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

[heartdive]

Even as Axel grabs hold Sora doesn't really react. People are so angry and he thinks that Axel is probably in the right of it. Roxas had been and now that Sora understands why? Well...

He doesn't speak until Axel releases him. "Axel, why would I hide it? I also just told you where he's at. With Xion. With friends. Knowing how close you guys are and how important friendship is to me, how could you even think that I'd keep that from you?"

Yeah maybe he had been rubbing it in. Just a little. Sora figures he has that right since Axel's kind of being a massive jerk.

"And I didn't know. I have no memories of Castle Oblivion and Roxas' memories are his own. Everything about him was a mystery to me and do you think that Riku would tell me had a hand in forcing Roxas to give everything up? Do you think that I'd approve of that? If I had my way, I'd be fine giving everything up so Roxas could've kept on existing."

[axelthrose]

This kid was truly... Axel felt his eye twitch a little, and he curled his lip up a little bit. Because did this kid seriously just talk about how important friendship was to him and it was just.. very strange sounding. Who talked like that? No one. NO one talked like that.

"I'm not stupid, you're doing this just to piss me off." His voice was more of a growl.

Roxas was alive. Axel needed to go and find him. It wasn't like Sora hadn't given him directions, after all.

"No one cares about what you would or wouldn't approve of. You think the other kid would be fine with you being all self sacrificing and stupid for someone you don't even know?" He was standing again and he flicks Sora on the forehead.

"The answer is no. Quit being so selfish in your. ... your. ... selfless... ness." His brow furrowed then he shook his head. "I knew what I meant.

[heartdive]

"Not really trying to piss you off," Sora replied. "But I know what you mean. No, he wouldn't be happy, but I can't stop being myself."

Sorry, Axel. That was just how Sora rolled. He threw his hands up when the guy flicked him, a little 'ow' escaping his lips. Sora rubbed at his head, frowning.

"What was that for..."

[axelthrose]

"It was for you being just like him, that's what!" He sighs and rubs the back of his neck.

Lets be honest, he didn't even know what to say to Roxas at this point anyway. He was gone, he had been gone. Axel had settled on the idea that Sora was all that he'd have left but they needed to deal with Sora.

Well, actually they needed to deal with the situation at hand right now which was this Ryslig place.

"I take it you haven't figured out a way to get out of here then? Obviously, since you're still here and a moth."

[heartdive]

Sora still looked a little put out, especially with that explanation. Roxas most certainly wouldn't like to hear that and a small part of Sora didn't either. Yet he wouldn't say that. Not out loud. No need for another violent outburst.

"No, no one's figured out how to get out of here," he answers. "You probably noticed that you can't use your magic and stuff here, right?"

Of course he can't either. That's part of the problem, really.

[axelthrose]

Like Axel was going to admit to not being able to use his powers. He scoffed, waving his hand. "Whatever. Its probably because you're just weak is all."

Okay so he couldn't use his powers and it was really annoying but he refused to make a big deal of it. He could take this kid out even without having the powers to do so.

"I'm assuming the moth thing stems from this place. What's the deal behind it?"

[heartdive]

"If you say so," he shrugs. Axel can't take him out. That's just a fact. Sora knows better than that. Thing is, he doesn't need to puff out his chest to feel strong.

He rolls his eyes. "Yeah, you'd be right. Dunno the whole deal myself. Fog god did it but why? Not sure."

[axelthrose]

Of course Axel couldn't take him out. Not really. And it had nothing to do with Sora, or his keyblade or power or anything. It was the fact that Axel chose to let Sora go each time. That was all.

"Fog god. Wow, you really put some thought behind all of it didn't you? Have you tried to figure anything out at all?"

He sighs and rubs the back of his neck, brow furrowing.

"So. .... Why a moth? Did the fog god sense how weak you really are?"

The barb didn't really have any sharpness behind it. He was in thinking mode right now. How to figure out how to find Roxas, how to gt him out of this place safely without him getting sucked back into this kid.

[heartdive]

"I haven't really been sure how to find anything out," Sora says, scratching his cheek. "When I've asked about it, I get things like so the god, goddess, whatever can have an army or followers."

Look, Axel doesn't have to believe him. Just like Sora really does intend to make sure that they all meet up with their important persons. That's just how he rolls.

