test drive meme #12

[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 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!]

Comments

[bartenderizing]

[ Which makes sense on why Daenerys was having so much trouble getting a read off of him. While the seemingly obtuse responses were actually being direct, Shizuo was only assertive in a few things. Otherwise he was pretty passive and, well, chill. Which is why the tall, lanky guy leaned over to get a better reading angle at the phone screen. Though he starts speaking just as he started to do that. ]

I usually don't send messages out- It ain't really something I'm good at doing clearly. Ah... Yeah, that's not from me.

[ But it also said something along the lines of someone going after her. ]

If you're in some kinda trouble, I could stick around. It doesn't look it, but I was kind of a bodyguard back where I'm from.

[ Because someone that looks like they have barely any muscle definition was a bodyguard. Sure. No weapons, the suit made of nice clothes that weren't made for battle. Decorative glasses. Not a single part of him looked hardened in any kind of battle. Yet like everything else he's said, it's very succinct. ]

[dragonian]

[ She lowers it, if anything less than pleased by the information. At least if he had sent the message, she would have been closer to discovering the truth. Now she's forced to suspect that there are people who know her here, and others still who would call themselves her enemy, and seek to do her harm--only now, not even one of them has a face.

And then, he gives what seems to be the perfect solution. He's a bodyguard.

Except...not in such a way as it would be possible to tell. She looks him over suspiciously. Then, because she can't help herself, it seems: ]

You? Are you sure?

[ She just about managed to hold onto the biting comment suggesting that she'd seen dancing girls who looked less like a gust of wind might knock them over. Just. ]

[bartenderizing]

Is it really that hard to believe?

[ He never got 'are you sure' as a response before. Though if he thought a little bit more, that would make sense as he had an unintentional reputation due to his natural capabilities. ]

The uniform's from another job I had before it, but yeah. I'm pretty strong, so things worked out and was allowed to work as a bodyguard.

[ Yeah. He seems to think it's the clothes, not his build, or lack thereof. ]

So yeah, I'd be willing to stick around if you're worried about someone coming after you. People pulling this kinda shit kinda pisses me off.