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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!
fistfulofbullets: (Wander)

[personal profile] fistfulofbullets 2016-10-20 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a laugh in the back of his throat as he stretches that mechanical arm behind his back, popping his natural shoulder joint in order to loosen up. It's like sparring back at Blackwatch, only this time? He's taking the position of the Commander. ]

Not too old to teach kids like you a thing or two. Say, what's your name, kid?

[ Could teach the kid something, perhaps. Or at the very least, make sure his skills are still sharp. ]
gr1m: (I'm back in black)

[personal profile] gr1m 2016-10-20 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Reaper tilted his head in something of an See? Told you way once McCree had turned around, still keeping his eyes on those things as he slowly made his way closer. Didn't trust them to just be shadows, knowing what he could do, other things he'd heard about another creature that could just suddenly appear-

"Something attached to you, probably created by emotions," Obviously and simply how things worked in this place. "Other than that, couldn't tell you."
unyieldingdragon: (ok maybe we shouldn't pick on Yuty)

F - SoJ Spoilers

[personal profile] unyieldingdragon 2016-10-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Dhurke can appreciate his son dedication to his teachings, but at the same time....this is one very long sermon. Personally, Dhurke would rather take them out and then make a prayer for them, but he'll respect what Nahyuta is doing...until they try to attack them. He's certain that by the time Nahyuta was finished, there would be no more skeletons left to even hear his lecture.]

Son, I think you might need to recite a shorter sermon for them. These guys aren't going to last through the whole thing.
scrapture: (pic#10259635)

[personal profile] scrapture 2016-10-20 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[For Junkrat's response, it's not images so much as color. Texture, almost; angry reddish orange like spackle-paint. That same fiery reaction he gets when he's interacting with any omnic. This one doesn't know him. No, he doesn't, and Junkrat doesn't necessarily know the robot. But that voice... that's the one he'd heard on the TV when he and Roadhog had been watching news programs for coverage of their heists.

Yeah, he'd remembered, 'cause the omnic had been carrying on about a dead one of their own. It'd been annoying. Not something the junker had wanted to see as he and Hoggo were waiting for reports.]


Nah. Not personally. Sure as hell hope we don't, either! Unless ya wanna make mates with a car bomb shoved riiiight up your metal back end!

[Loud, loud, loud. And there's a rather vivid image of said bomb there, zooming toward something like one of those Shambali monks; Junkrat's memory ain't strong enough to recreate the finer details, but you get the idea. The incredibly mature idea.]
chataclysme: (adrien45)

Oh man, this was so hard to choose! A is for awkward

[personal profile] chataclysme 2016-10-20 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Here, have a concerned friend and classmate. He's glad to see her, but it's a pity she tripped before he had approached her.]

...Is that you, Marinette? [He grabs the rolls and offers his other hand to pick her up.] Are you okay?
fistfulofbullets: (Contemplate)

[personal profile] fistfulofbullets 2016-10-20 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Created by emotions?" He echoes with a raise of his eyebrow, not daring to take his eyes off the smokey figures. They seem to almost pusle with his heartbeat, and he breathes deep, tries to steady himself. Not a good sign, if his emotions were so easily readable as to physically manifest themselves into...

Into what? Ghosts? That's what they look like, smudged, shadowy figures with obscured faces that seem to fade in and out. Ghosts from his past. Would make sense, given the spike of emotions that made them, the memories that flooded...

"... Don't have time for this. Just want to get the hell outta this hospital." Always did get the creeps from hospitals. This just made it worse.
jamminshield: (eyyyy)

[personal profile] jamminshield 2016-10-20 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[His response may sound a little mischievous.]

Are you... positive about that?
gr1m: (Hello darkness my old friend)

[personal profile] gr1m 2016-10-20 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"You're holding a shard that's solid emotion."

There was a lot of things that were strange here and -stepping right past a shadow with a low hiss- Reaper finally stopped just a foot or so away from McCree. Eyeing him over slowly— "Looks like you can't run from them, McCree." It wasn't that hard to put together what may have happened.

