Test Drive Meme # 1

[hadrielmods]

Welcome to Hadriel's very first 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 September 24th, and Apps are open October 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!

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: ANYONE GOT A LIGHT?
[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. In this instance, the door has managed to grab something truly horrific, and it's definitely out for blood (and brains) tonight.

Smokers are enemies in the video game series Left 4 Dead, who use their prehensile tongues to capture unwitting people and either drag them away for consumption or hang them up to strangle them. With all of the activity of characters trying to find out what's going on and where they are, there are more than a few of them, lingering in the shadows and waiting to try strike at anyone who may be lagging behind.]


SCENARIO TWO: YOUR HEART WILL GO ON
[You awaken in a windowless room, the walls strangely curved. The door, when you try it, is quite firmly locked. No amount of force is able to break through, so it seems to be sealed by supernatural means. Next to the door stands a slender pedestal, about as big around as a large man's thigh. At the top of the pedestal is a indentation, as if something were meant to go there.

But you're not alone in this room. There are two things with you: a person and a corpse. Pinned to the body is a note: Place a heart on the pedestal to leave. Tucked neatly into the corpse's pocket is a letter opener, small and not particularly sharp.

Did you have weapons or tools on you before? You don't now. But look at it this way: what better form of bonding is there than helping a friend or stranger dig a heart out of a corpse with nothing but a letter opener and your bare hands?]


H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: HAVE YOU HAD YOUR BREAK-IN TODAY?
[You're standing outside a storefront, colored glass set into intricate designs. It's beautiful, artistic, but more importantly - there's definitely food inside. Good food, too, by the glimpses you can see through the window. In fact - wait a minute - isn't that your favorite dish in there, just waiting for you? You've been searching for food for hours, it seems, and the city is bare. Your tummy is getting awful rumbly. What luck!

You try the door. Cruelly, it is locked. The food taunts you, just out of reach.

The glass is lovely, intricate, but it's just glass. Or maybe you know how to pick locks. Or maybe there's a back way in. Or maybe some passing friend will be able to help you. There's a lot of options here, if what you really want is a mouthful of the finest... whatever it is you like.]

Comments

collapses into, also 3

[freezerburned]

[Isaac notices the dark shape in the shadows of the building and he almost jumps out of his skin when it moves to ram a shoulder against the back door- but when he pulls back, it brings Robb's face into the light a little and Isaac hesitates for a moment before allowing himself a smile and taking a step toward him.]

Robb, yeah?

[It's been awhile, but he remembers his name. How could he forget?]

Trying to break in?

[needsnoheadsman]

[He recognizes that voice. It's a voice he didn't think he'd hear again, and Robb grins back, rubbing at his shoulder.]

Aye, it's me. I hadn't thought I'd see you again, Isaac. [He missed you bro. And as for the breaking in, he at least has the decency to look slightly ashamed about it.] Was it that obvious? I suppose not being seen was too much to hope for.

[freezerburned]

[Robb looking sheepish is actually pretty endearing, so Isaac grins and steps forward, shouldering the other boy aside so he can tug at the handle to the back door. Of course it's locked, so Isaac grips it a little tighter, pulls a little harder. Hm.]

You're really not that great at this breaking and entering stuff, are you?

[Not like Isaac is really getting the door open either, but hey.]

[needsnoheadsman]

Not very, no. Mayhaps I might be able to say the same for you.

[Maester Luwin didn't cover Breaking and Entering, why do you ask. Robb leans against the wall and watches him trying to work the handle for a bit, clearly a little amused by this whole thing, before he straightens up again.]

We might be able to break it down together. [It's going to be hell on his shoulder, but there is food inside and he is hungry, if there was a dead horse around Robb wouldn't even bat an eyelid before carving it up for meat.]