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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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[He leans in to get a better look, and-]
Ah! You did it!
[He can't help his shock; even if she'd been making progress this whole time, it'd still been complete foil for him the entire day, and she'd undone it in a matter of minutes. The surprise is joined by genuine relief, and a smile crosses his lips- which lasts until the street lamps above them flicker and burn more brightly, one of them flaring too fiercely and burning right out with a sizzle and pop.
Kazuki looks up at it, startled, and winces.]
I... see what you meant.
[Strange things indeed.]
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[Hard not to notice that, but she does her best to give him a reassuring look, instead.]
Well, it wouldn't be the first time they'd had that happen and it won't be the last. Though sometimes it's easy to be startled by something happening, and then only get startled again! Like a chain reaction...
[But now she's very carefully wrapping the pendant in it's own strap to keep it from catching onto anything else.]
What a troublesome little item, this was.
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[Oh well, at least he can safely reclaim his amulet. It's not as if he's especially attached to it, but he's been made aware of how important they are here, so the least he can do is try not to lose it. And he's glad to turn his attention towards the cursed (or whatever it was) charm, rather than further acknowledge his own embarrassing display.]
I guess that frees us both, in a way. You probably don't have to guide me back anymore, with that thing gone.
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[Sometimes, it's just rewarding being able to help out someone in need.]
It'll reassure me to see you at least some of the way. If you don't mind, of course.
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[Maybe if he wasn't so damn awkward about it.]
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[She carefully tucks away the naughty pendant into her coin pouch. Safe there, with no means of catching onto anything in her purse.]
It seems long ago now, but even during my first few days here I could scarcely believe what I was being told, or even experiencing. The city was so rainy and gloomy on top of what I was already dealing with, so I felt quite desolate! So... I can understand that much.
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[She'd said that it could affect the weather, after all.]
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[Her smile fades a little, but she sees no reason to not be honest.]
A lot of what I was experiencing at the time wasn't helping my situation, but... the city had also just gone through a ... a terrible incident that produced a lot of negative emotions among the people, before I arrived. When there's enough of those feelings around, a lot can be influenced from it, the weather included.
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[Somewhat, anyway. Having not been here long enough to really know, his understanding is destined to be limited. Still, one thing he can understand well is being thrust into a situation you're ill-prepared for, and not knowing how to deal with those feelings in the aftermath.]
I'm sorry you had to go through that. It must have been hard on you.
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Thank you, dear. I admit, it was a difficult time.
[To put it lightly, not that he knows or can realize the extent, but even if she's relatively open about her experiences she doesn't want to worry him further with the rest of the details. Not a story for today.]
But, as you can see, I've had the time to adjust, so things do find a way to turn around. You'll find a way to do so too.
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[Case in point- ignoring his long stretch of bad luck today, at least.]
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[Unless he has trouble sleeping, but that's a different problem.]
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Sounds like home.
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That's one familiar thing, at least. And you'll gather more of those before you realize, too.
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[After he's said it, though, it occurs to him that he is talking to someone who's been here for three years already. She must be well aware of that issue by now.]
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[Because it has been that long. And she has her own feelings on the matter, but everyone has different ones.]
... better to be comfortable than uncomfortable, don't you think?
[...Okay, that's over simplifying and she knows it, but she did already tell him that no time passed between here and home, at least.]
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[He offers up a sheepish smile.]
Sorry, I must sound ungrateful. It could definitely be a lot worse than it is.
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Oh, don't worry. What you're feeling is perfectly normal, after all, no matter what I may say. It's easy enough to have the conversation, but how it all works out is certainly something you'll take at your own pace.
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[At least he'd be used to that method.]
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[But she covers her mouth with a hand, as she laughs softly.]
Familiarity is what you make of it, after all. Whatever form that may be. Don't think too hard about it, and things will fall into place around you, that you can realize later.
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You give good advice. I'll be sure to remember that, so sorry in advance.