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

Fear

[ubbe]

[ Ubbe felt a bit disoriented to say the least but Hvitserk's voice had him more alert. What should have had him more alert was the very present danger that they were in. His hand went to his axe, but as he took in the enemy he's not sure what good it will do.

He hasn't answered Hvitserk, his eyes scanning their surroundings before pointing to what appears to be a better vantage point. They might be able to see a way to escape or at least have time to formulate a plan of attack if nothing else. ]

Over there. Run. [ His voice didn't leave room for his younger brother to question, all the same he grabbed his shoulder and pushed him in the direction he intended. ]

[middleborn]

[Of course he recognized the voice and chanced a quick glance at the figure he'd only just seen out of the corner of his eye. Definitely Ubbe and he looked uninjured. Good. He didn't have to worry about figuring out how to protect him while keeping his guard up and getting away from this thing.

Keeping his shield up to guard their backs, he gave his brother a nod and moved in that direction. He'd been too busy dodging fireballs to even spot the narrow hallway. It'd be good, the creature wouldn't be able to follow them. Hopefully, it wouldn't light them up while they were retreating.

Once in, he paused, waiting for his brother, before going deeper down the hallway.]

[ubbe]

[ Ubbe looks Hvitserk over once they are in the hallway before looking back once. Hvitserk seemed unharmed so there was no reason to tarry any longer. ]

What were those things?

[ Ubbe asks as they make their way down the hallway and he's hoping to some place safer for the moment. His mind was still trying to wrap around the strange creatures like something out of old stories that Floki would tell. ]

[middleborn]

[Hvitserk did the same and quickly came to a similar conclusion. Ubbe looked fine. He gave him a reassuring nod when he caught his brother's look of concern.]

... Dragons? [Ubbe's guess was as good as his, honestly.

He kept close after looking back a few times to make sure the thing hadn't somehow managed to squeeze into the hallway after them.] We should go back... With both of us, we could kill it. [It was definitely wishful thinking.]

[ubbe]

We could. [ Ubbe says, glancing back the direction they had come from and then shook his head. ]

I think it would be wiser if we did not, though. Don't you?

[middleborn]

[Hvitserk slowed to a stop, catching his breath, almost inching back in the direction of the 'dragon' now that they were definitely clear of it. He frowned a little, making a face.]

But... What if it does not stay in here? Or... [He's wracking his brain trying to think of something that might convince his brother to decide to fight this thing with him.] What if other people run into it?

Come on, Ubbe. It can't breathe fire in two directions at once! [Or, at least, he doesn't think it can.]

[ubbe]

[ Ubbe sighs inwardly as Hvitserk talks. His little brother always more eager for a fight than Ubbe is. He'd always been more cautious but perhaps that comes from being the oldest (aside from Bjorn, but he was so much older). The safety of his little brothers had been something that his mother had left on his shoulders from an early age. ]

Then they can run from it just as we have. Hvitserk... [ The name comes out low and a bit harsh. ] We do not even know if it can be killed and what if it is of the gods and there would be some punishment unknown for slaying it?

[middleborn]

[It was obvious that Hvitserk really didn't like Ubbe's answers, swishing his lips disapprovingly. On the other hand, he'd made no attempt to move back down the tunnel towards the 'dragon'. The thought of arguing with Ubbe made him feel conflicted, especially now that the initial surge adrenaline and excitement had subsided.]

... If our mother's stories are to be believed, then dragon slaying is in our blood. [He wet his lips, body language and tone projecting that he was backing down before he actually said anything.] But... now we know where it is. Perhaps we can come back for it later...