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: BUMP IN THE NIGHT It's dark out, and congratulations - you're inside! What's not inside, you might ask? Monsters. Shadowy monsters that have surrounded whatever house you've taken shelter in. They can't get in... or can they? From time to time, the doors and the walls creak as if under an unbearable pressure.
Who can sleep when it's like this? Maybe you should take to the network to find a distraction. Or maybe someone has advice for getting rid of those things.
TWO: BRING OUT YOUR DEAD We mourn the loss of those who have died in the time between the last announcement and this one:
...is that your name on that list? It might be. Maybe you should let the others know you're not actually dead. Or, you know, if you happen to spot the name of someone you know and love on there, it might be time to ask around and see if anyone knows what happened to your dearly departed...
Action Prompts
THREE: KYRIE ELEISON You've found yourself in a small chapel, complete with bolted-down pews, an altar devoid of symbols, and stained glass windows depicting various saints. It's quiet... one might even say dead quiet. Which is a really awful pun to be making, considering if you follow the stairs down to the basement you'll find a morgue.
Explore to your heart's content, but you'll be forced out at 7 PM. Hopefully you don't find any unfortunately familiar faces among the dead.
FOUR: LIGHTS OUT Against all odds, you've managed to make it to shelter for the night. You pull the door shut behind you and turn to look at your surroundings - and that's when you see it. A ... person. Is it a person? It's hard to tell, because a moment later, you're plunged into darkness.
...better hope that's another unfortunate visitor to Norfinbury you've been locked in with, and not something more threatening.
[ The peculiar formatting barely raises an eyebrow. She's seen muc)( wors--E!!! ]
that was the first thing i did! lol it is safe to assume someone being chased by a horde of monsters will not trust a flimsy door all on its own
the behavior of these things is kinda baffling like theyre probably not hunting us for food and i do not think a regular old house should be an obstacle to them the easy explanation is that the admin is being a jerk but it feels dangerous to just think of them as spooky set dressing
even the houses? they looked pretty normal to me but it is hard to tell in this weather
[ She has zero personal experience with dwellings that aren't futuristic towers, but from what she's gathered this is unusual. She'll figure out the significance of this information later. ]
i mean thinking of them like....
[ -- pretty much any "enemy" in Sburb, but this is not a helpful comparison. ]
the snow! as a natural hazard whose origin has no bearing on the situation
[ Huh. So much for the straightforward literal-ghost-town theory. ]
i am being metaphorical! the anomalies and snow have nothing in common in a physical (or 'literal') sense but they can seem like a force of nature which thus far cannot be controlled making knowledge of their origin unhelpful wrt not dying like snow!
[ This is only true of snow in a pre-Industrial context, of course, but a lecture in meteorology would probably be unwelcome. ]
if it makes more sense the cold or like..... nature in general also work as similies
*The reply takes a bit in coming as he reads and rereads over her message. It seems like it should make sense but he can't quite figure it out. The words make sense on their own, but not combined like that. Ugh. There is a little bit he thinks he can pick out...*
thats not quiiiite what i was going for (or what i think is the case!)
