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?
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snowblindmemes2016-12-14 08:29 pm
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HE IS GOING TO CALL YOU RIGHT BACK]
Okay what the hell is your problem? You got a problem with me?
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No.
Stop calling me back.
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If you don't have a problem with me then why do you keep hanging up? Tell me and maybe I'll stop calling.
[Maybe.]
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[Why else would someone hang up on someone? Certainly not for any suspicious reasons.]
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[And then a thought hits him, wonderful and terrible.]
Is that you, Buck?
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But that nickname, so unique to Steve (and now to John), tugs at something inside him and pushes the panic higher, so he doesn't do that. What he does instead, to nobody's surprise, is hang up. Again.
Which is almost as good as a confirmation.]
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Doesn't explain why Bucky's been avoiding him, and why he's still running.
The revelation that Bucky definitely IS here and that he's been hiding from Steve is enough to stun Steve for a while, and for a few hours, he doesn't try to call back.
But a few hours pass, and Steve takes a breath and actually calls the person he knows is Bucky. Enough text bullshit. They need to talk, and Steve isn't backdown until they do.]
Bucky? Please, Buck, talk to me.
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He at least makes sure the conversation is on private before he replies, voice level and low.]
Leave me alone.
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So does his demand to leave him alone.]
I can't do that, Buck, you know that. [He swallows hard, his throat feeling stuffed up and dry.] Why... why've you been avoiding me, Buck?
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This is the third time he's had to fight against Steve finding him, he's so tired. This is the worst, at least when Steve was here before then he knew what Bucky had become, this Steve... he has no idea. He still thinks Bucky Barnes is his best friend, the smiling soldier who had managed to be a good man almost effortlessly.
He scrubs a hand over his face, not that Steve can see it, and sighs.]
I'm not who you think I am, it's better for us both if you leave me alone.
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[He's never been more certain of anything in his life. No matter what's happened to Bucky, he's still Bucky.]
I really don't give a damn what's better if it means I gotta pretend you're not around, that everything's okay. I don't... I don't know what's happened, but I wanna help, Buck. Please.
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If you really want to help, then listen to what I'm telling you.
[His voice remains level, almost neutral.]
I am not who you think I am, and I need you to walk away.
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Who are you, then? Why don't you explain? I can't just... I can't just walk away, not without understanding why.
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There's just silence for a long time before the reply eventually comes, quiet and gravelly.]
I can't explain.
[He wishes he could. He's glad he can't. Steve deserves to be innocent of these horrors.]
The Bucky you know is waiting for you to go home to him, focus on him. Forget about me.
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[Steve is getting very frustrated with this whole situation. Why can't Bucky explain? What the hell is going on?]
If you can't explain then I'm not just going to let you walk away. It's my future just as much as yours!
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But this isn't right, he and Steve cannot be friends here. Especially not this Steve, innocent of what HYDRA even is. His voice is rough when he speaks, but firm.]
It's the end of the line. Don't call me again.
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But only a moment. He manages to find his voice, but it cracks, embarrassingly, betraying his feelings.]
It isn't for me.
[But he knows better than to think this conversation is going to get anywhere, not after that, so he hangs up. He hangs up, and curls up in his corner, and concentrates on taking deep breaths so he doesn't work himself up into an asthma attack or something stupid. He can't let himself be dragged down by the heartbreak, as overwhelming as it is.
Something's wrong with Bucky, that much is clear. Something very, very bad happened to him, and Steve might not ever find out what, but he's not going to give up on his best friend. Because it's still Bucky, even if he denies it.
He just... needs a few hours to keep himself from crying and work himself back into his usual determination, that's all. Then he's going to track Bucky down and figure out how he can help.]