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

Roronoa Zoro | One Piece

[three_swords_stronger]

A] [well while the poison spitting snake is down for the count, ie. sliced in half, but he's casually riding the fire spitting one, hand on the upper most of his swords as he looks around. Spotting someone on the ground, he casually nods]

Know the way to a good bar?


C] [a child is running around, three katana strapped to his back. He is also carrying six sticks in his belt and balancing a large rock on his head, sweating slightly on the strain of it all. Upon seeing anyone who looks remotely strong he'll jog up to them and ask seriously: ]

Are you a swordsman?

D] [Wild Card!]

slams into oh A

[hot_mes]

[thank god Law's not pint-sized when he decides to see what the monthly ruckus at the coliseum is like. His thrill at seeing a shockingly familiar head of stupid green hair is tempered by the complete exasperation at exactly where Roronoa is at the moment.

Leave it to him.]

Lucky for you, the bar is the only thing functional right about now.

[dryly, from a seat three rows up from the monster-strewn floor]

slams into oh A

[three_swords_stronger]

[he smirks]

Torao. Where's everyone? [around, probably. If they're not with him it's with someone else]

[hot_mes]

Your crew and mine? Not here. Other people? [tosses his head toward the exit of the coliseum] Around somewhere. They're not important.

You finished with that thing? I know I don't need to help you out.

[three_swords_stronger]

Hm.

[he doesn't seem concerned about it and Zoro wonders why. Where did they go? Law probably knows but doesn't want to say for some reason. Anyway if he's not panicking, Zoro won't]

Done enough.

[he hops down. the creature makes as if to attack and he gives it a look over his shoulder so that it cowers back]

Let's go.

[hot_mes]

Don't wander off, now.

[he likewise hops down out of the stands and strolls off across the coliseum floor toward the exit, Kikoku resting on his shoulder. He remembers, Zoro. Zou might have been six months ago in his mind but he remembers.]

On the one hand, the alcohol is free. On the other, the bartender has to make it herself so there isn't an unlimited supply.

[three_swords_stronger]

[another grunt, far less pleased at this] Is there a reason why we can't leave? [because otherwise who would stay somewhere where booze was in such short supply?]

[hot_mes]

Do you see any entrance to where you came in? [all the snappy sarcasm] None of us have control over the Door, yet. We can't even find it. If you'd like to wander off into the wasteland, be my guest...

[as they come out of the coliseum to a view of what's left of the city, here you go, Zoro: a broad view of an awful lot of rubble where houses and shops used to be, scorch marks from recent battle, and beyond the city limits, nothing but acrid dust. It's not even a proper desert, it's just gross.]

...but knowing you, you'd die of heat stroke before you got anywhere useful.

[three_swords_stronger]

Haaaa? [he leans in, glowering] And what the hell is that supposed to mean?

[hot_mes]

[just blinks slowly, like he ain't even mad]

You'll get lost. [DUH I mean your crew doesn't want to tell you but he so will] There's nothing out there, just a few pools of water and some dust.

[three_swords_stronger]

If it's just pools and dust how can I get lost. Tch. [it wasn't like he had no sense of direction] Don't mistake me for you.

[hot_mes]

[SNORTS.] I assure you, Zoro-ya, I haven't gotten genuinely lost in ages.

[of course, given the current state of things, he really couldn't blame anyone for losing their way inside the city. Aside from the coliseum and the temples surrounded by water, there's not really that many big, obvious landmarks anymore.]

Where did you come from - my ship?

[three_swords_stronger]

[well then what makes you think he will? Idiot]

Yeah... ... [which, now that he thought about it] Something happened....

C

[3d2y]

[ There's something so familiar about this kid - his aura, his general appearance - but Luffy can't put his finger on what it is. He barely registers the child's question as it's asked, rubbing at his chin instead as he tries to pinpoint just where he's seen this boy before.

As an afterthought, he absentmindedly answers Zoro's question. ] Nope. I know a few swordsmen though, but I haven't found them yet.

[ Just where has he seen this person before?? ] Hmmmm -- Where was it? Where ...

C

[three_swords_stronger]

Where are they! [but then it seems that the guy is already thinking so Zoro relaxes a little, absently doing squats to get some training in]

[3d2y]

[ Seriously, this kid is so familiar, but Luffy still can't pinpoint why. He decides to think about it later. ]

I told you, I don't know. I found one of my friends here though, so there's a chance they might be here too. We could go look together?

[three_swords_stronger]

Okay! Let's go. [but he looks the guy up and down] Let me carry you! [don]

[3d2y]

[ Wha ... ] Carry me? Why? I can walk just fine though.

[ Weird kid. Maybe it's a game. ]

[three_swords_stronger]

I need to train! And there aren't rocks. [and he looks heavy enough to be worth the effort] I'll give you a rice ball. [he digs it out of his shirt and hands it up. It's smooshed but it's there]

[3d2y]

[ The offer for food is accepted immediately. ]

I understand. [ It's accepted so quickly, in fact, that the riceball practically disappears from Zoro's hand, reappearing in Luffy's mouth. That's how quickly he had swiped it. It's almost like magic.

He was prepared to accept the request in the first place, because he understands the need to train, but with the offer of food, he doesn't even need time to think. ]

[three_swords_stronger]

[serious nod!] Okay! Get on! [and he bends to help him on his back]

[3d2y]

[ Luffy throws his rubber limbs over there, climbing onto Zoro's back and coiling his legs around him (much like a snake). IT'S GROSS, SORRY. After he swallows the rice ball, he rests his elbow on Zoro's head, placing his chin in his palm. ]

But you're a real serious guy, aren't you! Training even during lunchtime! [ It is only lunchtime for you, Luffy.... ]

How is it? Am I heavy enough?

[three_swords_stronger]

[it's not gross, it's useful.] I am gonna be the strongest swordsman in the world. I have to be. [he starts forward though he forgot where they were going] You're okay. It's good for a warm up.

[3d2y]

[ It's fine. Luffy also has no idea where he's going. ]

Ohh --? I know a guy with that same dream. It looks like you're gonna have to fight him one day, if that's what you're aiming for. He's really strong, too, so you better train hard!

[ Now, he looks down at the kid underneath him, glancing at his mop of green hair. ] ...? Come to think of it, you kinda look like him too ...

[ ???? Come on Luffy, catch on already. Just ... give him a bit more time. ]

[three_swords_stronger]

I'll definitely fight him! And I'll kick his ass! [he thinks about this last statement] It's only because we're both so strong. [he's still young yet, he knows. But he's a little more than halfway there. He's got to be]