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Test Drive Meme #34

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!]

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[The man standing there in the deputy uniform and holding a sledgehammer is caught totally unawares as he's shoved by someone. Unfortunately his first reaction is to turn and swing it at the apparent enemy because he is obviously under attack.

Even if she doesn't phase he'll likely miss by a mile because sledgehammers are not known for their pinpoint accuracy.]

[he is not under attack, she just saved him from an attack by one of those gelatinous cubes.

and she's instinctively phased anyway as the cube is still nearby and she wants nothing to do with it. the weapon passes harmlessly through her left shoulder.

she arches an eyebrow slightly]

I think maybe aiming at that [she points to the cube] would be a better use of your weapon.

[He recovers with all the grace of someone who just wildly swung a sledgehammer around and nearly toppled himself to the ground. Which is to say not gracefully at all. ]

Sorry. I'm sorry.. I thought...

[That you were a jelly cube.]

Nevermind. Shit. Sorry. We should not be here, all this does is squish it.

[she flies towards him, unphasing her hand and offering it to him so he can get back up]

It's all right. No harm done.

[they do seem to be everywhere. but Legionnaires don't kill so she's at a loss as to what to do with them]

We should go find others who might be in trouble and get them to safety.

[He pulls back, staring at her hand because she's.. flying. Which in this place shouldn't really catch him off guard, but it still does. It takes him a moment to collect himself and take the outstretched hand to get on his feet.]

Right. There's been a few people stuck in here, and these things are a lot less effective outside. They're slow.

[Just a cop doing normal cop things like saving people from giant squares of jiggling Jell-O.]

No idea how to kill them, they seem to reform if you slice them in half.

[flying comes courtesy of her Legion flight ring. flight has become second nature to her, as instinctive as phasing. she helps him to his feet and smiles at him]

Thank grife for that much, at least. But, where are the people who are stuck?

[she looks around the Colosseum, searching for people in need of rescue]

I wouldn't be able to kill them in the first place. Legionnaires don't kill.

[He snorts, less than impressed.]

Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done.

But if it makes you feel any better I'm not sure these things are alive in the first place.

[she doesn't care if he's impressed or not. The Legion and its morals mean something to her and that's not going to change. even if she did die trying to uphold them. which she's still not entirely sure about, not that now is a good time to discuss such matters]

Then, what are they? Bioweapons of some kind?

Maybe.

Or some kind of weird plant-fungus thing. They pretty much slosh up and down in straight lines. I don't think they're sentient.

[Them being man made hadn't occurred to him, but that would make sense given that they're cubes and he's not used to seeing many things with corners out in nature that aren't rocks.]

Whatever they are they're definitely trying to eat people.

[she's heard horror stories about bioweapons the Dominators unleashed before Valor broke the back of their empire, but that was hundreds of years in the past]

Which means we should work together to get the people out of here.

Working on it.

[Well more like staring at things trying to figure out where everyone was. He shoulders the sledgehammer, trying to figure out who needed help and who was find to defend themselves.]

I'm Deputy Pratt by the way.

How many people do you think are in here?

[she scans the crowd, looking for those who seem in need of help versus those who can apparently handle these cube creatures on their own. she hates to admit it, even if it's just to herself, but she's not entirely sure what she could do to them. her power works best for defense and she assumes she can't exactly punch the cubes]

I'm Tinya Wazzo of the Legion of Super-Heroes. It's a pleasure to meet you, Deputy Pratt.

Couple dozen.

[He will not comment on the super-heroes thing because he's heard some weird things here and that's pretty low down on the list. ]

If we can get them out of the Colosseum it'll be easier to escape. We could try corralling the cubes, but they can squish under doors and walls.

... I wonder if they're flammable.

And we've got to assume that at least half of that number can't fight back.

[that's fine. she just assumes that super-heroes must be normal on his world. on Earth of the past, super-heroes used to be common. they've just now made a resurgence in the 30th century.

she flies up a little higher to get a better vantage point over the Colosseum, spotting the exit, then descends back down to Deputy Pratt]

The closest exit to the largest number of people is that way. [she points to the right]

I guess it's worth trying? [even though a big part of her rebels at the idea of taking a life. any kind of life. she tries to tell herself that they're likely not really a form of life as she knows it, that they're probably just mindless eating machines. like amoebas, only much larger and hostile. but it's still hard]

[Yeah okay, the flying thing is really weirding him out and he scrambles back again.]

