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TEST DRIVE: NOVEMBER

— TEST DRIVE: NOVEMBER —


Welcome to [community profile] 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 Tuesday, October 25 and Applications (Canon | OC) open Tuesday, November 1st.

  • OC Reminder! Just a quick reminder that original characters are 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: The Boreas Harvest Festival is fast approaching, and the farmers are trying hard to work through the bleak weather conditions to get their crops in before they go bad from all the apathy. All hands on deck—but there may be too many unwanted hands roaming around.

  1. Scarecrows. The scarecrows that have been set up as a festive reminder of the time of year have unfortunately come under the influence of some errant strong emotions from the farm hands that work in the fields. Unfortunately that includes trying to ward off anyone who enters the fields with pitchforks and is one of them carrying a torch? Maybe if they can be convinced that you are trustworthy they will calm down.

  2. Invading rabbits. There are ton of rabbits ravaging the carrot patches. They're easily frightened, but some are more tenacious than others. Beware of the white rabbit with red eyes.

  3. Save the crops! Several batches are already starting to spoil! The only thing that can save them is dumping as much positive emotions into them. Joy of good food, hope for a bountiful meal, love of eating—whatever will work. Just be careful. Too much and those things might grow and explode…


• Prompt E: Aiada, the Arehtei of appreciation and jealousy, has sent a personal request for those who are interested. There is a small island just beneath Empatheias that she has been cultivating over the many centuries. She wishes to contribute to the Harvest Festival with some seeds and spores. However, the recent atmosphere has also reached down there, and now it's all a mess! Giant mushrooms replaced the trees and there's slime and mold everywhere. The cure? Aside from getting a lot of heavy duty cleaners and pushing it off, appreciation will go a long way to help.

  1. Goop brigade. Grab that bucket and shovel and clear the goop out! Just be careful not to have too much get on you—jealousy might take over.

  2. Appreciation balls. To help hasten the effort, Aiada has given several tubs filled with light, green orbs. Once channeled with enough appreciation, they can be used as mini-grenades to help explode and wash the area with more positive energy. Those caught in the blast won't be harmed. If anything, they'll just be very thankful.

  3. Watch the ledges. Careful, it's a fairly small island and the goop and slime has made things slick. If you fall… That's not a good way to go, let's just say that.


• Prompt F: Various parties are interested in the emotion shards scattered all over Thera. But this time around, the focus is on the medical laboratory as the equipment and potential research there is also of interest. For three days those who volunteer are sent back to try and gather as much as possible—but of course this won't be easy.

  1. Skeletal Scientists. The remains of the scientists who once worked in these rooms are still lurking, ready to protect their work. Fortunately they're relatively weak nerds, so not too difficult to dispatch. Just be careful.

  2. Flying equipment. The various medical equipment has also taken life, scalpels and needles flying everywhere and stethoscopes ready to strangle.

  3. Questionable liquid. Most of the easy shards have already been taken, leaving the more difficult to retrieve ones left. In particular they're found in strange, dark pink liquid. It's mostly harmless—except that upon contact intense waves of grief and suffering will course through. The longer the exposure, the worse it is. So hopefully a bucket full of it doesn't fall on you…


• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include feathers and/or confetti.


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!
justchords: (JUSTICE IS FINE whispers he is not fine)

[personal profile] justchords 2016-10-23 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
(there are certain things apollo still isn't used to, even after the events in khura'in took place. one of those is accepting love and praise he rightly deserves, but for whatever reason... doesn't. is he really so deserving of everything nahyuta is giving him, if he couldn't even save the person most important to both of them? he understands now, how everything was done to keep him safe. he might've ended up in a situation similar to nahyuta's or worse.

that didn't make his feelings on his fourteen year long situation vanish, though, not by any means. he wishes it did, though.)
I... I know.

(he knows, given the situation and circumstances, that things worked out for the best. that he did everything in his power to save his dear friend and family. that he's done more than most people could ever ask for.

that won't erase his seemingly irrational guilt. not for being unable to help their father when he needed it most.)
I know it was for the best. I just wish things ended for the best for him, too. He deserved it more than anyone.
goesbananas: (Thinky Thoughts)

[personal profile] goesbananas 2016-10-23 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Old times indeed."

Winston sets himself, ready to go on the offensive if need be, but mostly staying near McCree so that he's got the cover. The torches are perhaps the most worrisome, since the crops are dry with late fall's lack of rain. Which means, ugh...dunamis.

"Take out the torchbearers as far from the fields as possible. We don't want those falling loose. And I'm not much good with the local magic, myself."
backstory: (Gonna kill a bear!!!)

