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: IT WON'T BE LONG NOW... Well, you made a mistake. You spent too long searching around, or you ran outside near the end of the day for just one more thing, and now you've been locked out. You can search around all you want, but the best shelter you can hope for is pressing against the side of a sealed up building. You do still have your tablet, though. Maybe someone on the network can give you some advice, or at least some comfort while you wait for hypothermia to set in.
TWO: CABIN FEVER Maybe you didn't want that mistake of getting caught outside to happen again, but now you've ended up staying too long in one location, and cabin fever has set in. Maybe you're taking to the network to try and ignore the hallucinations. Maybe you want to tell everyone that you've figured out they're all in on your kidnapping. Maybe you ended up wandering off and now you'd really like to know if anyone can check back in the place you were at for your pants.
Action Prompts
THREE: AN UNEXPECTED MEETING You're going about your business searching what seems like it might be an especially promising house--it's fully intact and there's even a working fireplace with some wood! It looks like someone else has the same idea, though, and you've run into them in the middle of your search. Do you share the potential wealth or try to kick them out? On the other hand, maybe you know who this is, or maybe you're just glad to actually see another person for the first time in ages.
FOUR: GOOD MORGUE-NING You've just woken up in a morgue after dying in one unfortunate way or another. You have no idea where you are beyond that, but your tablet is insisting you can't stay here, so you should probably get out of here pretty quickly. Of course, bringing people back from the dead isn't a perfect science, so you're missing something important to you. Maybe you've lost your voice, maybe you can't remember where you're from, maybe you can't remember where you are right now. It looks like someone else is nearby, though. Maybe they can help you out?
[At first, the easiest thing to see is the cumbersome helmet that blocks most of his head from view. He seems to realize that it's making it harder for him to get this fire to work, though, so as he sits down more easily by the fireplace he takes off his helmet and sets it down next to him, revealing a shock of (dirty) blond hair in complete disarray from having been captive underneath it for so long.
It's a bit of a process for him to get the fire going. He doesn't want to waste any of his matches, and he doesn't know how to make a fire from scratch with just the sticks and stuff, so he pulls out a few pieces of folded up paper towels and shoves it under the wood as a way to more easily get the fire going.
When the logs finally do burst into flames, he lets out a triumphant laugh and begins to warm his hands.]
That's better!
[Quark didn't used to talk to himself this much. That's what isolation will do to you. It isn't until he turns away from the fire to get some water from his bag that he hesitates, his hand stopping mid-reach. He...he thinks he saw something. Just briefly, out of the corner of his eye, but when he tries to look closer, he doesn't see anything right away. Still, it makes the hair on the back of his neck prickle.]
...hello?
[It's worth a shot. He just hopes it isn't a monster.]
[Just as he turns to look, the cupboard door closes again. Rue holds her breath for a moment, weighing the merits of revealing herself. Though she's managed to avoid detection this way before, the cupboards aren't the best place to hide; she's realised that people here tend to look through them very thoroughly, and she doesn't want to end up cornered in the system of cupboards if he comes looking.
After a few seconds, the cupboard door opens again. Slowly this time, and this time, she pushes it until it opens all the way and she can lean out, watching the boy with wide, alert eyes. She doesn't say anything right away, wanting to see how he'll react to her presence.]
[Quark's eyes go just as wide, but more with surprise than anything, when Rue opens the cupboard. He had just been about to decide he'd imagined it. But, there she was after all! His immediate response is to smile. It always makes him so excited to run into people he's never met before! And she looks like she's around his age! That's even better! He wonders if they have anything in common.]
There really was someone! Hi!
[He almost steps closer, but she looks nervous. Considering she was hiding, he decides to wait where he is for the time being.]
My name's Quark. I hope I'm not bothering you. But...I got the fire going! So the room should get pretty warm soon. I have plenty of water if you're thirsty...and some food to share, but not nearly as much.
[He seems friendly. That's good; Rue could probably outrun him if it came to a fight, but she doesn't really like running in the snow and she's not sure where the next closest shelter is.
He gives her a lot of information all at once, but she takes it in with rapt intent. It's another moment of silence before she eventually responds.] It's okay.
My name is Rue. Sorry if I scared you. [She moves to extract herself from her hiding spot, though she keeps her face turned so that Quark is at least partially within her sight at all times.] I have some food, too.
[Quark rubs the back of his neck and goes to put his hat back on (best to be properly dressed for company). She seems so quiet, he feels kind of bad for talking so much. He wonders if he was being impolite and makes a mental note to calm down a bit.]
You didn't scare me. I hope I didn't scare you. Rue's a nice name!
[He takes a seat closer to the fire so he can get back to warming himself up, wanting to savor the heat while it lasts.]
