TEST DRIVE: NOVMEMEBER (get it because it's a meme)

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TEST DRIVE

Welcome to Ryslig's test drive meme! If you're considering apping here, this is where you can try your characters out in the game's setting. A few things to note:

• You can only app ONE character per round so choose wisely.
• We now have a Quick Game Facts that simplifies the basic information about the game. Good if you want to see what the game is at a glance!
• Ryslig's FAQ is located here, so please take a look if you have questions.
• The reserve date is 11/27.
• Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample!
• Players with characters already in the game can earn up to a maximum of 6 coins by replying to potential character threads! You cannot use this to go over the bonus 20 coins per month total, but you can use it to reach that coin total. Same rules as normal bonuses apply.

Sample scenarios:

SCENARIO ONE: So you've just arrived, fresh out of the hospital, and already the natives are trying to get on your good side. Offers of food, shelter and other luxuries in return for hoping you don't eat them. They even have some helpful pamphlets to share with you. "How To Deal With Changes", "Alternatives to Human Flesh", "What to Expect When You're Expecting (to turn into a monster)" are all great pamphlets. There's even some detailing certain monsters, and the changes they go through. Some of these seem to have been passed down from one monster to the next.

Among these however, are some... not so helpful ones. "Bunnyipyips And You", "Axe Thief Axehounds," and "So you're becoming a Fur Bearing Trout" among others. Sometimes they have marks on them from previous people who had them saying they are lies, or pointing out good "jokes."

SCENARIO TWO: You've become hopelessly lost in Lager Woods. Paths don't seem to lead where you remember them leading, and you feel as if you're going around in circles. Childlike giggling can be heard from no direction in particular. Suddenly, you stumble upon another character, who seems to be just as lost as you! Perhaps you can find a way out together. Or maybe they want you for lunch...

SCENARIO THREE: The time has come and you've found yourself becoming a monster. Is the change instant, or gradual? Are you familiar enough with monsters to know what's happening, or is it a complete shock? NOTE: Feel free to pick any monster type for this prompt, but note that you may not get the same one in game.

SCENARIO FOUR:The claws, the fangs, the pangs of hunger - horrible as they all are, it's manageable given enough time and perseverance. Local monster hunters, though, not so much.

Maybe it started with a few wayward glances on the outskirts of town, critical stares and disapproving whispers, or just the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever it was, deserved or entirely unprovoked, you're being hunted: a handful of aggressive, well-armed humans doggedly chase your trail throughout city streets and out into the open, and if you're not careful (if you don't find help soon) you might wind up as the next trophy kill claim on one of those hunter's walls.

Comments

Mabel Pines | Gravity Falls

[braidtrain]

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Bunnyipyips? Awww, those sound cute!

[So here's this girl, talking with the locals like they're new friends, reading the material they're giving her. She's just chatting them up, kind of ignoring the whole "you're gonna turn into a monster please don't eat me or my family" thing because haha, what? She wouldn't eat you! Or your kids! That's just silly.]

Listen, I get what you're saying, but I promise if I turn into some big ol' monster, there's noooo way I'd eat you guys. You're too nice!

[Though she pauses and then narrows her eyes with a smile, wagging her finger at whoever it is she's currently talking to.]

I see what you're doing here. You're trying to butter me up! It's okay, you really don't have to you know.

[And then she looks at the pamphlets again, really giving this turning into a monster thing some thought.]

So how rare is it to turn into a vampire...?

III Werewolf

[Ears, tail, fur on her feet (making it kind of hard to wear her shoes), she definitely wasn't think she'd turn into something like this but. Well, werewolves aren't bad. Not a vampire (not even CLOSE), but they're still pretty hot. And if she's going to be a werewolf, she's going to use that to her advantage.

Meaning approaching other monsters with her ears perked and tail wagging and a big grin on her face.]

Howl's it going? You wouldn't happen to know any cute werewolf boys, would you?

