This test drive is meant to provide those who are interested in applying to the game an opportunity to not only experience the setting and mechanics, but to interact with players and characters already in the game!
The threads on the Test Drive Meme may be used for both sample sections of the applications and those already in game may use the threads here to supplement up to ten comments for their AC regardless of whether the player you threaded with applied.
It is up to the discretion of each individual player on whether they would like to use what happens here on the Test Drive Meme as their IC intro into the game.
PLEASE REMEMBER: The monster your character picks will not be official until you are accepted into the game. This is your opportunity to try out all sorts of monster types until you find the one that suits you and your character best!
And without further ado:
"Welcome our dear guests! We've been waiting for you!"
The Prompts:
Prompt 1 - Arrival: Having just arrived to Halloween Town, you may feel a little queasy. That is entirely natural. You're in a giant circular room with whatever it is you may have brought with you. A very tall figure walks out of the shadows and he's incredibly pale... that is until you realize the hand reaching out to you is not bone-thin, oh no, it is actual bone. Meet the ruler of Halloween Town and the king of Halloween, Jack Skellington. He greets you with a big smile and exclaims with joy how happy he is that you made it and how much happier he is to see you, one hand held out in greeting and the other holding the Jack o' Laptop he has ready for you.
Perhaps you stay to listen to him explain what awaits you and he will then happily escort you outside into the town to provide you a quick explanation before he excuses himself to greet the other new arrivals, leaving you to explore the town. Or, perhaps, the mere sight of a skeleton was... not what you were expecting and you ran out screaming before he can get more than a "Hello-" out.
Either way:
Prompt 2 - The Town: Whether you ran out screaming or were guided out into the town, there are most certainly monsters and ghouls all about. If you were patient enough to wait for an explanation, you know that they are the residents of this holiday. If you ran out screaming? Well, you might be getting more than a few scares- we mean... stares. But the town is just waiting for you to explore! But something is strange. When you look into a mirror or see a glass you look just a tiny bit off. And perhaps you feel just a tiny bit different.
Maybe you don't even have a reflection and all you can feel at the moment is a deep need to feed. Surely someone can help you... provided you can stop screaming at the sight of the citizens long enough.
We wouldn't recommend attacking any of the citizens, however, newborn monster that you are. We wouldn't want you to be a spirit so early in your visit.
Prompt 3 - The First Door: You've now been in Halloween Town for several days and while the zombies eat brains and the vampires drink blood, no one has tried to attack you (unless you've attacked them first, of course). The mayor, driving in his car announces a town meeting! Everyone must come to the Town Hall, even our new arrivals. Jack and Sally explain that Easter is nearly here! And the Easter Bunny has been kind enough to invite you all to experience what it's like to get ready for the holiday! It is time to take your trip through the Hitherlands to the door of Holidays. The path is laid out with Jack o' lanterns and linked bat-light strings between the trees to guide you to the doors. Don't mind that rather ominous entrance, within is perfectly safe... well... at least we think it is. As you travel along the path, you'll come across all the doors, but the one you are seeking is the one currently open. Trying to open the other doors, be it with spells or with force will result in nothing. Do you go in? Do you head back to the town?
Prompt 4 - Easter Island:Welcome to Easter Island! You may need to squint at first, since it's so bright and colorful, the complete opposite of Halloween Town. But once your vision adjusts, you'll notice something... different. You will find you are no longer any monsters but instead you're- well... to put it quite plainly, you're adorable! You have been turned into the citizens of Easter Island! The Easter Bunny welcomes you warmly, quite surprised to see so many adorable newcomers! And you'll find, perhaps without surprise at this point, that you can understand him. So what does he have planned for you?
Prompt 5 - Easter Egg Hunt: No matter what cute, adorable, and fluffy animal or egg ghost you've been turned into, there is an Easter basket waiting for you to go on a hunt! Throughout the entire island, that's yours to explore, are all sorts of different colored eggs. Each differently colored egg offers you a special reward or a certain kind of magic.
If you find:
A red egg: Will make you more inclined to hug and cuddle with the next person you see. A pink egg: Is a dark chocolate egg! Mmm chocolate. An orange egg: Is a milk chocolate egg. Mmm more chocolate. A yellow egg: Will suddenly turn into a small plush animal that replicates the animal you got turned into. It's so soft and fluffy. A green egg: Will turn into a little plastic egg-bracelet or egg earrings. Don't lose them though, the Easter Bunny asked Lady Luck to imbue them with a tiny bit of luck. A blue egg: Will make you burst out into song and you can't stop until you finish that song. A purple egg: A couple extra Holidollars and you get to take that with you back to Halloween Town.
But perhaps an egg hunt isn't something you're interested in! That's completely fine, the citizens need a lot of help getting ready for Easter for people! There's all sorts of jobs you can do! There's egg painting, egg counting, egg gathering, and basket weaving! All of these jobs pay Holidollars and you're making holidays wonderful for children everywhere!
