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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]🎃[ -=Prompt 1 & 2=- ]🎃[ Sam is small, child like in size. He has on orange footie pajamas and a burlap sack tied nearly around his mysterious head. Button eyes sewn on it, to help the appearance. He's grimy and dirty and honestly he looks as if he would fit into this setting very well.
The thing is, this is not his home. His holiday was over a few months ago and he's already wandered on to where he should be, to rest and eat chocolate and dream of better days and Halloween spirit. And yet here he was, being greeted fondly by a Pumpkin King. A new Little Trick-or-Treater? He was fine with that. It was what he enjoyed anyhow.
Sam was good. He took the information from the other, nodded in understanding, even if he didn't really understand, and then wandered off and out into the town to look around. It was strange. He knew what werewolves were and vampires. He sat with ghosts and dead things before, but none of these looked... the same. Interesting.
While humans trapped in the wrong place, it seems, ran about screaming or looking scared, Sam sat on a crooked brick wall, head tilted, a burlap sack in his hands, and chewing on a razor filled chocolate from it. Curious about everyone running around. Normally... had he seem such disrespect of his namesake, he'd kill them to teach them a less. In this place, he feels at peace and more interested in watching others run wild.
]🎃[ -=Prompt 3=- ]🎃[ Oh, this place has town meetings! How queer. He was out rolling a jack-o-lantern's head around, curious to how it moved. He loved these things. When he heard the mayor call for the town meeting. Honestly, he couldn't help but see what this was about.
Seated on a pew in the back, he looked tiny compared to others. his feet swing back and forth, and he crunches on a sucker, just under the edge of his burlap mask. He's not paying much attention to anything, but looking for new people like him. Or, new to this place. If he spots one, he might shimmy over and sit with them.
Halloween is over for him, so now it is time to enjoy things and not need to kill. So fear not. He'll be good.
]🎃[ -=Prompt 4=- ]🎃[ The LIGHT is OFFENSIVE!
The FLUFFY TAIL is TERRIBLE.
A scraggly yet oddly cute looking bunny sat in a field of tulips and was pulling at his ears. A squeaked sound of annoyance as he did. A long foot thumped on the ground and he grunted, yanking. His tail wiggled and moved. His nose twitched. He had on a little orange vest and a few eggs around him. Most of which he wanted nothing more then to BREAK.
This is OFFENSIVE and TERRIBLE and BRIGHT and CLEAN and TOO NICE. He does not LIKE it. And right now he's so confused. A small growl as he tries to use his hind legs to rip off the ears. What ARE these things on his head ANYHOW? Sam NEVER talks, but right now he is whining. A very tiny whine of "I don't... l-like it..."
[You want to be dashing or debonair when you're a grown man in a costume, not wearing a dark gray burlap sack with buttons where the wolf eyes are supposed to be. At least the costume's respectable and why he built it is a mystery but he showed up at houses and got candy in response. Which is why he's walking, heedless, and then crouching to count the candy.
the growl when he spots sam is unintentional. He needs this candy.]
[Sam like trick 'or treating. It's what he knows. He loves candy. For those who give him candy he leaves them alone. For those who have no respect for the holiday, he bites their faces off or throws a fit. Helps lead spirits to their house or worse.]
[Here at least he is tame. Curious. He's seated on the wall, chewing on his own candy. Spitting out a razor to the ground, blood on it from his weird hidden mouth, he shrugged.]
[What IS he? he lifts up his sack. To show what he is. A trick 'r treater.]
[He gave a little grunt in reply. Maybe he should start talking to people here. Maybe not. He waved his hand, cheerful with the chocolate bar in his stubby fingers]
[Sam slide down and moves over to the tall one, head tilting. Looking over the costume, curiously. Then there is a nod. He has a burlap mask and button eyes as well.]
[from his own bag, very carefully, he picks out a candy bar. a small one, and offers it to the other. Ward, be careful and always check your candy! There is a razor in this one too. But here, he is rewarding you.]
Like it... [He actually said... in a deep broken sounding voice. He never talks, not often at least.]
[He's a bottomless pit it feels, and all he wants is candy - briefly. It dissolves but he's pretty easily soothed by praise. And gifts. He reaches for the candy bar and slides his mask back down over his chocolate stained face.]
Thanks.
[You get a piece too. A lollipop. A little one but it's still there. Same team. He leans against the wall, bag dropped to the side.]
When I was a kid, I never got to keep my candy. My brother used to beat me up and take it. This...
Feels like payback. Feels right.
[His gloves need to be gray. Same color as the mask.]
[!!!!. He gave him candy back?! Perfect! He took it, no matter how small it was, and unwrapped it, rolling it in his fingers and lifting his mask, popping it into his mouth and covering his face again before he can be seen.]
[Mmm. tainted or not, it was good.]
He moved to climb up on the wall again, his sack not dropped, but always in his hand, tightly. Settling on the edge, Sam swung his feet a little, looking over at the larger guy. Head tilted.]
Pay. Back? [He asked, in a voice that rarely spoke, broken and slow. Curious though. Payback means killing, yes?]
[A little over 2000 years old, but sure, what the hell. Just a kid. He smirked under his mask, sucking on the candy given to him. He liked this town. People were made into fun things and others sways assumed he was a child.]
[He shrugged.]
You're. A. Kid. [he said, like repeating it, but not. Calling the other young. But it did sound like he was repeating words. Hmm]
Owed a... lot? [Voice, he needed to remember how to use it for more then giggling at people. Whoops. They say if you don't use it you lose it.]
