Test Drive Meme #31

[hadrielmods]

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?]

Comments

[thatisjenga]

[That's one way to make an entrance.

Paul stays right where he is, staring in a mixture of shock and confusion, and while he's grateful as hell for the rescue he's really wondering just how long this woman can keep those things back using just her sleeves.]

I was just two seconds away from being a chew toy, do you fucking think I'm okay?!

[heavenly_sleeves]

[Oh no, the poor thing is so upset he can't even be thankful. It's okay, Sanzang is here now!

She turns away from the wolves to face him with an eager and sympathetic expression.]

I can keep them away! Do you have any friends to get to? I can escort you!

[The wolves are starting to regroup behind her. Shaking their heads and standing back up from where they had been flung.]

[thatisjenga]

I don't even know where I am, lady. You've got one up on me if you do.

[Is she high? For once, Paul's damn happy that he isn't, because this would be a whole lot scarier if he was. It does make a guy wonder, though, if these wolves could just be the source of a trip gone wrong.]

You know somewhere safe? Somewhere without wolves? Because that's really where I'd like to be right now.

[heavenly_sleeves]

I'm not sure where we are either. I hoped you knew. We can... [She's cut off mid-sentence by a growl from behind her. These wolves are very determined.]

Excuse me.

[She bows slightly in apology for pausing the conversation, then spins around to face the wolves.

Sanzang dances her way through the pack with a series of kicks and spins. Each wolf hit by a movement is thrown back a step but recovers. She allows them to circle her, still smiling kindly. She didn't like hurting them, but wild wolves around camps were always a nuisance. She swung a leg back, then forward using the moment to spin with her arms outstretched. Her sleeves hit each of the circled wolves sending them flying in all directions. It wouldn't keep them down forever but it would give them some time.]

There!

[She returns to Paul and holds out her hand for him to take - maybe, it's hard to tell when it's completely covered by silk.]

Let's find our way out together!