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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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[ and he pauses a bit when asked about how he got them, trying to figure out how to explain the subspace panel without taking forever. ] Yeah! I had a special pocket that carried my stuff with me. I’m not sure if it works anymore, though. I've tried to put stuff back in, recently, and no luck!
[ sadness. ] I'm pretty lucky the stuff from inside it came out. I got my art stuff from my friends and I hope you're good with markers and pastels. I prefer to use that stuff the most when drawing.
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[Honestly, anything's fine, but...she is a kid. Markers seem the most appealing.]
What do you like to draw? I like to draw flowers and my friends!
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at the question, daylight takes a second to think about it. ] Ummm... The same, really! I was mostly taught how to draw landscapes and portraits but I'm waaaay better with landscapes. It's been forever since I've drawn hum-
[ and this is where daylight stops himself, knowing the use of 'humans' around actual humans is kind of weird for them. ] I've drawn people. Been real busy with my job to focus on that as much compared to drawing the places I've been to.
[ ... let's go with that. ]
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[It sounds so exciting, she can't help but ask!]
Is it something really important?
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I'm part of a fireteam for the starship crew I'm with! I'm a scout so I do lots of exploration and mapping out and stuff like that. It's so cool! I get to, like, see lots of new places and new faces. Some of the faces are even friendly!
[ in fact, give him a second to look through his sketches... ] Aha! Here they are!
I have some drawings of the places I've been to. Maybe I can make a trade for your cool drawing with one of them?
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[Is he a fire fighter? Ahhh!]
Okay! That would make me really, really happy! Does that mean we're friends, too?
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[ right! ] I'm Daylight, by the way. It's really nice to meet you.
And, um, not really. Fighting fire, I mean. [ how to explain what he does now...? hmmm. ] I explore, basically? Go to new places and make contact with new people and all sorts of stuff! It's super fun.
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[Wouldn't that be a lovely miracle? Mary giggles happily.]
My name is Mary. I'm glad that we're friends. It's okay if you don't fight fire.
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[ and the flood of excitement and happiness at making a friend so soon causes day to be struck with inspiration- ] Hmmm... I have an idea! For the drawing trade.
How about we draw our favourite thing ever and give it to the other when we meet in-person? So we get to know each other better. Who knows? It could give us a good idea of when to give the other a gift!
[ his birthday has long passed but hey! maybe he has a chance to delight and surprise mary. it's the least he can do! ]
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[Sure they're dead but this is still the best day over.]
Okay! I like that! It's a good idea! I have so many favorite things...but I'll figure out what my most favorite is.
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being in a world with others who are also from different worlds means they don't share the same level of culture... history... art... and stuff. meaning he can't just blurt out words like 'soldier's kisses' or 'lilluminaries' and expect someone to get it right away.
the safest thing he can think of to share is something related to earth. maybe... flowers? flowers can work. he can only hope the ones he's thinking of aren't, like, extinct or anything. ]
Hmm... My favourite flowers are lilies. I love how they can come in all sorts of shapes and colours! They used to be my mom's second favourite flowers. [ he faintly remembers the types of lilies that could be found in his mom's gardens back in dust tumbles. they were gorgeous and he wished he recalled them better to draw it for mary. that'll be a great thing to give...! ]