The Wardens (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
directrice) wrote2021-09-15 08:39 am
directrice) wrote2021-09-15 08:39 am
Entry tags:
[TEST DRIVE #1]
"Sit up straight, Inmate! Do you slouch like that in front of your mother? Have some self-respect-- no one else is going to have it for you!"PROMPT I: Respect for the Dead (???)
The demanding voice rouses you from your slumber. In the blink of an eye, you've found yourself some place. . . different! Let's take a brief look into what your new life as an inmate at the Edge of Reverie will entail.
[This month, your assignment from the Warden is. . . to go grave robbing?? Some elaborate and lavish mausoleums have appeared in the cemetery, and if you could somehow get inside, there's probably plenty of treasure for you to pilfer. The only problem is that each and ever mausoleum is shut tightly with an iron-barred gate. Perhaps those with super strength of mad lockpicking skills can brute force their way inside?]
[Once you do manage to get inside, you'll find some treasure! Everything from golden jewelry to fancy clothing to elaborate artwork. . . it's all yours for the taking! Except. . . when you touch it, you start to feel kind of. . . weird?]
[Jewelry: You start to feel very envious of what those around you have that you have not. And no matter how hard you try to quash that envy, you just want to take their stuff for yourself.
Clothing: You feel very vain, and just have to show off to those you meet. Look at this coat, isn't it to die for? You worked sooooo hard to get it! Wouldn't they love to have one of these for themselves? Haha, it's too bad that they can't!
Artwork: The entire world suddenly seems oh-so beautiful, and you simply must express this fact. That person you're talking to? They're gorgeous, and all you want to do is hold their hand or touch their cheek or play with their hair. Wow, who knew art could make someone so touchy-feely?
Misc: Feel free to make up your own effect that's associated with some kind of objects that doesn't fall into one of the categories above! Any type of compulsion will do, be it harmless and silly or dangerous and maybe a little violent. Have fun!]
PROMPT II: Get Jiggy With It
[The jukebox in Theo's diner is blasting some tunes today! It cycles from song to song, some of them low and melancholy, and some of them upbeat and bouncy. And some of them might sound familiar. . .?]
[Either way, as soon as you hear the music, your body starts to move on its own volition in time to the music. Whoa! It's time to dance!! The only way to clear the compulsion to dance is to find a partner and boogie down. But hey, maybe this is a great way to meet new people?]
PROMPT III: Team Bonding. . .?
[So. . . you're locked in your dorm. With the other members of your team. And with the instructions, so "helpfully" provided by the Warden, to get to know each other better. Today is going to be a fun day!!]
[At least there's a helpful list of team building activities posted on the (locked) front door to give you some guidance:]
[1) Do a trust fall!
2) Play charades!
3) Ask someone a super embarrassing question!
4) Give someone a kiss!
5) Punch someone in the face!!]
[. . . hm! Well! You can also make up other "team-building" exercises as you wish, and assume they are also on the list. Have fun!!]
PROMPT IV: La Lune
[You know what they say about monsters and the full moon, right? Well. . . tonight, the clocktower's hands have shifted: the hour hand points to XIII, and the minute hand points to V. Tonight's moon is bright and crisp and clear in the sky, and whatever possession has a hold of you may be a little. . . ah. Stronger than it normally is]
[Those with full-on possessions may find themselves temporarily controlled by whatever entity is residing in their body. Those with nothing more than monster instincts may find them wishing to follow their ID more often than not-- a little nibble on someone here or there, nothing more. And those who are fortunate enough to still 100% be themselves will be. . . well. Unaffected! Aren't you lucky?]
[Be careful. Life in the Edge of Reverie isn't all fun and games.]
PROMPT V: The Wildcard
[Make up your own prompts! You can use any part of the setting as inspiration. Have fun!]
---
OOC READ ME: You can pick whatever team and monster you want for your character and go with it for the TDM! At this point, however, TDM threads will not be canon since teams and monsters aren't official yet.
The game will open on October 2 at some nebulous time!! Whenever I wake up and feel like posting the intro log, basically.
