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TEST DRIVE: JANUARY

— TEST DRIVE: JANUARY —


Welcome to [community profile] empatheias' 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, December 25th and Applications (Canon | OC) open Friday, January 1st.

  • OC Reminder! Just a quick reminder that original characters are currently allowed. Those interested can also use the test drive. OCs do not need to be reserved.

  • 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! Reminder: We only require one sample and it can be done in either format. We have also made a change to our sample requirements, so look over the Applications page!

Now with that out of the way, here are some prompts you guys can work from!


PROMPTS

• Prompt A: How about giving the emotions a try?

• Prompt B: Refer to the Task Board and choose a task your character may be interested in taking up. For this prompt, you could have your character ask for help, already be in the middle of the job, or react to it in some way. Perhaps they were an unfortunate victim or want to create a job countering an existing one. You could even have a prompt making a job request. Creating jobs for the purpose of the test drive is absolutely doable.

• 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: A new card game is sweeping through the streets of Verens: "Magica Ex Arehtei." Players take on the role of an Otherworlder and form battle decks out of minions, monsters, dunamis, and even the Arehtei themselves. It’s insanely complicated in its details, but this hasn’t stopped a seller from handing you a starter deck and all but pushing you into a chair to face an opponent… who may have just been conscripted themselves.

• Prompt E: After a long period of quiet (something about ‘emotional and physical harm to Empatheias’ and ‘manufacturing plush weapons without a Class E(X) license’), toy manufacturers have flooded merchant stalls and storefronts with a new offering, the hyper-cute stuffed Thras. No negative emotions, they promise! Plush Thras is so full of bravery, he’ll inspire anyone who holds him to new heights of courage and valor!

Naturally, magiscience has gone too far, and picking up the doll instills you with vigor, energy, and fearlessness past the point of recklessness.

• Prompt F: Thundersnow! A phenomenon in which a snowstorm is accompanied by lightning and thunder, and not a terribly uncommon one in Empatheias. But today’s thundersnow is more like an apocablizzard -- lighting lashes through the sky and lances down to catch buildings and trees with its fury, all hidden behind whirling sheets of billowing snowflakes that have blanketed the city in a foot of snow with no sign of stopping.

The outside is cold, windy, miserable, and potentially dangerous. Are you trapped in a building you didn’t expect to be in? Or perhaps you’ve joined up with an emergency emotion squad, trying to impose calm or cheer on the raging storm?

• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include lumps of coal or moose.


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!
lukeim_yurlin: (Quiet contemplation...)

[personal profile] lukeim_yurlin 2015-12-31 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately for Ben, he reads as less than able to withstand what is rapidly turning into a total thundersnowpocalypse, which is why he's now got a six foot tall seraphim hauling him into the Grand Central Library. As they move, the wind seems to part for them, rather than blow directly into them.]

[Once both of them are inside the library, with the entrance shut behind them, Dezel lets go of Ben. There's an abrupt whoosh of air after, the snow blown from the teen's hair and clothing.]

[Meanwhile, Dezel takes a moment in silence to simply regard the kid, observing his reaction. Some part of him is still struggling with the idea that he's visible to so many people and given the circumstances, he's not sure if Ben is one of those people or not.]
justloving: (pic#9837592)

[personal profile] justloving 2015-12-31 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shirabe feels that light breeze. She's got a mind for details like that, and the wind's been gentle the whole night. She doesn't make the connection between it and Dezel over there, but she's wondering about it as she watches Dezel move.

And try and calm the animal down. Shirabe isn't an animal lover, but she doesn't hate them, either. If they can bring the sheep along without scaring it too much, that'd be nice.

But it bolts. Shirabe lets it get closer and closer still. She could transform, but considering that her transformation involves singing and a light show, it'd be counter-productive. She'd startle it.

Not to mention, going to so much effort to catch a sheep would make her feel ashamed. As a human being. So instead, she's just going to do this the old-fashioned way.

The sheep runs right past her, and in that moment, Shirabe leaps towards it, arms wrapped around its midsection, buried in the wool.
]

Gotcha. [The sheep bleats. Shirabe tries to lift it up, but it's heavier than she would have thought given its size. Shirabe is wrestling with the thing, and neither of them are really strong enough to win. The sheep flailing in her arms, Shirabe half-bent and trying to pick it up fully.

