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

[fiteme]

I can't forget, Buck, it doesn't work like that.

[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!

[advanced]

[It hurts so damn much.

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.

[fiteme]

[Well Steve never would have suspected that a single phrase could break his heart, but there it is, right there. He's in shock for a moment.

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.]