Apps are now open, but I won't be responding to them until closer to the 2nd. Probably I'll have all initial teams sorted and done by the 1st but waggles hands. WHENEVER I GET TO IT, REALLY.
Also, please bear in mind the invite policy for this game. Thank you so much for your interest, and have fun!
ETA: CELI MADE A DISCORD SO FEEL FREE TO JOIN!!
no subject
[Well, if there's nothing better to do at the moment, he'll play along.
The six-tailed kitsune (who was once a heroic servant) reads the note, then laughs.]
Very well! It appears we have no choice. Still, I believe we could do something much more likely to garner cohesion.
[Look at this grandfatherly smile from this old man. Doesn't he just look so harmless and not shady at all?]
So, let us swap stories about one another! Or at least tell each other the bare minimum about ourselves.
[This totally isn't to make y'all let down your guards enough and tell him info that he can use to eventually get blackmail material out of you or anything, nope.]
B. La Luna
[Tonight, you just might find yourself missing something. A comb here, an item there, the few items you all still have...
Though there's also a strange giggling sound that goes along with the items disappearing once you've turned your back, along with glimpses of silver-fox colored tails disappearing past a corner.
Or you might end up unknowingly walking into a prank, like having water splashed on your head from something hanging above, or tripping on an item you're sure wasn't there the last time you walked through with the same giggling noise in the air.
hm. Maybe someone should try to track down the trickster involved.]
A
[Holmes calls out to the group as he walked by because he just has to make life difficult for his Nemesis]
no subject
Slander and Libel! Were we at home, I'd sue!
[Please don't out him that fast you incorrigible detective!!]
no subject
But we're not.
no subject
[HUFF HUFF SEETHE SEETHE he might be doing this to seem more harmless fyi]
B
Annoyed, Harlock stops and starts to head towards where he heard the sound warily]
no subject
no subject
If this was the Arcadia, he would've already looped around to catch the culprit but he's not nearly as familiar with the dorms - there's really no point in avoiding the obvious set up, and damn it he had purloined that sherry fair and square.
With wings flared, he turns the corner, bracing himself]
a.
[So harmless! So not shady! Minato sees no issues with this very friendly old man. Also he's got fluffy tails, so where can you go wrong?]
It'd be nice to get to know each other a bit better... do you want to start?
no subject
Hahah, thank you. Well, I suppose the first thing I can say is that I am a retired math professor.
[And criminal mastermind, but shh.]
no subject
That's really impressive. I don't feel like being able to teach something like math is very easy... but then again, math is just difficult in general.
So I guess... do you have any exciting... math stories? [is that an oxymoron? Probably.]
no subject
He gives a chuckle, tails wagging a little behind him.]
Perhaps you just merely haven't had the correct teachers. As for exciting math stories...sadly, it's much more austere than one would think. Though Imaginary numbers did have many people in quite a tizzy.
[Because, y'know, victorian.]
a
no subject
Oh? Were you not a horse?
no subject
no subject
[He's just completely chill with this. You end up being so when one of the people in chaldea is a headless horseman who rides on a gigantic fucking wolf.]
no subject
So I don't rehash it 20 times over before actual gameplay.Also, she's hoof-waving him off]
Not my world exactly. Another world I got pulled into by the key. But it would take too much time to explain all that. Anyway, isn't it your turn now?
no subject
[Who among us hasn't been suddenly yeeted to a strange location, I ask you.]
But yes, you are correct. Hmm....well, beyond my ears and tail, which are also items I did not originally have - I worked with a group of people attempting to save our world.
no subject
[Is it really a standard thing?]
Save it from what?
no subject
[CHALDEA IS A FUCKING TRIP.]
And as for what....well, imagine, if you would, a horrifying alien monster killing all life on top of the planet and then wiping the earth completely clean.
That is a very....simplified version of what we're attempting to save the world from.
no subject
[Oh gosh, does she have to worry about ending up in new worlds all the time now?]
... I'm very okay with not imagining that ever again.
[That actually sounds WORSE than the Nowhere King.]
no subject
[smile smile]
Well, you needn't have to! It's not an issue in this place.
Anyway, I believe now would be a good time for you to posit something about yourself again.
no subject