test drive meme #13

[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 September 24th, and apps are open October 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: DON'T LOOK AT ME
[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 Boos, from the Mario video game series.

These monsters can be menacing, but are also incredibly shy. When looking directly at them, they will cover their faces and fade into the background- however, when turning away from them, they advance on you until they're in the perfect spot to take a nice big bite. The only way to defeat them is to escape this part of the level- that is, run madly away and try to keep up eye contact while you do so. They may look cartoonish, but those ghost teeth can be sharp!]

SCENARIO TWO: YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU
[Hadriel is home to many things- temples, irate gods, angry citizens and... well, zombies, apparently. Beware as they start to walk/stagger/generally kind of shuffle around the streets of the city, since where there's one or two, there's usually a hundred more just waiting for the right moment to strike.

Zombies attack Hadriel by the dozen for this prompt, and nowhere in the city is technically safe from them! While they're not necessarily fast or intelligent, they have an advantage on you in that they have a lot more friends and they can't feel pain. So saddle up, bunker down, and try to survive the infestation!

This is a mini version of our Dead Men Walking event this month!]

R A G E

SCENARIO THREE: CAPTURE THE FLAG
[Hey, what's Hadriel without a few mind-numbingly stupid games to forget the fact that you're in a murdercave that routinely tries to scare the crap out of you while also maybe killing you every once in awhile? You're not quite sure who came up with this particular mind-numbingly stupid game, but you seem to be playing, so get your running shoes on and grab that inhaler!

This is a game of Capture the Flag, and thanks to Rage, you're really starting to feel that competitive spirit. You're going to win- you have to. So what if you incur a few fouls along the way?

There's a red team and a blue team for this prompt, with both teams trying to protect their corresponding flags. Try to strategize to take the other team's precious flag, chase someone from the opposing team down, or just go all out and full body tackle that poor guy who got a little too close to your territory- it's all on you!]

Comments

[goodguess]

[ The grin widens even further as Uryuu returns the gesture. Then, struck with an idea, she manages to perk up even more.

Just like that, the purple apparition disappeared back into the building. Though because he had trouble sensing her, Uryuu might not notice what she was doing until she popped open the hatch to the building's roof access. Short blonde hair and... Ah, she's not only purple, but had pointed ears as well. ]

Keeping an eye on everything alright? I thought you could use company.

[ Well, she's certainly friendly. ]

1/2

[repelling]

[ Given the quickness of the whole interaction, Uryuu would wonder if he'd imagined it. Only, he can't see himself imagining a purple girl in a blue armband. Real, then. A teammate checking in? His brow furrows as he considers how lax he's been. How could he not be sure of his teammates? The playing population wasn't that large. She could be a red team player who stole a blue armband and infiltrated, the wave a ploy for integration, and --

He's deep in this and still unable to sense her.

Yes, you guessed it. Purlple blond and pointed ears, right there, and Uryuu jumps again, and this time, given where he's standing, he literally almost jumps off the roof.

Which is a Real Good Look (no it isn't).

At least he doesn't squawk or flail or start pointing, and he quickly reminds himself she isn't a talking cat who turned into an inappropriate but formidable woman, and he was entirely OK with that. ]

[repelling]

Er -- yes?

[ The offer surprises, too. It's a team affair, but Uryuu's only late in life (at his ripe old age of 17) had any experience with that, so he still defaults to going it alone.

Even if he could use company, he's almost completely incapable of recognizing it. ]

I'm handling it.

[ Uryuu catches himself before he actually adjusts his glasses, realizing both that it had sounded cold (and not necessarily cool) and that that wasn't what she'd said. ]

...and I'm OK.

[goodguess]

[ A lot of those thoughts are more than sensible to think of, too. At the same time, if this was an infiltrator, they were more lax than Urahara could be. Pulling herself out of the hatchway, it was also clear that she wasn't carrying anything in particular, aside from the whip- No, wait, that was her tail. Just a long, purple, devilish tail. ]

From all the way up here? Wow.

[ But hey, she didn't argue on whether or not he could handle it. Trance also didn't approach the teen, but instead went to another nearby side to stand at the very edge. Hey, anyone could be curious about the type of view this offered. Especially when she had been on the ground previously. ]

Huh. It looks really easy for people to sneak around and come in from alleyways and around corners. But it is a really good view.

[repelling]

[ T-tail?!

No, cats have tails.

No, that's a horrible way of rationalizing it, that doesn't help at all.

He's fine. He's cool. It's just a tail. He's not staring. He's kind of staring. He's not staring because he has deliberately fixed his eyes on hers. ]

T-there are a lot of angles. Er, I guess I thought I had it.

[ His brow now furrowing. While he could not watch every direction simultaneously, sensing reiatsu was supposed to more than cover any deficiencies. However, if he couldn't sense her, there was a good chance he couldn't sense members of the opposition.

Well, he keeps his eyes fixed on her head, anyway. With her standing at the very edge and peering over, eyes are mostly out of sight. ]

It hasn't been that interesting, anyway.

[ ... ]

I did set up a few traps.

[goodguess]

Thought? So you're usually able to cover those as well?

[ She said that with a pure curiosity, but not so much surprise. Almost as if, if Uryuu had some special technique, she was surprised to get past it. Or maybe she figured that, despite the reaction before, he actually had spotted her.

It might not be the fault of his powers. While the teen still couldn't sense her, he could still easily sense some others going around. ]

But traps were a smart move. Like using tripwire and things like that, right? I noticed that motion and temperature sensors weren't really a resource here.

[repelling]

Something like that.

[ It's vague, but even if she's a purple girl with pointy ears and a tail, he cannot sense any spirit power from her. That sort of thing may not matter in a place like this, with its diverse cast of exceptional and strangely powered people, but a short lifetime of humans not knowing has made him reticent. He'll talk an enemy's ear off, but it's need-to-know or in-the-know.

He knows he can sense the others, at least -- or some of them.

Uryuu nods. ]

No pits. That kind of property damage is probably too much. There are easy, primitive ways to substitute for technology... so, yeah, tripwire. Snares, deadfalls with decoy flags...

[ His lips curve, faintly, toward a smirk. ]

I pity them.

[goodguess]

I think I saw some of those when going through. There isn't really a reason to pity the Red Team, though. I'm pretty sure they set up traps as well.

[ Because clearly that's the only reason to pity them. It was only natural to assume that Trance had seen some of the traps, given the ease that she had in reaching this location. She's not even looking towards the direction of the real blue flag, but scanning around curiously.

Uryuu would notice that some of those others were probably having an easier time getting towards the real flag than they should have. ]

I mean, this game seems to have everyone fired up. Wouldn't you agree?