Also, at one point one of its flailing legs hits her in the shin. Ow. She nearly drops the poor thing, but fortunately her tightening grip gets it so scared that it stops its flailing for a second.
]

That hurt. Could you give me a hand? You look stronger.
eyeswideopen: (Look at it this way.)

[personal profile] eyeswideopen 2015-12-31 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thin fingers of fog curl around Komaeda's shoulders despite his best attempts to control the energies of his emotions. He reasons he's drained more of his strength than he'd realized. Before his thoughts can turn to why he's feeding Hinata this information a dark orange light displaces the air to his left and he sinks his hand down just as the cat-like Syprite physically appears. He scoops the the spirit up and onto his shoulder in a moment.]

The storm should be over by now. I can show you were to get your residence and to Task board. It's full of information and tasks to take up. If you're still feeling off I'll take you to Dr Jude. [A little scratch under the spirit's chin and he slowly climbs to his feet. The creature shifts, clearly used to his movements.]
youtried: (how do i look)

[personal profile] youtried 2015-12-31 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[He could do worse... this is the only thing that sustains him. At least he mostly just has to stand here??

Still, it's with only a little embarrassment about his sandwich situation that he shuffles enough for the back of the sign to be better accessed. Be gentle, he probably gets docked for damages.]


That bad, huh? Hell of a first day.
barredheart: (31 it's easy to feel invisible)

[personal profile] barredheart 2015-12-31 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
War, it's said. Mankind's favorite pastime.

[Humanity really can't go a year without it, can they? Even now, lately...]

And if things don't go well with the inhabitants below, we might be in for a round two. [White sighs, and though her tone's mournful and quiet she's not exactly feeling anything about it. It's kind of just a fact that it might end up that way.] A shame. It's been pretty peaceful up here, minus the Arehtei interruptions and certain incidents.
hopedout: (Default)

[personal profile] hopedout 2015-12-31 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He really doesn't understand why Komaeda's helping him so much. He probably should ask others about that later, since there's no way that he wants to get the truth from the horse's mouth. ]

I'm definitely better now, but the more information the better. I'll probably need to find a place where I can get more appropriate clothes as well.
sunsetsitter: (are we pretending that's a thing still)

let's c again

[personal profile] sunsetsitter 2015-12-31 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Third one, dude.

[But she sounds bored and like she doesn't really care.]

Always gotta go for the sky. Get one with an airship in it next time, though. Maybe some kids pointing up at it, if you can convince some to pose for you.

[personal profile] freeplay 2015-12-31 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ awkward, what is awkward ( when it doesn't involve high school girls that is— )

noya nods without missing a beat, giving a quick hum along with it. ]


Yep, [ hands against both of his hips, he looks her up and down, blurting out: ] —So you're Kanto Champion, huh? That's real cool for someone like you.

[ "someone like you" probably wasn't elaborated enough on. he didn't think before speaking, okay! ]
refuses: (FROWN•how many buttholes)

[personal profile] refuses 2015-12-31 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's an instant reaction to hearing giovanni's name— perhaps not exactly on anything visible like his face, but it's felt. the warmer air of the shop in comparison to the cold blowing outside crackles, getting warmer, but— not particularly a pleasant warmth. it's heavy, humid.

training to control dunamis has been a difficult task to work. there's been little progress, using memories from the memory tree's petals to focus on keeping control, especially during times like these— he sees his emotions pricking, and it's where he takes a deep, silent breath, but his sharpened glare never leaves the girl.

it's not her fault, but in his head— he has reason for his growing irritation, and keeping a lid on most of it is what he's trying to do. ]


Quit lying.

[ it's said as a warning. because he knew it wasn't a girl who took giovanni down.

at least, in his world, and he doesn't quite think about that possibility right now. ]
explodewiththerage: (Bored~)

[personal profile] explodewiththerage 2015-12-31 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
More like a sweet fang if anything.

[He just chuck!es to himself and directs his attention fully to the rice while Lucy laughs at his badluck]

Yup and wouldn't you know it just had to happen after we left Gildarts with stash of mags. Actually I think I remember seeing you on the cover of one.
youtried: (it was a good effort)

always c

[personal profile] youtried 2015-12-31 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Work with him, stranger.]

