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: YOUR COOPERATION IS APPRECIATED When you wake up, you find that a new application has been downloaded to your tablet. It's titled "SURVEY" and is exactly what it claims to be--although there's no explanation to why it's appeared or what it is for other than the note that claims the survey is not opt-out and that your cooperation is appreciated. And more troubling, the questions become more sinister the farther in you answer. Such questions as, "on a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your stay?" and "have your needs been met in a timely manner?" become more akin to, "if you had to chose between the two, would you eat your hands or your feet to stave off the hunger?" and "are you sure you are not the last one still alive?"
Perhaps someone on the Network would like to discuss what this could mean--and if there are any consequences behind finishing or refusing to take the survey.
TWO: NOT SO HELPFUL AVATARS Every tablet has the option for a customizable avatar that will talk to you and keep your tablet in order. Maybe you set it up, maybe you never checked it. Either way, it keeps popping up unrequested and being sort of... Odd. Flickering, talking in strange, mechanical voices, offering advice that's unhelpful at best and actively harmful at worst... Maybe it's even telling the entire network some things you've been doing you'd rather everyone didn't know.
Time to call tech support. Unfortunately, the best option is other people on the network. Good luck.
Action Prompts
THREE: SPIDERS IN THE WALLS Somehow you or your travel companion injured themselves. A quick call to the admin fixed this, but now you can't help but be gripped with the burning curiosity of where the helpful spiders she deployed have gone. You saw them scramble toward the vents, but by the time paralysis wore off they'd completely disappeared. Only now you can't stop thinking about them. Where do they go to? How can they be trapped or followed? You swear you hear little mechanical pattering inside the walls. Maybe you can find some sort of tool to help you break into a vent around the house. Or maybe your companion can convince you to rest before you hurt yourself.
FOUR: SCHOOL DAYS You've ended up in the elementary school. Maybe you're grabbing more food, maybe you're exploring. Either way, this place is creepy; the atmosphere is the sort that gets the hair on the back of your neck rising (potentially metaphorically, if you don't have hair or a neck). It's not long before strange things start happening. The sound of running and screaming children, doors slamming in far off or nearby hallways, pianos playing... What's going on? It's hard to tell what's really happening from what isn't happening. Maybe someone who's also exploring has some idea.
[Paralysis is a strange, foreign feeling and one Ciri immediately decides she doesn't like. It's not like she has a choice, though. She's stunned and still whether she cares for it or not and the spiders are hard at work.
It's disturbing to see, given how unnatural they are, but it's also a strange blessing of sorts. Her leg is being patched up before her eyes, in a way she'd never thought possible. As the spiders start to leave, Ciri takes notice of the path they take and then, of her comrade trying to follow.
A moment passes before the paralysis wears off enough to let her speak.]
Geralt? What are you doing?
[Her words are whispered, as though she's wary of being overheard.]
[The vent is giving in, slowly, with creaking metal noises that make Geralt wince a little. He's just about to try and get his fingers in the small space he's made when he hears Ciri's voice, worried, too soft.
He turns back to her.]
Are you all right?
[He's not sure the spiders didn't hurt her further instead of healing her. He doesn't understand much about the whole NIMA poisoning thing - mainly because he hates reading on the magic device he was given, but he also has gathered that not many know what NIMA poisoning really does.
There's a lot of things Geralt will allow to happen to him, but not to Ciri.]
They went through here. [He gestures to the vent, like it explains everything. The itch under his skin is still there. He wishes he could just crawl into the vent.]
[She thinks, she hopes. At the least, they've mended to the wound to the point that she'll be moving about sooner rather than later.]
Just give me a moment more.
[Staying in one place for too long is foolish; Ciri knows this, but at the same time, charging out when her wits aren't at their best can be just as much of a danger.
Rather than try to stop him, Ciri frowns and gives the vent a curious look, searching for any signs of where it might lead.]
[She watches him work away at the vent, wary but knowing better than to try and stop him just yet. For the moment, Ciri understands where he's coming from. There's no missing the concern on her face though.]
Seems that they crawled back in willingly. Both of us just watched them do so, Geralt.
[It's strange to question him. Ciri keeps her tone light but quiet. For all they know, the spiders are just up the pipe listening to their every word.]
Given their size and speed, they're probably long gone by now. Say you get the vent off, what then?
