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: MAP CRUNCH It looks like all the maps that you and your fellow captives have been spending so much time building have corroded and the files are unable to be viewed any longer. You've planned a rendezvous with another party in a building you've never been to before--and now you're not sure how to get there. Maybe someone on the network will be able to help guide you to your destination.
TWO: SOMEBODY CALL 9-1-1! You got inside before lockdown, but not without the cost of sustaining an injury in your haste. You're fortunate enough to have found a first aid kit in one of the cabinets, but without medical experience you decide to contact the network for some advice in cleaning your wound. Or maybe you'd just like the company and reassurance while you try to stop the bleeding.
Action Prompts
THREE: DEFINING LANDMARKS You and your traveling companion decide to spend the day building a landmark up out of the snow in front of the building you're currently taking shelter within. The more distinctive landmarks that buildings have, the better, right? But architectural nuances may prove difficult when the cold is biting against you, pressuring you to give up and go back inside. And could there be something more sinister lurking just out of sight...?
FOUR: PARTY CRASHER A monster has been chasing you and your traveling companion for what feels like hours, and you're quickly losing steam. You manage to make it to a building--but there's plenty of time left before lockdown will secure you inside, and the monster isn't giving up. It throws and claws itself up against the door, and when it realizes that you have your weight against it, heads for the windows--and any other crevice may give it entry. You better think fast if you don't want it to force its way inside. It's a good thing you have more than one set of hands available to take action.
Well, um. No guarantees. But you can minimise the risk! All you have to do is explore enough to find your bearings - some kind of landmark, you know - and then it will be a far simpler task to work out your location. Then you can stay put until people manage to get to you! It's not that hard, right?
[ Should. Should she try and make it sound even easier. Um. ]
I managed several days on my own when I first got here and I'm a five-feet-tall computer geek. Pretty much the worst kind of person to be around here, right? So you'll be fine!!
[ ...there's a long silence there. he really is boned. ]
I—okay. Okay, I'll go out. Just... can you just stay on the line? You know, in case one or all of those terrible things happen? That way if I die, at least... someone will know. That I'm dead. Then again, does it really matter if anyone knows? I mean, I'd probably just get eaten, so—
[ okay, no, let's not head down that road. ]
...Okay, I'm gonna shut up and go out there now. I'm doing it. I'm—
[ there's the sound of a door creaking open, and then a very manly little screeching noise. ]
[ She has to take a second to cover her mouth, because that super masculine lil scream is dangerously close to making her laugh. Bless. ]
Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere, I'll be right here talking you through it! You're not going to die. And you get used to the cold pretty quickly. Or... well. Not used to it. Unless you're Haurchefant and you regularly wander outside with no shirt on for resistance training purposes.
You... probably shouldn't do that just yet. Keep moving. Standing still will only result in you getting wetter, colder and screamier.
[ "relax?" is that what you were gonna say? good luck with that—his default reaction to a crisis is to freak out. (and yes, sometimes scream. sorry.) ]
I'm not gonna take my shirt off!
[ although maybe the monsters would be too intimidated by how buff he is to come after him. that's definitely a possibility. ]
Okay, I'm moving! And looking! The abominable snowman isn't real, right?
I wasn't asking you to, I was - it was a joke. To put you at ease? I guess it... it fell a little flat. But there's still time!
As for the abominable snowman, let's... let's go with probably not. But even if it is, it might be friendly! So maybe just. Just concentrate on watching out for anomalies.
[...]
Whhhhich could look like the abominable snowman, in theory. They change appearance a lot.
Mmmmmh. Kinda like - where I come from, there's a show called Blue Box Adventures, and the guy who adventures in the blue box has a piece of paper that always looks like whatever it needs to look like to the person viewing it? Like a psychic thing. The anomalies are more like that than shapeshifters as such! I think. They have a nasty habit of looking like things that are familiar.
So, um.
I hope you're familiar with lots of small, waggy-tailed puppies or something.
[ Omg he knows Blue Box Adventures. Which means he might be from the same universe as Angel or at least a similar one buT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT MEANS HE HAS GOOD TASTE IN FICTION ]
Um - yes. It can be pretty bad. The first one I saw was, like - the familiarity is very offputting? But if you're prepared - and you are now!! - you know to ignore what it looks like and just run. Honestly, you'll be fine. Think of this as, um. A ski vacation with no skis?