[personal profile] backstory 2016-10-23 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Since his arrival, while Kija hasn't been able to appreciate the fact that they've wound up in this strange land, or that the princess has been dragged here too, he doesn't dislike the company at least. Casting a glance over his shoulder, his blue eyes study Aiden for the moment, who stands just behind him to the side. While he isn't a dragon or an original member of the Happy Hungry Bunch, Kija has found it relatively easy to pass the time with Aiden.

Almost at once, it's clear his suggestion resonates with Kija. Straightening, he physically sparkles with enthusiastic excitement, lifting his clawed hand up.]


A spar would be a great idea! [SPAR HIM SPAR HIM]

And if we can find others that wish to practice their skills and spar that would be all the better. [Finally, something that can allow him to test the strength of others and keep his claw in shape, ah yeah!]
gardenboxed: (Nervous excitement)

1/2

[personal profile] gardenboxed 2016-10-23 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Take them home as pets... !! Eyes shining over with excitement, she's relieved to realize he's not the owner or overly invested in frightening the bunnies off either. His idea is perfect! Maybe if she can catch and bring home a bunny to live with her in her apartment, it wont be so lonely at night!]
gardenboxed: (Ready for the wind up)

2/2

[personal profile] gardenboxed 2016-10-23 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Determinedly] I'm going to catch one and bring it home with me...!!

[Where did they all run off to!?]
divarication: (I guess so)

[personal profile] divarication 2016-10-23 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He can definitely see when she takes to his idea by the way her face practically lights up. At least one bunny is going to be going home with this girl today. Riley wonders if she knows anything about taking care of one or if she has a guardian who would protest this sudden pet.

Scratches the back of his head.]


Is that gonna be alright with whoever you're staying with?
razzledazzles: (❀ 057)

[personal profile] razzledazzles 2016-10-23 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, he can't help if he's so gorgeous that he steals the gazes of strangers. He doesn't even argue that, simply chuckling under his breath and leading them along. He takes careful paths just to avoid most of the slime, even if it takes a little longer to get from point A to point B. Eventually, they make it, and that's all that matters.

Jae-Ha immediately picks up one of the things, turning it over in his hand.]


Things beside the slime... like what? Are you looking to do some house cleaning? [It might work on dust or stuff...]
razzledazzles: (❀ 195)

[personal profile] razzledazzles 2016-10-23 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Hot cocoa?

[What's that...]
gardenboxed: (This isn't my room...)

[personal profile] gardenboxed 2016-10-23 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody lives with me.

[Her meals haven't been that great, but she's managed to get by with some of the basics when it comes to food. She'll just have to add carrots to her grocery list of things for the bunny. Along with other greens. What else do bunnies like to eat anyway?]

Although maybe I should find out if pets are allowed in the building. [She was never allowed a pet with the chairman, since it wouldn't have been fair to keep one on school property, and not allow other students the same privilege.]
divarication: (not so sure about this)

[personal profile] divarication 2016-10-23 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody? Not even anyone you've met here?

[Riley's first worry is for her meals. Just because he could make great meals at her age doesn't mean a lot of other kids could. He frowns and looks away because it's none of Riley's business. He'd recently just lost his own little sister and wasn't ready to take on responsibility for another kid.

At least not in the actual "caring" about someone else. Yet he also can't just leave her either.]


If they don't you can leave it at my place but you'd be responsible for taking care of it. [He shouldn't be doing this... shouldn't be offering.]
divinable: (004)

[personal profile] divinable 2016-10-23 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ ca... carry her?! just the thought of it creates a gust of wind that practically slaps nahyuta. sorry about that, bro. ]

Do-- Do you have to do that?
gardenboxed: (Wonderingly)

[personal profile] gardenboxed 2016-10-23 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[To start she simply shakes her head. First arriving had been a little scary. But as far as she knew there wasn't an organized program for children like her. So in the end, if she didn't want to stay out on the street, she had needed to find somewhere she could sleep that was warm and safe. So she's simply went from there.]

I don't know too many people yet. But if I can catch one of the bunnies, I'll have a new friend.

[She really really wants to catch one now. His offer to house her new pet if she's not allowed to keep one there only makes her beam all the more.]

Really? You wouldn't mind?
spiritedafey: game, happy (050)

[personal profile] spiritedafey 2016-10-23 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
You should smile more, Apollo - it looks good on you. You'll be wrinkly in no time if all you do is look grumpy!

[Maya admires the sight of Apollo carrying the little brown rabbit, it's whiskers twitching as it sniffs at him. The white rabbit, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have calmed down as much as the other rabbits have. Maybe he was just scared? It was so cruel, trying to scare the bunnies away.]

You know, all these little guys are doing is trying to survive. How are they any different than the rest of us?

