memesinthenight | TEST DRIVE MEME #4

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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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[ No excuses, Mr. Big-Damn-Hero. She gently begins to tug him along again, past the bonfire and over the bridge that leads into the little village. ]

Yes... that's exactly it. We live, we survive. Ah... the one over there. That is where the three of us stay. Well, four of us now.

[ Because you're not going anywhere, Nyx. Also, the one she's pointing at... has a ridiculous looking large bounce house in front of it. Take it all in, hero. ]

Survive?

[ Yeah, you can bet your ass he picked up on that little choice word there, Luna. Don't think he's gonna let you just gloss on over that. ]

Yes. Even though we are technically dead, we can still die. Somehow.

[ She leads him past the stupid bounce house and up the path, into the cabin. It's small and cozy, for the most part. And it shows that it's very much lived in by the three of them. ]

I've no idea how that is possible... but it is, apparently.

[ The bouncy castle might get a look out of the corner of his eye but just... he'll ask later. So much later. The fact that they're dead yet can die again somehow is what has his attention for the moment. ]

Are you serious?

[ He knows she is. ]

So then what? We end up some place else?

[ Closing the door behind them, she leads him to the small sofa in their living space and gently urges him to sit, taking a seat next to him. ]

I am very serious. But to answer your next question... I don't know. None of us know.

[ Well if she's just going to drop him down like that. ]

Well that sounds like shit.

[ He sighs that out, hand coming to drag down over his mouth before it settles on his chin and he takes the moment of frustration to just... look around. Take in this little cabin here. ]

[ ...better get used to it, Nyx. ]

Indeed. There is much yet to be discovered about this place. Forgive me, dear Nyx... I wish I could be of more use to you.

[ Considering three people are crammed into this little cabin, it's pretty clean, too. The house smells of spices and baked goods, and there's definitely a warm atmosphere despite their dark, cold surroundings. ]

I hope that we can at least make this as comfortable for you as possible. I know that this... is a lot to take in.

Guess I should find myself a place then around here. Rent can't be as bad as it was back home.

[ The whole lack of natural light thing isn't exactly a luxury by any means. ]

Or you could simply stay here with us. I doubt that the boys are going to want you to leave, and I know I certainly don't.

[ It's not safe. Also, they have a cool bounce house in the front yard. ]

You sure you have the space here for another body?

[ It's by no means anything like any palace or even upper class apartment complex. But it's certainly bigger than his old apartment back home, so. At least there's that. ]

Yes. We will make space. The worst case scenario is that you would room with me.

[ At least her quarters aren't super girly... well. She's got lots of flowers in her bedroom, and glitter gel pens. But that's it, really. ]

[ Well now that suggestion gets Nyx to raise a bit of a brow to her before he chuckles and gives a shake of his head. ]

Not so sure the King would be ok with that, no offense.

[ Shacking up with his King's fiancée? Yeah, he's trying NOT to get killed again? ]

Noctis would not mind, I can very much assure you.

[ She shifts a little bit at that, glancing off to the side for a split second before deciding to drop it. ]

Besides. He does not get a say in who I decide to invite into my room, no one does.

[ So there! ]

[ Right. Can't quite put his finger on it but something's not sounding all that right there? Just a bit. But he's not about to pry; he knows she's a very stubborn and strong-willed woman so who is he to say how she and the King are?

So, instead, he gives a bit of a nod. ]

I appreciate the offer, but the couch will be fine. I've slept on worse.

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We shall see. My room is not the largest in the world, but I think that I can fit another mattress in there. Something that would be far more comfortable than the couch.

[ She doesn't like the thought of Nyx crammed on the couch, and she knows that Noctis and Ignis will feel the same way. ]

It's easier for me to keep watch if I'm on the couch. Something happens, I can get to it more quickly.

[ Even though he's died and even though this isn't Insomnia or Eos or anything that has to do with him, he's still a man who wishes to protect those he has loyalties to. Those who can't protect themselves. Those he considers friends. That much, with death, hasn't changed. ]

I see.

[ She's quiet for a moment because amusement is slowly beginning to creep over her again, though she's careful not to let it show on her face just yet. ]

What if something comes in through one of the bedroom windows? You would not even know until...

[ She looks back at him and slowly drags her finger across her throat in a gesture that very much screams murder. ]

[ Do you see this look he's giving you right now, Luna? You probably remember it showing up a few times throughout the course of your time together with the Glaive, brief as it was. But oh, how some things never change. On both their ends it seems. So she shouldn't be all that surprised when he puffs out a sigh and glances off to the side for a moment, fingers tapping against the arm of the couch. ]

You're terrible. Anyone ever told you that before?

[ That. That is the most amusing part about this. Nyx is going to provide hours and hours of endless entertainment and he doesn't even realize it. But her expression doesn't change, she merely tips her head to the side. ]

I've no idea what you are talking about. But you did not answer my question, however will you spring to action if someone or something comes in through one of the bedroom windows?

[ Throwing a hand up in the air, he stares off in disbelief at this question. As if he were being interviewed for the job of a bodyguard or something. ]

Hopefully be attached to the King's magic while here? Boobytrap the windows?

[ This is literally the most fun she's had since she's been here, and she's had a lot of fun, okay. ]

Yes, yes. Of course. But what if one of us is trying to climb through a window and we trigger those traps?

[ Because climbing through windows is a normal person thing. ]

[ Yeah except it's totally not? ]

Why are you- nevermind. I don't want to know.

[ That's what makes her crack a wide smile. His answers remind her of the answers her brother would give... mostly. ]

I was merely kidding. You sleep wherever you feel you are most comfortable, but don't be surprised if Ignis tells you no. He'll want you to be comfortable, too.

If I hear it from the King, then I'll be worried.

[ Though he gets the feeling Noctis will just as readily kick him off the couch and shove him into a room. ]

Oh, you will hear it from Noctis, too. Believe me. He can be a mother hen sometimes when he feels like it.

[ ...though mostly he's more akin to a lazy cat. ]

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