aftr_ooc | TEST DRIVE MEME ( 018 )

Test Drive Meme #18

Hello, and welcome to LifeAftr! We’re pleased that you’re expressing an interest in the game. Here, you can test the waters, gauge how your character may fare in the world of LifeAftr, and even gain some in-game incentives, if you so choose.

Remember that Reserves will open on December 17th! Due to the holiday season, Applications will be opening on December 26th, with an app period shifted to end on January 2nd instead of the usual timeframe!

Two important notes:

1. LifeAftr's test drives take place on the island of Mu, which exists apart from the real world and possesses a dream-like quality that characters are innately aware of from the moment they appear on its shores. No need to panic or fret. Dreams are odd things, after all - and anything can happen in them. Why would anyone question where their mind chooses to wander in its sleep?

2. Due to the nature of Mu, threads in our test drive can not only be accepted as thread samples in your application, but can be accepted as game canon as well. In fact, certain choices your character makes in Mu have the potential to bear in-game consequences, largely in the form of test drive reward items.

Upsy Wars: Revenge of the Lift
Over the past sixteen months, adventurers have adjusted to the sight of a wide variety of odd and fantastical creatures, some friendlier than others. Of the more ferocious, it's wise to consider giving them a wide berth - from the indomitable fustercluck to living black holes to the deadly contagious quartzalcoatls. However, only one predator has gained the dubious title of "that weird flying mouth thing."

Invasive to LifeAftr, Upsy the elevator is not satisfied with haunting the memories of those who encountered it during its arrival in July. Now it's here to haunt your dreams, too! While capable of speech and some style of sentience on its home world, it seems LifeAftr has yet to agree with a machine that is equal parts flesh and metal. Driven to silence by whatever forces this world has exposed it to, Upsy is driven by one, basic instinct, and one alone.

To give you a lift, whether you want it or not.

Upsy’s attacks are abrupt and immediate. Swooping down from the sky, it will collect as many living things in its mouth as can fit, before closing its doors and soaring away. Want to leave? Don't worry; Upsy has no intentions of keeping you, or digesting you. Release from that fleshy mouth prison is as immediate as the initial attack. We hope you enjoy flying, because Upsy can spit even the heaviest of creatures a good hundred feet away from itself, at any altitude. Do look out below.

The Emoji Movie
Communication on the islands currently consists of Stones of Far Speech, a relatively adaptable system that is open to requests and suggestions for improvement. One such request has been met with a small bout of confusion, however; as adaptable as the Storyteller attempts to be, you kids with your mobile phones and your texting and emojis get a little beyond them, sometimes.

Beyond Mu as well, it seems.

When you asked for emojis, this is what you wanted, right? Exclusive to Mu, Emojees come in a variety of shapes and sizes; from knee-high yellow orbs with rows of sharp teeth that simply cannot stop laughing, to horse-sized poop emojees that - well. One can guess. Numbering in the hundreds and intending to convey their meaning by any means possible, it's a good idea to avoid prolonged contact with these happy little abominations.

The taller, more objective emojees will simply try to absorb those attached to them in an effort to become even larger, but the smaller infect their prey with the emotions they portray, influencing them into the perfect emotional state for consumption.

In hindsight, this is probably not what the children actually wanted...

Close enough.

Let It Go Snow
LifeAftr may be primarily tropical, but that doesn't mean some of its creatures don't appreciate a good white Christmas - and a white rest of the year, at that.

Gelfs are one such species. While they may be visually reminiscent of Santa's Little Helpers, these small creatures aren't about to start handing out presents. Having snuck onto Mu's metaphysical shores at the beginning of the month, these little critters have immediately set about doing what they do best - spreading ice and snow across the island, in increasingly hazardous quantities.

As the influence of the gelfs settles across Mu, it's quite possible that the abrupt cold snap will lead to severe consequences for any adventurous guests, unless you enjoy the prospect of an avalanche waiting to happen Now may be the best time to hunt these gelfs down, before such disaster can occur.

For those uninterested in massacring a local creature population (again), you may as well enjoy this winter wonderland while it lasts. Ice skating, snowball fights - and for those in the know, the time-honored competition to create the best dabbing ice sculpture. If you're lucky, you might even find a container of piping hot wassail - spiced apple cider - laying around.

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i. hellevator
[Elevator monster. You know, Peter's never had much of a fear of elevators, but right now? Yeah, he's feeling it! At least he manages not to get scooped up into its mouth himself.

Not that other people are as lucky. And what sort of hero would he be if he ignored people getting eaten by some sort of terrifying hellbeast? The trouble being that there's not much in the way of tall buildings here. At all. He's really lacking anything to swing from that's at all high enough, other than--

...Yeah, alright. Superhero life is already so goddamn weird. This might as well happen.

So getting some momentum going and swinging from Upsy itself, Spider-Man swoops by just in time to catch someone the thing just spit out. Don't worry, you're gonna be set down on the ground safely with another swing down.]

Oh, that was so gross! You alright?

ii. 🕷️
[Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is pretty new at the hero thing, but he likes to think he's been doing pretty well so far. He's faced down some scary things. He's been brave.

But staring down all these orbs of various sizes, suddenly, he feels a lot less sure of himself. Mostly he's staring ahead in total horror, eyepieces on his suit completely wide. Really, that feels like a valid response? That feels fair, considering the time he's having? Look at what he's dealing with.]

Oh my god... Sony Pictures was warning us this whole time!

iii. snow day
[Ice sculptures are maybe a little beyond him, but listen, you know what everyone loves? A good snowman. And the snowman Spider-Man - not Peter, listen he came here in his suit and there's heating installed in it, shut up - is making is looking like it's gonna be a life sized person. Except the shape is almost looking more robotic, almost? Or, no, like a suit. It's kinda--

It's Iron Man.

He's just making a snow version of Iron Man.

Peter, stop being embarrassing.]

iv. wildcard
[throw whatever at me and see what sticks friendos]

[ Set down safely on terra firma and not shattering into fine dust is not the logical conclusion he figured he was heading for but who's complaining? A blue hood covers just about everything under it except for a broad, really broad grin. ]

My hero. This is why I'm not the biggest fan of elevators. They just bring you down eventually.

[ Shrugging at his rescuer, he puts out a hand. A very bony, very skeletal hand. ]

Thanks, pal. I thought I was a goner.

TEST DRIVE MEME ( 018 )

peter parker | marvel cinematic universe

beaten to hellevator smh