dankmemes | test drive meme #13

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!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[This guy definitely needs help. He's been backed into a corner - rather backed himself into a corner - and ...is he crying? Yes, looks like he's crying, and not even particularly caring. There's just tears running down his face as he tries to figure out an escape route and comes up blank.

He can keep those strange beasts away from him by looking at them, he's found, so that is why he is in a corner, but he's not an offensive fighter, at least not in the way that would be required here, and his body is here, which is an additional disadvantage.

Hopefully - someone passes by, someone who is ...wearing a strange hat? But who upon a quick scan feels entirely uncorrupted, so she will be safe. Well, she could still be a bad person, but she won't be a monster.

Okay... how to call for help. She's almost past him when he finally calls out with a:

"Hei!"

...Clearly that is how you do it.

[ crying isn't good. the fear around the place has been too palpable to miss, but ahsoka's not able to ignore someone as upset at this person is. she wouldn't want to, even if she could.

the alien woman looks his way long enough to meet his eyes, hopefully imparting a sense of i've got this, before she whips around to look at the boo that had started to hopefully sneak up on her from behind and stare it down as she backs up to the wall not far from. ]

Are you alright?

[ aside from the obvious cowering in terror, she means. hopefully he's not hurt. ]

I have it under control at the moment, but I cannot move.

[As much as you can call that having the situation under control, anyway.

Which is, he's safe until he falls asleep. This is not a situation that he knows how to handle, and that is frightening.]

Do you know if there is a safe place around here?

[...There is something even more frightening in all of this, but he refuses to think of that. He will deal with it later. He doesn't have any kind of breathing mask, and wherever this is, it very clearly isn't safe. And he still isn't immune.]

There has to be. [ that's not an answer ahsoka wtf. ] We just need to find it. And that'll be easier for us to do if we work together.

[ there's a distinct note of encouragement in her voice, the tone of someone used to bolstering spirits to get things done. she had been going to look for a safe place the boos didn't feel so compelled to follow her, but it's going to be easier with a second pair of eyes, there's no denying that. and process of elimination means there are only very few directions she hasn't tried yet, so this shouldn't be too hard. hopefully. ]

One direction less that they can be coming from.

[He nods and calms down a bit - she's a stranger and this place is strange, but at least he's apparently in a small two-person group now. That is a start.

In a way it is good that he came here alone, that at least means that he won't have to look after his sister and cousin.]

...Where are you planning on looking?

There's no real sense of direction here, but I think we might have luck if we head that way and keep to the left. [ she gestures ahead, the way she has been heading before she stopped to talk to him. ] Unless that's where you came from. Then we might just have to reevaluate.

[ unless this place is messing with her enough that the tunnel routes are changing as she's passing through them, this is bound to work eventually. she's stubborn enough to make it. ]

I came from the same direction as you.

[He's never seen a building like this before. It's strange, with the many tunnels and hallways and the odd inside. Giant - how many people must this place have had once to warrant such a building?]

...We can run whenever.

[Because they will have to run, that much is for certain.]

[ she stares down a boo that had been brave enough to float worryingly close while they were busy talking, then gives him a nod. ]

You pay attention ahead of us and to our right. I'll take left and making sure none can get too close behind us. [ and since she's more likely to be the one able to run them regardless, she adds- ] You get started a few steps ahead of me. I'll be right behind you.

[He throws a quick sidelong glance at her but... it's too late to secondguess his trusting her now, is it? At least for the moment.]

Okay. Now.

[He starts running, darting down the corridor. Never backtrack. It's a rule that he has ...not grown up with, but known from a very young age nonetheless. Stay still, stay silent, or else run and never turn back. Fights are to buy time, not to win.

He makes sure to look ahead and to the right and every once in a while shout short words - meaningless things, in the end, just to tell her that he's still there without her having to look too much forward.

And then directions.]

Five metres before we hit a wall, turn left in three!

[He thinks he's seen a sliver of daylight, but he isn't certain.]

[ the directions give her one less thing to have to constantly focus on and ahsoka is grateful for that. she winds up jogging backward most of the sprint, careful not to trip over her heels. she might as well put her above average spatial awareness to good use, after all.

following his directions, ahsoka is more relieved than she expects to have a sudden influx of extra light. the two boos still following them genuinely seem uninterested in following them further, so she slows to a stop, still facing back the way they came. ]

I don't think they'll follow us this far.

They might simply be slowed down. Keep moving.

[He himself will do so, though slowed down to a walking pace, and if she doesn't follow turn back to grab her elbow and push her along.]

They are unlike the bests and trolls that roam the world back home, but if dealing with them has taught us anything it is to not trust the first signs of the danger being over. We don't know yet if and how well they can handle sunlight.

[ thankfully she does start moving again, although she's still walking backwards to keep her eyes focused behind them. ]

They have to stop at some point. If they're not brave enough to attack when you're watching them, they're certainly not brave enough to risk being caught in a crowd.

Then we should find a crowd first.

[There definitely is no crowd around, at least not here.

...And the whole place looks like it is mostly in ruins. So how likely is it that they will find a crowd?]

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