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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

We're not slaves to these gods or anyone else.

We can live freely.

[Specifically she could live freely]

Is that what you want?

[He's not sure she'll give him a truthful or direct answer. She can be infuriatingly vague sometimes.]

[She meets his eyes before looking away, debating her words and preferring to remain a mystery. Her life was safer, so long as he couldn't predict her words.]

Are there any others from Kattegat?

[Indeed, she changes the subject rather than be honest with him. He should have seen that one coming.]

Not from Kattegat. But King Alfred is here. I am living with him.

[That's just going to make things a whole lot more complicated. Between the way he feels about Alfred and Freydis, his emotions feel far too mixed up to even begin the process of untangling them.]

[That was a surprising revelation. First that Ivar would choose to live with the king of the people they regularly raided and that it seemed to be peaceful.

But appearances were deceiving and she knew her husband better now.]

I see.

[At least it meant she could find a place for herself.]

Is there a village near here? I have only seen this cottage.

[Indeed, the idea that he'd ever room with an Englishman would have seemed preposterous four months ago. But now it just seems like a fact of every day life.]

There is a city nearby. It is nearly deserted, but there is shelter, supplies, and safety there.

[They were both Norse and knew that anyone who stayed outside safe boundaries was bound to be attacked eventually, and unlike home, here there were actual monsters.]

[She had at least a plan going forward. If there was a village with supplies, she had less an imperative need to rely on anyone. If she interacted with Ivar, it would be her decision and for her own purposes.

She considered the room for a moment before taking the knife she brandished before, tucking it into her belt.]

Which way? I should start walking before it grows any later.

[I? No, no, wrong pronoun to use, judging by the fact he struggled to his feet as soon as she mentioned leaving. We was the correct one.]

I'll take you there.

[What if she runs into nautilus monsters on the way there? Ivar was barely able to fend a pack off them off and he was a skilled warrior.]

[It was easy to make Ivar volunteer or do something she wanted by the simple use of her independence, but it was difficult for her to say anymore where the line between genuine and altruism was.

While she felt pleased that he insisted on helping her without her lowering herself to ask, there was still a frustration that she would be at his side (even as she longed for it.) There was no safety with this man, either physically or mentally.]

I'm not afraid of death, Ivar.

You wouldn't like a death at the hands of these monsters.

[It would be quite painful, and even as he hates Freydis, he doesn't wish for the tentacled beasts that roam the land to tear her apart. The thought is tempting, but if anyone is going to that, it will be him.]

Torn apart or strangled, does it truly matter? I have already suffered. One monster or another, I'm not afraid.

[Her look was pointed, watching him for his telltale rage.]

[Ouch. That hits him where it hurts. The rage doesn't come. Instead, a look of regret mixed with sadness flickers across his face for a moment. He had loved her so much. Though he won't show it, his heart is still truly broken.

Then he steels himself and his face hardens into that ruthless mask that she would know well, the one he used when he didn't want anyone to know what he was thinking.]

Say what you will, but you will not be rid of my presence that easily.

[If being around Freydis irks her, then he will continue to do so. He could be awfully petty like that.]

The gods mean for us to be together.

[In some shape or form, bound together in sorrow, joy and misery. It's not great victory to hurt him, however much she had needed to. Love was equally as strong as hate and she felt both for Ivar in great supply.

No matter how long she was in this world, she would never be able to sort between the two. Not with him.]

I want to reach the village before dark falls.

That thought would have given me a lot of pleasure once.

[Now it just seems like a cruel joke, to pair him with a woman that provided as much pain as she did happiness. He would never again know what he would get with her. At least she'd never be boring to him.]

We will.

[Even at his slow, limping speed.]

Test Drive Meme #40

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