JANUARY TEST DRIVE 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 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.

Comments

[fuukinchou]

[The hunger drowns out all else. Every little question about how she arrived at the bank of the lake, whose yard she might be trespassing in, why she's there... The hunger makes them all inconsequential. That's a problem for future her. She can...it's strange, but she can almost feel the energy reverberating through the water, radiating off of the nearby manticore. It makes her feel like there's an unfillable hole in her stomach. Aching. Desperate.

But...but then she finally looks at the girl. She seems so young...

It takes her a moment to realize she's been spotted, but when she does, she sort of blanks on what to say for a second.]

...Looks like you almost got it. [A faint, shaky smile.] Uh-- the fish, I mean.

[She's torn, now, because the girl is so small, but she is so hungry. If Yeul happens to make eye contact, the kelpie's gaze will still compel her closer.]

[enduringflower]

[Yeul lets her eyes move towards the water before landing once more on the stranger in front of her. It’s a habit of Yeul’s to look people in the eye when she talks to them. It’s something she’s always done and she doesn’t know the dangers that lie with the gesture. When their eyes meet she feels herself walking forward.

The seeress doesn’t know what’s happening, if it’s her will or something else that’s pulling her forward.]

I’m not very good at fishing.

[Her words were soft as she stepped, a chill running down her spin. She hesitates at the water’s edge, knowing that the water will feel like daggers against her skin. That doesn’t seem to stop her though because she takes that step drawn slowly forward by the kelpie.]

[fuukinchou]

[The water is cold, but Fuu doesn't feel it as keenly as Yeul does. Maybe that's specific to her own changes -- she feels more comfortable, being near the water, even if it's cold. She's never really been big on thinking about how the changes affect more than just her appearance, to be honest -- always, she wants to remain herself. But there are certain things that she can't ignore. Denial doesn't do anyone any good, right?

She doesn't miss the chill shuddering through Yeul's figure, or that slight hesitation...

To an extent, she realizes what's happening, that she's the one drawing Yeul forward. A deep, distant sense of guilt settles in her chest because of it. But whatever it is -- there's a part of her that knows, knows, she can't stop it. She can't turn it off.

But she hesitates anyway.]

It's...a lot easier if you use a fishing line. Or a net...

[She clings to each word she says, as if they'll bring her back from the brink. As if speaking will make any of this seem normal.]

[enduringflower]

[Yeul wades forward slowly, the water rippling out from her ankles and then knees as she moves deeper. She doesn't stop until she's standing next to the woman her bright green eyes reflecting the shifting movements of the water as it curls against the dry coast.]

It's hard to use those with claws.

[Her voice feels distant, her throat dry as she stares up at the woman. She doesn't know what's going on and a strange unfamiliar fear grips at her heart. Noel? She wishes he was here now but she knows that fortune might not be so kind.

Her claws and each twitch as a deep primal instinct tells her to run. Except she can't and that fact alone sends her heartbeat racing in a frantic flutter.]