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!]

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option one: i can see through you, see to the real you.

[ And here Ginger thought that becoming a werewolf was the weirdest thing that would ever happen to her. Boy was she wrong, because this place puts home to shame.

The first time she encounters one of the boos, she's just walking down the street, minding her own business. She's trying to get a better feel for the hellhole she's been brought to, trying to see if there's any redeeming quality, when one of them just pops up out of nowhere. ]

—the fuck?! [ She jumps back in surprise, the sound of her voice causing it to turn towards her. She's about to strike at it (with her bare hand since she doesn't exactly have a weapon on her) when it covers its eyes and starts to disappear. After staring at it for a few moments, Ginger goes to turn around and head the opposite direction, unaware that turning her back on it is probably the worst choice she could make. ]

option three: body-slammin' all night long.

[ It wasn't until the curse that Ginger actually started sort of giving a shit about sports, and that was mostly because it gave her a way to get out some aggression during gym. Especially when other girls were assholes to her sister. The sport itself she never truly cared about, and it was usually pretty similar in regard to games.

But for some reason, she finds herself overwhelm with the desire to kick the other team's ass in this capture the flag game. She's on team red, because red is way better than blue, and she's using whatever strategies she can to get her flag from the other team. From tackling people, tripping them, or just flat out hitting them, she doesn't seem to care much for the rules.

She's making her way to the flag when she hears someone approaching her and she turns, body tensed and ready for a fight if that's what it comes down to. ]

You better turn tail and run, buddy.

[ See, it's funny because she actually has a tail. Not that anyone can tell; she's carefully taped it down to keep it hidden. ]

option ???: choose your own adventure!

[ Being suddenly and unexpectedly turned into a werewolf is a pretty weird experience, and Scott can definitely sympathize. (Though Scott could probably sympathize with a wet paper bag if he tried hard enough.) It is also incredibly weird to be transported to an unfamiliar city with a bunch of boos wandering around.

If he's being honest, it's a little cool at first, and Scott just forgets his panic and worry while staring at the boos in wonder. He might be an Xbox kid now, but he grew up with Mario and Pokemon, so seeing a real life boo is sort of like meeting a celebrity.

That is, until he sees a boo trailing a young girl, smile wicked and teeth sharp and—

Mario doesn't spontaneously appear out of the sewers to hop cheerfully on the ghost. ]

Hey! Watch out! Behind you!

[ So Scott tears a shout out of his tired body, running toward the girl and ready to tackle her if he needs to. ]

Edited 2016-09-24 04:05 (UTC)

[ Ginger isn't familiar with Mario, partially due to her parents never buying into the video game system craze and partially due to her own lack of interest. She never gave a shit about things like that and neither did her sister; they were more concerned with faking their own deaths and planning a suicide pact.

Her gaze snaps first to the person yelling at her and then she spins around, hand swinging without any sort of hesitation. It merely goes through the Boo as it starts to disappear again, however, its little ghost hands covering its eyes and Ginger lets out a noise of aggravation (that might sound a bit like a snarl). ]

What the fuck are these things?

[ Whether the question is directed to the guy running up to her or no one in particular is hard to tell, she's just annoyed. ]

[ Will longed to save others, it was what drove him to do the selfless acts he did. Normally, he'd stay away from social situations and God forbid he ever willingly spoke to another human out of the freedom of his own choice- Yet here was, watching the young woman about to be stalked and possible devoured without a clue of what lurked, invisible behind her.

Stepping out into the open, out from his nice little hide away he'd created behind some fallen debris and discarded body parts the Boo's had no taste for. What? If he stayed out of their way and out of their interest, he could hopefully survive this long enough to escape.

Walking towards her now, his eyes vacant, as if he was staring at something behind her. Extending a hand to get her attention, Will approached her cautiously. Never once taking his eyes off the rather large Boo that was now slowly gaining on her. ]

You have to keep eye contact. They reappear eventually.

[ Despite the fear in his own chest, Will sighed and thumbed behind his shoulder. ]

Go. Make a run for it... I'll keep it's attention. Go!

[ Ginger was already feeling a bit on the defensive side, thanks to the random appearance of the Boo, but when some weird guy pops up out of seemingly nowhere and starts heading in her direction with a seriously odd look on his face, her unease heightens.

Thankfully he actually says something as he gets closer and though Ginger still isn't terribly thrilled with random strange men approaching her, she glances over her shoulder. Then she scoffs, looking back towards him. ]

'Make a run for it'? Seriously?

[ Turning around completely, Ginger shifts her gaze from him to the general area that the Boo is in. Considering its faded out because of him looking at it, it takes Ginger a moment or two to settle on it. ]

I don't need you to protect me like you're some goddamn hero.

[ Just ignore the fact that she had turned her back on the Boo to begin with... ]

[ Will didn't expect that kind of reaction, though by now, he was used to peoples looking at him like he was crazy, shit I mean he was possibly insane anyway so Gingers reaction slipped off his mind like water from a ducks back. ]

Oh believe me, I'm far from a hero. Just didn't want to see your insides strewn out across the street when it was done with you.

[ His expression changed. Picking up on Gingers mindset and talking to her the way she would to others. He could just leave her now, to possibly die... But as much as he hated interacting, he hated seeing young girls die more. ]

Well then, why don't you keep it's attention so I can go? You could at least do me that courtesy.

test drive meme #13

ginger fitzgerald | ginger snaps

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