Test Drive: April 2019

[faetan]

Test Drive Meme

Winter

Want to see if your character is a good fit for the setting? Not sure which character concept you want to go for? Or maybe you just want to play around in a meme with no commitment? It's all good! Feel free to use one of the winter-themed prompts below, or write up one of your own with no restrictions!

Blizzard!
The winter storm is a bad one, where it's not safe to be outside for more than a few minutes. The winds are fierce and destructive, the snow is blinding, and it's easy to get lost when everything around you looks exactly the same. Will you stay inside where it's warm and keep your friend company? Or are there too many tasks that can't be ignored just because the weather's a little chilly?

Fun in the Snow
The countryside looks beautiful in winter, with every house and fence and tree cloaked in glittering white snow. It's the perfect kind of day for a real honest-to-goodness sleigh ride. Or maybe you'd prefer to build a snowman. Or maybe that dude over there needs a snowball glued to his face right now and only you can make that happen.

Food Storage Looters
Fall is the season to gather food and prepare for winter. Winter is the season for rest and bonding with friends and family. But not everyone has that kind of foresight. Goblins, for example, get their food by raiding farms and orchards and stealing chickens. The fields are barren and the coops are locked up to keep the chickens nice and warm, so is it really any surprise that the lock to the town food stores is broken, and there's sounds of squabbling and munching and belching coming up from the cellar?

Starry Night
The holiest of all Vallaress holidays. It's a time of feasting and exchanging gifts as anticipation for spring begins to escalate. It's also the most popular time for marriage proposals and weddings! Are you planning to get hitched? Or maybe you're attending the ceremony between two villagers just about to be wed when something interrupts? This is also the one day of the year where monsters are pretty much guaranteed not to attack anyone as they're all struck with a terrible weakness and apathy.

Blighted Snowmen!
Yesterday everyone competed to build the best snow creations. Along with the traditional snowmen, people also made snow bunnies, snow buffalos, and even a snow castle. But a blight sorcerer can't stand the sight of fun, and cast a terrible enchantment that animated each and every one of those snow creatures to come to life! Watch out! Rabid snow castle is lumbering your way!

Magic Lessons: Fire
Almost everyone wants to learn some sort of fire magic during the winter season, whether it's because they ran out of firewood, or because they need a magic flame that won't dim or sputter out when setting up camp during a long journey. Are you a student? A teacher? Or maybe you're just trying to figure out how to cast a self-taught fireball, because there's no way that could end poorly.

Comments

[flamescout]

[Raye does the same, planting her feet solidly on the ground as she picks up a bucket and tosses the contents on the bald earth. It'll take a while for the water to freeze over, but they've got weapons if the goblins appear prematurely.]

I'm not sure how long it'll take for this to ice up. What do you want to do in the meantime?

[She turns her head to look at his visored face, unstringing her bow so she doesn't stretch out all the tension and ruin it. A couple of chickens have emerged, drawn out by the familiar sound of Raye's voice. They cluck softly as their small heads jerk with each step until they're at the wire fence.]

[whatsanogre]

[He stands by, looking over the spread water. Seems smooth enough, it'll take time to melt but it won't need to hold much weight anyway. If his own feet break through it, it'll only help his own footing when the time comes.]

Do? [He turns toward her and stands motionless for a long moment, before his head tilts just slightly, as if mulling over something he doesn't quite understand.] I was going to wait.

[It's obvious, right? What else is there to do at this stage?]

[flamescout]

We can do that inside for an hour, at least, and watch from a window.

[She kneels down, sticking her finger through the wire fence to stroke the feathers of one of the chickens. No way some mangy goblin is getting its grimy little gross hands one of these birds again!]

I'll make you some tea to warm you up. That armor must be freezing.