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TEST DRIVE MEME #4
TEST DRIVE MEME #4
Hello and welcome to the In the Night test drive meme for September! Thanks for your interest in our game! Reserves open on September 20, and applications open on September 22.
While you're here...
- Take a look at our rules and faq pages to familiarize yourself with the game.
- Note that we have a reserve cap of 20, and a (current) application cap of 13 apps this month for new players, as the game has a player cap of 60. An accurate count of current players will always be available on the taken page.
- TDM threads can become game canon if both players wish. If the situation isn't something that could happen in-game, you're free to chalk it up to some strange hallucination, a shared dream, or other mysterious circumstance.
- Note that this is not limited to new characters threading with characters already in-game. If current players wish to thread out the TDM prompts as canon events, they are welcome to do so. They are welcome to make posts in the main comms for TDM events as well. Please note, however, that actual plot clues or happenings will not occur in TDM prompts.
- If you plan to apply, please keep in mind that we do require at least one sample thread on the application to be from our TDM (though it doesn't need to be the current TDM).
- You're welcome to use the provided prompts or come up with something on your own, but we do ask that all threads take place in our game's setting.
Thank you again, and we hope you'll choose to join us!
log prompts
GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY
With a cloud of mourning having weighed heavy on Beacon over the last month, the Lighthouse Keeper has decided to try and rally the community with a game: a selfie scavenger hunt! With the promise of (secret) prizes for those who play along, she's provided a list of 25 different items to track down and take a picture with. And, of course, all submissions will be public for others to view and comment upon. A town forum, Instagram-style. How fun! Feel like teaming up? Finding a companion to go searching with could make the task go by faster, as there's nothing saying that you can't both submit the same pictures so long as you take them together. And what's a proper game without company?
This prompt is a mini version of this month's Gather Up event.
IT'S RAININ' SIDEWAYS
Overall, the weather has been mild lately. Since Autumn hit, the standard has been overcast darkness blotting the stars and little wind. The rumble of thunder sounds just before the downpour begins, as if a switch has been flipped up in the clouds. If you're in the Invincible, the houses in the village, or any of the other solid establishments, it isn't anything to worry about, really. Mostly, it just means hunkering down until the storm passes. However...it seems that someone opted to build themselves a structure in the square that's proven not to be able to withstand these harsher elements. Whether you're the unfortunate sap in the tent or you're merely a bystander, one way or another, you notice its roof cave in, the beams placed to support it buckling inward and trapping the inhabitant inside. It's not enough to crush someone, but it'll surely be difficult to gather oneself as the wind and the rain bears down without mercy. Call for help and maybe someone will hear you, or be the good Samaritan that runs to their aid.
network prompts
I CAN'T *PBBT* UNDERSTAND *PBBT* YOUR ACCENT
Something's wrong. The things that you type and the things that you speak are transforming themselves upon being posted to the network. Or maybe that's not quite accurate, because everything in your posts are certainly your own words...it's just that indiscernible static has descended upon the page and crept into your audio, blocking out pieces of your statements--just enough to change the overall meaning of what you were originally saying. Efforts to clarify don't seem to be improving the situation, and it's hard to say if there's any way of fixing this. Maybe it's a comfort that the problem isn't isolated on your end; after all, that effectively takes the issue out of your hands to solve. Or maybe it's just the opposite. Maybe knowing that the network is experiencing widespread failures, however mild, fills you with a sense of dread and unease. One thing's clear, at least: you'll need a bit of luck to get your point across for the time being.
THE TITLE EQUIVALENT FOR WHEN YOUR GRANDMA COMMENTS ON YOUR UNRELATED FB STATUS AS IF SHE'S WRITING YOU A PERSONAL LETTER
Sometime in the recent past you had a problem. Maybe it was a dire emergency advertised to the community at large, maybe you became overwhelmed with stress and needed the ear of a close friend, or maybe it was just something embarrassing you were sharing in confidence. Unfortunately, regardless of what the message was, it looks like it disappeared the moment you hit send, as if it had been eaten by the network itself. It's been long enough now that you've brushed it off; you've been able to solve your problem one way or another and moved on. That's when it appears, unprompted, on the network for all to see, regardless of how private it was meant to be. Well, now you might have a bit of explaining to do.
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[ But Ignis already knows that. Still, just felt like the thing to say in regards to the introduction. Advisor and retainer though... sounds about right. Despite his being a Glaive, his dealings were never really around the young Prince - now King - save for the escorting thing that was, at one point, going to be done. So it's not like he ever crossed paths much with those assigned to Noctis, so to meet his advisor and retainer is a bit of a first for him.
The mention of the Beacon and a hut, however, have the former(?) Glaive cock an eyebrow as he stands then, figuring Ignis will be the one to lead the way. ]
Not so sure there's much to tend to. They feel pretty permanent to me.
