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NOVEMBER TEST DRIVE MEME




NOVEMBER 2019 TEST DRIVE MEME









Welcome to November's Test Drive Meme! This month's Test Drive's theme is: DEATH/ZOMBIE HORROR.

All Test Drive Memes contain at least one clue to the Deerington's upcoming in-game events for the month! Keep your eyes peeled! But...not literally.

Characters may die during TDMs, but you do not need to count it towards a game-canonical death unless you want to. Consider it a freebie. All TDMs can be considered game canon as TDMs introduce minor aspects about the world of Deerington that can be revisited by characters later on in the game. You may also use TDMs for your application writing sample as well as AC.

CW: Possible mild cannibalism, organs (including pictures of fake food that looks like organs), mutant insect in linked picture, blood, sensations of starvation, possible binge eating, possible binge drinking.
Don't forget to tag content whenever necessary. Have fun!











NOT BEAST NOR KIN


The blood and organs that have been festering in the ground and walls of Deerington seem to not only be attracting rats at this point, but something far more dangerous and... just plain gross. These deadly looking maggots are roughly the size of an average human. They’re slithering in an out of the ground, filling up holes where some organs seem to have burst open, or writhing around in the wake of the red waves that have left bloody puddles in the street. If you keep your distance, they’re mostly just disgusting to watch, adding to the feeling of utter decay that the town has gone into.

But those who wander too close or who are unfortunate enough to go by a nest of these maggots without noticing could end up swarmed. They can leap farther than something that large should physically be capable of and the sharp teeth on the end of their bodies will pierce through even the toughest of skin and bone. Once they latch on, they won’t let go; not until they’ve finished their meal. If you aren’t quick, the blood loss will be, and you could end up an evening snack for a whole group of these creatures.

They are fairly easy to kill, luckily. Average weapons seem to take them down or you can smash their heads (if you can call it that) with a few good stomps from a boot. The only trouble is how quick they move and how strong they are; you might need to call for help to get away from them when you get cornered by too many of these monsters.


ALL YOU CAN EAT


Maggots aren’t the only things that want to eat, though! And it seems that the community center is aware of that as well. Advertisements are strewn all over town for an all you can eat buffet that will be set up, not even an entrance fee required (though donations are welcome at the door if you’re feeling generous). No one in their right mind would want to go and get food from a party into Deerington at this point though, right? Of course not. You’re way too clever for that.

Except that as the party draws closer, anyone who saw the advertisements will find themselves slowly feeling like they’re starving. There’s a hallow belly feeling that no amount of food you consume will ever be able to fill. It feels like you might go crazy from how bad the hunger gets, craving something to fill your stomach, anything... And in the back of your mind, you might remember the buffet. You might start to feel a strange realization that the food they’re offering will actually help get rid of your cravings and you’ll be drawn to the party no matter how adamant you’ve been that it’s not a good idea.

The spread they offer isn’t something that should be appetizing to most on a regular basis; raw, very clearly human organs are laid out across the table on fairly decorative plates. A fountain of what looks like blood is put up in place of chocolate for you to dip your food into. No matter how disgusted you might normally feel, you find yourself practically drooling at the mouth and you’re quick to grab a plate and dive in.

At least the drinks look like they’re normal; sodas, beer, wine, champagne, and liquors ready to create your favorite cocktails. A menu will give you an idea of what pairs best with each organ, so make sure you select something that goes perfectly with your plate of intestines.

What would a Deerington party be without something tricky attached to all this. Even the smallest bites of any of the organs will offer sudden changes to the consumer, each power growing stronger the more that you eat.

  • Eating BRAINS will make it so that you are able to hear another person’s thoughts. Anyone standing near by, really. They’ll trickle in slowly at first, but the more that you eat, the more you’ll hear, and eventually it could become overwhelming. Sometimes you can focus in on just one person if you stare at them intently, but that could make you look like a creep. Maybe you should just go somewhere quiet until it passes.

  • Eating a HEART will make you feel compelled to confess your emotions to someone. Maybe a specific person or maybe it’s towards a complete stranger, but you just want to get everything out onto the table. You’re overcome with feelings so strong you don’t know how to contain them anymore and you’ve just got to get them out somehow.

  • Eating LIVER will cause you to want to drink. A lot. You might find that you’re not able to get enough, even. It doesn’t make you immune to the alcohol though, so it’s got the potential to lead some pretty nasty alcohol poisoning if you aren’t careful. Characters who usually can’t get drunk will find that consuming liver makes them a total lightweight. Woops. Better have someone help you walk home.