[Or, if you happen to be one of those cute werewolf boys (or any cute boy for that matter)--]

Is the moon out or is it you that's making me want to howl?

[Though this is followed by a laughing as if she's just joking around.]

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[dreamonize]

[ Road has been to some backwater towns in her day. And in her experience the best part of those escapades were leaving them. From the information she had gleaned so far it seems no one was getting off this peninsula any time soon. This was not a situation she ever thought she would find herself in and it is souring her mood to dangerous degrees.

What she needs is a distraction. It doesn't take her long to spot a girl that looks close to her apparent age. Without more than a 'how do you do' she is sliding up very close to Mabel. Road ignores her immediate instinct to wrap her hands around the other girl's neck and instead says in a very sullen voice: ]

Vampires are a rotten myth.

[ She should know, her family had to fight a lousy imitation of a vampire. It wasn't very funny when you were the one bleeding in the end. Road plucks the pamphlet from Mabel's hands and starts riffling through it. Her expression sinks into one of boredom. She doesn't seem to be reading any of it. ]

Or maybe it isn't. Something magical seems to be going on here, hmm?

[ She gives Mabel a cheery smile as she crumples the poor pamphlet in her hand. Rip bountiful information. ]

[braidtrain]

[Well that's just a big rude! That had some very important information! Mabel doesn't mind the sudden appearance of the girl at all, nor really the lack of a hello, but the pamphlet!

...nah, she doesn't even seem to mind that. At first her eyebrows raise a little in surprise, but she can just ask for another one later. The locals had so many to offer.]

Ooohh no no no. You are totally wrong there. Even if something magical wasn't going on, I've met some! A couple of cute ones in this graveyard back home. It's not that they don't exist, they're just kind of shy! Though there's definitely something magical going on here.

[A grin plasters itself on her face as she extends a friendly hand.]

Hi! I'm Mabel! What's your name?

[dreamonize]

Am I wrong?

[ Roads pulls her lips into a pout. Maybe vampires were a possibility, but hanging out in graveyards was so humdrum. Nothing exciting about rows of cement slabs. ]

How do you know they were vampires?

[ Road takes the extended hand and shakes it in large exaggerated motion. She lets out a little laugh to show she's joking around. ]

Mabel, it's a pretty name! I'm jealous! My name is Road.

[braidtrain]

[She could address the questions first, but that hand shake has her laughing, mimicking the motion herself. And then there's the comment on her name!]

Whaaaat?! But Road is such a cool name! I mean, Mabel is a pretty great name yeah, not gonna lie there, but you're named after a thing! A thing that's all over the world! And it's all rough and tumble, like you're part of a gang or something. Definitely cool.

[Once she's got her hand back, the girl crosses her arms over her chest and cocks her head to the side.]

Well for one they tried to drink my blood. They had the teeth to do it with too! They also had this weird glow to their eyes that was not normal. And I've seen those cool costume contacts that make your eyes glow and it wasn't the same! It was like they were actually lighting up or something. Plus they were all pale and kind of starved looking, you know, like dead people are supposed to look?

[dreamonize]

I never thought of it that way, but I guess it is! Papa did give it to me, so it is special.

[ That's a huge lie, but whatever. Road smiles as Mabel describes her run in, making surprised and disgusted faces when appropriate. ]

I don't want to believe it but that does sound like vampires. It must have been scary! How did you escape their vicious claws?

[ She says this with a slight sing-song to her voice. She might not be taking this seriously, but she's still all friendly smiles, anyway. ]

[braidtrain]

[It's enough to convince her, and she's happy to continue this harrowing tale!]

I didn't really have to do much. They were pretty nice in the end! I guess they don't like eating kids, because it'd be bad to turn them into vampires? And they didn't want to risk it. That's what they said anyway. Something about kids being literal nightmares as vampires.

[A careless shrug!]

So we just hung out until I had to go home.