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Unfortunately, I can't do more than this, [Ignis says, watching with a small frown as the skin doesn't heal up, but it does stop burning and falling off as ashes. The extent of his healing abilities is minuscule. But it should be enough- he doesn't want Nyx to fall apart and die not even ten minutes being here. He lets go of his elbow and sighs, pushing his glasses up and then slowly leading the way up to the Bonfire.]
There are, however, others that can help you out more than this. [He fixes the bag on his shoulders,] I can help you with clothes and answering questions you probably have.
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It's a helluva lot more than I can do.
[ So, he nods a bit in thanks before the journey to this hut starts to take off. Guess he needs to figure out the whole living situation here at some point. You know, when all of this has settled in. ]
What? Don't like what I already got on?
[ It's said in jest and with just the hint of a smile. Can't lose all sense of humor even in death, right? But, on a more serious note ]
How long have you been here?
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The pass the Bonfire, where Rastus walks around, tending to it, and then the Invincible, the Inn. They used to stay there, but when Luna arrived, they all moved somewhere with more space. Ignis leads the way past all that, following the very used trail that leads to the bridge and "Village".]
Well, they do look like they are going to fall off of you any second.
[He teases right back, but his expression turns a bit somber at the question.]
If I'm counting correctly, it will start the fourth month now. [He briefly looks at the sky, then at Nyx,] This entire place is engulfed in darkness and perpetual night. Keeping track of time has been difficult.
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[ The very thing which they're all trying to prevent from happening: for the light to be stripped and endless darkness cover their star. ]
Guessing electricity and technology aren't much of a thing here?
[ But then you have the device which had been given to him along with the lantern and so... there's clearly some sort of technology here? Yet nothing capable of producing mass amounts of light? Little strange. ]
Do you know why or how this happened?
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[Ignis doesn't dare think of home. With Noctis being here, dead with him instead of alive and Ignis taking his place, who knows what will happen to Eos. He sometimes thinks about it when he can't sleep. Thinks about Ardyn and wonders if this really will be the future for their star. But then- the Astrals literally struck down their one and only savior without listening to their pleas and prayers. They've already lost everything- Ignis doesn't speak of this because it's selfish but- he can't feel bad for the Astrals that wanted to save the Star.
He just wishes they could do more for the people...]
Electricity and technology seem to work- in limitations. They also don't provide any kind of light.
[And for a reason, now that they got proper news from Keeper and Will.]
Yes. Nothing in detail but the main image. [He looks grim as they make their way down the street of the village.] It's... nothing good. [He stops in front of the house that has, apparently, a bounce house in front of it and on one window sits a doll. He pushes the door open and steps aside for Nyx to enter.]
I will tell you everything I know. [Once he dresses you, feeds you and gives you a lot of chamomile tea. You'll need it.]
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[ The fact that there's endless night surrounding them, a need to carry a lantern with you at all times, and no immediate source of light outside of these lanterns and the bonfire is just a little concerning there, truth be told.
Speaking of concerning things though? That doll is probably one of the creepiest things he has ever seen and it sure is getting A LOOK from the Glaive. So much, in fact, that he even comes to pause for a moment to stare at the thing before he steps his way inside. ]
That what passes for a bodyguard around here?
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[Seriously. He wants things to be out in the open for once. No more hiding, no more lies, no more secrets. Unfortunately, nothing in their lives seems to be easy anymore- Ignis never expected anything to be handed to him on a silver plate, but he detests being kept in the darkness.
Ignis pauses at the question and gives the doll a look. Oh, that thing.]
Not sure. A forest spirit won it for me and I thought it would be rude to throw it away.
[He just doesn't want to insult the spirits. Who knows what they are all capable of. Maybe the doll itself will turn on him for throwing away the gift. Ignis is not going to take that risk.]
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[ He heard him right, didn't he? Forest spirit? Never mind the whole apparently it won a creepy looking doll for him part. ]
This something of the norm around here that I should be aware about?
[ Should he be expecting a visit from a water spirit in the shower or something? ]
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Yes. The Forest Spirits were here before us. There are all kinds of them, from timid and shy to friendly.
[He pulls out a t-shirt and a zip-up hoodie, in darker colors, and pants and walks back to Nyx.]
I will tell you everything you need to know. But first- I think you will appreciate a shower. Everything works from electricity, there is warm water. Only there's no light. Mind your step in the shower.
[Nyx will have to get used to this Ignis' "momming" as the others call it. And no, he doesn't care that you're older than him.]
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Thought you said there was electricity?
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The stove and fridge work, as well as electrical outlets. But if you need light, you have to use your lantern or one of the torches from the bonfire.
[It's... a pretty grim situation that wears your mood down if you're all by yourself. It's why he's always trying to spend time with other people as much as he can.]
I will make you something to eat, [Ignis nods and gives Nyx a pat on the shoulder. Nourishing comes before any kind of talk because it kills the appetite.]