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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!
Re: c!!!
I've never heard of the Tohoku region! [ But that's not a surprise - Kanto is a bit rural after all, less likely to get news from further away regions. ] And of course I like pokémon. I'm a trainer, after all. [ After a beat, she adds-- ] I'm the Champion actually. The Champion of the Kanto region. [ It might be new, and she might've gotten whisked away here almost right after it happened, but it's true. ]
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yo this girl's one of them hardcore gamers ]
A champion? You're Kanto's best?! [ the sound of a clap here-- except it isn't actually his hands. it's his excitement getting a little bit static-y. literally. ] That's— Awesome! Totally awesome!! What's your team like?!
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Well, I don't know if all these pokémon are native to the Tohoku region, but- I've got a squirtle, a farfetch'd, a murkrow, a flareon, a steelix, and a mew.
Except my steelix isn't with me now. I- I don't know why? He just didn't show up when I got zapped here.
[ But she's not going to let herself get down about it, okay? So she takes a deep breath and forces herself to think in a cheerier tone. ] Anyway- that's the team I just won my Champion battle with! They're wonderful friends of mine! I'm sure they'd like to meet you and your team sometime.
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I don't have my old stuff here, but—?! [ beams!!!!! ] You could show me yours all you want!! They're probably super high leveled!!
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[ and with a beat, a bit of a pause before asking: ] What do y'look like?
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I'm wearing a big hat with the top half of a pokéball on it! You can't miss it. [ And with that, she'll hurry the rest of the way over to tower. ]
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—well. she's a lot younger than he thought. but, that doesn't stop him from coming over with a friendly smile on his face to say hello, nevertheless. his shyness finds some comfort in that— it was like looking after a younger sibling ( at least that's what he imagines it's like to have siblings? ) instead of going up to an older girl and gush.
he doesn't mind it, though, and neither is he disappointed— the kid is kanto pokémon champion, apparently, how many middle aged men that live with their moms did she take down for that title?? it's cool. it's worth checking out. ]
Hey! Pokémon kid!
[ that's her, yep! well, if she answers to that, she'll see a teen ( —was he a teen? he's just as tall as she was . . . ) bouncing up over with an arm waving. ]
waves hands pretend that never happened ok
Hi! You must be the person I mind-talked to before! Um-- Yuu, right? [ It's a little weird, to have been in this guy's head before she even properly met him, kind of. She might be a little awkward as she waves hello to him. ]
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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! ]
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And it's a huge responsibility, more than anything else.
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( 2 / 3 ) i lied!
Kids like you are pretty damn promising! Man— [ a thumbs up! ] That's even cooler!
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—Well, you gotta keep the title, right?
[ which involves a lot of hard work!!! dedication!!! and teamwork!!! ]
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And I've got a wonderful team to help me with it. [ That's right, she's going to pull out her first pokéball now. That's what he's here for, anyway. Right? ] Do you want to meet them?