[They kind of remind her a little bit of her wyvern, Charley. He'd wandered off on his own plenty of times and found his way out into the farmer's fields. Impressive, since he can barely make it five steps without rolling over and getting stuck on his back like a turtle. It's endearing... in a way.]
unyieldingdragon: (No laughing matter)

[personal profile] unyieldingdragon 2016-10-23 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[That seem to be a bad move on Datz's part as those scarecrows are now shuffling towards him. Those who still had weapons were raising them.

Immediately Dhurke is stepping forward in an attempt to stop their advance.]


Move along now. He's here to help too.
herpath: (Default)

[personal profile] herpath 2016-10-23 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! It's really sweet and good. I'll ask the boss to make you one.

[Before he can even protest she's gone. More excited then she's been in a while because she's sharing something new with a friend.

It's not long before she returns with a hot cup of coco with a stick of chocolate sticking out, whipped cream and chocolate shavings on the top. When she hands it to him the sun pendant flashes brightly.]
herpath: (Default)

F

[personal profile] herpath 2016-10-23 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Yona holds her sword up to block. With both stopping short she blinks at the familiar face. Is it really Kija? After so many months she'd decided it best to not hope for anyone else from their world to come or come back, but here Kija was standing in front of her (never mind almost ripping her in two). She blinks at him, still standing mid-block.]

Kija?
magicpowered: (Salute)

[personal profile] magicpowered 2016-10-23 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She's a bit impressed; not everyone would be able to keep themselves so together in this situation. Ami decides to follow his lead and drops the broken pitchfork, as if to emphasize his statement.]

He's quite correct. As you can see, we are more than capable. [She pauses for a moment before reaching up, removing one of her antenna and holding it out towards the nearest scarecrow.] If necessary, I would be willing to leave something with you as a guarantee that we will do no harm.
unyieldingdragon: (Not a sushi fan?)

[personal profile] unyieldingdragon 2016-10-23 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Maya, he just got them to behave.]

Uh, let's try not get them riled up again. [He'll keep himself between them and Maya until he's certain they won't try to attack them.]

So it is. We need to stop meeting like this. [He means it jokingly, but it could be taken the wrong way.]
boredalready: (Oh is that right?)

D-2, because I need to tag you!

[personal profile] boredalready 2016-10-23 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Lloyd sits back and watches the kid for a moment with the rabbits. He spares a thought for Nagito's friend who tames animals like he breathes, but it's kinda funny to watch the headband-wearing boy try to chase the fuzzy rodents around.]

They don't speak, yanno. But, if you really wanna get them to listen to you, you should use something to tempt them away from the carrots.
coagmentatio: of our fucking beer. what an appropriate costume. (longing for more)

F for fabulously angsty

[personal profile] coagmentatio 2016-10-23 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[When it comes to Riley, it wouldn't take a genius to figure out that he's the most important person to Aiden -- the one person that the brunette is always looking for whenever he happens to glance up. The one person he thinks about when he spots something new or exciting. The person he will always fight for. Always support. Always worry about.

So, when he returns to find the blond in such a state? It probably wouldn't be a surprise to know his blood runs cold almost immediately.

The smoke is what alerted his senses before anything else. It's been enough time that he's discovered that this is what happens when Riley's mood completely crashes. While he isn't a psychic, he's known Riley long enough to know what might very well be haunting him in this exact moment. While he doesn't share the other man's memories, it's still pretty damn unsettling to know of the differences in their timelines. What exactly did he see and feel? Just the thought has his stomach sinking; while an older him had been there in his time, he hadn't been there. Not in every second where Riley suffered, felt pain, needed him. In a lot of ways, it feels like he... failed him in a lot of areas of their lives...

But that's neither here nor there in this moment. In this moment, he's solely focused on carefully making his way over to the blond. He's very thorough in testing each floorboard, only stepping with his full weight once it seems safe -- it helps that he's able to make use of his silent step, which naturally takes some of the strain off. Even with that, however, it takes what feels like forever to get to the blond.
]

Riley... Riley, calm down. [His voice calmly carries its way over to his mate, well before he gets to him. The second he's able to, he's reaching out in an attempt to firmly grasp the other man's shoulder. Hopefully he can snap him out of it, even a little.] Listen to me... I'm right here.

[He's in front of him, trying his best to capture his gaze by lowering his head and looking right at his eyes.] Hey...
itsoktolive: (Default)

[personal profile] itsoktolive 2016-10-23 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
[He winces. There hasn't been any fear from Munakata so he almost forgot about it.] Y-yeah for today.

[Atsushi releases the change on his arms and legs, returning them to normal.] ...I keep my ability quiet in the city. Things are already negative. ...an outsider that can turn into a tiger won't help things.

[Abilities aren't always a blessing. He's seen flashes of fear on native and outsider faces. That's normal but, he puts it out of his mind.] I need to retrieve my boots and we can check the database?
adorablenecromancer: (Huh?)

