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

[wateriswet]

Oh? You have? That's great!

[ Katara smiled, relieved. ]

So! Have you found anything that could get us on the right track? I'd be glad to help.

[inukage]

[ He nods towards a spire out towards the horizon. ]

No matter which direction you go that spire is to the east. [ The tall buildings and walls hide it from view, but it was always there. Speaking of walls... ]

How good are you at climbing?

[wateriswet]

[ Katara looks towards the spire in the distance as well. Woah. How'd she not see that earlier? Ah, well. ]

Really now? That's really interesting...

[ Katara blinks at his question, confused. ]

That was...sudden. Um. Pretty good at it, I think? What about you?

[inukage]

Good.

[ He nods, stands up, and points as he speaks. ]

The paths change while you walk. If you're above, like walls or rooftops, you might be able to see the path changing in front of you.

Then use the spire as a reference point. Hopefully that leads us out of the area of effect.

[wateriswet]

[ Katara follows where he points with her eyes before giving him a firm nod. ]

Okay. I think I can do that.

[ Climbing a wall by herself. An impossible task. But climbing a wall with waterbending? Easy. Katara bends the water outside of her pouch. It's not much but enough where she could give herself a good boost up the wall. She freezes the water there with ease before she climbs up. It's a bit of a struggle but she eventually does make it up top. ]

I did it!

[ She looks down at Kakashi. It would be best to try and navigate him first. He is the one helping her, after all. ]

Do you know where you needed to go?