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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Well, that was strange. He thought that bottle on his workbench was something that Dan had left as a reminder to him to eat or drink something once in a while (when he'd much rather give himself a dose of diluted ReAgent to keep himself going without the dull affairs of eating or drinking... or sleeping, for that matter). But the next thing he knew, he'd gone woozy and everything had slid sideways, dumping him into... wherever he'd ended up. That talking skeleton in the pin-striped tailcoat has to come as a result of a dream, but it all feels far too real. And what on earth kind of device has his host given him?
Better yet: why does he now have large sutures on his wrists and other places on his arms, and while he knows he doesn't get much sun (not in the misty Miskatonic Valley, and especially not with his nocturnal habits), yet that doesn't explain the bluish tinge to it....
"This begs an explanation..." he murmurs.
2 - The Town (As Zombie)
Now that he has started to settle in, Herbert has also started to make his way - his slow way - about the town, exploring it as much as he can when he doesn't cover much ground at a time. It looks like some crazy version of Salem at Halloween, only with the decor, costuming and venues multiplied exponentially in their Halloween-iness. It has a weird charm to it, but he can't really take it seriously. Sooner or later, whatever Dan put into that drink has to wear off and he'll wake up... except that it all looks and feels too real for him to chalk it up to mere chemical sources...
3 - Easter Island
Right when he thought nothing could get more strange, he got invited into a wooded area and thence through an egg-shaped door in the trunk of one of the trees... and into a sunlit meadow overflowing with flowers. And then it got even strange: as he turns to look about him, he realizes he's lost some of his height and his eyes are placed differently in his head. Looking down, he realizes lavender paws have replaced his hands.
"What on earth...? All right, fantasy world logic: monsters in that Halloween place, rabbits in... Springland," he says, not ready to use the E-word, since he gave up Christianity for Lent when he was nine...
[Zombie meet one Trick or Treater. Not that he's accepted it entirely. Maybe it's a bit easier for Ward, given that the last thing he remembered was - well. Death but the shrieks and screams have filtered into background noise. The alleys feel like home.
Or maybe it's just because if he's not drinking he'd feel a lot better with a snickers bar (or the closest thing to it) in his mouth.
It's annoying. A grown ass man developing such a fondness for candy but given that his landlady's a zombie and the first thing she did was give him a sewing machine You're a trick or treater sweet pea. Accept it. You might feel better.
He falls in beside Herbert. In one bag he's got fabric - long black fabric - in the other he's got a bag of chocolate - things that he's chewing on. He's dead. Rot your teeth and gain 300 pounds why not?]
Zombie.
[This is the happiest he's been since coming here. Time to make sure his traditional skills are still in play even with these new urges.]
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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?
Herbert West / ReAnimator movies
Well, that was strange. He thought that bottle on his workbench was something that Dan had left as a reminder to him to eat or drink something once in a while (when he'd much rather give himself a dose of diluted ReAgent to keep himself going without the dull affairs of eating or drinking... or sleeping, for that matter). But the next thing he knew, he'd gone woozy and everything had slid sideways, dumping him into... wherever he'd ended up. That talking skeleton in the pin-striped tailcoat has to come as a result of a dream, but it all feels far too real. And what on earth kind of device has his host given him?
Better yet: why does he now have large sutures on his wrists and other places on his arms, and while he knows he doesn't get much sun (not in the misty Miskatonic Valley, and especially not with his nocturnal habits), yet that doesn't explain the bluish tinge to it....
"This begs an explanation..." he murmurs.
2 - The Town (As Zombie)
Now that he has started to settle in, Herbert has also started to make his way - his slow way - about the town, exploring it as much as he can when he doesn't cover much ground at a time. It looks like some crazy version of Salem at Halloween, only with the decor, costuming and venues multiplied exponentially in their Halloween-iness. It has a weird charm to it, but he can't really take it seriously. Sooner or later, whatever Dan put into that drink has to wear off and he'll wake up... except that it all looks and feels too real for him to chalk it up to mere chemical sources...
3 - Easter Island
Right when he thought nothing could get more strange, he got invited into a wooded area and thence through an egg-shaped door in the trunk of one of the trees... and into a sunlit meadow overflowing with flowers. And then it got even strange: as he turns to look about him, he realizes he's lost some of his height and his eyes are placed differently in his head. Looking down, he realizes lavender paws have replaced his hands.
"What on earth...? All right, fantasy world logic: monsters in that Halloween place, rabbits in... Springland," he says, not ready to use the E-word, since he gave up Christianity for Lent when he was nine...
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Or maybe it's just because if he's not drinking he'd feel a lot better with a snickers bar (or the closest thing to it) in his mouth.
It's annoying. A grown ass man developing such a fondness for candy but given that his landlady's a zombie and the first thing she did was give him a sewing machine You're a trick or treater sweet pea. Accept it. You might feel better.
He falls in beside Herbert. In one bag he's got fabric - long black fabric - in the other he's got a bag of chocolate - things that he's chewing on. He's dead. Rot your teeth and gain 300 pounds why not?]
Zombie.
[This is the happiest he's been since coming here. Time to make sure his traditional skills are still in play even with these new urges.]
Am I right?