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

[itsnotaonesie]

[Sucks to be you, nerd.

Peter isn't smiling, he's not smiling as hard as he can.]

See, that just sounds fake. It sounds totally fake and like you're absolutely judging me for beefin' it with that little snack monster.

[webshoots]

[ he holds his hands up: he would never—

—he's not convincing. ] Is this where you tell me he started it?

[itsnotaonesie]

[Not even a tiny bit convincing sorry chap]

I mean, I don't think I need to tell you something that obvious. [YES the dumpling started it, Pete] I zigged when I should have zagged, it happens. It's not like the little thing could have hurt me that bad.

[webshoots]

[ —okay, he's going to stop now. pete catches himself before he rolls his eyes, instead shooting peter a flat look. ] All I'm going to say is that you didn't know it was going to be the all-you-can-eat buffet at the Lotus Flower. [ a beat. ] So yes, I'm judging you for patrolling in— [ waves hand at peter: "that". ]

[itsnotaonesie]

Okay, okay, I'll give you that. I was expecting something completely different when I got here, and I underestimated the-- those.

He waves vaguely in the general direction of the murder foods, and then realizes that Pete's wagging a hand at him so he glances down at himself.]

What? It's more than I usually wear.

[webshoots]

[ p a u s e.

that just raises so many questions that peter is just — not going to go there. ]

—You're a complicated kid. [ that's the diplomatic way of putting it, right? ] I'm going to forget the judging, because I'm not sure if I want to know any more than that.

[itsnotaonesie]

Some things are better left a mystery, right? Don't think too hard about it.

[He could just explain that he fights crime in a spandex onesie, but messing with this guy is a lot more entertaining. Sorry Pete.]

[webshoots]

[ that's just going to remain the permanent elephant in the room. ] You're a teenager, that's basically all the explanation I need.

[itsnotaonesie]

Okay, now, that right there? That's stereotyping. Not cool, man.

[Peter doesn't give a single shit really but you know how it is.]

[webshoots]

[ pete's aware he can go too far occasionally, so he shoots peter a glance to see how bothered he actually is. ]

Alright, man of mystery, unusual sartorial choices are universally recognised as the domain of teenagers, and no pants and less clothes definitely rank as 'unusual' for me — but I'm sorry for stereotyping.

[itsnotaonesie]

[He is not even a little bit bothered, if anything he seems to be enjoying the banter. So. Good job Pete, you're entertaining? ]

I'm not the one who said anything about not wearing pants, and it's weird that your mind went straight to that. Just sayin'.

[webshoots]

[ peter parker: the only person to find ... peter parker entertaining, what’s new. ]

Where was my mind supposed to go? [ pete: has definitely had to make sudden exits without pants, so no, definitely not weird as far as he’s concerned. unpleasant and less than ideal, certainly.

and if peter’s got a better option for: and the first thing I did was find some pants, he’s all ears. ]

[itsnotaonesie]

Remember when I said "don't think too hard about it"? This was exactly what I meant.

[You can't call yourself Spider-Man if you haven't been pantsless in an alley at least once.]

[webshoots]

I mean, I wasn't until you took issue with a reasonable line of thought... [ just accept it, peter. ]