Test Drive 001

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Test Drive #001 Welcome to Atonement's first test drive, and thank you very much for stopping by! 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 punishment this month. First: 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. Settling: It's time to settle into a home in Penance, either alone or with roommates. There is comfort and safety in numbers after all... Do try not to fight over housing if you've both accidentally chosen the same home... Your hosts will be very unhappy if you start a fight this early on over such a silly thing. If settling down isn't something you feel like doing, you may go and explore anywhere that you'd like, including outside the gates. Please be aware that there may be demonic forms of all types of common animals living outside them that move swiftly and silently. They will vary in aggressiveness and tamability, so please keep this in mind. As a note, all threads may be considered game canon if all parties agree. Hope you have fun and thank you! Game is set to officially open February 1st or when we reach a minimum of 10 players. premise | faq | taken | reserves | apps | hiatus/drop | network | logs | ooc | mods | requests

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[yoloo]

It actually is a relief. Dionysus might not exactly be looking for alcohol, but this place is familiar enough. It's a break from the red skies outside, the entire Hell implication.

He gives a smile in return as he steps in. "Is this place yours yours?"

[thereneverwas]

"Oh, not at all." Rufus reaches for a cork, finds that there isn't one, and fiddles with the mouth of the bottle until it becomes clear that the cap is meant to be twisted.
This is novel to him, and he seems uncertain about it until he actually pops it open to smell what's inside. "Perfect," he intones, and takes up two glasses from a nearby shelf to place one near where the stranger stands.
"But no one else is using it, so I don't see any harm." Filling both glasses, he raises his own and tosses it back.

[yoloo]

He walks over, taking the glass, nursing it for now. He hadn't expected to find anyone looking around, but he can't say he isn't glad... especially when this face looks far friendlier than some of the welcoming committee. "I don't think there is much."

It's all up for grabs, right?

"Do you think you'll keep coming back here? People might like it, having a bar to come to that's not empty."

[thereneverwas]

Basco is in the process of pouring himself a second shot when Dionysus approaches, and he takes a seat behind the bar, since they might as well get comfortable.

"Certainly, as long as it's supplied," he intones, "I suppose it'd make more sense with a barkeep, but beggars can't be choosers. Or whatever it is we are."

[yoloo]

"Wonder if we actually get restocked a little? There's plenty of food..." He motions behind the bar. "Drink, apparently, but this place is already sketchy."

It's Hell... or Hell-adjacent at least. It's not going to be all roses. Of course it's sketchy. "I just hope it all stays like that."

But on a lighter note-- "You're behind the bar. What's stopping you from being the barkeep?"

[thereneverwas]

That's a good question. Rufus stares at him a moment, then down at the whiskey bottle, then back at the man with narrowed eyes.

"...I'll drink it all?" he guesses, tossing back the new shot just to illustrate the point. "If I'm here all day there won't be any left for anyone else."