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TEST DRIVE: October
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 Sunday, September 24 and Applications (Canon | OC) open a week later on October 1st. Apps will only be open for four days!
- 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!
- Transfer to in-game. If accepted, you can assume threads made on the Test Drive happen in-game if the scenario can reasonably fit. These threads do not count toward AC.
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: With the crystal having been mysteriously stolen, the weather has been nothing but uncooperative, lately. Actually, uncooperative is an understatement. Just yesterday, it was raining frogs! Now, well…
• Prompt E: It's safer to stay indoors given the strange weather, but you can't help but go out in the streets and explore! You're in a new world, after all. There is so much to see! Of course, when it begins to rain cats and dogs (either literally or figuratively), you look for a place to hide. Somehow, you've managed to enter a building that's dark, only lit by a flame in the middle of the room. There are a lot of hooded men and women surrounding the flame.
• Prompt F: While Halloween does not exist in this world, Otherworlders have been present long enough for the natives to slightly change their calendar. For the month of Empta (October), they wish to make sure the Otherworlders are feeling at home by celebrating Halloween! They know nothing about it, but they are going to try and replicate the feeling!
• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include cat ears and/or nail polish.
• 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: With the crystal having been mysteriously stolen, the weather has been nothing but uncooperative, lately. Actually, uncooperative is an understatement. Just yesterday, it was raining frogs! Now, well…
- In the Sky with Diamonds. You might be walking in the streets or in the safe confines of a building when it begins to hail. It's not just any ordinary hail. Instead of ice falling from the sky, it's little beads and pieces of… you guessed it: diamonds! Some are actually fake, but there are some that are genuine. Only the experienced eye will be able to tell. The catch is, it only rains diamonds for ten seconds. And in this short span of time, people have gone berserk over the stone. Looks like some are eager to sell what they've collected, while some are fighting over what "should be theirs". Are you one of those people opportunistic enough to make money out of this, or are you doing something else of your own?
- One in a Melon. The crazy weather has not only been affecting the people living in Empatheias, but also the flora and fauna. The fruit stands everywhere have been selling all kinds of hybrid fruit, ranging from melons the size of a building to blue grapes that taste like chocolate! The latter sounds oddly delicious, truth be told. The vendors are all for giving free samples to anybody who passes by, too. In fact, there's one fruit stand that seems to be selling really well. Investigate, and you'll be given a slice of pineapple! Take a bite, and it tastes like Hawaiian pizza. Is this heaven or hell?
• Prompt E: It's safer to stay indoors given the strange weather, but you can't help but go out in the streets and explore! You're in a new world, after all. There is so much to see! Of course, when it begins to rain cats and dogs (either literally or figuratively), you look for a place to hide. Somehow, you've managed to enter a building that's dark, only lit by a flame in the middle of the room. There are a lot of hooded men and women surrounding the flame.
- Welcome! When they notice someone else enter, they all look at the door's direction. "Ah! It seems we have a new arrival. Welcome to the Ortheias. You are now in a world where your magic can change the emotions of people. What is your name?"
It looks like you've entered the headquarters of some roleplaying cult. Try and leave, and they will explain to you that nobody can leave. Nobody even knows why they're here. And then someone will casually whisper to you these exact words: "As an OOC Note, we will all leave in an hour and half from now." Do you create a character, or do you play as yourself? - Getting Acclimated. With everyone in the room doing their own thing and "gathering relationships", as they so put it, you've been left to your own devices. Do you talk to other people who might be stuck here for an hour and half, or do you practice your "Emanis"? It seems that this fictional world they've created lets each person manipulate the other person's emotions by casting spells. A short display of fire can make someone angry, or making flowers appear out of nowhere might make the other person happy. Of course, these are all fake and the cult just narrates their usage of magic without actually displaying it.
- An Event! Towards the end of the roleplaying session, the "roleplay moderator" announces an event! One of the guardians of Ortheias, the Durathei of fire and ice, Seesonne, has attacked the city of Snerev! A part of the city is now burning, while the other half is encased in ice! What would you do in this situation? People are panicking, so you must stop them from worrying too much!
• Prompt F: While Halloween does not exist in this world, Otherworlders have been present long enough for the natives to slightly change their calendar. For the month of Empta (October), they wish to make sure the Otherworlders are feeling at home by celebrating Halloween! They know nothing about it, but they are going to try and replicate the feeling!
- Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo. For the rest of Exi (September), farmers are asking Otherworlders to help them harvest pumpkins. Thanks to the strange weather recently, these pumpkins have grown to be the size of a car. They're rather big! What's more, they've also grown legs and can run! It appears they don't want to be caught, but anyone who gives chase will be able to get them to stop easily. Just chop off its legs! And to make it inanimate, one has to carve a face on it.
- What's Your Favourite Scary Story? To prepare for what's to come next month, the natives are asking Otherworlders to go to the Welcome Centre every weekend for a meeting of sorts. One will be able to find refreshments and snacks there, and there are a lot of people listening to speakers who rotate every so often. It seems these speakers are talking about their favourite scary stories. Perhaps you're one of the listeners, or you're speaking and sharing yours! Things are beginning to be spooky, though, that's for sure.
- It Leaves a Good Taste in Your Mouth. Children are selling cookies door-to-door, and the only type of cookies they're selling are maple leaf cookies. It's only 10 sylvs a box, and taking just one bite will send one to heaven! It's so delicious that it might make anyone who eats it react in a strange way (the video is just an example, not the exact reaction). Spectate at how people react to these maple leaf cookies, or be the one that gathers a lot of attention!
• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include cat ears and/or nail polish.
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!
Evie Grimhilde | Disney's Descendants (shaky voicetesting. oh boy |Da)
[Evie would be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying the fact how freely people can use magic in this place (banned on the Isle and "discouraged" in Auradon? No wonder she's thrilled to practice Dunamis out in the open ever since she got to this place). She had always been intrigued that emotions had an effect in everything in this place and boy, everything is right as she comes to realize in a bit.
The wicked princess was in a park, standing in the middle of the grass with her eyes closed and her hands clasped together. Evie wanted to see what her "happiness" would produce, picturing her boyfriend Doug in her mind (which would be picked up by anyone in the telepathic network.). After a while, a rosebush starts to sprout beneath her feet, growing until it formed a heart-shaped arc above her. Once the smell of roses hits the air, Evie opens her eyes and sees her handiwork, making her gasp.]
Wow! [She beams, clasping her hands over her mouth, walking around to inspect the rosebush with a happy sigh.] Now I wish Doug can see this...
B+G. She Works Hard For the Money
Hello, Verens! This is Evie and I think I made a little breakthrough!
[An image of a beautiful, smiling blue-haired girl pops up in the feed, showing off the manicure she just done on her nails. It was black at first glance but when the princess moves her hands towards a sunlit window, the color changes from black to a dark red once the sunlight hits it just right.]
It took me a while to get the formula down, [She takes her hands back, the polish turning back to black.] but I think I've perfected color-changing nail polish! I've always wanted to attempt making my own and just never gotten around to doing it.
I'm thinking of selling these as part of the collection I'm going to release soon, Evie's 4 Hearts. Clothes, shoes, accessories, and now nail polish! I just need to figure out what colors I'm going to include. Maybe pink that turns silver or purple that turns blue?
What do you guys think?
[The possibilities are endless!]
F1. WHY FAIRY GODMOTHER WHY??
[Why did she wear high-heeled boots for harvesting pumpkins? Just why? Evie screams, diving behind a water barrel, wishing she had a sword in hand to defend herself.]
I'm never eating Pumpkin pie ever again!!
((Don't like any of the prompts? Hit me with whatever!))
F1
Goikai Spear! Gun mode!
[The gun begins to shoot blasts, knocking the legs clean of the thing. It's still making noise and trying to move by rolling, however. Maybe offer him some advice? Or just watch what happens next?]
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The girl covers her ears when the spear--well, gun now-- started blasting the thing. Her eyes widen when she sees that doesn't even slow down the pumpkin, her panic manifests by making the ground shake. That probably doesn't help her rescuer at all but it does throw off the pumpkin a bit, making it lose control of its rolling. She yelps, almost losing her balance. Good thing she was able to grab onto the barrel for support in time.]
There has to be a way to stop that thing in its tracks!
[She looks around, spotting a couple of gardening tools son the ground, probably left by the farmers there who evacuated the pumpkin patch. The wheels in her head start turning, forming a plan that she hopes that works.]
Hey! [She uses the telepathic link to call out to the guy, mentioning to the garden tools with her head.] How's your throwing arm?
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Excellent! I haven't even started to show my true strength yet! [But still, Gai was who he was, and curiosity and the willingness to work as a team took over.]
What do you have in mind?
B/G
[ Melissa seems to be unable to hide the surprise that settles in her voice, blinking several times through the link. ]
Ah, I mean... I'd be interested, but there's no weird side effects for people that aren't human, right? [...] Not that I'm saying that I'm not human! I'm asking for a friend.
[ That friend is her. ]
B/G
A clothes and shoes collection and goodness, you should open your own boutique! I'm sure oodles and oodles of people would come! Especially with such a sweet girl like you as the owner.
A.
Pathetic.]
And in a heart, no less, how sweet. [Her hiss on sweet made it quite clear her thoughts on the matter.]
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The princess takes a step back, giving her roses a furtive glance before addressing Maleficent directly.]
Your Excellency.
[She puts her ankle behind the other, dropping down to a graceful curtsey. Evil Queen did teach Evie some basic etiquette during all those years stuck in the Castle From Across the Way. The dark fairy might detect an undercurrent of fear from the girl but it was soon edging away to make room for another emotion:
Courage.
Mal had faced her own mother before. The memory of what happened to Ben's coronation is giving Evie strength, the heart-shaped arch changing slowly form in response to the surge of bravery coming from the teen. Maleficent may see an image of a purple-haired girl with glowing green eyes staring down a familiar looking dragon in the telepathic link.]
[Evie stands up straight, her hands in front of her just so, her tone when she finally speaks was steady and calm.] Hearts have been always an important symbol to my mother and me, Your Excellency. And a rose, no matter how beautiful and fragrant it may be, will always have its thorns.
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Well well, far be it from me to take away a symbol of importance to you. [She chuckled, and Diablo came to her staff. A long thin finger stroked his beak.
At the vision of a purple haired child, she saw some of herself in her face, but nothing else except vast disappointment. If that dragon is her, she does not recognize herself, she is far greater than that, more fearsome. She is not a fairy brought low by some prince, not yet. And no little upstart princess of a sorceress is going to make her cower.]
And tell me child, do you have thorns?