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.
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[Awkwardly it doesn't seem nearly as funny now that it's over. He pulls off the mask, just enough so that he can see his paler-then-normal face before he stares at his bag and then back at the shop. He licks his lips.]
It was just a prank.
[There's a distinct look of unease on his face.]
...I'm not usually the kind of person who pulls pranks. Except the man was an jackass and -
[He had no candy.]
He had no candy...You ever look back at something and actually regret it?
[It's a slightly new feeling for him. Especially since they can't apparently leave Halloween town and he's feeling more and more like he doesn't want to.]
Why would I regret pulling a prank? It's their fault if they haven't got a sense of humour. Also, they didn't have candy? In Halloween Town. Dude had it coming to him.
[Good thinking kid. Very good thinking. That wipes away Ward's qualms for a moment. His grin's wolfish as he swings the bag in his hands slightly, turning a corner.]
He said it was "a place of learning". I said fine. It took me a couple of hours but it was worth it it's gonna take him days to fix all of that.
[Still. His stomach rumbles and he reaches for the bag before he frowns. It's relatively empty.]
...What would you say to a team up for a bigger score?
[He should get - soup. Or - something, his land lady's been willing to make him cooked meat as opposed to the raw stuff other zombies get but it's not enough. It's never enough as far as candy goes.]
I keep an eye on the shops in these parts of Halloween town.
[Mal leans against the wall, and glances Ward up and down. He's older, yeah, but sometimes having an adult onside can be ... useful. Besides, there's nothing stopping taking her cut and running if she has to.]
What have you got in mind there, Wolfy? It better be worth my time. Time is candy, and all those pathetic sentiments.
[They're stopped between a shop and a much larger shop, bright lights and a stylized pumpkin hanging from a sign. There's other pumpkins in the windows. He'd found it trite for awhile but that sort of architecture's become comforting. It means trick or treating and possibly illicit activities but as long as nobody gets hurt...
And they wouldn't.]
Lady there? She's a lycanthrope. Cat chick. She's obsessed with pumpkins. Pie, soup, whatever. All of it. You magic all her pumpkins so they blow out in the shop, I oversalt her dinner which she should be starting in about ten minutes. She'll be picking it out of her teeth. She buys her dinner. Never cooks. Might be the only lycanthrope I've seen here who doesn't.
I've got left over pumpkin cookies. You swoop in, offer those as an alternative to her dinner from the local diner - she's sentimental and she'll offer you as much candy or items as you can carry. Compare that to what I'll be grabbing when the lights are out and we can fill three, four bags with the stuff.
[The polite way of phrasing all of this is "you provide a distraction while I steal candy" but they don't rob. At least not directly.]
...Your hat's a costume too right? It can change your appearance?
You want me to be the distraction while you steal the stuff? Please, I bet you haven't even stole the stuff I have back... Wherever.
[Mal's just looking unimpressed. It's not that its not a good idea - she may make a note of it for a later date - she's just not there to play distration girl]
It can be a costume, but I have power outwith that. Not that I want people recognising me when I pull candy hauls, though.
[Four and a Half means Four bags for him. And she'd make his costume? He raised an eyebrow and smiled that same wolfish smile but really in his mind there's just those four mouth watering bags of candy. Oh he won't trade the best stuff but he could trade for cake, cookies...
He wipes a hand over his mouth.]
Let's see the magic Sabrina. I'll run in and we'll see if it works.
[It should work. It probably will work and afterwards Ward will meet her across the street, his own bag overflowing. He's got multiple bags beside him and he might - might be calmly unwrapping peanut butter cups and popping them in his mouth one after the other.]
[Of course it works. It's Mal, she's the best at what she does because she's got a drive behind her that most don't. She glares at the calm unwrapping of the peanut butter cups]
They had better not be from my part of the stash, and don't even think about keeping all the good stuff for yourself. I know some lovely little spells that'll send any wolf howling for mommy.
[Mal takes the hat off, and shakes her hair out. (Yes, the purple is natural.) Hats, ugh. But she needed a costume, didn't she? At least a witch wasn't as bad as some of the things she could have been.]
I'm not a princess, and I want my fair share. We can't hit her any time soon, fooling once is easy enough but you do it too often and even the stupidest of marks begin to catch on.
[She glances through her bags with a satisfied smirk. She then looks up at him]
Call me Sabrina again, and I make sure your costume is of one of the weakest monsters there are.
[Ward raises an eyebrow, intrigued, and pushes more candy over to share. On the one hand a grown man eating candy, but on the other he just can't get enough of it anymore. He was a fat kid, always taking too much according to his brother. Now with this.]
Fair enough.