"A faerie. No one knows why they're given the monster type they are. Riku's a manticore like Joshua and Neku. Ladon is a gargoyle and Xion a wendigo. Roxas has grown in feathers so I think that means he's going to be a harpy and Vanitas is a shade."

[axelthrose]

Axel was sort of listening, because he didn't recognize some of the names. He didn't care about Riku, the kid was annoying, and kept getting in the way of everything. But good to know he was here. He could be troublesome.

Xion... It sounded almost familiar, but he shrugged it off to focus instead on Roxas's name.

"This thing has done WHAT to Roxas?" He feels anger build up a little before he catches himself, reining it in because it'd be bad to lose his temper right now. Sora was his only contact in right now.

"So.. What. ... exactly does a Harpy even look like then..? Wings I suppose..?"

[heartdive]

"Hey, hey," Sora says, hands up in a 'hold on a minute' gesture. "It's happened to all of us. It'll happen to you too. Maybe you'll be a werebear or something."

Heh heh. Or maybe a Manticore. Everyone seems to be a manticore.

"Wings. Bird feet and claws. Lots of feathers so I hope you're not allergic."

[axelthrose]

Axel laughed then the laugh slowly petered out and his head drops down, sighing heavily.

"Yeah... hope.. I'm not allergic either."

He was allergic.

"Anyway, as weird as that sounds.. What else goes on around here? Is it at least safe?" Not that he cared so much about himself. He could take care of himself. It was more.. Well, Roxas could take care of himself...

Sora maybe not.

[heartdive]

Yeah that's very convincing Axel. Sora is utterly taken in by it too. Actually he is. Axel's kind of a weirdo. He doesn't really know the guy all that well so his mannerisms are a little foreign.

"Not really, no," Sora admits. "There are a lot of people in both main cities that don't like the people that turn into monsters. One group of people have... Uh..."

Sora grows silent at that, remembering Christmas. Let's not relive that.

[axelthrose]

Axel rests his hands on his hips, sighing slowly again. He needed to get his head clear and really focus on what needed to be done. Fist thing was first, which was getting out of here and really seeing what this world was like.

"So, its dangerous for you monster people. Great."

Meaning it was dangerous for the ones he actually liked. Which lets be honest, it was just once.

"Alright. So... Who should I worry about here?"

[heartdive]

"Anyone," Sora replies, completely honest. "For a while monsters were eating other monsters. Anyone involved with the Bloody Bones is probably bad news bears too."

Just saying. Anything could really happen at any given time. That's something he's figured out already.

[axelthrose]

Oh. Great. So it was as bad as the Organization on a bad day, which every day was a bad day any more though at least within the Organization Axel was actually the one people needed to worry about the most.

Well. You know, until he started having to worry himself but that was beside the point and best not to get into it right now.

"What.. exactly is the Bloody Bones. And have you all topped eating each other or are you still all.. I mean..." He glances Sora up and down. ".. I doubt you ate anything in the traditional sense of eating.."

[heartdive]

If anything, Axel, there was always Larxene. She would be his best buddy right?

"It's a gang, sort of. Or maybe an activist group? They're super upset about all of us being here and kind of attempted to drive us all insane at Christmas," Sora explained. "Or at least it felt that way. They're pretty extreme."

Then the conversation would turn awkward. Sora rubbed at the back of his neck and his wings were held tight against him. His gaze was on the floor and shame was radiating off of him in waves. He had wanted to forget all about that, thank you very much.

"..Yeah."

[axelthrose]

Axel squints a little at Sora, then looks away. He really needed to figure this out, bit by biit and this kid... He was putting of some insane vibes at the moment.

"...So this is a place where even you have trouble staying cheerful. So I suppose I should be prepared for the utmost worst at this point."

He waves his hand. "Alright. Lets go, show me around then."

[heartdive]

"It's not as easy as it usually is," Sora admitted, wings held tight against his back. It was something that he was still guilty over. No need to go into detail about it. Instead he just gestured for Axel to follow him.

"C'mon."

[axelthrose]

Axel side eyes Sora a little, seeing that little bit of Roxas he always saw in the boy's face. Usually when he was looking depressed or introspective. He shakes it off though. Roxas was really here now and he wanted to see him... But he needed to figure this out first.

"Lead the way, kid."