[personal profile] adorablenecromancer 2016-10-23 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Perhaps it was the true leader of the bunnies, angry that some little human girl was taking over its role! It glares in as menacing a way as it can, but the green-haired girl just gives it the biggest smile in the world.]

There's no reason to be like, Mister Bunny. We can all be friends here. No one wants to hurt you, so why don't we all get along?

[The rabbit stares at her for moment, turning its gaze between the girl, the other rabbits, and finally the man accompanying them all. It seems to decide that the girl and her overly cheerful attitude was just the worst, and suddenly leaps right at her! Her headbunny escapes off her back as a gasp escapes the girl! With a might chomp the rabbit's teeth bite down hard, and sink into...her hair. The long strand sticking up on top to be exact. The thing dangles down, gnawing at it as if it thought this was somehow harming her.]

....I...I think I might be under attack. Maybe? I'm not really sure.
adorablenecromancer: (Permanent good mood)

[personal profile] adorablenecromancer 2016-10-23 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes a few moments for Marona to realize that she is even being addressed. She had just started humming a little tune to herself when she's suddenly brought back to earth. The lights seem to dim a little. The very thought that they were bothering someone made it a little more difficult to enjoy.]

O...oh. Sorry.

[A sheepish smile comes to her face. She IS sorry, but her mood isn't going to be killed that easily!]
justchords: (FOOD > EMA)

[personal profile] justchords 2016-10-23 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
I-I'm not grumpy, I'm just... serious! (because that's how he takes his job unlike half of the agency, in case you haven't noticed, maya.

he lets the white rabbit dangle off of his pants leg, just accepting the state of things for now. it'll... give up and run off eventually at some point, he's sure. kind of. the rabbit in his arms is the one that has his attention. far more like the one he used to have as a child.)
But they can't just wander into the fields and eat the crops. It's having a negative effect on the farmers, and that only makes things worse.

(he glances around the field, still rather overrun with adorable little furry friends, but at the same time, he has a few concerns about the state of the crops.) What if we tried to find other fields for them? Ones they could eat out of, that we don't use.
divarication: (the sacrifices I'll give)

[personal profile] divarication 2016-10-23 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[His entire life had been built around one single person - one individual he loved and cared for and protected. It had changed when Aiden came into the picture sure. Suddenly his world was no longer revolving around that one person but twenty-one years is a long time to have circled one life.

Especially when that life was gone.

Maybe it should hurt more, losing Fara. She'd died in that fire possibly alongside his own body, he's sure of that. Until he literally collided with the hunter, Riley had known nothing else besides Fara's love. He relied on it to keep him moving from one day to the next. So it should hurt more. It should hurt so much that he can't stand just the simple idea that she's probably dead now. Killed by his flames or the smoke they brought with them. Seemed fitting that fire had gotten them into their terrible situation that it be the way they got out.

Yet it doesn't hurt as much as it should. Doesn't hurt as much as it had when it was Aiden who had been laying lifeless on the floor. He'd lost Fara some time ago, maybe before he really realized it. All his attempts to hold on to her and save her fell flat because she was already gone. He just didn't know it yet, let himself believe that she could be saved and Aiden supported that idea too.

Just because it doesn't hurt as much as it should doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. It was pretty much the two of them against the world from the moment she came into his life. He leaned on her when he wasn't capable of supporting his own weight, carried more of her burden than he could sometimes. The two of them were a team. Riley's sure that he's forgotten what she smelled like on those rare days when the faint light of their dying sun breaks across the horizon. Forgotten what her real smile looked like - not those fake ones she started giving him.

Without her Riley's world crumbles. So many of the support beams fall away and leave him recklessly balancing on what remains but it's nothing in comparison to what he experienced when Aiden was gone. They've known each other for only a year but the hunter is the only one capable of ripping the ground out from beneath his feet entirely. Without Aiden, Riley has no reason for living - no reason for breathing. Without Aiden, there is no Riley. Just a hollowed out shell that doesn't care if everything around it burns to ash.

A sob escapes him at the sound of the familiar voice but it's not enough. His gaze is too fixed on the pink liquid coating his hands - imagining it's Aiden's blood, his nose too filled with the scent of smoke to catch the absolutely needed smell of his mate. Aiden's voice alone is not enough to calm to inferno raging inside of him.

There is no attempt to shake off the touch as he's frozen in his place and has no reason to fight anymore. That voice again, closer but it still isn't enough to bring him back. When his vision is filled with the sight of his mate he blinks rapidly, shaking free the tears that threatened him before. Aiden's face blurs - clears again before settling on simply being fuzzy.

Riley breathes out a bit of air that he hadn't realized had been captured in his chest. He finds his voice - broken and quiet:]
Aiden.