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: A LONG WALK HOME
You wake up at 6AM when lockdown ends, cold and tired, like you've been walking miles in the snow. But that's normal, isn't it? What isn't normal is your surroundings. You're in a new building, maybe one you've never seen before, or one you know is far, far away from where you were the night before when you fell asleep. If you were traveling with someone, you notice, also, that you are alone. There's no telling where your traveling companion could be.
When you check the network, you notice that @ADMIN has left a message.
Surveillance encountered an error shortly after 8PM last night and was out of order until shortly after 6AM. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Whether or not you're confused or concerned about the message, maybe a post to the network will help you re-orient yourself.
TWO: GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE...
Seems you've found a rather valuable commodity. Something like alcohol, tea, coffee, cigarettes, or perhaps even something medical. Whatever you've found, you have no real interest in it, yourself. But you know that there's a market for it, and you see the opportunity to turn this into a win-win situation. You're not physically around anyone that you know of, so you propose a network-wide trade. And whoever makes the sweetest deal can be the proud owner of their craved luxury.
Action Prompts
THREE: A SYMPHONY OF SOUND
You and your traveling companion thought that the house you decided to stop in for the night seemed normal enough. But lockdown hits, as it does every night, and things start to get strange. Soft sounds of crying; children crying, parents crying, screaming for their own safety. Maybe it's just the sound of the wind rushing so hard through the rubble you fear the ceiling will collapse. Maybe it's your own voice whispering to you to do awful things. Whatever the noise is, it's too much for you to fall asleep, coming to eerie crescendos and ebbing in volume at entirely irregular intervals. Looks like you and whoever you're with are in for a long night.
FOUR: IN DUE TIME
After a grueling day of travel, you and your companion finally come across safe shelter. And it seems to be a nice house, too, with a working fireplace and everything. The only strange part is that you aren't alone--but the other people in the house don't seem to be aware of you. In fact, they don't seem to be aware of anything; they're frozen in time, unmoving, unblinking, not even breathing. They can be touched, but they can't be moved. No matter how hard you try, they're rooted to the spot. They seem to be like you, weighed down with heavy winter wear and backpacks, not like the nondescript shadowy people that wander the town.
Oh well. They're probably harmless, and it isn't like you have time to find a different place to stay.
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snowblindmemes2016-04-15 09:29 pm
FOR REAL. Nothing like coming home after teaching kids and pretending to be badass dorks.
He almost doesn't dodge the first person, but he uses that momentum in the end to try and swing Sora forward ahead of him now instead. ] Go for the door! We'll lure it out!
[ There's no way in hell they're gonna make it through this night otherwise! Not with one of those things bunking in with them! It can't be too far behind... ]
Amen to that!
Right now he's trying not to trip ad fall flat on his face as he's swung forward towards the door.
A quick nod is all he has to give the other as he hops slightly, catching his balance and taking off for the door, shoving his way outside and into the snow.]
IT'S LIKE BEING BATMAN.
It probably won't be the last time either. BUT. Very much glad the dying thing isn't happening at the very moment. At least hopefully not!
For now, Zack's keeping his tablet raised enough as he backs off as quickly as he can toward the door now, himself. He doesn't see anything following them so far, but that doesn't mean it's not on its way. He continues this even as he finally reaches the threshold and snow begins to crunch underneath his boots.
His tablet's continuing to flash its warning- 7:30 the digital numbers read. Great. They really don't have time for this. His eyes peel back toward the door as he reaches up to wipe the wetness he feels underneath his nose that he's sure must be blood. Too close to that thing...
-Movement! ...Or was it? It's hard to tell... No, maybe it was just one of the shadows under one of their frozen guests...
Or was it, Sora? ] Where is it...?
ASJDHAKSJD
He couldn't fight against those things. He couldn't do anything. He almost got Zack killed because he'd been impulsive instead of listening.