[ he totally has good taste. definitely. not a nerd at all. nope. ]
How am I supposed to know what things are really the things that they look like? Do I just assume everything is a monster in disguise? Is that the level of paranoia required here?
Oh, no no! Don't worry, it's - it's really obvious. They chase you, and they don't look exactly like things we know! They're kind of warped, usually, and you pass out if they get too close and I don't know why I'm still talking, are you really sure you want me to keep the call open.
I mean, um - if it isn't heading straight for you, you're good. They're, uh. Pretty intent on the whole catching-people-and-swallowing-them thing. Which obviously sucks skagbutts, but it does make them easy to identify! So that's. That's a plus. Kinda. As plussy as it gets here, right?
If you're still unsure, try filming it. They do weird things to video, as a general rule? Distortion and such.
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[ Should. Should she try and make it sound even easier. Um. ]
I managed several days on my own when I first got here and I'm a five-feet-tall computer geek. Pretty much the worst kind of person to be around here, right? So you'll be fine!!
[ 8DDDDDDD ]
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I—okay. Okay, I'll go out. Just... can you just stay on the line? You know, in case one or all of those terrible things happen? That way if I die, at least... someone will know. That I'm dead. Then again, does it really matter if anyone knows? I mean, I'd probably just get eaten, so—
[ okay, no, let's not head down that road. ]
...Okay, I'm gonna shut up and go out there now. I'm doing it. I'm—
[ there's the sound of a door creaking open, and then a very manly little screeching noise. ]
Holy shit why does it have to be so cold!?
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[ She has to take a second to cover her mouth, because that super masculine lil scream is dangerously close to making her laugh. Bless. ]
Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere, I'll be right here talking you through it! You're not going to die. And you get used to the cold pretty quickly. Or... well. Not used to it. Unless you're Haurchefant and you regularly wander outside with no shirt on for resistance training purposes.
You... probably shouldn't do that just yet. Keep moving. Standing still will only result in you getting wetter, colder and screamier.
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I'm not gonna take my shirt off!
[ although maybe the monsters would be too intimidated by how buff he is to come after him. that's definitely a possibility. ]
Okay, I'm moving! And looking! The abominable snowman isn't real, right?
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As for the abominable snowman, let's... let's go with probably not. But even if it is, it might be friendly! So maybe just. Just concentrate on watching out for anomalies.
[...]
Whhhhich could look like the abominable snowman, in theory. They change appearance a lot.
Just, um, keep going.
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[ he needs more clothes, not less. it's fucking cold. ]
What do you mean they change appearance? Like a shape-shifter or something?
[ he does not sound pleased about this at all. ]
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So, um.
I hope you're familiar with lots of small, waggy-tailed puppies or something.
1/2
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[ something that looks familiar being, in actuality, a monster... this world is cruel. ]
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Um - yes. It can be pretty bad. The first one I saw was, like - the familiarity is very offputting? But if you're prepared - and you are now!! - you know to ignore what it looks like and just run. Honestly, you'll be fine. Think of this as, um. A ski vacation with no skis?
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How am I supposed to know what things are really the things that they look like? Do I just assume everything is a monster in disguise? Is that the level of paranoia required here?
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[ HOW DOES SHE KEEP MAKING THIS WORSE ]
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[ he trails off, and then makes a sudden, surprised noise. ]
—Wait, I think I see something! It's... yeah, it's a tree. Not helpful. There aren't tree monsters, are there?
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I mean, um - if it isn't heading straight for you, you're good. They're, uh. Pretty intent on the whole catching-people-and-swallowing-them thing. Which obviously sucks skagbutts, but it does make them easy to identify! So that's. That's a plus. Kinda. As plussy as it gets here, right?
If you're still unsure, try filming it. They do weird things to video, as a general rule? Distortion and such.
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[ he's so done with this shit already. ]
It's—it's not coming after me, I think it really is a tree. Unless it's just really really slow. I can't even rule anything out anymore.