empatheias_ooc | TEST DRIVE MEME: JULY

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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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[Prompt B]
[One person can be found all over the place today, dealing with the troubles of various NPCs. A job board is a pretty tempting thing for a do-gooder like Jude... not to mention whenever he passes someone causing an emotional mess he feels compelled to get involved.

Right now, he's dealing with a crying child who has a raincloud pouring down on her head, soaking him and everything else in the immediate area.]

Hey, it's going to be all right. I'm sure your doll will turn up. We just need to take a careful look around for it.

Edited 2014-07-11 00:05 (UTC)

[B-2 + C]
[let's give this telepathic communication thing a whirl, shall we?]

There's a job request up on the Task Board asking to help exterminate some giant boar that's been "terrorizing the pumpkin fields" in the neighboring town. For some reason they're asking for at least two people. I mean, come on—it's just an overgrown pig, how bad can it be?

[if only Alvin knew. if he only knew.]

Anyway, who wants in? We can split the rewards fifty-fifty and maybe get some roast pork out of it.

[charming grin and a wink goes here.]

[note: can either thread the convo or just jump straight into hunting down that boar, or even both o/]

Edited 2014-07-11 00:18 (UTC)

[A fearsome monster attacking a nearby farm, huh?]

[Well, it's not really his business any more. This wise old hermit is retired! Or at least he WAS retired. Back home where the future of martial arts is turning out just fine without him. Here... well, that may be a different story.]

[So for now the old man is sitting on a large rock nearby, enjoying a pipe while he watches the beast rampage. Maybe if no one shows up, he'll have to do something. But he IS interested in seeing if any brave heroes will make an appearance.]

[ ooc; just a psa: will contain spoilers, probably, for Normal End 1 of her game. That's all. ]

[Prompt A]
[ Today, there's a strange teenage girl wearing all red, positively vibrating happiness, humming to herself. It affects the things around her, but strangely, every flower that appears from where she is a bloody red color, and she can't help pausing to admire them.

It's sort of a loop. But she seems happy enough, overly so, perhaps. Most people weren't this happy ALL THE TIME, right? ]

Heehee, oh, I should save some of these and press them! Hmhm, I'll make a book for him...! ... Oh... someone's looking? Hi there!

[ You're interesting, let her just smile in your direction, new person! ]

[Prompt B]
[ Wadanohara took to that board and the jobs listing gig as quickly as she could. Sometimes, things just don't change. She was always a total errand-running do-gooder for even, at times, complete strangers, so she takes the little jobs no one else wants. Fetch quests, basically. But, ah... she needs a partner for this...? It might be difficult.

Still, she comes to the square and agrees to it. She's curious who her partner for this job might end up being; it's a simple enough task--eliminate some of these creatures bothering people at a farmstead and then wash and dye their pelts, bringing them back to town... there's too many for her to take on by herself, and they ARE big opponents, so she admits she's very excited.

So she waits, in front of the job board, smiling brightly. She was contacted via the amulet to meet this person here, but they forgot to tell her what they looked like... ]

Oh, I wonder when they'll get here...?

[Prompt E/Made Up]
[ On one particularly slow day, a girl can be seen in the Merchant's Square playing a white ocarina, her music putting emotion into the air around her, beautiful, red whisps of light and magic flowing out into the area with the song.

Come bother the girl playing? She's a strange one, but she seems nice enough...! ]

B2

[Fighting is all she knows. Even if she had a former life, even if it wasn't always like this-- being with the Embryon and fighting for their lives as 'normal'. It's why she always has her rifle by her side.

A bit of a ways away from the monster, Argilla is set up to snipe the monster with her weapon. Maybe she could transform into her demon form, however, it's uncertain if people would approach her that way. She's doesn't want to fight... she doesn't want to scare...

She just wants to help.]

C

So, how does this thing work? I guess I'm not really certain if it's a good idea, but I figured reaching out wouldn't hurt. At least here, everyone seems to be comrades, or closer to that from what I've seen. I don't want to fight if it's not necessary... I'm tired of all that.

