TEST DRIVE: June

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— TEST DRIVE: JUNE —

Welcome to empatheias' test drive meme. This test drive is to help interested players test their characters in the game's environment. We've included a few prompts that incorporate specific elements of the game, though you'll find all of them have a lot of leeway for players to get as creative as necessary. Before diving in, here are a few things we'd like to remind everyone about the game in general:

• Date reminders. Reserves open 25 May and Applications (Canon | OC) open a week later on June 1st. Reminder: Our application cycle only lasts four days.
  
  
• OC Reminder! Just a quick reminder that original characters are allowed. Those interested can also use the test drive. OCs do not need to be reserved.
  
  
• Emotions are key! Empatheias' premise focuses on how anyone's emotions can affect their environment, be it big or small. While not every emotion will cause a reaction, significant ones definitely will. How much effect a character will have will ultimately be up to you, the player. Also, while we're giving a lot of leeway for the test drive, keep in mind that there will be some limits in the actual game.
  
  
• Everyone has an amulet. All characters have a unique amulet that is specialized for them. It will contain all of their emotion drops and it serves as the network device. Remember, communication is telepathic. Otherwise, it works basically the same.
  
  
• Assume the character is already in the game. Because "OMG WHERE AM I IS THIS REAL LIFE" threads aren't going to be very helpful in this test drive! Plus, those are going to happen in-game, anyway. So to make things easier, just assume that they've been around at least a week or so. Still learning the ropes, but not a complete "first day" experience.
  
  
• First or third person allowed. Your threads can be in either first or third, but we'd advise being flexible about it. Remember, these threads can also be used in your application for samples! Reminder: We only require one sample and it can be done in either format. We have also made a change to our sample requirements, so look over the Applications page!
  
  
• Transfer to in-game. If accepted, you can assume threads made on the Test Drive happen in-game if the scenario can reasonably fit. For new characters, these threads do not count for activity check. However, these can be supplementary threads for players already in-game.
  
  
• For your threads, put the Character Name and the Canon in the subject line to help readily identify them. You're also welcome to use more than one prompt for respondents to choose from. If you have any questions or want to brush up on the game information, refer to the Game Information entry. Otherwise, tag around and have fun!
  
  
  Now with that out of the way, here are some prompts you guys can work from!

PROMPTS

• Prompt A: How about giving the emotions a try?

• Prompt B: Refer to the Task Board and choose a task your character may be interested in taking up. For this prompt, you could have your character ask for help, already be in the middle of the job, or react to it in some way. Perhaps they were an unfortunate victim or want to create a job countering an existing one. You could even have a prompt making a job request. Creating jobs for the purpose of the test drive is absolutely doable.

• Prompt C: How about giving the amulets a go? Start a telepathic conversation and see how it works. Remember, the amulets are sending out the owner's thoughts so might want to be careful about how the stream of consciousness goes...

• Prompt D: Empatheias seems to love festivals! Every festival is always filled with so many people - whichever city might be celebrating it. However, the next coming days has Verens filled with people from all over the world. The Nightingale, as most people know her, is a travelling Fortune Teller who has decided to pass through Verens for a few nights. As such, she's set up a booth. She will tell the fortune of whomever wants it for only 10 Sylvs.

Apart from being able to see one's future, The Nightingale also sells various wares that would improve one's luck, one's love life, one's career, and the like. Buying a blue adamantium bracelet is said to triple one's bank account, while buying a red feather hat would give its wearer more opportunities to meet new people. Just about every item for every possible effect can be found in The Nightingale's Shop, and everything is limited edition! Perhaps one may want to try purchasing an item and see what happens.

• Prompt E: Rumours are going around about how The Nightingale’s fortunes and her charms are effective. Verens is abuzz with stories such as that man who stumbled upon some spare Sylvs while wearing one of The Nightingale’s pendants, or a shopkeeper whose profits shot up threefold in a week after she paid the fortune teller a visit. Everyone’s horoscopes as told by The Nightingale, even those as specific as, “You will accidentally run into a wall in the next five minutes” or “You will be unable to control a particularly odious fart while you are walking with a good friend”, are coming true. A strange phenomenon, to be sure, but those who are perceptive and diligent enough may notice that a person’s emotional state might just have something to do with how fortunes come true. Persons dominated by negative emotions receive negative fortunes, and so on.

• Prompt F: Some of these fortunes sound just a little bit too good, don’t they? And the frequency with which they come true is suspicious on its own. How could the Nightingale be so precise and accurate in all things? Well, as it turns out...she’s not so precise. Or, at least, not in actuality. Her fortunes and charms are, in fact, powerful spells that fool those under their influence to believe they are coming true, when they are, in fact, not. Once she begins to pack up to leave town and head to her next destination, charms will begin to break, bank accounts will fall back to their normal numbers, and newly-found sweethearts will find their eyes unclouded. Will you stand for this trickery?