  • Eating the STOMACH will make you want to eat everything. You’ll no longer feel starving, but you just want to taste any food that’s near you, and you won’t stop no matter how full you feel. It’s not just organs, but any food consumed outside of the buffet. It might be a bad time to go to Peter’s Pizza for a late night meal.

  • Eating INTESTINES will give you an abundance of courage. You’ll find that you’ve got guts you never knew you had and it might make you willing to go tell your crush how you feel about them, or tell off that one guy who’s been pissing you off for weeks, or maybe you might start to think it’s cool to go scale a building or fight a monster when you don’t have any skill sets to actually take one down. Hopefully you don’t do anything you’ll regret in the morning— assuming you don’t get yourself killed doing something stupid, of course.

  • Eating EYEBALLS will allow you to obtain the memory of the first person that you touch. Depending on how much you’ve eaten, you may just see a small snippet or you could get sucked in to a full and heavy flashback. The memory will feel like it takes place in real time, but by the time that it’s over, you’ll find that whoever you touched is only just starting to ask you what’s wrong — or tell you to watch where you’re going, buster.


  • All affects from the food will wear off within about an hour if you’ve only had a bite — or they could last up to twelve if you really stuffed yourself. Please be sure to obtain OOC permission from any players for the brain and eyeball prompts!


Character Arrival

You can read how all characters arrive in Deerington here.

There is not a collective "all these characters showed up at the exact same moment" occurrence in Deerington. Since characters fall asleep, die, or pass out at various times throughout all their worlds, it wouldn't make too much sense if they arrived in game all at the exact same time. There should be some discrepancy between character arrival, whether by a couple minutes, hours, or even days up to a week.

The players are entirely in control of how/when they want to play their characters arriving in Deerington. For TDMs, you can play it like your character has just arrived and that can be maintained as your game canon, or you can wait until game events for that moment. Or you don't need to acknowledge it at all. The flexibility for character allows a bit more of an organic feel to the character arrival situation, so please play it to whatever feels right for you.

If you are interested in having an "arrival" introduction for one of your TDM prompts, you are more than welcome to explore that option.
deflectere: (N I N E)

[personal profile] deflectere 2019-11-06 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
All the time.
I don't hide.
Ever.
gentrify: (pic#11581293)

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
prove it
corner of east main and washington
driving: (Default)

[personal profile] driving 2019-11-06 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah i can't argue with that
actually places in general suck compared to california
why couldn't we be stuck there instead
hopecanruinyou: (to tᥲkᥱ ᥴhᥲrgᥱ of mყ ᥣιfᥱ)

dead on arrival

[personal profile] hopecanruinyou 2019-11-06 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thom can't exactly claim to be a social butterfly in deerington, but he's relatively certain he doesn't recognize the rather tall man approaching him off the street, and when barry opens his mouth to start asking questions, it becomes painfully clear to him that this guy is a new arrival.

he can't exactly judge barry for not reading through the pamphlet carefully, thom himself had dismissed it as a bad joke from one of his teammates after all. that doesn't make it any easier to be the one to break it to this guy now though. ]


Technically we're in Maine, but it's a bit more complicated than that.
gentrify: (pic#11581253)

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuck if I know, what do I look like, the fuckin' AK fairy?

[ i mean, maybe, mickey??? welp, the girl's not moving, so mickey shrugs and opens fire, the hog-sized maggots screeching and wailing and whipping around as they die. gross. the racket pauses as mickey waits to see if there's any left alive, chattering distractedly. ]

Did you own one before showing up here? 'Cause mine was in the trunk.

[ it helped that he has just so many guns lying around, so many. ]
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[personal profile] fuzzbeat 2019-11-06 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Helena. The intelligent woman in a dirty dress, who moved like a predator but somehow seems to have an easier time understanding Harriet than some hearing people do. They've both had to work hard to make a place for themselves in their worlds. There's a kinship there, if... well, Harriet probably had it easier. The Library provided. Her mother adapted, never stopped signing even after Harriet became proficient in lipreading. She passed in ways Helena doesn't—and maybe that's why Harriet feels like they should stay together, at least for now. ]

Harriet. [ As she says it aloud, she makes her name sign. ] Do you want to clean up? Eat something?

