TEST DRIVE / JAN '25 / BETA.

[eagan]

Test drive. Welcome to AFTER LIFE, a game based in the world of Severance! This test drive serves as a place to help you figure out what characters you'd like to bring into the game. Some details (housing, etc.) may require further out of character conversation; please refer to the OOC meet and greet! These prompts are all relatively low-stakes as a reflection of the nature of the game: slice-of-life until character and player interaction bring out the more psychological horror/thriller aspects of the setting. If none tickle your fancy, feel free to provide wildcard prompts of your own. The test drive is open to anyone. We encourage messing around here to figure out exactly how you'd like to port your character into Kier! Threads may also be considered game canon if you so wish. Got any questions? Check the FAQ or ask in the comments. outies: deals all the way down. There's a sale on at Lindt's Groceries! Discounts on pretty much anything you could imagine! The store is a middle-sized, relatively bougie, locally-owned grocery, with aisles stocked full of food and general necessities, as well as a small counter for deli meats and fish, and another two across the shop stocked with hot food (rotisserie chicken, sandwiches, sides) and a very limited selection of sushi (some sashimi, some hand rolls). And right now, there's a 20% discount on anything in the shop (supposedly to celebrate someone's birthday, though whose, you have no idea). Are you browsing the aisles? Are you working a shift? Are you checking out? outies: rain, rain, go away. It's a grey and cloudy day, and as the cherry on top of the gloomy day cake, it's started to rain. The closest place to get out of the downpour is We Love Books, the local bookstore. Like Lindt's, it's not huge — it's not so big as a Barnes & Noble — but it's big enough, and obviously well-maintained. Maybe there's a book you've been meaning to pick up? Or maybe you're really just waiting out the rain. Or you could stop at Leaves of Grass, the cafe next door, and get a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate to help warm up the cold day. Or maybe the rain doesn't bother you at all, and you're totally willing to keep on trucking. Are you brave enough to ask someone for a spare umbrella? outies: neighborly fun. You've been invited to a night of board games and conversation by a neighbor — or maybe just a friend of a friend. Either way, you're in a stranger's (nice, midcentury) house with a bunch of people you've never met before. There's wine, there's charcuterie, there's seltzer — bits and bobs for consumption until the games begin in earnest. (You've heard that some people at the party might be Severed — are you?) Why not say hi to the person standing next to you? Or remain a wallflower and see if a more enterprising guest will decide to bestow you with a conversation starter. innies: another day in paradise. The elevator doors open, and another normal day at work begins. You know the way to your office, and don't see anyone else on the way there. What's your routine to get settled when a day starts? Do you like your coworkers? Do you like the work you do? Have you been doing it for a million years, or is this your first day? Maybe you're a manager making sure everything is running smoothly? innies: waiting for wellness. For one reason or another, you've been given the opportunity to visit the Wellness Center for a session. Except someone seems to have made a scheduling mistake — as you sit in the waiting room, you hear footsteps coming from the hallway. You've never run into anyone from another department before; in fact, the idea of fraternization has been expressly discouraged. Maybe they're coming into the Wellness Center's waiting room, too, or maybe they're just passing by. Either way, this might be your only chance to see who else works on the Severed floor — or maybe it's just one of your usual coworkers. Will you get up, or let them go by?

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erik lehnsherr { xmcu

[eisenrache]

outies: rain, rain, go away.

[ he'd been out for a quick errand run, a few supplies he'd needed for his next project and possibly something for dinner. he'd been running low on bread, as well, and had thought about maybe spending some time at Lindt's during their sale - he's sure it was for some kind of celebration, maybe a birthday? he wasn't sure, but he did know he didn't want to spend any additional time around others if there was some kind of gathering. he didn't need the prying eyes.

what erik hadn't been prepared for was the sky to fall, a sort of ominous rumbling in the distance before the pouring of rain. he's disappointed that he wasn't able to outrun the storm, but he only seems to be partially damp when he makes it inside We Love Books. he stands right inside the door for a few moments, shaking off what remains of the rain from the fabric of his coat before he notices someone else having just escaped the rain.

he's not the most social on a good day, but he does give you a polite enough nod and move to step by you, keeping his head down. ] Excuse me.

[ once he makes it inside and the sky makes it known that the rain isn't planning on stopping, erik resigns himself to the diversion and starts to wander the aisles of books, scanning the titles and covers. he's not really shopping for anything in particular, but does find himself drawn to a particular section, coming to a pause and reaching for one of the titles - tugging at a worn, outdated version of charles darwin's On the Origin of Species, and reading the back cover. ]

innies: waiting for wellness.

[ erik l. is waiting for his first wellness appointment. or- rather- it may not be his first, but it is the first in some time. he supposes it's not outlandish to want to have semi-regular wellness checks on employees to keep up with morale and general well-being, but he has to admit he finds the whole ordeal to be more exhausting than revitalizing.

then again, he has been a bit loose-lipped when it comes to his opinions of his current manager. enough, it seems, to require a check-in. he doesn't see the benefit - he'll end up spending another extended period answering questions he knows the instructor will want to hear before he's dismissed to return to his work. very little will change, very little will be done, and soon the routine of his day will resume.

though this has created an unexpectedly pleasant break in that routine, and while the majority of erik l.'s emotional state is marginally annoyed at the ordeal, he can acknowledge the benefit of the change.

for now, he stands before a large painting, examining the scene before him. there's no telling how long he's stood there, or for how much longer he might, if it weren't for the sound of another person that draws his attention. ]

Yes?

wildcard.

[ current thinking is that erik's wife and daughter died tragically, so he moved to kier and was hired by lumon to separate himself from the grief. he assumes his job is as a contractor or engineer, as that's all he's ever known to be able to do. his outtie is a little grumpy and distant but his innie is very pleasant and maybe a little arrogant, so. c:

also wildcard me pretty much wherever/whenever. i am READY and EXCITED. ]

Bookshop AU lol

[thetruefocus]

[ Mr. Xavier wakes up with plenty of time to clean up his office before his next appointment. He waters the plants and organizes the desk so that everything is perfectly in place. He goes through the music choices of animal and nature sounds but decides it will be better to choose once they begin their session. Once he gets a sense of his important patient.

He has stepped out of the room to ask for a potential sound of the ocean track, it seems like it would be a relaxing option, and comes back in to see Erik L. gazing at the painting in the waiting room. While it is generally recommended to move them directly into the office, he pauses and wonders if polite conversation is not encouraged to establish trust.

The painting is of Kier over supplicating people, bringing his light to their world, and they cover underneath his greatness. Mr. Xavier turns to look at it, standing next to him. ]

What do you think, looking at it?