Something conjured them up after all.
redpaladin: awkward (pic#10477593)

[personal profile] redpaladin 2016-10-20 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He makes such a derisive noise at that. That sounded like something an old person would say.]

Keith. Should I call you gramps?

[Keith is one part skill and three parts raw determination and instinct. He's considerably unpolished but he doesn't go down unless he's made to stay down. He could certainly benefit from someone more skilled than him, but he won't make it easy, for sure.]
goesbananas: (Thinky Thoughts)

[personal profile] goesbananas 2016-10-20 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Winston settles in, scratching his chin in honest thought.]

It'll be two months soon. And it's not just me, there are others from our world here. Tracer, the man the media calls Soldier: 76, and a Talon agent who goes by Reaper. He should be no trouble, though. We've arranged a truce, for the moment.
like_a_surgeon: (Default)

C

[personal profile] like_a_surgeon 2016-10-20 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
*CR-S01 almost thought he was listening to himself when he worked out a particularly troublesome medical issue. Usually when no one else was around to hear him talk to himself. But no, this wasn't a medical student but what sounded like a young girl trying to design an outfit.*

It...it looks nice. *Not exactly a brilliant conversational starter but he was still brushing up on his small talk.*
goesbananas: (Grump)

D

[personal profile] goesbananas 2016-10-20 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, yet another familiar and welcome face. Winston's hard to miss, but it's pretty clear Angela's attention is elsewhere. He chuckles quietly to himself, intending to sneak up behind her and give her a seasonably appropriate fight...when he notices that she's about to come under assault.

Not that she can't take care of herself, but something about the red gleam in the animal's eyes reminds him of a film Tracer had forced him to watch one night.]


Angela! Look out!
fistfulofbullets: (Default)

[personal profile] fistfulofbullets 2016-10-20 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sounds familiar, really. Sounds exactly like him before a man named Gabriel Reyes got his hands on him. And he's spent years honing his skills now- from gang member to soldier to mercenary. ]

The name's McCree.

[ He gives a grin, settling into a defensive stance. Time to see what this kid's got up his sleeve.
He'll wait until the bell rings for them to start, and then? It's on. ]
like_a_surgeon: (what?)

F-1

[personal profile] like_a_surgeon 2016-10-20 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
*The problem with most parties was that people underestimated the healer. In this case, healer meant an actual medical professional. CR-S01 had already had to patch up the wounds of overly zealous party members. Which reminded him of one particularly foolhardy young man who'd decided to power through a room. On his own.*

Hello, Zelos, are you all...*He did manage to duck before he got nailed in the face with a beaker. His usual smooth and calm demeanor changed into one of surprise.* What did you do?
fistfulofbullets: (Hide in plain sight)

[personal profile] fistfulofbullets 2016-10-20 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I ain't running." He's defensive. Of course he's defensive. Hasn't seen this man in years and he... Well, he certainly wasn't the man he used to know. Still, he scowls, slowly loosening his fingers around the shard. One by one, they come loose, until the tiny shard glows in the palm of his metal hand.

He slips it into one of the pockets of his belt, and for a moment the shadows wane, the ghosts distorting and lightening as he tries to focus on something else. Focus on his breathing, on his task. The Reaper is close, but he doesn't have to take his advice.

Not anymore.

He brushes past the ghost from his past, the shadows trailing behind him, heading for the next little lab to find more shards.
"'Sides, whatever conjured them up ain't exactly your business."
goesbananas: (Happy)

[personal profile] goesbananas 2016-10-20 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Winston hums a bar from the old song, popping his thick neck as he considers the request. It's not like his friend ever needed to ask that question. It was more, did he think he was going to even need to reload?

"Naturally. Ready when you are."

Stepping back to give the cowboy some room to work, the gorilla waits for the bang. OR for pitchforks to start flying, one or the other.
like_a_surgeon: (come on!)

