dankmemes | test drive meme #11

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 July 25th, and apps are open August 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: WORKING TITLE
[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 few Working Joes, from the Alien: Isolation video game series.

Once simply androids meant for mundane jobs, working Joes have had their programming altered to isolate and eliminate threats onboard their ship- which they now believe to be Hadriel. Super strong, yet slow and plodding, an android may ask you for identification before throttling you when you don't have the right answer. They are quite sturdy and difficult to destroy without the right tools. Have fun!]

H O P E

SCENARIO TWO: BEAUTIFICATION DUTY
[The city has always looked a little drab, but now with some tools from Hope, it's up to you guys to spruce it up a bit! Your character will find themselves in a shop filled with various paints, home improvement tools, window stickers, streamers, and various other items and tools used to improve the appearance of the neighborhood.

You're encouraged to add your own little flair to the project in order to improve living standards and make Hope the happiest god in the pantheon. So, what will you do? Paint a mural? Sweep up some rubble? Install a skylight! The cave is your oyster.

This is a mini version of our Extinction v2 event this month!]

S O R R O W

SCENARIO THREE: CRY ME A RIVER
[When you wake up in the morning, something feels... off. It feels like you just watched 20 ASPCA commercials in a row and then topped it all off with the first ten minutes of Up. You're beaten down, depressed, upset by all the horrific acts and trauma in the world, and it's enough to make you want to cry.

Turn on the waterworks, because Hadriel is about to have a shortage of tissues and everyone's getting dehydrated. You might run into your neighbor crying while you're scavenging for food, or you might just find that one whole asshole in the entire movie who isn't affected.

Either way, it's time to get some hugs, some kleenex, and maybe a little bit of chocolate. Happy... crying?]

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Mello absolutely doesn't want to be helping clean up this cavetown, but he's basically without much choice, at this point. Or, rather, he has other choices, but they're not good ones - continuing to antagonize the City Guard isn't a smart move at this juncture, because there's nothing to gain from it and plenty to lose. (He's already lost his phone, after all, though that's temporary.)

Whitewashing buildings doesn't take much skill, but it does take effort, and some concentration. And, of course, he's always aware of any people who happen to be nearby; just because Bianca already got her murder on once doesn't mean there aren't other fine upstanding citizens who'd like to slit his throat. So Mello notices this kid well before he clatters into the can of paint on the ground, and Mello has plenty of time to react, jumping out of the paint's path toward him. It's a mess, but thankfully, his clothes aren't stained.

(Yet.)

"Watch it."

"Hey, I said sorry!" Rin scowled at Mello, still holding a stack of boxes. "Accidents happen, get off my case."

Just who does this guy think he is, anyway? It's not like I could see the paint can right there.

As Rin looks at Mello's face though, he notices the burn and his expression changes to one of slight shock. On impulse, and without hesitation, his jaw drops slightly.

"Dude, what happened to your face?" he exclaims, not realizing that he's probably being loud.

Mello's expression sharpens into an outright scowl at that incredibly rude question. What happened is a sore point anyway, and not especially something he's inclined to talk about with people who know him, much less a klutzy kid he's just met.

"I think the more salient question here is 'what happened to the last person who asked such an intrusive question?'"

Rin rolls his eyes at the scowl. Ooh, Mr. Scary-face. He has to force himself not to snicker at the redundancy in that.

"Oh, please, I'm not scared of you. What's your deal?" Rin can't help it that his blunt and forward with just about any thought that comes to his mind, y'know.

"Huh? Wait a second... Sa... Sayllll... How did you say it again?" He sets the boxes down and scratches his head a little. "What the Hell does that mean? Let's see.... it sounds like... alien?" Rin groans as he ponders the word a moment.

Edited 2016-07-30 01:09 (UTC)

"Salient. It means 'relevant or important,' in this context." Mello's the one rolling his eyes now. "You've seriously never heard the term before? It's a fairly common piece of language." Of course, not everyone grew up in a genius factory with an accelerated program of academic study. That does tend to have a notable effect on a person's vocabulary.

"It's not common where I'm from! Geez, Mr. Know-it-all!" He scoffs under his breath as he wonders if maybe it is common back home, and he just doesn't pay attention. But forget that, this guy is a piece of work. Mello's attitude was starting to grate his nerves a little.

"I'm smart where it counts, okay? In the field! Stop being a prick!" He's got bigger fish to fry than this scrawny brat, after all. He kicks the near-empty, spilled paint can to vent some of his frustration, watching it roll a little closer to Mello than he had intended. Too bad it missed. This know-it-all needs a lesson to not look down on people.

Mello watches the display of temper with the most unimpressed expression, eyes following the paint can as it rolls along the ground, gaze then flicking back up to the kid who kicked it once it settles. "You're awfully defensive," he notes, dryly. If this kid's another explosive hothead, that's one more thing this place doesn't need, in Mello's opinion.

"Am not!" he barks, sounding like a child in a pointless argument. He grits his teeth. Jesus Christ, rude much? Rin narrows his eyes when he remembers the boxes. He scoffs.

"Whatever, dude. I got better things to do than deal with a brat." Trying to sound more mature than he actually does. He turns back around to scoop up the boxes again. "Next time, move your paint."

Edited 2016-08-05 03:59 (UTC)

"My paint was there first, kid." He actually does roll his eyes this time. Children. Honestly. "Next time, watch where you're going." And he turns back to his work on the wall.

The amount of arguments that surface to Rin's mind are almost overwhelming.

"Kid." "Watch where you're going." This guy sure seems self-entitled. This guy didn't look much older than he did.

"Well, if you would have kept it next to the wall, then I wouldn't have run into it!" No way he's keeping his cool with that attitude.

"No," he says, once again at work brushing paint on the wall, "if you were more observant to your surroundings, you wouldn't have run into it." This may be a minute detail, but for the moment, it's one Mello isn't willing to let go of. "If you were to crash into a tree, would you be yelling at it for jumping out at you out of nowhere? I think not."

"Well, maybe I would! At least I could see the tree around the boxes!" No denial on his part, you don't know who you're dealing with, Mello. "Trees are big, paint cans aren't!" So, there!

Rin grabs a paint can and swings it toward Mello, as if to prove a point.

"You can pick this up! But you can't do that to a tree, now can you?"

OK, no. Mello's patience runs from thin to nonexistent when the kid starts acting like he might throw the can of paint at him. Angrily, he turns toward him with his face set in a stony glare.

"Look, kid, I don't really know how you arrived at the impression that I care, but I don't. I have work to do, and you're in the way. So beat it already."

"Yea, fine!" Rin scoffs.

Rin scowls back as he throws the paint can against the wall, splattering its contents everywhere. Throw the paint can on you, Mello? Nah, you have to throw the first punch. Doesn't mean he won't trash your handiwork, though.

How's that for in the way?

Rin gives a breath of a scoff as he turns away.

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