Test Drive

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TEST DRIVE MEME

If you'd like to apply to Snowblind and would like to test the waters first or get a sample set up for your application, this meme is for you! We've even provided some prompts for you to use if you want (but feel free to make up your own). Here's how it works. ✭ Reply to this entry with a character you're considering apping into the game. You can include the name of your character and the fandom in your subject line. ✭ Comment around to others on the meme, whether you're in the game already or not. ✭ Now you have a sample ready for your application! ✭ So go reserve and apply when reservations and applications are open. ✭ Seriously, do it. Network Prompts ONE: WAKEY WAKEY You're drawn out of your slumber when your tablet emits an earsplitting SCREECH. No amount of shaking it or hitting it will get it to shut up for five whole minutes, but at the very end it cuts itself off what sounds like a piercing scream. Well, that was weird. Maybe you should check in on the network - someone might have an idea of what that was. Or maybe they'll be just as lost as you are. At least you can all be confused together... TWO: DON'T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE... It's past curfew, and you've been locked in for the night. But for some reason, you just can't manage to get to sleep. Nightmares giving you grief? General insomnia problems? Well, at least you've got the network to keep you company. Maybe you can get someone to tell you a bedtime story. Action Prompts THREE: INCONVENIENCE STORE Congratulations, you've managed to stumble upon the Mallard River Market! But you're not alone. Among the shelves of junk food (just as well-stocked as you would expect from any normal store) you'll find one - or more! - other people there with you. Here's hoping you're not both after the same box of Frosted Toaster Pastries, because things could get ugly fast. Don't linger too long, either; at 7PM, you'll be compelled to leave whether you want to or not and will only have about an hour to find somewhere to take shelter... FOUR: RUN RUN RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN It's late. It's cold. There's a bunch of snow around you and you can sort of make out vague shapes in the distance that might be buildings, but in these conditions it's hard to tell. Regardless of what they are, though, you're going to want to hustle - if it hits 8PM and you're still outside, you're not going to make it through the night. Perhaps that person up ahead can help you? Or - if you're already safe and sound - maybe you should head outside to get that poor soul struggling outside in to shelter before they freeze. Good luck!

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[giant_killer]

[ Raoul is packing anything recognizable into his bag to add to the supply cache, which pretty much covers anything not food. He glances up when the girl talks to him. He was so caught up in his own work that he didn't even realize she was here. ]

Healthy? You mean the food? That is what it's supposed to be, right?

[ He looks over in the direction of the chip aisle. ]

[tofu_idol]

Technically, yeah. But I'm not sure how exactly we're supposed to live just on stuff like this, if this really is all there is around here.

[But she's noticing that his stocking-up seems to be of another type entirely and, Rise being Rise, she can't quite ignore it.]

Or...did you find somewhere else for food? Not that I think we'd get there now anyway.

[And with that she casts a furtive look at her tablet. Not long until the nightly warning, she thinks.]

[giant_killer]

All I've found is military rations. Not the best for flavor, but it'll do to live on for a while, at least.

[ Her comment reminds him of the time though, and his frown turns worried. ]

Do you have plans for the night? I don't think we'll be allowed to stay here.

[tofu_idol]

Gotta be healthier than this stuff, anyway. Maybe if we combine the two it actually won't be all that bad.

[Though it's just as well there's no actual cooking involved in any of this. That tends not to bode well.

She frowns a little at his question, shaking her head.]

Not yet. I wasn't planning on being here quite this long but I guess time got away from me. What about you?

[If he knows they can't stay here, maybe he'll have a plan he won't mind her latching onto. Doesn't hurt to ask, anyway.]

[giant_killer]

[ He can't imagine mixing anything with that sort of crinkly packing with something he intends to eat, but maybe it's worth a try. Assuming the stuff won't kill him. ]

There's a house not too far from here, to the east. If you need a place to spend the night I can show you where it is.

[ He won't just leave a young woman to freeze if she doesn't get lucky and find another building. He's memorized what maps there are available already - an advantage to having all this free time. ]

[tofu_idol]

Oh really? That'd be great, thanks!

[Ah but where are her manners! Here he is being so nice to her and she hasn't even introduced herself! And so she bows in greeting, hands folded in front of her.]

I'm Rise Kujikawa. It's nice to meet you, even if we had to be dragged into this place for it to happen.

[giant_killer]

Sir Raoul of Goldenlake. [ It's only proper that he offer his full name and title, even if he leaves out the Lord. He never much cared for being a Lord. He bows slightly in return, in the western style, hands at his sides. ]

But please, just call me Raoul.

[tofu_idol]

Sir, huh?

[Give her a moment. She knows she's heard that somewhere before, it's just trying to remember where while knowing she has to be quick about it.]

Isn't that, like...someone kinda important? It's really okay just to call you Raoul-san?

[She's not going too informal just yet, at least.]

[giant_killer]

It means I'm a knight, but I don't much hold with titles. Just Raoul is fine, or 'sir' if you must.

[ Kel never did get the hang of calling him by just his name. Though he has no idea what 'san' means. It sounds Yamani? If only Kel were here to translate. ]

[tofu_idol]

Oh...like in the movies? Then I really got lucky here, didn't I?

[Not that she's unaware that the movies might only show one side of the story - she's in showbiz, of course she knows - but she's happy to hope that Raoul lives up to the noble hero type.

So far so good, at least.]

But hey, if you're done we should probably get moving. Close by or not, it'd suck to miss the deadline and get locked out.

[giant_killer]

[ It's true, he takes chivalry very seriously. Sadly, he happens to be one of the very few who do. ]

I've done enough. We'd better get a move on. It's hard to get far in this blasted snow.

[tofu_idol]

You're right. I've been to ski resorts but this is something else. It's going to take a lot of getting used to.

[But at least he's here now, and she'll latch onto his arm as they head out. Wouldn't want to lose him now she's found him, and if it helps her feel a little warmer at the same time, even better.]

What about you? Do you get much weather like this where you're from?

[giant_killer]

[ He lets her latch, because honestly he's too old to be shy around teenaged girls. He does have to walk a little slower, big as he is. ]

Maybe in Scanra in the dead of Winter. This kind of weather, you find a hole and you stay in it 'till Spring.

[tofu_idol]

So...what, everything just stops? I'm not sure that would work too well in my world. Though we don't normally get weather this bad where I'm from anyway.

[Not as far as amount of snow goes. Fog is another matter but also one she hopes is set firmly in the past now.]

[giant_killer]

It has to, when it's too dangerous to move around much. People still care for their livestock, of course, but they have to be careful they don't fall and hurt themselves.

[tofu_idol]

Too bad that's not really an option around here. Otherwise I'm sure people would have made a central base by now.

[But no. They get to trudge through snow whether they want to or not.]

[giant_killer]

Yes, about that... I think if we have two buildings, it ought to work. We have to put a stockpile somewhere after all.