tdm 14

[hohnkai]

T E S T D R I V E

Survival is the exception "living is an act of courage." THROUGH THE INGRESS The Ingress has pulled you in. Your body experiences several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. Once equilibrium has been reestablished, you will notice you are standing on a rocky planet. Former crew of the Moira are there to greet you, and it’s a grim message they have to share. The Moira has crashed and is beyond repair, but there’s good news... the destination the crew has been heading towards for over a year? You’re standing on it. But before you get into exploration and survival, it’s best to deal with the effects of coming through a broken Ingress. ☄ slip and trip find your footing fast Coming through the Ingress has left your character with one of three changes - an age slip, a form of body horror, or an extreme weakness. The first, the age slip, will mean that the character is either older or younger and this change can’t be rectified during their first month in game. The second, body horror, comes in the form of an alteration to the character's body due to whatever they were carrying at the time they came through. If they were wearing a watch, it’s now fused to their wrist, clothes are permanent, knifes replace fingers, and many other alterations (anything goes) and it lasts the first month as well. The third, extreme weakness, can be a mental or physical decrease - weaker arms, legs, or the weaker ability to talk or do math. ooc: the choice of change is up to each player and this prompt can be game canon. ☄ introductions aren’t awkward as long as you don’t shake their hand too long A new planet. Physical and mental changes. Talk of a ship that crashed and a Hub that is home to the ‘creators’ of a technology you’ve never heard of. A lot is happening and the best way to sort through it is by getting to know the Moira’s crew. They’ll help you settle in and get you any care you might need, all the while informing you that the group is on its way to the center of the hub. Something that might seem mundane is an absolute necessity for survival. Ask a seasoned space traveling veteran for answers and guidance. ooc: this prompt can be game canon. ☄ dealer's choice just make the right one Characters have the option of coming through an Ingress that is any possible location on this planet. It can be inside a cave, at the top of a rock formation, etc. This means you can have your character have to climb or slide down, have them yelling for help, and have other characters see them and come to their aid. Your character's arrival is completely up to you, and since this is a unique situation that hasn't happened before, go nuts with it! ooc: this prompt can be game canon. OUT OF CHARACTER INFO FAQ | LOCATIONS | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS | NAVIGATION For mature or graphic content, please label. For questions, please direct them to the FAQ. As always, be kind and have fun!

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there are no babes but you may yet be blessed with cats

[sidequestings]

[ ..... is this guy seriously admiring himself in a shiny surface? boy, he sure is, and if that's not one of the most entertaining things he's seen in a while, he doesn't know what is. it's like seeing a scruffier echo of dorian, really, which is just familiar enough that he has to pause and wait to see how long this is going to go on.

when it looks like anders is wrapping up, he clears his throat, trying not to smile too obviously. this has been a great distraction from his concerns about his green glowing forearm (because mahanon lavellan can't catch a break). ]

You're very pretty, [ he offers teasingly, ] but you might want to wait to primp until after things have settled down a bit here.

[purramedic]

[Who knew he would ever be so happy to see an elf? A little taste of home in this bizarre place, and one that isn't a blood mage or a brooding drunk. He's almost too impressed to straighten himself up smoothly. Almost.]

Yes, well, I was under the impression I'd never see this face again.

[He does raise a brow at Mahanon's arm, mostly out of concern but maybe a tiny bit of bitterness, too. When he glows, people line up to stab him.]

Are you quite alright?

[sidequestings]

[ he really wants to ask. he can think of at least ten reasons right now why this stranger would think he'd never see his own face again, and most of them involve a.) something terrible, b.) possession, or c.) both. he's distracted from the thought by the mention of his hand, though, which he carefully doesn't look down at again. he doesn't want to scare the nice stranger by screaming, after all, which he's felt on the edge of since he discovered what the anchor had done to him.

to be honest, he's probably been on the edge of a scream for about two years now. thanks, corypheus! ]

Oh. It's a new fashion I'm trying. [ when one doesn't have a better answer, be a shit about it. ] I think it distracts too much from the rest of me, though, so I don't recommend it. [ he makes a vague gesture toward the direction the ingress had been in, brows arching curiously. ] You just arrived, too?

[purramedic]

It is a bit gaudy. [Anders won't ask if he doesn't. He does find himself appreciating the guy's humor, though.]

Unfortunately. I was in the middle of something very important. [Yeah, he was about to get laid. Fuck whatever this place is, honestly. What's the Ingress' problem, anyway?] I don't suppose you have any idea where we are. Or why.

[sidequestings]

Very Orlesian, I know. [ orlais will get his salt for the rest of eternity. the game is the most genuinely useless invention he's ever experienced, made by a group of people who don't understand what real life is.

sry for ur life, anders, but the ingress is a cold dead machine that apparently doesn't care about your sex life. it's a tragedy. ] Weren't we all. [ mahanon wasn't about to get laid, but it was still of some importance. saving the world, etc. ]

No. It's not Thedas and it's not the Fade, so that exhausts my knowledge of other worlds. [ a beat, flipping his braid absently back over his shoulder. ] There are no demons, dragons, or evil magisters that I can tell, though, so I suppose that's a plus.

[purramedic]

[Okay, he's laughing at that. Probably a little too hard. He hasn't exactly had to deal with too many Orlesians himself, but honestly, what self-respecting Fereldan wouldn't scoff at Orlais?

And he quirks a brow. Again.]

You deal with all of those a lot? I mean, demons are understandable. The other two are a little more rare, I think. Just a little.