dankmemes | test drive meme # 35

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 August 25th, and apps are open September 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: GET YOUR RED CAPE READY
[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 they sure are big boys. Big and easily angered and ready to run right over you. This time, the Door has brought in Brontos, from the video game Dragon Age.

Brontos are large oxen-like beasts, though more sure-footed due to spending all their time in caves underground. There are domesticated brontos, bred to haul and be ridden and eaten... but these aren't those. These brontos are wild, one and all, and they are skittish and large and perfectly capable of running you over. Maybe just keep your distance.]

SCENARIO TWO: DESERTED
[You're alone. Completely alone, as far as you can tell. Nothing here works - oh, there's food in the stores, sure, but the water's not running, the electricity isn't working. There's not a soul on the streets, where you would normally expect to see at least a few people here and there.

So what will you do? Smash windows and grab food from the stores? (Well, the doors are all unlocked, but hey, who doesn't love smashing windows.) Shout in the streets in hopes someone will hear? Curl into a ball and cry? All valid choices. But then, what will you do when you do find someone, after thinking you were all alone? Someone you like, someone you hate, a complete stranger?

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

S O R R O W

SCENARIO THREE: ONE MORE CHANCE
[You can't stop thinking about the one who got away. They've been on your mind - well, it feels like forever, but maybe it's only been a few days. A few hours. But you can't stop thinking about them and regretting what could have been.

Maybe it's a failed romance. Maybe a broken friendship. Maybe a family member who walked away - or who you walked away from. Even a business partner who things ended poorly with. Whatever it was, you regret how things went down. If only you had another chance, a chance to fix things!

And then, there they are. The person you've been thinking of. What will you do? Beg forgiveness? Make amends? Run away? Make your decision and take action, because as soon as you do it you might realize it was never that person at all. You might have just poured out your heart and begged forgiveness from a complete stranger.]

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[It's unsettling. One day the place had been... not bustling, but occupied and the next it was this. This emptiness, worse than anything he's experienced in the wasteland before. The signs of habitation left behind make it all the worse, and Nate begins to feel an unsettling, crawling sensation through his entire being long before he comes across the synth.

He finds him in the centre of one of the residential areas, and that silhouette is one he could not mistake for anyone else. Nate's feelings on DiMA are still mixed, still uncertain, but he is at least sure that the synth means no real harm to anyone around him.

With that in mind, he doesn't hesitate in his approach, his hands in his pockets and away from his weapon.]

DiMA! [He calls out, lifting a hand when he comes further into focus. As the distance between them shortens, he goes on;] Might not believe this, but I'm actually really glad to see you.

[ DiMA turns at the familiar voice, his mildly distressed expression smoothing out when he sees Nate. There's still someone here -- someone he knows, even, and has proven to be trustworthy. To not mean him harm. The human is Nick's friend, not his, but by DiMA is still happy to see him and by the time Nate gets up close enough to see, the old synth is smiling faintly. Maybe a little wryly, since he's pretty sure the sentiment would be the same no matter who the man found. ]

I believe you, Nate. I'm glad to see you, too... but where is everyone else? [ He glances back at the empty housing area, brow furrowed when he turns to Nate again. ] People don't just disappear, especially not this many.

[DiMA, funnily enough, would not be wrong in his assumption. There are few people for whom the greeting would be very different at all, but for now he's just damn glad to have come across anyone at all, let alone somebody that he recognises.

He makes a soft, uneasy sound in response to the synth's question and rubs the back of his neck, glancing around them as if doing so might miraculously conjure up another few people. There's a certain irony in what DiMA says, when Nate considers his own reaction to finding entire towns and cities completely deserted on his escape from the Vault, but this... this feels different. The abandonment of the nuclear-decimated buildings around Sanctuary Hills had felt old, like a thick layer of dust. This feels too new.

It reminds him of the war.]

Normally, I'd agree with you. [Nate replies, letting his hand drop back to his side.] But this place has more tricks up its sleeve than a street performer. I'd bet this isn't what it looks like.

[God, he hopes it isn't what it looks like.]

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