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TEST DRIVE MEME #5
TEST DRIVE MEME #5
Hello and welcome to the In the Night test drive meme for October! Thanks for your interest in our game! Reserves open on October 20, and applications open on October 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 10 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
MAMMA MIA
The town is quiet, the forest spirits behave business-as-usual, Rastus doesn't know what's up. Whatever's going on, you'll have to figure it out for yourself.
And you will, though the hallucinations are subtle at first: objects moving when they shouldn't, people's proportions looking just a bit off, voices in an empty room, and so on. Is it just your mind playing tricks in the darkness? Might be! As the days go on, the hallucinations are harder to ignore, no matter how much you may wish to wave them off as flukes. What's wrong with everyone's faces? When did all the howling start? Who do you hold onto when the world drops out from under you? And those hands...
While you might know it can't be real, it certainly feels real. But at least it can't last forever... Right?
This prompt is a mini version of the game's Bury a Friend event.
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!
Although the month is already well underway, residents of Beacon will notice a brand new shipment being delivered to the general store—only this one comes via the forest, as a small legion of spirits quickly drop off crates of boxes at its doorstep before scampering back into the woods. Hopefully nobody is riding too hard on hoping for further rations or supplies, because opening them up quickly squashes any notions of a full month's restock. Instead, it looks like each crate is bursting with costumes! Coming in all shapes and sizes to fit anyone of any age or decree, there’s plenty to choose from. Something scary? Magical? Clever? Or maybe even a bit on the sultry side? Dig deep enough, and you’re sure to find something to suit your tastes, props, accessories, wigs and all!
If nothing else, surely you can find an alternate use for a bit of spare fabric in your size, but what's the harm of having a bit of fun? But, oh, be careful if you're playing dress-up while the hallucinations from the event are in play... These costumes might just have a funny effect on you. 🤔!
network prompts
S.O.S.
The morning is interrupted by an alert. The text, which helpfully converts itself to automated speech when opened, reaches every inbox across Beacon, refusing to disappear until acknowledged. The problem? The username it comes from is glitched and unreadable, and all attempts at responding directly appear fruitless. The message is simple, three words:
There's nothing that seems to be able to be done about it, but with the earnestness in which it appears, maybe it would be wise to discuss it with the other residents. Isn’t there something you can do, even to track down the source? Maybe that will help you better put it from your mind.
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
The longer you stay in Beacon, the clearer it is that you’re here for the long haul. And, on that note, the clearer it is that this place is going to need a lot of work to meet your standards. Obviously there isn’t much that can be done about certain things, like the state of lighting, or some of your potentially missing powers, but there are a lot of things that would certainly improve your personal quality of life. And for that matter, maybe some of your ideas would be agreeable to others, as well.
Whether you’re here to call for the establishment of a club, a new business, or even some kind of monthly therapy circle, the best way to get your message across is to turn to the Network and give your pitch. Whatever skills you may be lacking in the organization of this project, there’s undoubtedly someone out there who can provide. What are you waiting for? No time like the present to start collecting signatures!
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[Sally scoffs. She stares at Akechi maybe a touch too long before catching herself, and abruptly looks away. Immediately, despite herself, that familiar sense of insecurity sinks in. It's stupid, she knows it. They're dead, so why does it matter what she looks like or what she's wearing or just how painfully unremarkable she feels? Clearing her throat, she tries to talk past it.]
Are you, um...as new here as I am?
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[They may be dead, but that doesn't mean they can't have their opinions on how they look yet. Honestly, the fact that Goro was even here and alive (if you could call it that in a place where everyone is dead)... It's better than what he expected to happen to him. Than again... Where did you go when you died anyway?]
I've been here for a little while, but yeah, I'm still getting my bearing on this place.
[So it was doubtful that she knew much about this place either, but any information was better than none. So he'll stick out his gloved hand to her. ]
My name is Goro Akechi. It's a pleasure to meet you.
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[She shakes his hand a bit bashfully, then quickly shoves them back in her pockets.]
You're from...Japan, then?
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Yeah, I live in Tokyo.
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[God, she's not good at this. Why did she even speak up in the first place when he obviously wanted to be left alone? Stupid, stupid Sally.]
I guess that means there's no real limit on where they pull us from.
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It makes me wonder just how far this place is willing to pull us from.
[If she was from Singapore and he was from Japan, maybe this extended further than Earth itself? After all, the fact that there was no light beyond the bonfire and their lanterns seemed like a good enough example to show that things didn't work the same here as they did back home. In the end, did it really matter though? They were dead, after all. What hurry was there to go back home when you had nothing to return to?]
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[And she's come to learn in the not-too-recent past that there are such strange things out there, possible. It makes all of this more surreal than frightening. It could be worse, right? She looks at her lantern as she thinks.]
S'long as no one's trying to eat our souls, it could be worse.
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Is that a common occurrence back in Singapore or England?
[He doesn't believe it is, but who knows? If nothing, he's just trying to lighten the mood. Honestly, he was moody enough as if for the both of them.]
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[she doesn't seem sure what to say. Sally frowns, shaking her head.]
No. I mean, I don't think so. I wouldn't say so...
[But that seems like an incredibly strained and unhelpful answer, so she tries for a bit more.]
You know, like, the general idea of paranormal happenings? Things that people claim happen, but there's no real proof or credible documentation, so as far as you know it's all a load of bollocks? That's as much as I know about it. Everything was normal one day, and then the next day, suddenly something happens to you that completely changes the way you see the world.
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I was asking rhetorically. Although I can't say you're wrong.
[He was kidding, but it seemed to have
oddlylightened the mood.]