Edited 2014-07-11 00:32 (UTC)

( prompt a )
[ After only a week or so of being here, it's easy enough for IV to let his mind drift away from his home, his family-- but it's also just as easy to be reminded. Every time he sees a father and son walk past him, his mood darkens for a number of reasons - anger, jealousy - and every time he sees what he assumes are two brothers, what good mood is shifting into longing, sadness, and ever still, jealousy.

This day out of all the others is no different, casting glares at passing people as he walks around and tries to keep his mood high, but the homesickness is stronger today than it has been. He misses his brothers, and to some extent, his father, and despite being a damn good actor any other time, his expression certainly doesn't hide it, and neither does the cracking ground around his feet with every step he takes.

For now, at least. ]

( ooc: I'm not the best at these things, so if you think of something better, feel free to use your own idea instead! )

Edited 2014-07-11 01:10 (UTC)

[ Some very cheerful teenage girl will filter into your head now, from the amulet. Goodness she seems excited-- ]

Fighting, huh? AND helping people? Oh, I'd love to help!

[ HOW OLD IS THIS GIRL SHE IS KIND OF SCRAWNY TOO..... ]

{ C ... and A }

H-hello? Can anyone hear me? oh this is weird I hope I'm not bothering anyone though I guess it's kind of like using Kyuubey... Am I doing this right? oh no I'm definitely bothering people now!

[ And so goes Homura's first panicky attempt at using her amulet...!

The air around her is pretty wobbly and pink tinged with nervousness - she wants to make a good first impression but clearly she..... lacks public speaking skills and also a filter on her thoughts. Also the way the ground shifts a little underneath her feet throwing her further off balance certainly doesn't help... ]

{ B }

[ So. Monster attacks. Everyone loves monster attacks, right?

Good because there's a pack of killer seagulls bearing down on everyone near a street food stand at the very edge of town.

Homura had been hoping to get a snack to eat while she explored a little - but alas it is not to be! Amid the shrieks of the diving birds, she lets out a cry of surprise of her own - but despite the nervous way she jumps back and stumbles over the ground (or air - or her own shoes...), a look of determination soon finds its way onto her face. Clenching her teeth, she holds out one hand where an eggshaped purple stone thing manifests and then - in a flash of light ~~and possibly a transformation sequence for those tuning in from home~~ her entire outfit has changed, and she now bears an odd shield on her arm.

But she doesn't stay still for long before she puts her hand on her shield and -- wait, suddenly she's over there, holding a gun with one hand and rubbing her forehead with the other? (A small red mark is there, as though she hit herself in the head with a casing or maybe even the gun itself.) And two or three a fanged bloody seagulls let out death squawks and plummet to the ground with mediocrely aimed bullet holes. (Seriously - none of them are well centered on the body mass of the birds.)

Uh... right then. Well - if you wanted to kill some, don't worry. There are plenty to go around! And if not, well there's that weird girl with the gun over there... ]

[Prompt E: Challenge Accepted]

[Since getting dumped into this strange world, Kevin has been spending as much of his time as possible avoiding everyone else in it. Now and again someone bullies him into having his newly missing eye looked at, and clucks at him about changing the bandages more often and how he should be off his feet still and so on. But for the most part, it's easy to keep away from people. Nobody wants to go near a man so dour and gloomy that shadows cluster around him where there shouldn't be any shadows at all. So, the former knight spends his time skulking about on the streets with the homeless and their booze, minding his own business.

The thing with cats, though, is they really don't give two craps about humans think of them.

Which is why he's currently staring having a staring match with one such tiny beast, who has settled across from him in the local park and seems content to irritate him simply by existing where he can see it. Kevin does not like cats, not since That Happened, and this is probably what has attracted it to him in the first place. It flicks its tail back and forth, gently, paws curled underneath it, and it stares at Kevin and Kevin stares right back. The cat refuses to lose interest, and Kevin refuses to leave this nice tree he's found to sit under, because if he does the cat has won and that's offensive.

