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empatheias_ooc2014-07-10 06:51 pm
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TEST DRIVE MEME: 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!
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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... ... ...sigh. Alright. Alright. It's obviously they're not getting anywhere with this dancing around the subject. Something is weird, and if it's information they need, well, Sousei can deliver.
So his posture straightens further and his expression shifts into something slightly more long-suffering. Why must everything always be so impossible...]
It is Meiji 11, and I am captain of the Yamainu. Though I am not currently stationed in Tokyo, it is a common trip for me to make. [...so???] However, I have never heard of the things you have referred to.
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Meiji...11? That was...
he quickly does the math. 1878, right? although Shizuo wasn't the most studious or smartest, he did study. though that was years ago since he had to learn history, so he's really pulling from the dregs of his memory. and "Yamainu"...nope, never heard of it. except for what some people call wolves, but he doubts that's what he means.]
...It's 2004 for me. The Meiji era ended in 1912, and now we're in Heisei. So...you're from...ah screw it over a hundred years in the past?
[he really doesn't want to try and figure out the exact years when he's not sure himself. and this is just. so. very. confusing. is that even possible??? different worlds...okay that had been hard enough to grasp. but now different times?
What is this...some shoujo manga...?
he would have doubted this guy and thought he was pulling some kind of joke. well, he still has that suspicion. the guy doesn't look like he'd be joking, but one never knows. so don't mind the slight suspicious look and air about him now.]
Are you really from the Meiji era?
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...Also, he's Seen Some Things himself.
But honestly, doubting his word? Come on.]
I wouldn't have said so if it wasn't true. [His tone is terse at that, even if his expression has hardly shifted.]
I could ask the same of you. From my point of view, that is just as unbelievable.
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either way, it's pretty hard to swallow.]
Sorry, just this is all pretty hard to believe...but it's probably the same for you. And you don't seem like the kind of guy to make this shit up, so I think I can believe you.
[he pulls out his cellphone and looks at it. he has no idea how well it would work, but...well. while he can't pull from the internet, it has a calendar at least.]
As for me...here.
[he flips it open, turns it on, and when it loads he goes to the calendar and holds up the screen. a block of the calendar is highlighted.]
This is a cellphone...and that's the last date I was in Ikebukuro.
[September 15, 2004.]
I don't really have much more proof than that, though.
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... ... ... He stares at the cellphone with a great deal of skepticism; even if it doesn't show up on his face, the environment around him is certainly making it very clear that he has no idea what he's looking at. That said... it's a calendar. A Western style calendar, sure, but it's one he can read nonetheless. He may be Japanese through and through, but there has been enough cultural exchange for him to be able to know that much.
...2004, though. Hm.]
...I see. I don't have any proof other than my word. [Of course, with his uniform and the sword at his side, he does look pretty antiquated.] But...that is the only explanation that makes sense, difficult as it is to believe. Of course I am unfamiliar with your Japan, if that is true.
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[he pulls back his cellphone after Sousei finishes looking at it, turning it off and returning it to his pocket.]
Well...if it's possible to have other worlds, maybe it's possible for there to be different...versions of Japan?
[he frowns, though.
...This really sounds like some manga or movie.
it makes very little sense, yet at the same time, it's the best explanation for all of it.]
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But honestly, that, or time travel, or something... that's all the only way these discrepancies can be explained. Though in the end, he just shakes his head.]
Perhaps. It is not that important, however. [Not in the grand scheme of things, anyway.] There are more important concerns to be addressed.
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[on some level he finds this interesting. but for the most part, it's not something he really dwells on it. once it's pretty much fact, he just accepts it.]
Then I'll just be on my way.
[since he doesn't think there's much else to talk about. least not from his side.]
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Very well.
[Goodbye, Shizuo, nice chat we had here.]