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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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[You're not getting off that easy, Raylan's Pride.]
And no, it's not metaphorical.
I used to say I could sleep when I was dead.
Turns out I can't sleep now, either.
It's a waste of time anyway, and there's really no reason to bother with it.
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Well, you know what they say: sarcasm is the highest form of flattery
More importantly though, how are you not dead, kiddo?
[ what. he just sounds young. he sounds like a young person. ]
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And wait, I'm sorry, did you just refer to me as "kiddo"? As in "a child"?
I have two PhDs. I am not a "kiddo".
How old are you even?
I'm still alive because sleep isn't necessary here.
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1. It was a little thing I like to call a joke
2. Yes
3. Boy genius?
4. Older than you
5. That implies you can still do it if you want to.
Do you want me to put you down for a nap?
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1. In order for it to be a joke, it has to be funny.
2-4. I'm 32. In Terran/Earth years whatever the hell you people call it. Where I'm from, humans regularly live in excess of 200, so yes in the grand scheme that's quite young, but still very much an adult.
5. You can, but why would you?
I'm not dignifying the last question with a response.
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[ two through four are getting absolutely zilch from him. he's decided to take compartmentalising to a new extreme, here. anything he doesn't fully understand or believe isn't getting any time to even sink into his brain. nothing has ever more accurately demonstrated the phrase 'in one ear and out the other'. ]
5. Here's my theory: if you shut your eyes for even ten minutes you might find a new level of calm hitherto unexperienced by man
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2-4. Is willful ignorance truly as blissful as they say? Do tell.
5. I'll pass on that, thanks.
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2-4. Almost as blissful as not getting down off of one's high horse, yeah
5. I don't want to offend you but I'm worried that one day it'll all hit you at once and you'll fall asleep like Rip Van Winkle
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I'm touched. Really.
But I've been here a year already and so far no had issues.
I assure you I'm quite fine.
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Sometimes a guy just likes to get some shut eye and there's nothing wrong with that
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To be quite honest, I have no idea what the second one even means.
Didn't that used to mean some sort of geographical feature?
Whether you sleep or not makes no difference to me.
Do whatever you want, I'm not responsible for you.
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It did actually
I grew up in one
[ he's not doing this number thing again. ]
A holler
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Alright, let's start the process of deciphering cryptic ancient words I guess.
"Holler" could be derived from "hole" though I guess based on likely pronunciation it's probably closer to "hollow".
Either of those meanings suggests some sort of depression or carved-out space.
So, did you grow up in a cave? A ravine? A valley of some sort?
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Didn't need to bust out the dictionary
It's a valley
[ ... ]
What d'you mean, "ancient words"?
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I'll answer your question with another question: what year are you from?
I'm going somewhere with this.
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Wherever you're going, can it be somewhere close
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I'm from over a thousand years in your future.
Well, probably not your future, the branching theory of time being what it is.
But the future of humanity, in any case.
Hence the term "ancient".
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I really walked into that one huh
You get excited at the prospect of dropping that bombshell?
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It's no more a bombshell than you telling me what year you're from.
From my perspective, I'm stuck here with mostly people from over a thousand years ago.
Imagine if you came to this town and found that it was full of medieval peasants.
I'm at least lucky enough that you won't burn me at the stake for knowing how a tablet works, but the principle is the same.
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There's time yet to burn some witches
[ this is a joke. mostly. ]
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Though I suppose you could try to convince Rastus to let you set up a public execution in the square.
I think he might even say yes if you tell him who it's for.
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Honestly, I don't exactly care whether you all like me or not.
I care whether or not we live, and that's it.
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