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: SEE THAT WE CAN SEE It's late and you're settling down for the night when you notice a strange light coming from... outside? Through the heavy snowfall, you can just make out the haze of glowing eyes in the distance. Dozens of them. It's difficult to tell through the window, but they seem to be staring directly at you. Since it's after lockdown, you can't get outside to investigate, but maybe others in town are seeing the eyes too. You'd better take to the Network to see what's going on. TWO: BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES You can't sleep. You've been trying, trying, trying. But every time you close your eyes, you see the eyes of the prophet etched into the insides of your eyelids. The symbol only seems to get brighter and clearer the longer you keep your eyes shut, the closer you get to drifting off. It chills you awake. Nothing seems to help. Maybe there are others on the Network who are having the same problem. Or, at least, someone who doesn't mind keeping you company through the long hours. Action Prompts THREE: THREE'S A CROWD You and your traveling companion are exploring what looks to be a perfectly normal building when you notice something strange carved into the wall. Is that an eye? Strange indeed, but what's stranger is that new carvings keep appearing, always where you're not looking. Soon, the whole room is full of eye carvings. Is your companion doing this? If not them, then who? FOUR: THE KNIFE'S EDGE Most everyone in town still has eyes that are either glowing or shaped like the prophet's symbol, and your eyes are no different. These are the same eyes that made everyone attack each other a few nights ago. Every time you catch a glimpse of yourself, maybe in the reflection of a window or the video feed on your tablet, you feel a little sick. Unfortunately, your traveling companion's eyes look strange too, and they're the opposite of yours. Both of you are in danger if those murderous urges come back, which makes it difficult to trust each other after what you've been through. It's late at night when a dark thought crosses your mind--you do have a knife. Not that there's any reason to use it, of course... Right?

Comments

[itsjust_staying]

I'm not your mate, pet. [Really, Watson... Moriarty blows a raspberry at his tablet screen. Even though Watson can't see it, he can probably still feel it. Spiritually. Pbbbbt!]

You think I'm consorting with anomalies now, do you? Wouldn't that be a laugh. No, they're not quite my type. Pay attention, Doctor.

[jumpthegun]

[Take a breath, count to ten.]

I think you'll consort with whatever gets you out of here, Mr. Moriarty. How many of the eyes are you seeing, anyway?

[Because they're out John's window, too, much as he hates admitting it.]

[itsjust_staying]

Goodness me, you're learning! Then again, perhaps not; anomalies aren't much for conversation, you may have noticed. They don't quite rev the engine like you do, John.

[That's not exactly true--anomalies and Watson are equally ordinary, as far as he's concerned. Aside from Watson's ability to talk, perhaps, but that's a small leg up at best. The dear doctor is annoyed with him, though, and Moriarty would like to keep it that way.]

I can count seven pairs from my window. And you? Are we nervous, Doctor?

[jumpthegun]

We're not on a first name basis, Mr. Moriarty. We've met all of twice. It's Dr. Watson, not John. Thank you.

There are three pairs of eyes that I can see.

Four now.

This is fairly low-key for the horror around here, so no. I'm not particularly nervous. Or bothered. They'll probably be gone by morning. Are you nervous, Mr. Moriarty? Alone, no network to call on... Must be a bit scary, hmm?

[itsjust_staying]

[Moriarty can't help but giggle. What an adorable little man. No wonder Sherlock keeps him around.]

My sincerest apologies, Doctor.

Nervous? Me? Hardly. I appreciate a good challenge. You, on the other hand... Funny, you're not bothered one bit by the eyes and yet here you are messaging me.

[jumpthegun]

You were the one who sent the message out. I'm just responding. I had some free time on my hands, and I don't want you trying to scare some of the new people here.

[itsjust_staying]

Shouldn't they be scared, John?

[jumpthegun]

Fear breeds anger. Anger breeds hate. Hate breeds suffering. You know the whole Yoda thing.

Personally, I'd be moderately concerned, but not particularly bothered, as the preferred level of emotion here.

[itsjust_staying]

Of course. So, let's talk theories. What are the eyes, John? Give us your medical opinion.

[jumpthegun]

[It's grating.]

Mr. Moriarty, I'm going to ask you one more time not to call me 'John' before I start calling you 'Jimmy from IT.'

[And yet, in spite of his irritation, he can't help being swept into theorizing with this maniac. Because it is something to do.]

My medical opinion is that it's either that those are some of the animatronics the Admin has that have been hijacked by the rogue AI or virus that's been making use of the Prophet symbolism, or we're suffering another mass hallucination.