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TEST DRIVE MEME #9
TEST DRIVE MEME #9
Hello and welcome to the In the Night test drive meme for March! Thanks for your interest in our game! In an effort to streamline our application process and avoid future confusion between incoming and existing players, we will no longer have a reservation period. Applications open on March 22, and will be judged on a first-come, first-served basis.
While you're here...
- Take a look at our rules and faq pages to familiarize yourself with the game.
- Note that we have a (current) application cap of 15 apps this month for new players, as the game has a player cap of 70. 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 top-leveling is not limited to new characters! If current players wish to post a starter, 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).
- If you haven't already, please take a moment to look at our announcement regarding changes to the application cycle, which involves information concerning the 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
DANCING QUEEN (cw corpses)
When the ferry chugs up to the dock, its speakers are crackling with a happy song. What a fun way to bring in all the newcomers! Except... goodness, what's that terrible stench? The ferry docks and lowers its gangway as per usual, but the ship is quiet. No newcomers flock to the deck to disembark, and instead, the faint sound of buzzing flies can be heard over the breeze.
Boarding the ferry quickly reveals the source of the flies: decaying bodies, dozens of them, are littered throughout the ship. Some lie in bunks and could be asleep if it weren't for the rot, and others are strewn throughout the cargo hold and the deck. There are no lanterns among them, and there aren't any signs of fighting or struggle around the ship. Inspecting the bodies (if anyone seriously wants to do that) won't yield any definitive answers in terms of cause of death, but, oh. Though it's difficult to tell at first glance due to the decay, these bodies... They're residents of Beacon.
Maybe you find your friend or yourself or, oh, there's Rastus! And Robin! The gang's all here, albeit disgustingly—and Dancing Queen crackles over the speakers. Welcome, welcome!
—but before the ferry departs again, the corpses start to move. Moving about the ship, someone might first hear a sigh, or a sputter, or a little laugh, and maybe it could be brushed off as a trick of the mind until the bodies stand, hoisting themselves up with whatever limbs they have left, and drag themselves toward the deck. One by one, they slip clumsily over the railing and back into the lake, but not before they drop their disguises and slowly contort back into their usual forest spirit bodies (source).
Ugh. Frickin' spirits.
WELCOME TO OUR GAME: INTO THE DARK
In spite of the strange occurrences starting off the month, there's still work to be done in Beacon. Or perhaps it's precisely due to this that Rastus calls for the attention of anyone who will listen as they pass by his station at the bonfire. All but shoving a torch in your hand, he requests that you place it around one of the many locations that could use a source of light! A lot of new places have been discovered recently, after all.
In the event that you choose to choose to play with this prompt as game canon, please remember to report where you choose to place a torch on the item request page so the setting can be updated accordingly! For incoming players, this can be reported retroactively!
These efforts would be a great service to the community at large; Rastus reminds everyone that while the bonfire is a finite resource, it's still a resource that's meant to be utilized.
network prompts
IF YOU DIE IN THE GAME YOU DIE FOR REAL
Not long after the ferry shows up with, uh, no people and a whole lotta corpses (that turn out to be forest spirits playing a very uncool prank), Robin makes a post to the network!
Oh holy god uhhhh OK so no idea what's going on with the ferry this month, wow. Data from the portal is saying nobody new came through, so... nothing to worry about!!! Probably!! I really don't know anything more than you guys right now but I'm gonna get in touch with Dr. Solis. She'll have a better idea of what's going on than me. I'll get back to you all as soon as we figure out what's up.
In the meantime..........!!! I thought it might be fun to play some games to get our minds off stuff? How about hangman! Here's how to play if you don't know!
She attaches a little set of instructions for any characters not in the know. Fun stuff!
But, uh oh. If you get a letter wrong, you'll notice it's getting just a bit more difficult to breathe... Is the air particularly heavy today? Allergies, maybe? No, the feeling only gets worse as the game continues, each incorrect guess tightening an invisible noose around your neck.
The only way out is through, it seems, as nothing provides any relief save for winning a game. But what happens if you lose...?
(If asked, Robin also has no idea what's up with that. Heck! Maybe it's the lanterns acting up again? In any case, the weird hangman curse will resolve itself within a day or two.)
PARTICIPATION FOR CLOWNS
All at once, a notice arrives in everyone's inboxes. It appears to be some sort of strange attempt at a bingo card! It would, potentially, be a mystery as to who crafted this and, well, exactly what it's supposed to mean, were it not for the underlying message that accompanies it.
The real problem here being, of course, that the librarian's apparent game is a bit, well, difficult to understand. Well, it's possible that it won't require any stringent rules. Ultimately, those who bring in a bingo card that has a row of marks in any particular fashion will receive a free gift compliment of the spirit as a way to promote the library. There might be some fabric missing where the shirt has been bitten into, but, hey, nobody's perfect.
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Oh yeah? Which songs did you like? [ And would they be on Songbird? He pulls out his tablet and puts in on the counter, then hustles away to find a bowl. ] Naminé, wanna help me find some things?
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[Would he sing them for her while they cook?]
Oh? I don't know what they're called but I might be able to find them again. [It will take some time and before she can find one, Sora is moving across the kitchen to start making pancakes.] Yeah. What do we need to find? I know where a pan is and a spatula. [The things required to make grilled cheese.]
