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memesinthenight2019-06-14 11:39 pm
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TEST DRIVE MEME #1
TEST DRIVE MEME #1
Hello and welcome to the In the Night test drive meme for June! Thanks for your interest in our game! Reserves open on June 20, and applications open on June 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/application cap of
20 apps per month(this has been waived for the first month!).- 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.
- Though threads can become canon, they cannot count toward AC.
- 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
YOU'RE DEAD, JIM
You haven't been in Beacon long when you find yourself in Bonfire Square, staring into the flames and thinking about how you ended up here. Maybe it was an accident, a sudden freak thing that you never saw coming until you woke up on the ferry, or maybe it's a miracle you made it as long as you did. Maybe death was a relief. Maybe it was just your time. Whatever the case, you can't help but reflect on your final moments as you linger in the firelight.
But however you died, it's behind you now, and you're here, stuck in this little town with just a few buildings and a smattering of other people. You're going to be here a while, so you may as well get to know your neighbors, but... Would it be cathartic to commiserate about your deaths? Or is your time better spent stocking up at the general store? Then again, you've got plenty of time, so why not catch a drink or two (or three) at the Invincible? Pretend you're unaffected by your death, and, well. Fake it 'til you make it, perhaps.
Point is, you have options. You're dead, you died, and this is your "life" now. Better get used to it.
AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES
Currently, there's only one place to live (technically speaking) in Beacon: the Invincible, a tavern and inn located in Bonfire Square. Luckily, the place has working amenities (minus light), and the forest spirits don't charge anything for your stay. Unfortunately, it seems there may not be enough rooms for everyone. Guess you'll have to get cozy!
Maybe you'll try to pick a roommate from around town or in the bar downstairs, or maybe you'll just walk into the first room you see and choose that way. Want a room all to yourself? Get ready to fend off any potential intruders. And the fun doesn't end there.
The Invincible's rooms aren't all created equal. Some may have had their furniture stolen or become a dumping ground for unwanted pieces, resulting in a single bed, five dressers, and other equally distressing situations. Will someone sleep on the floor? Will you nail two beds together to form bunk beds? Maybe you just want to make this room into something more like home— potentially to your roommate's chagrin. Whatever you decide, this is where you're staying for now, so you might as well get comfortable.
network prompts
HACKER VOICE: I'M IN
In order to use the network, you have to register a username. Er, at least, that's how it's supposed to work. For some reason, new users have recently been able to bypass that requirement, allowing them to post anonymously. Time to troll strangers on the magical internet!
Eventually though, you'll need a username in order to use the tablet's other functions, like the direct messaging system. So hey, why not take advantage of the ability to source opinions, and workshop your potential usernames on the network? Share ideas, get feedback, steal ideas, critique others, and figure out what you want everyone to call you.
TURN ON YOUR LOCATION
When you wake up, you're in the woods. An iron shackle complete with a chain leashes you to a tree, and the only light you have is your lantern. You've never seen this area of the woods before. You certainly didn't go to sleep here.
Hm.
But, all is not lost. You find your phone in your pocket, as well as a scrap of paper covered back to front in cryptic scribbles. Are these clues to your location? They must be. You also spot a key dangling from a branch, though it's hanging from a tree you'll never be able to reach from here. Perhaps someone on the network will be able to lend you a hand...
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network / un: parker
Do you mind narrowing it down?
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I mean exactly this. Being dropped off in an abandoned town that's surrounded by woods and there's no way out.
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But to answer the more specific question: no. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in a movie though.
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More or less crazy?
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What kind of weird things are you talking here?
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Aliens? Costumed super-heroes/villains? I mean, weird's pretty relative, but apparently we're not all from the same place — temporally or physically, so until we get a base-line of 'normal'...
Although I'm still calling my roommate's tendency to steal underwear because he's too lazy to do laundry weird, but that's probably not up there with (interplanetary?) kidnapping.
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Aliens? [ This is more shocking than superheroes.
MCU Generation. ] From other planets? Really?[ A small sticking point. ]
That's not weird that's gross. Some things just aren't for sharing. Not even with a sibling, let alone a roommate.
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Aliens from planets other than Earth, yes.
Look, I'm just going to reiterate the stealing part of his actions. [ because yes: gross, but also the fact that it even occurred to fred is still pretty weird as far as peter's concerned, okay. ]
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What are they like? [ The broadest of questions. ]
Was he stealing them to wear them or does this get creepy in a different way?
[ She's reached the point where she just has so many questions. ]
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Alien? I don't know, sorry, my experiences were pretty limited to seeing them at the end of a lens or on TV. [ hashtag lie. ]
Wearing. But trust me, that doesn't make it any better.
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[ That sure is a complicated question. ]
I'll let you know when I figure it out but I'm still here.
[ Which is about as well as anyone can be doing under the circumstances. ]
Do you think all this could be Aliens?
There's really no good place to go after underwear stealing.
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Still here’s good. But listen - I know none of us really know each other yet, but we’re all in this together, so if you need an ear to help figure it out, let me know.
You looked up at the sky recently? It’s possible, but I’m going to hope not because I’m just an ex-journalist, not Sigourney Weaver in disguise.
It gets worse: not only did he steal my underwear, the reason I know is because he spends his day AND night lounging on the (my!) sofa playing Call of Duty: Latveria in as few clothes as he can manage. It ‘enhances the experience’, apparently...
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Figuring it out with people didn't work so well for me the last time. It's how I ended up here.
[ Knowing how pessimistic that sounds. ]
But thanks. [ She means that part at least. ]
I don't think what we were really matters now. Only what we do next. What this is, why we're here? It's not going to mean much if we don't start thinking about how we're going to live now.
[ She's far from your average teenager. ]
Why exactly were you still living with him???
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[ also, wow, peter feels like he's just been schooled by a teenager IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED... ] That's a good way of looking at it, but I'd say it matters a little bit: the people we were led to the choices we made, and I'm willing to bet not everyone here made the choice they'd make again if they had to go through it all again. What we were and what we did, maybe that's why we're here.
But you're right: how we move on from that... That's the important thing right now.
[ or: (live in denial and futilely) try to find a way back home. ]
Uh... we needed a third person on the lease and apparently he was the best option we had. [ a p p a r e n t l y. ] Believe me, I ask myself the same question every day. The one positive of being here is that he isn't.
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Why are you so sure I had a choice?
[ Who says they can't do both? ]
So what you're really saying is that you were too nice to kick him out.
[ Who puts up with underwear stealing unless they're a nice guy? No matter how much rent costs. ]
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[ allie peter is unemployed. he can barely cover his own share of the rent let alone someone else's.
also being able to keep an eye on someone that is a low-grade super-villain (small-s, not really super in any definition of the word) is pretty handy. ]
...Yeah, maybe. (My other roommate knows all of my weaknesses.)
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[ It's. A whole lot of complicated, Peter. So. Very complicated. ]
Maybe try not to repeat that mistake here. Not sure there's enough underwear to go around :)
1/2
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There's a general store though. Detergent. Uh... [ washing machines? maybe? are they going to have to handwash? allie do u know how much washing the suit requires? ] Look, I know I started it, but let's move on from this topic of conversation? I don't think I have enough words to convey how sorry am I at where it's led.
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Probably for the best. For what it's worth though? I promise to warn you if I come across anyone who looks in need of underwear. Safety in numbers I hear.
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Thanks. My dignity will owe you.