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]

[ Yeah except it's totally not? ]

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

[luxoraculi]

[ 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.

[nyxulric]

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. ]

[luxoraculi]

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. ]

[nyxulric]

Well until then, I'll take the couch.

[ He's fighting a losing battle. He knows. But maybe, just maybe he might get his way here. Though with Luna? Probably not likely. ]

[luxoraculi]

Of course you will.

[ She doesn't sound very confident about that, because it's going to be a vote of three against one. ]

Though I would prefer it if you would stay with me, honestly.

[nyxulric]

[ She seems pretty adamant about him being in there, but he still finds it to be strange what with Noctis being here and all. So, with a sigh through his nose, he glances off to the side. ]

Would think you might prefer the King in there.

[luxoraculi]

Why would I want that?

[ Her cheeks do flush a little bit, and she looks down into her lap, clasping her hands together. ]

He has his own room.

[nyxulric]

[ You know what, he's just... not. Going to. Get into this. It's not any of his business anyway and so, with a fleeting glance given to her out of the corner of his eye, he sighs again, briefly giving a shake of his head. ]

At least you've got some sort of palace here.

[ Referring to that colourful bouncy castle. Yeah. ]

[luxoraculi]

[ It's probably for the best. Luna may have to step out and just not come back for like a week again. ]

Oh! Yes... I asked for a small little bounce house for Noctis and I. But... then they gave us a large one. You should have seen Noctis and I trying to drag it home. You should have seen Ignis's face when he saw it.

[nyxulric]

[ No doing that, Luna. Nyx will chase you down. Again. It's like he never left home. But he chuckles a bit as he tilts his head. Yeah, he can definitely see how Ignis must have taken that. ]

Who's they? And why are you asking for bounce castles?

[luxoraculi]

[ No one could stop her before, ain't no one gonna do it now!! It's not her fault if she goes for a walk and conveniently gets lost... ]

Well... not so much 'they'. But one being known as Rastus. He's... he's a bird person. But he's very kind. He brings things that we request if it's in his capabilities, every single month.

[nyxulric]

A bird person.

[ Right. Sure, why not? ]

So... why did you want a bouncy castle again?

[luxoraculi]

Yes. A kind bird person. A crow person...

[ It sounds crazy, but hear her out. ]

Well... someone made a faux bounce house during a festival. And I've never experienced one... Noctis and I were talking about how fun it would be to do the things we never got to do together as children. So... I requested it.

[nyxulric]

[ There's a smile that threatens to tug at his lips as he listens to her explain her reasoning for the requesting that "bouncy castle" and he can't help but give a shake of his head. Well, who is he to judge? ]

So it can be anything?

[ Because he's looking his Glaive uniform over and... it could use some fixing. Not to mention, coming to pull one of his daggers out from its holster against his leg. ]

I lost my other one of these back when I fighting Drautos.

[luxoraculi]

[ You're not getting away with not getting dragged in there, bro. ]

Yes! There's no guarantee he will bring it, but he does try very hard.

[ As if she isn't going to work on mending what you've got anyways... Ignis will too. They'll have to find him a new wardrobe asap though. ]

I'm certain that he will help you with that. I don't know if it will be a perfect match, but I'll bet he would be more than happy to try.

[nyxulric]

Long as it's not something like a toy sword.

[ Because that would certainly strike fear into the hearts of... whatever's around here. That creepy doll. But he looks to Luna a little more directly then and sighs. ]

I'm sorry it didn't go like we hoped.

[ That Noctis, the one to save their future, was here. ]

[luxoraculi]

I... I don't believe Rastus would do that.

[ Actually she's not sure... best not to dwell on it, probably. Besides, that next statement is far more serious. She looks down for a moment, before reaching over to place a gentle hand on his forearm. ]

I am sorry, too. I promised you that I would make sure that the future would be safe, and I failed to deliver on that. Forgive me, Nyx.

[nyxulric]

Hey.

[ He's quick with that response, looking to her a little more sternly so as to get his point across. ]

You really gotta stop with all the apologies, you know. We did what we could. We all did.

[luxoraculi]

I can't help it... but you're right. We did.

[ It doesn't help that at some point, Noctis would have ended up here anyways. Because that was the cruelty of their destiny, and it wasn't fair. But she'd been so sure that Noctis, of all people, could defy such a fate. What she would give to see him sit the throne, strong and happy and basking in the dawn. ]

[nyxulric]

[ Amidst the silence, he reaches out to her and places a hand over hers. Gently, he allows for a squeeze to be given, a means of silent reassurance so as not to allow the guilt to drown her right here on the couch. ]

We did.

[luxoraculi]

[ Smiling, she looks back over at Nyx and turns her hand so her palm is facing upwards so that she can grasp his hand and squeeze it back. ]

I am sorry that you ended up here. I was hoping that you of all people would end up in a place far, far better than this.