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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: GIFT BASKET
You wake up to find a new application, BASKET.EXE, has downloaded itself to your tablet. The icon is of a cheery pink wicker basket adorned in a bright ribbon and full of eggs and treats. If you click on it, no program appears to immediately load, but then an egg-shaped chocolate in a cheerfully colored wrapper will appear in the corner of your screen. "Eat me?" it asks in an unassuming word bubble. Should you click on it, your tablet goes dark. A cryptic message appears on the center of your screen in red text:

Thank you for your contribution.

Or maybe it reads:

Progress has been saved.

Or even:

It will be our secret.

Whatever the message reads, you feel a shiver pass down your spine, and then your tablet returns to normal. The application has disappeared.

TWO: THE RESURRECTION
Maybe you've died before or maybe this is your first time, but just like with any other revival, you awake in your body bag, and have to suffer through the task of crawling out into the morgue. You know you'll need to figure out what it is you've awaken to: how long you've been gone, where you are, if anything has changed about you or anyone else. But before you have a chance to do anything to get your bearings, your eyes catch onto something strange.

There, on the door to the drawer your body had been stuffed into, someone (or something) has left something. It could be a drawing, or it could be a written word, but whatever it is, the sight of it fills you with a sense of loss. It's familiar, though you're not immediately sure how or why: something that symbolizes something important you've lost in your past. But who would leave this here? And who could know?


Action Prompts
THREE: RABBIT FEET
It's been a long day of traveling, and you and your companion are glad to be reaching your final destination for the night. Someone's even built a rabbit out of snow outside of the door to make the place more inviting. Only...as you get closer, you realize that the tall, white figure is much too detailed to be anything made of snow. The slender figure has a body that could almost be human if not for the way that the limbs attach to the torso at odd angles, and the rabbit face has dark, hollow slits for eyes. It carries a small basket in delicate fingers. It waits for you. It waits for you to get closer, closer. It waits for you to try to get inside.

FOUR: SKIN DEEP
The day has been rather uneventful, so you wonder why it is you can't sleep. Something is eating at you, poking at the back of your brain, telling you that you're missing something. You look over at your companion and then you see it--something shifting beneath their skin. And then you look down at your own arm, and you see it there, too. An egg has been planted into your skin. And not just one.

You wake your companion at once--they need to see what you see. But when you illuminate the situation with the lights from your tablets, you can't see the eggs anymore. You're left to wonder if it was really real, or if your imagination was getting the better of you. But what if it was real? And what happens when the eggs hatch?

beercans: (✖ fastball; come fill my glass up)

Bad Girl | No More Heroes

[personal profile] beercans 2017-04-15 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
one ♥

@badgirl, text

[It is a very concise message. It consists of a screenshot which bears the message from BASKET.EXE, which simply claims "Critical error." And then, to accompany the simple screenshot, a simple query:]

what the fuk is this shit??? if this is a fkn joke some1 is gunna pay


three ♥

[To say that Bad Girl has adjusted poorly to this situation is an understatement. She is not dressed for the weather. She has no survival skills that aren't combat-oriented. And she is woefully, tragically sober. She cannot remember the last time she went this long without at least one beer. And though the worst of the physical symptoms of withdrawal have passed, the psychological still persist.

As a result, she is more than a mite irrational. One could argue that this has nothing to do with the alcohol, which is probably correct, but her irritability has certainly been exacerbated regardless.

So when she sees the anomaly, her hand tightens around the scrap rod of metal she picked up from the rubble on her first day. She knows they're supposed to be able to kill you nigh instantaneously, but her whole body is itching for a fight.

With possibly the only ounce of foresight she has in her entire being, she voices her thoughts to her companion.]
I'm gonna fucking kill it.
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Dwight Schrute | The Office (US)

[personal profile] recyclops 2017-04-15 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
one;

@dwightkschrute | text
Attention Fellow Hostages,

It has come to my attention that some of you have been receiving mysterious and concerning messages disguised as virtual chocolates. I know this because I received one myself. Do not be alarmed as I am currently investigating the matter thoroughly. I will be requiring transcripts of all messages and unusual activities. Do not under any circumstances activate your digital gift basket if you have not already done so. If you do so after having received fair warning as to the potential life-altering consequences you are an idiot.

I will be accepting informed questions and rejecting stupid questions.

