test drive meme # 41

[hadrielmods]

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 February 22nd, and apps are open March 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: JUST A SNACK
[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.

Or monsters, as the case may be. It seems like the Door has decided to grace Hadriel with a small invasion of Fallen Angels, from the mobile game Food Fantasy. You might run into a Hamstero or a Forker, a Fanged Snail or a Purple Dumpling. Actually they're mostly... kind of cute.

But still dangerous, so watch your back! These Fallen Angels can really hurt. They go down pretty easy, but there are a lot of them, and they're happy to hit you with claws and teeth and whatever other weapons they have. Sadly, they will not let you hug them.

L O V E

SCENARIO TWO: SOULMATES
[You look down, and all of a sudden you see something new: a name on your wrist, inscribed as if it's always been there. Maybe you recognize the name, maybe you don't - maybe you're happy to see it, or not at all. But it's there, and you can't wash it off, and you kind of want to know what's up with it.

So why not go looking for whoever the name belongs to? There aren't too many folks in the city, they can't be that hard to find. And when you do find them, prepare for the best new friend/lover/family member you've ever met. You'll get along like a house on fire - until the name on your wrist fades away.

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

H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: SCRATCH-OFF
[In your hand there's a ticket. Scratch off the boxes, see if you win - it's a pretty straightforward concept. But the prize is the one thing you want most in the world, and if you can just scratch off the right boxes, maybe you'll get it!

The other prizes are... less enticing. Do you really need a whole turkey, or a new dishwasher, or a lifetime supply of hair removal strips? Maybe you do. But it's that big prize, that golden ticket, that you're hoping for. So scratch away, or find a buddy to help you choose the boxes, or find someone else with a ticket to compare yours to.

Let's just hope you don't run into someone who actually has won the prize... because after all, what's stopping you from just taking it?]

Comments

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts

[missingache]

[ooc: If you don't want KH3 spoilers, please let me know!]

Fear - Just a Snack
[It's hard to be afraid of something that looks like a cute little hamster. Roxas knows better than to just approach something out of the blue to see if it was friendly or not. It looked friendly...]

Can I pet it?

[Or is it going to attack. Sometimes the cutest things are the most vicious.]

Hope - Scratch-Off
[Scratch off tickets are strange. Even stranger that it promises that the prize is something that the winner really wants, if you win. Roxas can't get himself to scratch the ticket just yet because... he can't think of anything that he really wants. Maybe one thing, but he doubts this world can give him that. So the only other option:]

Ice cream. I really want some ice cream.

hope - sorry about this, Roxas

[caeruleae]

[Aqua can't lie and say she doesn't feel frustrated most days here, left without a purpose or a way to really contribute. But she can't sit in her room watching the clock tick, either, novel as it is that time passes here at all—if nothing else, she can patrol the town, just in case any of the monsters break through. In the month or so that she's been here, one day has been mostly the same as another, though.

Not today, though. When she spots him, Aqua stops dead, stares for a long moment...and rushes forward, pulling him into a tight, unexpected hug.]

Ven! You're here!

[missingache]

[Minding his own business ends up with Roxas suddenly being pulled into a hug. He's rather startled as he tries to pull away to look up at who's calling him by the wrong name.

Ah. He knows this person. Sort of.]

Uhm... I'm not Ventus. My name's Roxas.

[caeruleae]

[For a moment, Aqua thinks her heart might break from relief and joy at the sight and feel of Ventus here, alive, awake.

And then she thinks it just might break.]

What?

[Barely hearing anything past I'm not Ventus, Aqua pulls back, searching his face. But it's just what she expected, just what she remembers.]

Don't you remember me?

[missingache]

[This is painful for him, too, since Roxas can tell this is hurting Aqua. Pretending to be Ventus isn't something he even wants to attempt. They're not the same person. They're not memories he has.]

I know your name is Aqua. That you're a Master, and some other things. [Like being trapped in the Realm of Darkness. No need to mention that.]

But I'm not Ventus. I look like him, that's all.

[caeruleae]

[If he doesn't remember her, he shouldn't know any of that. The fact that he does only leaves her more confused.]

You...look like him.

[She repeats it slowly, unable to to hide her skepticism or her concern. It doesn't sound like he's someone else; it sounds like something's happened to his memory. Again.]

