test drive meme # 35

[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 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.]

Comments

[traitory]

[ It doesn't help that he looks surprised when she automatically takes up to calling him that. Though he would have liked to have had a bow, so he looks a bit peeved, but only briefly. ]

Yes, yes, of course. [ He doesn't actually care what she is, actually. But he's an ass that way, sorry Kettara! But he'll wave her off as he turns to look around, his wings twitching a little as Kettara says her name. ]

That is...quite the title. [ He'll turn back around to eye her curiously. ] Titles aside. It is information I seek. What do you know of this place, if anything?

[oldtonew]

[ Hmm. Either it's a very new title, Kettara thinks, or this creature is lying to her. She dislikes being lied to. Still, she doesn't know enough about Starscream or whatever manner of creature he is to really tell, though. So she keeps her thoughts to herself for the moment. But he's odd. Rude, Kettara thinks. That doesn't bode well. ]

It's for my mother. I honor her with it.

[ There are only two ways an orc earns a name like that: for great deeds committed, or in memory of an ancestor whose accomplishments might otherwise be forgotten. Kettara shrugs, crossing her arms. ]

This place is called Hadriel. We were pulled here by some power. I heard people call it the Door.

[ Kettara watches Starscream, curious how he'll take the news. ]

I think we're on a different plane. No one's found a way out yet.

[traitory]

How...touching. [ Said with no small amount of sarcasm. Starscream please try not to be an ass so outright. But it's a hard thing for him so it just slips out casually. ]

Hadriel... [ So this is what this rock is called. He's never heard of it but the fact that this 'Door' is oddly akin to how a space bridge works is...intriguing, somewhat. ]

An astute observation. [ He'll just mutter under his breath. Hopefully there's some energon on this useless rock, otherwise he's going to be in trouble. ]

There are no others like myself here, yes? I'm the only one? [ The wheels are already turning in his head. ]

[oldtonew]

[ Kettara narrows her eyes. She's being mocked. Quietly, but clearly. The question is whether or not she wants to do something about it. ]

You're the only one that I've seen.