[Stopping for a moment, Geralt turns to Ciri, raises an eyebrow at her.
She's always liked to push her boundaries, even as a little girl. She'd make him run all over Kaer Morhen, trying to get him ragged and breathless and finding amusement in it.
Now, she's an adult, strong and fierce and every bit the woman Geralt had only hoped she'd become. And she's still questioning him, and his choices. He knows that she has a point; once the vent is off, what is he going to do? Neither of us will fit in the vent and even if she did, he would not make her go in, not after the injury she just sustained. So what? Where is he going to go with this?
Holding his hands up, Geralt shrugs helplessly. The itch under his skin is uncomfortable now, making him want to take his gloves off to scratch at it.
Yet, he pulls away from the vent, reluctantly.]
You're right. Maybe instead, we can get a sense of where the pipes are going. See where they nest.
[It's a relief when he stops trying to pry the vent open. Much as she agrees that they need to know more about them, she's also well aware that they need to plan ahead and be careful about it. After what just happened, Ciri is all for taking it steady.]
That's more like it.
[She watches him a moment more, trying to assess that he's alright before looking to the vent again.]
Can you sense anything?
[Anything at all? It's a long shot, but a girl can hope.]
[Despite himself, Geralt smiles. The ladies in his life sure always know how to play him exactly how they want, be it Ciri, Yennefer, or even Triss. He must make it so easy for them.
Shaking his head, he grunts when she mentions his senses.]
No. Nothing works here. No magic, no senses. Have you managed to get anything here? Any shifting between planes happening?
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It's disturbing to see, given how unnatural they are, but it's also a strange blessing of sorts. Her leg is being patched up before her eyes, in a way she'd never thought possible. As the spiders start to leave, Ciri takes notice of the path they take and then, of her comrade trying to follow.
A moment passes before the paralysis wears off enough to let her speak.]
Geralt? What are you doing?
[Her words are whispered, as though she's wary of being overheard.]
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He turns back to her.]
Are you all right?
[He's not sure the spiders didn't hurt her further instead of healing her. He doesn't understand much about the whole NIMA poisoning thing - mainly because he hates reading on the magic device he was given, but he also has gathered that not many know what NIMA poisoning really does.
There's a lot of things Geralt will allow to happen to him, but not to Ciri.]
They went through here. [He gestures to the vent, like it explains everything. The itch under his skin is still there. He wishes he could just crawl into the vent.]
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[She thinks, she hopes. At the least, they've mended to the wound to the point that she'll be moving about sooner rather than later.]
Just give me a moment more.
[Staying in one place for too long is foolish; Ciri knows this, but at the same time, charging out when her wits aren't at their best can be just as much of a danger.
Rather than try to stop him, Ciri frowns and gives the vent a curious look, searching for any signs of where it might lead.]
Where do you think they go?
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[He's getting his fingers through, now, pushing against the vent to open it. It's tiring work, but he's never had a problem with that.]
I won't fit in the vent, but I'm wondering if they could be trapped. It'd be good to observe one. Know what we're dealing with.
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Seems that they crawled back in willingly. Both of us just watched them do so, Geralt.
[It's strange to question him. Ciri keeps her tone light but quiet. For all they know, the spiders are just up the pipe listening to their every word.]
Given their size and speed, they're probably long gone by now. Say you get the vent off, what then?
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She's always liked to push her boundaries, even as a little girl. She'd make him run all over Kaer Morhen, trying to get him ragged and breathless and finding amusement in it.
Now, she's an adult, strong and fierce and every bit the woman Geralt had only hoped she'd become. And she's still questioning him, and his choices. He knows that she has a point; once the vent is off, what is he going to do? Neither of us will fit in the vent and even if she did, he would not make her go in, not after the injury she just sustained. So what? Where is he going to go with this?
Holding his hands up, Geralt shrugs helplessly. The itch under his skin is uncomfortable now, making him want to take his gloves off to scratch at it.
Yet, he pulls away from the vent, reluctantly.]
You're right. Maybe instead, we can get a sense of where the pipes are going. See where they nest.
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That's more like it.
[She watches him a moment more, trying to assess that he's alright before looking to the vent again.]
Can you sense anything?
[Anything at all? It's a long shot, but a girl can hope.]
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Shaking his head, he grunts when she mentions his senses.]
No. Nothing works here. No magic, no senses. Have you managed to get anything here? Any shifting between planes happening?