TEST DRIVE MEME: SEPTEMBER

[simpathis]

— 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 Monday, August 25th and Applications open Monday, September 1st.
  
  
• 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!

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


PROMPTS

• Prompt A: Create any scenario that could cause your character to display some kind of emotion, be it big or small, and write out how it changes the immediate area. Are there literal sparkles everywhere because they're so happy? Or is the ground starting to twist and warp due to their anger or frustration? Things exploding? Rain clouds? Since this is a test drive, don't worry about any limitations on effects—just write whatever comes to mind! OR write a prompt where they're the ones being affected by someone else's emotion.

• 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.

• 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: How good is your character using an elemental core? They're magic-like rocks that have one of the three following elements: fire, air, and water. On their own they're not too bad, but they are quite sensitive to emotions. Be careful or that little handwarmer could suddenly create a small blazing inferno!

• Prompt E: Steampunk technology is a lot more advanced than basic medieval technology, but still inferior to modern day devices. No electricity, no cars—just this strange magitech, steam, and clockwork gear systems. How "tech savvy" is your character now?

• Prompt F: Make your own! It can even involve cake and rain.

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!

Comments

[demonphysician]

I see. So you were feeling nervous.

[He jots this down on some paper, though there's no way for her to know that of course. It wouldn't really be proper research though, if he's not making a record of people's answers.]

To what degree, if I may ask?

[sharpintuition]

I... I don't know... What if we went through the wrong rift...? What if things turned bad?

[demonphysician]

[Rift? Oh, now this is interesting.]

I'd appreciate it if you could explain what you mean by 'went through the wrong rift'. And if you appeared here before or after entering it?

[sharpintuition]

{More than anything else, she had just been thinking out loud.}

Uhm well... It was a Temporal Rift to be exact... My friends and I were going after some people. I appeared here after going through it.

[demonphysician]

[Curious. He'll write that down.]

So you and your friends entered this Temporal Rift then... Are you the only one who ended up here?

[sharpintuition]

{She shook her head lightly}

I thought I was, but later on I found the rest of my friends.

[demonphysician]

So there are several people from your home here. That's interesting.

[Really, it was. As far as he knew, he was the only one from his home. And yet it seemed some people had multiple people from theirs.

Something about their emotions? Or were emotions unrelated all together? He'll have to research that more closely.]

[sharpintuition]

Mhm. At first I thought I was on my own, but everyone I was with showed up eventually.

[demonphysician]

Curious, though I suppose it could be fortunate for you. Having others from your world here must be reassuring.

[Or just the opposite. Depending on the person, he supposes this world showing favoritism to certain other worlds could seem quite frightening.]