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RYSLIG - MODS ([personal profile] rysligmods) wrote in [community profile] graveyardsmash2016-01-13 12:29 am
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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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[personal profile] selfbegot 2016-01-18 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ just like that, he seems in control again. madoka is beginning to suspect that he may be slightly less composed than he'd like to let on, on the whole. ]

If you're sure... [ and sure, there's a bit of doubt clear in that, but she's not going to press the issue. it wouldn't do very much good, after all. ] Do you... is there anything else you'd want to ask, so far? Or should I keep going?
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[personal profile] boldlybackwards 2016-01-18 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure. [He gives Madoka a pained smile, but there's no small amount of confusion that he allows to touch his eyes. It's genuine, but more loaded with loathing than the naive look he's wearing.]

Let me ask you a question, first: even if you've been here for a while, how can you be alright with this?

You're- you were human.

[He speaks with weight and gravity. How could anyone turn their back on something so fundamental and important? Unless, of course, they prefer being a monster. But he's going to avoid being confrontational, especially until he has more information.]
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[personal profile] selfbegot 2016-01-18 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...ah. is that what he's wondering? well, at least that's something she can clear up quickly enough. even if it's something she'd really rather not address in polite conversation. ]

I don't really think whether or not I'm alright with it changes anything. [ somehow, she's still smiling between her closed lips - resignedly. ] We can't die, here. It's... we've tried. People just come back a few days later, missing things. Memories. Things we'd rather hold on to.

[ her words are hesitant. she hasn't talked about this, in the year and a half that she's been here. but... ]

If I can't even pick that as an option, then the most I can do is make do, right?
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[personal profile] boldlybackwards 2016-01-18 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cain's breath hitches. The implications aren't lost on him, no more than the obvious parts smack him upside the head.]

[Anyone else from the Imperium would no doubt "try" the same way the moment they heard and believed the news. Cain, in all his cowardice, has little doubt he's one of the few who would hesitate long enough to make any other kind of decision.]

[Knowing it's moot is... helpful. Grim, but helpful.]

[He finally exhales.]


Right.

[A little softer. Sad, softer, warmer. It's so genuine that he's sure it's nothing more than commissarial reflex.] Right.

What's your name?
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[personal profile] selfbegot 2016-01-18 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she watches his face carefully, still avoiding direct eye contact. this close, it's easy enough to read his reaction - even through his well-kept demeanor. (how much of that is real and how much isn't? he's so composed...) this is a conversation that never really gets any easier, and it seems like this man is picking up on some of its nuances much more quickly than others. maybe that's good - maybe it's not.

it doesn't really change the fact that she'd rather not have to tell him all of this, either.
]

Madoka Kaname. You can call me Madoka, if you'd like. [ it's almost automatic by this point. normally she'd stay a bit more reserved, a bit more polite with someone of his age, but- well, formality doesn't really mean as much here, does it? they're all stuck here together. ] What should I call you?
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[personal profile] boldlybackwards 2016-01-18 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Cain. [He says it almost absently, and then takes a breath and tries to buck himself up a little more. If not for himself, then for her. Not that he's sure how much of his usual outward demeanor is actually making an impact on her—dealing with a fellow human who serves the Emperor is one thing, but a monster who used to be human...]

Ciaphas Cain. Commissar and servant of the Imperium of Mankind. Freshly retired after a hundred years of service— which, of course, means I instantly end up somewhere dangerous. [His mouth twitches into a slight smile.]
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[personal profile] selfbegot 2016-01-24 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
Cain. It's nice to meet you, even in this place.

[ she listens politely to his introduction, eyes steadily growing more and more surprised. this man seems... important. really important, even. no wonder he's keeping himself together - he must be some sort of military genius, right? ]

Are you really... have you really been doing that for a hundred years?

[ there's a sort of awe in her voice. she's barely sixteen, after all - just where does cain come from? ]
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[personal profile] boldlybackwards 2016-01-27 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[The look on her face and the awe in her voice are both something he's very used to. However, at her question, Cain tilts his head and looks mildly confused, and then eases into a smile. Given that he isn't in the Imperium anymore, so there's no reason for her to know anything about the Imperial Guard—but it doesn't hurt to get a better step up on the situation by puffing up his reputation around here as quickly as possible.]

[It doesn't even register that she might be in awe for any of the other implications of what's going on where he's from.]


It's a standard tour of duty for a Commissar. Not that most of us live long enough, thanks to the dangers of war, but I've been lucky to be surrounded by highly skilled troopers my entire career.