test drive

[thevisitors]

This is the official test drive for Visitants! Feel free to use this as to gather samples (8 comments from your char) or voicetest. Reserves open March 30th. Feel free to hit up our FAQ if you have any questions.

Please list your character's name (canon also recommended) in the header of your top-level prompt.

1 - Count Chocula
You find yourself awoken in a long-abandoned cabin, far too dusty for anyone's comfort and cobwebs practically coating the wall. Once you leave the cabin, you find yourself in a town in the middle of the woods that's...not looking much better. There are others here in similar situations, however, maybe you should look at them?

2 - Frankenberry
Day-to-day living in town is...simple enough. Try and escape and you'll just get lost in the woods until you find your way back. You're also a bit limited in terms of...comfort. There's not a lot here in the way of entertainment, but it seems as though you'll have enough to do in order to keep yourselves busy.

For you see, unlike other murdergames, the restaurant has been long-abandoned. While there are a limited amount of rations around the town should you scavenge, and a small supply in your room appears now and then to keep you from starving, you'll have to hunt should you want to keep hunger away. Fortunately, there are bows and arrows available...

For the less hunt-inclined members of the group, you can find something to do. Gather wood for campfires,  tend to the camp, and there's a limited amount of fertile ground available for crops. Surely you can find something to do to improve life here.

3 - Boo Berry
Congrats! Somebody did a murder. Maybe it was even you. Maybe it was one of your friends. Maybe the victim was your brother. Might want to look into that, maybe?

4 - Fruit Brute
...This place is haunted. You come to this conclusion based on the fact that either you got caught during a trial, and you wake up as a ghost, or your dead friend who was killed is now floating around like it's nothing. Might have to adjust to life as a ghost.

5 - Fruity Yummy Mummy
For all the spooky prompts you wanna do that we don't have.

Keep in mind that posting in the test drive does not represent a commitment to join our game. You're welcome to play here even if you can't app. Playing here does not guarantee a slot in the game, nor does it count as a reserve. 

Comments

[jianhand]

[More than anyone right now, he knows that the fact that someone's actually dead means that there's going to be some sort of investigationーand it's that alone that makes him sick to the pit of his stomach, the fact that this is seen almost like some sort of game instead of the way a dead person should be mourned and it hurts.

It hurts so much that he almost barely notices Max's hands on his shoulders and he can only stare down with gritted teeth.

He hates this.

As much as he sometimes acts standoffish because he isn't used to interacting with other people, this is just horrible. And while he's old enough to understand the truth of the situation and not run away from it, there's just something about the chiding, the attempt to reassure that "everything will be alright" that makes him even more upset.

Those are words that he's heard before, from someone kind.

And he understands that the person in front of him is kind enough to say those words, but:]

I won'tー [Syaoran lifts his head and there are no tears; all that's in his expression is something angry, furious.] It's horrible, but I have to do something about what's happened. I mean, we can't just leave them there, like that...

[reshoot]

[The way that he's looking at her...why does that make her feel like this is all her fault, somehow? A pang of guilt strikes her, and it's hard to maintain eye contact with the boy.]

We...don't have much of a choice. If we mess with the...[Fuck!]...crime scene, we might accidentally cover up something important.

We'll...[How stupid is this? She probably barely looks any older than he does, and he's supposed to see her as some sort of...adult authority? Damn your small self, Max!]

We'll figure it out. I understand that you're angry, but there's nothing wrong with leaving this to the adults. There are people here that are better at...anatomical stuff than I am. [Out of the corner of her eye, she glances back at the body and winces. Who's the one that really wants to get out of here? She bites her lips.]

Maybe we should go...calm down. The others should be on their way.

[jianhand]

[Syaoran swallows hard, if only because he knows that in the end, she's right about one thing: moving the body wouldn't do any of them any good if they were to make even the slightest bit of an attempt to figure out who had done this horrible deed.

Fists shake at his sides as he forces himself to unclench, but eventually he just accepts that things need to be done as he shakes his head, not at the fact that she's right, but rather--]

I don't want to sit around here and do nothing, though. I don't mind if those who are better at it doー [he grimaces, almost as if what he's about to say bothers him] If they check the body... But we can't just leave him here to go find the others. There's a possibility that someone might tamper with the scene if we keep our eyes off of it.

[He's trying to think with his head instead of his heart right now; relying solely on logic rather than emotions as he tries to keep his cool in spite of the fact that he's so irritated right now.]

We canー [...] We can at least check around the area in the meantime. Or is that no good, either?

[He's trying his best to be brave so that nobody will look down on him. While he hasn't called down in the slightest, there's a fiery determination in his eyes that shows just how much he wants to find out who did this.]

[reshoot]

No, that's...a good idea. We can look for evidence, stuff like that, try to figure out exactly what happened that led to...this.

[A sigh. How did she find herself in this sort of predicament? Someone is dead...

A pause, and she places a hand on the small of his back to start gently leading him, and herself, away from the body and towards the other corners of the room. The body is still there, even when she turns away though. Still making her want to vomit and cry. Syaoran is really keeping it together for her, here.]

Are you sure you're going to be okay?

I...certainly don't know if I can say the same for myself...

[jianhand]

[If it was appropriate, he'd almost sigh in relief that she took his suggestion seriously. But someone is dead, so he restrains himself. If, at the very least, they can help without dealing with... that... it would, at the very least make things a little easier on the mind.

And it's a distraction.

Not a very good one, mind you, but one nonetheless.

While he's ushered away from the body, he doesn't exactly look away as it stays in the corner if his eye, just in case. But what makes him look at Max is the question she asks.

If he's going to be okay. And he shakes his head.]

No, I'm not okay, [he admits aloud, surprising even himself how easy those words are to say, even as there's clear disdain in them] But I don't think anyone would be, in a situation like this. So it's... fine if you aren't. We will find out who did this. So they can't hurt anybody else.

[He says those final words with determination in his eyes. Even if he's hurting, everyone else is, too. And it's because of that alone he needs to be strong.

Syaoran Li isn't going to cry. He can't.]

Do you see anything here, though?