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Test Drive Meme #7
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 March 25th, and apps are open April 1st.
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: HOW UNUSUAL
[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.
Watch out as you explore the streets of Hadriel, because you're not alone, and there's always something on the rooftops watching and waiting for the perfect opportunity to separate you from your group and tear you into pieces. This time, the Door has brought in a few Rodents Of Unusual Size, from the film/book Princess Bride.
These large creatures are about the size of a large dog and can be stoked into a frenzy once they smell blood. They typically hide in the shadows and wait for an opportune moment to leap out of the dark and strike at you. Though they can sometimes look like overlarge puppets, take no doubt that these monsters are very much alive, and they love the taste of flesh.]
H O P E
SCENARIO TWO: MIRROR, MIRROR
[While exploring, you might be surprised to come across a pristine mirror in this underground city. It could be lying in your path, it could have been dropped into your bag by a mysterious someone, or it could find you some other way, but it will be there. This is no ordinary mirror, however- upon looking inside of it, the glass will show you a vision of a future that you hope for more than anything.
Regardless of what you want, the mirror shows visions that you believe are possible so that you can adequately hope for it- whether or not they actually are isn't really anyone's concern. Feel free to hide in a corner and stare for hours, throw it away, or try to peek at as many other mirrors as you want- we won't stop you!
This is a mini version of our Hopeful Future event this month!]
R A G E
SCENARIO THREE: PAY 2 WIN
[How cool are carnival booths? Super cool, right? And luckily, the grand prize in this one is something you've always wanted. It could be a briefcase of enough money to make all your troubles go away, that sacred amulet you've been questing after, or something a little less concrete- the approval of someone you want to like you, a curse upon someone you don't like, general freedom... the choices are endless.
And all you have to do to win it is play a game or two.
Something strange seems to be happening, though. Each time you finish a round of the game, the prize requirements just get a little higher, just stretch a little more out of reach. Play again, we're sure you'll get it this time! No? Well, you've definitely got it next time.
Get fed up and smash the booth for the prize? Well buddy, now you're disqualified, and tampering with the booth sets that thing you want most up in flames. Sorry, bud. Better luck next time! And look, there's another booth right behind you...]
Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve | Kusheline Series | Hope
To wake to his sharp d'Angeline features each morning, to only feel the prick of Kushiel's dart so often. To have completed whatever it was the gods asked of her, to be free of their demands. To have freed Hyascinthe.
These simplicities, they seemed so large and yet so little to ask of someday.
Phedre barely even noticed the tears at the corners of her eyes as she knelt, abeyante, still as a statue but for her breath. It is the slow realization of another being's presence that caused her to lift her head.]
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It can't be that bad. [She comes to a stop a few feet off to the woman's side and crosses her arms, her own mirror gripped tight in her hand.] I'm sure it's like rubbing salt in some old wound, but come on.
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[Phedre smiles a little bit. It was nothing to be ashamed of, being moved to tears by beauty. Her people knew better than many the many form that grace could take.]
It is beautiful. To have this... I think it would almost be worth a kingdom.
[Almost. So close to almost.]
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[Because that was kind of dramatic. It's either that or--]
Oh. You're from some place that still has legit kingdoms. [Emily shrugs. It doesn't matter.] Glad you like it, I guess. Good for you, you got something good in yours.
[Emily's isn't bad. Just... impossible. No big.]
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Good, yes, but not likely.
[Perhaps worth dreaming about. Phedre gives a little shrug, and stands gracefully.
She wanted to ask so much, but instead of inquiring about what that girl saw she chose another track.]
Was yours unpleasant?
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[She's not mocking her tone. It just happens to be the best way to describe the vision in the mirror.]
It's a complete tease. I don't like being teased.
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[Ah, perhaps that was the issue, because the pain of hope was a particularly memorable kind. Hope could be the cruelest of motivators.
They did not have to speak of it, however. There were safer, and more pressing subjects.]
Do you know where we are?
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This five-star resort of a city is called Hadriel. Don't expect to be able to find a way out, nobody has yet. Also, don't expect peace and quiet.
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Hadriel...
[Phedre said it as if she were tasting the word, trying to place it. She didn't recognize the name, which wasn't surprising as it was impossible to know all cities in all countries. The name might come from Carthage, perhaps even Caerdiccia Unitas...]
Do you know what country?
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[Emily doesn't even blink when she says it, as if it's true. It may as well be.]
It's a theocracy.
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[Phedre blinks in surprise, before realizing that was meant to be sarcasm. She could do sarcasm too.]
I see. They must be very convincing.
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[It occurs to Emily after she says that, that this woman probably doesn't know what an Oscar is. Whatever.]
They feed off our emotions, and so far they've been convincing enough. I mean, if you can do the shit they're able to do, then you're definitely not human.
[Or at least, not any human Emily has ever met.]