dankmemes | Test Drive Meme #27

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 December 25th, and apps are open January 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!

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SCENARIO ONE: DON'T FEED THE WILDLIFE
[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.

This time, the monsters are very large and very scary, with the crocodiles from Lake Placid, a 1999 movie that was about... well, giant crocodiles.

These critters are massive, measuring over 20 feet in length and full of raw power. They're capable of taking down bears, eating full cows, and decapitating unsuspecting victims. Despite their size, they are quite fast and could definitely take someone by surprise with their quick movement. Look out for those formerly-still ponds, they back a serious bite...]

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SCENARIO TWO: SHINING, SHIMMERING, SPLASHING
[Everyone's gotta drink sometimes and when you're in a new environment, that dehydration is kicking in double. Unfortunately, the water in Hadriel right now is... tainted. Nothing about it tastes particularly off, but one drink of it and you'll find yourself with strange and unusual powers. These abilities aren't necessarily gamechangers, and they aren't the full power, but they're definitely there at your fingertips.

Give your friends nightmares, give your enemies a super strong punch to the jaw- the sky is the limit, but be careful for when it wears off and those you've affected seek their revenge with their own water-powered abilities. Maybe you should find the memory erasing pond...

This is a mini event, based off of our shining, shimmering, splashing event going on this month!]

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SCENARIO THREE: HAIR OF THE DOG
[Were you partying last night, or are the gods just exceptionally cruel? Either way, you have what seems to be a killer hangover. Stomachaches, headaches, and general feeling like the undead- it's all happening and you're feeling the worst of it.

You're welcome to try and attempt your own hangover cures, but little seems to alleviate this. It just takes time, and maybe a friend or two to rub your back and make some food for you- that is, if you can keep it down. Or maybe your friends are in the same boat as you are and you need to commiserate. Either way, you're in for a hell of a day.

Maybe just take it easy for awhile.]

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[ Noctis can only stare at him, silently flabbergasted. How had he convinced himself to come to terms with this? He's tempted to ask this, but ah, doesn't he already know the answer? That devotion, the loyalty -- Ignis' dedication is second to none, and a part of him aches because how is he possibly worthy of this, how is he worth the price Ignis pays, that Luna paid for his sake?

Then stay here, he wants to say. Never leave. But he knows Ignis better than that, how the man would follow him to the very ends of the earth until he cannot, and he can barely swallow past the lump in his throat. Noctis can't fail him, too. ] Of all the things to say no to, Iggy.

[ Why did it have to be this one? ]

It gives me no pleasure, I assure you.

[But the thing is, Ignis knows that he wouldn't change a thing even if he could. If he was blinded for a reason, and if that reason had something to do with the young man standing with him, he knows that he'd face it again with full knowledge of what was to come and go through with it all the same.

The silence between them in the following moments is heavy. Ignis lets out a soft breath and brings up one hand to pat Noctis' upper arm.]

Come, let's keep moving. This isn't the most hospitable of places to linger and I'd rather not risk one of the welcome party following us out.

[ Moving. Right. He can deal with this later, figure out a way to make sure what happened won't actually happen. Surely there's a way around this; all his life, Ignis had been the one to care for him, to protect him -- surely it's come time for Noctis to return the favor, given so unconditionally to him for as long as he can remember.

He nods silently and allows him to lead the way, following tight on his tail. ] I don't mind it either way. [ He says grimly, because at least the welcome party gives him one hell of an opportunity to work off his aggression on them. ] Do you know why this place dragged us here?

No. That is something that no one seems able to fully confirm.

[He's glad to turn the topic of conversation to something else. Lingering in thoughts of what is going to - inevitably - happen in his future has not served him well so far and he doubts that it will do at this juncture.

Not that it doesn't deserve thinking about, just not now.]

Those native to this place have styled themselves as gods, though I do not believe that description to be entirely accurate. They did not bring us here purposely.

Gods.

[ Noctis echoes, filing that information away. If anything, Ignis' judgement is trusted -- he has spent several months here, after all; the intel must be solid. If these gods are anything like the Astrals back in their world, he has an idea of what they must be like. It's easier to change the subject to this, to have Ignis by his side as they navigate a wholly unfamiliar landscape. ]

Guess not. Who do you figure's pulling the strings?

Test Drive Meme #27

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