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the test drive meme.

❧ let's do this.

Anyone can post to the test drive meme, including duplicates! Please put your character name and canon in the title of your comment.
All threads are considered open to everyone! Tag around and make some friends (or enemies)!
If you decide to apply to the game, you can use your TDM threads for your app samples! You only need to provide seven comments if you use TDM samples.
You can't really be late to a TDM! This will be considered open until the next one goes live next month.
You can make up your own scenario, interact with one of the locations in the game, use the welcome process of your character waking or selecting a god house, or use our optional prompt below!
You do not need to pick a god house to play on the TDM! You can have your character still in the process of discussing/deciding/despairing instead.
If you are accepted to the game, you can keep TDM threads as game canon as long as you fudge some of the details depending on your original thread. If you aren't sure exactly how to do this, you can always ask a mod.
The game cap is currently at 57/100. Casts currently at/approaching the 8 character limit are:
ASOIAF/GOT: 6/8
Marvel Cinematic: 5/8
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Applications open on October 1 at 12:01AM EST and close on October 7 at 11:59PM EST.
Please always feel free to contact the mods if you have any questions! Have fun, dear (future?) Wanderers. ♥

❧ optional scenario.
As you're walking unsuspectingly through the city, you might feel a sharp but brief pain as something strikes you suddenly at any point on your body. It seems you've been shot - but where there might be a wound with any other weapon is a bright splash of paint instead, glowing faintly with magic. Our modern-Earth savvy friends might be able to recognize this as the work of a paintball gun, complete with that particular sting that isn't anywhere near unbearable but is still really unpleasant all the same. If you aren't quick to figure out what's happening, you might be struck by another paintball, or perhaps even several at the same time. As the colorful paint splashes across your clothes (will that come out in the wash later?), you'll feel compelled to interesting effects depending on the color:

red: you laugh once, with a loud ha!
orange: you finger-guns at the first person you see.
yellow: you sing and hold a note for five seconds.
green: you sneeze.
blue: you fart.
purple: you cry. :(

The more paintballs you're struck by, the sharper your eye, or perhaps even simply from picking up on the juvenile nature of the pranks themselves, some of you might catch the culprits darting around corners and giggling as they run past. Young children with simple handmade guns and bags of what look like glowing marbles. They might be willing to share with you if you promise to let them keep playing - or they might make a run for it if you try to get in their way. Either way, good luck getting that paint our of your clothes!

navigation.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You've been brought to an entirely different world and you couldn't be assed to at least listen to the welcome spiel? [honestly, he shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore, but people (beings?) keep surprising him.]

Listen. I've traveled across three different universes, all of which had their own special worlds that had their own unique circumstances and fucking fetch-quests. I think I can be forgiven for tuning out some of the bullshit at this stage!

...oh. [an awkward pause, like he's contemplating something, but he shakes his head instead.] My bad. If it's really been that many times, you should get a pass.

You'd think so, but here we are again!

[ At least Karkat seems to take any asshole-ery and subsequent apologies in stride? ]

[which klaus can appreciate. he likes when he's able to dish shit out and people either do that or dish it out right back.]

Well, if you're lucky, you'll stumble into the right house and adapt pretty quickly.

[ Not only that, it means Karkat has identified another smartass he can be shitty with. ]

What's up with that anyway? You really scope out the markat, march into the one you like best and declare you live there now?

[oh, if karkat's looking for someone to cause mayhem with, he's found the right person!]

Prrretty much. Helps if you kinda go with one of the gods that suit you best?

I can say with absolute certainty that from what little I've heard, none of the Gods suit me or would want me.

[ Well that sounds defeatist. ]

[absolutely, and it makes klaus laugh abruptly. sounds a bit inappropriate at first, but—]

Trust me, Honir would want you. He loves everyone.

[ Karkat rolls his eyes and shakes his head at the idea. ]

Even better! A guy that loves everyone indiscriminately, because that will work out so well. But not like I have much of a choice!

[...there's really just no pleasing this guy, is there?]

I— [got nothing if he's being honest.] —don't know what to tell you then, man. [but at least they made it to tyrhaus without any other interruptions.] Aside from hey, let's hope they aren't shooting inside, too.