How the hell are you doing that?

[He's just gonna ignore her helpfulness because she is floating and that takes precedence.]

What.. the... You're flying.

[As if she might somehow be unaware of that.]

[she blinks in mild confusion. she's had her flight ring long enough that flying is as natural as walking]

It's my flight ring. They're standard issue to all Legionnaires.

[she looks at him quizzically]

Yes, but shouldn't we get to helping those people?

[she's hovering at a height where she can look at him directly]

[Right. People. Stop staring at the whole... flying thing.]

Yeah, you're right.

[He shoulders his sledgehammer, heading towards the nearest group of people. By walking, like a pleb.]

I don't think these things are very smart, but if you can distract the cubes I can get the people out.

[soon, it will be normal to have a teenage superhero flying around]

All right. I don't think they're too bright, but I'll see what I can do.

[she flies to the center of the Colosseum, cups her hands around her mouth, and shouts]

Hey! Jelly things! Over here!

[she lands on the ground and remains tangible for now]

[ The cubes continue their sloshing, some of them heading towards her, but it's a little hard to tell if it's because they heard her or they were going that way already. Do they even have ears? How are they seeing people to eat them? All questions for another day when they've hopefully gotten them all pressed into a Jell-O mold.

He darts towards the nearest group of people trying to look like the authority figure he actually is. But it's a little hard when there's a literal superhero flying around.]

Be quick everyone, while she's got them distracted let's get out of here. Head that way.

[He points towards one of the exits, turning to watch Tinya and holding his sledgehammer at the ready. He'll guard their rear while they make their escape, and he can keep an eye on her in case she needs any help. A smaller cube comes towards him and he squishes it into bits, backing away before it can reform.]

So squashing them doesn't work. Duly noted.

[she puts her hands on her hips and takes a look around. some of the jelly things have changed course and started sloshing their way towards her. as for how they're seeing or hearing, she wouldn't even begin to guess. that's what the Legion had Brainy for. but she supposes she's going to have to start trying to figure these things out for herself.

he shouldn't be so hard on himself, he's doing fine.

she hears him giving the other newcomers instructions to head for the exit and is glad to see them quickly make their way out and away from the jelly creatures.

she waits until the last person is out and the creatures are almost upon her before phasing away from them and taking to the skies, headed for Deputy Pratt, stopping short when she sees him squish one of the creatures and it regains its shape worryingly fast]

Now that the people are safe, we may have to try fire. We--we can't run the risk of them getting out of here and attacking anybody else.

[even though a big part of her is screaming inside that Legionnaires. don't. kill. she tries to muffle it by rationalizing that they don't seem sentient and are clearly hostile, but she can't quiet that voice inside her, insisting there has to be a better way]

Edited 2018-08-04 04:01 (UTC)

[He nods, dragging his sledgehammer along the ground to get the last remnants of jelly off it. This stuff is gross and he definitely doesn't want to find out it'll eat through the metal or worse slide down the handle and touch his hands. Keeping an eye on the cubes, he roots through the little leather pouches on his belt.]

I've got a lighter, but I don't think they'll stand still and let me set them on fire. I don't wanna get that close anyway.

[He glances all around at their options.]

And of course I don't have a canteen of whisky on me like normal. Why would I have that now when it would be completely useful?

[she could phase all but her hand and, carrying the lighter, set all of the cubes ablaze, but that inner voice continues to scream about Legionnaires not taking lives. even if they are really creepy jelly cubes that apparently eat people.

that voice wins out now that the people are all out to safety when she'd been able to quash it down while they were still in danger. she'd even considered killing the things herself. by burning them. as she might have died. but she's not letting herself think about that, not yet]

It's all right now that the people are safe. Are there scientists here who could contain them somehow?

Edited 2018-08-06 00:50 (UTC)

There's.. yeah there's the guys at the lab. They're usually out here collecting samples of monsters for research.

[He watches them goosh along for a while.]

Maybe if they have nothing to eat they'll shrink. We can put them in tupperware and freeze them.

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