Test Drive Meme #8

[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 April 24th, and apps are open May 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: DEAD FLESH BUFFET
[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 lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect chance to swarm around you and chow down. This time, the Door has brought in a group of rotfiends, from the video game The Witcher.

These unpleasant-looking creatures are necrophages, meaning they feed on the flesh of the dead, and if that flesh is in short supply they are happy to add to it. Normally found in groups, they are fast and difficult to corner. What's more, when on the verge of death, they have an annoying tendency to explode into a flammable cloud of poisonous toxins. You left your torch at home, right?]

R A G E
SCENARIO TWO: MMM WHATCHA SAY
[There you were, just walking along the street, minding your own business like a good underground hell-city citizen, when all of a sudden you saw someone. It was like love at first sight - if by 'love' you mean 'deep burning hatred'. You've never wanted to kill someone so much, and why? Well, you're not really sure, but there's probably a reason! You'll just have to figure it out. Or not. Who needs a reason for murder, anyway?

Or maybe you're the one someone else has targeted. Maybe you know they're after you and you're desperately trying to watch your back. Why do they hate you? You don't even know them. Or maybe you do, maybe they're your best friend. Either way, this is a super awkward situation, and someone might end up dead. Hopefully not you!

This is a mini version of our Assassin event this month!]


H O P E

SCENARIO THREE: SCRATCH OFF
[This morning, you received a scratch ticket in the mail (who knew Hadriel even had mail?), addressed to you. The instructions are clear enough - scratch off three matching icons, and you win a prize! Sure, okay. But here's the grand prize: a one-way ticket home.

Unfortunately, try as you might, you aren't gonna win that one, but keep hoping! And hey, just think of all the other GREAT PRIZES you could win: an inflatable duck, a plastic ring to give your sweetheart, an empty can of Red Bull, a cell phone charm shaped like a strange green creature with a boner.

So what if you didn't win that ticket home? You got something almost as good: a shitty prize! Thanks, Hope!]

Comments

[ichaer]

I know but I simply couldn't stand the thought of it. I couldn't allow us to go through so much and for us to finally be together then lose it all to the White Frost.

[ There's an ache in her voice as she thinks back to those moments. She had to stay strong but her heart had been breaking, wishing to just give it all up and go away with him. Go somewhere far away with her parents to live happily ever after. Her grip slackens more, almost dropping her sword in the dirt and blood under their feet as she's pulled into the hug. It helps to ground her, keep her worried thoughts from overcoming everything else and allowing her a chance to breathe. It was always easier with Geralt nearby and with him, she know she could do anything.

Careful of her sword in one hand, she wraps her arms around him and nods. ]

It was overwhelming like... like nothing I had even seen before but then I thought of you. I remembered how you helped me, trusted me and stood by me. It gave me the strength to win because I wanted to see you again. I wanted to be with you and mother. [ His words remind her of Stygga and of the words she spoke then under that archway. The words she had been unable to keep back then but now? Now its different. Now she knows it's true both here and back home. ] I'll never leave you again. Never again.

[ She swears it. ] Whether back home or in some strange world, we'll be together.

[portalhate]

[ Geralt shuts his eyes, embracing Ciri firmly but gently. Inexplicably, her words bring to mind that awful moment when he'd finally found her in that cabin on the Isle of Mists, cold and lifeless. How he thought his life had come to an end at that exact moment, too, grief and hopelessness choking the breath from his lungs -- how he thought he'd failed her so completely. He couldn't even weep; didn't know how. Then Ciri had woken and given him back his life and purpose -- it's comforting to know he'd managed to give back something in return with his support and trust. ]

It's a deal. [ One he'll happily agree to. There's a rare smile on his lips when he gradually pulls back from their hug, soft and warm reserved only for Ciri and Yen. For so long, they've fallen from one battle and calamity to the next. Can it really be over now, at least for the foreseeable future? Do they finally just get to live in peace, together? Geralt hopes with all his heart they do. ]

About damn time we caught a break for once, if you ask me. Although... [ He trails off and glances around, a small frown making its way back to his face. They're still stuck in this strange place, which doesn't sit well with him at all. ] Looks like we still have one more hurdle to cross.

[ichaer]

[ Again, she can't help but smile like a small. It's been a long three months here and Ciri has felt like she has been dragging herself along but now? Now she feels light on her fight like... like she can face any challenge and win. It's thrilling, she decides and steps up from the hug with a nod. This wouldn't be easy but they could figure something out that would get them back home. ]

It'll be hard but we've faced tougher challenges before. Thankfully, the monsters for the most part avoid the city limits so we need not worry about them too much. [ The Gods were the main target, they've been for months in her mind. ] Come, I'll show you the way but keep an ear not. More than just rotfiends hide in these tunnels and some are nothing like the monsters we have make home.

[portalhate]

We'd better, before Yen reaches out across the time and space and gives us both a thrashing for dawdling. [ His lips pull into a faint, crooked smirk -- but all joking aside, he doesn't doubt the sorceress and her determination (and temper) for one minute. If anyone could do just that, it would be Yennefer. ] Lead the way.

So, monsters are a problem here? Been making yourself useful, like a good witcher...ess? [ There's a fondly teasing edge to his gruff tone, but make no mistake, he couldn't be more proud of her. ]