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.
[The observation the young girl makes, so matter-of-fact, actually gets him to pause at least for a moment and remember who he is dealing with. But maybe it isn't quite enough of a deterrent to his plan.]
We'll have to build a spider trap. But we can do it. We won't need too much...
When we catch one, we'll figure out how they work.
[That sounds fun, right? Tony thinks so. He abandons his trap plans for the moment, just to get Emily on board with him.]
Robots don't need to eat. All they need is a purpose and a command to follow. We can give them that, though.
[He winks at Emily, enjoying the game despite his shaky legs and too-eager energy.]
Oh, I'm fine. All good now. What we really need is to stop them from escaping once we lure them out. If only everything were working right, then we'd be in business...
[Tony frowns, realizing he just might be stuck with brute force this time.]
We could seal the room. We just need to fill in all the cracks so they can't get out.
[Despite all of the rigamaroll of everything, Emily smiles at Tony's wink. It relaxes her, and she thinks she can tell that, even if completely silly, Tony doesn't mean her any harm.
She still thinks he might need to rest...] Okay. I can fill in the cracks.
[He probably does need to rest, but he's never been good at setting limits for himself. With a potential project in front of him, who has time to rest? Tony considers Emily's question, then shrugs.]
I would say hopes and dreams, but I've learned that those don't generally hold up. So I guess we'll have to use dirt and ash, if we can get some from the fireplace. Maybe snow.
[At this, Emily springs up in the ready. Tony is the first person to Take Her Seriously. The first person to agree to let her get her hands dirty, so to speak! She's amped.] Okay!
[She's there, by him, waiting patiently. Like a pup ready to go walking. She will wait here for as long as it takes for her to get lifted, letting her do something grown-uppish.] I don't know if they will like dirt and ash.
Maybe you should pretend to get hurt again, and I can call them for help, then they will come out. We can catch them then.
[The enthusiasm wins him over immediately. He grins like a kid himself, just as pleased to have someone in on his plan.]
I don't want them to like it. In fact, that is exactly what I don't want. You ever build mud pies?
[He doesn't pick up Emily right away. Tony offers her his hand, still grinning as he tries to lead her to the door. Apparently because he wants to fetch some snow from outside.]
We need to build our trap first. If we manage to get them to come out, they'll leave again as soon as their job is done. We need to make sure at least one of them can't get back in the walls.
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We'll have to build a spider trap. But we can do it. We won't need too much...
When we catch one, we'll figure out how they work.
[That sounds fun, right? Tony thinks so. He abandons his trap plans for the moment, just to get Emily on board with him.]
I just want to get a good look at it.
[In pieces.]
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But what do we put in the spider trap when they are metal spiders? Metal bugs?
What if they don't eat anything?
And didn't you just get hurt, Mister? Maybe you should still rest even if the spiders fixed you. Just in case.
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[He winks at Emily, enjoying the game despite his shaky legs and too-eager energy.]
Oh, I'm fine. All good now. What we really need is to stop them from escaping once we lure them out. If only everything were working right, then we'd be in business...
[Tony frowns, realizing he just might be stuck with brute force this time.]
We could seal the room. We just need to fill in all the cracks so they can't get out.
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She still thinks he might need to rest...] Okay. I can fill in the cracks.
What are we going to fill the cracks in with?
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I would say hopes and dreams, but I've learned that those don't generally hold up. So I guess we'll have to use dirt and ash, if we can get some from the fireplace. Maybe snow.
I can boost you up.
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[She's there, by him, waiting patiently. Like a pup ready to go walking. She will wait here for as long as it takes for her to get lifted, letting her do something grown-uppish.] I don't know if they will like dirt and ash.
Maybe you should pretend to get hurt again, and I can call them for help, then they will come out. We can catch them then.
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I don't want them to like it. In fact, that is exactly what I don't want. You ever build mud pies?
[He doesn't pick up Emily right away. Tony offers her his hand, still grinning as he tries to lead her to the door. Apparently because he wants to fetch some snow from outside.]
We need to build our trap first. If we manage to get them to come out, they'll leave again as soon as their job is done. We need to make sure at least one of them can't get back in the walls.