[ Honestly, she's not even annoyed that she has to repeat herself. It's kinda nice to articulate her ideas to someone who's invested enough to be confused. And doesn't call her interests "stupid bullshit", John. ]
i am comparing the anomalies to harmful natural phenomena because they feel similarly.... overwhelming? mysterious and impossible to defeat but!!! i do not think these creatures are truly like this only that they appear to be so
[ Just about every seemingly unstoppable being she's ever encountered had a purpose, even if they didn't fulfill it. Anything that's sapient enough to be predatory wouldn't waste its energy on things that couldn't advantage it somehow. ]
i still wouldnt mess with them of course!! negotiation seems unlikely (and inadvisable) at present
oh jeez this metaphor thing isnt helping at all is it :B umm... i wasnt suggesting that they were pretending to be natural just that we kind of feel powerless to stop them in a way that is similar to how we feel about things that happen to occur in nature
honestly the comparison is unimportant what i am saying is that these anomalies are hostile for a reason! a reason that i would like to know!! it might be that they were simply created to be that way which would be disappointing but at least it would be an answer
oh i know that! as much as you can know anything around here lol (by which i mean this a very confusing and peculiar town) (in case you were not sure what i meant)
i guess i am a little fixated on this particular question because it is trying to knock my door off its hinges :| (the 'question' here refers to the anomalies) (um....) (maybe i should lay off the wordplay)
do you mean my explanation was confusing? (my explanation as to why i called the anomalies 'questions', that is) or are you referring to something i said earlier?? now im the one with all the questions ;P
[ ...Should she have specified that 'questions' didn't mean 'monsters' in that last sentence? Jeez! ]
ohh ok :o how to explain this... for starters 'set dressing' refers to props and such that are part of a scene of a play they help establish the setting! you would be able to tell a scene takes place in a kitchen if there was a stove on the set (just for example)
(a separate train of thought begins here) this town we are trapped in is scary a lot of scary stories include monsters in some subgenres they are essential!
[ She's thinking of survival horror games, in particular. ]
the background and motivation of a monster is usually not important to a scary story they are simply there to frighten! in a non-literal way they might be considered..... .... ... set dressing!!
oh boy... a play is like a story that you watch people pretend to be the characters and act it out theyre usually performed on a big wooden platform called a stage that is decorated according to what is going on in the play props are things that are placed on the stage for the characters to interact with like they do in the story scenes are the different events that happen in the play
i appologize for him ^^; and that i haven't done so sooner
that is another method of conveying information, yes sometimes plays are recorded on video! but this was not possible until fairly recently at least where i come from
*That makes sense, he thinks. If they can't show videos of things people would have to describe it...maybe acting things out would be easier. Certainly less talking (hopegully).*
its very recent historically speaking! it only seems like a long time because we do not live very long at least that is the case for humans like me
[ --except for the whole god tier thing. But that's a whole other can of worms. ]
it sounds like you came from somewhere similar to my.... homeworld? it is a planet called earth
[ It's also devoid of life in her universe, except for a few carapacians years in the future (but not many.) They typed strangely, too, but their vocabulary was much more... whimsical. ]
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that was the first thing i did! lol
it is safe to assume someone being chased by a horde of monsters will not trust a flimsy door
all on its own
the behavior of these things is kinda baffling
like theyre probably not hunting us for food
and i do not think a regular old house should be an obstacle to them
the easy explanation is that the admin is being a jerk
but it feels dangerous to just think of them as spooky set dressing
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thereis some thing about the buildings
we donot know what
except theyare met al
spooky set dress ing?
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they looked pretty normal to me
but it is hard to tell in this weather
[ She has zero personal experience with dwellings that aren't futuristic towers, but from what she's gathered this is unusual. She'll figure out the significance of this information later. ]
i mean
thinking of them like....
[ -- pretty much any "enemy" in Sburb, but this is not a helpful comparison. ]
the snow!
as a natural hazard whose origin has no bearing on the situation
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theyare metal
under neith
monsters anomalies are
like snow
?
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i am being metaphorical!
the anomalies and snow have nothing in common in a physical (or 'literal') sense
but they can seem like a force of nature
which thus far cannot be controlled
making knowledge of their origin unhelpful wrt not dying
like snow!
[ This is only true of snow in a pre-Industrial context, of course, but a lecture in meteorology would probably be unwelcome. ]
if it makes more sense
the cold or like.....
nature in general also work as similies
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There is a little bit he thinks he can pick out...*
youthink
anomalies monsters
are nat u ral?
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[ Honestly, she's not even annoyed that she has to repeat herself. It's kinda nice to articulate her ideas to someone who's invested enough to be confused.
