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Snowblind Moderators ([personal profile] snowblindmods) wrote in [community profile] snowblindmemes2016-06-14 08:57 pm
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Test Drive

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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[personal profile] redrooms 2016-06-21 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Natasha is hiding weapons everywhere at all times. She's also silently filing away everything Nina mentions about herself or her world, just in case.]

I made it. Sharpened a butter knife with bits of rubble. Do you have any weapons?

[Because you should, Nina!!!]
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[personal profile] drusje 2016-06-21 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nina looks at Natasha for a moment, and then says unconvincingly: ] Yes, of course I do.

[ Right, she can't... use her hands as weapons anymore. She really needs to find something she can whack people with. ]
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[personal profile] redrooms 2016-06-22 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Man, Natasha is pretty sure anyone could have seen through that one, but she calls Nina out on it... mostly gently.]

Keep it. You should have one.
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[personal profile] drusje 2016-06-22 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nina wrinkles her nose. ] Am I really that bad at lying? [ She goes back to unscrewing. ] I don't know how to use a weapon, really.
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[personal profile] redrooms 2016-06-22 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets another smile.]

You are. To be fair, I'm good at telling when people are lying.

[Natasha watches her for a moment. She's just as curious about what might be behind that vent as Nina is, really.]

I'll show you. You need a way to protect yourself.
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[personal profile] drusje 2016-06-22 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Off comes the vent! Nina looks incredibly satisfied. And then she peeks up at Natasha through her hair. ] I can protect myself. [ c: ] But I won't say no to lessons.

I'd love to be able to kick ass like you. [ Nina, do not look at Natasha through your lashes like that. ]