If confronted, the Nightingale will reveal her true form as a powerful demon witch. She will not hesitate to attack those who provoke her, and her offensive spells are powerful enough to turn friends against one another. Avoid her magical blasts and aim for the talisman she carries! Once the talisman is broken, the Nightingale will disappear in a puff of smoke...but at least she seems to leave behind all the sylvs she collected while in town. Maybe your fortunes aren’t so bad after all...


• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include seeds and/or spoons.

Comments

Chloe Bourgeois | Miraculous Ladybug

[beexceptional]

A: Emotions
Chloe is sitting in a cafe, drinking a latte as she stares at a bee hair ornament. She keeps sipping her drink, expression clouded.

Maybe glaring at the table. It could be she's angry, which may explain the frantic buzzing that is dominating the cafe. Buzzing that's chased off more than one customer, but everytime a barista tries to ask her to calm down or go, she berates them rather thoroughly, and unknowningly making a stinging sensation on the person until they finally back off.

Until those moments, however, she ignores the world around her because she's actually not that mad.

She's conflicted. She's in another world. With the Miraculous she had been about to hand over. But she didn't, because she got kidnapped, so now she had it with no way to give it back and....and...

Why SHOULDN'T she just freely use it? Temporary or not, she's a superheroine. If people are in danger, she should use it. It's not like Ladybug can save the day. It'd be the right thing to do....right?

B.1: GT0503

Work? Chloe Bourgeois does not WORK. Well, not unless it's being a super awesome superheroine, but that was an exception. She was better than toiling away, doing menial labor.

But being paid to do an interview? She could do that.

Too bad her partner was probably expecting more collaboration.

"Well, come on, you heard them. No dead air, where's your questions? I'm sure you have plenty," Chloe said with the smug air of someone whose used to being recognized.

B.2: GT0505

She's not for dogs, but honestly, she hadn't read past 'manor.' Which was probably a mistake for her part. As well as not listening to the instructions, instead looking around the place with a critical eye.

"I guess it'll due for now," Chloe muttered. "I don't see why I have to stay with someone el-ARGGH!" Too bad no one gave the dogs the memos and one has decided jumping on her is a great idea and is trying to lick her. "Get off me, you mongrel!"

B.3: ST0505

So.

Animal/bug themed teenager superheroes are a bit of a Thing.

This time, it's a bee.

"You need to learn to keep your grubby little hands to yourself!" Queen Bee snapped as the monster made another grab for her and she jumped and flipped over him to get out of the way, kicking back to get him away. And hopping back on one foot at the mud clinging to her foot, kicking it away. "Ugh, gross, gross, gross! Why is that cat not here?! This is his job! Whoa!"

Another duck and gaining distance, hopping between her feet, hands raised. "You're NOT getting my amulet. Its not even on me anymore, it's like...magicked away or something!"

She's chatting, but she's also trying to think. She's on her own. She doesn't want to use Venom without knowing what she's supposed to DO with this monster if it's paralyzed. But she knows she can't just let it rampage either, that isn't what superheroines do.

So, she's mostly playing distraction as she tries to figures out what to do.

E

Chloe just wanted a fortune. She didn't know who this Nightingale was and she wasn't going to buy into limited edition of someone she didn't know, ESPECIALLY when they only charged 10 Slyvs for a fortune. But she's always been a bit of a sucker for fate readings and for that cheap, she SUPPOSED it didn't hurt.

Except her fortune was she'd lose something very important to her if she wasn't careful.

"Let GO!" She snapped, playing tug of war with a bird over her hair ornament. "It's not yours! Buzz off you filthy beast!"

E

[tailsneverfails]

[ There was a loud whistle coming from behind her, trying to grab the attention of the bird. The only problem was if she actually looked backward she wouldn't see a thing there. ]

Oi, you feathered brat. Leave the kid alone.

[ Who was even talking..!? ]

Re: E

[beexceptional]

[It takes a minute. The whistle and sudden presence of an unseen person is enough to scare the bird enough for her to snatch the hair piece away. She stumbles back, pulling the piece close to her.]

[She looks it over intently, checking for any damamges, before sighing in relief. And instead of putting it in her hair, she pockets it.] Okay. Okay, it's fine. [Said to herself.]

[And only then does she look towards her savior.] About time someone ca- [Starts pretty snottily until she notices there's....no one there at all.]

[Her eyes widen and her hand goes over her pocket with the hairpiece, head whipping around.] Oh no, not this again!

[tailsneverfails]

[ He wasn't really looking for praise or anything like that, but a thank you might have been nice over that attitude of hers. Before he could even say anything about it though, she started freaking out. Glancing around, there was no one but the two of them... oh. ]

You can't see me, can you...