And doesn't call her interests "stupid bullshit", John.]i am comparing the anomalies to harmful natural phenomena because they feel similarly....
overwhelming?
mysterious and impossible to defeat
but!!!
i do not think these creatures are truly like this
only that they appear to be so
[ Just about every seemingly unstoppable being she's ever encountered had a purpose, even if they didn't fulfill it. Anything that's sapient enough to be predatory wouldn't waste its energy on things that couldn't advantage it somehow. ]
i still wouldnt mess with them of course!!
negotiation seems unlikely (and inadvisable) at present
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pre tend ing
tobe
natural?
?why
?
some talk
but
none lis ten
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this metaphor thing isnt helping at all is it :B
umm...
i wasnt suggesting that they were pretending to be natural
just that we kind of feel powerless to stop them
in a way that is similar to how we feel about things that happen to occur in nature
honestly the comparison is unimportant
what i am saying is that these anomalies are hostile for a reason!
a reason that i would like to know!!
it might be that they were simply created to be that way
which would be disappointing but at least it would be an answer
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oh
wedo not know
yet
peo ple are trying but there are many
quest ions
here
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as much as you can know anything around here lol
(by which i mean this a very confusing and peculiar town)
(in case you were not sure what i meant)
i guess i am a little fixated on this particular question because it is trying to knock my door off its hinges :|
(the 'question' here refers to the anomalies)
(um....)
(maybe i should lay off the wordplay)
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con fus ing
*And the current residents like to add to that, as far as he's concerned.*
you mean
monsters anomalies
as "question"
?
*He might possibly be getting the hang of this...well, a tiny bit at least.*
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you said there were many questions here
and the nature of these anomalies is one of them
so i referred to the anomalies as a 'question'
[ Progress! This is an exciting development!!! ]
am i making sense?
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iget the questions anomalies
iam not sure about
before
what you said
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(my explanation as to why i called the anomalies 'questions', that is)
or are you referring to something i said earlier??
now im the one with all the questions ;P
[ ...Should she have specified that 'questions' didn't mean 'monsters' in that last sentence? Jeez! ]
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earlier in the conversation thread
iunder stand why yousaid monsters anomalies were quest ion
*He's still confused about the set dressing and comparing things to snow.*
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how to explain this...
for starters 'set dressing' refers to props and such that are part of a scene of a play
they help establish the setting!
you would be able to tell a scene takes place in a kitchen if there was a stove on the set
(just for example)
(a separate train of thought begins here)
this town we are trapped in is scary
a lot of scary stories include monsters
in some subgenres they are essential!
[ She's thinking of survival horror games, in particular. ]
the background and motivation of a monster is usually not important to a scary story
they are simply there to frighten!
in a non-literal way they might be considered.....
....
...
set dressing!!
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props insc ene?
play?
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oh boy...
a play is like a story that you watch
people pretend to be the characters and act it out
theyre usually performed on a big wooden platform called a stage that is decorated according to what is going on in the play
props are things that are placed on the stage for the characters to interact with like they do in the story
scenes are the different events that happen in the play
i appologize for him ^^; and that i haven't done so sooner
people
act ing
events?
*But why would you do that if...*
didnot have tapes post transmit vid eo?
she's just happy to have a reason to run her mouth lmao; it's all good
that is another method of conveying information, yes
sometimes plays are recorded on video!
but this was not possible until fairly recently
at least where i come from
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?
*That makes sense, he thinks. If they can't show videos of things people would have to describe it...maybe acting things out would be easier. Certainly less talking (hopegully).*
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and it took a while for cameras to be affordable
[ Don't even get her started on capitalism, buddy. ]
now lots of people use them to record things that are important and they do not want to forget
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iknow about recording
iam good with video
*He's one of the best at making creepy, cryptic videos.*
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it only seems like a long time because we do not live very long
at least that is the case for humans like me
[ --except for the whole god tier thing. But that's a whole other can of worms. ]
it sounds like you came from somewhere similar to my....
homeworld?
it is a planet called earth
[ It's also devoid of life in her universe, except for a few carapacians years in the future (but not many.) They typed strangely, too, but their vocabulary was much more... whimsical. ]
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r.i.p. me the holiday season is out for blood
yeah, it'll do that B\
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