dankmemes | test drive meme # 36

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?]

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[Pepper definitely has no idea who Peter is. That is second on her list at the moment since Peter is in a creepy looking hand.

She runs forward with pipe in hand, swinging at the closest leg.]

You should have stayed back! [That, honestly, could be directed at the creature or Peter.]

Sorry! I don't listen very well!

[I mean at least he's honest, right?

He does manage to wiggle free of the freaky horse monster's grip, so that's a plus. He decides to try helping her with taking the things legs out, since it can't really eat them or whatever if it can't catch them. So, he flips himself over the top of the thing, lands behind it, and tries webbing it's freaky back legs up. At the very least he can probably hold it in place? But no promises, it's a giant horse demon thingy and he's a tiny spider-man.]

[That's interesting. She'd be curious about how the teenager (he sounds young) seems to be doing that, but she's focused on the giant creature for now.]

Can you cover the eyes?

You got it!

[Before he does that he's going to really quickly web the back legs to the ground, then vault up the back of the monster's big horse butt and just climb this mess. Dodging grabby monster hands, he leaps off it's head, spins himself back around so he can web it's eyes up, and lands on the ground a few feet from Pepper. The monster does not seem pleased about the face webbing one bit, and is now making horrible monster noises while trying to free it's eyeballs.]

[Pepper does not like these noises at all.

She makes a running start and jumps, hitting a kneecap - or what she assumes is a kneecap. The monster stumbles and she circles, heading to hit the other leg.]

Can you pull it down or anything?

[That makes two of them, they are kind of terrible.]

Sure, can! Just uh, be careful! I don't think Mr. Stark would appreciate it if I accidentally smashed you with a monster.

[He takes advantage of the monster's stumbling to pop it with some webs and yank it down onto the knee that Pepper just whacked, and then tries webbing it's arms up as well so it can't snatch either one of them up.]

[The mention of Tony makes her pause for a moment. While it is true that it's not a secret she is with Tony, and she's been affiliated for him for much longer than their romantic relationship, this seems like a superhero and she doesn't recognize the suit.]

Be careful! [She doesn't even think that he just said the same to her, she would say it regardless.

As the monster falls, Pepper runs at it again. She wishes she had anything but the pipe in her hands, though she's determined to put it to use. She dodges a free arm with an inhuman leap and swings for the throat.]

Working on it!

[DAMN THAT WAS A HELL OF A JUMP THOUGH. He gives her a thumbs up and holds the monster in place while Pepper just smooshes it's throat with that pipe. There's an impressive yet kind of gross crunch, which the monster doesn't seem too thrilled about, but the good news is that it doesn't seem to be moving too well anymore.]

[To be honest, the sound makes Pepper's skin crawl. She looks at the monster one more time and drops the pipe.]

We should go.

[He'll hit it with a little more webbing just in case, but then it's time to get on outta here.]

This way. They won't follow people out of the arena. Nice shot, by the way.

[And he will lead the way to the exit, because monster town sucks.]

Nothing likes being hit in the throat. [There has to be a reason all the self-defense classes teach that.

Pepper follows at a slight distance, still trying to figure out if she recognizes this suit.]

It is kinda painful, can confirm.

[He's not going to stop moving until they're outside and all safe from the shitty door demons and junk. She probably has like a billion questions, so once they're outside he'll hop up onto the wall like he's about to start crab walking up this thing backwards, but instead he just kinda lounges there all chill like]

We should be in the clear now, you holding up okay?

[She has nearly that many questions, it's true.]

No. Is Tony here?

[Yeaah he's never known her to be able to ... basically do any of the stuff she's been doing, glowing included. That might have something to do with her not holding up too well mayhaps??]

He's not here, sorry. I don't wanna sound rude, but what's...

[He gestures at her like, general state of being]

What is all this, what's going on with you?

[It's not as though they could make the virus public. CEOs blowing up? It's not supposed to be a literal expression. And Killian couldn't be named as the Mandarin...]

That is not what I was hoping to hear. [Her body flashes hotter for a moment before she can calm down.

Okay. Tony's not here. Killian's not here. The second is a relief, but the first is definitely not.]

Before I get to that, who are you?

[And she had no idea who he was, super cool. That kind of answers some questions, but it also brings up some brand new ones that are probably never going to be answered because that's how Hadriel rolls.]

Me? I'm Spider-Man. Wait, I mean...

[He really doesn't have a reason not to tell her the truth. Also right now it seems like she could probably kick his ass if she felt like it, so getting on her good side is probably in his best interest. He hesitates for a moment before reaching up and removing his mask.]

My name is Peter. Peter Parker, I'm uh... Kind of a new recruit.

[Spider-Man. She hasn't heard the name, nor Peter Parker... He obviously knows her, or of her, but that doesn't mean much. She's very popular.

Pepper gives him a nod, smiling a little apologetically.]

I don't recognize the name. [And that is not something that happens to her.]

Okay, cool, I can work with that. This might sound weird, but can you tell me what year it is?

[He promises he's going somewhere with this for realsies]

test drive meme # 36

are we tho

we ain't wearin capes so i'm gonna say yes!!!

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