empatheias_ooc | TEST DRIVE: SEPTEMBER

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TEST DRIVE: SEPTEMBER

— TEST DRIVE: SEPTEMBER —

Welcome to

empatheias' test drive meme. This test drive is to help interested players test their characters in the game's environment. We've included a few prompts that incorporate specific elements of the game, though you'll find all of them have a lot of leeway for players to get as creative as necessary. Before diving in, here are a few things we'd like to remind everyone about the game in general:

Date reminders. Reserves open Thursday, August 25 and Applications (Canon | OC) open Thursday, September 1st.
OC Reminder! Just a quick reminder that original characters are currently allowed. Those interested can also use the test drive. OCs do not need to be reserved.
Emotions are key! Empatheias' premise focuses on how anyone's emotions can affect their environment, be it big or small. While not every emotion will cause a reaction, significant ones definitely will. How much effect a character will have will ultimately be up to you, the player. Also, while we're giving a lot of leeway for the test drive, keep in mind that there will be some limits in the actual game.
Everyone has an amulet. All characters have a unique amulet that is specialized for them. It will contain all of their emotion drops and it serves as the network device. Remember, communication is telepathic. Otherwise, it works basically the same.
Assume the character is already in the game. Because "OMG WHERE AM I IS THIS REAL LIFE" threads aren't going to be very helpful in this test drive! Plus those are going to happen in-game, anyway. So to make things easier, just assume that they've been around at least a week or so. Still learning the ropes, but not a complete "first day" experience.
First or third person allowed. Your threads can be in either first or third, but we'd advise being flexible about it. Remember, these threads can also be used in your application for samples! Reminder: We only require one sample and it can be done in either format. We have also made a change to our sample requirements, so look over the Applications page!

Now with that out of the way, here are some prompts you guys can work from!

PROMPTS

• Prompt A: How about giving the emotions a try?

• Prompt B: Refer to the Task Board and choose a task your character may be interested in taking up. For this prompt, you could have your character ask for help, already be in the middle of the job, or react to it in some way. Perhaps they were an unfortunate victim or want to create a job countering an existing one. You could even have a prompt making a job request. Creating jobs for the purpose of the test drive is absolutely doable.

• Prompt C: How about giving the amulets a go? Start a telepathic conversation and see how it works. Remember, the amulets are sending out the owner's thoughts so might want to be careful about how the stream of consciousness goes...

• Prompt D: EVENT SPECIAL. Based on the upcoming/current Piphron event, you are on your way to confront that crabby Arehtei who refuses to trust in anyone but himself. However, before you can even get there, you have to journey deep into the mountains and follow constantly changing and winding tunnels. Yes, you read that right—the paths and tunnels change, never actually going in the same direction. This makes getting lost and splitting up from your travel partner fairly easily. What's more, the labyrinth proves to be one giant trust exercise. The atmosphere is filled with doubt and suspicion, little voices whispering and digging into your deepest fears of betrayal and uncertainty. Is the person you're with really that trustworthy? How do you know they won't just leave you or worse—stab you in the back? Literally. Those who are strong of faith will be able to resist, but even they may waver. To get past the labyrinth, strong bonds will either need to already exist or quickly form, particularly between strangers. Those strong in trust will be able to better persuade and convince those who are susceptible to the suspicions. But other obstacles and challenges lay in wait. Steep walls to climb up or down, giant gaps to cross, a random but precarious rope bridge that could break at any step. And everything here is influenced by emotions. The stronger the will to believe, the more likely they are to pass safely. But when those doubts start to take hold...when it becomes too great to bear, then you will slowly turn to stone.

• Prompt E: The Empatheias-Shaarnath-Otherworlder Collaborative Expeditions need otherworlder crews to venture out into the desolate wasteland of the planet’s surface, and that means YOU. On an airship with several otherworlder allies, you’ve ventured forth on a several-day journey to explore uncharted territory. It’s hot, dry, and deadly if you slip away from your dunamis protection, but absolutely necessary if anyone is ever to find what’s left out there.

Living on an airship in crowded conditions makes for close friends and fierce rivalries. Are you handling the pressure well? Do you seek out others to get to know them, or try to find a place on the ship where no one can bother you?
What’s that in the distance? Is it -- a large terraced pyramid? Do you venture into it, or catalogue it and retreat away to let stronger souls venture within? And if your fellow otherworlders really want to explore, do you go with them? Or try to talk them out of it?
Of course, the wasteland can still suffer fluctuations of emotion—which means that a simple trip off the ship has turned into disaster as the ground beneath you comes alive with writhing black tentacles! Though not large, they are numerous and hungry for blood and flesh. Better hurry back to safety—unless you need to rescue someone else! Or need rescuing yourself...

• Prompt F: With all of the current, living Arehtei now gathered, the next step is to start working on the world at large—and that's not going to be an easy feat when it's basically a giant wasteland, deteriorating with every passing second. So tests must be done first to study how effective efforts can be—and perhaps dunamis may be the key. In a protective area just outside of Shaarnath, those who wish to try and practice their emotions on the actual barren ground are allowed in. These are the types of tasks they can try to accomplish:

Make any type of plant grow and see how long it lasts. This could be a flower, grass, a small tree, or even some kind of crop.
With the aid of a water core, create a small pool of water and have it last as long as possible before the dry earth sucks it all in.
Change the temperature from dry heat to something more comfortable and maintain it for as long as possible.
With the aid of an air core, create pure cloud cover. As a side-challenge, alter the clouds to make it rain, but not storm. The rain should be one fueled by positive emotions, not negative (so no grumpy lightning or gloomy clouds).

