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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[nyxulric]

[ Heals fast, huh? What is it with running into people who have that ability? Sure would have come in handy for him a few times in the past.

The shifting of the mess and wood around them catches his attention and he shoulders a little more of the weight of the cracked beam he has against him. The rain blowing sideways and the wind whipping around doesn't help much in the way of keeping things from slipping or collapsing further but when he hears her speak of the lantern she carries with her, he glances off to his own. Yeah, still looks fine. ]

Give it to me here.

[ And as he speaks loudly over the wind and rain and boom of thunder, he reaches a hand through the mess while still keeping the cracked beam from collapsing further and making everything even worse than it already is. ]

[otrazhenie]

[ What she doesn't say is that she hasn't exactly tested said healing here. So far, her head injury isn't giving her any trouble, leading her to believe things are still working as normal, but she knows from experience that those sorts of things can be deceptive. And that's to say nothing about her ability to heal others. That's something that would be very good to know whether it was still functioninG, the opportunity to try it out just (thankfully?) hasn't presented itself yet.

It's with a very great deal of trust and a complete lack of caution that Elena holds out her lantern, working her arm through a gap to reach his hand and letting go of the handle once he has a grip on it. ]

Give me a few feet of clearance but don't go too far.

[ She's not entirely sure of the exact distance they can be away from their lanterns, but it would really suck to go to all this effort to keep hers safe only for distance from it to be what kills her. ]

[nyxulric]

[ Fingers grip tight at the precious light encased within the lantern and he's careful in drawing it out of the mess and closer to him. Hasn't been here that long, no, but he's already picked up on the whole don't lose or break your lantern part and thankfully not from personal experience.

But when she asks for a few feet of clearance, he gives a confused sort of look, wanting to make sure he heard that right. Would be nice with the way this beam is weighing down on him but it makes him wonder just what she's got planned or even up her sleeve if he needs to haul tail a little. ]

Just a few.

[ He confirms her request but has no intention of being anymore than a foot or two off to the side in case she needs help. So, with both lanterns in hand and another howl from the storm, he steps over the rubble and off to the side. ]

Clear!

[otrazhenie]

[ Every step he takes is closely followed, her enhanced hearing trained on the slight sound of squishy footfalls that would normally be masked by rain thudding against the ground in a torrential patter. She pays close attention to where he moves not just to know he's done as she asked, but also to know which direction to keep the brunt of force away from. Because it is with great force that she finally moves those beams, her strength allowing her to push them as easily as if they were two-by-fours. A few of the beams splinter from that force, cracking and scraping at her skin as they tumble away from her and out across the square, and more of the structure collapses both inward and out, whatever had held it upright now irreparably damaged.

It's a mess that she's just made worse, but the rainy sky is above her now and she's finally able to climb over the debris without the burden of keeping her lantern safe. ]

[nyxulric]

[ It might be difficult to see in the storm howling and screaming around them with rain and wind, but his eyebrows come to raise as he watches the way in which she forces the cracked beams up with, from what he can tell, is little to no effort.

He feels himself start out of instinct when he catches sight of structure collapsing in again. But when he comes to see her climb her way out, he relents, for just a moment, before he quickly steps his way over to her, both lanterns in hand. ]

Gotta admit, not so sure you needed much of my help after all.

[ He holds her lantern out for her then, letting it dangle there from the tips of hs fingers. ]

[otrazhenie]

[ The fact that he doesn't immediately question how she was able to do what she just did tells her that it's probably not unheard of where he's from. Maybe not common, but he's seen enough that's not Normal Human behavior to not be completely shocked by it. That's... comforting, in a way. Might even make it easier when she tells him.

Taking the lantern from him, she shakes her head, squinting as a veritable river runs down her face. ]

I wouldn't have risked something happening to the lantern. I'm not ready to die again just yet — at least, not like this. So thank you.

[nyxulric]

[ Considering when tied to the King's magic he's capable of warping around, among other things, it's not too shocking for him to see. A bit surprising, maybe, if only because it's still not the sort of thing you freely run into every day.

But when she takes her lantern, he nods, his own kept close to him as water continues to stream down his face and fingers. ]

Guess that makes two of us then.

[ Been there, done that. But while a collapsing makeshift shelter might not have sent her on her way again, this storm doesn't seem to be letting up any and he looks to her through the rain pouring around them. ]

Might be a good idea to get out of this though.