[ There was a heavy sigh on his end. ]

[beexceptional]

[She steps back, eyes still scanning around, though more in his general direction. Ugh, what she'd give for glitter right now.]

Obviously! And I'll have you know I've done nothing to be terrorized by yet another invisible person. I'm an absolute delight!

[tailsneverfails]

[ An absolute delight, huh? Somehow he really doubts that, but he's not about to argue with the girl. She could probably hear his boots scuffing around the ground as he looks for something. ]

Look, it's not like I'm trying to scare you.

[beexceptional]

[She's focusing more and more on his direction now. Okay, knows WHERE he is, but what else? She can't change, she can't, that's defeat this opportunity.]

[But oh, is it tempting.]

[There must be something to use-]

[Wait, what.]

You're....not?

B.1 - Hiiii

[modelcivilian]

"Uh, not really. Unless we want to make this an Embarrassing Questions Hour..."

Adrien's probably the only person who'd get away with asking Chloe such questions, but with the way he grinned, he really wasn't going to do that. Still, they can have fun with this.

"Buuuut okay, if Verens is going to meet the Chloe Bourgeois soon enough, I can get the honors of conducting her first live interview. Well, I remember enough of how this goes so tell the audience your name and occupation!"

Re: B.1 - Heeeeeey~

[beexceptional]

"Don't you dare. The people may want me, but I'm more than sharing the spotlight with you, Adrikins," Chloe said with a roll of her eyes. He really is the only one who can.

Its kind of nice when he relaxes enough to tease, if she's honest.

"True, true, I guess everyone here wouldn't know who I am. Well, I'm Chloe Bourgeois. The su-" She snapped her mouth shut. No, no, remember what she SAID. "The daughter of the mayor of Paris and one of the most influential fashion critics of the world. I may be a student right now, but when it comes to making connections and influencing people, I'm one of the best you could ever meet."

[modelcivilian]

"Awe, but it would be like Truth or Dare... only Truth or Truth." He chuckles. He really has been better about getting out in Empatheias. And if being here had benefited him, it could definitely benefit Chloe.

He manages to remain straight face when she's about to say the word, but they didn't need that happening again. Not that she would be akumatized or anything, but still probably not a good idea to put out there being a superhero to everyone on the radio. "Oh, that's exciting! What made you so interested in fashion?"

[beexceptional]

There is a brief pause. Chloe doesn't pay attention to most people, and miss things with Adrien a good chunk of the time, but this. This is playfulness. On air. Adrien is being playful on air where people can hear and just how long has he actually been in this place?

But it's definitely not something to ask on air. Public face is public face, always. "Where's the fun in that? Most of the fun in Truth or Dare is finding out just how much someone would prefer to look ridiculous then say something ridiculous."

Chloe hummed, tapping her chin. "I think it was you, actually," she said. "Mother wouldn't even let me attend shows until I had a basic understanding on how color coordination worked. But anytime you were mentioned or appeared in a magazine, I'd get them as any good friend would. Jean Pascal would read the articles to me. I don't get to read as much these days, you appear in far too many, but it was pretty easy as kids."

But why was she interested in fashion? "Of course, it's a wonderful status symbol. It's good to establish you're someone important with a look. And that's definitely part of it. You can say a lot of what you are and what you think with someone only glancing at you."

[modelcivilian]

"That's true. Too bad, audience." What a chance missed because they weren't hosting a v-log. But, he's definitely going to play a big game of Truth or Dare one day and totally embarrass himself. Who'd tell him otherwise? His dad?

"I'm glad I could inspire you, Chloe... and thanks for supporting me that way. Though, I think if we looked back on those old articles now, they're probably so bad..." When he started and was fairly greenhorn, he remembered so many stalls during those early interviews. Also, only day, maybe Chloe would remember her staff's name.

"That's right. As cruel as it is to say, people always take appearance before everything whether they mean to or not." Well, now they have something for their radio discussion further. "Since you know about making bold statements through fashion, how about providing our listeners with some tips for the season."

Time to BS fashion

[beexceptional]

"Maybe we'll play a few rounds later. We do have an awful lot of catching up to do," she said. "You might even have a few secrets I don't know about now." Which was quite the thought. When did Adrien have secrets from her?

"They could have used a little work, but at least the editors were kind," she said. Editors usually were to kids, especially kids of billionaire fashion tycoons. She may not have gotten as interviewed as much, but she's had a few as a kid, usually to be cute for her father. She knows they made her sound a lot more sweet than she had been.

