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ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴏғ ʜᴀᴅʀɪᴇʟ ([personal profile] hadrielmods) wrote in [community profile] dankmemes2018-08-22 10:57 am
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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.]
darraig: (And I'm)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-03 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Emotion vampires? I mean I guess...I think I get the idea? I dunno how that works exactly though. Like, they feed off of our emotions until we don't feel anything at all?

[But also. Yeah. That. If that was the case, emotion vampire or the traditional blood devouring kind, one would expect there to be more.....'food'. More people around.]

But uh. In my case....it's walkers. Or, I guess some might call them zombies. Biters, whatever.
itsnotaonesie: (guardians of the galaxy more like)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-03 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
See, that's what I was wondering at first too? But no, they don't just drain us of emotions completely. They can influence how we feel, and they screw with us to make us feel certain ways. I'm not sure really how to explain it, I haven't been here very long myself.

[Which is all great and stuff but now she's talking about zombies and Peter can't help but just stare for a second. Okay, she probably wins all the Horrible points for that.]

Oh my God, seriously? You had real zombies?
darraig: (Sometimes)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-04 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's...almost creepier. I don't think I'd like anyone messing with my emotions. I mean, manipulating things so we feel a certain emotion, I guess....movies or whatever? They used to do that. But this seems different.

[More sinister. At least from where she's standing. From what she gathers and in regards to how she feels about this idea. This idea of these gods or whatever they were, manipulating their emotions somehow.]

Yeah. Haven't seen any walkers since I got here though, so you're lucky.
itsnotaonesie: movieconnoisseur (weaving a web of bullshit)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-04 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not really the same thing. Like, movies are just entertainment, they're harmless. The stuff the gods do, not so harmless. Plus movies aren't trying to feed off of us.

[Yeaah Peter's in the same boat in regards to basically everything.]

Not gonna lie, though, definitely glad there's no zombies. I really don't want to fight something like that.
darraig: (That you never)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-05 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Haven't seen or thought about movies since.....what, I would have been eight. But yeah. I get that. This is different. More personal and therefore more terrifying.

[If much if anything could even really scare her anymore. Besides AJ getting bitten. Or herself getting bitten and thus needing to leave him to his own devices.]

You don't. Trust me. I mean. I'm used to dealing with them, but still.

[Obviously over the years she managed strategies. Various ways to deal with the walkers. And survivors that messed with her. Clementine's hand shifts to her other arm as she crosses them, the rolled up sleeve there just hiding a tattoo.]
itsnotaonesie: movieconnoisseur (god he looks 12)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-05 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, terrifying's a good word for it.

[Meanwhile this guy with literal super powers gets spooked by basically everything that happens here. Adapting has been super weird, and odds are it's just going to keep getting weirder.]

Right, I mean, just because you're used to dealing with something that sucks doesn't mean you like doing it. How long has that been a thing where you're from? The uh, the walkers, I mean.
darraig: (Innocence)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-06 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Basically. But uh.....I was eight. When the outbreak started. Almost nine. So it's been a few years now.

[There were a few points where she went out on her own but most of the time she had one group or another to help her out. Even if eventually things went south somehow with them. She's used to that though. So probably this won't be as bad? Once she adjusts to the whole emotion thing? Probably. Hopefully.]
itsnotaonesie: (guardians of the galaxy more like)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-06 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Eight, jeez. You had other people, right? Like, you weren't out there dealing with everything on your own?

[Ah wait damn maybe he shouldn't ask something like that. Please don't say that zombies ate your family or something oh no oh shit.]
darraig: (Innocence)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-07 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
Y-yeah. At first, there was Lee. He found me and helped me after my parents had left me with a babysitter while they went on holiday. He....helped me find them.

[That wasn't a lie. She had found them. Eventually. Just. That they'd suffered the same fate most had already by that point. Let alone everything and everyone that happened, that she met after Lee.]
itsnotaonesie: (I'll just start writing my will now)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-07 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good. I mean, that you had help, that was pretty cool of him.

[The fact that she didn't mention any more about her parents makes him kinda think that maybe it didn't go so well. He decides against asking her to elaborate.]
darraig: (Is wasted)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-08 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well. He was a teacher? So I guess he just kind of felt responsible and he was good with us kids.

[You know. Until over time more and more of them were bitten or killed somehow. Leaving her as the only survivor as far as she knew until she reunited with Kenny later on. And even then, that hadn't lasted. But it's true that even after finding her parents it didn't change anything. Since they were in no state to take back over caring for her.]
itsnotaonesie: movieconnoisseur (mmm whatchu say)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-08 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh, that's cool. Did he end up looking after a lot of kids?

[Holy balls this poor girl needs a vacation, everything is horrible and nothing is okay.]
darraig: (That you never)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-10 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well. Two of us at least. I guess three if you count Ben, but he was older than Duck or I was.

[Duck. Ben. She remembers them but it all feels like a lifetime ago that she was with them all. They had vaguely talked about it though. Lee starting a school or something again. Maybe. Before everything else that happened later, anyway.

