctor's orders."

Nico looked like he had something else he wanted to say, a hint of pink coloring his cheeks as he flicked his gaze away for a moment. He even opened his mouth to speak, but then decided against it and closed it instead, giving a nod before Will pushed him down, to which he responded with a roll of his eyes. "Okay."

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