His body trembles as he berates himself, sucking in a few quick breaths before forcing himself to straighten up and turn back towards Zack. There's a lingering look of fear in his eyes as he scoops his pack up, sliding it onto his back with shaky hands.]
Maybe it--maybe it's gone? Disappeared?
[He still didn't understand everything about this place and the fact that whatever that thing was had looked like a Heartless unnerves him.
Reaching Zack's side he peers back into the house, clutching at the straps of his pack. He notices the blood when he looks up to ask his companion something, the fear mixing with worry suddenly as he forgets about keeping an eye out for that creature.]
Zack, your nose!
I'll leave it up to you whether it chases Zack or Sora. |D;
He's keeping his cool though. He has to. Especially with Sora so winded and he knows it's not just from that run. He can read it in his body language, see it in his eyes. He's scared and Zack doesn't blame him in the least for it, even as he tries to cast it off. Tries to will that creature away. It's over. It's gone.
Zack wishes that were the case, but he's still got an eye out for it-
-An eye that's forgotten for a moment when Sora draws attention to his- right, he probably smudged it more than anything. Zack opens his mouth to attempt to soothe that worry. But that's as far as he gets before he sees movement out of the corner of his eye agai- ] Damn it! Split up!
[ He's reacting in a snap again, trying to shove Sora to the side and away as he breaks off the other way. ] If it doesn't chase you, get in there! Block the doors! And whatever you do, don't let it touch you! [ Even as he's yelling that, he's picking up a piece of rubble and chucking it at the anomaly. Shouting at it: ] Come on!
>:D
Sora stumbles backwards as he's shoved, eyes wide again as the creature lunges out at them. He immediately has the mindset to try and fight it again, instinct trying to dictate his actions but that didn't work last time so it's not going to work this time.
He can't put Zack at risk like that.
The young man turns to bolt and, lucky for him, the creature seems to be fond of the idea of giving chase, completely ignoring Zack even after the other throws rubble at the anomaly. Sora curses under his breath and takes off away from the doors, running down the length of the cabin to lure it as far away as he can. If he can get it far enough away and then double back, he should be able to make it to the door..right?
Either way, one of them will be safe and that's what matters. They can figure things out from there.
What he's not anticipating is the anomaly to lunge the way it does, using the side of the cabin to launch itself at the young man and grab his pack. Sora twists wildly as he's grabbed, staring to fall backwards before he acts quickly. He plants his weight on one foot and attempts to turn himself, sliding his arms out of the pack straps in the process. The anomaly and the pack hit the snow and Sora doesn't hesitate to make a break back towards the door--
The loss of his pack was going to suck but at least he was alive.]
sdfsdfsdfg OH NO SORA
but no. Oh no.
It could never be that simple. Of course, it's gonna go after the kid. And despite his orders, Zack freezes and balks at the sight for a split second of surprise. Dumb move. It's just in that moment alone that the thing launches itself at the boy and he's- ]
Sora! [ No, no, no- Pure gut reaction gets him starting toward the kid one moment- and then staggering the next when he sees the anomaly grasp the pack instead of him. Sees Sora slip out like he does and start bolting his way and that's what ultimately gets Zack to backtrack and follow his own orders in the end. To beeline for that door and hang by its edge with his hand out, reaching as far as he can even as he gestures widely with the other. ]
Move! [ Screw his own words of blocking everything right then! It's going to be a close one and he's not about to leave the kid as he is! ]
CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
He can hear something coming through the snow behind him, then, and his heart is racing as he keeps his gaze on Zack--reaches out as soon as he can to grab the other's hand.
Unfortunately he's moving too fast to really stop himself even after he grabs ahold of the other and he practically barrels into the older man, crashing back into the cabin in an ungraceful, flailing mess. He only gives himself a second to feel relieved before he's scrambling--practically throwing himself at the door to shove it closed. The anomaly hits the door on the other side at almost the same moment and shoves Sora and the door itself back some before the young man is throwing himself against it once more, panting heavily as he tries to hold it shut.]