D

[personal profile] like_a_surgeon 2016-10-20 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
*CR-S01 should probably find your friend Shiro because they could probably a calm a whole field of scarecrows together.*

Wait, don't just start attacking! It's going to make everything worse. *And probably result in a lot of injuries that he couldn't patch up on the spot.*
redpaladin: awkward (pic#10477615)

[personal profile] redpaladin 2016-10-20 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[His only response is a nod as he tenses, waiting for the bell to ring.]

[Like a rocket, he's off as soon as it chimes. He's never the sort to wait for the fight, he dives right in. It's easier to assess his opponent that way. His first move is an unrepentant flurry of jabs. They're not particularly strong but boy is he fast.]
gr1m: (Don't make me be the reasonable one here)

[personal profile] gr1m 2016-10-20 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
That got a laugh-

"Never said they were, ingrate." But he was running, had been running before McCree had bumped into him judging from how hard he'd actually hit. Would have probably knocked over a normal man as sudden as it had happened. "Longer you ignore them here? Might find yourself with more unwanted company."

Reaper wasn't going to follow, he hadn't come down here for the ungrateful bastard after all. Hadn't known he was down here, let him get in over his head if he wouldn't listen.
herpath: (Default)

G

[personal profile] herpath 2016-10-20 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Yona was just doing her job at the cafe. Making her way to one of the customers with their scone and latte when confetti is floating around her. She turns, looking for where the confetti is coming from when she sees Jea-Ha.]

Jea-Ha!

[She carefully sets down the tray now covered in confetti as the sun pendant that hadn't shone in two months finally starts to shine brightly once again. She hadn't been expecting to see anyone from home come here after both Hak and Kaya had disappeared two months ago and last month respectively.]

How long have you been here?
cursedchosen: (pic#8159262)

Re: F-1

[personal profile] cursedchosen 2016-10-20 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, don't blame me!

[Zelos shouts from behind the desk. After quickly taking a look around the room to make sure that there weren't any incoming office supplies, he quickly pulls CR-S01 down next to him. Strength in numbers, and also against awry office supplies.]

I walked in here and the room started attacking me. Any bright ideas, doc?
redpaladin: awkward (pic#10477624)

[personal profile] redpaladin 2016-10-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have a better idea!?

[He doesn't know who you are but he stops just for a moment to see if you do, because if not, it's back to plan A.]
a_noble_flame: ([009])

1/2

[personal profile] a_noble_flame 2016-10-20 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
... Oh. I guess they do.

[She's a little sheepish right now. Despite her best efforts, some of the more commonplace knowledge that is so highly evident to pretty much anyone outside of nobility is a little lost on her. Frankly she's never planted a single thing in her life... besides potted flowers. She didn't exactly have to track down supplies for those however.]
scrapture: (pic#10487826)

[personal profile] scrapture 2016-10-20 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[That... is a lot of punching. A lot of damage. A lot of, he assumes, pain, if the scarecrows could actually feel anything. Junkrat might be kind of an idiot, but he ain't suicidal. He just sort of stares, the launcher pointed their way but tilted off to the side like he's forgotten it. Well then! Looks like that particular scrap heap could kick his ass if it wanted. Good things there's theoretical bombs between them.]

Hey--

[Then that person-shaped bag of straw goes flying at him, and what would ya know, straw is actually pretty damn heavy when it's packed in solidly like that. It basically slugs Junkrat in the gut and knocks him over.]

What gives! [He wrestles the scarecrow, probably messing up some crops in the process. At some point he rips the thing's sack-head off and throws it at the robot.] -- Catch!
a_noble_flame: ([011])

[personal profile] a_noble_flame 2016-10-20 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Green jade flowers.

[That name rolls off her tongue fairly easily though.]

I've never heard of them before myself. I don't really know much about flowers though.

[Considering how tightly packed this flower shop is though, they're bound to have it... right?]