Test Drive Meme #33

[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 June 24th, and apps are open July 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: WEARS HIGH HEELS WHEN SHE EXERCISES
[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.

And this one is, well, particularly creepy. Especially if you dislike body horror, or spiders, or being eaten. This time, the Door has brought in Virginias, from the video game The Forest.

Virginias are rather disturbing-looking monsters, looking a bit like multiple bodies all squished together. They move quickly, they can charge and leap at you, and those creepy arms and legs hurt like hell. They also make skittering noises, if you want to be even more creeped out. So have fun with that!]

L O V E

SCENARIO TWO: YES, LIKE THAT
[Today, it's you time. You woke up this morning and you knew it was the perfect day to practice a little self-care. To put yourself first. To treat yourself. And that's what you're going to do!

Whether that means drinking too much, skipping out on unwanted obligations, telling people what you really think of them, or eating that last donut - you're looking after you now, and it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks! All that matters is that you're happy. So party on, and let's hope your fun doesn't get in the way of anyone else's life.

This is a mini version of our Love Yourself event this month.]

R A G E

SCENARIO THREE: JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS
[This morning you didn't wake up wanting to treat yourself. Oh, no. You woke up wanting to show your anger - to the world, to yourself, to anyone watching. You want to break shit, start fights, get into pointless internet arguments. They're wrong, after all.

So why not? Find a stray piece of wood and start smashing windows. Tell someone you don't like the way they're looking at you. Post something incendiary on Twitter Hadriel's network. And wait for the responding anger. That's what you want, right? Someone to face off against?

Let's just hope you don't go too far.]

Comments

[itsnotaonesie]

WTF why would someone burn down a library?

[He will do his very best]

Come to think of it you probably would fit right in.
Do you get "what's the afterlife like" questions a lot?

[toiletseat_girl]

Because the Null are fucking jackasses.

[she'll appreciate his efforts]

Really?
Cool.
I'm kind of in the market for a new world.
And, all the time.
The truth is, I have no idea.
Reapers aren't allowed to go to the afterlife.
Not until they've taken their quota of souls.

[itsnotaonesie]

Sure sounds like it.

Consider yourself invited, if we ever figure out how to leave.
How do you know which ones to take?
Do you just know when someone's about to die?

(cw: suicide mention)

[toiletseat_girl]

And I'll bet they're gonna be back, so.
Hope you know how to defend yourself.
Because they're like a cross between the Borg and Daleks and they have about as much mercy.

Awesome.
I'm so there, assuming I get to leave.
I had a boss.
He got the list of everyone who was gonna die that way.
Not all deaths, only murders, accidents, and suicides.
All the ones guaranteed to ask you to take it back.
Our boss would give us the first initial, last name, time, and place on a Post-It.
Which I always thought was kind of rude.
I mean, seriously, a Post-It?
So I don't know, I have to find them.

[itsnotaonesie]

I think I can manage.
They sound like kind of a huge deal, though.

And that sounds like a pretty inefficient way to do business.
Have you ever like
Gotten the wrong person?

[toiletseat_girl]

They were.
They attacked several months ago.
The fighting lasted two weeks.
And we know they're still out there, looking for us.

It was totally inefficient.
Most of the time, I got the right guy out of dumb luck.
It would be so easy for things to get fucked up.

[itsnotaonesie]

Holy crap, two weeks?
Does anyone here even have like training for that sort of thing?

That super doesn't sound promising
Do you still have to do that stuff here?

[toiletseat_girl]

Two whole weeks.
We've got a lot of people who can fight, but there were still a lot of deaths.
Fortunately, death's a temporary thing here.

Nah.
I'm on permanent vacation.
If you count working at the Lab and getting medical training "vacation."

[itsnotaonesie]

Right, right.
With the whole coming back from the dead thing, I kind of figured that part.
Doesn't make it all sound any less horrible, though.

Doesn't sound like much of a vacation, but it doesn't sound too bad to me.

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah, it sucked.
I was in the Clinic the whole time, though.
Learned how to do stitches, set bone.
Good times.
/sarcasm

It's cool.
I've been here a year.
Learned a lot.

[itsnotaonesie]

Good stuff to know how to do, though.
Especially if it's as bad as you say it is.
How many doctors or whatever does this place even have?

[toiletseat_girl]

Most of the time, we don't have to worry.
The most dangerous thing here is each other.
And real doctors?
Two.
The rest of us are just interns.

[itsnotaonesie]

Do some people here cause trouble?
Two doctors is better than none
That's still not a lot though.
At least people are willing to learn the stuff.

[toiletseat_girl]

We have a demon?
She murdered someone here and summoned a helluvalot more demons a couple of months ago.
So if you see a lady with black eyes headed your way, it might be a good idea to head the other way.
Two is way better than none.
And we've got plenty of volunteers.

[itsnotaonesie]

Demons now too, huh.
See I like to think I'm an optimist,
But none of this sounds particularly uhhh
Good?
Gotta say, my hopes aren't super high right now.

[toiletseat_girl]

Yup, demons too.
There's a lot of not-good about this place.
But it doesn't completely suck.
Most of the people aren't bad.

[itsnotaonesie]

So far I've only talked to cool people.
That part seems to check out.

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah?
That's good.
Maybe there's something to that whole "adversity bring out the best in people" thing.

[itsnotaonesie]

At the very least it makes them more willing to cooperate.
It's a good starting point, at least.

[toiletseat_girl]

Usually.
Unless the gods are pulling their shit, then it's chaos.
Sometimes nice chaos, I'll admit.
But still chaos.

[itsnotaonesie]

How would you describe "nice chaos"?

[toiletseat_girl]

Love gave a huge boost to everyone's self-esteem a few weeks back.
[not hers. hers is so naturally low, the best she could manage was "okay"]
There were a lot of wild parties.

[itsnotaonesie]

[aw no she needs more friends and more high fives]

That does sound a lot better than some of the other stuff you've told me.

[toiletseat_girl]

[she is in desperate need of both]

Yeah, Love's not bad.
Neither is Tranquility.
Or Sorrow, weirdly enough.
Rage is a heinous bitch, though.

[itsnotaonesie]

For someone named Rage, that's probably about what I'd expect.
I'd also expect Sorrow to be like super depressing though?