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THE TEST DRIVE MEME

SO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CREEPY HOTEL BRIGADE.

Well, welcome potential apper! Here we have the handy dandy test drive meme so you can get a feel for how your character might react to the game setting. This post can also be used to cultivate some of those required sample threads for the application.

Feel free to play any scenario you so please. However please note that TDM threads cannot be used for Activity Checks (for existing players) and will not be considered game canon unless transposed comment for comment into logs in checkingout. We also recommend avoiding playing the initial arrival, so that the intro log doesn't become repetitive and boring for you. Other than that, go wild.

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PREMISE | THE HOTEL
TAKEN | RESERVES | APPLICATION

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.

No time for losers, because we — have waffles and pancakes and crepes and delicate bowls of ripe bananas and juicy oranges. We have bacon and oatmeal and cereal and milk; we have coffee (that's really hot and will burn you quite spectacularly) and tea (that, on the other hand, is miserably cold and bland). And we have orange juice (that might just kill you)!

Basically, every component one needs to start the day off right. Which is good, because this is the only meal ever served in the hotel. So come one, come all — get it while it's hot and try to pick among seats amidst the crowded circular tables, or stand along the wall. Bemoan the lack of hashbrowns or fight over the last fork. Mix, mingle. Have "fun".

DON'T YOU LOVE MY TASTE IN MUSIC.

What starts as soft, subtle musical notes wafting out of unseen speakers?

Yeah, that quickly manifests into blaring, loud, aggressively high pitched notes — so distorted, and reverberating so magnificently in the main lobby that even those impenetrable windows rattle in their frames.

And what's more, there doesn't seem to be an off switch anywhere in sight. Good luck finding one.

GOING DOWN.

Right by the stairwell in the lobby is an old timey elevator, the sort that really ought to be manned by staff to insure that it's in decent working condition and won't kill you. But it's usually not. And usually doesn't run.

But today, your ears are treated to an oh-so pleasant ding, and the doors will slide open, offering a ride to the floor of your choosing. Finally, no more calf workouts on the stairs, right?

...well, you probably should have taken the stairs, because three seconds in the entire carriage shudders, screeches to a halt, and refuses to move.

Then the lights begin to flicker.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE.

Don't see a scenario that appeals to you here? Make up your own. Get crazy with it! Good luck getting outside.

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[Gold had been quietly shadowing Belle since her arrival. Given the rocky first week he'd gotten off to, he wanted to keep an eye on her. Call it an irrational desire to make certain she came to no harm by either the hotel or the people within it. When he spotted her entering the elevator he finally moved into sight, extending a hand to keep the elevator door from closing.]

I don't think this works properly, sweetheart. Why don't we take the stairs?

[While he's not seen the elevator actually work enough to open its doors either, he doesn't trust how it looks enough to trust it to work. Thus he's going to treat it as the trap it looks like to him.]

I figured it was opening for a reason. [But she'll assuage his fears and step out of it. His offer to take the stairs is met with a momentary look of concern. She doesn't want him straining himself or putting too much weight on his ankle. His safety and health worrying her.]

How did you know I was here? [She has an idea that he was following her, but she'll let him admit it. Seeing his blush would be enough to make her smile.]

[He ducked his head, stepping back once Belle is safely out of the elevator and back into the hall. Turning in the direction of the stairs. There is a bit of color in his cheeks at being essentially caught out in his shadowing. After a moment he let's his eyes rise back up to meet hers as he replies.]

I was...following you. I don't trust this hotel not to pull something on either of us should it take a mind to.

[After all, Emma had apparently vanished shortly after his arrival. Who's to say the hotel won't do something to separate the two of them? He'd rather prevent that from happening if he can.]

[She smiles at his blushing, coming closer to him as she leans against the wall. His bashful admittance made her chuckle lightly.]

I'm glad that you're so worried for me. You know though that you're being a bit silly though? I'll be fine.

[She placed her hand against his cheek.]

[He gave her a small smile at the touch, partially leaning into it.]

I know. You can take care of yourself. Doesn't stop me from worrying that this place might try something.

[Especially given what he's heard of it doing to people already.]

Maybe you can tell me more about this place? I don't know as much about it as you and I guess since you want me safe, it would help if I had an idea of things.

[She leaned in to kiss him, silently reassuring him that she wasn't upset.]

[He returned the kiss, leaning against her for a few seconds quietly before he began an explanation of what he knew.]

It messes with you, physically and mentally. They're capable of revoking what they give us here, capable of causing people to vanish for small amounts of time. We can't get out of this hotel, save for a courtyard surrounded by the outer walls of this building. So even that is a false hope of escape. It's constantly raining outside. Basically they seem to go out of their way to make us as miserable as possible here.

[Add to that his lack of magic, the inability to do any damage to the hotel and things looked rather bleak. The only light he's seen in this miserable place so far currently stands before him.]

[She gave him a smile despite the looming darkness and hopelessness of this place. There was always a bright side and she would find it. This place had a number of negative aspects, but it wasn't in her heart to completely hate something or feel depressed. She would find a way to make this bearable. For both of them.]

Then we'll have to make our own sunshine.

[Belle beamed at him, giving him another kiss.]

[He gave her a grateful smile for smile and words, returning the kiss.]

Yes. We will. I may not be capable of much here, but I'll do my best to keep you safe, warm and fed.

[As long as they were together, that was all that mattered. Hopefully in time either they or someone would find a way out of this place.]

That's all I need. It's all I want, just to be with you.

[She hugs him tightly, trying to reassure him in these gentle touches and gestures.]

THE TEST DRIVE MEME: MARCH - APRIL

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