[ Please say yes, you deserve clean clothes, Helena. ]
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[personal profile] driving 2019-11-06 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
i dunno if it was an alien but there are monsters there
and so much fuckin corn
fuck corn
gentrify: (pic#11580485)

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
fuck corn
those fields are a fuckin horror movie hazard
you wander in there at night ur just asking to get murdered by some fuckin cryptid
all the corn and potatoes and wheat and shit should all be kept to like 1 or 2 states
like idaho and texas
maybe wyoming
the ones no one sane gives a shit abt
let the psychos live out there with the gd aliens and monsters
everyone in texas is already batshit enough for it
deflectere: (F O U R T E E N)

[personal profile] deflectere 2019-11-06 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You're eager. Fine. I don't have anything to do anyway.

( he could feel his sister's disapproving glare and she wasn't even here but he was going to do this because he can't back down. he's going to find this person and at least punch him in the chin. )
hitactor: (ғrαιl & ғrαɢιle вαrѕ)

[personal profile] hitactor 2019-11-06 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Chloe Price?

[ Okay, whatever he'll just commit that to memory with the slew of other kinds of information he's gotten from the people around this place. None of it is really adding up. ]

Wait- okay, ocean? And there's no ocean now is what you're saying...?

[ How is that even possible. ]
hitactor: (вεαsт ιη мε x)

[personal profile] hitactor 2019-11-06 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet you have. Nice to know your eyes work well enough to distinguish the differences when the thing is twenty times the size it should be.

[ Through grit teeth, why did he even stop the car when he saw it was him in trouble. Maybe to keep his cover, maybe because this place is worse than Korengal and so far makes Fuches look like a fucking angel instead of the grim reaper.

He's not gonna think too long and hard about it. ]


No.

[ Yeah, he's not even gonna express which part because the maggot wasn't happy and he really didn't want his only means of transportation totally fucked because they pissed off a giant larva.

The keys find the ignition and he peels out, burning some rubber in the process and for a little while he's just quiet. ]


Are you a fucking idiot?

[ Okay, maybe that wasn't cool, he'll just adjust his white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel as he looks for a destination that seems somewhat safe. Some kind of shelter, something they can work with if things get worse. ]

I mean, you had a gun in your hand. Why the hell would you try to talk down a blood-thirsty parasite? It's not gonna go an episode of Maury with you.
gentrify: (pic#11581271)

text > action if ur good with it?

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
come on, you cant tell me you aint even a little restless
ill be gentle, scouts honor


[ mickey was never, ever even close to being a boyscout.

in the mean time, he'll be lounged on a bus stop bench, man spreading, with arms stretched out over the back rest of the bench, head lolled back as he stares at the sky, bored. if alec happens to catch a glance at his face, he'll notice mickey's still wearing fresh cuts and bruises from the last brawl he was in. ]
Edited 2019-11-06 18:11 (UTC)
sscuriosity: (ɳεѵε૨ รεεɳ)

[personal profile] sscuriosity 2019-11-06 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
No way. So we're like in an interdimensional rift.

[ Leave it to Dustin to find the full Syfy reasoning behind any bit of weird science. This place hadn't done much for his own interests, it's all just layered on questions he personally needs to find the answers to. ]

You still never told me why you're floating.
sscuriosity: (ωε'૨ε ɱαҡเɳɠ)

[personal profile] sscuriosity 2019-11-06 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, they're really different things but - [ Whatever, he'll concede. It doesn't seem like this dude's gonna get any nicer with more corrections. ] Okay, Indy, I'm not about to split hairs between psychopaths when one of us came with way more efficient means to handle the hoard of grubs.

[ Was that a thank you? Yeah, it was, but still - no address. There's no way he's about to give out his home address to this guy. Even if he had one. ]

I bet you could find more in town. [ Alcohol, that is. If the flask was for anything besides Molotovs which he really thought it would be, judging by this guy's overall tone. ]

I am not going home with you. I think I've had enough of playing Short round for a lifetime.
fayzedandconfused: (we don't want your body)

[personal profile] fayzedandconfused 2019-11-06 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Brianna whistles, half impressed, half sympathetic. ] No wonder it freaked you out.

[ Getting other people's memories... their feelings... jeez, it sounds like a total nightmare. Brianna's own feelings are bad enough. Carrying around a bunch of other people's sounds like torture. ]

Well, I have nothing to hide! [ This is a complete lie, but as with most of Brianna's lies, it comes out without any forethought. She has plenty to hide, but she's also confident enough to believe she can fake whatever is in her head. At least for the amount of time Theo would be looking. ]
micycle: (destination unknown)

[personal profile] micycle 2019-11-06 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Um.

[He takes a deep breath - only it isn't really a breath, since he doesn't have lungs - and raises up one transparent hand.]

I'm a ghost?
Edited 2019-11-06 18:26 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hedon 2019-11-06 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
We know each other well enough to cohabitate, or would you rather stay elsewhere or among the natives while you find your bearings?

