dankmemes | test drive meme # 39

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 December 25th, and apps are open January 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: HE MADE HIS LIST
[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 were hoping for something seasonally appropriate, right? Well, the Door doesn't know it's December, so this must be a coincidence - because this time, it's brought in the Krampus.

This creature is the opposite of Santa, and if you've been bad (and let's be real, who in Hadriel hasn't), it'll be all too happy to punish. Maybe you'll get lucky and it'll just scare the crap out of you and give you some coal... or maybe it'll decide your punishment needs to be much, much worse. Don't you wish you'd been good this year?]

R A G E

SCENARIO TWO: HADRIELITE VANDAL
[Last night everything was fine. You went to bed happy and content - well, as happy and content as you ever are. But this morning, as you stepped out of your house, something was wrong. Maybe you didn't notice it at first - maybe someone had to point it out to you. But there it was, in big bold letters: someone had painted an insult across the front of your house.

Maybe it's a rude name. Maybe an insulting comment. Maybe just a picture of a dick with an arrow pointing to it that says your name. Whatever it is, someone did it specifically to fuck with you. But who? And why? Maybe you already think you know who, and all you need to do is hunt them down. Or maybe it's time for an investigation. Or... maybe all you want to do is clean it off before someone sees.

Good luck. That paint is already dry.]

C O N F U S I O N

SCENARIO THREE: ALL FLIPPY-FLOPPY
[You didn't realize there was anything wrong, not until you saw that person you've always thought was your best friend. They seem the same as ever, it's just - you really don't understand what you saw in them anymore. They're kind of whiny, they're way less cool than you remember, and that hair? Ew.

It's not just that. You ran into your worst enemy earlier, and maybe... you were wrong about them? It really seems like they have some good points, and that annoying expression they always make actually seems kind of cute now. Maybe it's time to kiss and make up, possibly literally!

This is a mini version of our Your Best Enemy event this month.]

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through the Door, and then around;

[This place isn't so bright, but Aqua has to blink as her eyes adjust—she's been accustomed to nothing but darkness for so long. At the sound of the Krampus' approach, she whirls around, instantly calling a rather unusual weapon to hand and falling into a practiced battle stance.]

I don't know what you are, but I'm not afraid of you.

[It wouldn't even occur to her to look for aid in this fight, but if someone joins her, she won't turn it down. Afterwards, she spends some time in the coloseum, fighting whatever monsters she happens upon.]

out & about;

[Eventually, she makes her way out of the facility, and things only get stranger for her. She holds herself tensely, a sort of grim purpose settled on her shoulders, but eventually begins to relax by a fraction. Her warrior's demeanor is somewhat belief by the battered pair of ears she wears on her head.]

Excuse me. Can you tell me...what is this place? I received a message, but it doesn't make sense. I've never heard of a world that can draw people in this way.

wild card;

[Toss me something.]

[She's out and about all the time. Given that the cold isn't something that the Dog feels, she has no qualms about putzing around, especially since the person that she had been residing with had disappeared. A pity, as she had enjoyed his company.

Now she wanders here and there (although she would have before as well), looking for anything of interest. She has yet to venture too far out towards the hills, but one day the Dog likely will. Today she does happen to be sniffing around, following scents that her nose tells her about. New scents, and quite a few of them, although perhaps she is more interested in a little white cat who may or may not be up to something. No such luck so far, but she's not actively trying to track Mogget down.

Whether the question has been addressed to her or not, the Dog does answer.]

It's Hadriel. A most unusual and interesting place.

[Strangely—or perhaps not—Aqua doesn't bat an eye at the sight and sound of a talking canine. She nods, looking more tired than shaken.]

That's what I was told. So it's true, then? Tell me—have you ever been to another world before you came to this one?

[Did it call people like her? If so, could her friends be here too?]

[The Dog does seem to contemplate that answer, as with her, there is never a straight one that is given. Who and what she is isn't exactly the easiest thing to explain, even if the Dog did like to explain things. As it were, she tends to talk in circles until most give up.

She sticks to the first question for the time being.]

Well, I suppose that depends what exactly you were told, as I can neither confirm or deny anything, other than yes, this place is called Hadriel, and it is far from any place that you likely have known.

It was on this.

[She lifts the phone briefly before lowering it again.]

It told me what's supposedly told to everyone here—how we came here, why we're here. I'm not accustomed to blindly trusting messages from people I don't know, though. Before this...I was in a very dark place for a very long time.

[The Dog does have one of those, although it is rare that she carries it around. It's nicely tucked away, in a hole. No ham bones to bury, so she's had to make due, although this place at least does boast of some creatures.]

It would indeed be foolish to just blindly accept everything. But that little box is handy. You can search for people you know on it. Quite the magical device.

Really?

[It sounds helpful, but...no, not as much as it sounds.]

I'm afraid no one I know is here. But I'm pleased to meet you. My name is Aqua.

[Rydia is still trying to put herself together and remember where her old house in Hadriel was when the other woman speaks to her. She turns, raising an eyebrow and studying the other for a short moment, despite the... almost silly head decoration that's the stance of a warrior.]

Well... this is the City of Hadriel. And- I'm afraid that message is accurate, the door seems to be able to take people from other worlds. [A small sigh escapes her lips as she crosses her arms, being kidnapped by a door isn't the most absurd thing she had seen in Hadriel] I have been away for... some time, I'm not entirely sure how long, so I don't know the current state of the place. But this is quite... the interesting location.

I see. Thank you.

[So it's true...and Aqua doesn't know how to feel about that. Yes, she's glad to be out of the darkness, but this isn't where she should be. She needs to help Terra and get back to Ven, and now it seems she's farther away than ever. But then another thought occurs to her before she can be tempted to give in to despair.]

Wait, you managed to leave this world before? How did you do it?

[The woman simply shook her head trying to lift up the various puffs of her large gown, if her apartment was still empty perhaps there was a chance she still had some of her clothes there... right? She could only hope so.]

I didn't, it simply... happened. I don't even quite remember the exact moment I returned in my world, I was merely back to my own life. [She stopped for a moment to ponder about it but no, she didn't even know when the door pushed her back. I can only assume we leave the same way we're brought in, without a real input on our part. [A small shrugh followed as she offered the other girl a small smile.] At least we're not alone, I suppose? Oh, anyway... my name is Rydia.

This world is very strange.

[And she'd know; she's seen so many. That knowledge isn't meant to be shared, but she's too weary to keep to her duty that the division of worlds must be maintained. Especially not when so many people seem to know of them already.]

I'm Aqua. It's nice to meet you, Rydia.

test drive meme # 39

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