Test Drive Meme #32

[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 May 25th, and apps are open June 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: HONK HONK
[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.

Hope you're not afraid of clowns!

Evil Clowns have been a terror on the imagination of children everywhere, and show up enough times in literature for us to reasonably say that plenty of adults are afraid of them too. While they love to laugh, they often bring themselves joy by murdering others and slicing them up with the sharp knives and other torture devices that they have tucked away in their seventeen pockets.

It's not difficult to outrun them, as they have big, squeaky shoes, but it might be difficult to fight them- these bastards are hardy!]

F E A R

SCENARIO TWO: MISSING SOMETHING?
[You may arrive in Hadriel... well, incomplete. Though some may reassure you that it's temporary, there's still something terrifying in suddenly losing your sight or your hearing... or even you arm!

While this event does not affect memories, it does affect body parts, senses, and potentially powers and abilities. You may find yourself unable to do things you once did, or behave the way you normally do.

This is a mini version of our Senses Fail event this month.]

T R A N Q U I L I T Y

SCENARIO THREE: MAY FLOWERS
[You're in a beautiful garden. The sun is shining, the grass is green, and there are hundreds of thousands of flowers all around you. The temperature is just perfect, and above all else, it's satisfying.

Maybe you should pick some flowers for a friend, or your mother- you did skip mother's day, after all. Luckily, there's a few cutting shears to go around and you're more than welcome to start hacking away at these thistley bushes! Hopefully you know a thing or two about flower arranging- maybe that person over there is more experienced?]

Comments

[stupid_monkey]

[Unfortunately for Law, sarcasm is lost on the monkey.]

I'm trying!

[Wack! Spring! Wack! Sproing! Wack! Wack! Wack!]

[hot_mes]

[now see, that's when it gets funny]

You sure are. But are you putting all of your power into it?

[standing up on the railing taunting people for being weak is just how he rolls.]

[stupid_monkey]

Of course I am!

[He shifts his grip on Nyoi-bo to hold it like a baseball bat, and aims for the underside of the clowns chin when it pops back up.]

If you won't stay down, I'll just send you up!

[The hit connects, and sends the clown flying upward, unfortunately it's also heading directly towards Law.]

[hot_mes]

[oh well thanks then. Appreciate it, kid.]

Room. Takt.

[a flick of his finger sends the clown ricocheting off to the side as if hit, though he hasn't touched it.]

Don't make me clean up your messes, that's not what I'm here for.

[stupid_monkey]

[He watched the clown-demon bounce off what looked like a Chi-blast. Though that was really cool that he only needed to use a finger. Even Hakkai used his whole hand!

He rested nyoi bo over his shoulders to snipe back.]

What are you here for then? You're not with the demons are you?

[hot_mes]

[SIGH]

They're not demons. At least. [squinting down at the assortment of clowns. What the fuck even.] I don't think so.

[and then, a suspicious side-eye for Goku himself] What in the world would lead you to even think for a second that I'm involved with those idiots?

[stupid_monkey]

I don't know! Everything's confusing.

If they're not demons what are they?

[Yes, he did just jump from asking if you were an enemy to asking you to explain something to him. Yes, that makes perfect sense.

[hot_mes]

Well, you're not wrong there.

[sigh. It's his job to be smart, then]

The Door brings in weird shit every month. Monsters, mostly. Are these things very monster-ish? They just look creepy to me.

[stupid_monkey]

The door?

[Now the monkey is even more confused. He looks side to side, and behind himself, but he can't find a door anywhere. He does see another clown coming up from behind, but it's far enough back to not care yet, he had at least a minute before it could reach him. He turns back to Law and tilts his head confusedly. ]

You don't make any sense.

[hot_mes]

[STARES. Get all the power of the Trafalgar Law Stare. Patent pending.]

Never mind. Deal with that later. Clearly you have the rest of this well in hand.

[bodies strewn about tell quite the story, after all]

[stupid_monkey]

[He smiles widely at that. Beating up attackers at least makes sense. Speaking of attackers, he hears and smells the clown behind him getting closer.]

Yeah, these guys are nothing.

[Staff still over his shoulders, Goku jumps and spins, smacking the incoming clown in the face. He uses the force from that to flip mid-air and kick it in the chest. He lands on his feet, but then drops to his knees and whines.]

Uwah. Fighting them is making me hungry.

[hot_mes]

[that's precisely why he's still standing up there on the rail, just watching. It's fairly clear that he doesn't need to exert himself today, the kid's got everything under control]

Can't help you with that. I'm not a cook. But there's not going to be any food in this arena, you'll have to leave.