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.
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 per bonus coin group (so 6 total) 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 20 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. 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: 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.
[It's not that Sadie doesn't hear her. It's just that Sadie doesn't even know what to say. Sadie stares at one of the recklessly discarded pamphlets on the floor, then uneasily rolls her eyes up at Kyouko.]
[Distressed, Sadie grits her teeth, hanging her head and sifting her fingers through her curly hair as she tries to absorb what's going on. Immediately disheartened, she kind of just plops on her butt. She lets go of her hair, sighing heavily, and looks wearily back up at Kyouko.
Sadie does feel a little better sitting, though... you know, the floor's not the most elegant choice, but Sadie felt like her legs were gonna quit if she didn't just settle down.]
...Um. Thanks, though.
[Sadie's gaze falls, seeming to start to process things properly.]
It's definitely more convincing coming from a girl with horns and stuff then some...stupid pamphlet. I get that you're just trying to help.
[ She looks down at the pamphlets, useless next to a flesh-and-blood monster. Although even a month in, Kyouko doesn't feel monstrous. Well, maybe a little. ]
When ya change, it can hurt more'n anythin' else in th'world. But after, yer able ta defend yerself here.
I mean, I haven' been this strong in prob'ly ever. I'll bet ya get a really cool monster like... werebear or somethin'.
Forgive me if I gotta admit that's not exactly making me feel any better, [Sadie manages to say with a dry apologetic tone, half-smiling both insincerely and briefly. She's trying not to snap at Kyouko. Flying off the handle isn't going to help anything. But Sadie is teeming with an anxious, terrified energy, while her body is simultaneously weak from shock; she's so shaken she can't stand, but impossibly listless.]
What do I have to defend myself from?
[Sadie looks at the pamphlet again, scooting it closer with the end of her foot. Once it's close enough, Sadie gently swipes it up to open up the little booklet, her grasp quivering the paper as she gleams it again.]
Angry villagers? Torches and pitchforks? Oh, man, haha—"the good guys"?
[Sadie laughs quietly and dryly, lifting an arm to wipe at her eyes with the back of her hand, her voice watery. This isn't fair. She's a good person.]
Well, I didn' run inta any'a tha'. Other monsters, though...
[ Now that she's gone down this road, she can't not finish the thought. ] Sometimes get hungry. Lose themselves. Need fresh meat.
[ She's very aware of the fact that she's a minotaur sitting on the same bed as a very frightened human. So this probably isn't helping either. She hurriedly adds: ]
An' tha' pamphlet's shit. There's no good guys'r bad guys here. S'a buncha people in a bad situation.
But there's no... well, there hasn' been any real evil here, either.
[To be fair, Sadie's not even on the bed. She's just sitting uselessly in front of it, on the floor, wiping her face with her hands. It's good that Kyouko says something to ebb her anxiety with that first statement, though...]
Right, yeah, evil's subjective and whatever, [Sadie concedes tiredly, sniffling. She takes in a shuddering breath, letting it out as a weary sigh. Feeling like the wave of tears has passed, Sadie sort of just fiddles with the corner of the pamphlet, still unable to bring herself to read it. She just kind of dog ears it over and over. She read most of it earlier, anyway.]
...I guess you gotta eat people too, huh?
[Sadie doesn't look up from the paper as she asks this. She knows it's rude, but she thinks she's justified in inquiring. It'll be her own fate eventually, right? Can that really be true?]
[ She kneels down on the floor with Sadie, picking up the pages of the discarded pamphlet and handing them back to her. Every move of her head brings with it the light swish of her horns, weighing her down. It's a good thing her neck's so strong. ]
[Sadie takes the pages from Kyouko, blinking tiredly at it.]
...I don't blame you. That's horrible.
But—[She looks back up at Kyouko.] You're already so... different, aren't you? You didn't always look like that, right? How long's it take for—the...hunger, I guess, to develop?
S'dif'rnt fer ev'ryone. I've only been here two months. Got all my changes faster'n most people do -- usedta be closer ta yer height.
[ Her ears twitch as she says that, listening as some of the nurses across the room discuss a different patient. It's easy to get distracted with this hearing. ]
[Sadie groans miserably, thudding her forehead against her knees as she puts her arms around them. Sorry, Kyouko. Sadie's brain is just buzzing with the morbid possibilities of what kind of fucked up bad horror movie monster she'll end up hemorrhaging into.]
