test drive meme # 36

[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 September 24th, and apps are open October 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.

You don't want to ride them- someone already tried that. Near you is a horselike beast, one without any fur or skin or anything that might make it more palatable. It's a Nuckelavee, a Nordic mythological creature which terrorizes the Northern Isles.

This demonic creature seems to embody that of a man merged with a horse- but not in the cute centaurian way. They are natural swimmers and emerge from the deep to drag their prey down into the water with them- so terrible that even the scent of their breath can sap you of all will to live. Better hold your own breath and look out!]

L O V E

SCENARIO TWO: GET YOU SOME
[You don't know where you are or where you're going- or what you're even doing in this strange city on the ocean- but you do know that you need someone by your side to make it better. Even if you don't know them, even if you hate them, there's something comforting to having another person so close to you.

Closer.

Physical contact with another person seems to put your mind completely at ease, erasing all of your worries and doing better for your mind than a hundred meditation sessions. So it's time to get friendly, even if you're not really that friendly of a person in the first place.

This is a mini version of our A Little Touchy Feely event this month.]

SCENARIO THREE: 15 MINUTES LATE WITH
[Good news! Love has decided that since other liquids seem to be all the rage amongst you humans and they somehow learned about Earth agricultural crops, they've decided to open up a coffee shop!

Here's the space to live out all of your coffee shop AUs in a Hadriel setting! With a storm brewing over the island and a merry pink glowcloud somehow creating caffeinated drinks on the spot when you order them, get ready to tuck in and get nice and cozy for a few minutes.

But uh-oh! Your name is misspelled! Or it's someone else's name entirely, but it's your drink. Or something about your order is wrong- whatever the case, Confusion definitely wouldn't just stand around and let Love have their fun. Somehow, everything is wrong in this poor coffeeshop... what are you going to do about it?]

Comments

[originallutece]

I simply don't care to be touched by someone I don't know. It isn't about the place; it's a personal forbidden act, if you wish to think of it in those terms.

[But at least she's speaking to a person now. And an interesting sort of person at that; he's dressed unlike anyone she's ever seen before.]

Where are you from, Mr--?

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[ancient fantasy china

Actually, to the point he's never heard someone say "mister" before... But he can get the gist, and dips into a shallow bow automatically. Personal forbidden act, got it, will keep that in mind. Somehow, she reminds him of every teacher he's ever had all at once. It's the vague air of mild frustration.]

Nie HuaiSang, from the QingheNie Sect. [...and then, because he too can guess from her attire that that won't mean a thing,] Qinghe is the region...

[originallutece]

Yes, thank you, I rather guessed.

[No she hadn't.]

Mr. H-HuaiSang, then--

[And she stumbles over the foreign name, but only a little.]

--Madam Rosalind Lutece. A pleasure to meet you, though you'll excuse me for not shaking your hand.

[Instead: a slight dip of her head, acknowledging his polite gesture.]

You're new, I take it.

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[She totally didn't guess, but he's not going to point it out. Just like he won't over-correct her on his name, biting the inside of his cheek to stop himself. That was pretty good, all things considered.

Anyway, the reminder that they are here in this weirdo place spikes his anxiety again. Aaaa--]

Th-that's right! We've been kidnapped, haven't we? Is someone ransoming us...?

[His brother will be... SO angry......]

[originallutece]

I doubt it.

[She clasps her hands in front of her, fingers tangling together, ignoring the increasing urge to reach out and touch this boy.]

Or it's a pathetic effort if so.