"Nothing cruel about it. What you look like is what you say first. If you can't take care with your appearance, that says a lot of care on your part," she said with a wave of her hand. "Oh, now that's a hard one. Momm-ah, mother said it was feathers, but that was in Paris. This place has a whole different setting." She tapped her chin thoughtfully, looking Adrien over. "We're going into Summer, right? Then it'll be best to start from dark blues and a bit of aspen gold would probably go well with the whole steampunk thing this place has going on."

B.2

[bloodheels]

Lenalee was quick to give a chuckle. Sure the dog probably shouldn't have done such a thing, but at the same time it came across as adorable and sweet.

"I guess they were just very happy that you accepted the offer to help."

It was a moment or two before Lenalee figured that perhaps actually stating who she was would be somewhat of a good idea in this situation. But first things first she figured she might as well get the dog off the other first. "Come on now. Off the young lady." She moved her hands to gently nudge the dog away even though they still seemed existed and didn't want to get off right away.

Re: B.2

[beexceptional]

"They can be happy OFF me!" Chloe protested, trying to shove the dog off. But she is a very slight girl and of course it's the biggest dog whose decided she's his new best friend.

It takes a lot of shoving and nudging for the dog to finally get off and Chloe is rather covered in dog slobber and looking extremely disgusted. "Ugh, this is why I'm a fish person," she muttered, pushing herself to her feet. "I'm going to see if this place has a decent bathroom and get all...this off."

Re: B.2

[bloodheels]

Once Lenalee was sure the dog was off she went to make sure it was going to another room before turning around "I believe the closest one is upstairs to the left. But I could also be wrong." She said thinking it over as she lightly tapped her finger against her chin.

She hadn't really explored the place much yet, but she was pretty sure that there might be a map somewhere along with the list of things they needed to do for the dogs.

"While you deal with that I also think the dogs might need walking. I will deal with the biggest one if you like."

Re: B.2

[beexceptional]

"It would make sense. It'd be utterly ridiculous to make people hike all over for the bathroom," Chloe said, wiping off the drool as best she could.

She paused at the next statement. Then looked down at the dogs. Then she pulled out the actual advertisement of the job.

"This job is dogsitting?!"

She really did not read beyond 'manor.'

Re: B.2

[bloodheels]

Lenalee paused for a moment. She thought the girl was aware of what the job was about, so to say she was surprised was probably an understatement.

"Well.. yes. It is part of the job." She went to fussed a dog that had bound up to her feet. "It's sort of like part of the deal to staying here."

Re: B.2

[beexceptional]

"Uuuugh, start with that, not with the lavish manor!" She complained, glaring at the paper, a faint buzzing in the air. She sighed, crumpling it up. "I'm going to clean up before dealing with these mutts," she said, turning to head inside.

Then decide the best way to do the least amount of work. The girl seems nice. It shouldn't be hard to con her, right?

B.1

[thememorywitch]

"O-Oh right of course," Naminé says softly. She had written some questions down ahead of time, but being partnered with such a strong personality has made her nervous. She doesn't want to offend the other blonde in fear of facing her wrath. Reminds her a little of another blonde she used to know...

"Let's see... we can start with something simple: where are you from?"

Re: B.1

[beexceptional]

Sadly this forceful personality won't be stopping anytime soon. But at the very least, she doesn't bring attention to the timidity?

"I'm from the greatest city in the world, Paris, France. My daddy-my father is even the mayor."

[thememorywitch]

At least there's that!

Naminé nods and writes that down. "Can you tell me about Paris?" She asks, genuinely curious. She loves learning about other worlds, and it might be good for the interview anyway.

[beexceptional]

"Paris is the best city in the world," she said. As much as she was willing to leave for New York City, she did love her city. "The city of lights, the city of love, there's always something to do. If you want the hottest styles, you can find it there. There's art from all over time and some of the best food and has some of the most noteworthy destinations in the world. The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. Paris is a place of class and art."

b.1

[lordgivemestrength]

[Talking to be in a radio show, YEAH. Flonne was all over it. Too bad they didn't warn her about a certain BEE queen. Flonne was happy, kicking and swinging her feet from the chair. She didn't seemed phased by Chloe's persona, in fact, it felt more welcomed.]

Ah, right. Let's see.

Miss. [She looks at Chloe.]

What is it you love most? You admire?

[Congrats Chloe you have one Love Freak fallen angel.]

Re: b.1

[beexceptional]

What I love most is myself. [Not even a moment's hesitation.]

Self love is very important. It's important to love yourself, put yourself first, because if you don't, others won't, and really, why shouldn't you? [Except some days she really DOESN'T like herself, but no one is getting her to admit that on air.]

But if we're talking about admire....that's Ladybug. [Complicated feelings or no, there is still admiration.] She's the superheroine of Paris. She saves the day and even fixes the damages afterwards. Whenever she's on the scene, it's impossible to not believe she'll save the day.