TEST DRIVE: July

[empevents]

— TEST DRIVE: JULY —

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 24th of June and Applications (Canon | OC) open a week later on July 1st. Apps will only be open for 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: It's been a few weeks since the city of Verens has been covered in steam. It's not so bad for some people! In fact, most establishments are saving so much money because the steam helps power their appliances and the like without the need for elemental cores. It does, however, also mean that people aren't acting the way they should. You might be one such person, or you could be trying to face your inner demons - the part of you you've always been resisting, but it's there, ever present… it's time to reach out to the truth and face yourself head on.

• Prompt E: The steam has caused a good number of people to flee from Verens to Theasthai. Here, the well-known playwright Matthew Floyd Ebber has seized this opportunity to recruit both locals and Otherworlders for the production performance of his new play entitled Hats, which he hopes would be a much bigger hit than Doves Never Lie. For a small fee (or free tickets, or maybe you just wanted to help), you have been persuaded to join in as his staff to make props, set up the backdrops and stage, experiment with emotion magic to produce various special effects, or even be extras in a huge crowd scene where everyone wears different hats with varying emotional effects ranging from calming the wearer to causing the wearer to pick a fight with the nearest person. Be warned that Mr. Ebber can be a little… overexcited and overbearing with his new masterpiece, and he will constantly redo the crowd scene until he is satisfied.

• Prompt F: If the artistic flair of Theasthai doesn’t suit you, then perhaps the more rugged Shaarnath will offer enough to occupy your time while you avoid the steam. The citizens of this desert city are readying their defenses in the event that a being such as GEM makes its way to their walls. A key component of this is, of course, the training of wyverns, and all hands are on deck to see to it that these creatures are fit for battle. Tasks to achieve this include not only feeding them (watch your fingers!) and cleaning their scales (it does get awfully gritty with all that sand around), but also sparring with the wyverns. How are you with a spear? Hopefully decent, because you just might be asked to hold your own against these creatures to test their skills!

• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include apples and/or butterflies.

Comments

[oligomania]

You would have patched them up afterwards if it had gone that way.

[ Even if she has more control over her darker impulses, it doesn't mean she would have gone too easy on the men. They might have walked away with more than a couple of bruises. ]

Right, then let's get out of here and into some less tainted areas. I think I have everything I need to make mabo curry back at the ship. You still want to be my taste-tester?

[laodicean]

I know I would have. But it is better if I don't have to.

[That nobody gets hurt in the first place to need his healing artes. Laphicet all but lights up as usual with Velvet mentioning curry though. Of course, as if she has to ask if he wants to taste test curry.

Which is to say he does literally light up, making the air around him brighten and all but sparkle with his excitement and enthusiasm for his favourite meal. Boys and their stomachs.]

Of course I do!