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TEST DRIVE MEME #1
ARRIVAL
You remember a dream.
Or maybe nightmare is more accurate.
It was full of hellfire nipping at your skin and a sensation of being pulled down no matter how much you struggle or cry for help. There's a voice that feels like it's coming from all around you at once. Contrasting with the nightmare unfolding around you, it's smooth as silk. It makes you want to listen with every bit of attention you can muster in the moment.
"Judgement has come upon you, but not to worry. It can still be undone."
The voice promises you redemption for your sins. It promises you a better life and everything you could ever want, if only you just stop struggling so much.
And so you do.
Everyone wakes up in the same room initially. The room is done up in red with a cushy bed, a window, an old TV in the corner on a desk, and a few Hieronymus Bosch paintings lining the wall. There's a bathroom to clean up in and any belongings will be sat around the room to be gathered later. There's a duffel bag provided for your convenience.
After feeling a sensation of falling or dropping onto the bed, characters wake up feeling like they've just slept for a week. Their body will feel heavy and stiff, they'll have a massive headache at first.
They'll quickly notice the list of their sins written with their blood on a bedside table on an old piece of parchment. This will mean the list is tied to them and can't be changed or tampered with. They'll also receive their device to connect with others and the network. It won't be anything terribly fancy. As a matter of fact, it looks like a very old Blackberry type phone.
Once characters are ready to leave the room, they'll head down long, winding halls. They're dimly lit and ominous feeling. They may encounter fellow sinners or demonic staff that will direct the newcomer down to the lobby to get their actual room key to settle in. They may be pushy, they may border on courteous. It really just depends on the mood of the staff at the time and how they're treated in return. Eventually, everyone comes to stairs that lead downward.
Once down to the lobby, you'll notice the front desk manned by a demon who looks bored out of its mind. To the side of him is the door to the kitchen where guests may help themselves. To the right is a small duty free shop that seems to have a surprisingly normal, expected stock of items. Look around a bit further, there will be a tiny bar tucked in through a corner door. It seems pretty well-stocked and best of all, self-serve if you want to get away from your demonic hosts for a bit. Of course there's some seating, bar games, and a jukebox tucked in the corner if you'd rather stay and socialize a bit.
Please note that all the songs on the jukebox are appropriately hell-themed. Hopefully Sympathy for the Devil is universally loved.
STAND YOUR GROUND
Prompt I
The hotel is undergoing some improvements already! Thanks to the new arrival of sinners, hell has a burst of energy and growth available to it. One demand of the demonic staff was the addition of elevators. It gets tiresome having to take the stairs all the time. They'll eagerly implore you to help them test out this new system, even going so far as shoving you right in the nearest available elevator with whoever else is in the vicinity.
Unfortunately, things aren't quite up to par just yet. Press a button and you'll find your elevator gets jammed between floors with very little chance of escape. Oh, oops. This is entirely the hotel's fault and will be fixed as soon as possible. In the meantime, enjoy your company and try to relax a bit.
It's definitely a high priority repair for staff, promise.
Prompt II
Maybe you were looking for the hotel gym to work off some stress or maybe you just took a wrong left somewhere, but instead of what you were expecting, you stumble across what appears to be a very well stocked torture room. There are tables with straps to hold down victims, chains falling from the walls and ceilings to bind them upright, and absolutely every possible torture device you can think of. There's even an iron maiden proudly displayed in the corner. Besides that, there's the normal supply of whips, knives, and any other equipment someone could want to inflict the most delicious pain available.
You're free to check it out or give it a go. You're also free to back out of the room very slowly, but with the knowledge this space will probably come into play at some point.
Oh, and a tip: the gym is to the right of this room.
REACH UP HIGH
Prompt I
Warnings: cutting, blood, torture.
After settling in, it really is only a matter of time until your demonic hosts expect some participation. You can try and shirk the responsibility, of course. But eventually, you may find yourself trapped in a room just off the kitchen that's curiously full of knives. You can try the door, but even with super human strength or every lock picking skill in the book, you won't be able to open it.
It becomes apparently what you're supposed to do soon enough when someone else is eventually shoved in with you. Both of your lists of in will appear in the room on a nearby table with two handy knives. You can choose to guard these or not care at all that they're on display.
"Know that honesty is a good place to start on your road to redemption. Sure, it can be terrifying at first, but that's why you've been given a partner in this journey. Pick up your knives and carve one of your sins into the other's flesh. Help them in their journey to be candid with everyone they should meet here!"
The voice echoes all around you again, just like in the nightmare, and once again there's the pull to give in. This voice really does seem like it has your best interests at heart.
"If you need a bit of encouragement, we'll be giving it shortly."
It isn't a lie or idle threat either. The longer you wait to do what's been requested of you, the more shallow cuts that will appear on both of your bodies. Are you really prepared to endure this pain when giving in would be so much easier?
And more than that, are you willing to let another suffer along with you?
Eventually, the cuts will stop if you suffer them long enough, but you'll have failed this challenge and sustained more damage than if you'd just gone along with it. Satan will also be very disappointed in you.
