dankmemes | test drive meme # 41

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?]

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[If she found a way to say those feelings to Alphys the woman might just keel over, so maybe it's better that doesn't come out of nowhere. In the meantime though, Alphys has a similarly hard question to try and explain.]

It's uh, well-- not really, uhm. Actually, you might think this is uh, r-really cool, but we're kind of in... another dimension? Like another world, with uh, people from all over! And there's aliens and humans but they're nice humans uh, mostly. There's really only one or t-two not good humans so you don't need to fight any if you see them.

[That... is a lot for Undyne to take in. Other dimensions are real? She's read about them in Alphys' human history books, she's heard Alphys talk about the possibility, but it's an entirely different thing being in one.

But she completely believes it, especially coming from Alphys. It definitely makes more sense than her own theory. She grins.]

Whoa! Your theories were right! That is really cool!

[At the mention of not needing to fight humans, she nods. That's good to know. If she's in another dimension, she doesn't need to attack anyone anyway - there's nobody here to bring the souls from dead humans back to. And Frisk definitely wouldn't approve of her fighting humans anyway.] You got it, Alphy. Won't fight a single thing!

[She kind of expected it to be a bit jarring, but Undyne always seems to believe her, for better or for worse. Even though Undyne hasn't realized it, Alphys has been apart from her a long time, and even though she trusts her there's been a lot of difference there. Moreover, she has the chance to start this out on the right foot after all- to really do right this time, and tell her the truth. So she takes a quick breath, tries to think of what to say, and takes one of Undyne's hands in both of hers.]

And uhm, there's... w-well, there's something else too. I've uhm... so time works a little differently here, and uhm, tell me if this doesn't really make sense and I'll try to explain better, but uhm, it's. I've actually been here a long time. Sometimes other people are here that we know, but uh, a lot of the time it's just been me, and... I haven't s-seen you in. A while.

[Oh jeez, there are the tears again.]

I don't want to scare you, o-or anything, and it's not really good to be here and it's dangerous but I missed you so much--!

[She's absolutely sniffling now, but still holding Undyne's hand.]

I'm sorry if I called you here by mistake, somehow! I didn't mean to be selfish!

[Undyne's smile fades the more and more Alphys explains, the more and more upset Alphys is clearly getting. She focuses on the important things and tries not to freak out a little - Alphys has been here a long time? It's dangerous? Alphys has been alone, in this dangerous world, without her?

But she knows what to do - she needs to be calm. She needs to be supportive. Even if she doesn't entirely understand, even if all this talk of alternate dimensions and time working differently is a little beyond her, she needs to calm Alphys down. Staying crouched down to Alphys' height, she puts her free hand above Alphys' and gives her a soft, gentle smile.]

Alphy. I don't know how all this works, but... if you called me here... it's because you needed me. And I came to you because... because I'll always, always be there for you. No matter what happens with alternate dimensions or time travel or whatever... if you need me, I'll always come.

And I promise, I'll be safe. And you'll be safe too. This place might be dangerous, but you know me. There's nothing that can hurt me. There's no fight I can't win. So you're not going to hurt me. And you're not selfish, OK? Not for needing help. Not for needing me. Not for anything.

[Undyne bows her head, laughing under her breath.] I'm not real good at all this sappy stuff. But... that's the truth.

[Part of her knows that Undyne will comfort her-- of course she will, she's Undyne, and she has to remind herself that-- but there's always that scared, paranoid voice in her brain that she doesn't deserve it and she doesn't need to. Even if the Door is random, and she's been told that so many times, she can't help but feel responsible. Who knows? Maybe it is her. Maybe her soul reached out in a way she didn't understand and this was all her fault after all.

She tries to stop almost as immediately as Undyne crouches down, hastily wiping away tears, but it's just enough to get her to wetly look at the other girl while she speaks. Alphys wants to believe her, she really does, and maybe that will just be enough.

So she nods, even if she doesn't truly believe all of it. She can believe in Undyne. That's enough, right?]

Okay, I-- I know, I just... you're gonna have to know that, because it's, there's just... everything's really different. It's not the same as the Underground, and if you got hurt because of me, I, I'd n-never...

[MMMM it's hug time again, Alphys squeezing her tight around her middle.]

I never want you to be hurt. And I've missed you so much.

[Undyne hugs her in return, resting her head on Alphys' shoulder and squeezing her gently. She doesn't really know what to say. She doesn't know if there's anything she can say that will make Alphys feel any better. Alphys feels responsible for this - somehow. Alphys is worried about her, and she's never seen Alphys this scared for her safety before and that's concerning, but she knows that Alphys feels this way because she cares about her.

She just wishes she knew how to make Alphys feel safe, feel reassured.]

Even if I did get hurt... and I won't... it wouldn't be your fault. Trust me about that, alright?

[She pats Alphys' back.]

I'm the one who should be sorry - sorry you've been alone in this place. I wish I'd been here for you sooner, Alphy.

[She nods into Undyne's grip, trying to calm herself down as she pulls back enough to see her face.]

I won't-- y-you won't get hurt. I know. And it's not your fault you weren't here either, it, the Door kind of uhm... it's random. A few people from the Underground have been here, but it's always uhm, always random.

[It's bolder than Alphys feels she's ever been, when she reaches over and takes Undyne's hand on her own. Two years will do a lot to a person, even if she won't see it very well in herself.]

I guess do you, uhm... w-want me to show you around? As much as I can.

[It is bold, and Undyne can't help but blush, a green tint coming to her cheeks. But she laughs it off quickly.]

O-of course! I'd love to go with you!

[Oh god Undyne's blushing she's going to faint, that's it, technical knockout. Alphys opens and closes her mouth a few times until she can find some kind of words out of all this, and instead just grabs Undyne's hand with both her hands now in some attempt to steady herself.

It feels more like she just tugged like, very hard to hold the entirety of Undyne's forearm into her chest. God, she is trying. She is trying so hard.]

Okay cool great this is gonna be great and, uh, c-cool, yeah!! Yeah okay uhhhh here come with me...

[And she'll bring her with her out to the city, for any more of the time they have.]

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