empatheias_ooc | TEST DRIVE MEME: JULY

— TEST DRIVE: JULY —

Welcome to

empatheias' first ever 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 Friday, July 18th and Applications open Friday, July 25th. Game will begin Friday, August 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!

• Prompt B: The following are generic task board prompts that characters could have taken up as a job.

You have to collect X number of materials. Find a partner to make it easier!
There's a hostile creature attacking some of the neighboring farms. If you got a weapon, they could definitely use your help!
How about helping around the town? Delivering something, helping patch up a sign, cleaning out some of those rusted gears—the locals would definitely warm up to everyone.
Make up your own task/quest!

• 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 influx of people suddenly appearing, the locals are a bit on edge. So rather than having your character’s emotions affecting the environment, someone else's is affecting them! Maybe they were just passing by and someone had an emotional outbreak of sorts. Now they have to figure out how to deal with the aftermath—or will their own emotions make it worse? Needless to say, NPC godmodding granted 100%.

• Prompt E: Make your own! It can even involve booze and/or cats.

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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[The girl sniffles, but raises her hand and points off in a general direction. Jude smiles at her.]

Don't worry. Milla and I will be able to find her for you.

[Milla doesn't really know How To Child but she offers the girl a smile as well.]

Of course. Just wait here, all right? We'll be back soon. [And off she goes, assuming Jude will follow. A doll can't be that hard to fine so long as no one stole it or moved it...

Now out of the rain she can drop her arm and shake some of the water from her hair. Wow that was a lot of rain...]

[She'd assume right, because he quickly follows. Following Milla is kind of second nature by now, anyway.]

I'm sorry you wound up getting so wet. [he says, when he's just as drenched as she is. He doesn't bother trying to wring things out because it's a lost cause.]

[She just has to wring out her long hair even if she's already dripping. It's so long that leaving it wet is somewhat of a heavy weight to carry. As she's still working on how to use her Artes and spirit powers here she has to do this the old fashion way.]

It's fine. It's just a little water. It isn't the first time I've been caught under someone's downpour today. [She was just lucky enough to get away from it before it got her too soaked. Not this time...]

[He can't really imagine it's much fun having that much hair wet or dry, but Milla seems so proud of her crowning glory that he's not going to comment.]

Someone else was having trouble?

[Being a spirit means magical hair keeping powers! Probably. So it stays as is. Forever.]

Yes. A thunderstorm, actually. Afterwards I ran into a snowstorm. The humans here seem to be quite overly emotional.

I don't think it's that... It's more that emotions are a lot more obvious here than they are back home. People can be pretty emotional no matter where they're from.

[like Ivar. Imagine if Ivar came here. On second thought, Jude doesn't want to imagine that chaos.]

Ah, I see. Your theory stands to reason. I wonder if the weather is the only thing one can affect with their mood. So far I haven't seen any other occurrences but that.

[oh god. no don't speak his name he might appear...]

I haven't seen anything besides weather either, but if emotions can affect the physical world in that way I wouldn't be surprised if it could in other ways, too.

[it's pretty fascinating stuff, really.]

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