[He snorts. Snarling. There's a vaguely wolfish tint to the sound] I'm owed a lot. And it feels like I can finally take it. Just wish there was more then...candy.
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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?
Sam Hain | Trick 'r Treat
Sam is small, child like in size. He has on orange footie pajamas and a burlap sack tied nearly around his mysterious head. Button eyes sewn on it, to help the appearance. He's grimy and dirty and honestly he looks as if he would fit into this setting very well.
The thing is, this is not his home. His holiday was over a few months ago and he's already wandered on to where he should be, to rest and eat chocolate and dream of better days and Halloween spirit. And yet here he was, being greeted fondly by a Pumpkin King. A new Little Trick-or-Treater? He was fine with that. It was what he enjoyed anyhow.
Sam was good. He took the information from the other, nodded in understanding, even if he didn't really understand, and then wandered off and out into the town to look around. It was strange. He knew what werewolves were and vampires. He sat with ghosts and dead things before, but none of these looked... the same. Interesting.
While humans trapped in the wrong place, it seems, ran about screaming or looking scared, Sam sat on a crooked brick wall, head tilted, a burlap sack in his hands, and chewing on a razor filled chocolate from it. Curious about everyone running around. Normally... had he seem such disrespect of his namesake, he'd kill them to teach them a less. In this place, he feels at peace and more interested in watching others run wild.
]🎃[ -=Prompt 3=- ]🎃[
Oh, this place has town meetings! How queer. He was out rolling a jack-o-lantern's head around, curious to how it moved. He loved these things. When he heard the mayor call for the town meeting. Honestly, he couldn't help but see what this was about.
Seated on a pew in the back, he looked tiny compared to others. his feet swing back and forth, and he crunches on a sucker, just under the edge of his burlap mask. He's not paying much attention to anything, but looking for new people like him. Or, new to this place. If he spots one, he might shimmy over and sit with them.
Halloween is over for him, so now it is time to enjoy things and not need to kill. So fear not. He'll be good.
]🎃[ -=Prompt 4=- ]🎃[
The LIGHT is OFFENSIVE!
The FLUFFY TAIL is TERRIBLE.
A scraggly yet oddly cute looking bunny sat in a field of tulips and was pulling at his ears. A squeaked sound of annoyance as he did. A long foot thumped on the ground and he grunted, yanking. His tail wiggled and moved. His nose twitched. He had on a little orange vest and a few eggs around him. Most of which he wanted nothing more then to BREAK.
This is OFFENSIVE and TERRIBLE and BRIGHT and CLEAN and TOO NICE. He does not LIKE it. And right now he's so confused. A small growl as he tries to use his hind legs to rip off the ears. What ARE these things on his head ANYHOW? Sam NEVER talks, but right now he is whining. A very tiny whine of "I don't... l-like it..."
Prompt 2
the growl when he spots sam is unintentional. He needs this candy.]
...What are you supposed to be?
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[Here at least he is tame. Curious. He's seated on the wall, chewing on his own candy. Spitting out a razor to the ground, blood on it from his weird hidden mouth, he shrugged.]
[What IS he? he lifts up his sack. To show what he is. A trick 'r treater.]
[He gave a little grunt in reply. Maybe he should start talking to people here. Maybe not. He waved his hand, cheerful with the chocolate bar in his stubby fingers]
no subject
...Fuck it.
He licks his fingers briefly and frowns.]
A trick or treater huh? Me too. See my costume?
[He's either a wolf or a cat. It's hard to tell. Back to nomming.]
no subject
[from his own bag, very carefully, he picks out a candy bar. a small one, and offers it to the other. Ward, be careful and always check your candy! There is a razor in this one too. But here, he is rewarding you.]
Like it... [He actually said... in a deep broken sounding voice. He never talks, not often at least.]
no subject
Thanks.
[You get a piece too. A lollipop. A little one but it's still there. Same team. He leans against the wall, bag dropped to the side.]
When I was a kid, I never got to keep my candy. My brother used to beat me up and take it. This...
Feels like payback. Feels right.
[His gloves need to be gray. Same color as the mask.]
You should talk more kid.
no subject
[Mmm. tainted or not, it was good.]
He moved to climb up on the wall again, his sack not dropped, but always in his hand, tightly. Settling on the edge, Sam swung his feet a little, looking over at the larger guy. Head tilted.]
Pay. Back? [He asked, in a voice that rarely spoke, broken and slow. Curious though. Payback means killing, yes?]
no subject
[His own voice is a bit rough in his mask, it sounds like a wolf - not that Ward knows it.]
You know, when you get what's yours. What you're owed.
[He pops open his own bag again and picks out a huge lollipop. A big one.]
You're just a kid.
no subject
[He shrugged.]
You're. A. Kid. [he said, like repeating it, but not. Calling the other young. But it did sound like he was repeating words. Hmm]
Owed a... lot? [Voice, he needed to remember how to use it for more then giggling at people. Whoops. They say if you don't use it you lose it.]
no subject
...Feels like it sometimes. I'm a kid.
[He snorts. Snarling. There's a vaguely wolfish tint to the sound] I'm owed a lot. And it feels like I can finally take it. Just wish there was more then...candy.
no subject
[He pulled up his bag, pulling something else out of it, poking it a moment, then unwrapping it. This was good enough for him.]
Candy... is good.
no subject
[He pulls another smaller piece out.] I mean logically I know it's not. Deep down? I know it's screwing with me.
[It's not as if he cares though. Looking up at the kid he tilts his head, wolf like.
Then offers a gloved hand.]
Grant.