CLEARLY. SORA YOUR SURVIVAL TACTICS LEAVE MUCH TO BE DESIRED STILL.
Still doesn't stop him from staggering back. Even without enhancements though, even for as much as Norfinbury's taken away from him, Zack's SOLDIER. He holds his ground in the end- and in the end, that gives him the leverage to follow through along with the kid. He rams his own weight into the door, just as the anomaly hits it yet again, causing the hinges to shutter and whine. He can feel blood trickling again from his nose, feel the awful churn of his stomach doing summer saults from being too close to it.
But they've stopped it and if they're quick, they ought to be go-good oh hell, why does he feel worse?
The answer makes itself apparent when he feels a shift of something below their feet and aims the light downwar- ] Oh hell! [ That's all the warning Sora gets before he shoves the kid back, knife going back to belt before hands are quickly slipping off his pack, tablet clattering next to it. A firm zip later and he's trying to disentangle a curtain from it, even as he shouts: ] Grab something long! We need to shove this under the door!
[ Nearby, the ownerless shadow slowly oozes through the bottom crack of the door... ]
HE CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT DONALD AND GOOFY OKAY
But he doesn't have time to dwell on that because Zack is cursing and then he's being shoved again. It doesn't take him long to realize what's happening and Sora bolts into the main room to try and find something they can use, wrangling himself a curtain rod off one of the windows before he's darting back to the front door.
His entire body is shaking now as he fights down the bile rising in his throat, dropping to a knee near where Zack is and offering him the object he'd snagged.]
Here! Here this--will this work??
APPARENTLY NOT. GOD SORA. GOOD THING ZACK'S THERE TO BAIL YOUR ASS OUT
[ It's not reassuring. It's not reassuring at all, but it's not like they have much of a choice. And besides, it worked once before! It could work again, right?
It has to.
Either way, Zack's not hesitating to take that curtain rod from Sora, to start making quick jabs to clog the underside of the door with the shower curtain he once used to use as a secondary blanket. On the bright side though, the shadow does seem to retreat back under the door.
-On the downside, the door suddenly rattles again and Zack finds himself stumbling back to his feet to put his weight against the door once more, even as he sinks more against it than anything at that point. His body's really hating him at this point, but he knows he can't just quit right then. ] Sor-
[ -Oh. That's definitely Zack stopping mid-talk to prevent himself from losing his lunch right then and there. Instead, he ends up pointing at the nearby window. Block it. Block everything for that matter.
He hopes the kid can take a hint.
He also hopes the kid can function enough yet to do it. ]
ZACK YOU ARE THE HERO THAT SORA NEEDS
What were they going to do? They were trapped. Were they even going to be able to rest at all? Or were they going to have to be on guard all night?
He snaps out of his onslaught of thoughts when Zack starts to speak, focusing on the older man with a look that's...for the first time since meeting the other, he probably looks the roll of the scared kid.
But he does get the hint and with a shaky nod he's forcing himself up, stumbling away from the door to start blocking the windows. He can't let himself stop; he can't let himself crumble. He has to make sure they're safe--he has to make sure that Zack is safe because that's what he does.
He protects others.]
OF COURSE. YOU KNOW. NEVER MIND YOUR HEART BUDDY KICKS HIS AU SELF'S BUTT.
Just sometimes it's one thing to know and another to deal with an actual situation, especially one such as this. But Sora's on the move. He can see it out of the corner of his eye, even as the door shudders again. But Zack stands his ground, only losing ground once and quickly regaining it afterward. He wishes he could check the time, but he just doesn't have that luxury right then. He'll just have to depend on hearing the click of the door to tell him it's eight sharp.
In the meantime, he manages to gasp out a- ] Ba-Back door! [ Because there might not be one. But you never know and he's not about to leave this thing a golden opportunity. Not after all the trouble they've just gone through.