-Dwight K. Schrute


four;

[Whoever happens to be currently sleeping soundly next to Dwight is going to be waking up in an extremely unpleasant fashion as he jumps out of bed and shouts, shining his tablet light into their face.]

Don't panic! I've figured out the mystery of what happened to the citizens of Norfinbury! We may be in imminent danger! Action is required immediately!
Edited 2017-04-15 08:37 (UTC)
mrcreamsicles: (031)

@featherydouche; text

[personal profile] mrcreamsicles 2017-04-15 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
but did you eat the egg
recyclops: <user name="inconceivable_m" site="livejournal.com"> (pic#11268569)

[personal profile] recyclops 2017-04-15 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
Irrelevant. Next question.

[He's onto him.]
mrcreamsicles: (029)

[personal profile] mrcreamsicles 2017-04-15 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
nah
pretty sure an app that pops up a surprise easter egg merits the question of what you did with it
especially when the question it posed was a literal invitation to virtually chow down
do you have a digital sweet tooth
an electronic craving for chocolate
as cryptically representative of our lord and file savers miraculous resurrection from the recycle bin as it is devoid of real actual flavor
this is an important issue dwight dont sweep it under the rug
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Billy Kaplan | Marvel 616

[personal profile] fanboyascended 2017-04-16 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
one

@wiccandoit, video

[ Billy has attached a screenshot of the unclicked basket. ]

I'm not the only one seeing this, right? Anyone know what happens if you click it? 'Cause I can think of a couple of options and none of them are good.

Like, it could doom us all, or it could be a tamagochi that I'll forget to feed and feel guilty about forever... Not really sure what would be worse.

--

Two

@wiccandoit, video

[ There's just a video of the outside of a morgue drawer, so still it might as well be a photograph with Billy's voice narrating over it until he reaches out a hand to draw his finger over a word scratched into the metal.

DEMIURGE. ]


First: I'm alive. If you were worried.

Second: Woke up dressed in superhero cosplay for some reason, but this seems more important. Someone left me a message but I've got no idea what it's supposed to mean.

Is that Greek...?

--

Three

Action

[ It's been a long, quiet day of traveling. As usual, Billy's got the bottom part of his cape wrapped around his face and he's not interested in freezing his nose in order to talk.

Still, when he sees the bunny up ahead, he nudges his companion and tilts his head. Cute, right? ]

Edited 2017-04-16 16:12 (UTC)
mrcreamsicles: (176)

@featherydouche; text; one

[personal profile] mrcreamsicles 2017-04-16 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Davesprite sends back his own screenshot: the egg settled in the corner of his screen with the "eat me?" speech bubble.]

bam
got an egg
haved tried what eating it does but if you ask me thats a waste of a perfectly good digital easter egg
devoutish: (put your money where your mouth is)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-04-16 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alfie is traveling with Billy completely by chance - he's on his way to pick up Royce from the chapel, and Billy had happened to be traveling in the same direction, and he'd suggested they walk together. Alfie hadn't cared enough to tell him to fuck off.

He glances in the direction that Billy is indicating, and grunts.]


Snow rabbit. Yeah.
fanboyascended: (14)

[personal profile] fanboyascended 2017-04-16 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Not if it's digital chocolate.

You getting an Alice in Wonderland vibe or is that just me?
Edited 2017-04-16 16:41 (UTC)
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Mercy DeLancy | Riyria

[personal profile] raccoongirl 2017-04-16 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
one - @princessmercy

[Okay, well, obviously she's not going to outright tell anyone about the app and what she'd done. It was supposed to be a secret, and Mercy is really good at keeping secrets. Even if the message came from the Admin, who she's heard she shouldn't trust, she doesn't think she should tell. That would make her angry, and you shouldn't make dangerous people angry unless you really have to.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't have questions.]


What does E-X-E spell? Does it have to do with computers?

[You know, just asking for a friend.]

three

Oh! Look!

[Mercy is just delighted by that snowrabbit, let me tell you. She bounds through the snow as best she can, even though it's deep and she's tired.]

It looks lonely. We should build it a friend. Can we make a raccoon out of snow to sit next to it?

[She's not close enough to see any of the weirdness yet, or to trigger anything. Right now, just for these few short moments, it's all joy.]
devoutish: (Beeswax‚ Not Yours‚ Inc.)

three

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-04-16 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't kill it; don't be fucking ridiculous.

