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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.
Arrival!
Of course, that's far too idealistic. Even Helen knows that. Oh, but she can dream. And dream she does.
She remembers eating and drinking too much (and being berated for it). She remembers falling asleep by the campfire soon after.
That's when things got bloody weird. Now she's wandering about, convinced that she's dreaming because there's no other explanation. These surroundings are bizarre and alien to someone who has never even seen a car before, and she's feeling very confused. She's wandering about with her steel boots and body armor strapped to her. Her sword, oversized and heavy but wielded with ease, is drawn but held tightly in one hand. She looks completely out of place.
She has seen no-one so far, but consider her overjoyed to see a strangely-dressed human up ahead. Well. Strangely-dressed to her. She doesn't yet realize that she's the one that looks weird.]
Oi! Hey, kid! Small human, wait up! [She calls out, lifting her hand to wave frantically at him. She looks super happy to see another person and grins widely at him. She assumes that humans are cool with half-monsters like herself now, and she forgets that her inhumanely silver eyes tend to freak people out. Anyway, this is a dream, isn't it?]
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That is until his curious face turns and looks to find who called out for him to stop. He doesn't feel darkness radiate from her, but he doesn't feel entirely easy, either. His inquisitive brows, raised high upon hearing a voice, falter as he stands frozen in place as she draws closer. ]
I, uh... [ can anyone fault him, no more than a boy about to trudge through his teenage years, if he's a bit uncomfortable with this whole predicament? He swallows loudly, and more color rises up on his cheeks and face. He's already a bit out of breath, face flushed, but if she's a potential ally rather than foe, welp. It's embarrassing to be embarrassed. ]
Where'd you get that? [ A nod and wave to her sword. She's the first person he's seen, and while a moment of trust may get him into trouble, he has to risk at least talking with her. His head gives a little shake. ] Sorry, you're the first person I've seen here, and this is starting to feel more like I'm in...Middle Earth, or something. [ A nervous chuckle. It really didn't seem like a high concept fantasy land, but she looks like she could be plucked from some other world, that's for sure. Please don't slice him in two, lady. And please let this be a dream, especially if she's out for blood.
She doesn't seem entirely dangerous? Then again, he's just now realizing that her eyes are silver. He squints at her, taking that characteristic in. ]
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She can see that he's flushed. Out of breath. She could give him a difficult time, but she refrains from it. She refrains because this situation is bloody weird and she's surrounded by strange buildings. Also, what's with the peculiar metal poles (street lamps) rising out from the ground like trees? The kid is the first person she's seen, and he doesn't look like he's going to be a thorn in her side. She's grateful he's stopped for her at all.
She laughs when he asks about the sword, though. She holds it up so the blade points towards the sky and then slowly lowers it back down. Doing it too fast might be seen as threatening, and she doesn't particularly wish to scare him off.]
This old thing? It was a graduation present. [She snickers at her own joke, and then grows silent, listening to him.]
Yeah, you're the first person I've seen too. [A head tilt.] Not sure what a Middle Earth is. [Is that code of weird shit? She's going to interpret it as such.] But, hey, I agree with you. This place is... It's weird as hell. Maybe we should figure this out together, yeah?