[ Harsh, maybe, but he knew Alec well enough to know that comfort was a mutual boon that they'd share. Magnus's might veer into hedonism but only so far as alcohol and a little debauchery and never at the expense of anyone else. ]

Regret is a waste of time. To everything, a reason. You know all too well I'm not about to let a shadowhunter such as yourself out of my sight in this admittedly dangerous terrain. What would the clave think?
gentrify: (pic#11581299)

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ dustin starts with what sounds like another correction on the rise, and mickey's brows just arch emphatically. bitch, do it and see what happens. thankfully, he thinks better of it. ] See? Now you're learning about survival and natural selection. Don't argue with the motherfucker carrying the gun and setting shit on fire.

[ these are life lessons he is imparting to you, small child with an apparent deathwish. he's damn lucky it's this gangster he chose to mouth off to rather than any others mickey knows. then again, most gangsters wouldn't have stopped to help him. hrm, we're not going to think about that. ]

Bet I could, but that means I gotta go do it still. So unless you're volunteering to fetch goddamn refill, complaint stands. [ mickey would literally argue with a bolder, it's therapeutic for him, ok? no matter how annoyed he looks while doing it. ] You think babysitting smartasses is my favorite fuckin pastime? I don't want you going home with me either.

Address. Or someone I can call to pick your ass up, Yoda, I ain't asking a third time.
gentrify: (pic#11581240)

network, un: southside; cw: light racism??? idefk i'm sorry for everything preemptively

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
russian?
russian or german
maybe mexican but they aint that fuckin peppy
litup: (lace.)

b ( you choose what he just ate this is too much responsibility!!! )

[personal profile] litup 2019-11-06 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ever since Beverly's arrival coincided with some dangerous candy, she's kept a single piece of saltwater taffy in her pocket. Keeping some loose intestines or what-have-you close at hand seems like it would be much less subtle, but luckily(???) for her, the urge to eat them overpowers any type of disgust she would feel. Or any type of hope to save any of this questionable stuff for later.

She very nearly doesn't notice Ben as she stares with melancholy acceptance over the probably human organ buffet, until he bumps into someone in the crowd and she glances up.
]

Ben from Soc?

[The odd nickname comes out automatically, and she's suddenly filled with a surge of relief. More Losers. Just like she impulsively promised Eddie.

She doesn't catch the majority of he says all that distinctly over the general commotion, which means he may not have even heard her either. She hovers nearer, trying to catch his attention.
]

Ben! When did you get here?
deflectere: (N I N E)

yes, definitely!

[personal profile] deflectere 2019-11-06 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
( it doesn't take alec long to get there. he's not familiar with the city enough to know his way by heart but it doesn't take him long to figure it out and soon enough, he walks up to the only other person in the area that looks to be waiting. )

Nice face.

( had you already gotten a head start on getting your face beat, mickey? )
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[personal profile] bulletgram 2019-11-06 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not know. Good question
mollymocked: (⚔  but i can't have you)

[personal profile] mollymocked 2019-11-06 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, absolutely. And you look amazing. [He holds her out an arm's length now that he's gotten over the initial bout of heartsick at seeing her again hale and hearty.]

Is that a new dress? [Despite the gallows humor of his next statement, he seems absolutely delighted. His energy hasn't abated even a little in death, and it takes nothing to get him back into that fast-talking bullshit he's been using since he first met her.] Gods, I've missed all the shopping excursions, haven't I? Caduceus only really tells so much because he doesn't pay attention to the same things I do, and I have to admit that I try not to ask. What's that word Beau uses? FOMO? That's the one.
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2019-11-06 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sure I will. [ He smiles back. ]

A year can be a long time, if lived in a strange environment! What sorts of things have happened in that time? And I'm pleased to meet you, Vira-Lorr!
gentrify: (pic#11581262)

Action!!

[personal profile] gentrify 2019-11-06 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mickey's eyes shift to the stranger, looking at him upside down, assuming this is his new buddy come to deck him. Sup, bro. He grins. ]

Thanks. Shoulda seen the other guys.

[ that fight was amazing and he doesnt give a damn what marks it left on him. Besides, Mickey's spent most of his life running around with some kind of bruise or injury on his face at all times, either from fighting or his asshole old man. This doesn't feel new. ]

You're scrawnier than I thought you'd be. [ said with a yawn as Mickey picks himself up, stretching while he stands. Which puts him at a grand height of 5'8". Next to Alec, who is a giant. Haaaa. ]