[dreamonize]

[ Oh. Well. That wasn't the way she hoped that story would go. But the thought of shrieking children vampires running through the fog and jumping on to unsuspecting people's backs was amusing enough. She'll take it. ]

So, they're gentleman vampires. I thought all they cared about is blood and killing, but it turns out they have a heart!

[ Road taps her finger on the side of her face in mock thinking. ]

Do you have any other unusual friends?

[braidtrain]

Nah, vampires are pretty cool. I think people just make up all this stuff about them being mindless killers because they're scared of them.

[She wants to date one. Do you know how great it is being in a place that apparently has vampires? Do you understand the full weight of the possibilities?]

I have lots of friends! I don't think any of them would be really unusual though. Just different!

[dreamonize]

I wanna meet one now. Do you think there's many here?

[ She doesn't wait for Mabel to respond, she's caught up in her train of thought. ]

Guess they're all sleeping now, but at night time... It might be interesting. Let's do it! Let's find a vampire!

[ She points off into the distance of the town with a triumphant smile on her face. Yes, hunting down a monster to see if it actually ticks is just what she wants to do. She had to see for herself if they actually preyed upon humans. It was a delightful thought. ]

I've always wanted a friend. We're friends now, right?

III

[thehangedboy]

[Cute werewolf boys, you say? Sure a billy bumbler isn't a traditional wolf, but it's a canine and it's fluffy and, well, who wouldn't love that curly tail?

Of course, Jake is just on the right side of being eleven to have very little idea of how to deal with girls. He laughs too and it's very clearly an 'oh god what is happening I am confused' sort of laugh.]

Probably the moon? Unless howling's a territory thing. I can, uh. I can move.

[braidtrain]

[Ohoho! Look at this guy! His laughing doesn't seem to register with her as anything other than humor, and so she laughs again. As if that's just the funniest thing she's heard, you're so funny mister cutie pie.]

If it's a territory thing then I think you can stay right here by me for sure!

[Leaning in a little, she broadens her grin to look as friendly as possible.]

So what's your name, Mr. Tall, Furry and Handsome?

[thehangedboy]

[Jake's never been described as 'tall' before. Maybe the elongated neck and torso his canine form gives him are good for something after all!]

Jake. It's Jake.

[He smiles back and it's more genuine this time. She's just so overwhelmingly friendly. It's hard not to fall under the influence of that a little.]

You?

[braidtrain]

[That definitely helps. It just makes him look kind of tall! Though that's also just what you say to guys you're trying to romance. Tall, dark and handsome! Except furry is just more appropriate here.

She sticks out her hand for a handshake.]

I'm Mabel! It's nice to meet you, Jake!

[thehangedboy]

[He takes it, careful of his claws (and hers), and shakes. It would really ruin the moment if anyone got scratched.

This is probably where he'd be relieve to have a werewolf friend his own age, but Jake has always been better at connecting with adults. He isn't quite sure how to be a kid properly, especially not in the face of such a perfect example of all the good parts of what being a kid ought to be.]

You too.

Uh. So where were you from before here? You look pretty... [He gestures with his other hand.] Normal.

[braidtrain]

[Her own shake of his hand is strong and enthusiastic, and afterward her hands lace behind her back as she rocks from her heels to her toes.]

Gravity Falls, Oregon! That's where I was staying with my Grunkle Stan at least. Really I live in California but for the summer my brother and I went up there to stay with him. What about you?

[thehangedboy]

[It says a lot about the past several months of Jake's life that someone telling him they're from the United States is actually surprising to him. Not because there aren't plenty of people fished out of the sea from there, but because he'd already grown so used to the idea of never having any contact with that world again outside of the memories he shared with Eddie and Susannah.]

New York City, by way of Midworld. It's, uh. Another Earth, I guess. Not like ours at all. Much older.

[Man, it's hard to describe without just being able to point at it and go 'see what I mean?'.]

