dankmemes | test drive meme #12

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 August 25th, and apps are open September 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: O SHIT WADDUP
[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 hop right on you and chow down. This time, the Door has brought in several Doomed, from the Final Fantasy XI video game.

These strange undead creatures look somewhat froglike in appearance, but rumor has it they're actually made from a bunch of gross dead bodies all stuck together. Their whiplike tongue can hurt pretty bad, and if that wasn't enough, they can emit gasses that make it hard to concentrate, fight, and even stand upright. Have fun!]

SCENARIO TWO: PARANOIA
[Out of nowhere, you received a message on your phone. It's most likely from an unknown number - but not necessarily. It could be from someone you know, a number you recognize. A friend, an enemy, a trusted ally. But it's not who the message is from that matters, it's what it says.

Listen to me. They've been lying to you this whole time, and now they're coming for you. That, and nothing else.

So what will you do? Laugh and ignore this clearly missent text? Text back, try to get more details? Freak out? Or maybe you already know what it's talking about - who it's talking about. Maybe it's talking about that person who just walked by you. Didn't they look at you for a little too long? Doesn't it look like they might have a weapon?

You've got to protect yourself in whatever way you can. Who knows what they're plotting.]

C O M B I N A T I O N

SCENARIO THREE: LOUD VALLEY
[There you were, walking down one of Hadriel's rubble-strewn streets, when out of nowhere a cheery tune played. And then... everything changed.

Now there are rainbows along the cave ceiling, candy in the shops, walls painted in bright colors. Everything is cheery and happy and designed to lighten your heart. And if you walk around, you may just find your very own animal companion waiting to frolic and play with you! Sure, it'll all change back to normal Hadriel before long, but right now you might as well enjoy it.

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

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[ Don't mind the mildly affronted look on Hermann's face as he tries to deduce whether the young man was, in fact, addressing him.

It's unclear, but Hermann's leaning toward no.

Just in case, however... he leans on his cane, looking down his nose at the extreme enthusiasm of the dog. ]

You shouldn't spoil it.

( but he's such a good boy. Matt finally stops fussing over his dog long enough to straighten himself up and look at the man addressing him. )

Um- ( okay, he knows this guy is probably right BUT they're so cute?????? and not really, you know, real anyway. )

I guess not. ( but but. look how cute. see, Hermann, he's coming right up to say hello, all wagging tail and sticking out tongue. )

[ The not real point is probably key. It probably won't last (which is a little odd and a little sad to think of -- he's not immune to sentiment, his own winged companion [as inclined to distance as he and thus far off above at the moment] would as surely disappear), so why not?

Then again, the counter point: if it won't last and there's no treats specifically for animals, they'd be wasting resources on temporal creatures. ]

It's --

[ He's about to say that, too, except it's coming at him. He means to be disgusted, but honestly, it's better than the miniature kaiju lumbering after Newton, and it's so happy, and damn, but his face is certainly softening.

Hermann does not, however, offer his hand.

Stiffly -- ]

Er. Hello. Yes. Go back to your young man, please.

( Ray - that's the dog - doesn't seem to be too bothered by the command. of course, that's partially because he knows Matt's behind him, and within petting distance. )

Hey. C'mon, boy. ( okay, when Matt talks, he'll turn, weaving around the boy's legs happily. )

Where's, uh, yours? ( everyone he's seen so far has some sort of animal or thing following them, like Em's weird plushie. )

[ There is definitely no part of him that slightly regrets not having taken the opportunity to pet the dog.

Though there is no such part, had there been such a part, he would have defeated it by observing the high probability of slobber on his hand. He'd then have wiped it off with a handkerchief, true, but then his handkerchief -- anyway. ]

Oh --

[ He glances overhead, flapping his hand vaguely in the air. ]

It comes and goes.

[ ~~A CONDOM TAMPON STICK OF CHALK~~ ]

( hey, there's always later opportunities to pet the dog. maybe he'll chill out later and they can sit down with fresh fruit and pet him. )

Huh. ( most of the ones he's seen have been pretty... attached to their people. ) What is it?

[ Would these transient animals have the same sort of food allergies? If so, best be wary before giving the dog any fruit.

Now his head's properly tilted as he squints at the 'sky'. ]

Honestly, I'm not sure. I mean, it is a bird. A small bird, but I couldn't say what breed.

[ Birds are neither his field nor his hobby. ]

( do you really think Matt seems like the kind of guy to know that? we're lucky he knows chocolate is poisonous to dogs tbh.

not the brightest bulb here. )

Ah. ( he doesn't really see, either. his knowledge of birds is limited to the ones used for football mascots. ) So, it's, like, flying around? ( well, if he were a bird, he wouldn't want to stay prone at someone's side either. )

[ Good god, that poor dog. Well, thank goodness for its 'magical' properties, uncomfortable though he is with casual use of the word.

Hermann wonders, if he called it, it would come. He hasn't given it a name, so that would be difficult. It's only, he doubts it will last, and so he ~~doesn't want to get attached~~ doesn't see the point of it.

(Yet, he has been having to stop himself from thinking Himmel when it perches on his wrist, nuzzling its beak against his palm, the word because of the streak of blue feathers along its back.)

Hermann shrugs. ]

If that's what it does when it isn't with me. I suppose it could be eating a worm.

Uh, I guess it would do that. ( you can't feed birds table scraps can you?

also he's the world's most obvious jock what do you want from him.

ray, for his part, seems to be bored with this, and finally moves away from matt, sniffing curiously at matt's new... friend? this guy is a friend now, right? )

test drive meme #12

valley; NERD 02

oH MY GOD. YES. please lecture him on dog rearing

tmw they're both lecturing him GOD HELP MY INEVITABLE VOICE BLEED

/pets ur head softly

plz advise if it gets rly bad ಥ_ಥ

i will try! but i'm sure you'll be fine!

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