test drive meme #28

[hadrielmods]

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 January 25th, and apps are open February 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: GOT ANY BREATH MINTS?
[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.

It looks like this time the Door is going for a little variety. You get to enjoy a couple kinds of chaos serpents, from the video game Hexen.

Chaos serpents are bipedal reptilian creatures with three horns, in two different colors. They can bite, as with most monsters, but the real threat is their breath weapons. The green ones spit powerful fireballs, while the brown ones spit clouds of poisonous gas. If you're lucky, they'll fight each other instead of you - but who ever gets lucky here?]

L O V E

SCENARIO TWO: ONE MINUTE IN HEAVEN
[Remember that first rush of infatuation, when your heart beats fast and your cheeks get red and you feel like you could do anything - anything - to get your crush's attention? Maybe you don't. Maybe you're too level-headed for that. Well, not anymore.

Now, whenever you meet a new person, you feel one solid minute of the most intense crush you've ever had. Their hair! Those eyes! Those incredibly attractive arm muscles! That tinkling laugh! Maybe you're the type to get nervous, maybe you'll swallow seven packets of hot sauce to show how cool you are, maybe you'll just lay down your very best pickup lines. Maybe more than one of the above - there are so many ways to embarrass yourself in 60 seconds!

But then time's up, and your insta-crush is gone, and now you get to deal with the consequences. What did you say? What did you do? That laugh you thought was beautiful and tinkling turns out to be obnoxious and honking. Also, you're pretty sure you just hit on your neighbor. But hey... maybe they actually are pretty hot, and you just made the first move. It's possible!]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO THREE: THE PITTER PATTER OF LITTLE FEET
[There you were, minding your own business, when you suddenly fell into a deep sleep. Not that you remember that - now all you remember is being a child, as your consciousness has taken the form of your younger self. Here's your opportunity to run around and get into all the trouble you could hope for!

Or maybe you didn't become a child - maybe someone else did. Did some random kid just run up to you, confused and a little scared, or possibly just obnoxious? It'd be nice of you to help them out. Unless you hate kids, and hey, who can blame you? They're loud and somehow their little hands always seem to be sticky. Still. Make sure they don't run straight into the monsters outside the city, all right?

This is a mini version of our Hope of a Child event this month.]

Comments

confusion

[evocation]

[Kyna has scooted up to Simmons because she definitely recognizes that armor, and she's trying to be nosy without actually looking nosy. It's absolutely failing.

Plus, this means whatever kids she runs into aren't solely her responsibility. Two for two.]

Uh... There aren't any schools here. Plus, I'm pretty sure they were all adults like two days ago.

[cybernerdic]

[ Simmons definitely doesn't jump when Kyna scoots up to him. He's fought in wars! And the Meta, who was like 10 bears in a very large man shaped package. Thankfully he gets distracted pretty easy. ]

What?! But that's not how aging works! [ This isn't another Freelancer simulation, is it? He thought they were done with that arc already. ]

[evocation]

[She grins at him.]

Yeah, this place is bullshit. You... kind of get used to it?

[Maybe that's optimistic.]

Nice armor.

[cybernerdic]

Well, I am used to bullshit...

[ Is he trying to edge away from her? Maybe. If the kids start paying attention he doesn't want to be targeted. ]

And, uh, thanks? It's kinda basic.

[evocation]

[Is he? Weird. Kyna tilts her head at him.]

What? Basic how?

[cybernerdic]

It's just armor. It keeps you from getting shot usually, but it doesn't have any enhancements on it.

[ He shrugs because hey, he's not a Freelancer. He doesn't need it. But it would be kinda badass... ]

[evocation]

Oh.

[Yeah, okay, whatever. Might as well just be direct.]

Do you know a guy named Wash?

[cybernerdic]

[ There's a moment of silence while Simmons realizes that this strange lady knows Wash. Which means he's probably ended up in some shit again. ]

If I say no can I avoid being pulled into another war?

[evocation]

Uh...

[She frowns, toying with her necklace absently.]

We're kind of already at war? But not because of Wash or anything.

[Or because of Freelancer stuff. Whatever.]