You think so? I can see that.

[The sky bit, he means... sort of. A pause.] Wish I knew what the local kids' bribe of choice was.

[watch it be some abstract thing like Happiness]
sunsetsitter: (gotta work on your bitchface son)

[personal profile] sunsetsitter 2015-12-31 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[You can't buy happiness, but maybe you can buy things with happiness? Interesting concept.]

I mean, I'd say candy, but that's probably not the kind of behavior I should be encouraging.
lostapprentice: (k: THE FORCE!!!)

[personal profile] lostapprentice 2016-01-01 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Kylo is ferocious, but not without focus, especially as the battle goes on—when given a clear goal in front of him, the defeat of an enemy, he puts his energy into it without hesitation. There is no holding back on his end, and his saber skillfully parries and strikes just as Kevin's does, perhaps occasionally singeing pieces of his opponent's coat.

But his energy is not boundless; it's due to his recent injuries that the hooded man begins to tire before Kevin does. With not even a fortnight to recover from a blaster to the side and lightsaber strikes to each arm—especially with the lack of appropriate medical care—even the two-handed grip on his saber does not prevent it from shaking.

He can see that physical force alone is not enough to win this battle. Even though he has doubts about the extent of his power in a largely Force-less universe, Kylo Ren would much rather try all he can to avoid defeat. He puts all of his strength into a strike aimed to push Kevin backwards, and his gloved hand comes up to help him focus&mdsah;his goal, to pull the sword out of his enemy's hands and into his own. Even if he does not fully take it out of Kevin's hands, he hopes it will be enough to catch him off balance.
celestial_wizard: (Embarrassed)

[personal profile] celestial_wizard 2016-01-01 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sweet Fang. Oh god, Lucy stifles another giggle at that, shaking her head. ]

Huh, I figured it was back t-

[ OH. OH GOD. ]

... that... um... well... Before I got my job covering events like the Grand Magic Games, I... did do a little modeling...

[ And he saw that. GRANTED he's seen her in less ..much...much less... but it was still a little embarrassing to think about. ]

Erm. I think ... the curry's about done. How's the rice?
celestial_wizard: The One Magic is Love (A Beautiful Smile)

[personal profile] celestial_wizard 2016-01-01 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, well, not up close like this, but I've seen them in some of the books I've read. Moose - [ God that still sounds weird to her ears. ] aren't native to the country I'm from.
lukeim_yurlin: (Looking on...)

[personal profile] lukeim_yurlin 2016-01-01 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Dezel grits his sharp teeth as the young woman makes a dive for the sheep, wincing as the two flail about, one trying to maintain control while the other simply tries to break free. He doesn't slow in his approach until he's closer, then making the attempt to take some degree of control over the situation.]

Let me take it. Then help tip it back so its back is against my body. We need all four legs up off the ground and pointed away from me so it doesn't kick me and get free.

[It's an awkward situation, but one he figures they should be able to manage if they can coordinate and not lose their grip on the animal. Part of that involves him getting one hand under the sheep's jaw as he gets his other arm around it in taking over the hold, pushing up and back if Shirabe can angle it enough to help get its rump against the ground to tip the rest of it back. Somewhere in between all of the sheep's bleating protests, Dezel will do what he can to talk to it as soothingly as he's able, trying to induce a little calm.]
youtried: (weird worm guy)

[personal profile] youtried 2016-01-01 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Look around you... you can buy happiness here, surely. Maybe in a back alley.]

No, I don't think so. [....] Money?

[IS THAT WORSE]
lostapprentice: (k: THE FORCE!!!)

[personal profile] lostapprentice 2016-01-01 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Kylo Ren had no patience for any heroic types—he wanted answers, and force was how he was accustomed to getting them. The stranger's demand did not intimidate him, and the diplomat remained floating with only his toes touching the ground, quickly running out of air.

"Unless you'd prefer to see half the city and its people burn, I suggest you start providing them!" the masked man countered. He would not back down.
sunsetsitter: (smells like updog in here)

[personal profile] sunsetsitter 2016-01-01 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[wow, way to make happiness skeevy...]