III, I hope you don't mind some assumed background here

[pinetree]

[When Mabel returned to Ryslig fully human, Dipper assumed she'd become the same plant-person she'd been before when her changes kicked in. He never imagined she's start growing fur, and more importantly, he didn't anticipate that she'd be such a giant dweeb about it. He blames her romance novels. Too many of them had hot werewolf love interests.]

Mabel, these lines are never going to work on anyone.

[Pickup lines are bad enough, but they're worse when they're puns.]

Def not!!

[braidtrain]

Come on, Dipper, you never know! They'd work on me, so there's gotta be plenty of cute guys out there that'll fall for them too! And I've got a million of 'em!

[You can't beat her enthusiasm. There are werewolves and vampires and all sorts of fierce monsters around just waiting to be woo'd, how could she pass up this opportunity!]

Like-listen to this and just try and tell me if a cute werewolf girl said it to you, you totally wouldn't get all heart-eyed and sweaty over it.

[And with a grin she leans in a little, because this is clearly the best pick up line ever.]

You look cold! Wanna use me as a coat?

[pinetree]

[Yeah, all sorts of monsters waiting to be charmed. Like those irresistible rotting zombie deer. Sooooo attractive.

At her next line, he visibly recoils. She can't possibly think anyone would get "heart-eyed and sweaty" from that one.]

No, I would get alarmed and terrified. It's like she's asking me to skin her.

[braidtrain]

[Hey, you can't judge a book by it's definition. There could be cute rotting zombie deers out there!]

What? No! What the heck, Dipper!

[Do you see this look. This look says, "where the heck do you come up with this stuff!"]

Ugh, clearly I shouldn't be asking you. You are definitely not even a romantic novice. That's her wanting to hug you, dummy. Because she's covered in fur? So she'd be really warm?

[There's a loud "pbbttt" as she blows a raspberry, waving a hand dismissively in his direction.]

I'll knock 'em dead with these pick up lines. I'll have boys lining up outside our door looking to date me!

[pinetree]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure no one would think wearing someone is the same as getting a hug from them.

[Mabel's totally right in that he's less than a novice when it comes to this. He's never read a trashy romance novel in his life. But he doesn't need to know anything about romance to know that Mabel is dead wrong in her prediction.]

Plus, Mabel, did you forget you're turning into a bloodthirsty monster right now? People aren't going to date you if they're afraid you'll eat them.

[braidtrain]

Ugghhh details, details! Even if I can't find any human boys who will want to date me, but there are plenty of monster boys around! But I bet there will be some humans too, because I am one fierce werewolf, and dating fierce werewolves is like on everyone's dating bucket list!

[You can't kill her optimism, Dipper. She's gonna find a cute boy, she's gonna go out on a date, and then she will rub that in your face! We're not even talking about the pick up line anymore because her romance savvy is lost on this boy, obviously.]

iii.

[lookaturkey]

[When approached by a young werewolf girl, a pickup line thrown his way Bill couldn't help but let out an audible laugh. In his human form, there's no doubt that she wouldn't recognize who he was especially now that he had grown an extra pair of arms, a long mouth running down his chest and a pair of shiny, golden scarab wings on his back. But he, oh boy did he recognize her, even while covered in fur! Mabel was very hard to forget.]

Hmmm... not bad, Furball. But I think it's lacking a little paw-zzazz. [Look at that shit eating grin. Puns are awful.]

[braidtrain]

[Okay while he certainly doesn't look like that triangle guy, he sure does sound like him. Like exactly like him. And looking him over again, with that in mind, she can see Bill. All the yellow, the hat and tie, the fact you can only see one eye....ugh. Ugh!

If she had known who he was she definitely wouldn't have thought he was cute enough to approach.

Nobody gave him the right to use puns either. And even though she knows he's evil, she's having a hard time holding back her laughter. Because...paw-zzazz. Paw-zzazz! That's a good one she'll have to store away for later.]

I'm pretty sure I had the perfect amount of that, thank you! And you're really barking up the wrong tree if you think I care, since I didn't ask for your opinion!

[She couldn't help herself. The joke was right there.]