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

[outermirrors]

The lack of hostility does count for something. There's only so many guns waved in her face Ai can take before she flips.

She doesn't really think of them as gods, but it is what they call themselves and there is a certain amount of otherness to them. If they could touch their dreams why not be capable of doing anything else? As for a more secure location... Near's going to have to venture outside again for that. Most secure place she's found so far is the Spires.

"It was," she agrees. Now he's worried about her name? She laughs a little and shrugs. "Ebihara Ai." She would it was pleasant to meet him if she was sure it wouldn't partially be a lie.

She snorts, exciting arrivals aren't terribly rare from what she's experienced. try waking up and having to run from literal fire flies sometime Near, that'll really get the blood bounding. She exhales softly as part of her answer to his question at first. Of course he would ask for Mello's location. She isn't even surprised given how much Near figured into the dreams she watched.

"We aren't what you'd call friendly. But I could help you look for him. Or you could try the network."

[solvethepuzzle]

He's already come from a year and a half of being toyed with by supernatural beings of some power and even those he'd refused to see as gods. These beings will not be exempt from that, no matter what they call themselves. He will need to study them, certainly. But that is not his immediate concern.

Oh, come now, there's nothing wrong with a few half-truths here and there. However, given that social niceties are obviously lost on him, he takes no offense that she doesn't say that it's nice to meet him. Frankly, he does not expect it is for most people.

"I'd presumed not, but the question was necessary." He'd honestly doubted Mello would make his location so readily known, especially to someone who may have acquired an uncomfortable amount of knowledge about him in general. On the other hand, he could certainly imagine him wanting to know where where she resides under these circumstances. But to Near, that's irrelevant; she's just a source.

"Wandering is useless when more efficient methods are available, but I appreciate the offer, Miss Ebihara." A polite form of address, at odds with his casual rudeness. Network . . . With nothing extra going on in his head, that only leaves a few options. He pulls out an old, worn satchel that has been half-tucked behind him this whole time, fishes his hand through it, past the toys and the card decks before grazing over something else. As nothing he is unfamiliar with should be in here, this is probably what he is looking for, and he pulls out what proves to be a cell phone. "I see they provide easy access. How generous of them."

[outermirrors]

Ah see until she got here she didn't even know that her closest friend spent the majority of a year diving into TVs to fight monsters. She tried not to think too much about the group of people he spent so much time with it helped her not think he had people he liked better. When in doubt avoid the question right?

She supposes not, they were better than being flat out cruel anyway. She's already met Mello, meeting him hasn't been any worse than that so far.

"You actually bother with double checking your assumptions?" There's disbelief tinging her voice. Mello didn't bother with that sort of thing, as far as she could tell he made up his mind and that was pretty much it. Which was probably why she butted heads with him so much. But she has done a fairly decent job of keeping Mello from knowing where she's staying.

"The bar might be the best place to start, he had me meet him there once." A smile spreading across her lips and coloring her tone to have someone actually pay attention to how it was appropriate to address someone they weren't familiar with. "It's a basic cell phone app, shouldn't be too hard to navigate."