Test Drive

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TEST DRIVE MEME

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.

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[redrooms]

[Natasha didn't even notice the little girl hiding in the house, probably because she'd practically collapsed when she got in the door. She'd just barely had enough time to request assistance before going into shock, but now she's good as new. It's unsettling, but not something she can dwell on.

But now, she hears someone talking, and her head turns immediately towards the voice. Her demeanor softens, just a little. Just a kid, and Natasha is—bleeding?

She looks down at her hand, seems to consider the blood for a second, and then just gets right back to working at the vent.]

It's nothing. I'm fine.

[empireofrats]

[Well. That's quite unsettling and peculiar.

For some time, Emily just watches Natasha work in silence. She's not too fond of the bleeding, but she is fond of the persistence.]

I've tried to get in there, but they won't open. They're stuck. I found one that was broken, but I'm not strong enough.

Maybe you should try that one instead.

[redrooms]

[Natasha finally stops when Emily speaks up, turning to face her. She switches the shiv to her other hand, shaking the injured one so that blood splatters on the table. If she notices this, she doesn't seem to mind. She can hear the spiders scratching in the walls, and it's driving her nuts.]

Where is it? Can you show me?

[empireofrats]

[At least Natasha stopped dicing a hand. Emily is relieved only because watching it made her feel uneasy.

She nods her head.] This way. [She turns to lead the way, feet quick, but only for a child. Natasha can keep up easily.] You hear them, don't you? The metal spiders that came when you asked for help.

I hear them, too. I hear their little feet.

[redrooms]

[Natasha wipes the blood off on the fabric of her catsuit absently. She's still not thinking straight.]

Where did they go after they were done? I couldn't turn my head.

[If they are in the walls like Natasha thinks they are, that's all the more reason to think they might be gathering information somehow, or have some other function beyond medical assistance.]

[empireofrats]

[She looks over her shoulder to make sure Nat is still following along, pausing only to allow Nat to catch up.] The inside tunnels. [Then she nods toward the vent as they get to it. A misshapen, rusted thing. One corner has been bent away, leaving a little hole behind, black and ominous.]

They scurried away.

They were very fast, but I can still hear them inside. I think I can fit in the vent, but I can't get it open myself. I tried to put a piece of wood in the side and push it open, but the wood broke.