Test Drive Meme #34

[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 July 25th, and apps are open August 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: OOZES GEOMETRICALLY
[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.

The only warning you may get is the squish slick sound of movement before a gelatinous cube is upon you. Leaving gross trails behind them and with their see-through bodies filled with the bones of those that they've dissolved in their jelly, these cubes have no real vulnerability other than their limited movement.

Gelatinous cubes are exactly what it says on the tin, giant translucent cubes of jelly whose main attack tactic seems to be cornering people in small hallways and just sort of absorbing them into its mass. They then digest all meat and flesh and leave only floating bones and various metals their victim may have been wearing stashed inside of their jiggling forms.

Maybe it's time to apologize for the last time you brought a jelly mold to a potluck.]

A L L

SCENARIO TWO: MY LOYAL SERVANTS
[Thanks for your service to the gods! In order to power each of them up, it's up to you to pick a deity you like most (or dislike least, as it were) and simply say their name in order to be influenced by them and encouraged to inspire their emotion in others!

What, you don't want to play? Too bad, accidental name calling works just as well, even if you didn't mean to incite them- you'll feel their presence pulling their chosen emotion out in you anyway. Hope you picked a good one!

This is a mini version of our In Need Of A Boat event this month.]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO THREE: I MISS GPS
[Sure, you might be a little confused at being here at first, but that generally goes away within a few days. This time... well, this time, that feeling of befuddlement isn't quite going away. Roads that you take seem to disappear behind you when you turn around, your right turns are left turns on the map you're following, and you're pretty sure that everyone except for you put their shirt on backwards this morning.

Is everyone high? What they're saying makes absolutely no sense to you. You can't find your way out of a paper bag, let alone back to where you've been staying lately. Is that a dog or is it an eldritch horror coming up to lick at your calves?

During this prompt, everything will feel off and it can be very difficult to get your bearings at all. That's Confusion for you!]

Comments

[64th]

[ fair point, and she offers a half shrug as if to concede. ]

So how does this work? Do I pick a card or does one of them show up in my pocket?

[uncharisma]

[He could play with the answer to this, but he probably shouldn't go too hard on the "divine energies of the cards" and all that. She's skeptical enough. Ease back.]

These aren't magic tricks. No sleight of hand or illusion magic, here. It's only divination, focusing on the magic words: either your question, or in the case of a simple look at your near future, your name.

And I pick the cards. But first! I'll need your name, won't I?

[64th]

Of course. It's only divination. [ at home, divination is something for ancient old women to practice in secret, behind closed doors. so out in the open is a little strange, unless of course it's For Entertainment Purposes Only like in the Capitol. ]

My name's Cashmere, and you're in luck because I've been told my name is as close to magic words as you can get.

[uncharisma]

[He grins, teeth coming down over his tongue.]

That is a pretty magical name. I'm only disappointed you told me, because now it's much too late to change my name to Cashmere. Alright then. Down to business.

[He shuffles through more cards until he's satisfied, picking cards from the top of the deck easily... and just the ones he wants, somehow.]

First, a look at your past. My my, that's the King, isn't it?

[First clue that these are not grandma's tarot cards.]

You're a natural born leader. You don't wait for destiny to come calling; you find it of your own will.

The present: Earth. You may feel rooted to the ground in some way, but your sensibility is currently your best friend.

And, last but not least, the future. Ah! The night fairy, Serendipity. A fateful encounter is on the horizon, but this shows that it will turn the tides for you. I would look for faces you're unfamiliar with -- probably not mine, of course -- to find a new connection that will bring you success in what you seek.

[64th]

[ it's a more than satisfactory reading, as far as those things go, and it gets a smile out of her. she is a leader, that's true. maybe that's not hard to guess but she also doesn't get tired of hearing it from people. ]

An unfamiliar face, but not yours. Well, I'll have to keep an eye out for this life-changing mystery person. Got any hints about what form they might take when guiding me to my destiny?

[uncharisma]

Well, you've already met me, and we're talking about your future, here. I'm responsible for pointing you towards the right path, not kickstarting it for you.

[Ah, but there she goes, wanting more. That could mean he's done well. He taps his chin thoughtfully, looking at the Serendipity card in his hand.]

Often, the Serendipity card comes when one door has closed for you, heralding a new door's open. This person may take the place of someone you've lost contact with for whatever reason. Unfortunately, the cards don't get much more specific than that. You're the King; your path is yours to rule.

[64th]

[ maybe he's just bullshitting her, maybe he's not. she's not going to spend too much time trying to figure that out. ]

Sounds promising. [ she smiles again. ] Thanks. It's nice to get a little reassurance that not everything around here is doom, gloom, and tragedy. [ and what luck that there are literal doors opening on a regular basis! ]

Where'd you learn to read cards?

[uncharisma]

[Hey now, his interpretation of these particular cards is entirely true of their accepted meaning. The fact they happened to be the ones he pulled is another story.

He returns her smile, genuinely glad to see it. Good job, Molly.]

Happy to spread a little good cheer around when I can. Sometimes the cards don't cooperate with that, but some have better fortune than others.

[As for the question...]

This particular deck was passed down to me from my grandmother. I couldn't tell you how long it's been in my family; she never shared that little tidbit of family history. But they've been kept in... approximately mint condition.

[On closer inspection, a few of the cards are starting to fray the tiniest bit at the corners, just from general frequent use.]

But I didn't really learn to read them until I joined the circus. The Fletching and Moondrop Traveling Carnival of Curiosities.