And anything else a character may think of that is in relation to "restoring the land." The only thing not available to test is a living creature. Note: This is going to be very difficult and will require a great amount of effort and concentration. Small successes are more likely.

• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include balloons and/or fire ants.

For your threads, put the Character Name and the Canon in the subject line to help readily identify them. You're also welcome to use more than one prompt for respondents to choose from. If you have any questions or want to brush up on the game information, refer to the Game Information entry. Otherwise, tag around and have fun!

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[OOC: Not sure on canon point yet, pre- or post-death makes a huge difference in his initial reactions despite being only 2 minutes, so trying him post-death this time first - paranoid and depressive mode, as opposed to the angry confusion of pre-death.]

• Prompt G:
He'd gone through a lot in his first few days. He'd started to get over the initial shock that this wasn't an afterlife, because otherwise why would Sora and Riku be here? The other guy he wasn't sure about, no matter how similar he felt to Sora. He'd purposefully avoided all three of them for as long as possible, just jumping from shadow to shadow and sleeping in short bursts, expecting either of them to jump him as soon as he fell asleep. Part of him believed that Sora wouldn't approach him until he was ready, but the same part of him believed Riku to track him down as soon as he let down his guard and - understandably - try to kill him again. Rep had half a mind to let Riku do just that, but the first time had shook him up. And clearly it hadn't worked. Whatever world they were on now and had been previously, it wasn't going to be that easy to get out of this miserable fake life.

Finally, the exhaustion hit him and he fell asleep sitting on the very edge of the floating island. His legs hung off the edge and he'd fallen backwards, snoozing in the sunlight between memories of falling asleep on a beech next to Naminé that he knew weren't real. At long last he was calm and approachable for anyone he'd been avoiding to find him, despite all of his best efforts.

• Prompt C
He stared at the amulet for a long time. It had been several days now and he still wasn't sure he wanted to use it, but curiosity had finally gotten the better of him. He silently blamed Zexion for that.

Are there such things as... sparring partners on this world? A gym or coliseum or anything?

It's pretty much all I'm good for anyway.

He didn't intend for the last bit to be broadcast and it hasn't occurred to him that it might be.

[It's rare for Roxas to leave the city and go exploring the island. He doesn't like getting too close to the edge, since it's a long way down and the idea of something this big floating is difficult for him to get his head around. But Elize had mentioned another camping trip, and well, Roxas wanted to see if they could really challenge themselves this time.

He doesn't expect to see the other Riku there. And admittedly hasn't really been sure what to make of him. Roxas doesn't have memories of him, so it's a completely blank slate between them. But he is another Riku and Roxas hasn't forgotten the previous conversation he'd had with Sora on that topic.

Still, curiosity drives him.]

Isn't that kind of dangerous?

[He doesn't recognize the voice immediately, so he just kind of stirs at first.]

'Swhat dangerous?

[He slowly clears the fog of a not-very-long-nap and blinks his eyes open. He doesn't immediately recognize Roxas, he'd never gotten close enough thus far to see his face either, so the intuitive sense that he was one of the people Rep was avoiding doesn't kick in.]

Can't sleep.

Lying so close to the edge like that.

[Seriously, bro. What if you fall off?]

There's better places to sleep in town. You don't have to worry about monsters and stuff.

[He actually laughs at that.]

Monsters? Whatever, I can take 'em.

[He pushes himself up on his elbows, then rubs sleep out of one of his eyes.]

And if I can't, then that's that.

[He sounds wistful for that outcome, even.]

[Roxas's expression says that he disagrees.]

It's a long way down....and from what I've heard dying isn't that great of a process here.

[Rep at least has the decency to turn around at that point and figures out who this is that he's been talking to. At least, that this is the third person of the trio he's been trying to avoid - the one that kind of sort of has the same aura smell as Sora.

Now he's just confused. He arrows his eyes, matching the calm tone of disagreement.]

Since you haven't attacked me yet, let me ask you instead - is it really dying if you weren't even born to begin with?

Why would I attack you?

[He's got no beef with you, not-Riku. You're just one more thing in this weird weird place.

But the question makes him think for a bit.]

I think it is. You're alive now, right? Dead's the opposite of that.

Sora told me had a Nobody running around with his memories. For all I knew he or the Real Thing got sick of me already and told you about me. Nobodies seem to like ruining my life and I don't trust Sora enough to know who the really dangerous people are when he tries to make friends.

[He stands up, still pretty darn close to the edge of the island.]

After all, he's still trying to be friends with me. Idiot.

Sounds good

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Riku Replica | Kingdom Hearts (Chain of Memories)

Prompt G

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Do you want this before or after Sora tells Rep a little about Roxas?

I am fine either way, however you want to play it.

I like after :D gives us some interesting stuff to play with

Prompt C

You guys show up as I'm heading to bed /wah

We're brats like that! :3c

True, KH is full of brats ;)

Come be a brat with us 8D

Definitely hoping to do just that ;)

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I actually busted out laughing

these two are ridiculous

tw: suicidal thoughts; usually are - part of my joy in playing him, admittedly