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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Aww, that's so sweet of you! But they're not now.

[ ... At least she's nice enough to slowly start a spell to drain the water until it's gone, anyway. ]

I just love bringing a little of the sea to the land, it's always fun!

[Sweet. It's...sweet of him. He frowns.] Sweet? [No one's ever called him that before, and with good reason.]

The sea should stay in the sea. [Or at least arrive with a proper warning.]

Yeah, it's sweet.

[ She giggles again, giving him an amused look. ]

Oh? Don't you like the ocean?

[If she says so, though he's not very sure that he believes it, himself. He will admit that there are a lot of things that he is, but he doesn't think sweet is one of them.]

I like it fine. [A pause.] Those were my kills.

[ ... She just quirks an eyebrow, daintily stepping off the corpse she was on. He's much bigger than her--Wadanohara is only four feet and two or so inches, including her hat, and small heels. However... she seems unbothered. ]

Well, if you did less standing in the middle of fields and more actual work, maybe you'd've gotten there first~!

[ In other words DEAL WITH IT YOU LOST. ]

[Bigger does not always mean more powerful, and just because he has nearly two feet on her in height does not mean that he's not wary. He knows better than to underestimate someone, especially someone who brought the ocean to a field and killed every single one of the creatures that he had been there to deal with, far quicker than he would have.]

I was here first. I was hunting them.

Well, you know, we have a saying: "the one who smells the blood isn't always the one to find the body."

[ She'll just do a little twirl, now, and glance back at him. ]

Heeheehee... are you gonna punish me for being a faster shot~? ♪ You look so unhappy that you lost!

[ She MAY be having some fun at his grumpy expense. ]

[There's something about this girl that's a little unnerving. Maybe it's partially because no one has ever beaten him to a kill before-he's good at what he does, has been doing it for longer than he can remember-and maybe it's partially something else. Something he can't quite place.]

No. [It's not a funny thing to joke about, if only because of how HYDRA treated failure-though HYDRA's not there, and it's not something he needs to be concerned with. But the instinctive reactions to things will always be the same, he thinks.]

I was just. Looking forward to it.

[ Good eye; it's probably that disturbing aura she gives off, and how the ground under her feet seems to slowly always turn, well, red. Or perhaps the lightless quality to her eyes, as though no light will ever penetrate them, and the way they sort of x-ray you... ]

... You really need a better hobby. Or at least one to share with friends~! But if it bothers you that much...

[ A staff will appear into her hands, now--and suddenly the creature she'd been sailing on not seconds prior will rise again, blood leaking from its eyes and mouth violently, and it will let out a horrible gurgling noise, suddenly poised to attack. ]

Have fun!

[This is his problem though; he doesn't have hobbies. He doesn't have friends. He's not even sure how to make friends. This was also not even close to what he meant. He doesn't want some sort of disturbing mutant zombie creature-he really doesn't. He knows better than to complain, though, because who knows what she might do if he does.

Instead, he draws a knife, shifting his feet and bracing himself.]

You're too kind.

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