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TEST DRIVE: MAY
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. We have an Enable Me Meme! Players new and current, feel free to look and even use it!
Before diving in, here are a few things we'd like to remind everyone about the game in general:
- Date reminders. Reserves open Sunday, April 24th then close Sunday, May 4th, and Applications (Canon | OC) open Sunday, May 1st then close on Wednesday May 4th.
- 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!
• 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: There never seems to be a season when one or the other member of the island’s myriad of HELLA WEIRD animals seems to be leaping off the deep end because of one instinct or another. This time, small, blue bats with adorable heart shaped pink noses seem to be the the ones making a nuisance of themselves this time.
Attracted to any kind of intense emotional shift in a nearby person, the bats swoop in as if sensing the emotional effects. Unfortunately this means many people are experiencing something wonderful (or horrible) and wind up with a bat in their hair, face or clinging to some part of their body. If they’re super unlucky -- and it’s pretty common -- it’ll be more than one or two new batty friends they’re having to deal with.
• Prompt E: The newest fad in the upper echelons of Verens society is a new brand of garishly intense nail polish colors. Green, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow, Purple and every other color in between seems to be lined up at stalls outside several shops all over the city. The most curious part about it is it advertised to increase good feelings and emotions, and ebb the edge of bad ones.
As a result the stalls are running fairly aggressive campaigns to get new potential customers. Many people find their hands pulled over for a quick dab of color on a nail. One coat, an explanation of the product, and two or three coats in the end.
Unfortunately this most recent batch seems to have malfunctioned, and instead of simply being polish for the nails, the color seems to affect the mood of the wearer only negatively. Red seems to cause intense anger, Yellow shades cause fear, while Orange somehow seems to cause a combination of both. Two women with green nail polish almost immediately found themselves crippled with jealousy over a third woman’s limited edition Thras Inspired Dragon Salamander purse, and you can probably guess how that went.
• Prompt F: One of the more popular animals on the island is going through it’s seasonal shearing, and this time there are way too many sheep to be taken care of by the current number of farmers and farm hands on staff, so most of the local farms are bringing in their herds to get a few extra helping hands on board. After being given a fresh pair of shears and sat down firmly on a wooden stool, the first of the neon glowing sheep steps up in front of you and only just barely acknowledges your presence with a complacent bleet.
The problem is the glowing fleece is a little hard to cut through, and whatever makes it glow is basically an emotional amplifier. Without gloves, the glowing oil that coats the fiber seeps into skin and almost immediately the mood (good or bad) of the person shearing the poor sheep is amplified tenfold.
Hopefully the ones who took up this request are even tempered and patient...
• Prompt G: Only a little more than a year ago, the ill fated Red String of Fate toy made its debut. At the time it seemed like a solid idea, but as it turned out… it didn’t exactly work as advertised. People found themselves tied together with entirely incompatible people instead of the proclaimed “emotionally compatible” and to top it off, personal, influential and private telepathic communication came out drenched in sap and overly lovey-dovey overtones. It was, without a doubt, one of the company’s least successful product launches ever.
And you would think that they would have learned. However, they seem to be trying again and have launched the new, improved Double Heart String -- better, smarter, and twice as long. Once attached to one parties wrist, the string will do its magic and find the perfect partner for the customer. ...Hopefully*.
** Yeah, it’s still not fixed. Instead of working properly at all, it’s still stuck somewhere around the level of “a fellow living creature of any sort”.
And the sappy mental connection? It seems fixed at first. But the adjustments aren’t very stable, and since they used anger to balance out the sap… any communication between the two attached at the wrist can vary wildly from the words’ original intention.
• Prompt H: Make your own! It could include seaweed and/or pincushions full of needles.
• 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: There never seems to be a season when one or the other member of the island’s myriad of HELLA WEIRD animals seems to be leaping off the deep end because of one instinct or another. This time, small, blue bats with adorable heart shaped pink noses seem to be the the ones making a nuisance of themselves this time.
Attracted to any kind of intense emotional shift in a nearby person, the bats swoop in as if sensing the emotional effects. Unfortunately this means many people are experiencing something wonderful (or horrible) and wind up with a bat in their hair, face or clinging to some part of their body. If they’re super unlucky -- and it’s pretty common -- it’ll be more than one or two new batty friends they’re having to deal with.
• Prompt E: The newest fad in the upper echelons of Verens society is a new brand of garishly intense nail polish colors. Green, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow, Purple and every other color in between seems to be lined up at stalls outside several shops all over the city. The most curious part about it is it advertised to increase good feelings and emotions, and ebb the edge of bad ones.
As a result the stalls are running fairly aggressive campaigns to get new potential customers. Many people find their hands pulled over for a quick dab of color on a nail. One coat, an explanation of the product, and two or three coats in the end.