How many sylvs do you think a pose per picture is worth? You probably need to sign some sorta permission slip for that, too. Like, with their parents.
justloving: (pic#9837592)

[personal profile] justloving 2016-01-01 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Right.

[Shirabe knows that getting kicked is painful. It's fortunate that she's used to pain, or even she would have dropped it.

She can angle it, barely, and as they make the swap over she blinks down at it, a little worried about it herself. Still not an animal lover, but this does feel like her fault.
]

Don't worry, we just want your wool. We won't hurt you. We're only taking off your fluff. [She's still tilting it, but her voice is even enough that the sheep actually does... well, not calm down, but turn its head towards her. It makes it easier for Dezel to get in and take it, since it's not looking at him.

Slowly, they manage to get it where it needs to be. In Dezel's arms, back pressed against his front.
]

There you go. That wasn't so - [And since it's now facing Shirabe, it kicks her in the face. It's fortunate she isn't wearing her glasses.

She swears under her breath and takes a step back, rubbing at her face. It was a glancing blow, and on her cheek, but it still stings. Hooves are sharp, apparently.

She glares at the sheep, then sighs and drops her hand.
]

I wonder if I deserved that. Do you have a good grip on it?
youtried: (oh....... everyone i love is miserable)

[personal profile] youtried 2016-01-01 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[it must exist....]

For a kid? Five, maybe?
eyeswideopen: (Hrk!)

[personal profile] eyeswideopen 2016-01-01 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He is absolutely insane. That's the conclusion Nagito reaches as he turns and walks back to the library entrance. The howling of the storm is gone, replaced with an almost unearthly stillness. He couldn't have given Hinata the truth if he tried. That requires knowing what it is.

The librarian looks his way and he nods to them respectfully before throwing the doors open and letting the cold flow in. Wearing a Cardigan and a shirt under that, he only feels it on his face.]


That won't be an issue. [He says whenever Hinata catches up to him, and strides into the cold afternoon. He should be insulting him, driving him off. Yet after all that, all those answers...he rubs at his throat, the memory of the heavy metal collar making him shiver.] The task board and the main market street are on the way.
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lukeim_yurlin: (If I tell you will you shut up?)

[personal profile] lukeim_yurlin 2016-01-01 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Behind his long bangs, Dezel's eyebrows arch as Shirabe takes a kick to the face. He doesn't relinquish his own hold, however, remaining surprisingly calm as he waits to see just how much damage has been done. The breeze around Shirabe kicks up a little again, brushing her face once she moves her hand away. Seems it could have been worse, which is good. Dezel isn't particularly interested in having to deal with both the sheep and Shirabe if the injury causes her complications with remaining on her feet. Still, a small smirk manages to curl his lips, an equally small measure of amusement in his low, even tone.]

After scaring it, did you expect less?

And yes, I do. [He nods his head to his right side.] Check my coat pocket, here. I asked the client for a halter when I took the job. You'll have to be the one to get it over the sheep's head.
sunsetsitter: (mmm whatcha looking at - dead body?)

[personal profile] sunsetsitter 2016-01-01 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I guess. Feels like robbery, though.

[Poor dumb kids.]

So, like, this some kinda hobby, or are you looking to sell stuff, or...?
justloving: (pic#9837585)

[personal profile] justloving 2016-01-01 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
It didn't kick you. ['And you startled it, too,' is the implication. Shirabe pouts at him.

Then that wind kicks up again, and Shirabe figures it's connected to Dezel, even if she doesn't know what it might be. Can he just do that? If so, having him blow wind in her face is weird. She brushes it off and lets her pout drop.
]

A halter? [She takes a very careful step forward, making sure the sheep isn't in kicking range this time. She's glad she was so careful, because a moment later it jerks in Dezel's arms, like it very clearly wants to kick her.]

It's mean. [Shirabe pulls out the... oh, this is what a halter is. She turns it over in her hand, trying to get a good look at it in the moonlight. The sheep's wool helps her vision, though. It's like a dog leash. But for a sheep.

And this sheep is way more freaked out about it than a dog would be. She sorts out where the nose piece is, then walks around to Dezel's left. The sheep's a little askew in his arms, after all.
]

Be sure to hold it still. If it didn't like being grabbed, it's going to hate this.
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