She needs a vacation for about.....the rest of her life. If she could ever really adjust to not having walkers. To not having to freak out whenever someone died.]


So, after we finishing picking this place apart for supplies, if you've been here longer, how about a tour?
itsnotaonesie: sissybars (what is his hair doing though)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-10 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[So less a vacation and more starting a new life on a new planet with no zombies. Maybe also therapy. Well, we've got the no zombies part covered here, at least.]

Tour? Oh, yeah, sure. I can do that. Not really a whole lot else going on today, anyway. I was gonna help out at the lab, buuuut everyone's kind of gone, so my schedule is completely open.
darraig: (Is wasted)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-11 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
A lab?

[That was to do with studying science or health stuff? Probably? Not that Clementine knew all that much about that sort of thing, given her having only been in school four years or so prior to everything changing with the outbreak. Naturally, her education was mostly since then towards ways to survive all of that. Not so much science and maths and all those other subjects.

She's kind of curious about the tour, about the lab, even if she probably doesn't know nearly enough to help with that sort of thing herself.]
itsnotaonesie: (this is the story)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-11 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah. There's a science lab. People work on all kinds of stuff there, there's a guy that studies all the monsters that pop up in the colosseum, this little lizard lady is studying the Door. Uh, that's the thing that brought us here, some magic door. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but apparently the Door's supposed to be able to get everyone home. We just have no idea how it works. Or where it is. Or anything, as far as I know.

[Super helpful, right?]

Anyway, yeah. Lab. It's right by the clinic if you wanna take a look.
darraig: (Sunshine)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-13 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
....Monsters? A Door? Um. Okay. I mean, I guess it's worth checking out. Even if I might not have a clue on this more than anyone else that's been here studying the thing way longer. I mean, studying.....all of this.

[Still. It was worth having a look. Getting a tour so she could figure her way around. Regardless of how often she might end up going to the lab itself or not. At the least she could then figure a map or sorts in getting a feel for this place from someone who has been here longer.]

So lead the way!
itsnotaonesie: (what do they do exactly)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-13 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
A magic door.

[He wiggles his fingers to emphasize just how ~*~magical~*~ it is. It might not even be magic. Who even knows.]

But yeah, lab's this way. Or- no, that way. It's that way.

[And off he goes That Way. It's very exciting.]

Did you really not see any monsters in the colosseum? I heard they always pop up when new people arrive.
darraig: (On the wind)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-15 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Which way? O-okay.

[Does he really know where they're going? She hopes so. Because she has no clue. Not really. Which was kind of the point in getting him to give a tour. She'll....well, not entirely disbelieve the idea of magic, but she isn't entirely believing of it either. At least not yet, considering.]

Well, I was attacked once or twice.

[But she had just initially reacted in taking care of it out of instinct more than anything else to really pay attention to what or who was actually attacking her at the time. Given her situation back home though that...is probably understandable.]
itsnotaonesie: (guardians of the galaxy more like)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-15 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't mind him, it's just been a long day. A long couple of months, really.]

You didn't get hurt or anything, did you?

[Yeaaah the whole 'shoot first, ask questions later' thing is totally understandable considering where she came from.]
darraig: (Sometimes)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-15 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine.

[More or less. She's used to injuries of some type or other since the outbreak. Plus, this place might even have better supplies and facilities than she is used to. Already does considering the shops weren't all relentlessly picked apart for any food or anything valuable or useful. And at least she had managed to find a few things before Peter had shown up and distracted her.]
itsnotaonesie: movieconnoisseur (mmm whatchu say)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-15 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks okay, so he's not going to start getting into her business about it or anything. Frankly, she seems more capable of taking care of herself than he does, at least as far as not getting busted up by monsters goes. Doesn't help that he picks fights with them on purpose, but y'know.]

Cool. I can show you the clinic for future reference, in that case.
darraig: (Your smile)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-15 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. For future reference then.

[It'd be good to know. Not just for herself but if she comes across someone else in need of medical assistance. Especially if there is one that is stocked, someone there that knows what they are doing. Unlike her to be basically self-taught and working with more limited resources back home.]
itsnotaonesie: (nice sweater dork)

[personal profile] itsnotaonesie 2018-09-16 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[There might not be anyone there right now, considering everyone has up and vanished or something. They might show up again? Peter hopes they show up again.

Anywho, after some walking they come to the lab.]


Oh, so, there's a guy that works here that likes to keep monster chunks in jars and stuff? There's some weird stuff in here, just a heads up.
darraig: (Has withered)

[personal profile] darraig 2018-09-17 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
Uh....what, like he's studying them or something?

[Sure. There were probably some back home trying the same with walkers. She can imagine how that went.....And she isn't sure she likes the idea of it here either. The monsters might be even more of a threat in comparison in some ways, for all she really knows.

Which is why Clementine might be pausing at the entrance to the lab, lips pursed and eyebrow raised.]

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