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

wildcard whoo!

[inukage]

[ Kakashi should have been content with what he was provided with in his new home. (Regardless of how slightly off many things seemed.) However, it didn't hurt to explore one's new surroundings and gather any possible information from them.

The only problem with searching through unfamiliar, dilapidated areas was the threat of things collapsing. Like an entire cabinet dropping to the ground beside him. Kakashi moves to explore another part of the building when a small voice calls out. Crap. He hoped to avoid anyone else. ]

Sorry. I'm just looking around. [ He calls out. ]

Re: wildcard whoo!

[occultician]

[Instinctively she straightens her shoulders when seeing the older man- though she isn't quite as on edge as before.]

...Right...

[Though, thinking about it, a bit of a smile comes to her face. There's no need to be too formal here, is there?]

I just figured someone your age would have checked out the normal shops, that's all.

[The jab is playful in tone, not really serious- but still a bit cutting.]

[inukage]

Hah? What's that supposed to mean?

[ He goes from feeling a little guilty about scaring her to confused.

The regular shops have typical goods. Kakashi is looking for anything interesting that may be left in old wreckage. ]

[occultician]

Oh, you know.

Older folks tend to be boring traditionalists, is all. Then again, I guess that's true of a lot of younger people, too- they're just not willing to put their safety aside for a moment to really take a look at the world, is all. More willing to let the status quo tell them what to do than actually go out and accomplish anything on their own.

[She's ranting again- a bad habit of hers she still hasn't quit.

Not that she expects this guy to understand- she's more talking to herself than him.]

[inukage]

[ ...

Kakashi's eyes glazed over about a quarter of the way through her rant. ]

You talk too much.

[ He turned from her and went back to rummaging through the cabinet that had accidentally fallen. He'd gotten used to dealing with noisy kids. ]

[occultician]

[Sumireko is momentarily stunned by his bluntness. She's caught flack for this very thing before, but never in quite as direct of a way.]

...Hmph, well at least I'm not that rude when I do it...!

[That'll teach her to talk to adults, even ones she thinks might be interesting. The older generations really were out of touch with the kids.]

[inukage]

Isn't it more rude to waste someone's time?

[ He's rifling through the cabinets as he speaks. Really, it's immature to bicker with a kid, but that's never stopped him before. ]