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!
Lots of people have asked good questions on the FAQ, so do take a look.
The reserve date has been announced (it was changed to the 30th to allow a maximum number of people compared to a Friday).
Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample!
NEW! Players with characters already in the game can earn up to a maximum of 3 coins by replying to potential character threads! You will need to have your normal 20 comment AC in the game. You cannot use this to go over the bonus 10 coins per month total, but you can use it if you are missing some threads 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.
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.
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: You've heard about the fog, but you've never seen it before. Now, the mist surrounds you. Barely able to see before you, you need to get home - and fast. It's far too dangerous in this situation.
SCENARIO FOUR: 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.
A jumpy, wide-eyed 20-something man wearing a whole lot of pink is skittering his way through the crowd, trying to get away from the locals as rapidly as possible. He takes pamphlets without looking at them, clutching the mass of papers like a shield from the people around him. The more that try to engage with him, the more he spouts out increasingly frantic lies, such as: "Nowaynowaynoway, I've never eaten meat in my life! Not even in my past lives!" and, "I'm not one of them, I've been living here since kindergarten!" and, "I don't even know what a monster is!" Watch him end up backing right into one.
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And here Simon finds himself, lost in a forest where, if all those pamphlets are true, he'll either turn into or be eaten by a monster. He indulges, if only briefly, in a fantasy of all the places he could theoretically be that are not here. So many life regrets, so little time.
Of course he would run into someone now, though from the looks of them maybe he's not the only one regretting the existence of this forest at this moment in time and his vicinity within it. To his fellow wanderer, he offers an enthusiastic greeting to the tune of: "Please don't eat me!"
[Well if he backs into Apollo, he might end up being poked by the spikes on his right shoulder. They're nice and pointy, but thankfully, Apollo will jump as soon as he feels someone bumping into him, too. It's like having two bleating sheep stumble into each other!]
While Yurika isn't a monster quite yet, she is a popular idol/actress with a vampire character... so she's gotta be herself here, with her parasol (to shield the sun's rays, of course) and everything.
"I suppose the Great Yurika can spare you this time... if you're willing to assist her in finding the exit?" That's one way to ask for help, alright...
"Huh? Me? Are you sure?" He pauses to listen for that childish giggling, and then points in the exact opposite direction. "I guess we could go that way?"
She steels herself when she hears the giggling, not wanting to show weakness to this stranger. Surely, she could fake enough confidence with her silly character.
"You should be honored that the Great Yurika trusts you to lead her out of... wherever this is." He might have a better idea of how to get out of here than her. She'll gladly go wherever he chooses.
Simon has no qualms whatsoever about showing weakness, and he sighs with notable relief as they move away from that giggling. "The Great Yurika? Are you like, some kind of celebrity?"
"Of course!" Oh boy, her favorite thing to talk about: Idols!
"In the Idol world, I'm known as Yurika Todo, descendant of the Great Count Dracula and daughter of the Great Carmilla. Every night, I lurk for prey to feed upon and I blog about my vampire activities." As real vampires are wont to do.
"Vampire?" Well, that's one way to drain what little color there was in his face. "You're not luring me off to your lair for a quick snack, are you? You don't want to do that, nowaynoway! There's absolutely no way I'd be delicious!"
[Of course if he keeps that up long enough he'll end up backing into more than one. This particular monster (who happens to be wearing a whole lot of pink magenta) is less apologetic than the last one. In fact, he looks rather put out over the newcomer's presence, with a frown on his face and one hand on his hip.]
[He might also look familiar to this newcomer. He's gaunt and unnaturally pale and his eyes are hidden behind dark glasses, but his hairstyle and wardrobe make it difficult to miss the resemblance to the man Simon knows as Miles Edgeworth.]
Don't worry. You'll find out what a monster is soon enough.
[Oh god, not another one. Edgeworth grits his teeth and rolls his eyes behind his dark lenses.] The same thing you're doing here, I suspect: trying to survive long enough to make it home. Am I supposed to know you?
