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In the Night Moderators ([personal profile] inthenightmods) wrote in [community profile] 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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littlegentleman: (03)

[personal profile] littlegentleman 2019-06-20 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[In lieu of a response, Will gets little more than a blank stare. The question goes unanswered.]

Are you going to leave it in the hall?
donttalktome: (i'm non secretly judging you)

[personal profile] donttalktome 2019-06-21 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yes. Because then it's someone else's problem.

[Obviously.]
littlegentleman: (05)

[personal profile] littlegentleman 2019-06-21 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Obviously? Obviously that's rude.]

Someone might trip.
donttalktome: <lj user="seethesoldiers"> (you could do that but also don't)

[personal profile] donttalktome 2019-06-21 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Over a dresser? If they're that unobservant, they deserve to trip.

[It's not like a a stool or something. It's a whole-ass dresser. But then again, some people around here...]
littlegentleman: (28)

[personal profile] littlegentleman 2019-06-21 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Deserve to? What an awful thing to say. Junior frowns sadly, but instead of responding, walks the rest of the way through the piece of furniture and into the room that Will was desperately trying to keep people out of.]

Not everyone can see quite so well in the dark.
donttalktome: (good job asshole)

[personal profile] donttalktome 2019-06-21 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't even see that well in the day, and I don't think I've ever run into a large piece of furniture.

[He is clearly the standard to which all people should aspire.]

... You're not planning on staying in here, are you?
littlegentleman: (22)

[personal profile] littlegentleman 2019-06-21 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know.

[The boy looks idly around the room. It's unremarkable. Most of them have been. It seems that the only reason people have become so possessive if a fear for their privacy. But for Junior, it hardly matters at all.]

All of the rooms are full...I might go outside.
donttalktome: (i'll consider it except i won't)

[personal profile] donttalktome 2019-06-22 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay well, at least he doesn't seem to be trying to stick around. Therefore he is clear of Will's ire for now.]

What, are you going to go sleep with Rastus in his... stick tent? I wouldn't advise trying to sleep in the woods. People go missing that way.

[But hey, you do you, ghost-boy.]
littlegentleman: (24)

[personal profile] littlegentleman 2019-06-22 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know.

[RIP.]

Anywhere is fine. The church, perhaps...

[My dumb ass just sticking my RODs in the church.]
donttalktome: <lj user="seethesoldiers"> (ummm what)

[personal profile] donttalktome 2019-06-23 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
You're really considering the church?

[Has he actually seen it? It's creepy as hell.]

You'd be better off sleeping downstairs in the bar.

[Or just be like him and don't sleep ever.]
littlegentleman: (03)

[personal profile] littlegentleman 2019-06-23 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Look not sleeping ever would probably not be a bad idea for him please don't make this child make bad decisions like you, Will.]

...really? I thought churches were supposed to be...like sanctuaries.