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Yeah, a pan about this big - [ And he'll make a circle with his hands that is a little bigger than the average pancake ] - and spatula for right now! Leave them next to the stove and head to the fridge after that.
[ He grins, already humming. ] We can find some songs that are pretty close to what I remember on Songbird for right now, and then after we can go back upstairs and you can look for them before we go for the next memories.
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Oh. Yes. [Being able to look into Sora's memories helps a little bit with these things. It still surprises her that he's so comfortable when she's in his head. Most people get very tense when she mentions it.] That's a good idea.
[She opens the fridge and is instantly touched by cold and overwhelmed by the amount of food.]
Um... what am I getting from here? There is a lot of food.
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[ He's not going to think to ask if she knows what those look like, but if she asks, he'll fill her in! In the meantime, he's gotten a bowl and put in on the counter and is rooting around for flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. ]
Put 'em next to the bowl when you find 'em.
[ Okay, step 2: not dropping all of the dry ingredients. They probably need another bowl for the wet ingredients, huh?]
Do you remember what the songs sounded like? The ones Soldat showed you.
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[She grabs the milk first because that one is obvious and also fairly large.] I'll grab them one at a time. [Naminé places the milk next to the bowl and then goes back for the butter and eggs. Eggs aren't too hard to find either and she grabs the dozen, placing it on the counter as well.
It's about this time the fridge has been open for nearly ten minutes and there is a light blinking to indicate that the door has been left open.] What does butter look like?
Soldat? Oh! They were instrumental songs but they had a lot besides piano. I think he called it Jazz.
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[ Yup! Soldat. ] Oh, you like jazz? [ Sora will grab that bowl for the wet ingredients and scroll down Songbird, hitting this song at random. He decides he likes it. ] Ah, this one has singing. Not a lot of piano either. Still okay? [ He'll let autoplay choose the next song, although if it goes too long without an instrumental, he'll try for something else. ]
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She nods her head and organizes the items before standing off to the side so she's out of the way.]
I do. [She smiles as music fills the kitchen.] Yes. I like it. I don't think I've heard music I don't like yet. The castle didn't have any music, not like this. It's really... beautiful.
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Okay, wash your hands first, then help me with the dry ingredients. [ It's mostly going to be her holding out the measuring cups and him pouring, but he wants her to contribute! Flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda first. ]
No music, huh. [ Wasn't that one guy with the big guitar thing a musician? He wonders if she's ever met him. Things to ask. ] Why do you like the piano, do you think? There are lots of instruments out there.
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Okay. [Naminé goes to wash her hands and returns to Sora's side. There are occasional glances at the refrigerator, at least until Sora assures her that it's fine.
She is very happy holding measuring cups and it does make her feel like she's helping even though she isn't really doing anything.]
Well, the piano is the only instrument I thought of and there is one here. I think I would like how many instruments are played. What do you think? Is there an instrument you'd like to hear or think I'd be able to learn? Would you want to learn how to play?
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Me? [ Sora thinks back. ] I took art lessons in high school, so I don't really know how to play anything. My little sister - [ -- Oh. Uh. He scratches his nose. No amount of memory reorganization can fix that, can it? ] Um, the. The family I had, um, in New Jersey. I. Had a little sister. She sang.
[ He pauses, embarrassed. This is absolutely not what Naminé asked for. ] Um, you could... try the ocarina? They have them for free at the general store.
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[She's always wanted a sister or family to call her own. In a way, she's related to Kairi but Naminé has only briefly been able to speak to her other whole. She doesn't realize that Kairi has the feelings and memories she'd experienced through the castle.]
Day mentioned those. That's how you speak to the spirits right? I can try that. Maybe we can play together?
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She was a brat. [ Sora pauses, then shakes his head rapidly, handing Namine a fork, making sure it sits right in her hand. ] Nah, she was just really strong willed. Pushy, too. It was good. Can you stir this up a little? [ He motions to the bowl of flour and sugar and other dry ingredients. He's going to do the wet ingredients himself, melting the butter and stirring it into the eggs and oil. ]
Um. She grew up really girly, and she got everything she wanted, but not in a bad way. She always wanted good things, you know? For herself and for other people. Really princessy about it. I wanted her to be happy, so when she asked me to do nice things, I couldn't say no.
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[She's going to look forward to it but then, Naminé always looks forward to spending time with Sora.] I can. [She'll stir very slowly to keep everything in the bowl but it does eventually get mixed.]
You're a good brother.
[She smiles.]
I always wanted a family. I hoped... I hoped when I meet Kairi, we could be like a family. But I sort of have that here. With everyone.
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I'm gonna pour some of this into this. [ Wet into dry. He nods at her spoon. ] Keep stirring it all up. It doesn't have to be all the way mixed, you want it to be a little lumpy.
[ He likes to think he was a good brother, especially when he started living life as Skyler. Ari caught the difference almost right away, and that got a little messy, but luckily, that all got sorted out and things were almost normal after a couple of months. It was nice, for a while. ]
Yeah. [ He starts pouring the wet ingredients a little bit. Start stirring, Naminé. ] If we can send you back home, she'll still be there, waiting for you. I bet she'd be happy to have a new sister. [ Not to depreciate the connections she's making here, of course, but he also wants to make sure she realizes that her life doesn't have to end here, anywhere. She has a place where she belongs, after all, and Sora wants her to go back. ]