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TEST DRIVE: JANUARY
Welcome to
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!
• 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.
• 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!
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It's so cute... She especially likes the dragon.]
So we're getting one, huh? I can think of a few people who'd probably be into that. [Maybe.] I know I would be. It's been a while since I got to play any kind of sport.
[-- Oh!!]
Is it going to be co-ed? Or would there be separate teams for boys and girls?
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no literally he might make whatever remains of snow are out there melt
but!! he gives a nod once ( "yeah!" ), the second nod looks even more excited ( "ah?! really?!" ), where his eyes shine, where the ground at his feet hum with the beginnings of static, and the third nod ( "ahhh-!!!" )— bottom line. he's excited, and the low humming in the air continues! ]
Well— back home we have separate teams, but! [ a gesture with both arms shooting out to his sides, one that's so hard that a few papers fly loose, fluttering down to the ground. ] We can all play together at first! To start, y'know? All we'd need is the right amount'a people for two teams and a manager!
[ LIKE THAT ONE TIME AT THE BEACH ( which, actually, might be a bad idea if there are too many girls . . . . . . noya will get distracted!!! )
anyway! they can think about coaches later— or maybe he can just instruct the best he knows! can you see the twinkle in his eyes??? ]
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Then count me in! I'll definitely join up.
[She tucks some hair behind her ear, glancing down at the fallen papers briefly before crouching down to gather them up. Can't let them go to waste!! Not in this snow!!]
I'm actually a little surprised something like this hasn't come up before, but maybe that's just because Verens feels so old you kinda get used to just spending your time with other things. But it's important to keep yourself young with sports and games too.
[Maybe?? Yeah. Sounds right.]
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but— oh no, seriously?? nishinoya's eyes go wide, shining like two globes of water as he— well, yes, he really does look like he's going to cry. a girl like that that liked the idea and was joining up? the heavens have spoken, and it sounds like a chorus of angels to his ears.
yeah, he didn't hear the rest. you may hang up, or press pound for more options. ]
You— You will . . . ?!
[ HE JUST WASN'T EXPECTING THIS HOLY CROWS ]
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Hey this is a first that isn't her brother!! White stands back up and grins, holding out the papers.]
I said I would, didn't I? Don't look like you're about to cry when someone's offering their time to you.
[Though from context, it probably is from happiness. Actually.... this whole thing so far has made her think that maybe a girl's never really talked to him before...]
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so
he sucks up a ton of air here, chest puffing out— and that's happiness, no doubt about it, it brims from him and despite wanting to hold back those tears, he lets them loose. like a cascade of bliss and thunders down with an ever so grateful bow that makes him look like he's going to move the earth with how hard he bends himself. ]
You won't regret it Miss— [ uh ] Miss!! [ he looks up then, a grin spreading from ear to ear— ] Welcome to the Thundering Dragons!!
[ he pumps a fist into the air— and bawls a little. ]
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And-- White can't help it, she starts laughing really hard at the display, trying pretty unsuccessfully to get them under control so she can actually talk.]
I-- Thank you! [oh god it's not working] I'm happy to be a part-- a part of it! [she can't stop, she's gonna be wiping away her own tears at this rate] I'm-- I'm um, I'm White!
[The Thundering Dragons really is a cool name.]
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I'm Yuu! Nishinoya!
[ another bow— goodness, how many times could he bow here . . . ! ]
Yuu Nishinoya! I know you're as pumped as I am, Miss White!!
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It's nice to meet you, Yuu. [Whoo. Tears wiped away. Okay. She's fine.] And drop the miss, it makes me feel older than I am.
[She appreciates the politeness, really, but just White's fine.]