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expiationmeme2023-10-08 10:33 am
TEST DRIVE MEME #5
Welcome to the TDM for Expiation, a pan-fandom adventure game with fantasy, science fiction, and some horror elements. We ask that top-level comments are reserved for new characters and players looking to experience a taste of the world and overarching storyline. Characters already in the game, however, are free to use TDM prompts in their own catch-alls and logs. Feel free to submit any TDM / prompt-related questions to the corresponding comment below.
New players / characters looking to app are free to use TDM threads as samples in their application. Preexisting players / characters may use TDM threads as part of their AC proofs.
You may find the below link helpful in getting to know themes of the world, locations, the people, and so on.
AS OF AUGUST 2023: We have decided to reduce the waiting period for new updates / canons to two months. So if your canon is two months old, your character is appable as of now.
The last thing you recall is waking in a room of blinding white light. You hear voices around you, speaking in muffled tones; you get the distinct impression that they’re talking about you. And you’re on the verge of figuring out what they’re saying, you’re so close...but then the floor drops out from under you. You’re falling into blackness.
You come to after falling through this dark void, and when your vision clears, you find yourself in a... forest?
NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS
ARRIVALS
New Chosen will find themselves in Pessiria Forest. There's a chill in the air and a strange rustling in the leaves. There's some sort of wailing noises that seem to echo through the trees, and occasionally, Chosen—new and old alike—can hear the sound of familiar voices. Maybe even impossible voices.
Was that a sound? The wind? Something else, maybe watching and waiting in the shadows?…
… Nah. That's probably all in their head.
Probably.
Making their way out of the forest, newcomers will find that Aldrip's local residents are a little wary of them. Maybe even a little cagey about welcoming them, especially since some locals are still missing. Luckily, there are plenty of others like them, other Chosen, who have been here long enough to know the ropes.
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
Aldrip has had a bountiful harvest this year. As a result of the surplus, lumpy and misshapen vegetables are being tossed out, thrown into compost, or given to animals as food.
They don't seem to like this.
Over the past few days and weeks, these poor things have been left to rot, watching their brethren become animal food as they waste away, their potential being ground into the dirt. But no more! Through sheer determination and the power of a good old-fashioned grudge, they begin to mutate, sprouting arms and legs and—uh oh, are those teeth? This could be bad.
Late into the night on October 9, the mutated vegetables begin to rise from their graves. Scorned squashes, contemptuous carrots, abused apples, and other cantankerous crops decide that enough is enough! The tables have turned, and now they would like to eat you! Be warned that their bite is definitely worse than their bark, and they have a taste for human blood. Take cover, or you might just find yourself becoming dinner. But they're not immortal! They can be burned, bludgeoned, or sliced to stop their assault.
Upon investigation, there may be a link to the water source and the mutated plants. Shut off that water source and find a new one, and maybe there will be less of the cranky creatures.
A few days after this onslaught of veggies, the locals decide to prepare a big vegetable feast. Are those still good to eat, do you think…?
(Note: while the bulk of these creatures won't last long, you will still be able to find occasional stragglers throughout the rest of the month.)
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
CW: ANIMAL MISTREATMENT
Given tablets equipped with a camera feature, Chosen new and old are asked by some scientifically-minded locals to catalog creatures and animals of Aldrip and the surrounding areas. It seems new creatures are appearing almost daily, and as these local requestors say, it's important to know your neighbors! They'll offer a variety of rewards: money, goods, services. Doing favors for them might boost their opinion of the Chosen, as well.
Those who accept this task will find any manner of animals, new and old. They'll also find some…………weird things. Animals that seem to have been spliced together: Chocobos with elephant trunks, wolves with feathers, snakes with crab legs…the possibilities for these chimeras seem to have no limit.
Brave adventurers will find that following some of these animals for a while will lead them to a camouflaged bunker deep in the woods. Surrounded by an electric fence and automatic turrets, it seems that someone doesn't want you getting in there.
This may be as close as you can get, for now, but if you keep a low profile, you might be able to observe for a while.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Some strange new plants seem to be gaining sentience, to the point where they are taking requests. Some of them may be benign or even silly: water lilies asking Chosen to take a swim with them, thirsty ferns asking for water, venus fly traps who need help catching flies. Some ask for items, human food, or just a chance to chat. Still others would like to be entertained with song, dance, or jokes…weird.
Entertaining most of these requests just results in the plants not annoying you about them anymore. But some plants are asking for blood, too, either human or animal. When fed, these particular plants go wild wanting more, more, more! Eventually, they will only be satiated by eating people. More killer creatures?! Uh oh.
Maybe finding the source of where all this started will help…
You know the drill–this is the wildcard one. Just because it’s not listed in the prompts above does not mean it’s unavailable as an option. We encourage you to do whatever you’d like to utilize the setting to its full potential. If you have any questions about what is and is not possible, please don’t hesitate to ask!
