dankmemes | 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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[ He's not sure what compels him to even step into a place like this because bars aren't really...his thing. He doesn't think so, anyway, but that's the weird thing about his life; so much of it was controlled, his actions dictated to him without much free will on his part, that there's a lot he doesn't even know about himself. Maybe he's the type of guy who could enjoy hanging out in bars, sharing drinks with people.

That's if he could figure out how to really interact with people on a normal level.

But he feels weird, in a way that scares him a little, so he steps into the bar just to seek out other people, to not be alone. There's someone who catches his attention, just because she's laying there, completely passed out, and no one else seems to care. Does he? He's not sure what he feels, but it's...wrong, somehow, to leave her alone. So he steps forward, like he's completely unsure, and he rests a hand lightly on her shoulder. ]

Excuse me, uh...miss?

[ Somewhere through the fogs, she feels the brush of a hand on her shoulder. Mack grunts, muttering something unintelligible as she shifts slightly away from the touch. Part of her knows she needs to get up, get off the bar and try to stand up. Most of her would rather ride out this pleasant sensation of sleepiness as she enjoys the detachment from the world around her. She probably needs about six cups of coffee but the thing is, she isn't drunk. Mack knows drunk and this isn't it.

The surface of the bar feels really nice against her cheek, but the voice pulls at her, snaking around her consciousness. At that point, there's enough of her that is aware something is wrong. This feeling isn't normal, not the same as normal sleepiness or drunkenness. It's something different, but she doesn't find it unpleasant.

It takes a lot of effort to crack open one eye and look at the man standing next to her, looking him over silently through her haze. ]

What? I'm trying to sleep.

[ Maybe he should leave her alone. Maybe she'd rather just be left here to...sleep it off, wait out whatever this is. This can't be normal, though, because even Roman is feeling sleepy and it makes no sense; he's on his feet, he'd walked over here, his mind should be more alert but his thoughts feel sluggish and hazy.

He doesn't know what's going on, but it seems like they're both afflicted, and judging by the handful of people passed out on the sidewalks as he'd made his way over here, they're not the only ones. ]

I think something's wrong. I don't wanna leave you here.

Mmmkay.

[ Finally forcing her eyes open, Mack pushes herself off the bar and onto her elbows. This is the first time she gets a good look at him, her eyes heavy-lidded as she stares at him for a long moment, wondering if she should know him from somewhere. She doesn't, although that isn't unexpected. She doesn't know half the people here.

He's right, though. She doesn't feel normal, and she suspects, once she gets a good look at the bar, that the number of people taking naps isn't exactly normal, either. ]

I don't even remember falling asleep. What the crap is goin' on?

[ Roman rubs a hand over his eyes, trying to keep himself fully awake because it's a struggle right now. It's the feeling of having no control over it that alarms him more than the lethargy itself. ]

Poison...something in the air... [ He trails off, considering a few scenarios. None of them are good, of course. There's no benevolent reason he can think of to put a bunch of people to sleep. ]

We can fight this. Just stay awake.

[ Right. Great advice. Easier said than done, he tells himself. ]

[ Mack moans, but she forces herself up into a sitting position, her legs hanging over the side of the bar. ]

What do you think is going on?

[ She peers around the bar, finally realizing how weird everyone is acting. Although she still wants to just go back to sleep, she's aware enough to realize this kind of thing is pretty weird. ]

This is really, really weird.

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