Unfortunately this most recent batch seems to have malfunctioned, and instead of simply being polish for the nails, the color seems to affect the mood of the wearer only negatively. Red seems to cause intense anger, Yellow shades cause fear, while Orange somehow seems to cause a combination of both. Two women with green nail polish almost immediately found themselves crippled with jealousy over a third woman’s limited edition Thras Inspired Dragon Salamander purse, and you can probably guess how that went.
• Prompt F: One of the more popular animals on the island is going through it’s seasonal shearing, and this time there are way too many sheep to be taken care of by the current number of farmers and farm hands on staff, so most of the local farms are bringing in their herds to get a few extra helping hands on board. After being given a fresh pair of shears and sat down firmly on a wooden stool, the first of the neon glowing sheep steps up in front of you and only just barely acknowledges your presence with a complacent bleet.
The problem is the glowing fleece is a little hard to cut through, and whatever makes it glow is basically an emotional amplifier. Without gloves, the glowing oil that coats the fiber seeps into skin and almost immediately the mood (good or bad) of the person shearing the poor sheep is amplified tenfold.
Hopefully the ones who took up this request are even tempered and patient...
• Prompt G: Only a little more than a year ago, the ill fated Red String of Fate toy made its debut. At the time it seemed like a solid idea, but as it turned out… it didn’t exactly work as advertised. People found themselves tied together with entirely incompatible people instead of the proclaimed “emotionally compatible” and to top it off, personal, influential and private telepathic communication came out drenched in sap and overly lovey-dovey overtones. It was, without a doubt, one of the company’s least successful product launches ever.
And you would think that they would have learned. However, they seem to be trying again and have launched the new, improved Double Heart String -- better, smarter, and twice as long. Once attached to one parties wrist, the string will do its magic and find the perfect partner for the customer. ...Hopefully*.
** Yeah, it’s still not fixed. Instead of working properly at all, it’s still stuck somewhere around the level of “a fellow living creature of any sort”.
And the sappy mental connection? It seems fixed at first. But the adjustments aren’t very stable, and since they used anger to balance out the sap… any communication between the two attached at the wrist can vary wildly from the words’ original intention.
• Prompt H: Make your own! It could include seaweed and/or pincushions full of needles.
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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Okay.]
And you look a little off balance.
[Who's the real embarrassment here, huh? ...It's still you, Kamui.]
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Well, I'm not. I have the best balance in the whole wide world ever.
[You know what.
She's hoppin' down. Fear the giant as she peers down upon you... still. Still peers down upon you.]
You should look a little happier wearing clothes that bright! You got roped into that girl's color thing, right? The crazy person with the rainbow she wants to spread to the world or whatever. No one's going to buy from you looking like that.
Not that I'd buy it anyway. It's stupid.
no subject
[Your towering height over him doesn't phase him, Sigrun! He's used to looking up.]
no subject
Maybe, maybe not. Is that a child's size?
no subject
[It's a women's outfit, and you can kind of tell by the hips.
But he's not going to say that.]
no subject
[Slower, like he's deaf as well as fucking blind.
... And she wouldn't know the difference between a man and a woman's outfit anyway. They're all the same in her military. You got off lucky, bub.]
no subject
[Holy shit lady, he's not that short. There's a hint of smoke by his feet.]
no subject
Mm, well, maybe not, I know a girl who's about a decade younger than me and is about your height, too. How old are you?
no subject
[Not a child, still believable. ...Kind of believable.]
no subject
[A nice firm pat on the back. Don't worry, small spider child.]
no subject
My name's Kamui.
[Use it.]
no subject
[She's expecting him to follow her, you know. She'll even look back to make sure.]
no subject
This guy ain't moving.
What a jerk!]
no subject
Don't be shy! I'll pay!
no subject
But for some reason, he doubts it.]
I'm not hungry.
no subject
... Huh.
[She waves her arm, then makes another grab for him. Just to see if she can.]
no subject
Are you looking for a fight?
[Because he won't be so nice the third time.]
no subject
You're so quick!
[Look, you got her excited, there's drumbeats.
... There's drumbeats.]
I didn't expect that from a twig like you, but you might have something special about you after all! I don't mind a fight if you're okay with losing.
no subject
He quickly yanks forward her arm and uses the movement to toss her.
Lose that.]
1/2
FLYIIIIN
THERE'S NOT A STAR IN HEAVEN THAT WE CAN'T--]
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[Ahhhhhhhhh. Ah that is a pain in her, that sure is, holy shit she's staring at him. The world is silent.
And then the drumbeats start back up. Like, it's a fucking raging chorus of them, to the point where some of the natives are giving them looks as she stands back up and beams at Kamui.]
You, [with a violent point of her finger,] are amazing! I've never had anything but a troll lift me! And you're such a tiny guy, too, what'd you do? Use my weight against me? I can't believe it! Hey, let's take out a few monsters off that board or something, we'll be awesome together!
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Sure. Just don't get in my way.