Or ya might jus' be able ta... kinda tend ta yerself. Not worry abou' most'a this. I think tha's wha' Steven does. He doesn' usually attack people. He jus' does his own thing, turns inta a rosebush ev'ry so often.
[Sadie crumples up the pamphlet as she yells, then throws it, and shoves her face back against her knees and immediately begins sobbing. Angrily. Also, she's clutching at her hair again.
s...sorry...Kyouko... this is awkward.......
But seriously, fuck this place for putting actual children in this nonsense!]
[ In Kyouko's defense, she is only a few years older than Steven, even if her height doesn't make her look it. She tries to put a comforting, weighty hand on Sadie's back. ]
[It actually kind of helps. Weirdly. Sadie's definitely still just crying, though, and she knows she'll be incoherent if she attempts to respond right away.
Finally, she lifts her head with a hiccup and a sniffle, expression more cross than anything, and she wipes her eyes.]
H-he's so—young, though! Rgh! [Sadie breaks into another small sob, hiding her face into his hands again. She gets it together, though her face is still hidden as she talks.]
He's so—s-sweet... He's such a good kid... He's just a kid. He doesn't deserve this.
[Sadie sniffles loudly. And maybe a little grossly. Her voice comes out as a whimper, her anger dissipating somewhat.]
[Which is kind of a funny thing to wail in despair, yeah, but the fact that he looks—not so obviously cute, and—something about vines? If she weren't such a wreck, she'd investigate that. She tries to focus on the circular rubbing motions, because it is genuinely soothing, but her breath is all fast and stammery. She's kind of hyperventilating.]
Y-you know him, right—?
[Well, obviously, but. Sadie wants to hear more about that.]
[Sadie blinks her watery gaze a couple times, definitely only half following Kyouko there. But she'll take it, and it's comforting to know they're friends.]
Yeah...
[Sadie sniffles a few times, then exhales deeply, her breath shaking as she closes her eyes, straightening up her back so she isn't just hunched desperately over her knees.]
He's someone really special. [She wipes her eyes.] I don't... really totally understand it, but he and his family help protect Earth. He was a regular customer of mine, cuz I work at a donut shop, and we're pretty close to where he lives.
He just... [Sadie's voice breaks a little, new fresh, fat tears falling down her face.] became sort of important to me, kind of out of nowhere.
[ Kyouko nods. She's gotten a little bit of that -- that he's unusual where he's from, that he seems to know how to keep his calm while here, and that he's made a lot of friends very easily -- but the "save the world" part is new. ]
Look... he may not deserve ta be here -- but hell, which of us does? -- but it migh' be a little easier ta bear if he's around, ya know? He's been through it.
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How're you so sure I'm gonna end up like that?
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'm sorry. [ She feels awful, really, at how much she's scaring Sadie. But doesn't know any way to comfort her. The truth sucks. ]
S'not as bad as it seems like it's gonna be. I promise. Does tha' help?
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[Distressed, Sadie grits her teeth, hanging her head and sifting her fingers through her curly hair as she tries to absorb what's going on. Immediately disheartened, she kind of just plops on her butt. She lets go of her hair, sighing heavily, and looks wearily back up at Kyouko.
Sadie does feel a little better sitting, though... you know, the floor's not the most elegant choice, but Sadie felt like her legs were gonna quit if she didn't just settle down.]
...Um. Thanks, though.
[Sadie's gaze falls, seeming to start to process things properly.]
It's definitely more convincing coming from a girl with horns and stuff then some...stupid pamphlet. I get that you're just trying to help.
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When ya change, it can hurt more'n anythin' else in th'world. But after, yer able ta defend yerself here.
I mean, I haven' been this strong in prob'ly ever. I'll bet ya get a really cool monster like... werebear or somethin'.
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What do I have to defend myself from?
[Sadie looks at the pamphlet again, scooting it closer with the end of her foot. Once it's close enough, Sadie gently swipes it up to open up the little booklet, her grasp quivering the paper as she gleams it again.]
Angry villagers? Torches and pitchforks? Oh, man, haha—"the good guys"?
[Sadie laughs quietly and dryly, lifting an arm to wipe at her eyes with the back of her hand, her voice watery. This isn't fair. She's a good person.]
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[ Now that she's gone down this road, she can't not finish the thought. ] Sometimes get hungry. Lose themselves. Need fresh meat.
