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: TIME TO CHECK WEBMD You've found the pharmacy, which is really convenient, since you're not feeling that great. Actually, you're feeling terrible. Maybe you have a fever, maybe you're coughing up blood, maybe you're vomiting... Whatever it is, you should probably try to get some medicine for it. Well, if you can figure out what it is. Maybe someone on the network can help you out? Alternately, you know exactly what you have--but for whatever reason, the medicine here isn't something you can easily understand. You have to choose between a couple of options, and you don't know the difference. Hopefully someone on the network can tell you which will heal you and which will probably kill you. 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: 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. FOUR: SUPPLY SCRAMBLE You've just walked into a house, and look, there's fresh fruit sitting right out on the counter! How long has it been since you've had some of that? It'll definitely help provide some much-needed vitamins and maybe it will ward off scurvy and the like. There's even more than one piece! ...And there's more than one person here, too. So, what are you going to do? Are you willing to share, or are you prepared to stab someone over a pear? Time to find out just how badly you want that food.

Comments

[flayerhater]

There are fates more heinous and painful than death. I would hardly consider a world without mercy a civilized one.

But as you implied, I certainly wouldn't want to start myself off on the wrong foot by unlawfully murdering people!

I thank you for your sagely advice, stranger. You've been most informative.

[baymaxing]

not that we don't have mercy. we just don't go around killing people for being boring or whatever is all.

but sure. you're. welcome i guess.

[rubikscomplex]

[14-year-olds who can hustle at bot fights clearly have game. And it would be unconscionable, worrying more about one person than another. House is really an equal opportunities kind of carer. Obviously.]

Pyrophobic? Or did you just get lucky with an hallucination turning something useful here dangerous? [Because he could go for a fire right now. Maybe not a whole house fire, but a fire.]

[baymaxing]

pyrophobic? i hadn't actually thought about it as an actual diagnosis before you mentioned it. but there was a fire back home, so that. probably explains mine at least?

[Fire is good when under controlled conditions. But Hiro's now a little terrified of starting one himself even under such conditions as a result.]

'Grats, Hiro! You have gotten House serious for more than five seconds. You are a true hero.

[rubikscomplex]

Anyone here apart from big brother who knows about the fire? Actual big brother, I mean. Not Big Brother. This would be a crap reality TV show. Unless there's a hidden hot springs the girls are meant to find. Alternatively, it's not doing bad for a dystopian future.

If it's personalized, that means our admin knows something about us if it's something they're physically manipulating. Which makes sense. Better to get papers on the lab rats you're collecting. On the other hand, drugs designed to induce hysteria, confusion, and generally stimulate the amygdala fit, too. Stick someone in a box and rattle them around long enough, they'll figure out their own fears to project.

Do you remember smelling anything strange before the hallucination set in. Did you eat or drink anything you hadn't before?

Pearl | Steven Universe

[beyourrock]

Video

[A user logs into the network under the name userpearl. The video flickers to life as a young woman with a rock in her forehead appears on screen. But she looks rather ragged. Her eyes are baggy, her nose blue and sniffly. She sneezes once, into the end of her sash and shudders.

She's never felt like this before. Gems don't get sick. Then again, her gem isn't working. She sniffles and looks into the communicator, hugging her arms close to herself.]

H-Hello? I seemed to have come down with a human cold I-- [She wrinkles her nose, feeling another sneeze coming on, but it quickly dies down.]

Is there any ... 'medicine' available-- [ACHOO! There it is. And it causes the feed to flicker, the communicator falling to the ground with a small yelp from the young woman.]

Action:

[A school. She had heard about such establishments from Steven, but she had never seen one first hand. She looks up at the building, holding her arms in close to herself. She feels the cool breeze run down her spine and she pads inside the school with her ballet shoes, rather hastily.

Pearl walks down the long gloomy hallway, peeking into empty rooms. Her shoes tap against the hard floor, but they become rushed as the door behind her slams shut, due to the roaring wind outside. And it becomes so much darker inside. The Gem jumps and looks over her shoulder with wide pale blue eyes.]

Relax, Pearl. You just need to recollect yourself. Just for tonight. And then, you can go out and get a fresh new look at this place. Find a room and relax.

[Pearl sniffles a little.]

