dankmemes | test drive meme # 38

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 November 24th, and apps are open December 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: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC MOTHERFUCKER
[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.

Of course, a War Unicorn may not seem too lethal, but anyone who's seen Cabin in the Woods knows that they pack a powerful, uh, stab (cw for gore). War Unicorns are mighty beasts, larger than most horses and made of raw muscle. They might seem cute and cuddly in concept, but they're trained to use their horns to blind their opponents before trampling over them with their ironclad hooves and their two thousand pound bulk.

Want to try to bring one down? It's harder than it looks, thanks to their natural magic resistance- many offensive abilities and spells simply don't work on them, and you might piss them off if you try, so be careful...]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO TWO: REMEMBER ME
[It may have just been a brush against the shoulder, a quick handshake, a simple hug- but at the first touch of skin on skin, suddenly you see the other person's memories. This can range anywhere from a recent moment to something traumatic from their past and can be done willingly, if you like.

Of course, once you realize what's going on, you might want to bundle up and avoid contact with everyone- though you might look a little strange, so don't be surprised if someone asks you what you're doing!

This is a mini version of our Memories Past event this month.]

T R A N Q U I L I T Y

SCENARIO THREE: PASS THE TURKEY
[It's that special time of year again, where you get to hang out with people you only kinda sorta know and catch up with every other month or so and pretend that you're all really close for the sake of food.

Because of course, there's a splendid feast waiting for you- juicy turkey and warm stuffing and your very favorite potato dish! The only downside is that you have to spend your evening with these losers, but we're sure you'll find something to talk about!

Well- maybe not religion, relationships, or politics. How 'bout that weather we're having?]

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[His brother too. Or at least a perfect description of him in the past because hopefully that's all changed, Dante has such high hopes for Vergil right now. He wants to become close to him again, to love him again without bitterness in his heart, to be the brothers they're supposed to be. And a part of him knows that one show of solidarity isn't enough to show that Vergil changed his ways. He stabbed Dante through with his own sword and left him for dead. But despite that, Dante wants to make the best possible outcome happen. If he saves Vergil from his evil ways, they can do amazing things together. With Dante's determination and his twin's might, nothing can stand in their way. And they could save the worlds in a heartbeat, just with that bond.

It's a nice sentiment that won't come to be. Dante fails too. Only it's Vergil that meets an end of sorts, not the brother that wants so much for him to survive and thrive.]

It doesn't matter. They just keep comin'. Besides, keeping count is for bookkeepers. Killing demons is for demon hunters. [He's hardly all talk and no game. He's just not the smartest or most organized of young men. He's mauled hundreds easily in the last day, but bragging about the numbers sounds like something someone weak would do.] You know, I don't feel any here, or smell 'em. If they're here, they're not on the same level as the ones back home.

Mm. That's good, then. I'd hate to meet something like that.

[Naturally. Who would want to? But if this place brings in people from many worlds, perhaps the demons in Dante's realm feel and smell differently from ones other places might have. Maybe his senses are simply blind to them.

Hard to say, he's just seen enough trouble in the world to find optimism hard to come by. There is plenty of goodness in the world, but it has to be fought for, and once it's found, protected with everything you have.]

You say you can feel them, though? Are you a haki user?

Haki? What's that? [No, he's not. That answered itself well enough.] No, shit. It's like this. When they're close, it's like my skin crawls. The smell gives them away most of the time, but when I'm around one I just feel it. I know it doesn't make sense, but that's how it works.

[Dante isn't sure how to explain how his heritage works, how the demonic instinct within him reacts to what he perceives without meaning to as 'weaker', or 'lesser' demons.]

Sounds like haki to me. Maybe your world has another name for it.

[Shrug. Then again, maybe not, if it's limited to certain types of creatures. Can haki do that? He really should have tried harder to learn it himself. Would be useful.]

Like another sense, like seeing or feeling but without your eyes or hands. Some sort of innate energy. That's how they talk about it, anyway. I'm no good at it.

Maybe. It's not like I'm a warlock or anything like that. There's libraries full of crap like that locked away, but I was too busy doing other stuff to bother with it.

[Educated is anything is a bit of a stretch for Dante, unfortunately.]

That sounds kinda like it, though.

Where I come from, they say everyone has it, at least to some degree. Or everyone has the potential, anyway. Some people are just better at it than others, or they train hard to develop it. There's people who can use it for more than just seeing, too, they can use it to protect themselves like a shield, or make their weapons stronger.

[Or be absolutely terrifying and drop people to the ground by sheer willpower but you know, we don't need to go into every little detail right now, that's fine.]

Must be one of those things multiple worlds have in common. Maybe it's just something all kinds of people can do.

Yeah? I don't know if that's a good thing or not. Like, cool that anyone has a chance to be a badass. But that also means that every asshole on the globe gets a chance to be a bigger one.

[Yeah, he's worried enough about the idiots of his own world. He doesn't need to worry about the poor bastards in Cora's too.]

Maybe. I dunno. Stuff like that bores me. I'd rather talk weapons.

They manage to keep each other in check. The ones who are really good with it are pretty rare.

[But he shrugs. It's not really a concern right now, just an interesting coincidental comparison.]

Weapons, though, huh? Why, what have you got?

A few guns, some swords, things you put on your hands and feet, more guns, and this swirling frozen set. Nunchaks? Nunchaku? Doesn't matter, the three blades will put any demon on ice. I'm collecting Devil Arms like they're going out of style.

Damn.

[No really, his eyebrows raise up behind the edge of his bangs, because that's quite the list. He's a little jealous, maybe.]

"Things you put on your hands and feet"? What does that even mean?

Right? If you wanna see anything, let me know. I'll pull it out for you.

[Dante looks over, trying to figure out a way to describe what he's talking about. He didn't even know the right words to describe Cerberus without digging, and this is harder for him.] Y'know, things you put on your hands and feet so you can kick more ass? Like clawed metal boots and gloves.

[So descriptive. So helpful.]

[Actually, that's not a terrible description. Enough to get the point across. Clawed boots and gloves aren't that hard to imagine.]

Always been partial to handguns, myself. Do you have a favorite?

[All of that sounds awesome, but starting with the familiar is as good an idea as any.]

You're a man that knows what's good.

[Dante visibly perks up, his handguns are his favorites. Of all his weapons, the twins are his favorites. And he always keeps them close at hand. Dante is more than willing to show them off to his new and unexpected friend(?). So he pulls them from their holsters, and lays them on the table in all their glory.] Ebony and Ivory.

... Wow.

[Both impressed and perplexed, he looks them over, then reaches for one - Ivory, purely by chance - to study it closer. The mechanism is completely unfamiliar, which is fascinating despite the rest of the similarities to what he's used to.]

They're beautiful. I've never seen any like this, though. Wish I'd been able to bring mine with me to compare.

[He sets it back down, then smiles.] You ought to show me how they work at some point.

test drive meme # 38

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