Prompt II
Well, that last punishment was a bit heavy, wasn't it? Or maybe you somehow skipped out on it all together. Fortunately for you, there's a less horrible one to get potentially wrapped up in along the way. You'll hear that all too familiar voice ringing in your ears as you explore the halls of the hotel or poke your head outside.
"Do one genuinely kind deed for someone and we'll consider it a step in the right direction for you."
This can be helping one of your fellow sinners out with a task or helping them find something. It can be a shoulder or a listening ear towards someone who needs it. You can even offer to help the staff clean up a bit around the hotel, or help a poor hell beast pup out of the hellfire around Penance. Careful though, even they have pretty sharp teeth and an aggressive attitude. It doesn't matter what you do as long as it helps someone else out.
Oh, and one more thing! The longer you resist, the more aches you'll notice. It'll start with a mild headache and escalate from there. You can wait it out, of course, and pills may help you cope with the pain if you really can't be bothered to do one nice deed. Although Satan is still very disappointed in you.
FOLLOW ME DOWN
Prompt I
Warnings: Alcohol and drug abuse, potential non-con/dub-con.
With all the new sinners arriving, this feels like a call for celebration! The bar will be lit up with activity. Food and drinks will be readily available and provided by hotel staff (although they might not always know what humans eat. What do you mean you don't like fried kitten?), music will be blaring, and overall, there will be an energy to the atmosphere that's absolutely contagious. Even if you aren't typically inclined to linger at these sorts of events, there will be a certain pull.
One drink won't hurt, right? Nor will one more after that.
There will also be every sort of party drug available that might tickle your fancy. There's no harm in experimenting, is there? You're already in hell.
And you've presumably done your atonement for the day, yes? So cut back a bit.
Ask the staff demons very nicely and you may even get less scrupulous drugs. Things that will convince your fellow damned souls to tell the truth or perhaps even things that will make someone so enamored with you, they won't take their eyes off you. How dare they give you the cold shoulder earlier, right?
There are also tables set up for all sorts of gambling and various bar games to entertain yourself with.
Relax and enjoy your first night in hell. Coming here and facing your sins is the hard part, so surely you deserve to have a little fun, right?
Prompt II
Warnings: sex, aphrodisiacs, potential kinks.
Much like the hotel improvements inside, all these new sinners seem to have given hell the ability to open a new building just outside the hotel. It happens to be quite a happening sex club from the looks of it. Everything is bathed in obnoxious neon lights when you first enter the establishment. There's plenty of space for dancing, and poles for those so inclined. Mood music fills the air, along with something a little too sweet.
As tacky as it is, something may pull you to stay.
Whether experienced lover or total virgin, once pulled in, you may not want to leave for a while.
There are back rooms people can go for a bit of private fun, full of every type of toy and restraint that you could possibly desire to play with. There's also a rather large room with a massive bed that seems to be fit for any orgies you may want to try to arrange. Hell's not judging and may be encouraging a bit.
There are aphrodisiac laced food and drinks available around the club as well, but these will most likely be marked. If one slips through, ah well. Why else are you here if not for a bit of fun? The drugs will only help that out.
Of course outside, this club is clearly marked for what it is and anyone who would rather avoid it are free to do so.
MISC.
Thank you for checking out
penancerp's first TDM! Please note that all prompts are opt-out and players are more than welcome to come up with their own ideas while exploring the hotel and hell outside.All that we ask is that you remember to put clear warnings on any potentially triggering content! Warn for sex, including underage or incest, violence, abuse, non-con, etc. Please put these warning in a visible place, either by the prompt itself or in the subject line. This isn't just a suggestion but a requirement to participate in the game.
Now that all that's out of the way, we hope you have fun! Feel free to ask questions under the appropriate comment before or on the FAQ page. Since this is the game's first TDM, we are also very interested in hearing any suggestions you have or ways to improve the game experience.
Since this is a big event, Lucifer himself will be taking a few questions via his device for anyone so inclined down below.
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meaning: she doesn't know him. the capacity of just how much she doesn't know is slow-going in processing. it must not be anything, if she's not even recognizing him. (he'd like to think he doesn't look THAT different, but whatever.)
but, if she doesn't know him ... she wouldn't even begin to understand. his rey didn't even really understand. he's thrilled to go through that gut-wrenching emotional journey all over again.
anyway. time to put a pin in those emotions and save them for later. or never. ]
'Cause I'm Poe Dameron. You know my name at least, right?
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[ She doesn't look reassured. In fact, she'd almost say it's worse. Either he's lying -- she can't tell because she can't read him at all in the Force -- and he's not Poe Dameron at all, or he is and something awful has happened. Something that he wouldn't be able to quantify, and neither could anyone else.
So she doesn't make comment on it. But she does decide to keep an eye on him. ]
You're with the Resistance, right? [ She doesn't loosen up, but she does make conversation. ] I'll help you find the roof.
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he knows that he should at least try to explain. he knows she can't feel him in the force, maybe it would help, etc. but, get this: what if it made it worse? an additional gif: he deserves this. maybe this is a nightmare he made up all on his own. ]
Yeah. And you're... what's the last thing you remember?
