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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[cue the appearance of one Aida Mana, smiling as she walks, a crystal shaped like a heart jingling around her neck. When she sees Alice and her garden, she lights up and begins to run over, calling out]

Aliiiice~! Hey Alice! Wow, everything looks so great...!

[ Alice gives a startled little jump, the sudden arrival of Mana taking her off guard, as she'd been more than a little distracted gazing at her unintentional handiwork. Her own, clover-shaped amulet swings around a t bit as she does the same, and quickly composes herself. ]

Mana-chan! Ah, why thank you very much, it is not very much but...

[ Alice's attempted modesty is betrayed by the flowers around her starting sway as if dancing.

Note: There is no detectable wind at the moment. ]

[Mana had to do her best not to pull the other girl into a very eager and enthusiastic hug. Instead, she scrambled over, and continued to gush at the sight of the flowers]

Oh my gosh! Look at them! Is that you doing that...?!

Doing... what?

[ Glowing?

No, wait. She looks around herself and notices the swaying. The flowers are actually quite well in sync with one another. Her face heats up just a hair and she manages a tiny laugh. ]

Ah, that- well, I suppose that I am...

[ She places a hand to her face. ] Though it was not intentional...

[ It actually is a little bothersome. Alice had spent so much time learning to control her emotions, or at least... to control how she reacted to her emotions. ]

[Mana gave Alice another wide smile, before kneeling down to get a closer look at the flowers and what they were doing]

I'm so impressed, Alice! To think you could express yourself in such a way...! It's really amazing!

[ At this point, Alice is blushing a bit uncontrollably, though she keeps herself mostly under control otherwise. It doesn't much matter, though - the more embarrassed she gets, shown or not, the more the flowers are reacting. ]

It was not my intention, Mana-chan! It just happened!

[ A pause, and then she finally focuses to try and take in the sight herself. ]

Although, to be able to make the things around us really react this way...

Yeah... it's really kind of amazing, isn't it? I'm still trying to figure out how it works...

[said the girl who didn't seem to thing of the potential dangers behind all of this. She continued to smile, reaching forward to touch one of the flowers.

Once she did, to her surprise, it moved again, its petals arranging themselves into the shape of a heart]

Oh...! Would you look at that!

[ At this point, Alice shouldn't be terribly alarmed to see the flower react as it does to Mana. Especially considering everything she had seen from Mana over the years. All the same, she is a bit startled, and gasps. ]

Oh my! [ She casts a look around them once again. ] It would appear things around us really do respond to how we're feeling... [ Her cheeks color a bit. ] So I guess if one is feeling a bit proud of themselves, then... something like this can happen...

Hee! I guess the two of us can do amazing things when we come together!

[she stood up and walked back over to Alice]

All the same... I'm glad you have a chance to enjoy something like this, Alice!

Well, all of us have always been able to, so it should be no surprise that still holds true!

[ She blinks a bit then, holding her hands behind her back. ]

Ah, well - it is relaxing to tend to a garden like this, and it is also good to keep oneself busy, sometimes...

Yes, but... this is something you've always wanted to do, right? That you finally get a chance... makes me really happy!

[and oh look, more of the flowers are responding like the first one]

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