Interrupt? Not even a cat can out-stubborn Kevin Regnard. They're liable to be here all day.]

[ On the other end, Argilla can probably sense something very similarly-feeling to most demons, but it's a young girl dressed oddly in a lot of red.

She's not the only one taking down monsters--in fact, a bunch of moonlight will filter in on where she is and red water will swamp the creatures (and just the creatures, her magic only affects them), turning to a sticky, blood-like substance, suffocating them completely. She did miss one or two, though...

That said, she's going to look back behind her, having sensed Argilla was there, and smiles. ]

Are you here to help? I left you some to play with!

[There's a young lady jogging up to Wadanohara, coming to a stop just a foot away. The blonde walks the rest of the way, with a warm smile.]

Hello there! Were you the one who requested a partner for the task at the farmstead?

[ ... Except a young witch who is really rather amused by this, and will just kind of pop up behind Kevin suddenly, without much warning. ]

You know, I'm pretty sure the cat's gonna win, sir!

[ And she will giggle. This guy reminds her of a certain significant other of hers, definitely... heehee. ]

Yeah, I was! It's nice to meet you--I'm Wadanohara.

[ Big smile! It sort of flourishes with a little wisp of red magic, too. Unsurprisingly. ]

I really want to help those people, so...!

Figure out what you want before you speak.

[-- comes the flat, terse response, sounding sort of like a belligerent brick wall in her head. Kevin has a list of things he hates about this place. The telepathy crap is high on that list, second only to "being here in the first place".]

( prompt b-3 )
[ As much as Durbe is missing his home, his people (Nasch's people that he's taking care of, he reminds himself, and when he notices the wilting grass around his feet at the thought, he tries to perk himself up a little with fonder memories than those without Nasch at his side), he's also doing what he can to distract himself, to help others.

It all reminds him of his past, the local villages he would sometimes help out around as a knight, doing labor with the rest of the locals. That reminder is something that makes the Barian smile, and everything seems to brighten up as a result. It's still a bit to get used to, having his emotions on his sleeves (or is it a singular sleeve?), despite being the kind of being that encompasses emotions as it is. Even as he lets out a yelp of pain as he smashes his fingers between two boards though, he listens to the woman nearby chuckle, and Durbe can't keep the small smile off of his face. ]

Human bodies are so fragile; it's strange to get used to.

[ He could shift into his Barian form, but... he doesn't think startling these locals is worth it. ]

( ooc: I'm not the best at these things, so if you think of something better, feel free to use your own idea instead! )

Edited 2014-07-11 01:09 (UTC)

[ that's not a giant bird monster swooping from above—that's an avatar on her glider, dropping to the ground a few yards away from wadanohara and collapsing the glider back into a simple wooden staff. she jogs the last little distance, ignoring the tiny flowers sprouting and being crushed beneath her feet ]

Sorry I'm late. I had a... bit of a problem with flooding.

[ (she may or may not have gotten irritated trying to work the shower and accidentally burst the pipes. this is not a good place for her) ]

So! We've got some creatures to hunt, huh?

[And so it is that Kevin and his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder leap to their feet, whirling around and away so quickly that the cat actually gets up and darts away a little. The only thing that saves this girl from a sword to the gut is the fact that Kevin has yet to find a goddamn sword, but that isn't stopping his hand from instinctively going to his belt, and the grass all around him all turns brown and dies in a wave.]

Don't sneak up on people!

[It sort of sounds like a bark, which probably explains another thing about the cat. Either this guy is dangerous, hilarious to antagonize, or both. Above him, the tree withers a little, and leaves start to drift down from its branches.]

My name is Natalia. It's a pleasure to meet you, too, Wadanohara!

[Goodness, that name's a bit of a mouthful--not that Natalia will say as much out loud.]

Shall we set off, in that case?

[ You know, she should be helping kill these herself, but this witch can't help but whine about it as she does so, casting blood magic to make them fall to the ground as it leaves their bodies. ]

Oooh, these poor seagulls... they're being very ill-behaved.