[Alfie speeds up as best as he can, which... isn't really a lot.]

Walk past it. Hope it doesn't move.
mrcreamsicles: (099)

[personal profile] mrcreamsicles 2017-04-16 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
kind of
though i doubt shrinking or growing are on the table
monsters existentialism and the morality of killing robot babes hardly speak to wacky adventures under the couch
i dont really want to find out what does happen if you eat it
devoutish: (put your money where your mouth is)

four

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-04-16 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Since the moment he and this guy had ended up in the same house for the night, Alfie has been regretting everything. He groans and makes a swat for the tablet, missing it completely.]

Fuck off.
bywolves: (slight worry.)

three!

[personal profile] bywolves 2017-04-16 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Royce moves quickly after Mercy - sorry, Alfie, he has to keep up with her. He's cautious, as always, but he doesn't want to be a spoilsport for Mercy, who has so few little joys in this place. His natural instinct is to pull her away, but he doesn't. Instead, he holds out his hand for Mercy to take, watching the rabbit carefully. ]

We can try. [ Royce tells her, in a voice far softer than anything he uses with anybody else. ] We can build it a friend as long as it isn't dangerous.
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[personal profile] raccoongirl 2017-04-16 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Misunderstanding his meaning, Mercy nods.]

It'll be a nice friend. I'll name her Mrs. Rings.
bywolves: (you're going to regret that.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2017-04-16 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A very, very small smile creeps at the corners of his mouth. ]

The rabbit, Mercy. Not your raccoon friend. Stay close. [ Like hell is he letting her go first. He takes a few steps forward, making sure she's right next to him. ]
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[personal profile] raccoongirl 2017-04-16 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Snowbelle isn't dangerous.

[She sounds a little indignant on behalf of this rabbit that she's "known" for all of thirty seconds. Still, as she gets closer, she has to admit that Snowbelle does look a little weird. Maybe Norfinbury rabbits are different.]
bywolves: (could you stop.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2017-04-16 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, good, she's named it. Royce tries very hard not to groan. ]

You don't know that. What have I told you about this place? [ Don't blindly trust anything in Norfinbury. Now that he's getting a better look at this thing, he's not really willing to let Mercy get close to it. He stops her when it seems like the rabbit moves, just briefly, moving to stand in front of Mercy. ]
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[personal profile] fanboyascended 2017-04-16 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Growing so big you can't fit in a house and freeze to death every night sounds a lot like Norfinbury, though.

-Still having a really hard time not clicking it.
raccoongirl: (014)

[personal profile] raccoongirl 2017-04-16 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
But it's--

[She stops when he stops, wrapping her tiny fingers around his arm.]

What's wrong?
bywolves: (oh fuck.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2017-04-16 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hesitates - and his heart stops in his chest when she reaches for him. He still can't get used to the trust there, the instinct to hold onto him when she's nervous or apprehensive about something. Royce glances down at her, expression torn, and then looks back to the rabbit. ]

Mercy. Check your tablet, for me. What time is it? Close to lockdown?
raccoongirl: (007)

[personal profile] raccoongirl 2017-04-16 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It says--

[She checks.]

Six forty-five! That means we have fifteen minutes.
bywolves: (could you stop.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2017-04-16 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Okay. Alright. They have to head for this house. Royce rests a hand gently against the back of her head. ]

We need to move, then. Inside. Don't stop to look at rabbit. We can play with it tomorrow. [ He'll make it up to her. Somehow. Near the door of the house, the rabbit shifts - Royce doesn't see it, talking to Mercy, but it very clearly reaches a paw out to Mercy, inviting. ]
raccoongirl: (010)

[personal profile] raccoongirl 2017-04-16 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[And she reaches back, because of course she does.]

Hello.

[She's definitely not talking to Royce there.]
bywolves: (ohhh...)

[personal profile] bywolves 2017-04-16 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The rabbit watches her, eyes void-black, endless. She reaches for it, and it murmurs, pleased. Hello, it says back, and it touches its paw to Mercy's hand.

But the thing is still, to Royce, and all he sees is Mercy reaching out to the thing, talking to it. His instinct is to try to pull her away. ]
What - is it talking to you?

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