dankmemes | Test Drive Meme #6

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 February 23rd, and apps are open March 1st.

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: BLOBBED
[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.

Watch out as you explore the streets of Hadriel, because you're not alone, and there's always something on the rooftops watching and waiting for the perfect opportunity to separate you from your group and tear you into pieces. This time, the Door has brought in several Blobs, from the similarly titled 1988 movie, The Blob for you meet.

These gelatinous creatures have no weak spots or brains that can be sliced or crushed to kill them. Instead, their only goal is to absorb and dissolve its prey so that it can grow larger. Think that its, er, blob-like form makes it easy to avoid? Think again- it moves faster than one might expect, as shown in its canon 'kill' video here (with a healthy cw warning for gore and 80's movie effects).]

R A G E
SCENARIO TWO: WENDIGONE
[Hey, that snack you found? It might taste a little too familiar. At least you don't have time to worry about accidental cannibalism too much though, because you've now become host to a vengeful wendigo spirit! The transformation will be sped up for the purposes of this test drive, though you can post at whichever point in the change you desire. Want to tear people to shreds? Go for it. Want to try to clutch onto the last few pieces of your humanity? Be our guest!

On the flipside, as someone who is unaffected, you may be trying to arm yourself and take these wendigos head-on... or, you may be trying to figure out a way you can save them, which would involve somehow trapping them on Hope's altar. Think you can handle that?

This is a mini version of our Who What Where Wendigo event this month!]

H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: CARNATION DAY
[You know those moments in high school that everyone used to dread? Where everyone would spend a week or so with the opportunity to buy a carnation or two for someone they like, only for carnation day to come along and dash any hopes and dreams you had of getting a flower from that special someone?

Well, here's your chance to relive that day- but, you know, hopefully make it end a little happier.

In this prompt, some characters will emerge through the Door- or wake up, or just suddenly appear- with carnations clutched in their hands. These flowers can be any color of your choosing, and all have tags on them. They can be addressed to you or to someone else, and in that FROM category? Well, from your secret admirer, of course- or any other character who may or may not have sent it! Here's to hoping they're a good one!]

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( Emma's thoughts aren't too far from Henry's. she's glad to see him, no matter how many new relatives fall out of the rafters of his family tree, Henry will always be the one she worries most about. if there are two of them here, maybe there's someone else around, too. her parents, Regina... anyone would be good, because all of them seem to have accumulated a lot of practice in getting out of situations like this one.

when Henry spots a hiding place, Emma doesn't argue, ducking in after him. she glances around, and it seems sturdy enough. fact of the matter is, she doesn't know what they're running from. )

It's a good start. ( she turns back toward Henry, offering a flicker of a smile, as if that would make everything okay again. if only. ) What are we running from, here? I don't want you to be a snack, either.

[ He has a lot of questions he wants to ask her, and things he wants to say. Mostly about the nature of this place, how they got here, where everyone else might be, what she remembers just before arriving. The thoughts swirl around in a fury, like a train hustling down the tracks. But there are way more important things to focus on for the time being. Like that giant freaking blob.

They'll get to the rest later.

He reaches out for a moment just to give her a quick hug, a small smile on his face as he pulls back. ]

It's this really gross disgusting blob, mom. I know it sounds weird but it was kind of...eating everything in its path. How do you stop a blob?

( honestly, Emma doesn't have many answers to give him. she isn't sure where they are, or how they got there, either. she only remembers arriving a few minutes ago and he's the first she's seen since she did. they'll have to find those answers together, it'll probably be a part of getting back to Storybrooke. it always is.

she hugs him tight for the few seconds she gets to, glad to see he's all in one piece. the idea he could have been thrown into this danger all on his own is enough to make her panic. she's glad she ended up in the same place. maybe this finding each other business has some merit, after all. )

A... a blob? Like Flubber? ( Emma looks dumbfounded, but that's because she is. ) I don't know, Henry, I barely know how to deal with an ogre.
( stay quiet and shoot it in the eye, but she's not as crack a shot as her mother and doesn't have a bow and arrow, anyway. ) Was it chasing you? Maybe if we stay quiet it'll pass us.

[ Once they get this whole thing figured out, he's sure they can track down some information together. He hasn't really seen a lot of other people just yet, but there has to be people here who know something. More than them, anyway.

Henry's also grateful his mom's okay and he'll do whatever he can to keep it that way. She's getting really good with her magic now and she can take care of herself. Both of his moms can. That doesn't mean he can't help them and protect them, too. ]

...Yeah. Like Flubber. [ It feels ridiculous just saying that out loud, because something like that seems so...tame. Relatively harmless. More of a nuisance than anything else, but this blob meant business. ] Sort of. But I don't think staying still will help. Maybe...maybe there's a way to get above it?

( it is ridiculous to seriously talk about being attacked by living flubber. it wasn't that much stranger than anything else that had fallen into their lives recently, though, now was it? whether being sucked into a blob was fatal or not, she was not interested in finding out.

Emma didn't see what they were after, so it's harder to know how far they've got to run. so she sees no reason not to take Henry's advice. he's getting older these days, and he's always been smart for his age. if he says go higher, well, they're gonna go higher. )

There might be a staircase up around here somewhere, we just have to find it.

[ They'd seen some weird things, that was totally true. So while the flubber blob type thing is definitely...odd, he's kind of used to weird things by now. They all are. ]

Once we figure out how to destroy this thing? It's gonna seem really, really funny.

[ It already is, though his amusement is drowned out by the need to survive.

Jogging up ahead a little to scout out the building, Henry turns and gestures over his shoulder. ]

This should work, mom!

[ And he doesn't even wait for her - he's already climbing up. He can see the sky at the top so it should work. ]

( it's already at least a little funny, but Emma does the right thing and focuses on trying to find a way up instead of thinking about that. she doesn't find one, just one door that leads to an empty hallway and one that's stuck. she tries to kick it open to no success before she hears Henry call her and then she is off to where she heard him.

she takes the stairs at least two at a time, catching up to him only a few steps before he makes it out. she glances back down the staircase, a little bit of nervousness marked on her features. )

Do you think it can follow through a space that size? ( she's trying to figure out if she'll need to use her magic or not. if that crisis with Ingrid taught her anything, it's that she is stronger than she knows. she just needs to trust her magic instead of running away from it. )

[ From this vantage point, it's a little easier to see what this place is really like, study their surroundings and get a sense of where they should go from here. Once that creepy blob thing is taken care of, anyway. He's just hoping they it reappears so his mom can see what they're up against for herself. ]

Maybe. It might be able to sort of...squish itself? [ He hasn't seen it in action much, but it seems like it might be able to fit itself anywhere, but it wouldn't easy going through a small space like that. So he's pretty sure they've bought themselves some time, at least. ]

There it is - see it?

( it is a good vantage point on the city itself. Emma isn't sure what to think of it yet. they're used to going to places that are more befitting the stories her family hails from. castles and trees and magic and ogres, not abandoned city-scapes. it seems like a worn-down place, but they might be able to spot a good place to find others if they scout around enough.

Emma joins him at the edge, spotting the blob and making a skeptical face. )

You weren't kidding about angry flubber, kid. How the hell do you beat flubber?

( she doesn't have a weapon, but even if she did she isn't sure how much good it'd do on jello monsters. )

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