[He offers her a hand] Grant Ward. You can call me - Grant, or Ward. Or Wolfy if the situation requires it.
[Oh he liked her. Pulling the hand back he gestures to the hat.] You handled that magic like a pro. Mal. I have the feeling we're gonna end up working well together.
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.
[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.
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.]
...Eventually if we play our cards right we could own this town. Have people paying us Candy. It wouldn't be fun but a steady stash of what's important.
[His hand slides across his gut and he shakes it off with a twitch.]
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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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It was just a prank.
[There's a distinct look of unease on his face.]
...I'm not usually the kind of person who pulls pranks. Except the man was an jackass and -
[He had no candy.]
He had no candy...You ever look back at something and actually regret it?
[It's a slightly new feeling for him. Especially since they can't apparently leave Halloween town and he's feeling more and more like he doesn't want to.]
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Why would I regret pulling a prank? It's their fault if they haven't got a sense of humour. Also, they didn't have candy? In Halloween Town. Dude had it coming to him.
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He said it was "a place of learning". I said fine. It took me a couple of hours but it was worth it it's gonna take him days to fix all of that.
[Still. His stomach rumbles and he reaches for the bag before he frowns. It's relatively empty.]
...What would you say to a team up for a bigger score?
[He should get - soup. Or - something, his land lady's been willing to make him cooked meat as opposed to the raw stuff other zombies get but it's not enough. It's never enough as far as candy goes.]
I keep an eye on the shops in these parts of Halloween town.
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What have you got in mind there, Wolfy? It better be worth my time. Time is candy, and all those pathetic sentiments.
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And they wouldn't.]
Lady there? She's a lycanthrope. Cat chick. She's obsessed with pumpkins. Pie, soup, whatever. All of it. You magic all her pumpkins so they blow out in the shop, I oversalt her dinner which she should be starting in about ten minutes. She'll be picking it out of her teeth. She buys her dinner. Never cooks. Might be the only lycanthrope I've seen here who doesn't.
I've got left over pumpkin cookies. You swoop in, offer those as an alternative to her dinner from the local diner - she's sentimental and she'll offer you as much candy or items as you can carry. Compare that to what I'll be grabbing when the lights are out and we can fill three, four bags with the stuff.
[The polite way of phrasing all of this is "you provide a distraction while I steal candy" but they don't rob. At least not directly.]
...Your hat's a costume too right? It can change your appearance?
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[Mal's just looking unimpressed. It's not that its not a good idea - she may make a note of it for a later date - she's just not there to play distration girl]
It can be a costume, but I have power outwith that. Not that I want people recognising me when I pull candy hauls, though.
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[He likes you kiddo.]
Look, four bags of candy. Big bags. It works well you can come up with a plan and I'll be your lackie next time. You in?
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[She gives a steady gaze]
And I'll make your costume for next time.
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He wipes a hand over his mouth.]
Let's see the magic Sabrina. I'll run in and we'll see if it works.
[It should work. It probably will work and afterwards Ward will meet her across the street, his own bag overflowing. He's got multiple bags beside him and he might - might be calmly unwrapping peanut butter cups and popping them in his mouth one after the other.]
We make a pretty good team.
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They had better not be from my part of the stash, and don't even think about keeping all the good stuff for yourself. I know some lovely little spells that'll send any wolf howling for mommy.
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Relax princess. There's plenty and the way we pulled that off? We might be able to hit her again in time.
[He hefts himself up off and pushes candy in her direction, bags of it. He pushes one at her.] Best part of any job Sabrina.
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I'm not a princess, and I want my fair share. We can't hit her any time soon, fooling once is easy enough but you do it too often and even the stupidest of marks begin to catch on.
[She glances through her bags with a satisfied smirk. She then looks up at him]
Call me Sabrina again, and I make sure your costume is of one of the weakest monsters there are.
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Fair enough.
[He offers her a hand] Grant Ward. You can call me - Grant, or Ward. Or Wolfy if the situation requires it.
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The name is Mal.
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You a local?
[It would explain how good she was with magic.]
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[Please, like she'd tell any of her backstory to some random person]
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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.
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[He waves a hand] I won't pry. Mal. What matters is that we have the score. And we can plan bigger ones.
You sew?
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[She glances. There's more to this guy. She'll pry, not obviously, but she will]
I had to learn.
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[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.
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[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.]
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You have an idea?
[His tone is gentle but firm. Adult to the core ever so slightly.]
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I got a million.
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...Eventually if we play our cards right we could own this town. Have people paying us Candy. It wouldn't be fun but a steady stash of what's important.
[His hand slides across his gut and he shakes it off with a twitch.]
Would be useful.
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