Test Drive Meme #9

[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 May 24th, and apps are open June 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:
I'VE SEEN ENOUGH HENTAI TO KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING
[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 malboro, from the Final Fantasy video game series.

These plant-like monsters are essentially comprised of long, tentacle-esque stalks- sometimes with eyes on the ends- and large, gaping mouths. Their breath can be poisonous and literally make you sick to your stomach, and- just your luck- they're carnivorous. Happy hunting!]


C O M B I N A T I O N

SCENARIO TWO: DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
[You're so tired- at least you've got a reasonably safe place to rest your head at while you recuperate, right? After all, nothing can go wrong when you're asleep.

Aaand that's where you're mistaken. For this event, all characters who fall asleep will either be Hosts or Visitors in their, or someone else's dreams. All dreams are inflicted by one of the four gods (Hope, Delight, Rage, or Fear), and will have their presence influencing the events within your dreams in order to harvest their desired emotion from you.

The sky is essentially the limit, so long as your dreams correspond with one of the four gods. Happy sleeping!

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


D E L I G H T

SCENARIO THREE: JUST SAY NO
[On your kitchen table the next morning is a blue pill. Just the one pill, along with a glass of what seems to be water. There's a note in elegant script next to the pill that merely says 'TAKE ME'.

If taken, the pill can have a variety of effects. You can hallucinate, you can get uncontrollable giggles, you can feel drunk, you can feel like colors all have textures and shapes and the world is looking at you through a kaleidoscope! The drug can have whatever effect the player desires, as long as it's pleasurable or fun.

So: do you take it? Can you hear someone who already took the drug, stumbling down the street? You, uh, might want to help them, and do be careful. There's no telling what kinds of monsters are still out there.]

Comments

ZIPS THE HELL IN HERE.

[bluffed]

[ There's no way that she can let this go. Not when she was almost certain she saw her. Fiona, against all odds, fought tooth and nail like she was in some action movie. There was definitely a glance - but it was all she needed. It was a hint that her suspicions were close to home and the familiar sweet song of Maliwan bullets. Fiona's gotten herself to the highest point she can - crawling across the rounded roof tile to the bumbling Malboro. ]

Hey asshole! Nibble on this!

[ Was her voice loud enough to reach Sasha? Whatever the result was, Fiona came equipped - an impromptu molotov cocktail. The burning rag rips through the wind as the glass hits down onto the creature, erupting in a flurry of flames. The inhuman screams as it flails around, whipping its tendrils around in pain. ]

YEAH GIRL GIMME THE GOODS

[sisterincrime]

[Oh it was loud enough: Sasha immediately looks up for the source of the sound, and her grin is brighter than a moonshot when she sees her sister in full vengeance-fuelled glory. She really works it.

The fire being so close is less cool, though.]

Agh-- Fiona!!

[She stumbles back to her feet and runs away from the spastic mass of fire, letting her Maliwan hang by her side so she can focus on not jostling her arm into breaking further. She does make a point of staying in Fiona's line of sight as she runs, trying to make sure her sister can't lose her.]

[bluffed]

[ It was actually luke-warm vengeance. Nearly stumbling over as she had tossed it, Fiona will take a somewhat cool badass moment, okay. Especially with her missing sister in fact scolding her name because of her overhyped action. ]

Shit - sorry!

[ Fiona was a bit impulsive, wanting to just keep Sasha safe in the meantime, okay. The Malboro was sizzled - its flesh half burnt and hanging on its tendrils. Sasha's safety was her main priority, so she jets it, running carefully against the rooftop. ]

Fountain!

[ Fiona calls out, an old fountain resting in the distance from her. As the Malboro stumbles towards Sasha, keeping up fairly poorly, Fiona's going to try and mouth off a plan. ]

Meet you at the fountain!

[sisterincrime]

Got it!

[She turns to face the Malboro again, and her run turns into an awkward sidewards shuffle as she raises her gun again. The bullets get right into the fleshy wounds, and Sasha's reward is even more spasming tentacles, as the shock bullets cause it to stop dead in its tracks for a full few seconds. Plenty of time for Sasha to put her focus back on where she's putting her feet, and even then she still stumbles heavily as she makes her way to the fountain.]

Stubborn asshole, isn't it?!

[bluffed]

[ She's making her way over, skidding her boots against the uneven roof pavement. The quicker she can keep up, the quicker she can keep Sasha safe. She can't get a vantage point besides above at this rate - it's still too far, but she tries. A few stumbles - a skinned knee - and she's sliding down the curved edge.

This is going to be sweet.

She's going to slow motion jump and shoot him with an incendiary bullet.

It'll be the coolest thing ever.

But, nope, she actually hooks her ankle the wrong way at the ledge and tumbles down to her fucking face. Like a big Pandoran loser that she is. She tumbles, barely landing on her side with a heinous thud. It was lucky she didn't match her sister's broken arm at this point. ]

Shit.

[sisterincrime]

[Good news: Sasha got to watch that train wreck. She's not laughing at least, if only because at least one of them has to finish this thing off.]

Smooth, Fi.

[She stops between her sister and the monster, and fires again. At this distance her spread is frustratingly wide, but enough bullets hit to make the monster roar again, and it finally sags. Tentacles continue twitching long after the electricity fades, but hey - problem solved, at last.

She turns back to Fiona, letting her gun hang by her side.]

You alright? That was a pretty big fall.