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: LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME Something about the light of the tablet just seems so alluring. You feel compelled to it, checking the network every free moment, and getting agitated when you can't; you need to talk to people, you need to talk to them now, and hopefully they'll actually respond. Maybe others are having similar attachment problems...
Only one way to find out.
TWO: CAN WE GET ANOTHER LIFELINE OR TWO? So that's it. You're stuck. Maybe there's some kind of a coded message you simply can't decipher. Maybe it's as simple as something's blocking your way and you've got a few tools scattered around, but you can't figure out how to use them to solve whatever puzzle is keeping you from progressing. Or maybe it's something else entirely. Either way, you have no idea how to get around it.
Luckily for you, there's a whole network full of helpful - or maybe unhelpful - souls. Perhaps it's time to ask for some assistance? Someone else is bound to have some kind of insight.
Action Prompts
THREE: SWING BATTER BATTER SWING BATTER BATTER SWING The toy store is nice and cozy, even though sometimes it feels like the dolls are watching you. So you've stayed here for just a little too long, and you're starting to notice... things. But that's just your imagination, right? They can't actually be watching you. They can't actually be moving, either. That door opening? Those footsteps? Maybe they're just a figment of your imagination.
...or maybe they're not. Maybe you should take a baseball bat to whoever that is and find out.
FOUR: A FATAL FUGUE Sunset is fast approaching. You can see some buildings up ahead - if you hurry, you'll make it indoors just in time. But wait! Do you hear someone calling for help and feel compelled to investigate? Do you feel a debilitating headache coming on? Or do you suddenly get a really, really bad feeling about actually walking through those doors?
If you don't snap out of it, it could be deadly. Luckily, there's someone already in that house that might be able to drag you to safety, with or without your approval.
Sadly he's at the point in his superhero career where seeing Captain America doesn't cause him to immediately lose his mind, but it's a near thing. Especially since he's a lot younger than Billy knows him and rocking a beard that would do Williamsburg proud. ]
Cap. Holy crap.
You're not a millennial with a crippling internet addiction, thanks for the confirmation.
[ Billy has to think about it, though, to separate his usual attention to the tablet from whatever this is. ]
-Didn't get much sleep the last two nights, so I'm guessing it started then.
[There's a long enough period where the kid just stares intently at him without saying anything that Steve almost turns to look over his shoulder like WHAT, IS THERE A MONSTER BEHIND ME??? But then... oh. Steve's eyebrows go up in surprise. He's been here weeks and weeks now and he'd kinda gotten used to being "that Army guy", so... this is... surprising and different. Blink blink blink.]
You... know who I am?
[Also are random people on the street calling him "Cap" now? Jeez. Being a celebrity is weird.]
You're correct, I am neither of those things.
[Tiny amused smirk, then gets back to serious business.]
I think that's when it started for me, too? I thought. I've been traveling alone for a while, I thought maybe it was just all the quiet and solitude getting to me. Sounds like maybe it's something else though. [He rubs at his eyes; damn he's tired.] Guess maybe we should try to see if it's happening to anyone else.
Everybody where I'm from knows who you are. One of the first superheroes? Founding Avenger? Kind of a big deal.
[ Billy pinches the bridge of his nose, because obviously this is a time travel thing, and he hates time travel things. ]
Alternate universe or something, though. I don't think you've been around as long as our Steve Rogers has. You look way too young to have been on a team with my mom.
And then there's... more blinking, because that's a lot to take in in a very short amount of time, wow.]
Oh good, weird time... stuff. [He makes a face.]
...So, uh, you have me at a bit of a disadvantage. What's your name, kid? ...And can I ask who your ma is? It sounds like I probably don't know her yet, but. Maybe I do?
You're probably right. [He rubs at his eyes again.] ...I don't like this. These sorts of things tend to escalate, we're going to all fall into comas tomorrow, just watch. ...I wonder if we can get the Admin to do something about it.
Right! I'm Wiccan. A year of being a superhero and that's still weird... [ Billy offers him a wry little smile. ] Most people call me Billy, though.
And my mom's The Scarlet Witch. [ He sounds incredibly proud of that, because it hasn't stopped being cool. It probably never will. He realizes, belatedly, that she might not go by that yet or have a different code name entirely where he's from, so he adds: ] Wanda Maximoff.