Maybe tomorrow, you can find someone who has some more information...

achievement unlocked!

[baymaxing]

it's not something i'd mentioned before now, no. so i don't think anyone else would know.

[Unless Tadashi mentioned something. But it is more something Hiro's avoiding talking on than bringing up to figure how much his brother knows. Regardless, the mention on hot springs gets a bit of an eyeroll, even if the warmth would be appreciated.]

i guess that's possible though. the only supplies we have are what they provide us so. the food and water we have could be drugged or something for all i know.

[Clearly Hiro wasn't already paranoid enough already.]

[rubikscomplex]

Fire back home equals paper trail. [House relaxes against the wall in the house he's cooped up in, looking up toward the ceiling and letting his mind start to turn.] It's a leap for anyone to get to pyrophobia from that... Were you injured in the fire?

You said you moved houses, though. Did the hallucinations persist there?

[baymaxing]

[Paper trail. It would hardly be a secret if the admin were to find records back home. See Tadashi and Callaghan's death notices and make the connection, potentially. Even now, after months and somewhat becoming more accepting of the fact, seeing Tadashi here just in a way brings all that guilt and pain back.]

i wasn't hurt in it, no.

[He could have been. Was trying to run in after Tadashi when the building exploded. It's not hard to figure Hiro's being evasive. Not because he doesn't want to help and theorize, but this is becoming more personal.]

wasn't at the next building nearly as long. might have something to do with it.

[rubikscomplex]

[Unfortunately, House is the last person Hiro wants to talk to if he's looking to evade.]

Airborne chemical's looking more likely. Something in the housing. Might be they can adjust the dose through the vent systems, feed more in the longer someone stays in a place or just when they're feeling extra bitchy. Forces us to stay on the move, prevents congregating when people have trouble meeting up in time.

[And now that that minor theory is on the table, time to the personal stuff.]

So, someone you were close to injured in that fire back home? Someone, like, say... an older brother?

[It's a complete shot in the dark, but Tadashi is the only person Hiro's mentioned so far from home.]

[audio]

[turtleissues]

New York. [If he sounds bitter about it, that's just because of the next part.]

You don't need to go looking for aliens when the city's full of Kraang.

[turtleissues]

[He shuts his mic off when she asks him to be quiet, since that's easier than trying to hold his breath.]

I've only been really sick since yesterday. [He's felt gross since he got here, but the coughing's a new problem.]

action

[neverknowing]

[Yona thinks, at first, that it must be her imagination; she hasn't seen anyone else in this building so far, and she's been wandering around for about an hour. She hasn't seen anyone else in this town, either, unless she checks the tablet she's been carrying as if it's her lifeline, so it's a little hard to believe that in such a large building like this one, now she's managed to come across someone else.

But she hears footsteps. She hears the slam of a door from the hallway, and she thinks she hears someone talking, though they're so far away she can't make out what they're saying. A few doors down from Pearl, one of the classroom doors opens and a small redheaded girl peers out.

Then she calls out to her with some hesitation.]

Is someone there...?

[beyourrock]

[Pearl inhales sharply as she hears another voice, turning around towards the source. She holds her breath for a moment, assessing the situation. She was no longer alone here. Was she intruding? The Gem purses her lips.

Carefully, she steps into view of the little girl, offering a shy wave.]

I ah... hello! I didn't think anyone else was here! I'm sorry if I scared you...

[audio]

[rubikscomplex]

[Well, House would be bitter if he had to live in New York, too. It's an obligation to feel that way as a New Jersey-an, though.]

Kraang. Is that what the kids are calling dealers? Promise they're not aliens, just druggies.

[baymaxing]

[Sorry, House. All the rest kind of goes out the window because he hasn't even mentioned the fire to anyone else. Let alone that the other actually guesses about what happened to Tadashi. It takes him a moment to calm enough to eventually reply. Which explains it all in just one word to confirm the other genius's guess.]

killed.

Aaron | The Walking Dead (tv show edition)

[allfiftyplates]

Action (4)

[It feels strange, fending only for himself. Aaron's never truly been alone on the outside - even before Alexandria, it was always him and Eric. They've been together through everything, and the thought of never seeing him again hurts worse than the hunger pangs.

