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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Meek and timid are never words that one could use to describe Carolina. There are some colourful ones that would fit her quite well, but never that. She's never been the sort to balk at a challenge, and does tend to go head first right in to them, sometimes without even thinking. Hell, she's still likely to push herself past the breaking point to get something done, even if she might ask for a hand up when she passes out on the floor...

There is a look of surprise though as the helmet turns back to the woman, trying to figure out what she has done to the creature that seemed to want to make a snack of her. A part of her acknowledges that she should be going to see if it is dead or at least incapacitated, yet what if it isn't... She does move a little, although something still nips at her, anxiety still high.]

I'm just-

[... she should leave.]

I'll help.

[Maybe.]

[Kyna blinks, frowning. Ephemera and Wash are always much more... quick to act with the monsters around here, but this woman is hesitating. Maybe that's smarter, but Kyna is physically incapable of not being at least a little reckless, so she's not sure how to deal with this.]

Come on, you've got like, built in brass knuckles. Punch something.

[But, hey, fire is still scary, so Kyna glances over her shoulder to make sure none of their lizard friends are nearby, then back to Carolina.]

Unless, uh... You want me to get you out of here?

[Even if she doesn't know really what is happening, or if this is some strange temple (although she doesn't remember being anywhere near one), or perhaps she has finally passed out and this is her dreams, but no matter what, a part of her acknowledges that she shouldn't be standing there like a rookie on their virgin mission.

She's former Freelancer Agent Carolina.

And she feels like finding a corner to hide in.

Pushing aside that sensation, Carolina takes another breath, seeking to regulate her breathing. Even if she doesn't know this stranger, she's not going to run away, or so she keeps telling herself. She's not exactly conspicuous, although maybe she looks intimidating enough that they will leave her alone...]

No. It's- no.

[Stronger now are her words, brushing away that feeling that tingles at her spine and nips at her heels. Not today.]

What are they? Aliens?

[It's hard to tell. Kyna rarely knows where anything comes from.]

I mean, I guess technically they are? None of us are from this planet, so...

[She edges closer to Carolina, eyes giving the arena another quick scan. So far, so good.]

Hey, are you sure you're okay? You're new, right?

That obvious, huh.

[Although there is a soft hint of sarcasm in her voice although with a dryness aimed toward herself. Nothing too deep, but no doubt she looks a bit like a fish out of water. She shouldn't, really, given all that she has been through and all that she has seen.

Her focus does shift to her, before turning again, scanning as well.]

There's nothing native on this planet?

test drive meme #28

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