dankmemes | Test Drive Meme #31

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 April 24th, and apps are open May 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: WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE
[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.

Even if the monster looks cuddly.

Direwolves are not quite what you medieval fantasy folks might think they are- they're untameable and almost the size of a bear. While usually a predator like the direwolf might wait for the opportune moment to strike, these beasts hunt in packs and are very, very hungry. You won't be able to tame them, and any attempts may result in a couple of missing fingers.]

S O R R O W

SCENARIO TWO: REGRETFULLY YOURS
[Have you ever done something you regret? A thought or an action you've performed that you look back on and wished you hadn't? Even if it's something outside of your control, something you couldn't have known, if there's something rattling around in that brain of yours, it's coming out in full force right now, leaving you guilt-ridden and prepared to confess all your sins to the nearest bystander.

But what if confessing isn't enough? You need to show them how sorry you are in any attempt at redemption you can muster. Work as hard as you can and maybe someone will forgive you. Work even harder and maybe someday you can forgive yourself.

This is a mini version of our Tears of Joy event this month.]

R A G E

SCENARIO THREE: TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
[The goal is simple: stay together in this room and use the supplies provided to build the best tower you can. You've got matchsticks, popsicle sticks, Q-tips, four different kinds of glue, and various little wheels and doodads. The team with the best tower at the end of the exercise gets a wish granted! That isn't so bad, is it?

Except your teammate is insufferable. Everything from their ideas, to their building strategy, down to their accent is absolutely intolerable to you. How can you be expected to work with such a difficult partner? If you leave the room your tower is forfeit, but who can expect you to stay in these conditions?

Careful- they're just as fed up with you as you are with them. Can the two of you overcome your mutual disdain to build this arts and crafts masterpiece, or will it be a race to the door?]

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Well, Caedra, I'm willing to strip. I'm even willing to do it in private. But I'm not gonna fuck the winners.

[to Jane, stripping was a means to an end. the end being making money with a side of expressing herself sexually with no commitment, no intimacy, no need to desire or even like the men she was stripping for. that side made her feel powerful. strong. she figures it might help her feel that way again]

That it would. Got a lot of men you think are going to sign up?

That's fine. Most everyone here is so disgustingly honorable that I don't think you'll be in any trouble at least.

[She'll keep the winners to herself. That hadn't really been the goal when she dreamed this little idea up a month or so ago - she just wanted some entertainment in a place sorely lacking it. But if she gets more personal benefits, she won't complain.]

Men, women, constructs, who knows. Other than the places I mentioned, I think a lot of people are starved for something fun to do here. It's not for everyone, but there's always someone who wants to prove they can punch harder than the rest. Oh, I'll probably have to make some sort of non-lethal rule.

[And that's a real shame but the others will get all anxious and upset about Hope wasting his energy on dead combatants if she doesn't. Might encourage more to join in, too, if they would otherwise worry about lethality.]

Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself if I have to. A grab and twist to the balls will discourage even the horniest bastard.

[not that she's done it lately, but there was a time or two when she was younger back in New York. before she went to London, fleeing trouble with a guy. now she finds herself here, fleeing more trouble with a guy.

her eyes brighten a bit at Caedra's description of her plans]

Yeah. That's typical of people anywhere, don't you think? Everyone wants to be the biggest and the strongest. But a non-lethal rule is the way to go. People like pain, but only to a point.

[she doesn't know about Hope being able to bring people back from the dead yet. she doesn't know much more than what she found on the newbie guide and half of it read more like a sci-fi novel than real life]

[Caedra laughs at that, nodding. She likes this one already, even with the weird hangups about romance. Alice sounds otherwise like she has her head on straight, for a human.] Yeah, that'll do it! Except for the guys who are into that, I guess. Don't know too many of those but this place is full of surprises.

I'll have to see about setting a few things up though I think it'll probably be pretty informal. Maybe once a month - we get new people every month I think. And, hm. Probably some alternate prizes and entertainment just to keep things exciting. But go on, get yourself settled. Lots of new places to live recently so that should be easy.

[She waves as if to shoo her off.]

[she'll probably continue to have those weird hangups about romance, but other than that Jane tends to see the truth about things rather quickly for someone who builds most of her life around lies] Some people are into being whipped and treated like a pony. I've heard weirder.

All of that sounds good. After all, you'll need special prizes for the especially hard fights. Keeps the fighters coming back, keeps the audience, too, to see what they get. I will. And, hey? It's good to meet you, Caedra.

[she is shooed off to the new housing area, to check out what's on offer]

Test Drive Meme #31

(cw: sex work)

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(cw: S&M, ponyplay)