[As Rue unfolds herself and straightens to a standing position, backpack and all, she smiles at the compliment.] Thanks. Quark is a nice name, too.
[She approaches Quark, though she stops a few paces away, still leaving some distance between them as she eyes the fireplace poker. She looks back at Quark, curious.] You didn't really scare me. But it's dangerous here. It's better to watch out for things.
[Quark is glad she thinks so. He seems to burst with pride at the compliment.]
I think it's kind of weird, but I like it anyway because my Grandpa gave it to me!
[Getting comfortable, he curls his knees up to his chest and wraps his arms around them.]
Yeah...that's true. Usually the most scary things are outside in the snow, so I guess I get a bit careless sometimes when I reach a house. Have you run into a lot of monsters?
I don't think it's that weird. A lot of people where I'm from have weirder names. At least you aren't named Gloss. [She says this with a hint of amusement. The District 1 victors have led such good lives, she doesn't feel too much remorse about making fun of their names.
She decides to take a seat not too far from Quark in front of the fireplace, situating herself on crossed legs and sliding her backpack off of her shoulders.] I haven't run into any yet. I've seen people talk about them, though. On the— network? [She's pretty sure that's what it's called, but she never had anything like that in District 11.]
Gloss? [Quark can't help himself from laughing.] Like something shiny?
[He shakes his head at that, but the motion turns into a nod at the mention of the network.]
It's probably because you're by yourself. I was alone for a really long time when I first got here, and I never ran into any monsters until after I joined a really big group of people, and then we ran into two in a row! So I think they're more likely to follow people who are all together.
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It's a bit of a process for him to get the fire going. He doesn't want to waste any of his matches, and he doesn't know how to make a fire from scratch with just the sticks and stuff, so he pulls out a few pieces of folded up paper towels and shoves it under the wood as a way to more easily get the fire going.
When the logs finally do burst into flames, he lets out a triumphant laugh and begins to warm his hands.]
That's better!
[Quark didn't used to talk to himself this much. That's what isolation will do to you. It isn't until he turns away from the fire to get some water from his bag that he hesitates, his hand stopping mid-reach. He...he thinks he saw something. Just briefly, out of the corner of his eye, but when he tries to look closer, he doesn't see anything right away. Still, it makes the hair on the back of his neck prickle.]
...hello?
[It's worth a shot. He just hopes it isn't a monster.]
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After a few seconds, the cupboard door opens again. Slowly this time, and this time, she pushes it until it opens all the way and she can lean out, watching the boy with wide, alert eyes. She doesn't say anything right away, wanting to see how he'll react to her presence.]
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There really was someone! Hi!
[He almost steps closer, but she looks nervous. Considering she was hiding, he decides to wait where he is for the time being.]
My name's Quark. I hope I'm not bothering you. But...I got the fire going! So the room should get pretty warm soon. I have plenty of water if you're thirsty...and some food to share, but not nearly as much.
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He gives her a lot of information all at once, but she takes it in with rapt intent. It's another moment of silence before she eventually responds.] It's okay.
My name is Rue. Sorry if I scared you. [She moves to extract herself from her hiding spot, though she keeps her face turned so that Quark is at least partially within her sight at all times.] I have some food, too.
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[Quark rubs the back of his neck and goes to put his hat back on (best to be properly dressed for company). She seems so quiet, he feels kind of bad for talking so much. He wonders if he was being impolite and makes a mental note to calm down a bit.]
You didn't scare me. I hope I didn't scare you. Rue's a nice name!
[He takes a seat closer to the fire so he can get back to warming himself up, wanting to savor the heat while it lasts.]
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[She approaches Quark, though she stops a few paces away, still leaving some distance between them as she eyes the fireplace poker. She looks back at Quark, curious.] You didn't really scare me. But it's dangerous here. It's better to watch out for things.
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I think it's kind of weird, but I like it anyway because my Grandpa gave it to me!
[Getting comfortable, he curls his knees up to his chest and wraps his arms around them.]
Yeah...that's true. Usually the most scary things are outside in the snow, so I guess I get a bit careless sometimes when I reach a house. Have you run into a lot of monsters?
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She decides to take a seat not too far from Quark in front of the fireplace, situating herself on crossed legs and sliding her backpack off of her shoulders.] I haven't run into any yet. I've seen people talk about them, though. On the— network? [She's pretty sure that's what it's called, but she never had anything like that in District 11.]
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[He shakes his head at that, but the motion turns into a nod at the mention of the network.]
It's probably because you're by yourself. I was alone for a really long time when I first got here, and I never ran into any monsters until after I joined a really big group of people, and then we ran into two in a row! So I think they're more likely to follow people who are all together.