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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!
• 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.
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That sounds fun, [Killua says around a messy mouthful of chicken, looking excited.] I'd be down to try that.
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[Gon just, devours. The drumsticks are so good, and he's just dipping it in whatever sauce is available. It doesn't need it, to him, but why not try it since it's there? How very hunter of him.]
There might be a ghost, but there might not be? I guess we can go see. I don't think it's very dangerous. [They sorta rate the danger level, after all. And he's not afraid of even their highest. It sounds like no big deal.... next to the chimera ants. That gives him a shiver, but he shakes it off well enough. For Now.]
I've never fired a gun though... I don't know if I could aim it.
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sauce on his cheek, Killua lifts his head to smile at Gon.]
Let's do that one.
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I didn't know you could shoot, though I guess I should have figured. [He rubs his arm with some nervousness before he lets himself relax and start eating again.]
Is it hard?
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[he takes another drum.]
Honestly, I decided to use yo-yo's because after so much training with traditional weapons, everything is boring.
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[He laughs]
Show me that, too! ...I don't really have anything to show you, especially cause I think you already know long division.
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You don't know how to use a yo-yo, Gon?
[that's kind of.... a dumb question. because even if you know how to use yo-yos, that doesn't mean that you're gonna know how to decapitate people with a pair of 110lb yo-yos.]
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Show me! Do you have them on you?
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[Kilua takes another messy mouthful of chicken, first, then slides one of his yo-yos across the table. which somehow doesn't bend from the weight, because everything about shounen mechanics is stupid.]
I can probably find you one that's an actual toy, though. They're fun.
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Oh yeah? This place seems really behind the times, huh?
[He loops the yo-yo around a random finger, then immediately yelps as he tries not to break his fucking hand. 110 pounds is... a lot, kid!]
Augh!
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[Killua launches across the table instinctively, grabbing the yo-yo to alleviate its weight. Killua knows that Gon is strong—he was way strong way before they had any Nen, but.]
Are you okay!?
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[he unloops the yo-yo and picks it up with one hand. That much he could handle at least. Gon was still a very strong boy, but his limits had been scaled more towards normal.]
It just surprised me, is all. [He set it back down with a much louder thunk than anyone around was expecting.]
I still don't have my Nen. Ging told me I should be thankful I'm "back to normal" at all and I shouldn't complain.
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he'd been a suspiciously good sport, probably not wanting to burden anyone. the latter isn't something Killua realizes.]
...It is a miracle that you survived, [Killua responds honestly, taking the yo-yo.] I can kind of see what he means. Doesn't mean you can't complain, though.
At the very least, you're still strong. Nen doesn't seem to really be all that necessary, here. [but it certainly helps, like Ten and Ko and risky situations...] I can't even really use my Hatsu.
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[Gon heaves a tortured sigh] I don't even get to go to a school like on tv!
Oh yeah... Do you just have to charge it? [Gon looks like he's thinking.] But they haven't really invented that yet here, right? Maybe we could get rich if we show them how to make electricity....
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[o-oops...it's been a minute since Killua's done any proper schooling... he's been teaching Alluka, though. to the best of his ability, anyhow.
Killua takes another bite of chickie]
You want to invent electricity? [Gon.......] I dunno about all that. I definitely would like access to some, though.
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[Oops. He just made himself really sad upon realizing what all he's said. His expression drops instantly.]
... That's stupid though.
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so he scowls, sinks, and gives him a little kick under the table.]
Hey.
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[At least it has the general intended effect. It stops his tears from welling up anymore than they are.]
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[Killua's gears turn slowly. he tries to reconfigure Gon's current emotional trajectory...]
We get to be together again, don't we?
[even though...Killua's feelings on that are truthfully extremely complicated...]
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[Gon takes some of Killua's fries]
Kite is doing pretty good though. I should stop thinking about it. [he shrugs, leaning into his own hand and eating his stolen fries]
And we have a job at hand.
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he doesn't mean to encourage that...
but he doesn't know what else to do. and he definitely knows that right now isn't the time.]
Exactly. It'll be fine.
[it feels disgusting to say such a hollow platitude, but it is what it is. Killua straightens back up in his seat.
and though he typically would... he doesn't yell about having his fries stolen.]
When was the last time you even ate?
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Umm... I caught a fish and then I grilled it this morning, but it didn't really fill me up. I've been trying to just get a lay of the land.
[He didn't even have his fishing pole though.]
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Not that lean protein's bad, but you definitely need more carbs.
After we get money, we'll eat a lot. I haven't been eating as much as I probably should for how much I've still been training, since I don't have anything else to do.
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[Gon grabs the collar of Killua's shirt and pulls down sharply.]
Killua!! You're getting skinny! [Gon puts two of his drumsticks into Killua's basket.]
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