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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Mng-- [Says Ignis, and he quietly clears his throat. After a short struggle, he forces his sight to focus and lowers it to the phone, his brow furrowing in a small, puzzled frown.]

Of course I can. I'm.. excruciatingly exhausted, but not blind.

[Exhausted enough that what he's seeing doesn't register for a length of time that is almost embarrassing. The error in what he's seeing sinks into his mind like water into already saturated soil and he makes another low, confused noise in the back of his throat.]

Noctis, what..?

[ The selfish part of Noct was celebrating with joy that his friend did not yet know the full extent of his fate. It took ten years for Noctis to fully prepare for his own fate and it wasn't just physical preparation he had to make peace with it in his mind as well. ]

Yeah, Iggy.. yeah. [ Even if the affirmation didn't do too much for explanation, Noct felt fine enough with it now before another wave of exhaustion had his own eyes close. ]

Noct-- Noctis. Don't fall asleep.

[Not yet. Not now when Ignis needs to know what this means and why his friend looks so much more world-weary than when he last saw him.

It's a struggle. Everything in his body and mind is telling him to sleep but he resists. It can't last long. The effort itself is draining.]

What happened to you?

[ His mind was fighting the subconscious and he was between dreams and reality; which with the fact of his reality being in Hadriel after all that has happened on Eos brought him even a stronger sense of disconnect from reality. The few experiences he's had here were surreal and nonsensical--he should be in the Afterlife with all those he's loved and revered before him. Yet, Iggy was here--

Noctis was here.

His eyes slowly blinked open and he found the phone with a frown to his lips. ]

I.. [ Just wanted to make it up to everyone.. ] I'm .. [ Even before Hadriel, Noctis had an unbearable habit of allowing sleep to over take him in many situations. ] ..Nn.

Noctis!

[How he manages to raise his voice like that is beyond him in the moments after it happens. He pulls a sharp breath in through his teeth, and with his free hand fumbling behind him begins to force himself up to his feet. His body resists so much that it almost hurts, but he clenches his jaw against it.

Everything around him is swimming and he isn't entirely sure where he is, but--]

Tell me... where you are. I will find you.

[Come on, Noctis... he knows you can do this.]

[ Noctis stirs and his lashes flutter with a strained effort to keep his eyes opened. He focuses on Iggy's face and he gives him a small nod, weak though it was. He has to do better than this, Noctis thought, he had to try and meet Ignis. ]

Right.. [ He looked up from the phone, his eyes bloodshot and the corners of his mouth dipped into a frown. His eyes squinted and he moved forward to push himself up to stand-the camera's view momentarily unfocused on the dark sky. ] The .. bakery..

[ He has it in sight, just across the street. ] Do you know it? [ Wasn't there a map? Noctis moves one foot before the other. ]

Yes.

[Of all places to be, it's good that Noctis is somewhere that Ignis would definitely know his way to. It's downhill from where he is, which makes it a little easier, and he pushes himself away from the wall he's using for support to begin making his way there.

Occasionally, he steps on or nearly trips over people who have already given up and fallen asleep in the road or on the pavements, but they pay him little mind save for a muttered curse or sluggish swipe at his lower legs.]

Don't go too far. I'll.. be there soon.

[Determination against all odds is one of Ignis' weaknesses, and one of his finer qualities. He pushes himself towards the bakery, with Noctis coming into view not long after.

Noctis, yes, but...

He gets close enough to grip the other man's arm.]

[ Noctis isn't quite sure of himself as he pushes one step ahead of the other. He's even surprised he'd come to the door of the bakery and he rests a heavy hand on the glass. It's closed and the lights inside are off, only a few reflections reciprocate light shining in from the street lamps dimly lit outside.

Once again he feels the weight of sleep calling to him and his eyes close for what feels like a brief moment yet they flash open when his arm is possessed.

He's surprised enough that he gasps but once he realizes it was not a daemon come for him but one of his friends he lets down his guard--

perhaps he lets it down too much and emotion chokes him. ] Hnn... Nng..

[ He can't help the gloss of tears coating his eyes as he looks to Iggy's eyes and sees the other's sights returned. His heart cringes and guilt absorbs him with a cold embrace. He should have been there, he should have been stronger! For both Ignis and Luna. Damn. Regret snakes up his leg and circles his ankle like a chain. ]

Ignis..!

[ He moves to face the other, though still attached to the glass door as he rests a heavy shoulder against it. His hand reaches for the other's lapel and he gently squeezes at the cloth for reassurance. ]

test drive meme #21

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I thought I was ready I wasn't ready

:c idk if anyone can truly prepare ... for this ;;

soft whining

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i cry ;-;

;; oh nu feels too many ._.