He has to try not to worry too much. What matters now is surviving long enough to get back to him.

But things are working out better today. He finds an apparently untouched house, with a bunch of fresh fruit sitting right out in the open. It seems a little too good to be true, honestly. How long has this place been abandoned? He squeezes an apple, then sniffs it cautiously. Well...he's relying on food he finds in this place anyway; it probably all has a roughly equal chance of being tampered with. Starving himself won't help anything.

He starts stuffing the fruit into his pack, only to jerk his head up at the sound of someone else entering the room. Aaron's hand goes automatically to the knife at his hip. But it's a person. Not a roamer, not a monster, just another person stranded here like him. So after a second, he carefully lifts both hands so they're visible - not going for his weapon, see?]

Hi. [He offers a cautious smile.] Let me guess, you're looking for food too?

[rubikscomplex]

[There's a drawn out silence on House's end. He doesn't really need to hear Hiro's voice to know what tone that word is being delivered in. Makes sense, then, why the kid talks about deferring to big brother #2. At least House is assuming this is another brother apart from Tadashi.

When he speaks, it's somewhat awkward, but sincere.]

I'm sorry.

[Thank god this isn't audio or visual on Hiro's end. House really doesn't want to deal with someone crying if he is crying. Pressing on, now. He also would prefer that Hiro not 'open up' to him.]

If what they're using is coming in through the ventilation system, there might be a way to get at it if we can find a screwdriver or crowbar or something else to get into the ducts.

[baymaxing]

[Maybe admitting it should help. Maybe it would piece together more clues or provide the urge for more answers if Hiro did specify. But even that much is difficult enough.]

not your fault. heard mention of people trying to find a screwdriver. not sure if they have actually managed or not though.

Hiro's just going for gold. Srs House AND getting him to apologize unprompted. What next?

[rubikscomplex]

These people have names? Handles. Whatever.

idk what does he win? he totally wins at this talking to House thing. Clearly.

[baymaxing]

i can double check and get back to you with the specifics if you want. pretty sure everyone's just hoarding anything that might prove useful at this point. and a screwdriver would totally fall under that. even if it is something stupidly basic that people usually have like, multiples of.

[Don't get him started on the lack of supplies, House. Seriously.]

Everyone should just start off with being bot-fight pros. Thanks for a FANTASTIC thread, by the by!

[rubikscomplex]

Well, since you're offering. [It's nice to have a minion who's offering to do the legwork for him. Saves the trouble of having to read back through a lot of useless chatter. He had seen that was possible here. What riveting conversations he can envision. 'It's cold.' 'Where is everyone?' 'I'm hungry.']

Sure. Get back to me. I'll keep my eyes out for things to hoard and not mention, too. Somebody told me you people were all 'working together.' Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity. No one's going to be that generous in snow hell.

Call me when you've got something. You've got my number.

[Handle. Whatever. Maybe next time, he'll even introduce himself.]

[seablaze]

Pirates were really ninjas of the sea. Faris was equally caught off guard, but that was thanks to the helmet he was wearing. How can he even see in that? Resting her chin on her hand as her expression eased back int a grin.

“Nothing wrong with the occasional sharing, helmet head.” She waited a beat before continuing, "if you aren’t interested though..." offering a light shrug as she spoke.

Thank you too, it was great fun. Good luck with your app and I hope we can get CR in game <3

[armoured]

[beyourrock]

[The house seemed to be untouched from any ransacking. At least, from what Pearl had assumed before she approached it. She has a small backpack she was able to scrounge up since all this madness started, and was looking to fill it up as soon as she could. Supplies. That was most important right now.

She steps up to the porch, her worn ballet slippers almost worst for wear at this point as she pads into the room. But she inhales sharply, seeing a figure in the room already.

Pearl falters, having no weapon of her own. Her gem powers couldn't be activated here. She had no ways to defend herself. Sans her own fists of course. But once she sees his hands fly upward in a non threatening gesture, she relaxes.

Only slightly.]

Yes I ah... I'm just here for some supplies.

[She swallows thickly as she looks at the fruit. With her gem powers not working, she may have to adapt to actual human living. And that means eating, and no longer relying on her gem's energy to produce it's own energy.]

Is.. there any left?