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!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You think? [Emily arches an eyebrow at the newcomer. Part of her wants to insult her. The other part of her realizes it's in her best interest to stay in her good graces. If she's talking magic and spells so casually, then she must be able to use both of them.

After a month in this hellhole, nothing would surprise her.]

You can bargain with the gods, though. Like, trade some of their emotion for a favor.

[Is that going to make this woman hopeful? Because Emily needs to be doing that to get some skin care products from Hope.]

Everything has its price. [She knows that rather well, actually. Honestly, it's surprising that she's managed to get this much information from the girl without being asked for a quid pro quo. The naivete is almost refreshing. And while she isn't willing to give something away for nothing, she's more than happy to give nothing for something.]

What sort of favors?

[That it does, though for Emily, 'price' is usually denoted in currency.

She wouldn't normally be so generous with a stranger, but it's... it's been a weird month. It's been a weird year, really, but the last month takes the cake.]

Anything, as far as I can tell. I'm trying to get skin products. This cave is not treating my face well.

[Not that it shows. The discoloration she'd been freaked out by had been due to, well, other things. If she doesn't get some cream or something, she'll be fine, but she's going to try anyway.]

Somehow, I doubt it's "anything." [There has to be some catch. And it has to be more than just what they were willing to accept as payment.

But, skin products? Really?]

I'm sure there are more pressing things to worry about.

Look, I don't know what other people have asked for, but they'll at least listen to us. Or pretend to, whatever.

[Yes, skin products.]

I take skin care very seriously.

[She won't tell you about the clothes, restaurants, and spa she also asked for and was denied.]

These phones they gave us have their number or whatever, so you can just contact them. [She shrugs. Hope's kind of a dick about how busy he is, but he does answer his messages.]

So like any other god, then. [Or most of them. Some were a little more...invested than others.

She does have to raise yet another eyebrow at the remarks on skincare. If only the girl knew that Malina's routine was far, far better than anything she could do.]

Yes, I can see that you do.

[At the first comment, Emily shrugs. She's not really familiar with gods. They're not a thing in her world the way they are here. Then again, she'd thought that about mythological creatures and yet wendigos are real. Too real.]

I'll take that as a compliment.

[Though she would love to know Malina's secrets if she had even an inkling of them.]

Anyway, they're not granting everyone's wishes to go home, so I wouldn't waste my time trying that. [Fucking pricks.]

It wasn't. [Not one to beat around the bush, this.

So how exactly does one stay looking young at 160? Be a witch! Join a coven today!

She sighs though, at the second statement. If that druid were here doubtless he would say something along the lines of things that aren't worked for aren't truly valued and she would have to disagree on principal. She is quite happy to let others do the work for her and get something for their trouble.]

And I'm supposed to be surprised by that? Kidnappings seldom end in the victims negotiating their own release.

[At that, Emily gives her the falsest of smiles. It's not often that she meets someone who can dish it out as well as Emily herself can, so this is nice, in its own way. It's entertaining, if nothing else.

And you know, that witch thing sounds pretty tempting. It'd definitely help Emily smash through that glass ceiling once and for all.]

No. Just wanted to dash any hopes you might've had of that. Can you believe there are actually idiots here who try and do what these gods tell them to do? Because that will make them send us back. [If they need emotions to feed off, there's no way they're sending all these people back. It's goddamn common sense, but so many people lack that.]

I suppose it depends what gods they are. [She'd certainly do a lot if the Zoryas asked. But that wasn't exactly something she was willing to share. Still, it seems she's in the realms of other gods, and that means learning the rules to play by until she could work out what she can do.]

Gods only exist because we believe in them. [Simplistic, but ultimately true.] It follows that there must be someone who listens.

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