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
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. ]