[ he'll at least try to start walking. ]
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[ Rey's melancholy leaks through briefly, but she smothers it. No. The Resistance, if indeed he is Poe Dameron, does not need to be disheartened by Luke's present state. There will be something else. She's sure of it. There has to be another solution. ]
I'd just arrived on the Falcon at the end of the map, and found him.
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for him. ]
I ... uh. I know how that goes. This is gonna sound weird, but I'm from a different timeline than you. And I knew another you, and she already... yeah.
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[ Rey's face screws up at that. Confusion, a little bit of horror. That kind of thing shouldn't be possible. ]
How? [ She doesn't ask how it goes; she already has her answer. She'll be waiting on Ahch-to for as long as it takes for Luke to change his mind. Or she would be, if she could just get back there. ]
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He didn't want to train you. Or couldn't. I don't think you went into specifics.
[ he should probably start prepping notecards for the multiverse thing. ]
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How is it possible that you've met me, that you know all of this, but I haven't met you?
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And I guess sometimes different realities meant different realities for us? Like different timelines. I met Finn twice. One time it was like he was normal, same as me, and then the next time he knew things about the future. Well, my future. And he didn't remember when we were together before at all. He was like a different person.
Which is — that was what it was like before with you, too. We knew all the same stuff. And now you're from before that.
[ he tried his best. ]
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... Did you join ALASTAIR?
[ That doesn't make sense, you see, because ALASTAIR doesn't exist anymore. And she had never known him, so if he knew her from ALASTAIR, then ... No. It just can't be possible. ]
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It used to be called that. I mean, the Rey I knew before was in it. We were with Hathaway. From what I heard it was mostly the same people.
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[ She shakes her head, puzzled. ]
I mean, I didn't get a chance. I was back in our galaxy, with Luke Skywalker.
[ He's one of those people that you don't first-name. He's always 'Luke Skywalker.' Unless you're talking to him, then he's 'Master Skywalker.' ]
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[ he doesn't know what to make of that. or how to follow it up. besides with "oh." it's something, but still not enough.
she still doesn't know him. all those sibling found family vibes, gone forever. ]
Well, we were there for about half a year. And then it started feeling like maybe we weren't helping people after all. A mission went real sideways and it was just ... bad. And we went somewhere else. I've known you for a year and a half.
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[ She has to wonder if it was the mission that went sideways. Finn had made Poe Dameron sound, well, human. But he's clearly not--at least not in the traditional way. ]
What happened to you?
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just because he can actually get away with lying to a jedi doesn't mean he should lie. and yet... here he is. already trying to add new and exciting things to his sin list. ]
After Hathaway, we went to... well, it was Zhautas, but it was run by this organization Zenith. They were trying to cure this disease that was spreading all over the multiverse [ but not here, he takes a moment to think about in the middle of this conversation, because they're in hell. are they all actually dead? he'll return to that thought later. ] and the only way Zenith figured how to cure it was people being close with each other. ... You know, sex. But it wasn't just — they did stuff to all of us. Experimented on us.
[ IT'S NOT WRONG??? quin totally would have made him a vampire just for fun. he's completely sure. just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it couldn't have happened ...
good thing he doesn't have to worry about going to hell because he's already here! ]
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[ Because of what they did? She's stating it slowly like she's confirming. ]
No. Worse than that. You're not part of the Force at all.
[ Everything is part of it. He's not Chiss either, not even a spinebarrel. Not even a dead porg. He's just ... empty. Cold enough to send a chill through her. She doesn't really know what that means. Doesn't know how to react to it, except that she can observe it. For some reason.
Just like Luke.
No one is what she wants them to be. No one at all. Suddenly, she needs very badly to get to the roof. ]
We should keep walking. [ Yes. Her feet start to move now, surer. ]
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[ it comes out slow, mostly because he's still not 100% about owning it. he matches his walking pace with hers. ]
You told me before. [ it's sad. he sounds a little sad when he says it. when you trust and believe so much in the force and it gets ripped out of you. ] I think it's because I'm dead. But not actually dead. Since I'm here. But I don't breathe or ... anything.
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[ She doesn't know what else to say. It sounds awful. He seems fine with it, strangely? A little sad now that he's talking about it, but he'd not registered a problem with it until she'd pointed it out. Maybe that's something that comes with having it ripped away--forgetting what's lost. ]
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[ is he? sort of. maybe's he's been too focused on the "i need to curb my urges to eat all my friends and family" of it all to think about "i'm an abomination outside the force." ]
We were really good friends before. And I know it's not... it's not gonna be the same. I don't expect it to be. But I'm hoping you can let me get to know you again? If you want.
[ this felt easier with finn somehow. maybe it's because there's more history there now. also: he wasn't undead. ]
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I'll think about it.
[ Because she can't commit wholly now. ]
First, I'd like to try to get out of here.
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Okay, yeah. Let's do it.
[ better to focus on that than... sadness.
by the by, they find a stairway that leads up to the roof. and are greeted with ... a post-apocalyptic literal hellscape of ruined buildings and shit. so many place to escape. much wow. ]