[ She's very aware of the fact that she's a minotaur sitting on the same bed as a very frightened human. So this probably isn't helping either. She hurriedly adds: ]
An' tha' pamphlet's shit. There's no good guys'r bad guys here. S'a buncha people in a bad situation.
But there's no... well, there hasn' been any real evil here, either.
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Right, yeah, evil's subjective and whatever, [Sadie concedes tiredly, sniffling. She takes in a shuddering breath, letting it out as a weary sigh. Feeling like the wave of tears has passed, Sadie sort of just fiddles with the corner of the pamphlet, still unable to bring herself to read it. She just kind of dog ears it over and over. She read most of it earlier, anyway.]
...I guess you gotta eat people too, huh?
[Sadie doesn't look up from the paper as she asks this. She knows it's rude, but she thinks she's justified in inquiring. It'll be her own fate eventually, right? Can that really be true?]
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[ She kneels down on the floor with Sadie, picking up the pages of the discarded pamphlet and handing them back to her. Every move of her head brings with it the light swish of her horns, weighing her down. It's a good thing her neck's so strong. ]
S'th'thing 'm most scared fer.
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...I don't blame you. That's horrible.
But—[She looks back up at Kyouko.] You're already so... different, aren't you? You didn't always look like that, right? How long's it take for—the...hunger, I guess, to develop?
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[ Her ears twitch as she says that, listening as some of the nurses across the room discuss a different patient. It's easy to get distracted with this hearing. ]
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[This is definitely sarcasm.]
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[ Oops, and right back into unhelpful territory. ]
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[ Not the reaction she'd been hoping for. ]
Or ya might jus' be able ta... kinda tend ta yerself. Not worry abou' most'a this. I think tha's wha' Steven does. He doesn' usually attack people. He jus' does his own thing, turns inta a rosebush ev'ry so often.
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Definitely a coincidence, right?]
—Steven?
[It's a really common name.]
...Steven who?
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Steven Universe.
1/2
TIME NOW FOR YELLING]
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s...sorry...Kyouko... this is awkward.......
But seriously, fuck this place for putting actual children in this nonsense!]
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[ In Kyouko's defense, she is only a few years older than Steven, even if her height doesn't make her look it. She tries to put a comforting, weighty hand on Sadie's back. ]
He's okay. E's doin' fine. Better'n a lot of us.
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Finally, she lifts her head with a hiccup and a sniffle, expression more cross than anything, and she wipes her eyes.]
H-he's so—young, though! Rgh! [Sadie breaks into another small sob, hiding her face into his hands again. She gets it together, though her face is still hidden as she talks.]
He's so—s-sweet... He's such a good kid... He's just a kid. He doesn't deserve this.
[Sadie sniffles loudly. And maybe a little grossly. Her voice comes out as a whimper, her anger dissipating somewhat.]
This is such a nightmare...
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E's more'n tha'. He's a great kid.
I dunno wha' he looked like b'fore, but with vines an' things he actually looks kinda cute.
[ She rubs Sadie's back awkwardly, in slow circles like her mom used to. ]
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He's friggin' adorable!
[Which is kind of a funny thing to wail in despair, yeah, but the fact that he looks—not so obviously cute, and—something about vines? If she weren't such a wreck, she'd investigate that. She tries to focus on the circular rubbing motions, because it is genuinely soothing, but her breath is all fast and stammery. She's kind of hyperventilating.]
Y-you know him, right—?
[Well, obviously, but. Sadie wants to hear more about that.]
Is he your friend?
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[ She waves her arms vaguely before reazling -- Wait. Doctor Octopus vines are not something she wants to hear. ]
An' then I uh...
[ Okay, she shouldn't mention threatening him with a knife, either. ]
Look, it was jus' a weird time, ya know? But yeah we got ta be friends.
Ya know him from home?
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Yeah...
[Sadie sniffles a few times, then exhales deeply, her breath shaking as she closes her eyes, straightening up her back so she isn't just hunched desperately over her knees.]
He's someone really special. [She wipes her eyes.] I don't... really totally understand it, but he and his family help protect Earth. He was a regular customer of mine, cuz I work at a donut shop, and we're pretty close to where he lives.
He just... [Sadie's voice breaks a little, new fresh, fat tears falling down her face.] became sort of important to me, kind of out of nowhere.
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Look... he may not deserve ta be here -- but hell, which of us does? -- but it migh' be a little easier ta bear if he's around, ya know? He's been through it.
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