Just don't drop the eggs! We don't want to make more egg spirits! Dropping an egg will bring you a whole day of bad luck as well.
Please read through the Rules and FAQs thoroughly before playing.
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[She spoke the polite words she was taught to say again. She wasn't bothered by his manner, but then she had never really had a chance to examine actual body language before. Still, she watched it with curiosity, wondering what it could mean. It left a short moment that was probably awkward for Daryl but simply an observation for Rika before she spoke again.]
Because you thought I might have been a decoration, are you new here as well?
He shrugs his shoulders and unwraps a bite-able candy bar.] You handle magic like a pro is all I'm saying. I know there's other worlds. I can only assume that you do magic in your world too.
Raccoons, dogs, ducks, mice, skeletons, mermaids... It's all pretty standard by now.
"Jack Skellington?" The 'skeleton prick' comment definitely gets a frown, considering this is a version of one of his friends they're talking about, but for the most part Sora ignores it for now. "Not sure. He moves around a lot. Usually he's around Dr. Finklestein's labs or the Town Hall..." He pauses. "Or at least the Jack I knew used to be around those places a lot. I don't think the Jack Skellington that brought us here is that different, though."
1. Arrival Honestly, Roxas isn't sure how a bat got into Sora's heart, but he's smart enough not to question it. Instead, knowing Jack Skellington as a friend to Sora, he takes the potion without much hesitation. Being greeted by the bony man causes the nobody to take a step back, watching the man warily. He wasn't about to take the offered hand, but he also wasn't about to run out screaming. Nothing scared the Nobody.
"Okay... Thanks," he muttered, taking the jack'o'laptop and tucking it into a pocket of his coat. "I'm gonna go now." Without further ado, he turned to take his leave of the skeleton. Finding his way around Halloweentown shouldn't be a problem.
2. Ragdoll No, he'd been wrong. Halloweentown was a bit more... complicated than he remembered. Or maybe it was that he didn't have a purpose to be here, so with no purpose he had no direction. And thus, Roxas was left standing in the town square dumbly. Looking around, he spotted a mirror, and his own abnormalities. He walked closer, staring at his reflection and poking at the seams of his skin. Those had definitely not been there before, and he'd never changed his appearance when entering Halloweentown before.
The boy looked around, puzzling over the residents. There had never been so many before either. And there were no Heartless here. Everything felt very different right now, like this wasn't the place he'd been at all.
5. Egg Hunt So... that door had been some sort of strange mistake. Upon entering the pastel-colored door and tumbling through into the flowery meadow, as the nobody attempted to stand, he found his arms the same length as his legs. And... His ears were able to swivel? A bleat escaped his mouth as he tried to express his displeasure at his new predicament.
After wobbling around for a bit and getting the hang of his new form, somehow he found himself roped into an egg hunt. With a brightly-colored woven basket looped over his head, he began romping around in search of the eggs.
[grumpy Meg, meet grumpy Ema. a grumpy zombie Ema who is currently trying to shut down the persistent craving of brains in the back of her mind. it was weird. it was way too weird, and right now she was more focused on trying to find her way around town than freaking out over brains]
[at least she wasn't the only one stuck in this bizarro situation. and at least she wasn't the only one super irritated about it, even if she had made the conscious decision to drink the potion herself]
What? What's it look like I'm looking at? The sky?
[Ema had managed to sit through the entire skeleton's welcome and explanation, though admittedly most of it was spent just. . . staring. . . and wondering why the heck she thought it was a good idea to drink that vial of skull-topped liquid in the first place. but upon being ushered out of the laboratory and into the town, the detective decides not to stray far from her point of arrival. in fact, she stands outside of the spooky building, staring at it with a furrowed brow and a rather judgmental expression on her features]
For what's supposed to be a scientific lab, it looks pretty outdated. I bet it's not even properly stocked with supplies.
The first door aka ZOMBIE.
[it was fairly easy for Ema ignore the weird, sudden craving of brains within the first few minutes of her arrival. but as the days passed, the hunger only worsened, until it gnawed at her insides like a mouse gnawing on cheese. it was only through sheer stubbornness stoked by disgust at the idea of consuming brains that kept Ema from giving in to temptation]
[whiiiiich was apparently a very bad idea]
[the trip through the Hitherlands to the door of Holidays is quiet until a piercing shriek suddenly cuts through the air]
Augh! What the heck?! This is gross!
[if you're part of the group making the trip through the Hitherlands, and if you take it upon yourself to investigate said shriek, you'll find the detective staring at her arm in a mixture of disgust and worry. she pokes at a patch of decaying skin, which slips and slides underneath her fingertips, revealing bloody red muscle underneath]
[fellow zombies plz inform one of your kind that she needs to eat or else this will only get worse]
Wildcard.