He's trusting you to have his back, kid. ]
RUDE DON'T COMPARE THEM GAWD
His stomach churns more with each step he takes but Sora refuses to stop, moving from one window to the next, making sure their secure. It's on his next pass by Zack that he hears the gasped out words and his heart momentarily races.
What if there was a back door?
That spurs him to move a bit faster and the young man heads for the back end of the cabin, relieved to find that there wasn't a back door. Just more windows. Windows that he's quick to block before he takes a moment to just slump against one of them, a hand going to his forehead.
This..was worse than any battle with the heartless.]
TOO LATE I JUST DID
Hopefully.
Either way, Sora's taking care of things. Which... speaking of taking care of things, he ought to do something about the door now, so he can actually follow to help. There's a chair not far from reach... It's a struggle to nab it without letting up on the door, but he eventually does hook it with a foot and bring it over his way. With a short jolt of renewed energy, he jams it sideways, anchoring it between knob and floor to hold for now.
Then he's... swaying sickly to his feet, taking a few quick swallows and trying to calm himself before he snags an end table next, dropping it in front of the door, too. Sora can probably hear the thugs and clatters of that moving furniture if he listens hard enough. ]
SOBS FOREVER
It takes Sora another moment to get his bearings before he's forcing himself to start the trek back to the front of the cabin, a hand bracing him against the wall the entire time he goes.
By the time he reaches Zack again he's pulled himself together a bit more, wiping his mouth against the back of his gloved hand.]
There's--there wasn't a back door. I think we're okay. [For now.]
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He probably doesn't look much better than the former keybearer though. Still stubborn as hell though. Enough to crack a weak smile when Sora's back in his sights and giving him the all clear. ] Go-Good. [ He reaches up to pinch the bridge of his nose then, to stave off the nausea for just a bit longer. ] Time? [ There's a nod towards his tablet still strewn across the floor where he last left it. He's not about to remove himself from the door again. Not when he can still feel it jar. ]
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His expression crumples into something full of worry as he starts to take a step towards the other.]
Are you alright?
[It was a dumb question. Of course he wasn't alright. He looked like crap. Probably felt like crap too, just like Sora. But he couldn't help but ask because if anything it would reassure him that Zack wasn't about to drop on him or something.
He manages to tear his gaze away to look towards the tablet, swaying on his feet before he walks over to it. The device is scooped up and Sora peers down at it for a moment before he closes his eyes, taking a breath.]
I can't see straight.
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The hand that had been holding his nose slides down to hold his stomach instead now. To try and quell his upset gut while he watches Sora go for his tablet. That answer, well... tells just as much how Sora's doing at this point and Zack grimaces, mind abuzz and wondering how much time had passed. How much longer they would have to wait. Hell, he hopes it's not that long now...
Maybe that click as the door seal's more than answer enough. Enough to get Zack drawing out a slow sigh of relief as he.. finally starts to edge off from the door and onto his-
oh hell.
Sorry, Sora. You are now the audience of the grotesque scene of Zack losing his own lunch. ]
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It's a good thing he doesn't, though, because Zack falls apart as soon as the other tries to move away from the door and Sora can't help but wince. He glances away for a moment, feeling his own stomach lurch again as he tries to ignore the sound of it and oh god he's going to be sick again.
He doesn't get sick, though, and swallows down the bile rising in his throat so he can slowly make his way over to the older man. A shaking hand rests on his shoulder as Sora looks him over worried, wishing he still had his pack and the water bottle that had been inside it.]
Want to sit down?
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[ You know. Preferably a room that doesn't smell rancid from-
That's all the answer the kid gets before he finally rises back to his full height, hand slipping away. He staggers only a little bit before he catches his balance. Then he retrieves his pack and tablet before giving Sora a soft hair ruffle. Zack steps off at a hobbling pace towards the next doorway, holding the light up into the next room and a smile coming across his face at a new discovery. ] Looks like we're not gonna freeze too much tonight.
[ LO AND BEHOLD, A FIREPLACE. ]