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

Haha. Y-Yeah.

[Holding sure is a good word for it. You know what else is a good word for it? Uncompromisable panic! Absolute and utter death! Those are more than one word. But you get the idea.]

They're, uhm, p-proximity sensors. Nothing fancy, just, uh, basically they'll tell me when someone's getting closer, and what direction if I have e-enough of 'em, so I can leave.

[Because if evasion were a sport, Alphys would be an Olympian. That they couldn't give a medal to, because she'd still be hiding.]

I don't have a lot of m-material, but uh, t-thankfully all they really need is a transmitter and uh, casings. Lights if I'm f-feeling fancy.

[At least the Underground taught her how to make things out of literal garbage.]

[Honestly, he'd panic too if he wasn't so worn to the -

What? You think he was gonna say bone? He's made that joke a few too many times in these past few days. Cracked that joke, even. He watches her elucidate the purpose of her machinery - god, and she cobbled this together in what kinda window? Under what kinda pressure? - and arches a supraorbital ridge in response.]

You put that together in record time, Alph.

[He kinda...blipped over her proximity sensors, but to be fair he's one of maybe two people who're capable of that kinda thing.]

H-Heh, well, it's just a simple, uhm, connection between the two of them, uhm, l-linked with a laser. It's not so hard with m-magic. I wish I had some better parts, uh, though.

[But when does she ever?]

I figure, uh, they'll at least g-give me a head start. And only my remote, uhm, r-reacts to them, not the sensors, so if you don't see them, nobody needs to know!

Maybe petition the gods for somethin' you can use. Or, heck, take apart some of the appliances 'round here next chance you get. I'm willin' to bet some of 'em are made with magic and metal, same way lots of stuff back home was.

[He knows that for a fact, actually, since Newt was kind of zealous about that sort of thing on the regular. Which meant that sometimes they didn't have a dishwasher for a few days, but that was fine since no one with the exception of Hermann actually used it.]

Once this is over, anyway. I have a feelin' none of our celestial housekeepers are feelin' particularly chatty just now.

H-Heh. Yeah.

[She doesn't know how she feels, still, about petitioning gods or asking for help. It's... too foreign. Would rather make do with what she has.]

At least, uh, they're all made of metal! I can work out the m-magic stuff. At least, some of it. If all else fails, they'll just w-work like, uhm, human machines.

[She fidgets with another box, puts it on the ground, looking at it for a few more seconds. They still look like Mettaton. All her designs do, now.]

Maybe, uhm, they'll be more willing to g-give some good stuff now that everything's gone, uhm, wrong. Or something. T-The gods, I mean.

[Hey, look at that. The ol' MTT brand is still getting its advertising, even on a whole 'nother brane of existence. Who'da thunk, huh? He'd probably be thrilled to see that Alphys is unintentionally showcasing his brand, even if that showcase is only to whatever shambling undead abominations come leering their way.]

Usually, yeah. They like to balance this stuff out. Give us somethin' good right after the bad so there's not too much of a mood nosedive. Don't always work but, y'know, they try their best.

[And Sans doesn't sound too fussed about it. But then, he never sounds fussed about much of anything.]

test drive meme #13

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