That doesn't just happen.

[Little does she know.]

[missingache]

I can explain!

[Maybe. Sort of. It might be more upsetting, or she might not believe him. This was a conundrum.]

Or not. It's kind of confusing to me, too. If Sora was here, he could back me up...

[caeruleae]

[Wait, what? What does Sora have to do with this?]

You know Sora? He is here. He and his friend Riku.

[missingache]

[!!!!! Roxas' eyes go wide at the news. This is good!]

Yeah! Sora's my other half! [Shouldn't be that hard to figure out what he means.] Riku's here, too?

[caeruleae]

[It is very hard to figure out what he means!!!! Ven why do you do this to your poor friend who has a migraine now.]

Yes, both of them. I'm sorry, how do you know them? Did you visit the Destiny Islands, too?

[missingache]

[This is going to be a pain to try and explain. Where are the people who could do this easier?]

I am, was, part of Sora. I'm not anymore. Riku I met when I left Organization XIII. That was a while ago. [Is he going to have to explain Org XIII? Probably.]

[caeruleae]

[Aqua has just learned what a migraine is.]

I'm sorry. I don't understand any of that.

[missingache]

I'm sorry... [Think think think] Oh! Vanitas! You know Vanitas, right?

[caeruleae]

[Her expression hardens at that.]

Yes, I do. So do you.

[Because she's not letting go of the 'you're Ven' hypothesis yet. It seems the most likely conclusion by far.]

But he's gone now. We defeated him at the graveyard.

[missingache]

Well.... that... was a long time ago. He's back in my time. Or I think he's back? I don't know what happened to him after he was beaten again.

[Does anyone know? He rubs the back of his neck as he sighs softly.]

I was to Sora as Vanitas was to Ventus. I look like Ven because Sora had his heart when I was created.

[caeruleae]

[Her head is swimming, but that startles her.]

But you—you aren't darkness.

[And created? Something about this is very, very wrong. Could he really not be...?]

[missingache]

No. I'm human now. And I wasn't really darkness before. I was a Nobody.

[Slightly different than Vanitas. If "slightly" meant huge.]

[caeruleae]

That's not a very nice thing to say about yourself.

[Aqua frowns. He'll never be a nobody to her.]

Would you mind if I...tried something?

[missingache]

What?

[What does she mean??? Roxas is a littler perplexed at her saying that.]

Sure? What do you need me to do?

[caeruleae]

Just wait.

[Aqua closes her eyes and lifts her hands slightly, fingers extended. It's not magic, exactly, not a spell that she's casting. But she's not sure anyone who hadn't studied it for years could manage it—to reach out and sense the light and darkness in a person's heart. And how familiar it is...or isn't.

Abruptly, her eyes open and she gasps.]

You're not Ven.

[missingache]

[Not being sure what's going on, Roxas stands there and waits. Aqua must have been doing something he's not even sure Sora can do.]

... well, yeah. I said that already.

[What did she do to make her believe him now?]

hope

[crownnecklace]

[Wait. Wait, wait, wait. Sora stops in his tracks as he squints just a little, taking in the sight of someone very familiar in front of him. Maybe it's a trick. Maybe it's an illusion. Maybe it's...

...his Nobody, who just wants some ice cream.

Yeah, okay, that makes sense and Sora approaches with some caution because what.]

Roxas! [But just because he's cautious doesn't mean he's not happy to see him.] You think it'll really give you ice cream?

[That's totally the same as saying "hi", right?]

[missingache]

[It takes a good moment for that voice to register. Roxas whips his head around, and sure enough, it's Sora.

Excuse him while he stares.

This was Sora. Definitely Sora. Except something seems off. But that's fine. It's Sora! Questions can come later as he nods a bit numbly.]

I hope it does.

[crownnecklace]

[Hi Roxas guess who's from a post-DDD timeline. Sora apparently sees no problem with, like, any of this and instead he's peering at the scratch card in Roxas's hand.]

Well there's only one way to find out, right? [A grin.] What boxes are you gonna pick?

[missingache]

[Ignore the weird feeling for now. Roxas looks down at the boxes and hums softly to himself.]

I don't know yet. You're supposed to get them in a line, right?

[Does a diagonal line count?]