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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[ He'll get used to all sorts of strange sayings around this one, honestly. She's straight out of the nineties with her vernacular. He won't be the first to be taken (or confused) by it. ]

You're in a city called Hadriel, dude.

Oh. It's Hvitserk. My name. Not... 'dude'. [He tried the word out with a smile, assuming it was likely a word in her language that meant 'sir' or, even worse, 'boy'.]

Alright. [He nodded slowly.] And... wait... how? [Yup, it had just dawned on him that he definitely had no recollection as to how he'd gone from point A to point B.]

Oh, uh- Dude is just like, a term of endearment? But, sure, nice to meet you Hvitserk. [ That's a mouthful. She kind of likes it. ]

Well, you should've been pulled through The Door. It draws in people from all over.

Endearment? [He looked way too hopeful for his own good.

The name was something of an unusual one, even where he was from, and guessing how to spell it from the way it was pronounced wasn't all that intuitive, but he had no complaints. He'd never met anyone else with the same name, which was something most of his brothers couldn't say.

He nodded a bit, but still looked confused.]

I remember the door. But... Where is it now? Can we just step back through? [He had a civil war to fight in, after all. No one would notice if he missed that, right?]

[ He's like a little lost puppy. It's almost cute, in a way. She kind of wants to keep him. ]

Ah. No, uh- That's the thing. It's not that easy to just... head back. [ A pause as she considers being the bearer of bad news.
Better he hear it from someone he seems sweet on than someone he's not. ] I've been here over a year now, myself.

[He bit his lip, gaze falling to the ground for a moment as he processed what she was saying.]

What about the people we left behind? Will they think we just... disappeared? Left them and ran?

[He was sure both his brothers already thought he was terrible for various reasons, but adding coward on top of everything else stung.]

I'm sorry to hear you've been stuck here. [It was a little bold, but the worst she could do was pull her hand away and maybe slap him, so he reached out and took her hand. Getting slapped would be completely worth it.]

I don't actually know. Some people say nothing changes while we're gone. Like, time stops. But sometimes they leave... and come back, not remembering being here at all.

So it's hard to say. Hopefully, the people you're worried about won't even know you're gone.

[ Rose only smiles softly at the apology since, well. He doesn't know that she doesn't have anything to return to. That she'd stay here, if given the choice. That's not her choice to make just yet though. Maybe someday, she hopes. She doesn't expect the handhold, honestly, but it's-

Not immediately drawn away from. He isn't slapped. ]

Everyone so affectionate where you're from, dude?

[ An attempt at making it a bit lighter, maybe. ]

[Whether she'd intended it the way he interpreted or not, her words obviously seemed to pain him. He immediately tried to force something of a smile, nodding, though his voice was a little thick as he suppressed the emotions he was feeling.]

You're probably right. [The people he was worried about would probably assume he'd either died or deserted, turning coat again.

He's quickly distracted though, blushing slightly.]

When they are speaking to a beautiful woman, maybe? [His blush deepened a little.]

[ Oh. Oops. She can tell she tread on a sensitive nerve, maybe, but then he says that and-

Oh. ]

Ah, uhm. That's really sweet, truly, but I think- You might be under the effect of Love, maybe? Not to, like, burst your bubble. Just- We've only just met and all, y'know?

[ H e l p ]

[A definite blush darkened his cheeks as his eyes widened slightly thinking she meant he was under the effect of the feeling of love, not a deity called Love.]

Well... we just met, so it is a little soon to talk about things like... love... [Yep, he was definitely flustered.] Yes! I agree. We have only just met. So... I would not call it love so soon.

[But then he looks up and gives her an obviously infatuated, love-struck look.]

[ Oh. Oh, no. Aaaaaa- ]

No, I mean, like- There's a god here called Love. They sometimes mess with people and I think that might be, y'know, what's going on here.

[ ---aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH. ]

Oh! Oh. Uh. Right. And you think this god is influencing me somehow?

[Right. Now he felt really foolish.]

Maybe you are right, but that does not make you any less beautiful. [He bit his lip to hide the hint of a smile tugging at his lips.]

I definitely think that's the case, yeah.

[ Rose's current mental state: the sound of varying horror movie screams played on loop. She can maybe see now why Rey was so angry about Love's revival. ]

Well, I mean, my beauty was never in question, [ emphasized with a dramatic flip of her hair. ] But thanks, dude!

[ Playing this off as a big joke is the only way she knows how to cope with this bizarre situation. ]

[Her hair flip definitely earned a soft smile and a quiet laugh that Hvitserk failed to stifle.]

So... um... that means... you are not interested.... or...? [Yep, he went there, and it came with a very flirtatious once over. He bit his lip, giving her another smile, this one edging on suggestive.]

[ It's a mental record scratch at that; her smile is gone the instant it arrived. ]

I'm flattered, really, [ -said as she draws her hand away now. She shouldn't have encouraged this. Love was one helluva drug, she knew that. And usually, it's fine. Just not when it involves her. ] but you're not exactly my type. A little young for me?

Nothing personal. And no hard feelings! I'm just into, y'know. Something else.

[His smile didn't falter as he seemed to nod in agreement, apparently not dissuaded in the least bit.]

I am not so young. I am a man. Definitely old enough to marry. [In fact, his mother had been nagging him for a few years before she'd been killed that he should already have a wife with children on the go.

His brow furrowed a little, smile still in place, curious as to what she meant.] What are you 'into' then?

[ Oh, gosh. She's just... going to have to do this the hard way, isn't she? Hm. Hhhmmmm. ]

I mean, maybe where you're from... [ Is he even legal in the modern day? He looks so young. She really can't go through that again, jeez. ]

I like, uh. I'm more into people not quite as masculine. I actually kind of... prefer... girls?

[ It's not actually a lie. Rose has definitely been preferring them these days. She's just not exclusively into women, which. He doesn't need to know. At least not until this infatuation is over. ]

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