February Test Drive

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Test Drive #002 Welcome to Atonement's second test drive, and thank you very much for stopping by! We hope you enjoy your stay! Please refer to the prompts below for ideas, or simply make up your own! Whichever is easiest for you. Prompts Arrival: You don't quite remember how you arrived here. It appears that you're suddenly in a dead land with eerily red skies. The grass is dead, the trees are dying, and there's absolutely no sounds of life beyond your own footsteps, even if it feels like you're being watched somehow. Eventually along the narrow path you follow, you walk through gates that seem to guard a quiet, abandoned town and a sinking feeling starts to settle in that you are far from home and there may not be an easy way back. The sign hanging above the gates simply says "Welcome to Penance: Home Between Homes" and nothing more. Within the gates, there are the leftovers of what may have once been a lively, welcoming little town, if it didn't look as if people either fled or somehow vanished in the blink of an eye. There are dusty shops that are still stocked with supplies, many with their doors busted out or left open. There are homes that haven't been touched in what feels like an eternity but they still have furniture and the remnants of the people who lived there previously. Cars and bikes are littering the streets that are in varying shapes of usability. The more you look, the more unsettling everything becomes... First Punishment: As a show of good will, your hosts will give you a very easy, albeit potentially embarrassing, task to carry out for your first punishment. There will as few secrets in Penance as possible. Transparency is key to atonement. You will reveal at least one sin in a way that will be permanent, which means via tattoo, scarring, branding, or other permanent means somewhere on your person. For those who are unable to be injured or scarred, there will be enchanted items that will be able to pierce even the toughest skin, cut deeper than even increased healing can recover from. All necessary items will be available at the tattoo parlor in town. If desired, characters may also make an announcement on the network listing their sin(s) for judgement from their peers. Please note that if the character insists they are free of sin, they will be provided a list of what they're guilty of by their hosts. And the Forecast is...: As of this morning, there will be a steady rain over Penance that will darken the skies to black and fall as if somehow tainted and muddied, followed by a cold and harsh wind that will chill one to the bone if they dare to venture out in it... which may be necessary. The ground and roads will be slick and muddied, but there will be power outages due to the weather so staying in may not be necessarily more appealing. The rain will continue steadily for a week and be intermittent the rest of the month. However, should anyone venture to the town square in search of warmth, there will be a large tent set up that is entirely illuminated regardless of whether the rest of Penance is or not. There will be supplies such as food and water for the taking, as well as a few old blankets for people to huddle under while they wait out the storm. Two Lies and a Truth: Your hosts would like to start a fun little game if everyone will take out their devices and connect to the network. Think of it as a bonding exercise! Everyone could use a little support down here... it keeps morale up after all. Everyone should tell three things they've done wrong in their lives and let others guess which one is the actual sin. Don't worry, in this case, lying will not add any time to your debts. It's just a little harmless fun. As a note, all threads may be considered game canon if all parties agree. Hope you have fun and thank you! The game officially opened February 1st and both apps and reserves are open indefinitely. Please stop by and join us! premise | faq | taken | reserves | apps | hiatus/drop | network | logs | ooc | mods | requests

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Leo Flynn | This Savage Song

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First Punishment

Leo was wondering exactly how he was going to fulfill this punishment considering his skin can't be pierced by any sort of blade. The perks of being a monster that drains human souls for sustenance. Well, looks like they had already counted on some people having powers like that. He's not looking too happy as they explain to him that they have enchanted items just for that purpose.

He decides which type of mark he's going to get. Looks like he's finally getting a second scar today. He picks up the knife, eyeing the keen edge. Best to just get this over with. "Owwwww!" He hates to be so loud as he howls, but he's not used to having anything actually be able to pierce his skin. He's also really regretting going the scarring route, but he's already got enough marks on him that resemble tattoos, and he wasn't sure branding would be as effective on a being whose made of smoke and fire under his human guise.

Nothing to do now but just continue on until he's carved a mark into his right arm.

Forecast

Rain. Oh joy. As if this place wasn't fun enough already. Leo doesn't bother to get out of the rain, instead heading where it looks like everyone else is towards the town square.

There's something unusual about him though. Anywhere rain hits his skin, it starts to evaporate with a small hiss into steam instead of just rolling down his skin. As a Sunai monster, Leo's temperature runs quite a bit higher than a normal human's. As he gets under the tent, it becomes even more apparent, more steam rising up from him as he flicks the few bits of rain still stubbornly clinging to him off.

He waves off the offer of food and water. Good thing for everyone present he's not feeling all that peckish yet.

Two Lies and a Truth

The nice thing about coming from such a fantastic world is that it's fairly easy to mix in versions of the truth with what it actually is. Sunai can't tell direct lies, so this should make the game interesting. Frankly, his life has been a whole lot stranger than any fable he could ever come up with. He turns on the device and the video shows a blonde man in his twenties. He's handsome, but in the way marble statues look: cold and unfeeling. His eyes are very intense, dark all the way around. The only blemish that can be seen is a scar that runs through one eyebrow.

"I got the scar on my eyebrow from a monster when I tried to claw his heart out of his chest. I've got no idea how many crosses are on my skin. And I never killed anyone who didn't deserve it." This second one might need some visual aid, so he holds up his left arm, which is indeed covered with tiny black crosses. To anyone besides anyone familiar with a Sunai monster, they might just look like tattoos.