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

[mysophobic]

[ And here Shigeru looks a bit...uncomfortable. ]

It's a title for people like me. Whose powers are based on...phobias. Mine is...mysophobia.

[ he fiddles with his phone after he types that. It's probably obvious Shigeru is an odd one, given the white gloves he's sporting and the fact that he doesn't seem to ever keep near anyone. If anything he seems very far removed from the general crowd that's mingling and speaking over coffee. ]

[abyssalarcana]

[Caedra looks puzzled, but before she can ask, her coffee is ready. She turns to retrieve it, and then holds onto the cup for a moment as she studies Shigeru.]

"Phobia", from the Primordial root for fear, I understand that. What does the "myso" mean?

[Honestly the boy reminds her of Charles - who she hasn't thought about in weeks now. Maybe longer. Did that pathetic child get sent home? And she is still trapped here? Bullshit.]

[mysophobic]

Uncleanliness.

[ Is all he types out as he looks so self conscious and will just grip his phone in gloved hands before he continues. He doesn't look at Caedra as he types up something else. ]

I guess most places call it germophobia though.

[abyssalarcana]

[Caedra raises her eyebrows as if in sudden understanding - or rather, recognition of something. This kid is like Charles after all! But as she raises the coffee to her lips, to have a sip before she says anything, she tastes it. And then cringes and immediately spits it out.]

I asked for black, what is this?

[She shouts back at the barista, then actually just throws the cup at the countertop, spraying sugary, milky coffee all over the machines and anyone standing near.

Germophobe, huh? Bummer.]