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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[thereneverwas]

Things still aren't matching up. This person is still off. Rufus' look becomes a stare, his eyes roving over Bill in a vain attempt to explain anything at all.

"Are you in charge?" A strange one if he is, but there are stranger things. As Captain of his own guard, it begins to crawl into Rufus' mind that perhaps he's being held captive, and needs to sort out how to escape or negotiate.

[inceptusoverratus]

"I wish! Nope. Just a sucker like you. Except you're probably gonna be out of here a lot faster than me."

He's used to that look, but he's not used to that look in this body. He shrugs. "There are other people here, too. Dunno about leaders or whatever. Probably better to go into town for that."

[thereneverwas]

Poor Bill, having to explain everything-- truly everything, because Rufus is both in denial and still trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
"Why?" he asks, slightly on the defensive; is that to say he'll be killed faster? Or-- wait, how can he if he's already dead?

[inceptusoverratus]

"That's where all the stuff is?"

Good thing Bill's always enjoyed knowing more than other people. Still, he knew people tended to go into denial about these sort of things, but this guy was super deep into it.

"Piece it together, buddy."

[thereneverwas]

Though not all that dull, Rufus recognizes when someone is quicker than himself, and realizes the futility of trying to acquire straight answers from someone who clearly functions at a mile a minute.
Instead, he nods, and slowly stands from the chair, glancing absently at the sliver of a man before shuffling toward the door.

[inceptusoverratus]

Bill just kind of quirks an eyebrow. He's walking away? That's new. Usually he's the one leaving someone hanging. He follows just a bit to watch him head off to town and calls, "Good talk!" before heading his own way, probably to snoop around or draw graffiti somewhere.