graveyardsmash | JANUARY TEST DRIVE MEME

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 01/29.
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.

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[Can't let them not... hesitation flickers obviously across his face as he tries to process that one before he dispenses with the logic and pumps himself up.]

Doesn't sound too friendly to me- but fuck it, you're right! [He claps a fist into the palm of his hand.] Whoever finds these wise-asses first gets to decide what to do with 'em. Deal?

[Ooooh, a contest? What a brilliant idea! Papyrus puffs up.]

DEAL!

[He strikes a dramatic pose, finger pointing at the tree tops.]

I, the Great Papyrus, will surely be the one to find them! I hope you like deadly puzzles, because that is what they're going to get! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!

[And Togashi puffs up right alongside him, shoulders squared with determination.]

Hey, if they really are deadly, I ain't gonna complain! [It's like he never left home, right down to that goofy laugh!] Alright! You take that side and I'll take this one! [he gets to decide because reasons]

[That's fine! Papyrus is extremely gracious and doesn't mind letting someone else decide. He's going to win this either way!]

Right! The first one to find them gives a shout!

[And off he goes into the thicket.]

Hey guys, come out! IF YOU LIKE LAUGHING, I HAVE A HILARIOUS JAPE FOR YOU!

[Somehow, he'll manage to walk in a perfect circle until ten minutes he ends up back where they started.]

[Oh, Togashi can definitely shout, make no mistake, and once he finds those laughing assholes he's not going to be the only one making a noise. But as eager as they both may be, they're apparently not eager enough to make any progress, because ten minutes later he's still by himself.

Really, he should just give up and look for Papyrus. Something about the density of the foliage here cuts off the sound of his voice, and if he loses him now he'll end up all by himself again- but all he can hear is the sound of the forest around him. And beneath that...

... a laugh. That same goddamn stupid fucking laugh. And just like that, his temper snaps like a twig.

Probably he should have looked before he leapt through the bushes and onto whatever he finds behind them- or, at the very least, tipped them off with more than a terrifying battle cry.

Sorry, Papyrus.]

[Papyrus has plenty of experience with this kind of situation. Proper battle cries are a big part of his training; Undyne always stresses how important it is to express one's unrelenting fighting spirit. She's also very keen on surprise tackles, so when the large shape bursts through the bushes, Papyrus knows exactly what's coming.

Avoiding it, though, is a whole other matter.]

NOOOOOOOO -

[All he can do is hold out his arms and scream before he's slammed into the ground. It HURTS! SURPRISINGLY BAD! Who knew having skin and internal organs made one so… so SQUISHY!]

[Too late does it occur to him that the sound the tall figure he's slammed into the forest floor with all his weight isn't so much a childish giggle as a fully-groan wail. Oh. But they're already flat-out in a tangle of newly-bruised limbs, and all Togashi can really do to redeem himself is remove his knee from where it's become lodged in Papyrus' stomach. Oops.]

Shit,, shit, fuck, shit! [As if to ward off another surprise attack he's kicked the volume up, made all the more impressive by how angry he sounds.] I could have sworn you were-! [Then, crawling woefully backwards-] Are you okay?!

[Papyrus groans, rolls over and pushes himself up on all six. He presses one hand against his stomach and coughs a few times. He can take a hit, and is probably more resilient than he was as a monster, but – there are so many new things to account for in this body…]

OOOOWWWW. Wowie, having guts sure is something…!

[He grins at Togashi - a little shakily, but still earnest.]

I'm fine! [Getting beaten up is just another from of training. He should really start working on his new form.] You're pretty tough - my friend would've liked you!

[This isn't the first time Togashi's heard Papyrus make comments to that effect, and needless to say he's more than a little curious about what the fuck he means. At first he'd figured he meant it in a "having courage" kind of way- Togashi's fresh out of the Fury and Guts dorms back home, after all- but he's starting to get the feeling he should have been more literal.

Compliments first, though. He tosses a crooked grin his way.]

Damn right I am! You're not too bad yourself, though- you'd fit in pretty well at home.

[Sort of.]

The hell are you talking about, anyway? "Having guts"?

[Likewise, Papyrus swells with pride. The humans acknowledge his greatness already!]

Well, I never had guts before I came here! I'm usually a skeleton.

[He has to explain it an awful lot the last few days. Papyrus didn't expect them to be so misinformed, but maybe they just have so many humans turning into monsters, they don't realize it also happens the other way around.]

["I'm usually a skeleton." The grin on his face stays fixed for a good few seconds before what he's hearing really sinks into the proverbially reinforced concrete that is his skull.]

Oh. I guess that makes s- [And then it clicks, and Togashi's expression does a u-turn so abrupt that it looks as though it might have damaged his facial muscles. He rears up, bewildered.]

You were a skeleton?! No way! [He doesn't mean to sound so aggressive, or to shout so loudly. That's just how he do.] That's impossible! Skeletons can't talk!

[Monsters, angels, gods, sure. But skeletons?!]

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