[ Reminds her of Memoca, one of her familiars--who WAS, indeed, a seagull, so she's unsurprisingly a bit sad to kill them, but when she sees the other girl struggling she can't help but try to help her out, using her magic to drop a giant anchor on some of them sneaking up behind her. ]

Watch out...!

[D+A]

[he's set off on a rampage and the entire city is going to be destroyed by his intense emotional waves of rage—haha, no, no, just kidding. that's for another day, perhaps. or later on. though he's certainly close to have that fuse blown. knowing how his anger negatively affects everything, he's been trying to contain it. however, the current situation is as follows:

he had been walking through the town trying to get a better understanding of its layout when he is confronted by a group of younger men. he just stands there, staring down at them questioningly, but when they start saying how he and "those others" have been leeching off of everyone without doing jack shit, a vein starts to throb. as they continue, ominous clouds form around them, both from the group as well as Shizuo. needless to say, his particular cloud is darkening at a much faster pace.

although he's trying very hard to not pick one of them up and throw them, it's much harder to not have his emotions escape out. knowing this, he tries to just brush past them, but no. they had to be dumb and actually grab his arm.

so watch out anyone around him. cracks are starting to form at his feet and—is the air actually crackling?

SOMEONE STOP HIM! or make it worse. making it worse is totally allowed.]

... Eh?

[ She's not even fazed; in fact, she doesn't even blink at his causing all of this, and around her the air will just sort of curl into a little wispy question mark of confusion. What'd she do? What an on-edge kinda guy, reminds her of Samekichi... ]

Did I make you lose? Oh, sorry...!

[Oh, this poor girl.]

We can hear you just fine, miss. Was there something you wanted to know?

[ Wadanohara will wave a gloved hand--she's not bothered, and she can sense it's not a hostile presence, so when Korra drops down she'll just wave and smile. ]

It's okay~! I'm more than patient enough. Oh, right, my name is Wadanohara, nice to meet you!

[ She's ready to go. She'll hold out a hand and, poof, a cute little broom will appear that she'll get on, like a true witch. She is cool like that, and might be more than a little amused to be flying after all this time again, so it probably shows in the little dancing lights around them. ]

Ready when you are, yeah? Should be fun. Plus, we can help people, so...!

[ She's aware her name's a bit of a mouthful. It's why most people just call her Wada. (Or Wadda, in Memoca's case...) She's going to make a little broom appear out of some red magic, hovering in front of them. ]

Do you mind flying, Miss Natalia? My broom can get us there pretty quick!

[ Prompt A ]

[ don't talk—don't make a sound. it's not a rare moment (any more) that korra can be found attempting to meditate, but things have gotten a lot harder lately, and she looks like she's on the edge of snapping. her nose is twitching, as green bushes sprouting drooping, multicolored flowers keep popping up around her and dying within a few minutes. give her only a few minutes longer and the sound of someone else approaching, and she's completely lost it. ]

I can't stay focused on anything with something interrupting me every five minutes!

[ ...well, the latest bush is going up in smoke, but... no big deal right ]

Edited 2014-07-11 01:00 (UTC)

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TEST DRIVE MEME: JULY

Jude Mathis | Tales of Xillia

Alvin | Tales of Xillia

Master Roshi | Dragon Ball Z

Wadanohara | Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea (End 1)

Argilla | Digital Devil Saga

IV/Thomas Arclight | Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

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Homura Akemi | Puella Magi Madoka Magica (early canon point so she can be updated later c: )

Kevin Regnard | Pandora Hearts

... omg Argilla, I play Roland. YOU ARE TEMPTING ME

B

... omg

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C | Sorry in advance º3º

Durbe | Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

[Prompt B!]

Welp

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B (hi)

Shizuo Heiwajima | Durarara!! (post-novel based)

I'm laughing rly hard but I'm so sorry Kevin. I'm just. So sorry.

C!

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Korra | Avatar: The Legend of Korra