dankmemes | Test Drive Meme #40

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 January 24th, and apps are open February 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: SLURP SLURP
[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.

What's that on the ceiling? Who's that skittering along the wall? Why, it's none other than the the Licker, from the Resident Evil series.

The licker crawls around on walls and ceilings and can easily avoid all attacks with their creepy crawly acrobatics. Watch out for those tongues, though- they can whip you with them and catch you off balance. They love waiting in dark corners to jump at you and slash you with their oversized claws, as seen here. Luckily, their brains are exposed and they're quite blind- move quietly and avoid their notice, or attack them in their weak spot to get away safely. Be careful though, they tend to travel in packs...]

T R A N Q U I L I T Y

SCENARIO TWO: CABIN IN THE WOODS
[It's nice outside. There's a heat to the air that permeates through the muggy interior of the cabin, but at night, it's cool enough that you can relax and see all the stars in the sky. The hot tub is a nice contrast to the chilly night air and the possibilities are practically limitless!

So cook something up on the grill, go hunting, or just relax and definitely don't get murdered, because you do happen to have a bit of an odd cabin mate. Why are the two of you sharing this cabin? Well, that's up for you to decide, but whether you're close friends who decided to take a vacation together or random strangers stuck together by circumstances, you're here for awhile so you might as well take the time to relax and get to know one another up here in these mountains!]

R A G E

SCENARIO THREE: MONSTER HOUSE
[It seems like you've just misplaced a few items at first- but after awhile, it becomes apparent that the items are misplacing themselves. Weird, right?

Maybe not that weird, because soon afterward, items of all shames and sizes start to move around, now well within sight. Their intent is clearly to annoy or even harm you, depending on how dangerous the item is... maybe a deathly pair of pants, to a set of keys that keeps running away from you, to a house consumed with the desire to- well, consume you.

Be careful of everything, be suspicious of items that may be trying to lure you in with their stillness, and have fun! This event is based on Hadriel's It's Aliiiive! event this month.]

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Sometimes people get pulled here after they die.

[ It sounds insane. It probably is. But that's how this place works, in the end. ]

I know you don't remember. That's okay. But you stitched me up once, and I'm thankful for that.

[ He watches her for a moment, hands loose at his sides. ]

Drake's a friend of mine.

So you're saying... Drake is Drake?

[Which may or may not mean anything to him. Liv isn't certain. For the moment she's not going to further explain what she means by that, wanting to see just what he knows.

There is a little look of surprise when he admits that she's apparently stitched him up. She usually doesn't work on the living, and for good reason. One little nick, and good bye human life.]

He's not a Romero, if that's what you mean.

[ Yeah. He knows. ]

We had some close calls, but - yeah. He's here.

[That is what she meant, although Liv isn't certain if that's a relief or not. Well, it is, in that he's not a Romero, but that he actually knows what she had been referring to?]

And this is just normal? You just show up here?

[Dead? Or dead dead in her case. Not that she recalls anything happening. Just another normal day in the morgue, getting ready to eat a brain...]

Pretty much. [ He shrugs. Is what it is. ] I did. Sometimes people die first, sometimes they just wake up here. Home one minute, here the next.

[That might explain something, such as the fact that Liv doesn't recall meeting her final end. Just talking with Ravi in the morgue... Although it still doesn't explain how exactly she ended up here. How any of them ended up here. Kidnapping, but then what?

She frowns slightly.]

But people have to notice that their friends and family are missing.

When people go back, it's like no time passed. And you won't remember being here.

[ Keep it simple, Ephemera thinks. Don't get bogged up on too many details. One thing at a time. ]

Nobody'll notice you're gone. I'm sorry.

All of that sounds like something out of a tv show...

[There is a good dose of skepticism in her voice, but no more than can likely be expected. Zombies are one thing. Time freezing is another.]

Believe me, I know.

[ Ephemera rocks back on his heels. ]

It's a lot to take in.

Guessing everyone goes through the same learning curve here.

[So at least there is that, right? Maybe... She really doesn't know what to make of this.]

Yeah. Was hard at first.

[ He shrugs. ]

But you get used to it. Adapt.

Adapting... Had to do a fair bit of that.

[Although it had been more like a plane crash with Liv in the beginning, trying to adjust. Still is, some days.]

I figured.

[ Ephemera's survived a lot, but he's not a zombie. That's a whole other thing. ]

I'm not so good with explaining shit. I'm sorry. I forget stuff, sometimes. But I'll try, if you've got questions.

So this place... Hadriel? Is it the name of the city, or... the planet?

[The last said a little strangely. After all, Earth is the only planet that they are aware of. Not that Liv is saying that there aren't other habitable planets in the universe, but they simply don't have the technology yet to know.]

Name of the city. Not sure what the planet's called.

[ Okay. That's easier, right? He knows the answer to that one. ]

But you're certain it's not Earth and this is all not some... experiment, or something?

[Some under the dome type of a thing going on.]

I've never been to Earth, [ he points out. ] I mean. It exists. I know people who've been there. But, no. We pretty much ruled that out.

oh.

[As that is not an answer that Liv had been expecting, at all. And cue a momentary distraction.]

Where are you from then?

It's called Talitsa. [ Ephemera winces a little. ] Some shithole planet in the middle of nowhere, I wouldn't recommend visiting.

[Said wince does not go unnoticed, and although she does have questions, it's that expression that halts them.]

Considering we can't visit anywhere that isn't only planet Earth where I'm form...

Yeah. That, too.

[ Okay. They're talking. It hasn't gone horribly wrong yet. That's something, right? ]

For what it's worth, I'm sorry you got stuck here.

Thanks.

[A little shrug of her shoulders.]

Guess I'm going to have to get used to it.

[ Ephemera nods slowly. ]

You need anything, you ask me.

[ He's quiet for a moment. ]

He's important to me.

Thanks.

[Because even if she doesn't really know him, it is a nice gesture. She's known certain people to do far less, including exploiting others when they can. Liv's gaze does flicker.]

Drake.

[Not really a question, but more a statement.]

He was- is? A good guy.

Mhmm.

[ Ephemera nods. There's more he could say. More he'll probably need to, in time. But for now, maybe it's okay to keep it like this. Nothing overly complicated. ]

No one I'd trust more.

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