And wow, that's the kind of optimism the troops rally behind, isn't it? [ Billy appreciates a good round of gallows humor, he just associates it more with his ragtag team of teenage cynics than he does Captain Freaking America. ] At this point, the smart money's on the admin will do absolutely nothing helpful, but you probably appreciate long odds.
[Steve leans in closer to his screen, squinting at the kid's face.]
...Wow, OK, I think I actually believe you, you look just like her. ...Definitely time weirdness, then, she is way too young to have a teenaged son.
[Oh God, this kid knows him when he's old. ...Although he guesses it's nice to know he gets to be old. ...Wait a minute.]
Wait a minute. I thought you said you were a millennial? Wanda's a millennial!
Ha. After a couple of months in this place? I'm a realist. At this point I just expect terrible things to happen, it's better just to plan for that and be prepared.
You're right, though, odds are decent she won't be any help. Which leaves us with the question of is which is more likely: that she'll be completely useless, or that she'll make it worse?
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snowblindmemes2016-02-15 04:45 pm
@CaptSteveRogers; video
[Bearded hobo Steve Rogers appears on the screen, also looking kinda pale and with deep rings under his eyes.]
So it's not just me, then. That's... unsettling. Can't stop looking at it, right? ...How long have you been feeling this way?
SCREAMS
[ ...Is that.
That might be.
Billy is pretty sure it is.
Sadly he's at the point in his superhero career where seeing Captain America doesn't cause him to immediately lose his mind, but it's a near thing. Especially since he's a lot younger than Billy knows him and rocking a beard that would do Williamsburg proud. ]
Cap. Holy crap.
You're not a millennial with a crippling internet addiction, thanks for the confirmation.
[ Billy has to think about it, though, to separate his usual attention to the tablet from whatever this is. ]
-Didn't get much sleep the last two nights, so I'm guessing it started then.
:DDDDDDD
You... know who I am?
[Also are random people on the street calling him "Cap" now? Jeez. Being a celebrity is weird.]
You're correct, I am neither of those things.
[Tiny amused smirk, then gets back to serious business.]
I think that's when it started for me, too? I thought. I've been traveling alone for a while, I thought maybe it was just all the quiet and solitude getting to me. Sounds like maybe it's something else though. [He rubs at his eyes; damn he's tired.] Guess maybe we should try to see if it's happening to anyone else.
Re: :DDDDDDD
[ Billy pinches the bridge of his nose, because obviously this is a time travel thing, and he hates time travel things. ]
Alternate universe or something, though. I don't think you've been around as long as our Steve Rogers has. You look way too young to have been on a team with my mom.
[ Weird, time-displaced reincarnation aside, even. ]
Nobody else's responded yet, but it's Norfinbury. You're Never The Only One.
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And then there's... more blinking, because that's a lot to take in in a very short amount of time, wow.]
Oh good, weird time... stuff. [He makes a face.]
...So, uh, you have me at a bit of a disadvantage. What's your name, kid? ...And can I ask who your ma is? It sounds like I probably don't know her yet, but. Maybe I do?
You're probably right. [He rubs at his eyes again.] ...I don't like this. These sorts of things tend to escalate, we're going to all fall into comas tomorrow, just watch. ...I wonder if we can get the Admin to do something about it.
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And my mom's The Scarlet Witch. [ He sounds incredibly proud of that, because it hasn't stopped being cool. It probably never will. He realizes, belatedly, that she might not go by that yet or have a different code name entirely where he's from, so he adds: ] Wanda Maximoff.
And wow, that's the kind of optimism the troops rally behind, isn't it? [ Billy appreciates a good round of gallows humor, he just associates it more with his ragtag team of teenage cynics than he does Captain Freaking America. ] At this point, the smart money's on the admin will do absolutely nothing helpful, but you probably appreciate long odds.
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Wanda's your ma??
[Steve leans in closer to his screen, squinting at the kid's face.]
...Wow, OK, I think I actually believe you, you look just like her. ...Definitely time weirdness, then, she is way too young to have a teenaged son.
[Oh God, this kid knows him when he's old. ...Although he guesses it's nice to know he gets to be old. ...Wait a minute.]
Wait a minute. I thought you said you were a millennial? Wanda's a millennial!
Ha. After a couple of months in this place? I'm a realist. At this point I just expect terrible things to happen, it's better just to plan for that and be prepared.
You're right, though, odds are decent she won't be any help. Which leaves us with the question of is which is more likely: that she'll be completely useless, or that she'll make it worse?