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.
--well, they're definitely real where I'm from, and these guys seem... pretty convinced. So. Either they're really good actors, or monsters are real here, too.
[He hums thoughtfully under his breath, shrugs one shoulder in a what can you do sort of gesture.]
I'd say chances are good that they're real even if these people are faking it, honestly. They tend to be good at keeping themselves out of the way when they need to, in my experience.
[Where he's from. Bucky has to wonder exactly what part of the world that is, because he's never seen any monsters like these pamphlets describe. Of course, if this isn't some sort of test, there's also the chance that this is all some sort of mass delusion. Maybe.]
Where are you from? I've never seen monsters before.
Washington state. There's a pretty decent-sized population in the Pacific Northwest, actually.
[Said as though this is a perfectly normal statement to make. Seattle is rainy for months at a time, and by the way, there are monsters in the woods and off the coast.]
You don't see the aquatic types as often, and most species in general are nocturnal anyway-- though human expansion's been making it sort of rough on them for a while now.
[Monsters. In Washington. Aquatic monsters, even. But let's say he believes that, and there really are monsters in America (which he doesn't, not for one minute).]
So these...things. [These ridiculous pamphlets.] They're real? We're not monsters.
--yeah, that's the part that I'm stuck on, here. We're not, but apparently they expect us to be.
[He frowns down at one of the pamphlets in his hands, one long finger tracing over the title. The way these talk about changes is not at all reassuring.]
And this really isn't the kind of reaction I'd have expected from them, in that case.
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[He hums thoughtfully under his breath, shrugs one shoulder in a what can you do sort of gesture.]
I'd say chances are good that they're real even if these people are faking it, honestly. They tend to be good at keeping themselves out of the way when they need to, in my experience.
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Where are you from? I've never seen monsters before.
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[Said as though this is a perfectly normal statement to make. Seattle is rainy for months at a time, and by the way, there are monsters in the woods and off the coast.]
You don't see the aquatic types as often, and most species in general are nocturnal anyway-- though human expansion's been making it sort of rough on them for a while now.
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So these...things. [These ridiculous pamphlets.] They're real? We're not monsters.
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[He frowns down at one of the pamphlets in his hands, one long finger tracing over the title. The way these talk about changes is not at all reassuring.]
And this really isn't the kind of reaction I'd have expected from them, in that case.
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What reaction would you expect?