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| CANON | CHARACTER/TOP LEVEL |
| Bungo Stray Dogs | Jouno Saigiku |
| Bungo Stray Dogs | Tetchou Suehiro |
| Dissidia NT | Lightnig Farron |
| Fear & Hunger 2: Termina | Levi |
| Final Fantasy XIV | Noise Deathmouse |
| Horizon Forbidden West | Beta |
| League of Legends | Xayah |
| One Piece | Tony Tony Chopper |
| Persona 3 | Tohru Adachi |
| Persona 4 | Shinjiro Aragaki |
| Persona 5 | Yusuke Kitagawa |
| Reiwa no Dara | Dara |
| Tokyo Revengers | Mikey |
| Tokyo Revengers | Takemichi Hanagaki |
| Urusei Yatsura | Benten |
Lambda-11 | BlazBlue
[Lambda being...well, Lambda, was already fitting in about as well as a bowling bowl fits in a square peg. No social skills to speak of coupled with the fact that she talks and acts kind of like a robot and you have a recipe for disaster. As if that wasn't enough, now there are vegetables out here trying to eat people? If she was a bit more world-weary, she might be using this opportunity to try and make friends by protecting people. As it stands now, she's mostly just trying to get herself situated and deal with the issue as it comes. Perhaps she can find the cause?
Either way, one of her walks ended up resulting in an encounter with several hangry vegetables blocking her path.]
...multiple hostile lifeforms detected. Now engaging combat mode.
[A giant sword crashes down from the sky, kicking up dust and dirt. When the debris fades the sword is gone. Lambda, however, is fully clad in a futuristic set of armor with several swords floating around her like a set of wings.]
Combat mode engaged. Dispatching targets...
Island of Dr. Mordeau
[It might be a good idea to figure out who was making all these creatures and why. And Lambda would agree; except she can't seem to shake a few of them off her tail. Several, mostly those mixed with various insects and insect-like creatures seem to be rather fond of her. For a while it does seem like she's a bit uncomfortable, trying to get them to leave. But eventually...
...well, eventually she's kind of just. Playing with them? Feeding them, brushing them, taking care of them; that sort of thing. In fact, there might even a moment with her just kind of laying on the ground and letting them climb all over her. True bliss.]
Wildcard!
[Got an idea or don't like any of the options? Feel free to pick your own! I don't mind.]
wildcard — something CHAOTIC!!!
if lambda thinks she's going to shoot or chop this creature to bites all fancy like, she'd be wrong. instead, jinx will land on the creature's back and settles on it as if it's some sort of horse. the creature, of course, takes no liking to this and it's thrashing around in roars to try and get this crazy human off of it. and jinx, on the other hand, continues to laugh manically -- just having the best time of her life. )
Wooooo-hooo ♪! Ha ha ha!!
As should be expected of Jinx
Several moments pass as Lambda just stares at Jinx and the beast she's riding. Her combat mode is already engaged, as she learned to maintain it during her trips outside, but it doesn't seem like Jinx needs help. Though the beast is trying pretty hard to get her off its back.]
Do you require assistance?
[...it's worth a shot, at least. Although can Jinx even hear her?]
8)
Whoops!
( she really should appear concern or worried, but she isn't. especially when that beast whips around to snarl to the blue-haired girl's direction. bearing its claws, it screeches out is angry call and sprints full speed to jinx.... who is casually just getting up and dusting herself off. wow, it's like she doesn't care she's about to get ripped into pieces. )
:3
...
[The sound of blades striking claws rings loudly throughout the area. The wing-like swords behind Lambda's back are now in front of her, creating a barrier between the beast and Jinx, with her in front of the other woman. Despite the swords blocking its reach, the creature still snaps its maw hungrily, trying to push through as the levitating blades continue to force it back.]
Recommended course of action... Retreat.
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What, are ya nuts?! — Why would I do that? Maybe I want it to eat me!
( hardly. )
Hey, think you can slice n' dice it? I wanna see what those bad boy sharpies can do.
Island of Dr. Mordeau
Having no real reason to antagonize the creatures, the man doesn't pay them much attention, aside from maybe petting one or two of the fluffier ones (but that's not something anyone needs to know). He does notice some of them seem to be heading in one direction, but he doesn't think much of it until he arrives at their gathering point and realizes what, or rather who is at the center of all this.
There's no mistaking it. He could never forget the face of his little sister, not even if he wanted to, though of course, this isn't Saya. No, this is... ]
... Lambda?!
[ It's only after her name leaves his mouth that he realizes his mistake. Fuck. Assuming everything went according to the plan (and it should have... right?), Lambda would have no way of remembering him... which means he probably shouldn't act like he knows her, either. Well, shit, too late for that. ]
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One might say she could never forget that voice, but that isn't really true now, is it? She had lost all her memories once before. Not all that long ago. But his voice, his face, it was always one she could recall. Even if they hadn't interacted much in the grand scheme of things. But she held those memories tightly in her heart. They were precious to her. He was precious to her. So when she hears the words of Ragna the Bloodedge, her body can't help but stir a bit. She gently scoops up the animals that were happily crawling over her and sits up, moving them off to the side. Her armor is currently deactivated, meaning that when she gaze meets Ragna, he'll have a full view of her piercing red eyes.]
...Ragna?
[For a while all she can do is stare. The forest she found herself in when she first arrived had played tricks on her. Messed with her mind. Is this truly different?]