[Ordinarily he would be a bit more gentle with a frantic newcomer, but he's grown very tired of bumping into people he's never met who are well acquainted with some future version of him. It always makes him feel at a distinct disadvantage.]
[Panic is replaced with obvious befuddlement, for better or worse. It wouldn't be the first time somebody forgot he existed, but he really didn't think Edgeworth was the type.]
Well, I'm afraid I don't. There are other people here who were pulled from later years. They may know who you are. [He says it bluntly, as if he doesn't know nor care how insane the statement sounds.]
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graveyardsmash2015-05-23 05:28 pm
Simon Keyes | Ace Attorney (Investigations 2)
A jumpy, wide-eyed 20-something man wearing a whole lot of pink is skittering his way through the crowd, trying to get away from the locals as rapidly as possible. He takes pamphlets without looking at them, clutching the mass of papers like a shield from the people around him. The more that try to engage with him, the more he spouts out increasingly frantic lies, such as: "Nowaynowaynoway, I've never eaten meat in my life! Not even in my past lives!" and, "I'm not one of them, I've been living here since kindergarten!" and, "I don't even know what a monster is!" Watch him end up backing right into one.
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And here Simon finds himself, lost in a forest where, if all those pamphlets are true, he'll either turn into or be eaten by a monster. He indulges, if only briefly, in a fantasy of all the places he could theoretically be that are not here. So many life regrets, so little time.
Of course he would run into someone now, though from the looks of them maybe he's not the only one regretting the existence of this forest at this moment in time and his vicinity within it. To his fellow wanderer, he offers an enthusiastic greeting to the tune of: "Please don't eat me!"
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GAH--! Sorry, are you alright?!
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F-fine! Totally fine! I'm super sorry for bumping into your spikes, mister!
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--wait a minute. [Eeeye squint, this guy's 100% normal. Oh jeeze]
Please don't tell me you just got here. Please say you've been here this whole time and there are not new people ending up in the hospital!
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[Nailed it.]
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You. . .you aren't much of a liar, are you? Augh, this is so bad, I didn't realize it'd been so long!
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[He gestures at. . .everything. The buildings, the people, the pamphlets. . .fuck, the pamphlets!!]
Augh, I don't know whether to tell you to keep all those dumb brochures, or toss them and talk to someone legitimate!
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I—I can read just fine! I don't need to talk to anybody!
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"I suppose the Great Yurika can spare you this time... if you're willing to assist her in finding the exit?" That's one way to ask for help, alright...
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"You should be honored that the Great Yurika trusts you to lead her out of... wherever this is." He might have a better idea of how to get out of here than her. She'll gladly go wherever he chooses.
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"In the Idol world, I'm known as Yurika Todo, descendant of the Great Count Dracula and daughter of the Great Carmilla. Every night, I lurk for prey to feed upon and I blog about my vampire activities." As real vampires are wont to do.
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Hope this is okay!
pinkmagenta) is less apologetic than the last one. In fact, he looks rather put out over the newcomer's presence, with a frown on his face and one hand on his hip.][He might also look familiar to this newcomer. He's gaunt and unnaturally pale and his eyes are hidden behind dark glasses, but his hairstyle and wardrobe make it difficult to miss the resemblance to the man Simon knows as Miles Edgeworth.]
Don't worry. You'll find out what a monster is soon enough.
yesss =D
Oh my gosh I'm sooo sorry I—huh?
[—But of course he's going to recognize Miles Edgeworth.]
What are you doing here?
Whee! :3
[Ordinarily he would be a bit more gentle with a frantic newcomer, but he's grown very tired of bumping into people he's never met who are well acquainted with some future version of him. It always makes him feel at a distinct disadvantage.]
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Um... yes?
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[Look at that lip tremble. Are you really going to make a grown man cry?]
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I haven't forgotten you. I've never met you. Tell me, what year is it?
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