dankmemes | test drive meme #28

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.]

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[Aloy reaches for his arm, trying to pull him down beside her. Is this dude for real?]

Shh! They'll hear us. Get down!

[ He absolutely is. But he does come down to crouch down beside her the second she tugs. At least he listens? ]

Oh! Well, I don't really know that being down here is gonna make them not hear us. That seems a little silly.

[ The fact that he hasn't adjusted his voice volume at all might have something to do with that, of course. ]

[Aloy lets out a long suffering sigh, then winces when one of their lizard friends roars.]

If you were whispering, that would help.

Okay!

[ Then, he seems to realize what she's getting at, and in the loudest stage-whisper he can manage-- ]

Okay!

[She closes her eyes. Okay. Okay. She can get them both out of this.]

Quieter. Can you stay low and follow me to the exit? Without attracting attention?

Okay!

[ He is at least making the effort, even if it appears he's a little slow on the uptake. Shifting his grip on his rifle, he stares expectantly at her, as another fireball sails overhead and explodes against a nearby wall.

Caboose doesn't so much as flinch. Just waits for her next instruction. ]

[Well, at least he's listening.]

See that archway? That's where we're going. Follow me.

Oh. Okay, but what about our new friends?

[ At which point, he looks over at the monsters, one of which appears to be chewing on the neck of the other, on the ground. ]

Aww, look at that! They're playing.

Trust me, they're not our friends. Let them play with each other.

[Actually, she's fairly certain that the larger one is eating its "friend", but she's not going to point that out. She just puts a finger to her lips and begins to sneak towards the exit, glancing back to make sure Caboose is following.]

Okay. But maybe we could be friends, if we asked them nicely! I bet they would.

[ And here is Caboose, plotting how to befriend the terrifying, deadly monstrosities tearing each other to pieces, as he hunches low to sneak after Aloy in a similar fashion.

Of course, that armor isn't exactly silent as he waddles along. ]

[This is exactly why, when she found that power armor in the ruins, she salvaged the force field emitters and left the heavy plating behind. It's fair too loud and limiting. Aloy touches Caboose's arm again, voice barely above a whisper.]

Move the way I move.

[Careful and deliberate, she means.]

[ After a moment's deliberation, Caboose reaches out and touches Aloy's arm. Making sure to do it exactly the way she had done it moments prior.

But he does so almost exactly as she had done. So, progress? ]

[Later, when they aren't in danger of being eaten, Aloy will look back and find that endearing, but at the moment, she simply nods and keeps moving forward, utterly focused. Please, please don't notice them, scary dragon things.]

[ And Caboose takes great pains to move exactly as she does, even nodding as she does, and hunching down to follow after her.

She moves very slinkily, like a cat in the tall grass, which is...difficult for someone of his size and bulk in plate armor. But there is absolutely effort on his part, which is all you can ask for really. ]

[As awkward as he might be, they manage it. Aloy keeps her hand on his arm the entire time, until they make it through the archway to safety, and she finally stands, exhaling.]

Good job.

[ And, lest she expect any different...

Caboose stands and exhales in exactly the same fashion. Maybe a little more dramaticized, like he expects her to grade him on performance. ]

Good job.

[She just stares at him for a bewildered instant.]

You don't need to keep copying me.

Did I win?

[ He perks almost immediately, and even with his expression masked behind that big blue helmet, the eagerness rests there in his frame, suddenly tense and anticipatory. ]

[Mmm, okay.]

You didn't get eaten, so yes, you won.

Well gosh. I just, I feel so honored. I mean, I would like to thank all the little people who made this possible...

[ Caboose looks down for a moment, furtively trying to think of what appears to be an acceptance speech. That's what you do when you win, right? Donut always said so. ]

You mean me.

[It's deadpan, but there's something a bit amused in her expression.]

Yeah, I guess, I mean you are sort of little but I wasn't going to say anything. It's not your fault. Probably.

[ It could sound mean or mocking, out of anyone else, but Caboose almost sounds apologetic, rocking back and forth slightly on his feet before giving a little shrug, his armor clinking slightly as he does so. ]

[She tilts her head quizzically. Not what she meant, but okay.]

Being big means being slow and loud, especially with all that plate armor.

[ Not that Caboose views that in a negative light, the way he puffs up slightly. ]

It's cause I ate all my vegetables.

[Aloy can't help but smile a little at that.]

Just make sure nothing eats you, got it?

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