[hit me up with any other prompt! Ema is a zombie, and I'm open for anything ♥]
Oh dear, Snow White was quite worried that she had ended up in the wrong place. She tried not to get too frightened when Jack came forward, and she was quite glad she hadn't because what a nice skeleton! Though she didn't know enough skeletons to ever be a judge of a bad one. She was sure all skeletons were nice. She lifted up her skirt as he guided her outside and her eyes widened at the sight of the town.
"My! What an interesting little town!" she exclaimed as he bid her ado and she went about on her own. "Now I wonder where I should start!" moving over to someone, she lightly tapped them on the shoulder. "Why hello there! Are you new here too?"
2 - The Town || Lycanthrope (Prey animal - Deer)
She did feel a bit more skittish, she would admit, but otherwise she wasn't quite sure what was so scary of the town, everyone seemed so nice. And Snow wasted no time in making friends with the animals, but then, she had always been able to understand them and they her before coming to Halloween Town.
So you might see Snow White with a very... different breed of animals following her around. Rather than woodland creatures (though there were some of those too), bats, cats, crows, ravens, rats, and even a few snakes were following her instead.
"Now wherever I find to stay, we'll have to make sure it's neat and tidy!" she smiled to a series of noise. "Perhaps we should help others find a place to live as well! You've all been terribly helpful!" Snow White said, looking at them. A cat meowed, warning her that she was about to run into someone and she turned back around, nearly nose to nose with the person.
"OH! Oh dear, I'm so sorry, you aren't hurt are you?" she asked even though she hadn't even touched them.
[well, he'd ignored his own budding cautiousness to go plunging through the Hitherlands when he'd heard someone scream -- Gyoro and Ururun had been more reluctant to separate from their group, but he'd figured, okay, if it was something actually going to eat them as opposed to someone in distress, they'd yell something more threatening than 'augh, what the heck.'
so, there's a blue-skinned newborn Ragdoll guy crashing onto the scene, two dragons snapping and growling on his back, aaaaand oh god, he was expecting something he could hit with a sword, not someone whose skin is falling off, so he's actually going to be kind of unhelpful here. actually the opposite of helpful. at least he's concerned?]
"Ugh.." The little magician used her hands in order to lift herself from the ground. The first thing she noted right off the bat was that her stomach felt as though it had been caught in a whirlpool; it spun around and around in her gut in sheer protest of what had happened. "Urp.." Mint clasped a hand over her mouth. "I feel like I'm gonna barf."
[Once upon a time they might have had a lot in common before he fell to the darkside. Once. Doesn't that suck. He pulls out a large lolli pop and grins.]
We have to hit her again once the heat's died down.
[She was still curious as to why exactly the holidays weren't celebrated where he was from, but she also didn't want to pry into something that might be a touchy subject for him. She may not have much (or any) experience with interacting with a human before, but she knew what a frown meant.
Instead, she smiled at his compliment of the place they found themselves in.]
Yes. It's not as bright as I was expecting, but it is very unique and creative. What's different about this place that makes you call it 'la-la land' instead?
[PREDICTABLY, the only thing he gets in return is a flat stare of disbelief]
Why is that the first thing you're asking! You've already commented on it, clearly you can see it for yourself!
[blunt and rude as always, with a hint of panic in her words. but hey, anyone whose skin was just. falling off. would probably react the same way. right???]
Maybe there are, maybe there's not. Maybe I just live in some really crappy town that this is a paradise in comparison.
[She was born in the dark. There's just a part of her that looks to the light with curiosity. She brings out a piece of candy from one of her own bags and smirks]
Hitting the same place twice? You have no imagination.
[She pops the treat into her mouth and chews. Hm, toffee.]
[Meg's eyes narrow, as if she's either suspicious of the answer or waiting for something else. But when nothing happens, she scowls and drops her hand with a roll of her eyes.
And does her best to act as if nothing is going on. Again]
Nice save. [she forces her tone light, even if she's gritting her teeth] I almost believed it, too.
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halloweentownooc2016-03-10 09:50 pm
Test Drive Meme
Welcome to the Halloween Town Test Drive.
This test drive is meant to provide those who are interested in applying to the game an opportunity to not only experience the setting and mechanics, but to interact with players and characters already in the game!
"Welcome our dear guests! We've been waiting for you!"Prompt 4 - Easter Island: Welcome to Easter Island! You may need to squint at first, since it's so bright and colorful, the complete opposite of Halloween Town. But once your vision adjusts, you'll notice something... different. You will find you are no longer any monsters but instead you're- well... to put it quite plainly, you're adorable! You have been turned into the citizens of Easter Island! The Easter Bunny welcomes you warmly, quite surprised to see so many adorable newcomers! And you'll find, perhaps without surprise at this point, that you can understand him. So what does he have planned for you?
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